Jacob Cats - Alle de Wercken, so ouden als nieuwen - 1658

Jacob Cats
All the works, as old as new... Increased with the author's eighty-year life, householdings, and reflections on Zorgh-vliet.
Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz Schipper, 1658
(20)+(10)+164+(14)+30+(4)+15+(5)+195+(9)+52+(8)+180+(16)+265(=261)+(29)+104+34+8+(6)+40+(4)+108+64 pp
Portrait of Cats in the frontispiece (M. Mosyn after C. Monicks), engraved title pages (dated 1657, Buytenleven dated 1659), 2 portraits of Cats, 1 full-page plate & 3 double-page plates (Huwelyx fuyk, Dodelycke uytgang, Sic transit gloria mundi) & more than 400 emblematic copper engravings (after A. van der Venne).

Beautiful contemporary leather binding with gilded supralibros 'Elisabeth Ryckers / Veriaert den. I. van Oogstmaent' (38x25cm, closing ribbons, wear on corners and edges, gold on the spine); moisture/rust stains, edge defects/tears (partially reinforced, slight loss of text); ex-libris coat of arms (Scheef Gaarzerfelde).

This is the second edition of the sought-after 1658 folio edition.