Houwelyck, dat is, De gansche gelegtheydt des echten staets
By: door I. Cats
Contributors: Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662; Matham, Theodor, 1605 or 6-1676; Matham, Adriaan, 1599?-1660; Serwouters, Pieter, 1586-1657; Jode, Pieter de, 1570-1634; Verstraelen, Jan Hendricksz., fl. 1622-1634; Bremden, Daniel van den, b. ca. 1587
Publisher: Inde druckerye van Jan Pieterss vande Venne ...
Published: 1625
Place of publication: Tot Middelburgh
Language: dut
Subjects: Marriage; Poetry; Early works to 1800; Women; Conduct of life
Other titles: Hovwelyck, dat is, De gansche gelegtheydt des echten staets; Gansche gelegtheydt des echten staets; Houwelick, dat is, het gansch beleyt des echten-staets; Christelick huys-wijf.
Work titles: Huwelijk
Notes: In verse.

Added engraved t.p. with title: Houwelick, dat is, het gansch beleyt des echten-staets : afgedeylt in ses hooft-stucken, te weten, maeght, vrijster, bruyt, vrouwe, moeder, weduwe.

Consists of 7 pts., signed and paged separately. Pts. 3-6 comprise the "Christelick huys-wijf" with special t.p. on leaf ℗øA1r. Pt. 7 consists of excerpts from other writers on marriage, chiefly French and Latin.

Engraved ill. after Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne by Theodor Matham, Adriaan Matham, Pieter Serwouters, Jan Verstraelen, Daniel van den Bremden. Woodcut printer's devices, head-pieces (some with city views: Dordrecht, The Hague, Middelberg), tail-pieces, factotum initials.

Signatures: pi℗ø *́þ 2*℗ø 3*-4*́þ A-F́þ 2A-2H́þ 2I℗ø, ℗øpíþ(-pi4) *-3*́þ A-Íþ, ℗đpi℗ø *-2*́þ 2A-2Źþ *2a-*2ḱþ *2l℗ø, ́þpi℗ø *́þ 2*℗ø 3Áþ 3B/3Ćþ 3D-3Íþ, ́æpi℗ø *-2*́þ 4A-4Íþ 4K℗ø a-h́þ. Leaves of 3B/3Ćþ signed twice: Bbb Ccc ... Bbbiiij Ccciiij, apparently reflecting the revision of an earlier issue.

Paging: [32], 38 p.; [10], 67, [1] p.; [16], 35 leaves; [11], 133 leaves; [16], 24, 72 [i.e. 64] p.; [20], 76 p.; 39, [25] p. The 9th through 16th p. of the 12th group (gathering 3B/3Ćþ) bear 2 nos. each: 9.10 ... 23.24.

Includes bibliographical references (side notes), indexes and errata.