Author: CLARA ABRAHAM VAN ST, PR.,
Title: Nuttelyk mengelmoes, Bestaande uyt alderhande Zeldzame en wonderlyke Geschiedenissen Smakelyk, Voedsaam en Vermaakelyk Gemaakt, Met Veelerley Scherpzinnige en Zeede-vormende Aanmerkingen, ter stoffe dienende; opgedist door Pr. Abraham van St. Clara, met aardige Figuren en Opschriften.
Description: Amsterdam, Wed. Wolters en J. Pauli, 1718, 8vo., later attractive half leather binding with marbled paper, marbled endpapers (different marbling), red coloured edges, (13)+514+(19) pages, engraved frontispiece (tear repaired with tape), titlepage in red and black (pencil markings, small tear) with woodcut printer's mark, woodcut decorative initials and tailpieces, the bookblock shows some signs of wear and tear (especcially the first and last page) and there is some water damage near the end of the book, 50 engraved emblematical illustrations by C. Luyken, written by Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644-1709), religious name for Johann Ulrich Megerle, lit.: Bertsche 4661, Landwehr 2, Klaversma, H 23.

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