1065 - 1229 DUTCH LITERATURE (including AUTOGRAPHS)
- Some sl. occas. foxing; portr. loose. Backstrip. dam. = Rare in the orig. wrappers.
- Spine-ends trifle worn. A fine copy.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on the htitle: "Piet Paaltjens, ten teeken van weerkeerige Vereering, aan Mej. Alida Tak. Namens den Dichter: Fr. Haverschmidt. Execr. Testr. Schiedam, Novr. 1879." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Portrait loose and waterst. in corner; htitle sl. dam. in inner margin. Binding badly (water)stained; backstrip worn/ wrinkled and lettering defective; bookblock crudely mounted to inside backstrip.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "Aan J.J.A. Goeverneur van Fr. Haverschmidt, [Schiedam, 2]5 Nov. 1878" (place and part of date covered by remnants of ticket).
- Upper hinge broken; one leaf loose; htitle and lower hinge reattached w. sellotape; the portrait waterstained/ foxed. Spine pasted over w. tape; spine-ends dam.; corners worn.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION in pencil on verso htitle: "Aan de Dames Jacoba en Cato de Vos, tot dank voor Rozenheuvels geurige bloemen, (op verzoek van haar vriend F.H.), Piet Paaltjens. 10 Juni 1887."
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; newspaper clippings (all concerning Haverschmidt) mounted (by Dyserinck) on upper pastedown, on verso htitle, verso of portrait and lower pastedown; weak/ split(ting) on hinges and broken on lower hinge; portr. foxed and w. waterstain in blank corner. Binding sl. rubbed at extremities.
= Ex bibliotheca Johs. Dyserinck, with the following unique features: (1). extensive AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on verso first free endpaper: "den WEw. Zlg. Heere Johs. Dyserinck, Theol. Doct., Liefhebber van Fraaie Letteren en Kunst wordt deze zesde uitgave van Piet Paaltjens' Snikken en Grimlachjes vriendschappelijk aangeboden door den zaakwaarnemer des Dichters: Fr. Haverschmidt". With annot. by Dyserinck below: "Schiedam Sept. 1891. N.B. Hierbij voegde ik "Ter gedachtenis aan François Haverschmidt", na zijnen dood 18 Jan 1894, uitgegeven te Schiedam; en op het schutblad achter (...) het portret zijner vrouw Margo Osti, uit Utrecht. Johs.D."; (2). ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING by F. Haverschmidt w. accomp. AUTOGRAPH POEM in pencil ("Daar gaat i heen// Met zijne ene lange been,/ Zijn rok is wat klein,/ Maar zijn hart is rein") and contemp. transcription in pen and ink by Dyserinck, w. his commentary "Door Piet Paaltjens zelven geteekend en gerijmd in mijnen pastorie te Helder 1862/63 Johs. Dyserinck", together on board card (9,6x6 cm.) mounted on htitle, w. later heading in pen and ink by Dyserinck "Portret van F Haverschmidt, door hem zelven geteekend"; (3). Ms. annot. by Dyserinck: "Bij het graf van F. Haverschmidt. "Niemand brengt zich zelven om het leven, indien er niet van te voren eene snaar gesprongen is in zijne ziel". Cd. Busken Huet (...)"; (4). AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED ("Fr. Haverschmidt"), pen and ink, mounted on recto last free endpaper, dated "Schied. 29 Nov. 92" and "Aan Johs. Dyserinck", comprising a POEM (""Zuster" Buster/ ontving guster/ 't laatste extra van het luster (...)" w. short LETTER below: "En nu het proza. Ik heb den Secr. van Ons Nut gesproken. Hij had wel zin - maar 't moet tegenwoordig op een koopje. Hij zou er zijn medebestuurders over spreken. Overmorgen ontmoet ik hem weer en zal opnieuw aankloppen (...)" (foxed). With ms. commentary by Dyserinck on the endpaper: "Haverschmidt nam voor de kerkenraad der doopgezinde gemeente te Rotterdam op zich om de arme tachtigjarige vrouw Buster, die te Schiedam woonde, te bedeelen. Elke drie maanden ontving hij het geld hiervoor. Toen het "einde Nov." op was, schreef hij mij bovenstaane geestige briefkaart. Johs.D."; (5). ORIGINAL CARTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAIT of Haverschmidt's wife mounted on verso last free endpaper, w. ms. caption (by the portrayed?) "J.J.H. Haverschmidt" (sl. foxed); (6). ms. annot. by Dyserinck on title-p. "Zie bladz. 7/ onuitgegeven"; ms. transcription by Dyserinck of a poem by Paaltjes on verso title: "L.S./ Zietdaar alles bij mekaêr/ Wat om de tijd van drie à vier jaar/ De droeve zanger heeft gezongen (...)"; ms. transcription by Dyserinck of a poem by Paaltjens on p.6: "Met hun heldere kinderoogjens/ Zien de dartele sterrekens neer/ op de sluimerende overblijfsels/ van het Leiden van weleer (...)", with annot. below: "Naar het manuscript in het archief van den zoon Mr. Fr. Haverschmidt te Utrecht"; p.101 w. sm. pencil annot. by ? SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXI.
