Anoniem - De ontschaakte Amsterdamsche Helena - 1780





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De ontschaakte Amsterdamsche Helena, by Anoniem, is a Dutch original edition circa 1780 in half-leather hardcover published by Jacobus van Egmont, 238 pages, 13 × 8 cm, in good condition.
Description from the seller
The Shameless Amsterdam Helena. Containing the remarkable Adventures, both of love and of fate, which a noble young lady from Amsterdam, in various regions of the world, and those in Turkish slavery, have brought back here in recent years.
With Copper Plates illustrated.
VIGNET
Printed in Amsterdam, by the Widow of Jacobus van Egmont.
Special edition:
• Printer: Jacobus van Egmont, without year indication – ca. 1780
• Unusual page layout/numbering: 4 blank + 231 text + 3 blank
• Unusual vignette on the frontispiece/orthography Amsterdamse vs Amsterdamsze
Edition: hardcover - half leather – 13x8 cm – 238 pp – 4 plates at pp 10, 34, 62, 160
Condition/repairs:
• Frontispiece and title page, as well as 6 other pages, are bound-in copies (see photos)
• Some pages have been restored
• Name + some notes on the inside of the front cover
Seller's Story
The Shameless Amsterdam Helena. Containing the remarkable Adventures, both of love and of fate, which a noble young lady from Amsterdam, in various regions of the world, and those in Turkish slavery, have brought back here in recent years.
With Copper Plates illustrated.
VIGNET
Printed in Amsterdam, by the Widow of Jacobus van Egmont.
Special edition:
• Printer: Jacobus van Egmont, without year indication – ca. 1780
• Unusual page layout/numbering: 4 blank + 231 text + 3 blank
• Unusual vignette on the frontispiece/orthography Amsterdamse vs Amsterdamsze
Edition: hardcover - half leather – 13x8 cm – 238 pp – 4 plates at pp 10, 34, 62, 160
Condition/repairs:
• Frontispiece and title page, as well as 6 other pages, are bound-in copies (see photos)
• Some pages have been restored
• Name + some notes on the inside of the front cover

