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8º (21,2x13,1cm)Half leather binding. Decorated spine with small sticker and the title 'Mengelpoezy' on top. Bottom of spine is damaged. Good copy. (1): * 4 (*1 pi1, *4 2pi1) A-E 8 F 2Pagination: [12] 84 pp. On the engraved title page a circular vignette by Reinier Vinkeles after Jacob Buys with a scale on which wisdom appears to weigh more than entertainment. Further on an etching by the same artist with Lucinde and Elise. (2): pi1 * 8 2* 4 A-N 8 O 4. Pagination: 24, 210 [6] pp. Engraved title page with circular vignette by Jonxis after J. de Waal. (3): * 4 (*1 pi1) A-N 4. Pagination: [10] 92 [12] pp. Engraved title page with vignette by J.L. van Beek. (4): * 8 (-*1, blanco?) A-G 8 H 6 (H6 blanco). Pagination: [4] 10, 121 [1] pp. With 6 unsigned, especially fine etchings. Lit: Broos p.19 Van Gemert, ' Onwederstanelyken drang : het vrouwelijk schrijverschap in achttiende-eeuws Nederland', in: De Achttiende Eeuw 27 (1995), p. 256-279; Van Gemert, 'Een Haagse intellectuele: Anna Catharina Slicher', in: Met en zonder lauwerkrans (Amsterdam 1997); Mijnhardt, Tot Heil van 't Menschdom. Culturele genootschappen in Nederland, 1750-1815 (Amsterdam 1988); Singeling, Gezellige schrijvers; De Vries, Beschaven! Letterkundige genootschappen in Nederland 1750-1800 (Nijmegen 2001) Convolute of three society bundles, preceded by didactic poetry by Anna Catharina Slicher. The Utrecht society 'Vlijt is de voedster der wetenschappen', established in 1784, published a poetry bundle in 1786, fully dedicated to poet Jacobus Bellamy who had passed away that same year. In 1789, he published his first and only society bundle, filled with poetry and prose. The members list includes name, place of residency, and sometimes also the profession of the then 41 members. Remarkable is the relatively large number of women (9), the limited number of reverends (3) and the presence of a jew on the list: doctor David Heilbron from The Hague. Mijnhardt calls it a society that, according to the published works, was strongly influenced by the Enlightenment. Also of 'Oefening kweekt kunst', the 'Poetische mengelingen' is the only ever published society bundle. In the foreword a bundle of theoretical discourses is promised, supplemented with a small collection of other pieces of prose, but this was probably never published. The only person sure of membership with Oefening kweekt Kunst is the Amsterdam bookseller-publisher and writer Arend Fokke Simonsz, who was also one of the publishers of the bundle. The final poetry bundle in the convolute is the 'Mengelpoezy' by T.H.M.F, representing 'Studium tempusque musis', a bundle of partly sentimental, partly light-hearted verses, embellished with six fine etchings. Whether it was written by one or several poets is unknown. Also in the foreword of this bundle, the reader is promised a second part, to be published in the same year, but also in this case that promise would not be fulfilled. L3345. Seller Inventory # 18179
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