De gekheydt der wereldt, wysselyk beschreven en kluchtig vertoont in hondert narren en derselver narrenpoetzen.

Amsterdam, Janssonius van Waesberge, 1734-[1721]

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2 vol., 8vo: [14 incl. engr. front.]-552 [of 554]-[22], engr. front.-[10]-546-[14] pp.; 50 pl. (vol. 1: f. 2H1 missing, sm. hole in text in f. *5, sm. tear in f. Q8, bl. marg. torn of f. 2H6, some soiling; vol. 2: bl. marg. of quire A strengthened, spotting in text on f. C4).

Contemp. sheep, gilt title on gilt-orn. spines with 5 raised bands (head and tail of both vol. sl. damaged).

First part in second edition, second part in first edition. Dutch trsl. 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). This moralizing work denounces 50 human failings in a satiric way. 2 Engr. ill. front. and 50 "fools". Titles in red & black.
Ref. Praz 241. - Emblem Books Leiden 3. - STCN.
Prov. Mod. bookpl.