HOFFERUS, Adriaen (fl. 1629-30). Nederduytsche Pomata. Amsterdam: Broer Jansz, 1635.
4o (211 x 163 mm). Engraved title and 22 emblematic engravings some by Crispin de Passe. (Tiny hole in image on L3, short repaired tear to Ee3 and Tt1.) Contemporary vellum. Provenance: acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1969.
FIRST EDITION. The "Low German Poems" illustrated with emblematic engravings are "adorned with etchings which in themselves are perfect little works of art, although only slightly connected with the text" (Benesch, Rubens to Daumier p.39) Praz, p. 370; Landwehr, Low Countries 317; de Vries 161.
HOFFERUS, Adriaen (fl. 1629-30). Nederduytsche Pomata. Amsterdam: Broer Jansz, 1635.
4o (211 x 163 mm). Engraved title and 22 emblematic engravings some by Crispin de Passe. (Tiny hole in image on L3, short repaired tear to Ee3 and Tt1.) Contemporary vellum. Provenance: acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1969.
FIRST EDITION. The "Low German Poems" illustrated with emblematic engravings are "adorned with etchings which in themselves are perfect little works of art, although only slightly connected with the text" (Benesch, Rubens to Daumier p.39) Praz, p. 370; Landwehr, Low Countries 317; de Vries 161.
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