Arnold Hoogvliet - Abraham, de aartsvader, in XII boeken, de derde druk - 1734

Arnold Hoogvliet: Abraham, the patriarch, in XII books, third edition. In Haarlem, by Johannes Marshoorn, 1734. 8o: (38)223(3) pages. Original fine parchment. Corners slightly bent. Front endpaper missing. Binding and paper good. At the bottom of the margin, a very small old wormhole.

This edition in 8o format not in the SGT.

Arnold Hoogvliet (Vlaardingen, July 3, 1687 – Vlaardingen, October 17, 1763) was a devotional poet from the eighteenth century.
Hoogvliet was the son of Johannes Hoogvliet and Katarina Paspoort. He grew up in a wealthy family. Hoogvliet was primarily trained in administrative tasks (notary clerk, accountant at the Bank of Lending in Dordrecht), but also developed some skill as a silversmith. In Dordrecht, he came into contact with a group of poets and joined them. In 1719, he published 'Publius Ovidius Naso's festivals in Dutch light,' a translation of Ovid's 'Fasti.' His most famous work is the long poem 'Abraham, the Patriarch,' in twelve books (1727), which saw ten editions over more than a century. He married Ida van der Ruit on November 30, 1735. In 1750, he was elected to the Vroedschap.
In Vlaardingen, a street is named after him. Arnold Hoogvliet also plays an important role in the story The History of a Hole by Lévi Weemoedt (1983). Recently, a short biography was published: Perry Moree, Arnold Hoogvliet. Poet from Vlaardingen (Streekmuseum Vlaardingen, 2014), including a bibliography.