Spiegel vanden ouden ende nieuwen tijdt [...].

The Hague, I. Burghoorn, 1632

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4to: [2-engr. title-14]-168-56-104-24-160-16 pp. (2 ff. (3K2-3) missing; tear in title and a few sm. tears in quire A underlaid, f. 3I3 two sheets pasted together at their blank verso, occ. light soiling).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.

First edition, second issue, with new prelims and additional gatherings (a-g, 2A-C, 2a-b). One of the most popular emblem books (and proverb collection) of J. Cats (1577-1660). Ill. (complete) with an engr. title and 127 engr. circular emblems, many with very sharp impressions of the pl. Loosely inserted an 18th-c. portrait of Cats.
Ref. STCN 038108895. - Cats Catalogus 186. - Museum Catsianum 152, 153, 154. - Landwehr (Low Countries) 146.