Author: AUCTION CATALOGUE: Joan de Witt.
Title: Catalogus bibliothecae luculentissimae (etc.) a Joanne de Witt, Joannis filio. & Bibliothecae Wittianae pars secunda: sive numismatum ac operis prisci thesaurus.
Description: Dordrecht, Theodorus Goris & Joannes van Braam, 1701. 12mo. [v], 289.174.74 & [ii], 136 pp. Calf. (binding very defective; small worming in the lower margin of the last part; waterstain in the first part; copy without the 2 frontispieces) - Prices for all book results marked in the margin. ¶ Joan de Witt (1662-1701), son of the famous statesman, was renowned for his library and numismatic collections. This catalogue was compiled by Joh.Graevius, who also wrote the introduction. David van Hoogstraten wrote a poem on Joan de Witt, "Instructissimae bibliothecae possesorem": "Laus generis praeclara tui, cultissimi Witti / Aonio Witt portus & ara choro, / Ut stupui nuper, mihi cum tua sacra recludens / Prodebas studii tot monumenta tui: / Innumeris cum tu circumdatus undique libris / Monstrabas oculis pignora rara meis;" David van Hoogstraten, Poëmata, p.222.

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