2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Spine rubbed/ worn.
- Contents loose; title-p. and first text leaf w. brown stains in inner margin.
Beyer, L. de. Dissertatio juridica inauguralis De Jure Aquatico Gelrorum (...). Utr., J. Broedelet, 1761, (4),76,(2)p., engr. title-vignette, without binding, thesis, 4to. Gereformeerde Dyck-rechten van 't Rijck van Nymegen, Over ende Neder-Betouwe, sampt Maes ende Wael (...). Arnhem, J.F. Hagen, 1679, 41,(5)p., woodcut title-vignette, contemp./ later plain wr. - AND 4 others, i.a. NOTIFICATIE TEGENS DEN UYTVOER VAN ASSCHE EN MESSIE, Buyten den Quartiere van Nymegen (Nijm., 1760, without binding).
= Gouda Quint p.440f.
- Top of spine chipped; corners bumped; sl. rubbed along extremities.
Idem. Fabelen en vertelsels, in Nederduitsche verzen gevolgd. Dordr., J. de Vos and Comp., 1830, new ed., IV,296,(6)p., 4 engr. plates by N. V.D. MEER JR. after J. BUYS, contemp. hcalf w. gilt spine.- Binding worn.
Idem. Mengelschriften, bestaande in redevoeringen en verhandelingen; waar achter gevoegd zyn aanmerkingen over zyn leven en schriften. Alles uit het Hoogduitsch overgezet. Amst., P. Meijer, 1775, (4),372p., contemp. hcalf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece.
- Sl. waterstained; partly wormholed in blank margin. Covers rubbed and sl. stained; lower joint starting.
= The first Dutch edition. Landwehr F105; cf. Bodemann II, 158, listing the edition published in 1781-1785 with the same ills.
Idem. Blyspelen. Ibid., G. Warnars and P. den Hengst, 1778, (7),512p., 4 plates by R. VINKELES, bound unif. w. the above.
- Lacks the portrait.
- Vellum sl. soiled, otherwise a fine copy. = Dekkers p.2; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 9b.
- Old heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown; fold. plate sl. yellowed. Joints splitting; letterpiece chipped; binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Extremely rare complete edition of this curious overview of European dynasties, arranged as playing cards: Hearts for France, Clubs for Italy, Spades for "Le Nort", Diamonds for Spain. The work went through several editions in several languages, but most copies have the "playing cards" cut out. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXV.
- Lacks one preliminary leaf; sm. annot. on upper pastedown; sl. foxed/ (water)stained. Wr. creased; spine sunned.
= Rare.
- The colouring partly done rather crudely (especially the frontisp.) and shining through on verso. Backstrips dam.; covers chafed.
= Cf. Caillet 5087 (1st ed. 1698); Jouin 882; Pohler III, p.715.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; bookplate on upper pastedown. Backstrip dam.
= Rare. No copy traced.
- Lacks first free endpaper; upper hinge weakening; waterstained in lower outer margin throughout (incl. frontisp. and title-p.). Lacks portion of vellum of outer upper corner backcover.
- New endpapers; engr. title sl. foxed; sm. hole in title-p., crudely repaired w. paper on verso. A few stains; joints starting.
= Rare. Second part mentions "Uyt het Italiaensch vertaelt door L.v.B. Den derden Druck".
BOUND AS USUAL WITH: Historie van den oproer, te Amsterdam voorgevallen (...). Ibid., idem, 1702, 79p., engr. title, 3 plates by L. SCHERM.
- Occas. (sl.) browned. = De Vries 332.
- Sl. foxed. Covers rubbed; lacks ties.
- Owner's stamp on upper pastedown, frontisp. and title-p.; all quires loose; first 4 and final 7 quires (sl.) (water)stained/ foxed. Lacks spine; covers loose.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 239.
- Lacks vols. 6-8. First title-p. loosening and w. contemp. owner's entry in pen and ink; 2 lvs. lack portion;
= Attractive views of i.a. all the colleges at Oxford.
- Owner's entry on final textp. first vol; occas. sl. foxed; one leaf w. large tear. Spine-ends sl. worn.
- Trifle yellowed; some offsetting from the plates; all vols. heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown (Rt. Hon.ble Lord Gray). Professionaly rebacked; bindings chafed and rubbed along extremities.
= Abbey, Scenery 212; Lipperheide Gcb 9. Early issue, according to Abbey's criteria, with the contents leaf at the end of the 1st vol. without "Vol. I" and the errata at the end of the 3rd vol. uncorrected. Magnificent work on the British capital with fine plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXV.
- Occas. trifle foxed; sm. tear in map, sl. affecting the image. Sm. scratch on backcover. Fine copy.
= First Dutch translation of the edition published in Copenhagen, 1741. Hans Egede (1686-1758), a Norwegian-Danish Lutheran missionary and minister, stayed in Greenland from 1721 to 1736. His work is regarded as one of the most trustworthy old accounts."[It] includes an extensive study of the national history of Greenland, together with descriptions of the life and customs of the Greenlanders, their religion, knowledge of the stars, and a brief vocabulary of their language. The portion of the book that deals with Greenland's geography and earlier history was much expanded." (Howgego). With parts on whales and whaling incl. 3 plates (not mentioned by Ingalls) and customs, sports and pastimes of the Eskimos with 4 plates. Holland 1721-22[A], 1723[B], 1728[B] and 1736[B] ("the founder of modern Greenland" [Egede]); Tiele 347; cat. NHSM I, p.301; Sabin 22026; Lauridsen VIII, 194; Chavanne 5256; Muller, America 652; Howgego E17; Jenkins p.97; Henze II, p.154-156; cf. Arctic Bibliography 4364. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVI.
- Engr. title and title-p. browned; bookplate on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on first blank; new endpapers. Vellum soiled/ stained; backstrip dam.; contemp. manuscript annot. on frontcover "dat is varkensvel".
BOUND WITH: Burg, H. van den. Mengeldichten, bestaande in voorbeelden van deugden en ondeugden in beruchte vrouwen. Leyden, I. Severinus, 1716, (8),110,(4)p., engr. title-vign. and headpiece by J. GOEREE.
- Sl. waterstained and browned in blank margins; tear in title-p., sl. affecting vignette.
= Rare.
- Title-p. of 7th ed.; occas. sl. foxed/ (water)stained; some wormholes. Vellum sl. soiled; backstrip dam.
= Cf. Knuttel 15026; Alden/ Landis III, p.316.
- Browned/ foxed; sm. contemp. annots. on upper pastedown. Binding rubbed and stained.
= Ekama 543; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 54; McMurtrie 1082.