Jacob Cats - Alle de Wercken - 1700

Jacob Cats - All the Works of Jacob Cats; Knight, oudt Raadpensionaris of Holland, etc. - [no title page, Amsterdam/Utrecht, Daniell van den Dalen, François Halma, Wilhelm vande Water, 1700] - frontispiece, (20) 666 (8); (18) 608, 62 pp - half-leather bindings with gilded frame on boards and gilded spine - folio, 41 x 26 Good. Light scuffs and bumped spots on corners and edges, slight loss of leather at the head and tail of the spine. Inside leaves (slightly discolored) here and there a spot. Only a small dog-ear Part 1: Holes in the side margin of the front leaf, 2: right hinge at the bottom about 5 cm torn. Wormhole the size of a pinhead or a worm streak about 0.5 cm near the top inside margin from page 430 to the end Number of pages in Latin, Latin, Italian and French captioned with the number of emblemata Frontispiece, portraits (3x Jacob Cats, 2x Anna Maria Schuurman), 3 double-page plates, all title engravings, about 400 (emblemata, text engravings) engravings - among others by Adrian van de Venne - all depicted Fine dark and sharp impressions Contains the following 21 titles 1. Emblemata, of Zinne-Beelden. 2. Emblemata Moralia. 3. Monita Amoris Virginei. 4. Zelf strijt. 5. Toneel der manlijke achtbaerheyt. 6. Houwelijck, of gantsche gelegentheyt des Echten staets. 7. Herders Klachten. 8. Maegde-klachten. 9. Eer-dichten. 10. Spiegel van den Ouden en Nieuwen Tijt. 11. Proef-steen van den Trouring. 12. Ouderdom en Buyten-leven. 13. Hof-gedachten. 14. Aspasia Bley-eyndentspel. 15. Afbeeldinge des Huwelijx onder de gedaente van een Fuyck. 16. Doot-kist voor de Levendige. 17. Tachtigjarige Leven en Bedenckingen op Zorg-vliet. 18. Gedachten op slapeloose nachten Weight ca. 5.5 kg Shipped by registered mail

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