78 2759 Popular literature Defoe D
78/2759 [Popular literature]. (Defoe, D.). De levensgevallen en bedryven van Vlaamsche Mie, Welke zich door haar gedrag en wisselvalligheden in Engeland zeer berucht gemaakt heeft. Gepaart met de levensgevallen en bedryven van Yrsche Beth. Niet min zonderling om hunne verscheidenheid. Beide ware gebeurtenissen. Amst., S. van Esveldt, 1752, 1st Dutch ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., 360; 92p., engr. title vignette, contemp. calf w. richly gilt spine.

- From the library of J.W. Six and C.H.A. Kruyskamp w. their bookplates on upper pastedown. Lacks mor. letterpiece; gilding on backstrip partly worn off; corners showing. Contents fine.

= The extremely rare first Dutch translation of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, first published in London in 1722. No copy offered appeared in auction in the last 50 years. Buisman 449 and 1427; Waller 1081; Mateboer 996.

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