381 / 416
381
[and]
Harangue d’Hermionne à ses petis chats nouveaux nés
, poeme héroique-burlesque. Dôle,
P.F. Tonnet, 1772, 70-[2] pp., 3 works in 1 vol., 8vo, cont. boards covered with green decorative
paper (rubbed), flat spine with paper labels (sm. def. at front joint), green sp. edges. Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 400/600
1.
Re-issue of the 1728 & 1741 Rotterdam ed. (same collation and fingerprint) of a treatise on
cats in Ancient Egypt (1st 1726) by Moncrif (1668-1770). It is a “parody of owlishly pedantic
scholarship” (Wikipedia). Ill. with
2 folding
and
8 full-page engrs
by
T. Otten
.
Ref.
BL (1). Not
in BnF, STCN. -
2.
Rare French trsl. of “Comische Erzählungen” (1765), i.a. “Endymion”, of the
German Rococo author Wieland (1733-1813). Engr. headpc. by Du Menil.
Ref.
Conlon 71:1457.
Not in BL. -
3.
Curious and rare burlesque poem 1st publ. Nancy 1730.
Ref.
Cp. Conlon 30:112 (1st
ed.). Not in BnF, BL.
1327 [Emblems]
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CATS, Jacob
- Alle de wercken (…). De laatste druck. Eerste (- tweede deel).
Amsterdam, J. Ratelband, Widow J. van Heekeren, H. Uytwerf & I. vander Putte; The Hague, P. van
Thol & P. Husson, 1726, 2 parts in 1 vol., folio, cont. calf (some scratches, corners bumped), richly
gilt spine on 7 raised bands, [24]-666-[10], [22]-608-67-[1] pp. (some spotting, some marginal
waterstaining). Good set.
€ 450/600
Fine ed. of the collected works of the most popular Dutch 17th-c. poet J. Cats (1577-1600).
Engr.
ills
: frontisp. with portrait, full-page portrait by M. Natalis after
Dubordieu
(vol. I), another one
by M. Moseyn after
A. van de Venne
(vol. II),
over 100 emblematical ills
in text and on part titles,
5 full page pl.
including 3 double page by
A. van de Venne
(vol. II).
Ref.
Cats catalogus 9. STCN.
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CATS, Jacob
- Alle de wercken. De laatste druk (...). Amsterdam, J. Van Heekeren, A.
Hasebroek, A. van Damme, Wed. van Gysbert de Groot, J. Ratelband, P. van Thol, 1712, folio, cont.
marbled calf (somewhat rubbed, repaired), covers with central marbl. calf within 2 gilt double ruled
borders with gilt cornerpcs (corners rep.), gilt orn. spine on 6 raised bands (rubbed, def. at upper and
lower joints, sl. bumped corners), red leather title label, a.e.g., 2 parts in 1 vol., [22]-666-[9]-[5 bl.],
[18]-608-67-[1]-[4 bl.] pp. Good copy.
€ 400/500
Profusely illustrated ed. of the collected works (1st 1655) of Jacob Cats (1577-1660).
Engr. ills
:
2 title-vign., 1 endpiece, title with author’s portrait,
2 full-page author’s portraits
(1 by Michael
Natalis after Dubordieu & 1 by M. Moseyn after A. van de Venne),
full-page portrait of Anna Maria
Schurman
by S.V. Lamsweerde,
3 exquisite double-page plates
i.a. “Afbeeldinghe des huwelyk
onder de gedaente van een fuyk” by A. vander Venne,
2 full-page plates
, 9 ills on part-titles and
+/- 450 emblematical ills in text
. Including also his 2 last works: “Twee-en-tachtig-jarig leven”,
an autobiography in verse and “Gedachten op slapeloose nachten”. Apart for the literary talent
of Jacob Cats, this work gives a tremendous inside view of everyday-life in the 17th c.
Ref.
Cats
Catalogus (= STCN) 8. Embl. bks Leiden 144.
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