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Amsterdam, J. Ratelband, Widow J. van Heekeren, H. Uytwerf & I. vander Putte; The Hague, P. van Thol & P. Husson, 1726

2 vol., folio: [24]-666-[10], [22]-608-67-[1] pp. (vol. I: f. T3: tear repaired with sellotape; vol. II: unobtrusive worming in blank gutter margin of 1st quires, becoming tiny wormhole for the rest of the vol.).

Contemp. blind-stamped vellum (some large repairs), spines with 8 raised bands, red leather title labels. Good copy.

Collected works of the most popular Dutch 17th-c. poet J. Cats (1577-1660). Engr. ill.: front. with portrait, full-page portrait by M. Natalis after Dubordieu (vol. I), another portrait by M. Moseyn after A. van de Venne (vol. II), over 100 emblematical ill. in-text and on part-titles, 4 full-page pl. (vol. II: portrait of Anna Maria Schuurman, 2 titles for "Buytenleven op Zorgvliet" and "Aspasia", and "Afbeeldinge van 's Menschen Leven") and 3 double-page pl. by A. van de Venne (vol. II: het huwelijk als visfuik, "Sic transit gloria mundi", het sterfbed van Fred. Hendrik van Oranje). General titles in red and black.
Ref. Cats Catalogus (STCN) 9. - Museum Catsianum 9. - Emblem books Leiden 145.