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WITGEEST, Simon (pseudonym of unknown author). Het Natuurlyk Tover-Boek, Of’t Nieuw Speel-Toneel der Konsten… Amsterdam: Jan ten Hoorn, 1684. Second edition. Contemporary vellum with yapp-edges to fore-edge, remnant of ink title to spine. With inserted engraved frontispiece, numerous intertextual woodcut diagrams and illustrations. 12mo. [vi], 1-512, [10, Register], [1, blank] pp. Recased, binding rubbed, soiled, later endleaves, some occasional wear, mild chipping, creasing to a few text pages, a few pages with short tears or corners restored in transparent paper, frontispiece trimmed a bit close at upper margin. Fine. Dawes’ bookplate; laid-in are presentation slips to Dawes to celebrate his retirement in 1990.