Beschrijving
Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), ex officina Adriani Wyngaerden, 1650, 8vo., half leather binding with decorative paper (kievietsmarmer), ribbed spine, red sprinkled edges, [18]+531+[34]pp. The book is in excellent condition with a skillfully rebacked spine, opens beautifully. The book comes with a restoration report (in Dutch) and a custom made acid free folder. There are some black stains on the edges of a few pages, a small wormhole through pages 1-55 (top left corner, in the margins), a dark inkstain on page 73 and some waterstains. With an engraved titlepage (R. Persijn) and lovely decorative head- and tailpieces and decorative initials.
There is a handwritten note in Latin on the front flyleaf stating this book was awarded to Joannes van Hoorenbeeke for being a top student. This note is dated to 1770.