Pieter Langendyk (1683-1756). De stad Kleef,

haar gezondheidsbron, en omleggende landsdouwen, in kunstprenten verbeeld. Haarlem, J. Bosch, (1747). (2),63,(3) p. Large 8vo. Half-leather, ribbed spine w. gilt dec. and title, speckled paper boards. Engr. title-p. vignette, 10 (large) fold. engr. plates by H. Spilman after J. de Beyer w. Dutch and French captions, uncut.

Binding worn, joints sl. loosening, some plates w. sm. (repaired) tears. Lavishly ill. description of the city of Cleves and its medicinal springs by one of the most important and most famous 18th cent. Dutch playwrights and poets, Pieter Langendyk. Around 1744 Langendyk visited the city of Cleves and its medicinal springs in an attempt to improve his declining health. Fine copy, rare in this condition. Bound w.: De gedichten van Pieter Langendyk. Haarlem, J. Bosch, (1751)-1760. 2nd ed. 4 vols. Large 8vo. Unif. bound in half-leather, ribbed spine w. gilt dec. and title, speckled paper boards. Engr. frontisp. by J. Wandelaar, all vols. w. engr. title-p. vignette and title in red and black, 5 full-p. plates (incl. portrait of Langendyk), 3 fold. engr., uncut. Bindings worn. Bound w.: Leeven van Pieter Langendyk. 34 p. (total 3 works in 4 vols.)