Heemskerk, J. van. Batavische Arcadia

waar in, Onder 't loofwerk van liefkoserye, gehandelt werdt van den oorsprong van 't Oudt Batavien, vryheidt der voorige en volgende Bataviers, vrye zee, zee-vonden, vinders van verborgen schatten (...). The Hague, O. van Thol, 1756, "laatste druk", (16),656,(49) p., engr. frontisp. and 5 fold. plates, cont. richly marbled and gilt calf, marbled edges, gilt and ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece. Some foxing and offsetting from turn-ins. Spine-ends chipped, upper outer corners bumped. A good copy in an unusually luxurious binding, with bookplate of Abraham Cornelis de Neufville (1844-1879) on upper pastedown.

Mateboer 91; Buisman 775. Prototype of Dutch arcadian novels, with many articles on witchcraft, magic, Dutch history, East Indies, Dutch folklore etc.