Stigtelijke mengelpoëzij van Hieronymus van Alphen en Pieter Leonard van de Kasteele
Utregt: bij de wed. Jan van Terveen en zoon, 1782. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 368; bound without the publisher's ads in contemporary quarter red roan over marbled boards; bottom of spine chipped, the whole rubbed and worn, but the binding is sound. Alphen (1746-1803), a jurist in Utrecht, Leiden and The Hague, "is especially remembered as a poet, particularly for his poems for children under the title Kleine gedigten voor kinderen (Utrecht 1778-1782). His children’s poems express a modern vision of children for his time. As these booklets were a great success, they were reprinted dozens of times and also translated into French, German, English, West Frisian and in the Malay language" (Wikipedia). Kasteele (1748-1810) was a lawyer and politician in The Hague. As a poet he published his first book in 1772, and a book of hymns in 1790, and he also translated Ossian into Dutch (1793). Item #60953
Price: $75.00