ADDED: Ter Gedachtenis aan François Haverschmidt. Schiedam, J. Odé, n.d. (1894), 26p. orig. black wr. w. silver lettering. - AND: Dyserinck, J. Fr. Haverschmidt (Piet Paaltjens). Schiedam, H.A.M. Roelants, 1908, VIII,174,(1)p., plates, ills., orig. giltlettered boards.
- Some w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. (sl.) foxed. Some bindings sl. rubbed/ soiled.
= Comprises: 1st ed., n.d. (1867) (3 variant publisher's bindings); 2nd ed., n.d. (1871) (orig. giltlettered cl.); 3rd ed., n.d. (1874) (orig. giltlettered cl.); 4th ed., n.d. (1878) (4 variant publisher's bindings); 5th ed., n.d. (1881) (orig. richly dec. col. cl.); 6th ed., n.d. (1889) (orig. blindst. cl.); 7th ed., n.d. (1895) (orig. richly dec. col. cl.); 8th ed., n.d. (1904) (2 variant publisher's bindings); 9th ed., n.d. (1908) (2 variant publisher's bindings); 10th ed., n.d. (1912) (4 variant publisher's bindings); 11th ed., n.d. (1912) (4 variant publisher's bindings); 12th ed., The Hague, N.V. Uitgevers-Maatschappij "Oceanus", 1944 (orig. boards w. pict. dustwr.); 13th ed., "Dwergenreeks", Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1946 (6 variant publisher's bindings). - AND 29 vols. published between 1952-2017, incl. facsimilé editions, all in orig. publisher's bindings.
- Some w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. (sl.) foxed; some vols. upper hinge broken. Some bindings sl. rubbed/ soiled/ worn.
= Comprises: 1st ed., n.d. (1867) (3 variant publisher's bindings); 2nd ed., n.d. (1871) (orig. giltlettered cl.); 3rd ed., n.d. (1874) (orig. giltlettered cl.); 4th ed., n.d. (1878) (4 variant publisher's bindings); 5th ed., n.d. (1881) (orig. richly dec. col. cl.); 6th ed., n.d. (1889) (orig. blindst. cl.); 7th ed., n.d. (1895) (orig. richly dec. col. cl.); 8th ed., n.d. (1904) (2 variant publisher's bindings); 9th ed., n.d. (1908) (orig. blindst. cl.); 10th ed., n.d. (1912) (2 variant publisher's bindings); 11th ed., n.d. (1912) (4 variant publisher's bindings); 12th ed., The Hague, N.V. Uitgevers-Maatschappij "Oceanus", 1944 (orig. boards w. pict. dustwr.); 13th ed., "Dwergenreeks", Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1946 (4 variant publisher's bindings). - AND 21 vols. published between 1952-2005, incl. facsimilé editions, all in orig. publisher's bindings.
= Published on occasion of the 100th anniversary of the author's death. Contains contributions printed by private presses from Leyden and surroundings, i.a. De Ammoniet, Avalon Pers, Clipeus Pers, Pers No.14 and De Uitvreter.
- Two vols. w. owner's entries/ stamps/ annots.; one vol. section of pastedowns torn away and rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip. All vols. spine dam.
= Contains the following contributions by Piet Paaltjes: Bloemlezing uit de dichterlijke nalatenschap van Piet Paaltjens (1856), Des zangers min, romance (1857) and Drie studentjens (1859).
AND 8 others similar, year 1852-1855, 1858, 1860, 1875 (frontcover warped) and 1880 (bookblock loose). - ADDED: Bloemlezing uit het mengelwerk van den Leidschen studentenalmanak 1814-1894 (Leyden, 1894, contemp. cl.) and Groningsche studenten-almanak voor het jaar 1882 (Gron., 1882, mounted photogr. portrait of R.S. TJADEN MODDERMAN, contemp. gilt blindst. (sl. soiled) cl.).
= A nice letter in which Haverschmidt urges the publisher Roelants not to burden him with requests for a new book: "Als gij wilt, dat er ooit wat van de bewuste uitgave komen zal, laat ons er dan vooreerst nog niet over praten. Ik draag een nieuw stukje onder 't hart, maar het wil niet ter wereld komen. Dat, en nóg wat, maakt dat mij alle lust ontbreekt om aan uitgeven te denken. Het gefabriceerde papier zal ook zonder mij zijn weg wel vinden. (...)." Provenance: the collection of J.J.W.R. van Dijck, sold in our rooms in 2006 (orig. catalogue enclosed).
