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80 3125 Halma F 80 3125 Halma F
80/3125 Halma, F. Bybelsche Mengelzangen, of Dichtkundige Uitbreiding van den algemeenen wereldtvloedt. Leeuw., F. Halma, 1718, (20),356p., engr. title, 3 double-p. plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, sm. 4to.

- Owner's entry in blank margin of engr. title; upper hinge weak; occas. trifle fingersoiled. Joints worn; upper joint starting at top of spine.

= Rare.

€ (70-90) 80
80 3126 Harrington J 80 3126 Harrington J
80/3126 Harrington, J. The Common-Wealth of Oceana. London, J. Streater for Livewell Chapman, 1656, (8),286,189-210,(1)p., contemp. calf, large 4to.

- Lacks the portrait (as often); yellowed; foxed/ wormholed at lower inner margin at the beginning. Joints and spine-ends worn.

= Wing H809. Rare utopian work by political theorist James Harrington. Although initially censored by Oliver Cromwell, it was eventually published with a dedication to the same.

€ (400-600) 400
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80 3127 Harris J 80 3127 Harris J
80/3127 Harris, J. Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. Consisting of above Six hundred of the most Authentic Writers (...). London, T. Woodward a.o., 1744-1748, 2nd enl. ed., 2 vols., (7),XVI,(4),984; (10),1056,(22)p., 61 engr. (fold.) maps/ views/ plates/ portraits, contemp. gilt calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, folio.

- A near fine copy with the following minor condition points: contemp. German owner's entry on first blank of vol.1 (dated 1758); the New Map of Georgia (...) trifle foxed; the map of the North Pole cut sl. short in upper margin (affecting the righthand part of the upper borderline and the page number); the map of the Whole Russian Empire cut trifle short (affecting the outer right borderline); several textpages have a tiny hole (size of 1 letter or less). Top of spines and joints professionally restored; covers w. some old scratches/ rubbed spots.

= Complete copy, with the maps and plates as listed at the end of vol.2. Provenance: Lord Eliock (bookplate on both upper pastedowns). Lavishly illustrated work w. fine plates and 22 detailed (mainly fold./ double-p.) large maps and charts, mostly by E. Bowen, with the various routes of the expeditions indicated, incl. the following: A New and Accurate Map of the World Drawn from the best Authorities (...); A Complete Map of the Southern Continent Survey'd by Capt. Abel Tasman; A New & Accurate Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean (...); A Correct Draught of the North Pole and of all the Countries hitherto Discovered, intercepted between the Pole and the Parallel of 50 Degrees; A New Map of Georgia with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana and A New and Accurate Map of China, Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries. Landwehr, VOC 261; Sabin 30483; Hill 775 and Cox I, p.10. Both vols. w. tipped-in identical letterpress "Catalogue of Books" advertising a.o. the present work; vol.1 w. a loosely inserted separately issued publication on "An act for giving a publick Reward to such Persons or Person, His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a North West Passage through the Hudson's Streights, to the Western and Southern Ocean of America" (London, Thomas Baskett, 1745, (6)p. (numb.(2),483-486)). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.

€ (4.000-6.000) 6000
80 3128 Hazart C 80 3128 Hazart C
80/3128 Hazart, C. Vreughden-Bedryf, van 't Grauw ende Mis-noeghen vande Neus-wyse der Stadt Dordrecht over het Pasquilleken van hunnen Predikant ghenoemt den Antwerpschen Uyl. Antw., M. Cnobbaert, 1671, 53p., contemp. calf, sm. 8vo.

- Small stamp on title; 19th cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Upper joint splitting.

BOUND WITH: 7 others by the same, all publ. by M. Cnobbaert, 1666-1672: Eerste Vervolgh vande Redelycke Handelinghe (1672); Dordrechtshen Predikant nu Sieck-Meester ende Ziel-Trooster gheworden over eenen armen sieken Uyl die in Doots Noodt light (1671); Sots-Caproen met verscheyden Bellen Behanghen ende gheschoncken voor een nieuw iaer aen Arent Montanus Gheuschen Woorden-dienaer tot Schoonhoven (1668); Versoeninghe vande Menschen met Godt door het H. Sacrificie der Misse (1671); Disput van Martinus Lutherus met den Duyvel Over het H. Sacrificie der Misse (1666) and Triomph-Boogh ter eere Van 't Alderheylighste-Sacrament van Mirakel te Brussel opgherecht Teghen de lasteringhen ende tot Schaemte vande Sectarisen (1671).

