Auction 347 Old & Rare Books - Emblem & Fable Books
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VERMEREN, M.F. De listige onstantvastigheyt des weirelts. Brussel, J. vande Velde, n.d. (=1745). (10), 80 (=84), (4) pp. W. ti-vign., large dedic. engr., 8 full-p. engr. plates and 14 engr. in text (incl. 2 'portraits'), some of which are built up from 2 plates. - Bound with: Id. Den theater des bedroghs ofte de listige onstantvastigheyt des werelts. Brussel, J. vande Velde, n.d. (=1743?). (8), 40, (2) pp. W. ti-vign., 9 full-p. engr. plates and 13 small engr. in text by Cosset. - And: LES LIONS de Païs-Bas au regards des guerres, (…) / DE NEDERLANDSCHE LEEUWEN aen-raeckende de oorlogen, (…). Lille, (etc.), n.d. (c. 1743?). (2), 16 pp. W. 2 fold. engr. plates. - 3 in 1 vol. Fol. Cont. cf. (Spine dam., corners dam./worn, name entry on ti., a bit foxed/browned).

Curious book, defending Shakespeare's 'All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players'. Ad 1: Landwehr, Emblem & Fable Books, 856; ad 2: Landwehr, Emblem & Fable Books, 855. - From the library of Bob Luza and with his bookplate.

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