Antique Pamphlet-MASKER DER WAERELD-POETRY-THEATER-Schonk-1806

Price: € 102,50

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Het Masker der Waereld, naar het Hedendaagsch Toneel geschetst. Uitgesproken op den dag der Carnavals Vermaakelijkheden, binnen Nijmegen.' - A 32-page booklet containing the poem by Mr. E.J.B. Schonk.

Condition: Good, given age. The wrapper worn, as usual. Bookblock clean, but lower margin browned. Some small marginal creases and imperfections. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Letterpress on hand laid (verge) paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 13.5 x 22 cm. The image size is ca. 13.5 x 22 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 5.3 x 8.7 inch. The image size is ca. 5.3 x 8.7 inch.

Part Number: 69102

Location: TPCLA-C24-23

Description: Published in "Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen Jaargang 1806", Nijmegen: J.C. Vieweg, 1806. 32 pages, printed in 8vo, bound in simple blue paper wrappers.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'E.J.B. Schonk'. Author: Everhard Jan Benjamin Schonck (1745-1821) was a Dutch author, inspired by C.F. Gellert and Salomon Gessner (whose works he also translated). He was rector of the Latin school of Gorinchem from 1769 to 1781. He transferred to Nijmegen in the latter year, and became emeritus in 1816.