GELLERT, Christian Fürchtegott.
Fabelen en vertelsels, in Nederduitsche vaerzen gevolgd.
Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer, 1781-1784. With large allegorical engraving on title and 148 (of 149) full-page engraved plates by N. van der Meer after J. Buys and one ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR by J. Buijs illustrating the poem "Het Proces".(2) IDEM. Bijdrage tot de gemeenzame brieven van C.F. Gellert uitgegeven door J.P. Bamberger. Utrecht, A. van Paddenburg & J.M. van Vloten, 1781. 2 works (the 1st in 3 volumes, the 2nd bound with volume 3). 8vo.
Contemporary "run marbled" calf (more root-like than tree-like), gold-tooled spine, gold fillets on boards, black morocco spine labels. [4], 166, [2]; [2], 168, [4]; [4], 155, [5]; [2], VI, 103, [1] pp.
€ 1,350
Second Dutch edition of Gellert's famous fable book, first published by the same publisher in Amsterdam from 1772 to 1774. The series of plates by Jacobus Buijs (1724-1801), beautifully illustrating each fable, are still of great importance for our knowledge of Dutch life and customs in the second half of the 18th century. The fables were translated in verse from the German by B. de Bosch, J. Lutkeman, P. Meyer, J.P. Broeckhoff, H.J. Roullaud, L. Pater and J. Lublink jr.
From the library of Buijnsters-Smet, with their bookplate on front paste-downs. Ad 1 lacks the frontispiece and the plate "Monima", otherwise in fine condition. Some superficial cracks in the spines, and the hinges slightly worn, but binding otherwise very good. Ad 1: Landwehr, Emblem & fable books F107; Waller 589; Cohen & De Ricci 1108; Buijnsters-Smets, "Buijs als Boekillustrator", in: Doc.blad werkgroep 18de eeuw, XVI (1984), pp. 91-106, no. 39; E. de la Fontaine Verwey, Ills. letterk. werken XVIIIe eeuw, pp. 83-97, and cat. p. 163; cf. Buijnsters, BNK (other eds.); Cat. Van Rijn 948 (1774-1781 ed.).
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