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Uit het Hoogduitsch. G.W. Rabener. Amsterdam. Pieter Meijer. 1763-1774. 5 volumes, incl. the fifth vol. "Brieven" in an adaptation by C.F. Weisze, published posthumously. Uniformly bound half leather. Vol. I. with frontispiece by S. Fokke and a portrait of the author by C.F.R. Lisiewsky, P. Meijer and J. Houbraken, 5x title leaf with vignette by F. de Bakker, 5x ex libris.

G.W. Rabener describes with mild derision the weaknesses of his fellow men. The first Dutch edition dates from 1763-1767, in 1774 publisher Pieter Meijer added as fifth volume 'Briefe' (1772), published separately after Rabener's death. The work saw many reprints. (total 5)