Author: Haen, A. de. Title: Poetry, 1751 | De Herderszangen en Mengeldichten. Amsterdam, T. Crajenschot, 1751, (20) 392 (8) pp.
Description: With an engraved frontispiece and a portrait of the author (after J.M. Quinkhard's painting at the Rijksmuseum) by C.F. Frietzsch, and a large number of vignettes throughout the text.Abraham de Haen was an etcher, a draughtsman and a poet. He was trained by Cornelis Pronk and mostly drew views of cities, villages, churches and castles in and around the Netherlands, many of which are nowadays still kept at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Inspired by the works of Virgil, De Haen also specialized in the genre of pastoral poetry. His De Herderszangen en Mengeldichten was published posthumously by Sara Maria van der Wilp, and was praised by his famous contemporaries.Ex libris of writer P.J.A. Meersmans, the first curator of the Multatuli-Genootschap, on front pastedown.Poetry - De Haen - pastoral poems - artist writers - Meersmans[NL] Deze dichtbundel De Herderszangen en Mengeldichten van Abraham de Haen is in 1751 na zijn overlijden uitgegeven door Sara Maria van der Wilp (1716-1803). Zij was een dochter van Jessica Preyger, een zuster van Abrahams moeder. Hierin werd gewag gemaakt van zijn Gezichten van Landschappen, Steden, Sloten, enz., die den roem van alle Oordeelkundigen wegdraagen, alsmede van zijn herderszangen, wier zoetvloeijenheid en weligheid zo streelend is, dat zy elks goedkeuring verdienen. Contemporary half roan, 25.7 x 19.5 cm. Worn, fragile spine. Some small parts of the spine are missing.
Keywords: Poetry
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- Book number: 67478