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Wolff-Bekker, E. and Deken, A. Historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart. The Hague, I. van Cleef, 1782, 1st ed., 2 vols., XIV,408; (2),409-824,VII,(1)p., contemp. unif. hcalf w. richly gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces. - Most spine-ends dam.; upper joint vol.1 split; one letterpiece sl. dam.; covers sl. rubbed and stained; boardedges and corners worn. Good copy w. broad margins from the library of H.A. Höweler, w. his bookplate on upper pastedowns. = Buijnsters 127: "Eerste druk verscheen zonder platen; pas in september 1783 werd een set van 6 kopergravures door C. Bogerts naar tekeningen van Jacobus Buijs afzonderlijk te koop aangeboden (...)." Vol. 1 w. signed pencil annot. by Höweler on first free endpaper: "Exemplaar zonder platen, de eerst verkochte exemplaren van den eersten druk waren zonder platen. Later werden de platen bijgebonden (...)". Eadem. Historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart. The same work, same edition, 2 vols., 6 engr. plates by C. BOGERTS after J. BUYS, contemp. unif. hcalf w. 2 red mor. letterpieces. - First free endpapers w. owner's stamp and upper margin cut off; foxed; vol.1 first free endpaper, first blank and title (sl.) smudged. Covers sl. rubbed; boardedges and corners worn. = Buijnsters 127 (see annotation to the copy above). AND a copy of the third edition of the same work, 2 vols., contemp. unif. richly gilt hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece (bindings sl. worn at extremities; good copy w. broad margins. Buijnsters 129).