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WITGEEST, Simon

Natuurlyk toverboek, behelzende de verbaazendste geheimen van natuur en konst
Amsterdam en Harlingen
Allart en van der Plaats
1791/94
€280 - €360

8 parts in 4 vol. in-8°, engr. frontisp., 10 (of 12?) (fold.) engr. plates, diagrams, all vols. partly waterstained/ foxed/ with brown stains and notes in pencil, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces (Backstrips dried and worn)

BMN III, p.782; this ed. not in Muller etc., but cf. Muller 556; de Vries 531 and Waller 1682. Cf. Landwehr, Volkskunde (vol. 68, no.2, p.81-82): ""(...) a pirated edition of Simon Witgeest and has the same text as Kinderspel. Rare edition (with library stamps)