Lot 105: [SONGBOOK] -- BREDERODE, Gerbrand Adriaensz (1585-1618). Boertigh, Amoreus, en Aendachtigh Groot Lied-boeck . Amsterdam: Cornelis Lodowijcksz: vander Plasse, 1622. 3 parts in one volume, oblong 8° (150 x 195mm). General title, additional

[SONGBOOK] -- BREDERODE, Gerbrand Adriaensz (1585-1618). Boertigh, Amoreus, en Aendachtigh Groot Lied-boeck. Amsterdam: Cornelis Lodowijcksz: vander Plasse, 1622. 3 parts in one volume, oblong 8° (150 x 195mm). General title, additional engraved title, each part with separate title, engraved portrait of the author by Hessel Gerritsz, 20 engraved illustrations, including 3 full-page and 17 half-page, by Jan van de Velde and Michel le Blon, 2 full-page calligraphic woodcuts. (Closed long tear in M1, inner margin of general and engraved title strenghtened, occasional light spotting, very light offsetting from plates). 19th-century vellum (new endpapers). Provenance: G.S. Overdiep (bookplate).

FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of the famous Groot Lied-boeck, a collection of poems, mostly love and wedding songs. The beautiful illustrations depict scenes of love and courtship. 10 of the engravings are by Jan van de Velde the younger (1587-1658) and 3 by Michel le Blon (1593-1641).