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LOT 399
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[Mary II (1662-1694)] Neerlands rouklagten,

Uitgegalmd door digters deser eeuwe, Op de Dood van de Grootmagtigste Vorstinne, Koninginne van Groot Brittannie, &c. &c. &c. By een versamelt, door Th. S. [Theodorus Schoon, volume 1] / Jacobus Semeins [volume 2]. The Hague, Jacobus Semeins, 1695, 2 volumes in 1 binding, (8),144; (8),176 p., with folding engraved plate "Verbeelding der stervende Koninginne van Engelant" by P. van den Berge and a beautiful folding engraved portrait by Bartholomaeus van Swinderen, contemporary polished calf with gilt, ribbed back, 4to.

Here and there slightly tanned/foxed; top hinge split and edges of boards trifle rubbed. Good copy. Knuttel 14133. Scarce work with poetic expressions after the death of Mary II, wife of King William III and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1689 until her death. The "digters deser eeuwe" are A. Boogaart, P. Burmannus, D. van Hoogstraten, Ch. Pierson, P. Rabus, L. Rotgans, J. Vollenhove and many others. The engraved portrait, with a poem by Sylvius in the bottom margin, is of exceptional quality.

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