Beschrijving
The Hague ('s Gravenhage), Robertus Viejou, 1728, 8vo., full parchment spitsel binding with sprinkled edges and handwritten title on the spine, [8]+272+172+154 pp., the book is good condition, some spitsels are broken but the connection between the binding and the textblock is still solid, some minor damage to the endpapers, mostly clean pages without tears. ‘De gevallen van Cyrus’ consists of two parts each with a separate titlepage. These titlepages have an engraved printer's mark (‘Finis Coronat Opus’, R. Alberts inven., D. Coster fe.), there are lovely woodcut headpieces and initials, and there is an engraved frontispiece in front of the second part of ‘De gevallen van Cyrus’ (Cl. Duflos f. 1728) depicting Cyrus consulting prophet Daniel. The frontispiece in front of the first part is missing (this one was identical to the second frontispiece, based on comparison with other copies). With 4 handwritten ownership signatures on the front flyleaf: W. Hamelijnck 1922, A. Hamelijnck 1929, M. Hollebrands 1829 and C. Vermandele (? crossed out).
First and only Dutch edition of an imaginary travel account to classical Greece and the Levant, inspired by François Fénelon's Télemaque. Lit: Scheepers II, 569; Mateboer 529; Buisman 1893.
