CATS, J. Alle de wercken. Waar in het twee-en-tachtig jaarig leven des dichters; beneffens desselfs slaapeloose nachten, met print verbeeldingen sijn verrijkt. Amst./The Hague, J. Ratelband e.a./ P. v. Thol & P. Husson, 1726. 2 vols. (22), 666, (10); (16), 608, 67, (1) pp. W. engr. front., 2 identical engr. ti-vign., 3 full-p. engr. portrs., 3 double-p. engr. plates, over 400 large text-engrs. (section ti., emblems, vign., etc.). Fol. Beautiful cont. panelled marbled cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt backs, gilt floral centerpieces on all sides, surrounded by three diff. decorated borders, brown labels, & marbled edges. (Bindings a bit restored (espec. spine vol. 2), binding vol. 2 a bit darkened/affected by humidity and w. inside waterstaining to the (margins of) the first part, upper outer corner last 5 lvs. vol. 1 waterstained, else a nice set with ample margins).
In fine panelled and decorated marbled calf bindings by the First Stadholder Bindery (active 1722 or earlier-1793) - J. Storm v. Leeuwen, Dutch Dec. Bookbinding in the 18th c., vol. IIA, p. 67ff: "The most important bindery working in the eighteenth-century Netherlands was situated in The Hague; it received the name of First Stadholder Bindery…". See also: J. Storm v. Leeuwen, De 18-e eeuwse Haagse boekband in de KB en het Rijksmus. Meermanno-Westreenianum, pp. 55-73 & 388-95. - Cats collected works edition with the beautiful engravings by Matham, Van Bremden, a.o. after A. v.d. Venne. - Mus. Cats. 9; Cats Cat. 9.€ 600
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