€ (100-150) 140
80 3129 Heems A 80 3129 Heems A
80 3129 Heems A 80 3129 Heems A
80/3129 Heems, A. Bybelpoëzy, bestaande in alleenspraaken, tafereelen, uitbreidingen, en zeedelessen. Amst., B. Lakeman, 1729, (20),376,(4)p., engr. frontisp. and title-vignette by J.C. PHILIPS, 28 vignettes by A. ZEEMAN, contemp. vellum, 4to.

- Waterst. in upper outer corner; occas. trifle foxed; owner's entry on first free endpaper.

= Springer/ Klassen 8595. Abraham Heems was a Mennonite silk merchant.

€ (50-70) 150
80 3130 Heumen J van 80 3130 Heumen J van
80/3130 Heumen, J. van. Den sterfelycken Adam, leerende de konste van saligh te sterven. Antw., C. Woons, 1668, (32),663,(5)p., engr. title, contemp. vellum.
€ (80-100)
80 3131 Heusden Oudenhoven J van 80 3131 Heusden Oudenhoven J van
80 3131 Heusden Oudenhoven J van 80 3131 Heusden Oudenhoven J van
80/3131 [Heusden]. Oudenhoven, J. van. Geschiedenis en Beschryving der stad Heusden (...) vermeerderd met de Beschryving des Lands van Heusden (...). Amst., H. Gartman and W. Vermandel en Zoon, 1794, 500p., fold. plan, fold. view by S. FOKKE, fold. map, 7 plates by i.a. A. VAN DER LAAN, modern cl.

- Lacks both portraits; sl. browned/ foxed (mostly in blank margins); a few owner's annots.

€ (70-90) 80
80 3132 Heussen H F van 80 3132 Heussen H F van
80 3132 Heussen H F van 80 3132 Heussen H F van
80/3132 (Heussen, H.F. van). Oudheden en gestichten van Rhynland, En wel voornamentlijk van de Stad Leiden. Dutch transl. H.V.R. (= H. van Rijn). Leyden, C. Vermey, 1719, (56),708[=688],(19)p., 7 fold. engr. plates, contemp. vellum.

- Sl. waterstained in upper (blank) margin; occas. (sl.) foxed/ browned. Top of spine dam.

= With 2 extra plates from Oudheden en gestichten van het rechte Zuid-Holland en van Schieland. Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer, p.249; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 222.

Idem. Oudheden en gestichten van het rechte Zuid-Holland en van Schieland (...). Dutch transl. H.V.R. (= H. van Rijn). Leyden, C. Vermey, 1719, (20),547,(17)p., contemp. (unif. w. the preceding) vellum.

- Without the plates (bound with in the preceding work). Owner's stamp on title-p.

= Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer, p.249; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 222.

€ (100-150) 100
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80 3133 Heydt J W 80 3133 Heydt J W
80/3133 Heydt, J.W. Allerneuester Geographische- und Topographischer Schau-Platz, von Africa und Ost-Indien, oder Ausführliche und Wahrhafte Vorstellung und Beschreibung, von den Wichtigsten der Holländisch-Ost-Indischen Compagnie in Africa und Asia zugehörigen Landere, Küsten und Insulen, in accuraten See- und Land-Karten. Willhermsdorff, J.C. Tetschner, the author/ Nürnberg, Homann's Erben, 1744, 1st and only ed., (20),345,(4)p., 2 engr. title-p., frontisp. (with a view of Willhermsdorff), 116 maps/ plans/ views by A. HOFER a.o. after the author, contemp. gilt hcalf, custom-made hmor. drop-back box, obl. folio.

