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

2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [44]-772, [8]-136 pp. (some minor staining or soiling, def. and tears in front. underlaid, 3 sm. tears just reaching into text or half-page pl.).

Contemp. overl. vellum (sl. soiled), flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.

First edition of this large compilation of prose verse on love and marriage by J. Cats (1577-1660). Engr. ill.: portr. of Anna Maria Schuerman, double-page front. by C. van Queboren dated 1636 and portr. of Cats by W. Delff (both bound after the preface), 2 full-page allegorical engr. ("Virga Dordracena" en "Proeft dit goud") and 51 half-page pl. Title in red & black. Woodcut vign. on title.
Ref. Cats Catalogus (STCN) 225. - Museum Catsianum 171, 172, 173.
Prov. Stamp on flyleaf.
Joined: Toussaint van Boelaere, F.V. (ed.) - Anthea. Keurverzameling van sonnetten. Brussels, L.J. Kryn, 1933. 4to. Sewn (some sm. def.). Second ed. of this collection of sonnets by Dutch "old and new" writers, i.a. Boutens, Bredero, Hooft, Huygens, Perk, Reefsen, Swert, Teirlinck, Visscher, Vondel, Van de Woestijne, etc. (2 vol.)