2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- All vols. annots. on verso title-p., paper ticket on upper pastedown and owner's stamp on title-p.; occas. sm. stains.
- Untrimmed copies, all sl. frayed and/ or trifle darkened along edges. Paper over spine partly worn off. Otherwise fine.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 358.
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown; occas. (sl.) (water)stained. Vellum sl. soiled; sl. warped. = Rare.
- Lacks final free endpaper, sm. hole in title-p.; partly sl. waterstained, mostly in blank margins; hinges weak. Vellum sl. soiled.= The rare first edition. De Wind p. 451; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 380a.
- Some foxing; occas. sl. yellowed, owner's entry on engraved title. Board edges sl. rubbed; frontcover vol. 1 loose.
- First and final few lvs. sl. browned; one plate w. sm. hole, not affecting the image. Upper joint starting. Nevertheless, a fine copy.
= Rare series of very nice views.
- Upper pastedown waterstained; occas. sl. foxed/ browned; 2nd work wormholed in lower blank margin. Covers w. some (sm.) (water)stains.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436c.
- Lacks 5 portraits; bookblock loose(ning); partly (vaguely) waterstained; bookplate on upper pastedown. Vellum trifle (dust)stained.
= Cf. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436b.
- Occas. trifle foxed/ (finger)soiled; 3 typescript list of engravings tipped onto final free endpaper and lower pastedown. Remnants of paper ticket on spine.
= Tiele 1010; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 447a; Bodel Nijenhuis 88.
- Lacks 6 plates; bookplates on upper pastedown; bookblock broken. Binding worn and frontcover loose. The plates loosely inserted in contemp. hcalf 4to binding w. black mor. letterpiece (corners bumped, letterpiece rubbed).
= Fine impressions of the views. Tiele 1012; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 447a.
Brussel, T. van (ed.). Aanhangsel tot Ludolf Smids, M.D. Schatkamer der Nederlandsche oudheden of zakelyk woordenboek (...). Ibid., idem, 1778, (16),434p., engr. title, engr. plate, contemp. boards.
- Bookplates on upper pastedown; title and plate sl. foxed; one quire loose. Binding worn.
- Each vol. bookplate on upper pastedown; 1st vol. annots. on first free endpaper and crossed-out owner's entry on title-p.; occas. sl. foxed. Covers w. rubbed/ sl. dam. spots; paper tickets on spines.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 252c; Carasso-Kok 358. "Rijmkroniek over Holland en Zeeland, over de jaren 689-1305. (...) Schrijver anoniem. (...) Voor Van Alkemade, Huydecoper en Brill is Melis Stoke de auteur en Wouter de Clerc de afschrijver. Peeters (...) meent dat Wouter de Clerc de auteur van de oudste versie is en Melis Stoke de bewerker van de tweede redactie. (...) Van Melis Stoke is bekend dat hij in 1305 klerk was bij de grafelijke tresorie. Over Wouter de Clerc is niets bekend." (Carasso-Kok). The first edition was published in Amsterdam, 1591 (ed. J. van der Does).
- Each vol. w. library stamps on title-p. and (first) textleaf; trifle (finger)soiled/ foxed; paper remnants on first free endpaper. Covers sl. rubbed,
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 252c; Carasso-Kok 358. "Rijmkroniek over Holland en Zeeland, over de jaren 689-1305. (...) Schrijver anoniem. (...) Voor Van Alkemade, Huydecoper en Brill is Melis Stoke de auteur en Wouter de Clerc de afschrijver. Peeters (...) meent dat Wouter de Clerc de auteur van de oudste versie is en Melis Stoke de bewerker van de tweede redactie. (...) Van Melis Stoke is bekend dat hij in 1305 klerk was bij de grafelijke tresorie. Over Wouter de Clerc is niets bekend." (Carasso-Kok). The first edition was published in Amsterdam, 1591 (ed. J. van der Does).
- Lacks the plate w. inset "Leo Belgicus" and 1 battle view; title and first lvs. sl. (water)stained and fingersoiled.
= Bibl. Belgica S72; De Buck 2277 (eds. 1646 and 1655).
- Ad 1: tear in fold. map; last few lvs. sm. stain in lower blank margin. Ad 2: 1 map w. sm. tear; 2 maps sl. creased. Both vols. some sl. occas. foxing; endpapers w. offsetting from turn-ins. Bindings sl. rubbed.
- Partial paper ticket on upper pastedown; upper portion first free endpaper torn off; vague stamp on title-p.; sl. foxed. Covers w. rubbed/ worn spots.
= Van Doorninck/ de Kempenaer I, 365; De Wind p.476 and p.590ff; Haitsma Mulier 426; De Backer/ Sommervogel III, p.1094f. The first edition was published in Munster 1642.
- Bookplate(s) and contemp. owner's entry/ annots. on upper pastedown and first free endpaper; upper hinge weak; sl. foxed; a few lvs. browned. Sm. paper ticket on frontcover; vellum sl. soiled.
- Bookplates on upper pastedown; owner's stamp on first free endpaper and w. tipp-exed owner's entry; occas. trifle foxed. Vellum trifle soiled.
= Wildenberg 1121*.
- (Sl.) waterstained throughout. Corners bumped; top of spine sl. dam.; covers waterstained.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 309b; De Wind p.45-49.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; a few plates sl. yellowed; sm. wormhole in inner blank margin. Top of spine sl. dam.; corners rubbed.
= Good/ fine large paper copy of a section of one of the finest and most attractive series of views depicting the Netherlands in the 18th century.