= A fine copy of this rich visual source of the immense prosperity of the Dutch colonial empire in the middle of the 18th cent. The views show their main cities, their houses and settlements in the Dutch East Indies, India, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Africa. Interestingly, the perspective of the views of the towns and houses is carefully indicated on the views in the captions (stating for instance the "Ein Prospect aus S. Hoch Edelheit des Hn General Gouverneurs Spiel-haus in Batavia, nach der so genanten Ancker-werff u. den Blaue Berge zu, gezeichnet"). The architect and draughtsman Johann Willhelm Heydt was born in Amboina in 1702, where his father was the Opperhoofd of the Island Haroekoe. "A masterpiece of German engraving of the highest significance for the study of the topography of Batavia and its environs" (Bastin/ Brommer p.1). "(..). an extensive and highly important document with regard to the early town planning and general topography of Jakarta in the first half of the 18th century." (Haks/ Maris, p.120f). Landwehr, VOC 469; Cat. NHSM I, p.241; Mendelssohn I, p.270. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.

€ (3.000-5.000) 3250
80 3134 Heylyn P 80 3134 Heylyn P
80 3134 Heylyn P 80 3134 Heylyn P
80 3134 Heylyn P 80 3134 Heylyn P
80 3134 Heylyn P 80 3134 Heylyn P
80/3134 Heylyn, P. Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World: and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof. London, printed by A.C. for P. Chetwind and A. Seile, 1676/ 1677, 5th ed., 4 parts in 1 vol., engr. title (dated 1669), 4 double-p. maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas (publ. by A. Seile, dated 1663), contemp. calf, folio.

- Sl. yellowed and foxed throughout; tear (±7cm.) in title to the 2nd part; "Asiae descriptio" cut short in upper margin w. some loss of the image; engr. heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown.

= Sabin 31655. On the map "Americae nova descriptio": Tooley, The mapping of America, p.115 no.12; Burden 379. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.

€ (800-1.000) 850
80 3135 Hieronymus Stridonensis 80 3135 Hieronymus Stridonensis
80 3135 Hieronymus Stridonensis 80 3135 Hieronymus Stridonensis
80/3135 Hieronymus Stridonensis. Epistolae selectae. Ed. P. Kanis. Paris, S. Nivelle, 1602, (32),417,(98)p., engr. portrait, later overlapping orange vellum, 16mo.

- Used copy: contemp. annots. and underlining in text throughout; partly (sl.) wormholed and waterst. Binding worn and wormholed; backstrip loosening.

= Rare, not in the usual reference works.

ADDED: a Greek ed. of the Old Testament (Leipsic, C. Tauchnitz, 1824).

€ (60-80) 60
80/3136 Histoire de Robert le Diable duc de Normandie et de Richard sans peur son fils 80/3136 Histoire de Robert le Diable duc de Normandie et de Richard sans peur son fils
80/3136 Histoire de Robert le Diable, duc de Normandie; et de Richard sans peur, son fils. Paris, Lacombe, 1769, XIII,(3),243,(3)p., contemp. hcalf w. gilt spine and letterpiece.

- A few pages sl. browned, otherwise fine. Joints split(ting); lacks portion of backstrip.

€ (70-90) 70
80 3137 Hobbes T 80 3137 Hobbes T
80/3137 Hobbes, T. Elementa philosophica de cive. Amst., L. Elzevier, 1647, (48),403p., engr. title, contemp. calf, 12mo.

- Fold. bookplate on upper pastedown; upper hinge weak; sl. agetoned. Binding chafed and worn; backstrip dam.

= Willems 1048; Rahir 1050; Ebert 9875 ("schön und selten"). First Elzevier edition, second variant listed by Willems. With a nice allegorical title.

€ (100-150) 140
80/3138 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland 80/3138 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland
80/3138 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland 80/3138 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland
80/3138 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland 80/3138 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland
80/3138 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland 80/3138 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland
80/3138 [Holland]. Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden; Vierde(-Agtste) Deel (...) Holland. Amst., I. Tirion, 1742-1750, 5 vols., 5 different engr. frontisp., 12 fold. maps, 24 fold. plans, 20 (fold.) plates/ views (incl. 2 plates w. 2 views each), 1 table, contemp. unif. vellum.

- Upper left corner of fold. plan of The Hague torn off (w. loss of 2,5x3,5 cm. of image)); 2 plans w. closed tear; halftitle of vol.4 loose; 2 fold. maps partly browned on folds (one map also lacks part of outer frayed and browned degree border); map of the Maas and Merwede brown stains. Vol.6 frontcover sl. stained; vol.5 lower outer corner sl. burnt.

