[Satire] De koddige en zinryke sermoenen van Pater Schertzer

Amsterdam. Arent van Huissteen. 1733. First ed. 3 volumes. Vol. II and III. Amsterdam and Leiden. Gerrit de Groot and Gysbert Langerak. 12mo, parchment. Title on spine in hw., 3x title in red and black, 462,(6),415,(6),400 pp. Vol. I, first quire tender, water stains, var. notes. Bindings with stains, else inside good.

Popular collection of satirical sermons of human virtues and vices. Important for our knowledge on Roman Catholic morals in the early 18th century, which is illustrated in a lively and realistic manner by the stories and anecdotes from daily life of the time. Rare.