Kermis-tafreeltjes, in geëtste kunstplaatjes,

op boert- en ernstigen dichttrant beschreven. Tot nut en vermaak voor kinderen van allerlei ouderdom. Derde druk. Dordr., A. Blussé & Zoon, n.d. (1810), (2),24 p., w. 8 handcol. engr. plates by K.F. Bendorp, contemp. green boards, both covers w. the gilt coat-of-arms of Dordrecht, sm. 12mo.

Very good and attractive copy w. just some minimal defects. With letterpress schoolprize filled out in pen, awarded to "Jonge dichter A.M. Westerouen van Meeteren" on 26 May 1814, signed by the members of the school board G.F. Sartorius, W.J. de Bruyn der Neve and J Gelder in pen. Rare. Cat. The Children's World of Learning 3711 (this ed., dating the first ed. 1794); Buijnsters, Bibliografie van Nederlandse school- en kinderboeken 1700-1800, 1452 (dating the first ed. ca. 1790). The engravings were first published in 1782 to illustrate he work Vaderlandsche Kermisvreugd, with poems by Roelof Arends. A second series under the title Vaderlandsche Kindervreugd appeared in 1794. Comprises: De lierman; De draaister; De konstenaar; De liedjeszangsters; de hondendans; De koekkraam; De gochelaar; De Tooverlantaarn.