Ouderdom, buyten-leven, en Hof-gedachten op sorg-vliet /

Pts. 1, 3, 4 & 5 have engraved frontispieces. Those for pts. 4 & 5 are double page, signed by Cornelis van Dalen after Adriaen van de Venne. Folded engraved port. of Cats bound after 1*4 (unsigned, but by Michiel Mosyn after van de Venne; see Muller). Folded double-page engraving bound after ⁴I2, signed by van Dalen after a painting by van der Veen; it depicts the death of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, the subject of the poem that follows on ⁴I3. Many of the in-text ill. signed by van de Venne as draughtsman, that on ⁴G1r by Crispijn van der Passe.Second & 3rd pts. signed continuously. Signatures: *-4*⁴ A2K⁴, ²A-Q⁴, ³A-D⁴, ⁴A-2E⁴.Each pt. has t.p. and is separately paged. Pt. 2 is dated 1655, and has two sections, entitled Hof-gedachten and Invallende gedachten. Pagination: [32], 261, [3] p.; 125, [3] p.; [4], 84 p.; 32 p.; 224 p.Muller, F. Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 portretten van Nederlanders,Mode of access: Internet.John Landwehr's printed label on front pastedown.Binding: later vellum, tooled in blind, the boards with central stamp and 2 frames. Author & title written at head of spine. Edges sprinkled red.Blank banderoles in port. of Cats have been lettered in MS with names of his works. That at foot reads: Alle de wercke van I. Cats ridder etc