Zeeusche Nachtegael, ende Des sels dryderley gesang. Middleburg: Jan Oieters vande Venne, 1623.
Zeeusche Nachtegael, ende Des sels dryderley gesang. Middleburg: Jan Oieters vande Venne, 1623.

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Zeeusche Nachtegael, ende Des sels dryderley gesang. Middleburg: Jan Oieters vande Venne, 1623.

Four parts in one volume, 4o (230 x 184 mm). Engraved portrait and 15 engravings by Adrian van der Venne. Contemporary Dutch blindstamped vellum. Provenance: acquired from George Staack, 1964.

FIRST EDITION of the "Zeeland Nightingale" with poetry from more than twenty Zeeland poets, including Anna Roemers, Jacob Cats, A. Valerius, and Adriaen van de Venne. Of the engravings, eight are emblematic. Landwehr, Low Countries 456; Praz, p. 540.

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