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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 214

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Les Abus du Mariage, ou son clairement representez... Misbruick des Houwelycx.... Misbrauch des ehlichen Standes, [Amsterdam], 1641

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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[PASSE (CRISPIN VAN DE)]

Les Abus du Mariage, ou son clairement representez... Misbruick des Houwelycx.... Misbrauch des ehlichen Standes, texts in French, Dutch and German, 50 oval "portraits" illustrations on 25 engraved sheets, one unnumbered full-page engraved illustration, one letterpress page of music, lacks engraved frontispiece, front free marbled endpaper loose, blue crushed morocco gilt by S. David (signed on dentelle), elaborately tooled morocco inner cover panels, g.e. [Brunet I, p.22, "rares et fort recherchés"], oblong 8vo, [Amsterdam], 1641

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THE ROBERT HOE-CORTLANDT F. BISHOP COPY OF A RARE SERIES OF PRINTS ON THE FAILINGS WITHIN MARRIAGE. Accompanied by a short verse, the prints depict pimps, prostitutes, chambermaids, merchants, priests, adulterers and other miscreants, both female and male.

Provenance: Robert Hoe; Cortlandt Field Bishop; Hermann Marx, bookplates on front free endpaper, with old catalogue description (item 2618) also tipped-in.

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