77/2805 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. (not unif.) gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 4to.

- Both vols. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed/ stained; vol. 1 sl. yellowed throughout. Both vols. w. joints splitting at top (and foot) of spine.

= Vol. 1 is a large paper copy, warranted by the author. 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.