Spieghel der eyghen-kennisse, bestaende in te-saem-ghebonde mal ende treur-dichten, in-gheknoopt het Conterfeytsel des wereldts [...].

Brussels, L. de Grieck, 1643

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Description du lot

4to: [20]-271 pp. (toned, marginal dampstaining).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine (soiled, warping, spine def., front joint splitting). Good copy.

Very rare collection of (mostly) satirical poems and prose texts by the Brussels lawyer Van der Borcht (1622-1668). The moralizing text, inspired by i.a. E. Puteanus and C. Huygens, describes a dream about a magic mirror showing the sins of contemporary society. Engr. frontispiece, full-page engr. portrait of the author by P. de Backer, 3 half-page engr. in-text.
Ref. STCV. - BCNI 9630.

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