= Contains maps of i.a. Haarlemmermeer, Rijnland, Gooiland, Delftland, Schieland/ Krimperwaard, Amstelland and Kennemerland and (profile) views of i.a. Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Delft, Gouda, Haarlem, Rotterdam and The Hague. Apart from plans of all the large towns in Holland, a number of plans of smaller cities are included, i.a. Enkhuizen, Geertruidenberg, Gorinchem, Medemblik, Purmerend, Schiedam and Schoonhoven.

€ (700-900) 900
80/3139 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland 80/3139 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland
80/3139 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland 80/3139 Holland Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden Vierde Agtste Deel Holland
80/3139 [Holland]. Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden; Vierde(-Agtste) Deel (...) Holland. Amst., I. Tirion, 1742-1750, 5 vols., 5 different engr. frontisp., 8 (of 12) fold. maps, 24 fold. plans, 20 (fold.) plates/ views (incl. 2 plates w. 2 views each), 1 table, contemp. unif. calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks 4 maps; one plan loose (Alkmaar). Bindings trifle rubbed; traces of ticket at top of spines; frontcover of the final vol. trifle stained. A good/ fine set.

= Contains maps of i.a. Haarlemmermeer, Rijnland, Gooiland, Delftland, Schieland/ Krimperwaard and Kennemerland and (profile) views of i.a. Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Delft, Gouda, Haarlem, Rotterdam and The Hague. Apart from plans of all the large towns in Holland, a number of plans of smaller cities are included, i.a. Enkhuizen, Geertruidenberg, Gorinchem, Medemblik, Purmerend, Schiedam and Schoonhoven.

€ (400-600) 800
80/3140 Hollandtsche Mercurius Vervaetende de voornaemste Geschiedenissen voor gevallen niet alleen in Christenryck Maer oock in Asia Africa en America Binnen het Jaer 1670 Het XXI deel 80/3140 Hollandtsche Mercurius Vervaetende de voornaemste Geschiedenissen voor gevallen niet alleen in Christenryck Maer oock in Asia Africa en America Binnen het Jaer 1670 Het XXI deel
80/3140 Hollandtsche Mercurius, Vervaetende de voornaemste Geschiedenissen, voor gevallen niet alleen in Christenryck, Maer oock in Asia, Africa en America. Binnen het Jaer 1670. Het XXI. deel. Haarlem, P. Casteleyn, 1671, (8),151,(1)p., woodcut printer's mark, engr. frontisp., portrait of Pope Clemens X by P. VANDE VOORDE, modern hcl. w. sl. later marbled frontwr. pres., sm. 4to.

= Important and highly esteemed annual, based on eye-witness accounts, and giving a wealth of information on the Netherlands incl. its colonies and Europe. The printer and publisher P. Casteleyn was the founder of the world's oldest (and still existing) newspaper, the "Oprechte Haarlemsche Courant".

WITH loosely inserted 2 issues of other 17th/ 18th cent. newspapers: HAEGSCHE MERCUR. No.9. Den 2 Sept: 1699 ((4)p. Possibly a later reprint) and GAZETTE DE LA HAYE DU VENDREDI 4 MAY. L'An 1764, Numro 54 (1 fold. leaf, (4)p.).

€ (70-90) 70
80 3141 Hooft P C 80 3141 Hooft P C
80 3141 Hooft P C 80 3141 Hooft P C
80 3141 Hooft P C 80 3141 Hooft P C
80 3141 Hooft P C 80 3141 Hooft P C
80/3141 Hooft, P.C. Nederlandsche Historien, Seedert de Ooverdraght der Heerschappye van Kaizar Karel den Vyfden op Koning Philips zynen Zoon, Tot het einde der Landtvooghdye des Graven van Leicester. Amst./ Leyden/ Utr., H. Wetstein and P. Scepérus/ D. van den Dalen/ W. van de Water, 1703, 4th ed., 2 vols., (8),27,(9),1-586; (2),587-1242,(42)p., engr. frontisp. by J. VAN MUNNICHUYSEN after G. DE LAIRESSE, 2 ident. title-vign., 25 double-p. plates/ views by i.a. J. LUYKEN, 1 full-p. plate, 24 portraits by i.a. A. VAN SIJLVELT, contemp. unif. blindst. panelled vellum w. central ornament, folio.

