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How to be happy

MASTENBROEK, Fenna.
De kunst om Gelukkig te worden; een Geschenk voor Jeugdigen.

With illustration on engraved title, and 2 full-page fine engraved plates by W. van Senus after H.P. Oosterhuis.

With illustration on engraved title, and 2 full-page fine engraved plates by W. van Senus after H.P. Oosterhuis.

With illustration on engraved title, and 2 full-page fine engraved plates by W. van Senus after H.P. Oosterhuis.

With illustration on engraved title, and 2 full-page fine engraved plates by W. van Senus after H.P. Oosterhuis.

With illustration on engraved title, and 2 full-page fine engraved plates by W. van Senus after H.P. Oosterhuis.



's-Grav., S. de Visser, (1826). Sm.8vo. Contemp. dark-browm calf, spine gilt-lined with red title-label, with decorative gilt borders on sides and gilt-stamped legend "PRIX" in centre on frontcover, g.e.. With illustration on engraved title, and 2 full-page fine engraved plates by W. van Senus after H.P. Oosterhuis. (2), 224 pp.

With:
GEDENKWAARDIGE TREKKEN uit de Geschiedenis, ten Spiegel voor de Nederlandsche Jeugd. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1824. With 6 full-page engraved plates. X, 150 pp.

Two first editions of fine produced and nicely illustrated children's books, bound together in a prize-binding.

Ad 1: Rare first edition of an interesting educational novel, written in dialogues, on the theme of how to become a happy person.
Ad 2: One of those popular educational books, containing short stories on the life and deed of important historical characters, here from classical till modern times, to serve  as a sort of mirror for youth. The preface is signed D.J.V., but the identity of the author is still unsolved.

Fine copy of two rare books, in a fine prize-binding, but the prize certificate removed, the offset still dimly visible on one of the first blanks.
Ad 1: Waller 1170 (2nd ed. Deventer, 1832; Cat. Van Rijn 74 (undated Utrecht edition); ad 2: not found recorded.

Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  Dutch  Education  History  Prize Binding 

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