'sWerelts begin, midden, eynde, besloten in der trou-ringh, met den proef-steen van den selven.

Amsterdam, N. Van Ravesteyn for E. Cloppenburgh, 1643

€ 150 / 200

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Lot description

4to: [46 incl. fold. front.]-772-[8]-136 pp. (portrait missing, marg. front. reinforced, tear in f. A3, clear dampst. in some quires, some spotting).

19th-c. marbled sheep, gilt-orn. flat spine (head and tail sl. damaged, joints and boards rubbed, corners bumped).

Large compilation of prose verse on love and marriage (1st 1637) by J. Cats (1577-1660). Ill. with a fold. front., 2 partial engr. titles (within collation) and numerous in-text ill. by A. Matham, C. van Queboren and D. van den Bremden.
Ref. Cats Catalogus (= STCN) 227.