- Both vols. owner's entry/ annot. on first blank. Vol.1 upper joint splitting. Fine copy.

= Leendertz 128; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 386; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 235b and De Buck 2301 (both listing other editions).

€ (300-500) 425
80 3142 Hooft P C 80 3142 Hooft P C
80/3142 Hooft, P.C. Rampsaligheden der verheffinge van den huize van Medicis. Amst., N. van Ravestein, 1649, 1st(?) ed., (14),200,(19)p., engr. portrait, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Traces of removed bookplate on upper pastedown. A fine copy. = Unger 177; Leendertz 132.

€ (80-100) 120
80 3143 Hooft P C 80 3143 Hooft P C
80 3143 Hooft P C 80 3143 Hooft P C
80/3143 Hooft, P.C. Werken. Tweede deel. Amst., J. van Someren, A. Wolfgangk and H. and D. Boom, 1677, 3rd ed., 5 parts in 1 vol., engr. title, full-p. portrait of Henricus Magnus, 1 portrait in text, 30 emblematical ills., contemp. blindst. vellum w. (later) ties, folio.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Vellum sl. soiled. Otherwise a fine copy.

= Leendertz 1a: "Deze titel staat op bladz. 3 van een verder onbedrukt vel, dat voor de uitgave van 1671 is ingevoegd. Niet alleen het gegraveerde titelblad, maar ook de fransche titel van 1671 is gebleven. De uitgevers van den derden druk der Historiën hebben dus het restant der uitgave van 1671 overgenomen en met een voorgevoegden titel als het tweede deel der volledige Werken opnieuw in den handel gebracht. Tegelijkertijd werd nu ook voor de nog niet verkochte exemplaren der Historiën op dezelfde wijze een vel voorgevoegd om er het eerste deel der Werken van te maken."; cf. Leendertz 126a note, mentioning the use of the third edition of Hooft's Neederlandsche Histoorien as the first part of Hooft's Werken; Landwehr 323.

€ (150-250)
80 3144 Hooft P C 80 3144 Hooft P C
80 3144 Hooft P C 80 3144 Hooft P C
80 3144 Hooft P C 80 3144 Hooft P C
80 3144 Hooft P C 80 3144 Hooft P C
80 3144 Hooft P C 80 3144 Hooft P C
80/3144 Hooft, P.C. (Works). Amst./ Leyden/ Utr., H. Wetstein and P. Scepérus/ D. van den Dalen/ W. van de Water, 1703-1704, 4th/ 1st ed., 4 vols., contemp. unif. gilt calf, folio.

- Occas. sl. soiled/ waterst. in margins; vol. 1 one plate sl. inkstained and lacks portion of lower corner. All vols. spine-ends sl. dam.; 2 vols. joints splitting. A good set.

= Comprises: I. Nederlandsche Historien, Seedert de Ooverdraght der Heerschappye van Kaizar Karel den Vyfden op Koning Philips zynen Zoon, Tot het einde der Landtvooghdye des Graven van Leicester (1703, 4th ed., 2 vols., engr. frontisp. by J. VAN MUNNICHUYSEN after G. DE LAIRESSE, 2 ident. title-vignettes, 25 double-p. plates/ views by i.a. J. LUYKEN, 1 full-p. plate, 24 portraits by i.a. A. VAN SIJLVELT). Leendertz 128; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 386; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 235b and De Buck 2301 (both listing other editions).

II. Mengel-Werken, Ten deele nooit te vooren gedrukt (1704, 1st ed., engr. frontisp., title-vignette, full-p. portrait of Hendrik de Groote and 30 emblematical textills.). Leendertz 2.

III. Alle de werken van C. Corn. Tacitus, In 't Hollandtsch vertaalt door den Heer P.C. Hooft (1704, 1st ed., engr. title-vignette, 8 fold. plates by I. MULDER, 14 portraits by A. VAILLANT). Leendertz 140; Geerebaert CXXXVII 5.II.b.

Leendertz 128a: "In 1704 heeft men de toen uitgegeven Mengelwerken en Tacitus met de Ned. Historiën van het vorige jaar tot ééne uitgave vereenigd, door er een gemeenschappelijken titel voor te plaatsen." Our copy without this title-p.

€ (500-700)
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