Q. Horatius Flaccus Lierzangen en dichtkunst In het rijmeloos vertaelt door J. v. Vondel. De twede druck vermeert en verbetert Vondel, Joost van den Classical Literature,Poetry

12mo, [8] p.l., 128 leaves; engraved title page (with the imprint: T'Amsterdam By Paulus Matthysz, in 't Musyk-boek. Anno 1657), printer's woodcut device on printed title page, woodcut initials and ornaments; contemporary full parchment, later red morocco labels on spine; a very good, sound, and clean copy. 19th-century ownership signature of G. Henderson and also Joseph John Fox, Surgeon, Stoke Newington, London, 1851. First Vondel edition. Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was a Dutch playwright, poet, translator and writer - "generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Western literature" (Wikipedia). His 1654 translation, Q. Horatius Flaccus Lierzangen en Dichtkunst (The Lyrical Chants and Art of Poetry of Q. Horatius Flaccus), was the first translation of Horace into Dutch. Not in the Mills College Check List. Riedel-Horatiana B-3.