Live auction - Lot 901
t' Bancket der deughden, oft Gheestelijck tafel-boeck, om te trecken naer 't ghene dat ons noch ghebreeckt (...). Vergadert uyt verscheyde heylighe leeraers, oft gheestelijcke schrijvers.
Antwerp, Widow Jacobus Woons, 1713
€ 500 / 800
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Lot description
Obl. 16mo, 6,2 x 8,5 cm : 230-[2] pp. (titlep. locally rubbed with tiny holes, ff. F and F8 locally remargined, sl. brown., traces of use).
Cont. sheep (corners sl. rubbed), flat spine. good copy.
Rare reprint (1st ed. 1648) of a collection of moral considerations by different authors. Curious impression intended to be read in two directions : the text pages are divided in two parts, the lower part printed upside down. The final page repeats the title page, but not upside down. "Tafel van multiplicatie" pasted on upper endpaper. Gothic type. Bookplate W.L.G. Joined a second, incomplete and very used copy, probably earlier (approx. pp. 17-224, with num. pp. lacking). Ref. BCNI 17532. - Opac KBR. - Not in Welsch, Bondy, Spielmann, STCV, COPAC. (2 vol.)