Theatrum stultorum joco-serium, sive Mundus fatuus emblematice expressus = Tooneel der sotten, af-beeldende door kluchtige, maer ghestichtighe sinne-spreucken, de sotheydt van de weirelt.

Brussels, M. van Bossuyt, 1669

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Lot description

8vo: 159 pp. (toning, minor spotting).

Contemp. sheep (rubbed), gilt spine with 4 raised bands (joints split, head & tail def.). Good copy.

Only edition of a satirical emblem book (without images) by the Augustinian poet Jan de Leenheer (1642-1691). Ill. with engr. title and 2 emblematical text pl. Emblems described in Latin and Dutch. Without the (mostly missing) final privilege leaf L1.
Ref. Landwehr (LC) 447. - Emblem books Leiden 295. - BCNI 12612. - STCV.