Jacob Cats - Alle de Wercken - 1726

Jacob Cats - All the works of Jacob Cats; Knight, former Council Pensionary of Hollandt etc. The last edition; where in the eighty-two year life of the poet, including his own sleepless nights, finely enriched with print images: never printed for this purpose -Amsterdam/The Hague, , Johannes Ratelband, Pieter Van Thol, et al. , 1726 - 2 parts in 1 binding - frontispiece, (22) 666 (9) ; (18) 608. 67 (1) pp - leather binding binding - foliant, 42 x 25 x 9. 5 cm

Good. Spine restored while retaining the original spine strip. Interior discolored, a spot here and there, moisture spot in the margin of about 50 pages. Some stains/creases. Hole in half title, approx. 1 cm and engraving at the bottom on page 519 of the second part. Facsimile letter from Cats bound with the "Foreword". Restoration bottom margin page 4, 41,53, 387, 637; top margin 124 and side margin 5 approximately 3 to 4 cm to 12 cm (2 leaves) . Restoration on the verso right side folding engraving "Marriage trap" approx. 15 cm and on the reverse left side folding engraving of Cats' deathbed: inner margin approx. 12 cm and bottom edge as well as verso right side approx. 6 cm. Tear, approx. 1 cm in mainly the bottom margin of about 60 leaves, tear of approx. 2 to 3 cm in the margin of 15 leaves as well as a large tear of approximately 5 to 8 cm in the margin of about 10 leaves. Small bite from the margin of 6 leaves; large tear from the bottom margin of page 273, approximately 8 cm and from 365 next to which a tear. Side edge last 2 pages frayed.

Number of pp in Latin. Latin, Italian, English and French captions for some emblems

Two frontispieces, 3 portraits (Jacob Cats, Anna Maria Schuurman) , 3 double-page prints, all title engravings as published for some titles are present, approximately 400 (emblemata, text engravings) engravings - including after Adrian van de Venne - all depicted.

Contains the following 18 titles
1. Sinne and Minne images. (verses under emblemata in Dutch, Latin and French)
2. Emblemata Moralia. (text in Latin and Dutch)
3. Monita Amoris Virginei. (Latin)
4. Self struggles.
5. Scene of male respectability.
6. Houwelijck, or entire location of the real state.
7. Shepherd's Complaint
8. Virgo complaints.
9. Honor poetry.
10. Mirror of the Old and New Times. (1-line caption in Spanish, English, French, Latin, German and Italian)
11. Test stone van den Trouring.
12. Old age and Buyten life.
13. Court thoughts.
14. Aspasia Bley end game.
15. Image of the Marriage under the guise of a Fuyck.
16. Coffin for the Living One.
17. Eighty years of life and reflections at Zorgvliet.
18. Thoughts on sleepless nights

Weight approx. 6. 6 kg

Some photos slightly out of focus

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