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VONDEL, Joost van den Vorstelijcke warande der dieren: waar in de zeden-rijcke philosophie, poëtisch, morael, en historiael, vermakelijck en treffelijck wort voorgestelt. Amsterdam, Heirs of widow Gysbert de Groot, [ca. 1730?] 4to: [6]-125-[ff. (some light soiling, sm. hole in f. Riij). Contemp. calf (rubbed), gilt spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, head def., joints rubbed). Good copy. 18th-c. edition of Vondel's adaptation (1st publ. of the famous "Warachtige fabulen der Dieren" by E. de Dene (Bruges 1567). With engr. ill.: title vign. and emblems by M. Gheeraerts (emblem "De vogel Phoenix" not printed). Ref. Landwehr, LC, - Emblem books Leiden - Praz - Schuytvlot - Unger - STCN (i.a. BL).