Live auction - Lot 923
Houwelyck, dat is de gansche gelegentheyt des echten staets.
Middelburg, J.P. vande Venne, 1625
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
6 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [front.-26]-38-[8]-67-[1 bl.], [32] pp.-35-[10]-8/133 ff.-[16]-72-76-39-[1 bl.-24] pp. (typographic title, ff. I(*)3 and E4 (1st part), Aa-Bb4 (4th part), 4X2 and 4*-4**4 (last part) lacking, quires Bbb and Ccc replaced by 1 quire BbbCcc; 1st few ff. exp. repaired, stamps at f. D1, worming in first quires, some soiling, some ink notes at running title).
Mod. leather with orig. calf binding (def.) pasted on, gilt spine with 5 raised bands (edges stained). Good copy.
First edition (?) of Cats' famous ode to marriage. Engr. ill.: title and +/- 40 half-page ill.
Ref. Cats Catalogus (STCN) 49. - Museum Catsianum 113.
Bound with: Id. - Self-strydt. Dat is krachtighe beweginghe van vleesch ende geest. Derde druck. Middelburg, Widow J.P. vande Venne, 1625. 4to: [36]-119-[1 bl.] pp. (toned, some soiling). Third corr. enl. ed. with engr. title and 4 half-page engr. ill. Ref. Cats Catalogus (STCN) 149. - Museum Catsianum 81, 83.