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Narrinnen-spiegel, vertoonende Natuurelyk en Figuurelyk den Aardt, Levenswyze en gebreeken der gebrekkige vroutjes enz. alle den geenen, die genegen zyn dezelve te verbeeteren, voorgehouden
by SANCTA CLARA, Abraham a (monastic name of Johann Ulrich Megerle)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: By de Janssoons van Waesberge, 1737. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Volume One only. 335,[7]pp. 25 engravings including frontispiece (complete). Woodcut vignettes. Half calf and speckled papercovered boards woth red morocco spine label gilt, raised bands. Tear along the margin of the plate impression on Plate [10], joints a bit worn, but still a tight, very good copy. Treatise holding up a mirror to the vanities and eccentricities of women influenced by Sebastian Brant's *Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools)* by a popular Decalced Augustinian monk and preacher, son of a tavernkeeper known for his humor and eccentricity. A second volume was published in 1743.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 301340
- Title
- Narrinnen-spiegel, vertoonende Natuurelyk en Figuurelyk den Aardt, Levenswyze en gebreeken der gebrekkige vroutjes enz. alle den geenen, die genegen zyn dezelve te verbeeteren, voorgehouden
- Author
- SANCTA CLARA, Abraham a (monastic name of Johann Ulrich Megerle)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- By de Janssoons van Waesberge
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1737
- Keywords
- Art/Illustration, Women
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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