Konstighe refereynen vol schoone schrifture ende leeringen, begrepen in drye verscheyde boecken [...] ghemaeckt door d’eerbare ende kloecke Anna Biins, maeght ende school-meestersse binnen Antwerpen.

Antwerp, H. Verdussen, 1646

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8vo: [24]-76-91-[1]-226 (= 230)-[9-1 bl.] pp. (toned, blank top margin frayed occasionally touching running title and with loss of initial title word, blank title bottom def., worming in top margin of final quires with loss of some words).

19th-c. quarter vellum, marbled paper on covers, flat spine, dark edges (covers rubbed).

First collective edition of the 3 poetry volumes (1528, 1548, 1567) of the famous 16th-c. Antwerp woman poet Anna Bijns (1493-1575), an unmarried schoolteacher and a vehement opponent of Luther. Woodcut mark on title and part-title. Printed in Gothic type.
Ref. BB I:298:B-15. - STCV 3130083. - BCNI 9971.