Loon naar werk. Kluchtspel - Vincent, Ysbrand 1641-1718 (Amsterdam Nil Volentibus Arduum, 1710)
Ysbrand Vincent (1641-1718) was a member of Nil Volentibus Arduum, the society founded by Lodewijk Meyer and Andries Pels in 1669, for which he mainly adapted and even plagiarized texts
Nil volentibus arduum is a Latin expression meaning "nothing is impossible for those willing", and the name of a 17th-century Dutch literary society that tried to bring French literature to the Dutch Republic.
Title page engraving after Gerard De Lairesse, depicting a young man climbing a rock
Frontispiece engraving depicting a swirling violent scene from the play
Bound in with Van der Hoeven’s ‘Filipyns Belachelyke Schaaking’ (1712), Langendyk’s ‘De Zwetser’ (1712), Koenerding’s ‘De Schrandere Gek’ (1719), Fornenbergh’s ‘Duifje en Snaphaan’ (1707), van den Broek’s ‘De Vryer Kamenier’ (1730), Krook’s ‘Het Bedurven Huishouden’ (1703), Elias' ‘De Spookende Boer’ (1715), Le Grand’s ‘Het Verliefde Huysgezin’ (1730), Lesage’s ‘Krispyn, Medevryer van zyn Heer’ (1717), Lingelbach’s ‘De Bekeerde Alchemist’ (1714), Verley’s ‘De Onbarmhertige Huisheer’ (1718), Krook’s ‘Jan Crediet’ (1706), Elias’ ‘De Bekeerde Dronkaard’ (1691), Haps’ ‘De Mansmoêr’ (1714), and Domis’ ‘De Buitenspoorige Waard’ (1713)
Keywords: Nil Volentibus Arduum; Play (theater); Comedy; Netherlands