76/2032 [Bindings. First Stadholders' Bindery]. Huydecoper, B. Proeve van Taal- en Dichtkunde; in Vrymoedige Aanmerkingen op Vondels Vertaalde Herscheppingen van Ovidius. Amst., E. Visscher and J. Tirion, 1730, (12),682p., engr. frontisp., contemp. marbled and polished calf bound by the FIRST STADHOLDERS' BINDERY (The Hague) w. gilt central lion ornament within a composition of crowned drawer handles, within 2 gilt tooled borders, inner border double gilt fillet line w. acorn corner fleurons, outer border w. gilt floral and French lily tool, richly gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece, gilt boardedges.

- Twentieth cent. owner's stamp on first blank. A very fine copy.

= On the binding: The First Stadholder Bindery was the "most important bindery working in the eighteenth-century Netherlands" (Storm van Leeuwen, vol. IIA p.67). Quite possibly from the collection of the "Lion Collector" (see Storm van Leeuwen, p.82ff). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVII.