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Rare first edition of the new Dutch translation of the Decamerone with engravings after Romeyn de Hooghe
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Keulen [Amsterdam], By Jacobus Gaillard [Fr. Moselagen, The Hague?], 1732. 2 volumes 8vo (157 x 95 mm). XIV, 487, [15]; 539, [21] p. (last leaf blank).
With an engraved title page, head piece by (E.L.) Creite and 100 half page engravings by Laurens Scherm after Romeyn de Hooghe.
Late 18th century half calf with tree marbled paper on the boards. Simply gold tooled flat spine with red title label adn oval green volume label. A new translation in Dutch of Boccaccio's Decamerone. An older translation in Dutch was made by Coornhert (Lustige historien, 1564). This new one has been somewhat abridged so as to avoid longwindedness. It is also the first printing of this translation; a second, undated one followed circa 1740.
The engravings are the same as the 1702 edition of Gaillard made by Laurens Scherm after Romeijn de Hooghe, but much reworked. The engravings of Romeyn de Hooghe were first published in 1697. The vignette at story number VI is signed by L. Scherm.
The engravings were also used for Hermanus van den Burg, Zedige Byschriften op Hondert Print-Taferelen, Amsterdam 1744. As this work was intended for the use of children, the engravings XIII and XIX were chastened, in the latter case by showing only one person in the bed!
-Provenance: in pen on upper paste dowm " Collectie Pieck" and a smaal auction ticket "Veiling April Piek 1897" and number 587.
-Literature: Bacchi 73; Boccaccio in Nederland 38; Brunet I, 1006; Buisman 184; Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe 88 (who mentions only the French editions); Scheepers II, 702 ('hoogst zeldzaam'); Waller 276 ('tweede druk'); STCN 3 copies (UVA, Rijksmuseum; KB vol. 1 only).
-Condition: 19th century pen annotation on fly leaf vol. 2; Some leaves a bit stained; A bit loose; Binding a bit rubbed.
With an engraved title page, head piece by (E.L.) Creite and 100 half page engravings by Laurens Scherm after Romeyn de Hooghe.
Late 18th century half calf with tree marbled paper on the boards. Simply gold tooled flat spine with red title label adn oval green volume label. A new translation in Dutch of Boccaccio's Decamerone. An older translation in Dutch was made by Coornhert (Lustige historien, 1564). This new one has been somewhat abridged so as to avoid longwindedness. It is also the first printing of this translation; a second, undated one followed circa 1740.
The engravings are the same as the 1702 edition of Gaillard made by Laurens Scherm after Romeijn de Hooghe, but much reworked. The engravings of Romeyn de Hooghe were first published in 1697. The vignette at story number VI is signed by L. Scherm.
The engravings were also used for Hermanus van den Burg, Zedige Byschriften op Hondert Print-Taferelen, Amsterdam 1744. As this work was intended for the use of children, the engravings XIII and XIX were chastened, in the latter case by showing only one person in the bed!
-Provenance: in pen on upper paste dowm " Collectie Pieck" and a smaal auction ticket "Veiling April Piek 1897" and number 587.
-Literature: Bacchi 73; Boccaccio in Nederland 38; Brunet I, 1006; Buisman 184; Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe 88 (who mentions only the French editions); Scheepers II, 702 ('hoogst zeldzaam'); Waller 276 ('tweede druk'); STCN 3 copies (UVA, Rijksmuseum; KB vol. 1 only).
-Condition: 19th century pen annotation on fly leaf vol. 2; Some leaves a bit stained; A bit loose; Binding a bit rubbed.