- Some sl. foxing.
= Thanking Verdam for sending him the "levensbericht van onzen vriend V. [= Eelco Verwijs (1830-1880)]. Zoowel met het geschrevene als met de toezending hebt Gij mij zeer aan U verplicht (...)".
Idem. AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED ("Fr. Haverschmidt") to Dr.J. Hooykaas, undated (postmark unread), recto and verso (verso w. address details only).
- Sm. annot. "No.6" in upper left corner; remnants of former mounting covering part of the text.
= "Kunt gij de Goederen ook met een enkel woord, liefst vóór morgen avond (als er huish. vergad. is) laten weten, of men vrijdag over acht dagen op Jungius' komst mag rekenen? Ik ben vrijdagavond te Rotterdam geweest, maar had zóóveel boodschappen dat het te laat werd om nog bij U aan te komen (...)".
- Verso trifle affected by silverfish in outer lower blank margin. = Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Small stain in image; verso w. mounted pieces of paper and modern annots. (i.a. affecting the photographer's advert.).
Idem. ALBUMEN PHOTOGR. PORTRAIT, ±1884, 11x8,2 cm. (oval), mounted on stiff paper w. printed "Photog - Boussod-Valadon & Co." and the sitter's facs. signature below.
- Mount foxed.
= The image identical to the photograph above. From: J. ten Brink, Onze hedendaagsche letterkundigen (1884-1887).
AND 9 photogr. reproductions of portraits of Haverschmidt (1x of Piet Paaltjens, 1x of his house in Schiedam), all mounted on board.
= From: J. ten Brink, Onze hedendaagsche letterkundigen (1884-1887).
ADDED: 11 similar albumen photogr. portraits from the same work, showing N. BEETS, A.L.G. BOSBOOM-TOUSSAINT, J.J.L. TEN KATE and L. MULDER (all by Goupil & Cie), Cd. BUSKEN HUET, W.J. HOFDIJK, G. KELLER, C.E. VAN KOETSVELD, H.J. SCHMIMMEL, H. DE VEER and A. WERUMEUS BUNING (all by Boussod Valadon & Co.)
- Folded; a few small tears in margins.
= Provenance: the collection of Rob Nieuwenhuys, sold in our rooms in May 2000. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Some w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. (sl.) foxed. Some bindings sl. rubbed/ soiled.
= Comprises: 1st ed., 1876 (4 variant publisher's bindings); 2nd ed., 1881 (5 variant publisher's bindings); 3rd ed., 1894 (7 variant publisher's bindings); 4th ed., n.d. (1894) (5 variant publisher's bindings); Goedkope Uitgave, 1900 (3 variant publisher's bindings); 5th ed. Volksuitgave, n.d. (1900) (3 variant publisher's bindings); 6th ed. Volksuitgaaf, n.d. (1912) (2 variant publisher's bindings); 7th ed. Volksuitgaaf, n.d. (1915) (2 variant publisher's bindings)/ facs. reprint of the 3rd ed. by Kruseman (The Hague), 1973 (1x w. orig. cl.)/ modern reprint by Querido (Amst.), 1981 (1x w. orig wr.) and another later modern reprint by the same (1994).
- The majority w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. (sl.) foxed. Some bindings sl. rubbed/ soiled/ sl. dam.
= Comprises: 1st ed., 1876 (2 variant publisher's bindings); 2nd ed., 1881 (4 variant publisher's bindings); 3rd ed., 1894 (4 variant publisher's bindings); 4th ed., n.d. (1894) (4 variant publisher's bindings); Goedkope Uitgave, 1900 (3 variant publisher's bindings); 5th ed. Volksuitgave, n.d. (1900) (1 publisher's binding); 6th ed. Volksuitgaaf, n.d. (1912) (1 publisher's bindings); 7th ed. Volksuitgaaf, n.d. (1915) (1 publisher's binding); modern reprint by Querido (Amst.), 1981 (1 w. orig. wr.) and another later modern reprint by the same (1994).
= Offprint of a story published in Algemeen handelsblad, 2-4 January 1883; later included in Familie en kennissen with title "Een gebeurtenis van belang". With AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION in upper margin of the first page to "Mej. H.E.V. Knappert/ v.d. Schrijver". Containing several AUTOGRAPH corrections in pen and ink in the text. Extremely rare offprint (or proof?). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Spine broken; wrappers loose and dam.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on title-p.: "Mevrouw Verhoeff-Osti, van haar zwager en stillen vereerder F. Haverschmidt. Schiedam, Maart 1874."
- Waterstained. Binding trifle worn at extremities.
= Ex bibliotheca François Haverschmidt, with his owner's entry on first free endpaper. A burlesque poem describing the battle of the Zeeland farmers against the municipality of Middelburg. Warranted by the publisher J. HUYSMAN. Scheepers II, 70.