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Vorstelijcke Warande der dieren: waer in de zeden-rijcke philosophie, poëtisch, morael, en historiael vermakelijck en treffelijck wort voorgestelt [...]. Verciert met hondert vyf-en-twintig aerdige afbeeldingen, in koper gesneden [...].

VONDEL, Joost van den

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Amsterdam, heirs of widow Gysbert de Groot, [ca. 1730?]

4to: [8]-125 [= 123]-[1] ff. (ff. 123-124 bound in between preface).

Contemp. marbl. calf (front board loose), gilt spine with 5 raised bands (rubbed, def. at head & tail), brown leather title label, red marbl. edges. Good copy.

18th-c. edition of Vondel's adaptation (1st publ. 1613) of the famous "Warachtige fabulen der Dieren" by E. de Dene (Bruges 1567). With engr. ill.: title vign. and 125 emblems by M. Gheeraerts.
Ref. Landwehr (Low Countries) 894. - Emblem Books Leiden 525. - Praz 532. - Schuytvlot 57. - Unger 89. - STCN (i.a. BL).
Bound with: 4 other works by the leading Dutch poet and playwright of the Golden Age, Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679): 1. Toonneel des menschelyken levens, of De vernieuwde Gulden Winkel [...]. Amsterdam, J. Graal, 1718. [12]-148-[2] pp. (tear in pp. 77-78). Reprint of a popular work by Vondel, ill. with engr. full-page portrait of Vondel by A. Besseling after J. Lievens, 1 engr. frontisp. (dated 1698) and 74 copperplate emblems in text. Woodcut ornament on title. Ref. Landwehr (Low Countries) 884. - Emblem Books Leiden 523. - Praz 428. - Schuytvlot 53. - Unger 79. - STCN (i.a. BL). - 2. Brieven der heilige maeghden. Amsterdam, Wid. B. Visser, 1721. [8]-76 pp. Later edition. Ill. with engr. title vign. and 12 ill. in text depicting saints as St. Barbara, St. Lucia, St. Pelagia. Ref. Schuytvlot 69. - Unger 394. - STCN (i.a. BL). - 3. Ondergang van Troje [...]. Amsterdam, T. Fontein for wid. A. de Wees, 1655. [12]-35-[1] pp. Dutch rhymed version by Vondel of Vergilius' work on Aeneas. Engr. ill. on title by C. Visscher. Ref. Schuytvlot 800. - Unger 553. - STCN. - 4. Aanhangsel van gedichten die in den lesten druk van J.V. Vondels poezye zyn agtergelaten. S.l., s.n., s.d. [ca. 1682?]. 14-[2 bl.] pp. Ref. Schuytvlot 13. - Unger 8.

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Vorstelijcke Warande der dieren: waer in de zeden-rijcke philosophie, poëtisch, morael, en historiael vermakelijck en treffelijck wort voorgestelt [...]. Verciert met hondert vyf-en-twintig aerdige afbeeldingen, in koper gesneden [...].

Lot 1199

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