Gedachten op slapeloose nachten [...] mitsgaders het twee-en-tachtigh-jarig leven van den selven Heere [...]. Den vyfden druk.

Amsterdam, A. van Damme, 1721

€ 150 / 200

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Lot description

8vo: [14]-235-[5] pp. (f. *3 (privilege?) missing, some light dampstaining and soiling).

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

Rare fifth edition (1st Amst. 1700) by the Dutch statesman and poet J. Cats (1577-1660). Engr. front. (dated 1715) and 1 full-page ill. by J. Goeree and 28 engr. half-page ill. Publ.'s list at the end. Title in red and black. Engr. mark on title.
Ref. Cats Catalogus 38 (= STCN). - Museum Catsianum 227. - STCN. - Not in KB, BL.
Bound with: Id. - Spiegel van den ouden en nieuwen tydt [...]. Amst., J. Konijnenbergh, [c. 1715]. [16]-320 pp. (browning, esp. towards the end, some staining, a few tiny burn holes). Rare later ed. (1st The Hague 1632) of Cats' emblem book with proverbs. Engr. front. and 78 engr. emblems after A. van de Venne. Also issued with woodcut ill. Gothic type. Ref. Cats Catalogus 202. - Museum Catsianum 166, 167. - Landwehr 164. - STCN 147606152. - Not in BL.
Prov. Old ms. entries on front pastedown.