First edition of this collection of Krul’s amorous, moralizing and dramatic poetry and plays. Printed for the author’s account. The only edition in folio. Many of the with 2 voice typographical music notation.

Jan Harmenz. Krul (ca. 1602-1646) was a Dutch songwriter, playwright and tradesman in iron and books. His poetry and plays combined music and rhetoric in a harmonious manner. His poetic style differed from that of the great Vondel, being less flowery, more naive. Several of his plays depict the shepherd's life. Krul was so appreciated in his days that in 1633 his admirers commissioned Rembrandt to paint his portrait, which is now in Kassel, Germany.

The etching on page 11 used to be attributed to Rembrandt and is now known to be a work of his pupil Ferdinand Bol. Würzbach I, 413 attributes the other engravings to Gerard Donck.

The engravings were mostly taken from earlier works, 65 from Eerlycke Tytkorting (1634), 17 from Minne-Spiegel ter Deughden (1639).

- Literature: Landwehr 430; Praz 390; Van Bemmel 53; Emblem Books in Leiden 285; Rovinsky (Elèves de Rembrandt) 11 and 21; Scheepers I, 119; Scheurleer 48; De Vries, Ned. Emblemata 158.

- Condition: Large tear (ca. 15 cm) in title page, p.49; Ties lacking; Tears p. 325 (Zangrymen p.88); Waterstain p.157 ff.; Paper chip missing p.73; 2 pin worm holes in the lower blank margin; Else a clean copy of a book normally found incomplete or in bad condition.