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Emblems] - ABRAHAM A SANCTA CLARA - De gekheydt der wereldt, wysselyk beschreven en kluchtig vertoondt, in hondert narren en derselver narren poetzen. Eerste [- tweede] deel. Amsterdam, Wid. Wolters & J. Pauli, 1718 (I), 1721 (II), 2 vols, 8vo, mod. mottled calf, gilt spines on 5 raised bands, red sp. edges, [14]-554-[22], [12]-546-[14] pp. (occ. soiling). Good copy.
Very rare Dutch trsl. of the anonymous “Centifolium stultorum (...) oder Huntert Ausbündige Narren” (Wien 1709), attributed to the Augustinian baroque author Abraham a Sancta Clara (Ulrich Megerle, 1644-1709). Engr. ills : front. and 50 "fools". Titles in red & black. Old ownership entry on titles. Armorial bookpl. Ref. Bertsche 52d1. Dünnhaupt F5.1 (note). Praz p. 242. STCN (Pt. 1 only!).