Houwelyck, dat is, De gansche gelegtheydt des echten staets

Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660, Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, Matham, Theodor, 1605 or 6-1676, Matham, Adriaan, 1599?-1660, Serwouters, Pieter, 1586-1657, Jode, Pieter de, 1570-1634, Verstraelen, Jan Hendricksz., fl. 1622-1634, Bremden, Daniel van den, b. ca. 1587 · 1625 · Tot Middelburgh : Inde druckerye van Jan Pieterss vande Venne ... · 19 pictures

Houwelyck, a Dutch moral treatise on marriage by the poet Jacob Cats, printed at Middelburg in 1625 for a general readership, with engravings by Adriaen van de Venne and the Matham brothers. The four pictures here are decorative initial letters with vine and foliage scrollwork, a printer's allegorical emblem of art and bookprinting, and an engraved title page of allegorical figures, lovers and putti set around a scrolled cartouche.

Marriage · Women

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