Category: Dutch Literature

Sinnreiche Werke und Gedichte, Aus dem Niederlandischen ubersetzt (Six parts in three volumes)

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: Hamburg, Thomas von Wierings : 1710 - 1714

Seller ID: 001702

Condition: Very Good

An emblem book from a Dutch master! 8vo. Abundantly illustrated, with 39 engraved plates, eight of which are folding and 168 text engravings. The set includes Cats' most famous and beloved works, some of which became deeply etched into the national consciousness, including "Sinn und Liebes=Bildern", "Josephs Selbst Streit", Der Mannlichen Achtbarkeit", "Heuraht", "Galathea", "Spiegel der alten und neuen Zeit", "Frau=Ring" containing "Der Welt Anfang/Mittel und Ende", "Alterthum/Land und Garten=Leben", "Aspasia", ...
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Het Voorhof der Ziele

By: De Hooghe, Romein, illustrator. Hoogstraeten, Frans Van

Price: $1,750.00

Publisher: Rotterdam, Fransois van Hoogstraeten : 1668

Seller ID: 001938

Binding: Full Vellum

Condition: Very Good

4to. 18.5 by 14 cm. [16], 199, [9] pp. With title and 60 additional high Baroque copper engravings, slightly over half-page in size, by de Hooghe. Landwehr 325. Each emblem with a Dutch caption and either Latin or Spanish (one in Italian) caption as well, followed by Dutch verse. The title might be translated as "Fore-court of Souls". This was the first book illustrated by de Hooghe. Contemporary or near contemporary vellum. Large tornado shaped stain on rear board top to bottom. A few more modest stains elsewhere on binding, and some light soiling. Occasional stains within....
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Tafereelen Der Eerste Christenen, Bestaande in 92 Konst-Prenten van Jan Luiken, Berymt door Pr. Langendyk en Cl. Bruin

By: Luiken, Jan [spelled more commonly Luyken], illustrator. Pr. [Pieter] Langendyk and Cl. [Class] Bruin

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Barend Visscher : 1722

Seller ID: 001948

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Very Good

8vo. Unpaginated, but 92 leaves, with an illustration covering about two-thirds of every recto, for a total of 92 illustrations of lives of the early Christians, with plenty of gore, torture, and gladiatorial action to make the blood curdle and speak to those with an aversion for the purely devotional. The imagery is well within the tradition of high Dutch Baroque and in this, transcends the subject matter or not infrequently, ties in the subject matter with contemporary Dutch life. Not in Brunet or Landwehr. Some occasional light foxing but mostly clean. Tight. Calf boards appear to hav...
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Image for Vorsteliicke Warande der Dieren. De Helden Godes des Ouwden Verbonds. De Heerlyckheyd van Salomon. Hierusalem Verwoest. De Vernieuwde Gulden Winckel der Kunstlievende Nederlands. (Five works bound in one)

Vorsteliicke Warande der Dieren. De Helden Godes des Ouwden Verbonds. De Heerlyckheyd van Salomon. Hierusalem Verwoest. De Vernieuwde Gulden Winckel der Kunstlievende Nederlands. (Five works bound in one)

By: Van den Vondel, Joost. Emblems by Marcus Gheeraerts, G. de Jode, etc.

Price: $4,500.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, D. Pietersz : 1617-1622

Seller ID: 001946

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Very Good

Vorsteliicke Warande with 125 half-page copper engraved emblem plates; De Helden Godes, with vignette title and 38 copper engraved biblical emblems; De Wiernieuwde Gulden Winckel with vignette title and 73 half-page copper engraved biblical emblems. The two other works with vignett title and letterpieces. Emblems of Vorteliicke Warande especially charming, with most portraying animals with anthropomorphic brio. Landwehr 886, 877. This set has bookplate from Landwehr and was his personal copy. Calf spine dry and rough. Joints dry, rubbed and cracked. Interior is tight and attractive.
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Category: Dutch Literature

Sinnreiche Werke und Gedichte, Aus dem Niederlandischen ubersetzt (Six parts in three volumes)

Het Voorhof der Ziele

Tafereelen Der Eerste Christenen, Bestaande in 92 Konst-Prenten van Jan Luiken, Berymt door Pr. Langendyk en Cl. Bruin

Vorsteliicke Warande der Dieren. De Helden Godes des Ouwden Verbonds. De Heerlyckheyd van Salomon. Hierusalem Verwoest. De Vernieuwde Gulden Winckel der Kunstlievende Nederlands. (Five works bound in one)