[Franeker edition in Gouda prize binding] Rutgeri Ouwens Noctes Haganae

Sive observationum libri tres. In quibus multi veterum scriptorum loci explicantur, vindicantur, vel emendantur. Franeker, P.N. Lomars, 1780, (8),637,(1); (16 index) p., rich gilt vellum with in the centre of both boards the arms of Gouda inside a double border, gilt, ribbed back with morocco title shield, 4to.

Lacks prize. Paper here and there tanned; lacks ties and vellum slightly soiled; title shield removed from back (inserted in book). Copy with wide margins and with ex libris of "J.D." with motto "Tenere cursum" on inside front cover. Rutgerus Ouwens (1692-1780) was rector at Alkmaar and afterwards at The Hague. This work, his last, was published shortly after his death. Van der Aa: "Hij stelde dit werk in slaaplooze nachten ten gevolge van het gebruik van het laudanum Sydenhami op en gaf het in 90jarigen [sic] ouderdom, op raad van Janus Grotius, advocaat te 's Hage, in het licht."