‎BRUIN, C.‎
‎Kleefsche en Zuid-Hollandsche Arkadia, of Dag-Verhaal van twee reizen, in en omtrent die gewesten gedaan, in Dicht-Maat uitgebreid, door Claas Bruin, verrykt met aantekeningen van den Heere L. Smids M: Dr. Tweede druk Vermeerdert met Printverbeeldingen.‎

‎T' Amsterdam, By Evert Visscher, 1730. With engraved title, one folding plate, and 34 engravings. (20), 208 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. Nijhoff & van Hattum, 50. Second edition, the first with the nice engraved plates. The folding plate shows the grave of Prince Maurits, the views are, among others, of Wyk te Duurstede, Slot tot Wijk te Duurstede, Cleve, Emmerik, 's Heerenberg, Wageningen, Wassenaar, Rhynsburg, Buuren, Leerdam, Vlaardingen, Den Briel, Rheenen, Valkenburg, Hillegom, Vianen, Gorinchem, Schiedam, Loosduinen.Interesting example of arcadian poetry and giving a nice picture of the Netherlands, its wealth and complacency in the first half of the 18th century. Claas Bruin was, in his days, a famous and greatly admired poet and author of various biblical plays. ‎

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