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Goddelycke Wenschen verlicht met sinne-beelden, Ghedichten en Vierighe Uyt-Spraecken der Ovd-Vaeders
by P. Hermannus Hugo (Justus de Harduwijn, trans; Boetius a Bolswert, engr)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Good hard cover. Text in Dutch. Full leather bound in contemporary marbled calf over boards; spine with red morocco panel with gilt stamped titles and gilt stamped fillets and rolls with fleurons in compartments; copperplate engraved frontispiece and 45 (of 46) plates; decorative tailpieces. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; very slight rubbing at edges; leather remains supple; tightly bound; small stamp and label on front free end paper; title page lacking (facsimile laid in); clean interior with occasional slight age darkening; plates with occasional faint stains but very good clear impressions; plate 30 lacking (facsimile laid in); printer’s notice and device on colophon ‘Hendrick Aertssens / in de Kamerstraete in de witte Lelie M. DC. XXIX.’ 15 x 9 cm. [9], 604, [5] (usual pagination errors 137-144 - no missing pages); in 8s. Fronstispiece, plates numbered 0-29, 31-45. See, STCN #314725628; OCLC #314913354.
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18578
- Title
- Goddelycke Wenschen verlicht met sinne-beelden, Ghedichten en Vierighe Uyt-Spraecken der Ovd-Vaeders
- Author
- P. Hermannus Hugo (Justus de Harduwijn, trans; Boetius a Bolswert, engr)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T'Hantwerpen: Hendrick Aertssens
- Date Published
- 1629
- Keywords
- EMBLEM, COPPERPLATE, ENGRAVINGS, NETHERLANDS, CATHOLIC, COUNTER-REFORMATION, BIBLE, BIBLICAL, CHRISTIANITY, JESUITS, PROSELYTIZING, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Device
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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