Balthzar Gracian - De mensch buyten bedroch of den...

Balthzar Gracian - The Man Beyond Deceit or the Exact Judge. Translated by M. Smallegange - Jacobus van Ellinkhuysen - The Hague - 1701. - Half-leather with marbled boards. With frontispiece. Fly leaves torn at the hinge. Binding at the front partly visible. Considerable stain on p. 273. The quires otherwise in order. In reasonable condition. The Spanish original consists of three consecutive parts that symbolize the seasons of human life: Spring (youth), Summer (adulthood), and Autumn/Winter (old age). Smallegange's translation from 1701 covers only the first part (Spring/youth). No further editions appeared in the Netherlands.

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