Live auction - Lot 1045

[Satire - Brussels imprint]

[DE GRIECK, Jan]

De sotte wereldt ofte Den waeren af-druck der wereldtsche sottigheden. Alles tot onderrichtinghe der feylen, ende ghebreken des menschen leven.

Brussels, J. De Grieck, 1682

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12mo: [10]-330-8 pp. (some spotting, corner p. 145 torn, upper corner pp. 185-188 rep.).

19th-c. red quarter shagreen signed Canon, red shagreen on covers, gilt orn. spine on 4 raised bands, marbl. edges, marbl. endpapers. Good copy.

First edition of this rare, amusing text by the Brussels author and bookseller J. de Grieck (1628-1699), in which he aims to show that “alles wat de wereldt behelst, niet anders en is als ydelheydt en sottigheydt”, using mostly comic anecdotes as proof of the foolishness of all kinds of people. Ill. with an engr. full-page pl. (normally opposite of p. 1, in our copy pasted on front endpaper). Woodcut ornament on title. Ref. Cp. De le Court 1167. - STCV. - Opac KBR. Prov. F. De Valenzi (arm. bookpl.).

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Lot 1045

De sotte wereldt ofte Den waeren af-druck der wereldtsche sottigheden. Alles tot onderrichtinghe der feylen, ende ghebreken des menschen leven.

[DE GRIECK, Jan]

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