Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 61

 
Jan Starter - Friesche Lust-Hof


61
Jan Starter
Friesche Lust-Hof, 1627.
Etching
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,300
Sold:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,300

(incl. surcharge)
Jan van de Velde. - [Starter, J. J., Friesche Lust-Hof, Beplant met verscheyden stichtelyke minne-liedekens, gedichten, ende boertighe kluchten. Den vierden Druck op nieuws vermeerdert ende verbetert, met verscheyden Dichten ende Liedekens, soo geestige als boertige]. With engraved title, engraved portraitt and 11 partly fullpage etchings by J. van der Velde. [Amsterdam, Hessel Gerritsz 1627]. Contemp vellum. Oblong small 4to. 6 ll.(of 8), 206 pp., 1 blank l., 20 ll. (of 22).
Franken/Van der Kellen 38 and 429-440. - Hollstein XXXIII, 411 II and 463-472. - RISM S 4711. - Eitner IX, 257. - One of the nicest and rarest Dutch songbooks from the early 17th century. This probably the fourth edition. The nice plates by Jan van der Velde, which are also striking in terms of their varying typography, illustrate the unique songbook with rural and courtly scenes, partly in nightly depictions of a high quality. - LL. *2 and **4 missing at the beginning and towards the end ll. D3 and D4. - Partly slightly stained, titleleaf somewhat closely cut and with slight marginal defects, 1 l. torn corner, endpapers renewed latert. All in all good, well-preserved copy.




61
Jan Starter
Friesche Lust-Hof, 1627.
Etching
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,300
Sold:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,300

(incl. surcharge)