77/2736 [Rederijkers]. Spelen van Sinne vol schoone allegatien, loflijcke leeringhen ende schriftuerlijcke onderwijsinghen. Op de vraghe: wie den meesten troost oyt quam te baten, die schenen te zijn van Godt verlaten. Ghespeelt ende vertoont binnen der Stadt Rotterdam/ by de neghen kameren van Rethorijcken/ die hen daer ghepresenteert hebben den XX. dach in Julio/ anno 1561. Rott., J. van Waesberghe de Jonghe, 1614, 2nd ed., (154) lvs., woodcut title-vignette and 10 emblematic blasons of the competing chambers of rhetoricians, contemp. vellum. - BOUND WITH: Dryderley referynen ghepronunceert opte Rethorijckfeest der 'blauwe Acoleyen' van Rotterdam, anno 1561. Ibid., idem, 1614, (44) lvs., woodcut title-vignette.

- Final part sl. dampstained. Spine-ends chipped.

= Very rare second edition of the plays performed at the rhetorician or 'Rederijkers' festival of Rotterdam, 1561. Although these competitions in rhetorical theatre and poetry existed for centuries in the Southern Netherlands under the name of 'Landjuweel', these festivals were only introduced in the northern part at the second half of the 16th century. The festival here mentioned was organized by the Rotterdam chamber of Rhetoricians called 'Die Blauwe Acolye', which was therefore excluded from the competition. The following chambers were invited to perform the plays present in this edition: De Lelie onder de doornen (Noordwijk), De Goudsbloem (Gouda), De Roode Angieren (Rijnsburg, including a short song w. musical scores), De Pellecaen (Haarlem, old chamber), De Wijngaertrancken (Haarlem, young chamber), De Roode Alcolye (Leyden), De Rapenbloem (Delft), De Roode Roosen (Schiedam) and D'Egelantier (Amsterdam, winner of the festival). See at large H. Hollaar, De Rotterdamse spelen van 1561 (2006). Van Aken, Cat. Ned. Toneel p.4; Bibl. Belg. S226; Scheepers I, 64; not in STCN or Adams. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIX.