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Vrolicke uren ofte der wysen vermaeck 1640 Lydius

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Lydius, Jacobus [Savery, S. ill.]

Poetry emblem book 1640 | Vrolicke uren, ofte der wysen vermaeck, first edition, Hendrick van Esch Dordrecht 1640, (46)+191+(1)+119+(1) pp.

Name: Poetry emblem book 1640 | Vrolicke uren, ofte der wysen vermaeck, first edition, Hendrick van Esch Dordrecht 1640, (46)+191+(1)+119+(1) pp.
SKU: 110857
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A classic work of seventeenth-century Dutch Protestant devotional literature, Vrolicke Uren des Doodts teaches the Christian art of preparing for death through faith, meditation, and moral reflection. This enlarged second edition is especially desirable for its additional engraved plates with vanitas and ars moriendi images.

Full contemporary vellum binding with overlapping edges. Some minor spots and smudges but overall very good binding. Spine with handwritten text: Lydii Vrolicke uren. Octavo edition, in -8, 14,5 x 10 cm. Engraved title vignette and 4 engravings (the digitalized version has a double page with the engraving in stead of p. 106). Vignette above the colophon. Second blank page with a loss of paper in the right above corner. A small fold in the bottom of the titlepage, further a good copy. Collation: *-3*8 A-M8, A-G8 H4.Other than in STCN not 2A-G8 and H4. Complete copy.

Intriguing illustrations: frontispiece with on the left a Christian soldier, armed with faith (the staff entwined with a serpent symbolizing God’s salvation and healing); on the right appear Death as a skeleton, the fires of divine judgment, and demonic figures. Above them, an angel sounds the trumpet announcing the Resurrection. These powerful images remind the reader to prepare throughout life for the inevitable moment of death and the Last Judgment. Full page illustration of a man hanging above a dragon and under a unicorn.

Jacobus Lydius (1610-1679) began his education at the Latin School in the Rue Neuve in Belgium under Antonius Aemilius, after which he studied theology at the University of Leiden. At the age of 23 he became pastor in Bleskensgraaf. In 1642 he was nominated by Jacob Cats to go to England to mediate between the authoritarian King Karel I and his parliament. After returning in 1645 he acquired a name as an archaeologist, theologian and poet. He correspnded with the famous female scholar Anna Maria van Schurman. (Source: Regionaal archief Dordrecht).

Besides theological and historical works Lydius wrote poems in Dutch, French, English and Latin. His didactic poem Vrolicke uren, ofte der wysen vermaeck was described by Jacobus Scheltema as a godly edifying handbook for families (stichtelijk handboek voor godvruchtige huisgezinnen). This title was reprinted in 1662 and 1750. The title was in the second edition: vrolicke uren des doodts ofte der wijsen van vermaeck. Some illustrations are alike, others not.

Philosophy and Morality – Religious – Fable animals – fabeldieren – skelet – first edition

SKU: 110857

€ 436,00 (€ 400,00 ex. btw)

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