HEERMAN, Fr. [F. van Heereman] — Guldene Annotatien van Franciscus Heerman vertoonende de heerlijcksyte Deuchden, Daaden, Leeringe, ende Sententien van de Alderdoorluchste, ende Vermaerste Mannen der Weerelt. Den sesten druck.

Leeuwarden, by Gijsbert Sybes, 1642. 4to. W. engr. front. title ['J. v. meurs fecit] & fine engr. portrait [engr. by Suyderhoef after de Geest]. Very nice contemp. full vellum, thong laced. Single blindrule on covers. Ties gone. (Title in ink on spine.). [*6, **4-4*4, A-3R4, 3S3]. (XXXVI, 498, XXII (index) pp.). (Engr. title a small corner upper righthand corner missing, no loss; Last lf. a tear rest.). (throughout w. a vague watersp. to righthand blank margin.) With the laudatory poem of Anna Roemers [Visscher], which is not found in the octavo editions, amidst the string of laudatory poems in many languages by a.o. Barlaeus, Heinsius, Cats, Winsemius, Boy, Baardt, Gomaris, Boxhornius, Snabel, Hoelzlin etc. A beautiful engraved portrait by Suyderhoef after W. de Geest. Franciscus Heerman [see van der Aa, H, p. 117 - 118] was born in Friesland around 1610 and according to van der Aa was still alive around the year 1670. Heerman read Law at Wittenberg and practiced law at Amsterdam. He was best known for the 'Guldene Annotatien', which was first published in Amsterdam in 1634 in small 8vo. The 6th edition was a quarto edition and was followed by many more editions up to 1739 in octavo. Muller, Portretten, item 2237 (page 110):