Joost van den Vondel - Poëzy of verscheide gedichten...

Joost van den Vondel - Poetry or Various Poems - 1682 - First edition - 2 parts - Calf leather. Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) The title page of part 1 is printed in red/black And provided with a decorative publisher's vignette. Part 2 has a separate title page. The edition comprises an extensive collection of Vondel's poems, including work not previously published, as well as a treatise on Dutch poetry and a biography of Vondel. Poetry or Miscellaneous Poems, now newly collected, and with many previously unpublished poems added. Also an introduction to the Dutch Poetic Art and the Life of the Poets. Franeker, Leonard Strik, 1682. First edition of these posthumous volumes appeared 3 years after the death of Joost van den Vondel. Two separate parts in fine, old calf leather bindings. Complete with Vondel portrait engraving. Pagination complete: Part 1: title page -(24)-791 Part 2: 695-(1)-89-(1)-((6)-(40) Handwritten name on title pages. Notably marbled flower/leaf motif on the edge. Calf leather bindings and richly decorated spine. The old calf leather bindings show signs of age and use, Torn joints with some looseness. Book blocks solid and noticeably clean.

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