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LOT 368
SOLD €400,00

[Popular literature] Spaan, G. van. Het koddig en vermakelyk Leven van Louwtje van Zevenhuizen,

of het schermschool der huislieden, Vervat in twee Deelen, Waar agter gevoegt is De Afrikaansche en Aziaansche Weg-wyzer, Beschryvende verscheide Gewesten en Landstreken. Inzonderheid het eiland Pines, op het welke eenen Joris Pines 1789 kinderen en kindskinderen heeft voortgeteeld. Rott., P. de Vries, 1752. 4 parts in 1 vol. (20),483 p. (continuous pagination). Engr. frontisp., each part w. separate title-p. Contemp. calf w. blindst. dec., marbled edges. Sm. 8vo.

Upper pastedown w. ex libris. Outer spine sl. worn, occas. browning/ foxing as usual, lower joint sl. worn but holding on cords. The first 2 parts are about country life. The 3rd part of the work gives an extensive account of Dutch settlements at the Cape, Madagascar and Mauritius, and encourages emigration to southern Africa for people who can not make a livelihood in their native country. The 4th part deals with the East Indies and contains a description of the imaginary Isle of Pines. Rare.

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