Auction 357 Old & Rare Books - Dutch Literature & Language
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HOUWAERT, J.B. De Vier Wterste, van de Doot, van het Oordeel, van d'Eeuwich Leven, van de Pyne der Hellen. Waerinne een jegelijck (als in eenen claren spiegel) mach sien en leeren, hoe hy wel en deugdelijck leven, salich sterven, en in d'eeuwihe glorie comen sal (...). The Hague, H. Jacobsz., 1605. (16), 224 pp. W. engr. ti.-vign. w. oval portrait of the author. Skillfully rebound in fine old h. vellum. (Margins a bit frayed/dam. at the beginning (sl. affect. text), tiny wormholes in lower margin, inner margin first quire rep. (w. some minor loss of text), some faint marg. stains, sl. browned).

Johan Baptista Houwaert (1533-1599) was a Dutch humanist poet and playwright. He belonged to the patrician family Sweerts. - Extremely rare edition. First published in Antwerp in 1583. - Bibliotheca Belgica H21; Waller 840 (ed. 1613); Scheepers 38 (1st ed.).

€ 500

result € 400

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