Live auction - Lot 849
Abraham de Aartsvader in XII boeken [...].
Rotterdam, J.D. Beman, 1744
€ 80 / 100
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Lot description
8vo: [56]-288 pp. (some spotting and staining).
Contemp. half calf, sp. paper on covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, sp. edges (corners rubbed and bumped, def. on covers, joints rubbed, def. on tail).
Fourth ed. (1st 1728) by the Dutch poet Hoogvliet (1687-1763) of this epic poem about the life of the patriarch Abraham. Ill. with an engr. front. by J. Wandelaar, an engr. vign. on title by F. van Bleyswijck, an engr. headp., an engr. author's portrait by J. Houbraken after D.v. Nijmegen and 12 engr. full-page pl. by J. Punt. Title in red & black.
Ref. STCN.
Prov. M.J.C. van Emde (ms. entry).