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Emblems - 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

Estimation : 400 / 400
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
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.  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.
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