Unrecorded issue of the rare first edition of the Dutch translation of part 1 of Honoré dUrfés famous pastoral romance LAstrée, possibly the single most influential work of 17th-century French literature. The present issue has not been recorded in the STCN, which only lists the issues printed by T. Jacobsz (1644; 4 copies), Broer Jansz (1644; 1 copy), and S. Veselaar (1645; 1 copy), all printed in Amsterdam and with the same collation. We have not been able to trace the present issue in either sales records or institutions.
With the bookplate of Buijnsters-Smets mounted on the front pastedown, and the bookplate of J.P. van der Linden on the first free flyleaf. The vellum is somewhat soiled, with a brown stain on the back board. The front end papers have been replaced, lacking the frontispiece and final page of the preface, a faint water stain in the lower half of page 35-127. Otherwise in good condition. This issue not in the STCN; USTC; WorldCat; nor found elsewhere; cf. Buisman 2286; Muller 54; Waller 1715.