SPENER (Philippe Jacob). Illustriores Galliae stirpes tabuli

[Jacob Cats] Faces augustae, sive poematia, quibus illustriores Nuptiae, a nobili & illustri viro, D. Jacobo Catsio, eq. & praepot. Holl. Frisiae occidentalis ord. syndico, antehac Belgicis versibus concriptae, Jam a Caspare Barlaeo & Cornelio Boyo Latino carmine celebrantur. Ad Serenissimam Principem Elizabetham, Fred. Regis Bohemiae & Electoris Palatini Filiam. Dordraci, sumptibus Matthiae Havii, & Typis Henrici Essaei, 1643. One volume. 9 by 15 cm. 1 portrait-(62)-272 (Paradisus)-149-(1) (Dialogi aliquot nuptiales)-32 (Faces sacrae)-198 pages (Sermonum). 19th century green half-chagrin, 4-nerved spine. Edges slightly worn, otherwise a very fine copy. Few brown spots, otherwise very good condition of the text. 1 portrait and 14 figures engraved in the text, of fine artistic quality. First edition of this collection of four separately paginated texts on love and marriage, composed on the occasion of the second marriage of Jacob Cats, Flemish poet and statesman. Included are 14 poems on marriage, 9 by the great humanist Caspar Barleus (van Baerle), 1 by Jacob Cats, 4 by Cornelius Boyus; Jacob Lydius's treatise on matrimonial rites and divorce among various peoples. The work is dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia. It is decorated with a full-page portrait of her and 14 mid-page engravings. The illustration is by Crispin Van Queboorn, a Dutch draughtsman and engraver. Some of the figures bear his monogram. Bound at the beginning of the volume: CATS (Jacob): L'art du mariage. Latin poem by J. Cats, grand-pensionnaire of Holland, with commentary by Lidius, translated into French, with facing text. [Juxtalinear edition]. Paris, Barrois l'Aîné, 1830, pp. [3] to 121. Scattered foxing on this volume.