Abraham van St Clara - De gekheydt der wereldt, - 1734
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One-volume first edition of De gekheydt der wereldt by Abraham van St. Clara, published in Amsterdam in 1734, in Dutch, 588 pages, approximately 16 x 11 cm, in reasonable condition, with frontispiece and 25 copper engravings.
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Abraham van St. Clara
The folly of the world, clearly described, and comically displayed in a hundred fools and other fool’s verses: interwoven everywhere with entertaining histories, merry banter, and moral admonitions. First part
Amsterdam, Jansssoons van Waesberge, 1734
(12)+554+(22) pp; frontispiece + 25 copper engravings after C. Luyken
Old leather bound (16x10 cm, worn, label on front cover & spine), library stamps; foxed pages; p. 1 right margin torn and repaired (no loss of text)
Abraham van St. Clara or Johann Ulrich Megerle (1642-1709) was an eccentric yet popular German Augustinian monk and popular orator, who wove his sermons with witty, sometimes boorish sallies and puns. His books, mostly moralizing but in popular style, enjoyed much support and his extensive oeuvre was reprinted into the 20th century. This book is a translation of ‘Der Christliche Welt-Weise beweint die Thorheit der neu-entdeckten Narrn-Welt’ (1706-1709), a compilation of Abraham’s writings by Albert Joseph Conlin.
Abraham van St. Clara
The folly of the world, clearly described, and comically displayed in a hundred fools and other fool’s verses: interwoven everywhere with entertaining histories, merry banter, and moral admonitions. First part
Amsterdam, Jansssoons van Waesberge, 1734
(12)+554+(22) pp; frontispiece + 25 copper engravings after C. Luyken
Old leather bound (16x10 cm, worn, label on front cover & spine), library stamps; foxed pages; p. 1 right margin torn and repaired (no loss of text)
Abraham van St. Clara or Johann Ulrich Megerle (1642-1709) was an eccentric yet popular German Augustinian monk and popular orator, who wove his sermons with witty, sometimes boorish sallies and puns. His books, mostly moralizing but in popular style, enjoyed much support and his extensive oeuvre was reprinted into the 20th century. This book is a translation of ‘Der Christliche Welt-Weise beweint die Thorheit der neu-entdeckten Narrn-Welt’ (1706-1709), a compilation of Abraham’s writings by Albert Joseph Conlin.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
De gekheydt der wereldt,
Author/ Illustrator
Abraham van St Clara
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1734
Height
16 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
11 cm
Language
Dutch
Original language
No
Number of pages
588
