Complete set of 16 satirical prints by M. Pool depicting monkeys performing human activities. With a two-line Dutch verse as a caption. First plate with under the two-line verse: ""M. Pool exc: Amstelod: op de Leyze graft het Vyfde huys van de Heeren graft"". Image size 163 x 194 mm. Bound with: ""DIVERS VEUES de ports de mers"". Par., P. Drevet, 1648. Complete set of 6 circular engrs. of harbours by I. Silvestre (Gayette, Naples, Nancy, Rome). Image sizes 135 x 138 mm. And: 142 other engravings (mainly landscapes), by N. Perelle (& H. Mauperché). Different sizes. Together 164 engravings in this books 4to oblong (21 x 30,5 cm). Cont. mottled calf with raised bands, decorated gilt back, marbled end-lvs. (worn, hinges weak., corners damaged, some plates a bit foxed/browned)
Strong impressions of this amusing and extremely rare series. Seldomly found complete. - 1: ""Op eenen hogen berg""; 2: Vier apen wippende op een boom; 3: Blindeman; 4: Handjeplak; 5: Danspartij; 6: Kegelen; 7: Vogelvangen; : IJsvermaak; 9: Binnenhuisje; 10: Boerenherherg;11: Oesterpartij; 12: Geldtellen; 13: Chirurgijnswinkel; 14: Oorlog; 15: Ziekbed; 16: School.
Ref. Atlas v. Stolk 3536 (second mentioned on p. 498). Here with plate 16 present! Cf. Wurzbach p. 344 (nr. 42).
