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~ Cats: three rare first editions ~
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[Emblems]
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CATS, Jacob
- Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus, vitae humanae ideam, emblemate
trifariam variato, oculis subijciens. Middelburg, H. vander Hellen, 1618, [40]-120, 111-[1],
107-[5] pp. (age-toned, holes in bottom margin of H3-I3 touching some letters) [bound with]
ID.
- Maechden-plicht ofte ampt der ionck-vrouwen, in eerbaer liefde, aen-ghewesen door sinne-
beelden = Officium puellarum, in castis amoribus, emblemate expressum. Ibid., 1618, [16]-92-[20]
pp. (some marg. soiling and thumbing, blank bottom margin of A2 and L1 strengthened; a few sm.
holes) [and]
ID.
- Self-stryt, dat is Crachtighe beweginghe van vlees en gheest, poëtischer wijse
verthoont in den persoon (...) van Joseph. Ibid. for J.P. van de Venne, 1620, [32]-119-[1] pp. (some
dampstaining), 3 works in 1 vol., 4to, cont. blindruled overl. vellum, blue edges (fading). Good
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1500
1. First ed. 2nd issue
of one of the major Dutch emblem books, and also
Cats’ 1st emblem book
,
with 51 emblems and texts in Dutch, Latin and French. The engravings in pts 2-3 of the 1st issue
are here replaced by typographical text.
Engr. ills
:
3 titles
by F. Schillemans after A. van de Venne,
1 folding plate showing playing children in Middelburg,
51 circular emblems
. Woodcut ornament
on titles.
Ref.
Cats catalogus (STCN) 170. Cp. Landwehr 105-106. Emblem books Leiden 111. Not
in Simoni (BL London).
2. Orig. ed.
of Cats’ emblem book for young girls, with texts in Dutch and Latin, and dedicated
to Anna Roemers. Copy with the additional texts “Wapen-schilt” (on inserted leaf of 2 ff., bound
among the prelims), and “Harders-clachte” found in most, but not all, copies.
Engr. ills: Full-page
coat-of-arms
on verso of title.
44 circular emblems
by J. Swelinck (?) after A. van de Venne,
half-
page engr.
at beginning of “Harders-clachte”.
Ref.
Cats catalogus (STCN) 104. Cp. Landwehr
132-133 (with additions). Cp. Simoni C-59. Cp. Emblem books Leiden 95.
3. Original ed.
of Cats’ famous poem on (male) sexual desires, described in an Old Testament
setting starring Joseph and Potiphar’s wife.
Engr. title
by F. Schillemans after A. van de Venne
and
3 half-page engr.
in text. Woodcut on typographic title.
Ref.
Cats catalogus (STCN) 144. Cp.
Simoni C-60.
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