[Belgian chapbooks] Five titles: (1) Het Dobbel Kabinet

der Christelyke Wysheyd, besluytende in korte Vraegen en Antwoorden. De eerste beginselen en leeringe van het Katholijk Geloof, die de kinderen meest behooren te weten en gevoegelyk konnen beantwoorden. Dixmude, P. Stock & Zoon, n.d. (c. 1820), (52) p., with many woodcuts, later limp cardboard, small 4to size (quires in 8vo).

Occ. tears, one leaf with slight loss to text at bottom. Extremely rare edition, no other copies traced (the copy previously presented at our action is this copy). The book is very rare in any edition, see De Gulden Passer, Year 4, p. 215-218, nos. 72-80: "Het Dobbel Cabinet a été un livre scolaire très répandu; mais il n'en est pas moins devenu fort rare." In De Gulden Passer nine editions of the chapbook are described in full, published at Bruges (3x), Antwerp, Ghent (3x) and Leuven and also a Dixmude edition, Weduwe Stock en Zoonen, c. 1835. Our edition is not mentioned there, nor with the briefly mentioned other known publishers of the work. With 1 more and 3 similar works, one with text almost entirely in beautiful civilité (in fair condition) and two partly in civilité (in poor/ incomplete condition). (total 5)