Literature & Linguistics / Dutch Literature

FOCQUENBROCH, Willem Godschalk van. Eerste (-derde) deel van de Thalia, of geurige sang-godin.
Amsterdam, David Lindenius and Andries Vinck, 1679.
With:
(2) [ULAEUS, Johannes & Willem Godschalk van FOCQUENBROCH]. De herders-sangen van Virgilius Maro, in Nederduyts gesongen, op twee verscheydene toonen.
Amsterdam, David Lindenius and Andries Vinck, 1679.
(3) FOCQUENBROCH, Willem Godschalk van. Min in 't Lazarus-huys, blyspel.
Amsterdam, Jacob Vinckel, 1674. 3 works in 1 volume, the first in 4 parts. 8vo. With 3 finely engraved allegorical frontispieces by Schoonebeek, a large engraved vignette on the separate title to ad 3, and several decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum. [16], 447, [1 blank]; [16], 223, [1]; [16], 112; [8], 77, [3 blank] pp. Full description

GODDAEUS, Conrad. Nieuwe gedichten. Sonder rym, naa de Griexe en Latynse dicht-maten, op allerhande soorten van verssen, ingestelt. Noit voor desen in Neder-duits gesien, noch gebruiklik.
Harderwijk, Joannes Toll, 1656. Oblong 4to. With woodcut of King David playing his harp on the title page, a fine engraved frontispiece with an open music book below the title in centre, which is flanked by King David playing his harp and Horace playing his lyre, each on a pedestal, with a white swan above and publisher's address below. Contemporary mottled calf. [4], 184, [2] pp. Full description

HALMA, François. Het kasteel van Aigermont, en d'omleggende landtstreeken in de heerlykheit van Nederkan, nevens de stadt Maastricht.
Leeuwarden, François Halma, 1715. 4to. With the title page and dedication printed in red and black, an engraved printer's device on the title page, 3 engraved plates (2 folding, 1 double page), 4 decorated woodcut initials, and 2 woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled polished calf. [20], 60 pp. Full description

HEEMSKERK, Jan van. Minne-kunst. Minne-baet. Minne-dichten. Mengel-dichten.
Amsterdam, Hessel Gerritsz, 1626-1627. 4 parts in 1 volume. Oblong small 8vo. With 4 separate titles, and 20 fine engraved plates, including frontispiece, by Pieter Serwouters. Modern vellum. [8], 446, [2] pp. Full description

HENNEBO, Robert. Verzamelde dicht-werken.
The Hague, Pieter van Os; Leiden, Pieter van der Eyk and Johannes Le Mair, etc., [1767]. 8vo. With 2 half-page engravings in the text. Contemporary half calf. [26], 120, [3], [1 blank] pp. Full description

HEYBLOCQ, Jacobus. Farrago Latino-Belgica, of mengelmoes van Latijnsche en Duitsche gedichten, gepast op allerhande gelegentheden en voorvallen.
Amsterdam, Pieter van den Berge, 1662 (engraved title: 1663). 8vo. With the title printed in red and black with an engraved printer's device, an engraved title, a full-page engraved view of 't Huys Mannepat, an engraved illustration in the text, several decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum. [24], 267, [1] pp. Full description

HONDIUS, Petrus. Dapes inemptae, oft de Mouffe Schans, dat is de soeticheyt des buyten-levens, vergeselschapt met de boecken.
[Netherlands, 1619(?) (not after 1621)]. 12mo. Recased in 17th-century vellum. 64 pp. Full description

[HOOFT, Pieter Cornelisz.]. Emblemata amatoria. Afbeeldinghen van minne. Emblemes d'amour.
Amsterdam, Willem Jansz. Blaeu, 1611. Oblong 4to (15 x 19 cm). With an engraved title-page, with the title in Latin, Dutch and French. With 30 engraved emblems (ca. 10.5 x 13.5 cm), each with tri-lingual mottos in the engraving and distichs in Dutch with Latin and French translations on the opposite page. The Dutch text is mainly set in gothic letters, while the Latin and French texts are set in roman and italic letters respectively. The Dutch songs and sonnets in the second half of the work are set in roman and gothic letters, sometimes in two columns. 19th-century gold-tooled red sheepskin, with two triple-fillet frames and 4 ornamental corner pieces between the two frames. With an elaborately gold-tooled spine, including the French title and the year of publication, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers and a yellow, red and green reading ribbon. 144 pp. Full description

HOOFT, Pieter Corneliszoon and Jacob vander BURGH (ed.). Gedichten.
Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1636.
With: (2) HOOFT, Pieter Corneliszoon. Henrik de Gróte. Zijn leven en bedrijf. Naerder overzien, ende vermeerdert.
Amsterdam, Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1638. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page of each work, an engraved portrait of Pieter Dirkszoon Hasselaer in the text, and 30 engraved emblems by Christoffel le Blon in ad 1, a full-page engraved portrait of Hendrik de Grote in ad 2, and several decorated woodcut initials, head-, and tailpieces in both works. Contemporary vellum. [2 blank], [6], "464" [= 460]; [8], 203, [5] pp. Full description

[HOOGSTRATEN, Frans van]. Het voorhof der ziele, behangen met leerzaeme prenten en zinnebeelden.
Rotterdam, F. van Hoogstraten (colophon: Hendrik van Puer), 1668. 4to. With a fine engraved allegorical frontispiece and 60 fine engraved emblems in the text, all by Romeyn de Hooghe. Contemporary tree-marbled boards. [16], 199, [9] pp. Full description