Jacob Cats / Van der Venne - Alle de Wercken - 1712

VERY RARE EDITION (!)

Jacob Cats - Alle de Wercken van den Heere Jacob Cats, Knight, Oudt Raadtpensionaris van Holllandt, &c. (. . .) with Printverbeelingen have been enriched: never printed for these people.
- Amsterdam: Nicolaas ten Hoorn, Anthony Hasebroek, Andries van Damme, widow. Gysbert de Groot, Johannes Ratelband, Pieter van Thol, 1712 - 21 works in 1 volume - [24] + 666 + [9] / [22] 608 + 61 + [2] pp. - parchment; spine with large ribs, title in calligraphy on spine and front covers - 42 x 27 cm (!) LARGE FOLIO format

Condition: very good - neat leather bindings (part of the bends as often vulnerable / cracked) ; neat and sturdy blocks (first sections of both parts protrude a bit and are slightly frayed) ; very neat, crisp and white pages (just some usual small spots and stray smudges, a stray morsel, some of the paper a bit bumpy, print of Henry of Orange's deathbed trimmed and loose; otherwise remarkably neat, crisp and white paper) . Completely.
NB: photos are dark due to twilight, paper is very white in reality!

Very rare print from a very extensive collaboration of Amsterdam printers.
"We have been enriched with Print Verbeelingen: never printed for these people. "

Beautiful and complete edition! Equipped with all portraits (2x Jacob Cats, 2x Anna Maria Schuurman!) , all double-page prints and all title engravings.

All emblems and prints are of very high quality:
very sharp and very dark copper engravings!
The double-page prints have the original wide margins.

Beautiful metaphorical scenes, actual works of art!
All full-page prints have the original wide margins.
Take a look at the many photos and convince yourself.

Contains the following 21 titles with no fewer than 400 emblems!
1. Emblemata, or Zinne-Images.
2. Emblemata Moralia.
3. Monita Amoris Virginei.
4. Struggles yourself.
5. Scene of male respectability.
6. Houwelijck, or entire location of the real state.
7. Shepherd Complaints.
8. Virgo complaints.
9. Honor poetry.
10. Mirror of the Old and New Times.
11. Test stone van den Trouring.
12. The spiritual Houwelijck of God's Son.
13. Old age and Buyten life.
14. Court thoughts.
15. Aspasia Bley end game.
16. Image of the Marriage under the guise of a Fuyck.
17. Occasional thoughts.
18. Death Chest for the Lively.
19. t'Samen-spraeck between de Doot and an out Man.
20. The Together Speech between the Soul and the Body.
21. Eighty years of life and reflections at Zorgvliet.

Richly decorated with approximately 400 emblems.

Collector's item, a valuable and precious work!