2685 - 3623 OLD and RARE BOOKS
80 3165 Indonesia Spilbergen J van 
80 3165 Indonesia Spilbergen J van 
- New endpapers; bookplate of D. Dunlop on upper pastedown; title-p. and plate reattached along inner margin.
= Tiele 1022; Landwehr, VOC 251 and 198; Cox I, p.30; Rouffaer/ Muller, p.53.
80 3166 Islam Galland J C 
- Title-p. sl. yellowed and foxed. Upper joint splitting at (sl. rubbed) spine-ends. Otherwise fine.
= Gay 3639; Blackmer 643; Atabey 470. Scarce.
80 3167 Italy Blanc T 
80 3167 Italy Blanc T 
- Sl. yellowed. Binding sl. worn along extremtities. = Rare 4to edition.
80 3168 Italy Machiavelli N 
- Frontcover w. a few stains. A fine copy.
= De historische en politique werken, vol. 1 and 2. Bertelli/ Innocenti, Bibl. Machiavelliana XVIII, 5. Not in Scheepers, Muller, De Vries etc.
80 3169 Italy Pinelli B 
- Sl. foxed, mostly in blank margins; library stamp "Bibliotheek Pulchri" on title-p. and plates 1, 21 and 28; inventory number on title-p.; bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding sl. dam. along edges; paper ticket on spine.
= Lipperheide Ja 16; Hiler & Hiler, p.667; Colas 2378. The plates documenting the costume and various scenes in and about Rome, including festivals, the wine harvest, young men serenating a woman, a magic lantern show, a puppet show, and numerous local costumes and games.
80 3170 Italy Rogissart A de 
80 3170 Italy Rogissart A de 
80 3170 Italy Rogissart A de 
- Lacks both div. title-p. Sl. yellowed and occas. trifle foxed.
= Schudt p.173. Attractive views, intended for "(...) ceux qui voudront voïager dans ce beau païs; (...) ceux qui y ont deja été: & enfin (...) ceux qui ne l'ont jamais vû (...)" (preface to the absent first vol.).
80 3171 Italy Rubeis F de Franchis V de Bottis J A de a o 
80 3171 Italy Rubeis F de Franchis V de Bottis J A de a o 
- Partly sl. wormholed, otherwise a fine copy. Rare.
80 3172 Italy Tessaurus Fossanensis A 
- Binding worn along edges; joints splitting at spine-ends.
80 3173 Italy Venice Amelot de la Houssaie A N 
80 3173 Italy Venice Amelot de la Houssaie A N 
80 3173 Italy Venice Amelot de la Houssaie A N 
- The plate w. the Sposalizio del Mare w. tears in folds into image; blank margins of the plates of San Marco square sl. frayed. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= Cf. Brunet VI, p.1434 (other eds.). Extremely rare first Dutch edition of the famous analysis of the Venetian state and of the reasons for its decadence. Amelot de la Houssaie was imprisoned for the work, published a second edition with a supplement immediately after his release (after six weeks of imprisonment), which was suppressed. Nevertheless the work became immensely popular and passed through twenty-two editions in three years' time. Containing strong impressions of the fold. plates of i.a. Piazza San Marco, Sala del Maggior Consiglio inside the Palazzo Ducale, the Sposalizio del Mare (Marriage of the Sea, a ceremony which symbolized the maritime dominion of Venice, traditionally celebrated on Ascension Day) and 2 costume plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
80 3174 Jansenism Codde P 
- Pastedowns loose(ning); partly sl. browned. Spine sl. darkened.
= As archbishop of Utrecht, Petrus Codde (1648-1710) was twice accused of Jansenist sympathies and eventually felt it necessary to defend himself in person before the Pope in 1697. His attempt proved ineffective and couldn't prevent his suspension in 1702 and his dismissal two years later. In the Dutch Republic, these events caused discord between the anti-Jansenists and the more moderate catholics, eventually leading to the schism of Utrecht and origin of the independent Oudkatholieke Kerk in 1723.
80/3175 Jansenism Les constitutions du monastère de Port Royal du S Sacrement 
- Pastedowns detached. Backstrip darkened.
= Willems 1353 ("impression fort soignée"); Rahir 1404; Copinger 1083; Willaert 3232. "Rédigées par la mère Agnes Arnould, la mère Euphémie Pascal et la soeur Gertrude. l'Édition (...) est jolie et recherchée." (Berghman).
80 3176 Japan Kaempfer E 
80 3176 Japan Kaempfer E 
80 3176 Japan Kaempfer E 
- Halftitle, title and frontisp. professionally restored and reattached; a few text-pages sl. stained; new endpapers. Professionally restored binding w. use of contemp. leather.
= LARGE PAPER copy. Landwehr VOC, 531; Cordier Bibl. Japonica, p.417f; Alt-Japan Katalog 717; DSB p.204ff; Howgego p.562; Henze III, p.3-6; cat. NHSM p.233; Tiele 584; Rouffaer/ Muller p.440; cf. Wellcome III, p.376. "Kaempfer's Werk ist das erste auf Autopsie und Quellenauswertung beruhende Grundwerk über Japan" (Henze); "Kaempfer arrived in Java in October 1689. The following year he was appointed to accompany the annual voyage to Japan of the East India Company as a physician. He remained in Nagasaki from September 1690 to October 1692 and twice accompanied the chief of the factory at Deshima on his embassy to Edo (now Tokyo). In Nagasaki he made a profound study of Japanese history, geography, customs, and flora. (...). The History of Japan (1727) [of which our copy is the translation] was for more than a century the chief source of Western knowledge of the country. It contains the first biography of Kaempfer, an account of his journey, a history and description of Japan and its fauna, a description of Nagasaki and Deshima; a report on two embassies to Edo with a description of the cities which were visited on the way; and six appendixes, on tea, Japanese paper, acupuncture, moxa, ambergris, and Japan's seclusion policy (...)." (DSB). SEE ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE CXXII.
80 3177 Japan Montanus A 
80 3177 Japan Montanus A 
- New endpapers; 19th cent. owner's entry on frontisp. and 1 plate. Binding restored.
= Rare complete copy of this richly illustrated work, with beautiful early views of i.a. Edo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kagoshima, Deshima, Batavia, volcano eruptions and a fine map. Cordier p.385; Alt-Japan Kat. p.1049; Tiele 762; Lipperheide Lf1; Landwehr, VOC 522. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVIII.
80 3178 Japan Overmeer Fisscher J F van 
80 3178 Japan Overmeer Fisscher J F van 
80 3178 Japan Overmeer Fisscher J F van 
80 3178 Japan Overmeer Fisscher J F van 
- Upper joint starting; frontcover partly sunned. Fine copy.
= Copy of the DELUXE EDITION on better paper with ample margins and splendidly coloured lithographs. Alt-Japan Katalog 1098; Cordier 490; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 385; Tiele 357. The author spent 9 years in Japan (Deshima) in the 1820s and on his return to the Netherlands in 1829 he decided to exhibit his large collection of Japanese artefacts in the Koninklijke Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden. