Het schouw-toneel des doods; waar op na 't leven vertoont wort De dood op den throon des aard-bodems: heerschende over alle staaten en volkeren. Verçiert met dartig zinnebeelden.

Amsterdam, N. ten Hoorn, 1726

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12mo: [12]-320 pp.

19th-c. half calf (sl. rubbed), gilt spine with 5 raised bands, red edges. Very good copy.

Very rare second edition (1st 1707) of a nice suite of 30 full-page engr. emblems on death, arranged as a Dance of death of various professions, with a long verse commentary. Engr. front. The army surgeon and writer Salomon van Rusting (1652-1717) is known for his burlesque verses.
Ref. Emblem books Leiden 443. - Praz 483. - STCN. - Not in Landwehr (Low Countries), BL.

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