Bidspirit auction | Folha volante

Folha volante - [BROADSIDE — shop notice / pliego de cordel] HOY NO FIAN AQUI, MAÑANA ANSI. / SI FIO NO COBRO, SI COBRO NO TODO, / PUES PARA NO COBRAR, MAS VALE NO FIAR. (motto ABRE EL OJO). S.l. [Spain]: s.n., s.d. [late 18th c.]. Printed broadside, 440x320 mm. Horizontal fold; small marginal losses and chips not affecting the text; a few tiny holes; general toning and spotting; traces of old mounting at the corners; good, legible impression. A moralising popular placard from the Spanish pliegos de cordel tradition, meant to be posted in taverns and small shops to discourage giving credit—“Hoy no fían aquí, mañana ansi.” A large central woodcut with the admonition “Abre el ojo” is flanked by sets of proverbs: “Chitón” on the left and “Sentencias dignas de saberse” on the right; caption below reads “En la casa que jura, no faltará desventura.” An evocative piece of ephemeral urban print culture documenting everyday commercial practice and proverbial wit in late-eighteenth-century Spain.