Born Honorius (2 results)

A delightful little volume containing 366 moralistic Dutch epigrams, one for each day of the year. This is the second and much enlarged edition; the first was published the previous year and contained only 255 epigrams. The work was published under the pseudonym Honorius van den Born, which belonged to Erycius Puteanus (Eric de Put and other variations of his name, 1574-1646). Puteanus taught Latin and rhetoric for 40 years at the University of Leuven. In 1612, he was appointed as honorary councellor to and by Archduke Albert of Austria. Puteanus published over 100 works, almost exclusively in Latin. With the publication of these verses in his mother tongue, the author wanted to promote the Dutch language. The verses show the influence of stoic philosophy and are devoted to a wide variety of themes, ranging from the education of children to descriptions of professions.With the bookplate of the great Dutch book collector Isaac Meulman (1807-1868) mounted on the front pastedown, the bookplate of the Belgian bibliophile Jules Capron (1829-1897) mounted on the recto of the first flyleaf, some 19th-century annotations in pencil on the verso of the first flyleaf and the recto and verso of the second flyleaf, and a green stamp on the recto of the final flyleaf. The work has been re-backed with the original backstrip laid down, the corners and edges of the boards are slightly scuffed, some leaves are shaved (only slightly affecting the text of the first line on the first page of the dedication), some minor spots and a couple restorations. Otherwise in good condition.l Bibl. Belgica IV, p. 809; BCNI 9254; STCN 314546219 (2 copy); STCV 3135387 (5 copies, incl. 4 incomplete); WorldCat 1089693161, 1063582881, 943863632, 902295311 (5 copies, incl. 1 incomplete); cf. Dehennin (ed.), Puteanus (Henricus van den Born), Sedigh leven, daghelycks broodt (Ghent, 1999). Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf with the title lettered in gold on the spine; re-backed, with the original gold-tooled back strip laid down, blue painted endpapers. With 2 woodcut decorated initials, the text is mainly set in gothic type. Pages: [1], [1 blank] [22], 366, [10] pp.

Gent, Koninklijke Academie, 1999, in-8°, 279 pp, genaaid, orig. stijve kaft.