Spieghel der eyghen-kennisse, bestaende in te-saem-ghebonde mal ende treur-dichten, in-gheknoopt het Conterfeytsel des wereldts [...].

Brussels, L. de Grieck, 1643

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4to: [20]-271 pp. (toned, marginal dampstaining).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine (soiled, warping, spine def., front joint splitting). Good copy.

Rare collection of (mostly) satirical poems and prose texts by the Brussels lawyer Van der Borcht (1622-1668). The moralizing text, inspired by i.a. E. Puteanus and C. Huygens, describes a dream about a magic mirror showing the sins of contemporary society. Engraved frontispiece, full-page engraved portrait of the author by P. de Backer, 3 half-page engravings in text.
Ref. STCV. - BCNI 9630. - Funck 282.