VEEN, JAN VAN DER.

ZINNE-BEELDEN, OFT ADAMS APPEL. MITSGADERS SYNE OUDE ENDE NIEUWE ONGEMEENE BRUYDT-LOFS ENDE ZEGE-ZANGEN. AMSTERDAM, EVERHARD CLOPPENBURGH, 1642.

      4to. 19th century fullgrained red morocco, spine with raised bands with finely gilt stamped decoration, geometrically gilt stamped panel on sides with finely gilt stamped ornaments, and the gilt stamped armorial supra-libros of the Earl of Spencer in center, richly gilt inner dentelles, fully gilt edges, gauffered.at borders and corners With large emblematic engraving on title, and 50 full-page engraved emblems by S. Savry. (24), 523 (1 blank) pp. Rare first edition of Jan van der Veen's famous emblembook, to which his popular songbook, enlarged with new songs, is added. The book is dedicated to the magistrates of the city of Deventer in the eastern Netherlands, where the poet lived and kept a pharmacy, probably also running a grocery-store. The beautiful large emblems, here in first impressions, by the sensitive artist Salomon Savry, or Saverij (Amsterdam 1594-1678), all have a two-lined motto in Dutch above and in French below. Emblem XIV is mounted in correction as it should be in the first edition. The present first edition is the only one with French text, and the only one in quarto. The book was republished till the middle of the 18th century, but all in octavo. Beautiful copy with a great provenance, in special binding of the famous library of the Earl of Spencer, and with the book-label of Althorp.- (Binding sl. rubbed at corners). Landwehr 842; Praz pp. 522-523; De Vries 167; Scheurleer, Liedboeken, p. 156; Hollstein XXIV, 181; Nagler 30.