t' Amsterdam: Hendrick vander Putte, Papier en Boekverkooper op't Water, in de Lootsman, [n.d.]. Vellum. Early eighteenth century edition (based on the imprint) of the Dutch poet and politician's rhymed dissertations on marriage and conjugal fidelity, first published in Dordrecht, in 1637. 16mo: [44], 673, [3]pp, with an engraved title..... more

t' Amsterdam: Anthony Schoonenburg, 1723. Later Reprint. Three-quarter Calf. Eighteenth-century reprint of Cats's masterpiece, with engravings by Breugel’s pupil, Adriaan van de Venne.16mo; engraved t-p, [21], 538pp, two hand-colored plates (one folding, and rare, showing children playing with crossbows, flying kites, doing handstands, and . . . ) and 35..... more

Antverpiae [Antwerp]: apud viduam & haeredes Joannis Cnobbari, sub signo S. Petri. MDCLVIII [1658]. Vellum. Two parts, with separate title pages, in one volume. 4to: [4],352[334 misprinted 234],[44, indices]; [4],492[but 494: pp. 153-160 misprinted as 1-8], p. 295 as 195, pp. 340-341 as 342-343, p. 348 as 349, pp. 377-378..... more

Bristol: Printed by Joseph Lansdown & John Mills, 1808. Reprint. Full Calf. Small 8vo: x,7-277,[1]; [2],iv,5-154,[10]pp, with three frontispieces (one to each book) and 140 further full-page copper-engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, smooth spine richly gilt in six compartments, red morocco lettering piece gilt. An excellent copy of this charming..... more

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: apud Ioh. Ianssonium Iuniorem, 1659. Early Reprint. Vellum. Pocket edition of the most important anti-Machiavellian book of the seventeenth century, as well one of the most popular and most beautiful Spanish seventeenth-century emblem books. Text in Latin. 12mo (127 x 70mm): [24],832,[4]pp, with engraved title page, 101 nearly..... more