An Essay Towards a Collection of Books Relating to Proverbs, Emblems, Apophthegms Epitaphs and Ana, Being a Catalogue of Those at Keir

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 ...e compagni), 1571. title and 17 preliminary leaves, pp. 566. 4to. 8.1 x 5.8,--blue mor. g. e. CATS (Jacob). Alle de Wercken van den Heere Jacob Cats, Ridder oudt Raadt Pensionaris van Hollandt, etc. De laatste Druck; waar in het Twec-cn-tachtig jaarig Leeven des Dichters beneffens desself s Slaapeloose Nachten, met printverbeeldingen sijn verrijkt. Amsterdam, 1726. vol. i. title, engraved title, containing a portrait of Cats in his 57th year, 9 preliminary leaves, portrait of Cats by Michael Natalis, pp. 666, and 5 leaves of ' Tafel.' The volume is illustrated with 184 vignettes, some of them of a large size, of which the plates had been used in the earlier edition of Cats' separate works. Of these 53 belong to the ' Sinneen-Minne-beelder,' and 44 to the 'Emblemata Moralia;' and of the others nearly all also are of an emblematical character. vol. ii. title, portrait of Cats in his 77th year; engraved title to' 's Weerelt's Begin,' etc., 7 preliminary leaves, on the last of which is a vignette portrait of Anna Maria Schurman; a larger portrait, of the same person, pp. 608; and J. Cat's 'Gedachten op Slapeloose Nachten,' pp. 68. This volume has 136 vignettes and 3 folding plates; between pp. 270-1 there is also inserted a large coloured view of the bench and garden of Cats at Sorgoliet. 2 vols, folio 19.3 x 10.3,--red Tangier mor. t. e. g. This copy is one of a few printed on thick paper, and the impressions of the plates are better than are usually found in this edition. QATS (J.)--continued. Jaoobi Catzii, I. C. Silenus Alcibiadis sive Proteus humanoe vitœ, ideam Emblemate, rifariàm variato oculis subjiciens. Icouibus artificiose in œs incisis, ac trium linguarum explicatione eleganter elustratus; editio altera et auctior. Amsterodami ex. off...