[Mimicry] De kunst van nabootzing door gebaarden; door J.J. Engel.

Haarlem, J. van Walré, 1790, 2 volumes, (22),333,(1); (8),II,(6),251,(1)p., 2 identical engraved title vignettes by R. Vinkeles, 34 engraved plates (26 with 2 illustrations), plain contemporary uniform cardboard.

A few leaves and one plate of volume 1 waterstained, both volumes here and there with more minor defects. Still an acceptable copy of the first Dutch edition of one of the earliest works in the field of mimicry/ charades. The first German edition appeared in 1785-1786 (Ideen zu einer Mimik) (total 2 volumes).