Heemskerk, J. van. Batavische Arcadia, Waer in, Onder 't Loof-werck van Liefkooserytjes,

gehandelt werdt, van den oorspronck van 't oudt Batavien, Vryheydt der Bataviers, Vrye Zee, Zee-vonden, Vinders van verburgen Schatten (...), en andere diergelycke ernstige saken meer. Amst., Gerrit Iansz., 1647. 916,(54) p. Engr. title, contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo.

Frontispiece and title-p. frayed and slightly waterstained in margins, hinges splitting, binding soiled. A good copy of the rare second and first complete edition of the 'prototype' of all Dutch Arcadian novels, with passages on witchcraft, magic, Dutch history, East Indies and Dutch folklore.