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J J. (Works). Set of , splendidly uniformly bound in 18th cent. gilt panelled marbled calf by JAN DANE, all sides with central gilt ornament within roll tooled borders, spine richly gilt w. five raised bands and green mor. letterpiece, gilt boardedges, marbled edges, 4to. The set comprizes the following works: Alcibiadis sive Proteus. Middelb.. J. Hellenius, 1st ed., (, (; (p., titles, fold. plate "Kinderspel" and circular emblems - One preliminary leaf misbound. = STCN Cats WITH: Maechden-Plicht ofte ampt der ionck-vrouwen, in eerbaer liefde, aen-ghewesen door sinne-beelden. Ibid., idem, 1st ed., (,(p., engr. plate, emblems, p. ill. - Very fine. = STCN Cats incl. the added poem "Harders-clachte". ofte Minne-beelden, verandert in Sinne-beelden. Rott., P. van Waesberge, 1st ed., engr. title, circular emblems in "Sinne en Minne-beelden", circular emblems in "Emblemata Moralia", and - A few leaves w. paper flaws (one leaf w. tear); sl. yellowed and foxed throughout. = WITH an extra engraved portrait of Cats by W. DELFF after M. MIEREVELD, "Jacob Cats Out LVIII Jaren anno MDCXXXCVI". STCN Cats Houwelyck. Dat Is De gansche gelegentheyt des Echten staets. Middelb., J.P. vande Venne, 1st ed., titles/ title engr., p. plates, circular emblems, ills. - Occas. trifle spotted, otherwise very fine. = WITH an extra folding engraved portrait of Cats by M. NATALIS after P. DUBORDIEU (publ. by J. LIVIUS; laid down). STCN Cats Spiegel van den Ouden ende Nieuwen Tijdt. The Hague, I. Burchoorn, 1st ed., 2nd issue, in , engr. title and circular emblems. - One leaf closed tear. = WITH an extra engr. portrait of Cats by J. HOUBRAKEN after M. MIEREVELD. STCN Cats Self-stryt, dat is Crachtighe beweginghe van Vlees en Gheest, poëtischer wjse verthoont in den persoon ende uytte gheleghentheyt van Jospeh, ten tijde hy by Potiphars huys-vrouwe wiert versocht tot overspel. Middelb., H. van der Hellen, 1st ed., 119p., woodcut title-vignette, - BOUND WITH: Tooneel van de mannelicke achtbaerheyt (...). Middelb., H. vander Hellen for J.P. vande Venne, woodcut printers mark, (,(p., ills. - Vague owners entry on title-p. of first work. = BOUND WITH in first work an extra engr. portrait of Cats by C. VAN DALEN after M. MIEREVELD. STCN Cats (pirated ed.). Werelts begin, midden, eynde, besloten in den trou-ringh, met den proef-steen van den selven. Dordr., H. van Esch for M. Havius, in , (, (,136p., p. engr. title, titles, by C. VAN QUEBORN after A. VAN DER VENNE, (fold.) portraits (incl. portraits). - Occas. sl. foxed and sl. agetoned; partly sl. waterstained in outer top corner. = BOUND WITH portraits: a portrait of Cats by W. DELFF after M. MIEREVELD; and of Anna Maria Schurman: a portrait by ?, from J. VAN BEVERWIJCK, Van de Wtnementheyt des Vrouwelicken Geslachts (Dordr., ; a selfportrait; an anonymous portrait after C. VAN DALEN after C. JANSSENS VAN CEULEN (without caption below) and a fold. portrait by S. VAN LAMSWEERDE after the same (all extra portraits mounted, the last portrait a few tears in blank border of mount. STCN Cats ("Includes: Lof-sangh"). buyten-leven, en Hofgedachten, op Sorgh-vliet. Amst., J.J. Schipper, in , title-p., p. plates, p. ills., = WITH an extra mounted folding portrait of Cats after M. MOSIJN (before addition of the text "Alle de wercken van J. Cats Ridder etc." in lower banderolle). STCN Cats Gedachten op slapeloose nachten (...). Leyden, J. van der Deyster, (, (p., engr. frontisp. and portrait by J. HOUBRAKEN after M. MIEREVELD. = STCN Cats WITH: "Oratie Van sijn Excellentie den Ambassadeur Iacob Catz (...)". N.pl., (p. STCN Cats - A very fine set in beautiful bindings. A few vols. joint(s) trifle rubbed. = On the Middelburg bindery of Jan Dane and his successors, see at large Storm van Leeuwen (vol. IIB, p.641ff). This set is not listed in Storm van Leeuwen but the rolls and tools used are identical to the following illustrated in Storm van Leeuwen on p.667ff: I, XVIII, XXIX, ILLUSTRATION PL