[Emblems] ABRAHAM A SANCTA CLARA De gekheydt der wereldt, wysselyk beschreven en kluchtig vertoont in hondert narren en derselver narrenpoetzen. Amsterdam, Janssonius van Waesberge, 1734-[2 vol., 8vo: [incl. engr. front.]-[of 554]-[22], engr. front.-[10]-546-[pp.; pl. (vol. f. 2H1 missing, sm. hole in text in f. *sm. tear in f. Qbl. marg. torn of f. 2Hsome soiling; vol. bl. marg. of quire A strengthened, spotting in text on f. C4). Contemp. sheep, gilt title on gilt-orn. spines with 5 raised bands (head and tail of both vol. sl. damaged). First part in second edition, second part in first edition. 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). This moralizing work denounces human failings in a satiric way. 2 Engr. ill. front. and "fools". Titles in red & black. Ref. Praz - Emblem Books Leiden - STCN. Prov. Mod. bookpl.
[Emblems] ABRAHAM A SANCTA CLARA De gekheydt der wereldt, wysselyk beschreven en kluchtig vertoont in hondert narren en derselver narrenpoetzen. Amsterdam, Janssonius van Waesberge, 1734-[2 vol., 8vo: [incl. engr. front.]-[of 554]-[22], engr. front.-[10]-546-[pp.; pl. (vol. f. 2H1 missing, sm. hole in text in f. *sm. tear in f. Qbl. marg. torn of f. 2Hsome soiling; vol. bl. marg. of quire A strengthened, spotting in text on f. C4). Contemp. sheep, gilt title on gilt-orn. spines with 5 raised bands (head and tail of both vol. sl. damaged). First part in second edition, second part in first edition. 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). This moralizing work denounces human failings in a satiric way. 2 Engr. ill. front. and "fools". Titles in red & black. Ref. Praz - Emblem Books Leiden - STCN. Prov. Mod. bookpl.
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