Live auction - Lot 911
[Emblems]
Uyterste wille van een moeder aan haar toekomende kind, toegeigent aan de volmaakte huysmoeder.
Amsterdam, J. van Nieuweveen, 1699 (part-title)
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
8vo: [8]-260 (= 268) pp. (lacking 2 final blanks; toned, occasional staining or thumbing).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine. Good copy.
2nd, but 1st illustrated ed. of the Dutch trsl. by "G.D.C." of "The mother’s legacie to her unborne child" (1624) by E. Jocelyn-Brook (1596-1622), with additional devotional texts (i.a. poems) by Dutch Labadists. Engr. front., title vignette and 22 engr. emblems (16 by Jan Luyken).
Ref. Klaversma/Hannema 1425. - Landwehr 386. - Emblem books Leiden 271.
Prov. Old name (and stamp?) on front flyleaf.