Narrinnen-Spiegel, vertoonende naturelyk en figuurelyk den aardt, levenswyze, en gebreeken der gebrekkige vrouwtjes enz. Alle den geenen, die genegen zyn dezelve te verbeeteren.

8vo: [6]-335-[9] pp.; 26 pl. (some quires sl. loosening).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (recased?, joints rubbed, spine cracked).

Rare first edition and another issue of the Amsterdam edition by the "very eccentric but popular Augustinian monk" Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644-1709), with lay name J.U. Megerle. Ill. with an engr. front. and 25 humoristic engr. The work holds up a mirror or "spiegel" to the vanities and eccentricity of women. STCN mentions this is part one. This is confirmed by the gilt lettering on the spine "I. deel". The works is complete in itself. Title in red & black.
Ref. STCN. - BCNI 17527. - COPAC.
Joined, second part of the same work in second edition: Amsterdam, H.W. van Welbergen, 1743. 8vo: [engr. title-14]-364-[11] pp.; 25 pl. (parts of margins of G2 and L torn off). Contemp. half brown calf with corners, spine with 5 raised bands (corners bumped and rubbed, covers def., joints, head and tail rubbed, upper joint starting to split, spine cracked). Good inside copy. Second edition of the second part (complete in itself) and translation from the German "Wunderwürdiges gantz neu ausgehecktes Narren-nest" by Abraham a Sancta Clara. Ill. with 25 humoristic engr. The work holds up a mirror or "spiegel" to the vanities and eccentricity of women. Title in red & black. Ref. STCN. Prov. W.B.A.H. Heskens (bookpl. and ms. entry). (2 vol.)