De gekheyt der wereld, wysselyk beschreven en kluchtig vertoondt, in hondert narren en derselver narren poetzen [...].

Amsterdam, Wid. Wolters & J. Pauli, 1718-1721

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2 vol., 8vo: [12]-554-[22], [10]-546-[14] pp.

Contemp. sp. calf, gilt orn. spines with 5 raised bands, marbled edges.

Dutch translation of the anonymous "Centifolium stultorum [...] oder Huntert Ausbündige Narren" (Wien 1709), attributed to the Augustinian baroque author Abraham a Sancta Clara (Ulrich Megerle, 1644-1709). Ill. with two front. and 51 "fools". Titles in red & black.
Ref. BCNI 17524. - Praz 242. - Cp. Emblem Books Leiden 2&3. - STCN.
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