Miroir des Vertus et des Arts. Spiegel der Deugden en Konsten, Haarlem, 1706, small 4to, hand-coloured allegorical title and 66 FINE HAND-COLOURED EMBLEMATIC ILLUSTRATIONS, contemporary vellum. RARE.

Miroir des Vertus et des Arts. Spiegel der Deugden en Konsten. Met Prenten en haar Uytlegging. In Frans en Duyts Digt. Haarlem: "Ambrosius Shevenenhuysen, Konst-verkoper in Zijl-straat," 1706. Small 4to (178 x 142mm). Additional hand-coloured engraved allegorical title, printed title with hand-coloured ornament, 66 FINE HAND-COLOURED EMBLEMATIC ILLUSTRATIONS, text in quatrains above each illustration in Dutch and below in French, unpaginated (light stain to the page with the tenth illustration, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary vellum, spine with black morocco lettering-piece gilt (bowed, patch of wear and circular stain to upper cover, with some other lighter staining). Provenance: William Cowburn (armorial bookplate); H. Drury, Harrow, 1818 (very small inscription at head of front free endpaper, with faint pencil signature). The copy in the British Library, also printed in Haarlem, is speculatively dated "[1685?]" and records only an engraved title page with no mention of illustrations. No other copies are recorded pre-dating 1706. The author of the verses is unknown. RARE. Not in Brunet or Lewine.