77/2804 Tuinman, C. De Oorsprong En Uitlegging Van dagelyks gebruikte Nederduitsche Spreekwoorden, Opgeheldert Tot grondig verstand der Vaderlandsche Moedertaal. Middelb., M. Schryver, 1726/ 1727, 2 vols., (32),374,(58),36,(7); (34),248,(28), 54,(2),16,10,66p., engr. frontisp. by F.H. LA CAVE, 2 title-vignettes, contemp. unif. vellum, sm. 4to.

- Sl. foxed/ yellowed throughout. Traces of shelf ticket on spine; vol. 1 backcover sl. stained. Otherwise fine.

= Important publication explaining the origin and meaning of approximately 1500 Dutch proverbs. The four parts at the end of vol. 2 contain the Dutch translation of the medieval didactic poem Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum, which includes popular meteorological knowledge, forecasts and superstitions.