Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuvven tijdt : bestaende uyt spreeck-vvoorden ende sinspreucken, ontleent van de voorige ende jegenvvoordige eeuvve, verlustigt door menigte van sinne-beelden, met gedichten en prenten daer op passende : dienstigh tot bericht van alle gedeelten des levens, beginnende van de kintsheyt, ende eyndigende met het eynde alles vleesch /
Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt Spiegel vanden ouden ende nieuwen tijt
door J. Cats.
- [16], 168, 56, 104, 24, 68, [2], 69-160, 16 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm (4to)
Added engraved title leaf which reads: "Spiegel vanden Ouden ended Nieuwe[n] Tijt "; engraved illustrations. Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-X⁴ a-g⁴ 2A-2N⁴, ²A-C⁴ 3A-3H⁴ 3I⁴(3I2+'Iii3') 3K-3V⁴ a-b⁴. "[A]dditional leaf 3I3 with emblem Stulto ne permittas digitum and text, verso blank. Second folium 3I3 running-head: 'Onvoorsichtich', 14 proverbs typeset in two columns and a note of 17 lines: 'Op dit spreeck-vvort ... sot geen vresen heeft.'"--Landwehr. In three parts, each with separate signatures and pagination. "Frontispiece [i.e. added engraved title leaf] and 127 copperplate emblems engraved by D. van den Bremden, A. Storkius [i.e. Adriaen Matham?], T. Matham, C. van Queboren, and W. Hondius after designs by A. van de Venne. Each emblem with a caption in Dutch, Latin, German, French, Italian or Spanish."--Landwehr 146. On title leaf, the words "Elck spiegle hem selven" are printed within a woodcut border. Printed marginalia.
Conduct of life--Quotations, maxims, etc.--Early works to 1800. Emblem books, Dutch--Specimens--Early works to 1800.