First Edition, 1774-86, Women | Tooneelpoëzy. Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer, 1774-1786, 2 volumes.

Van Merken, L.W., Van Winter, N.S.

First Edition, 1774-86, Women | Tooneelpoëzy. Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer, 1774-1786, 2 volumes.

Name: First Edition, 1774-86, Women | Tooneelpoëzy. Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer, 1774-1786, 2 volumes.
SKU: 67550
Price: 90.00 EUR
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A 1774 edition of “Tooneelpoëzy” by Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken and her husband Nicolaas van Winter. Lucretia had married the widower after the death of her best friend Johanna Mühl (1718-1768). Nicolaas had proposed to Lucretia by means of a poem.

After their marriage, Van Merken and Van Winter published their stage works together in two volumes titled Tooneelpoëzij (1774, 1786), although by far most of the poems are from Lucretia’s hand. Lucretia van Merken was praised by her contemporaries and even dubbed “the Sappho of our century”. Engraved title pages by Reinier Vinkeles. Affixed to upper-right edge of second first endleaf (part 1) and first front endleaf (part 2) is a small paper label: “Dr. Jan te Winkel”, writer and author, specialized in Dutch literature, rector Amsterdam school.

Lucretia van Merken – Nicolaas van Winter – Dutch literature – theatre – women’s poetry – first edition – Dutch female authors – Nicolaas van Winter – Leiden – collected works

SKU: 67550

Bound in leather, 20.7 x 15.6 cm. Signs of wear, some rubbing. Damaged spines. Some foxing and discoloration.

€ 98,10 (€ 90,00 ex. btw)

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