Herscheppinge.

Amsterdam, Wid. A. de Wees [Susanna Barents], 1671

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Lot description

4to: [24 incl. engr. title]-499-[13] pp. (some spotting, mostly marg.).

Old vellum, gilt title on flat spine.

First ed. of the translation of Ovid’s "Metamorphoses" by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), with a nicely engr. title by Abraham Bloteling (1640-1690), after P.K. (i.e. Philips Koning?) and 15 engr. in-text. Heraldic vignette at the beginning of the dedication to Diederik Buisero, dean of the collegiate church of Eindhoven and secretary of Vlissingen.
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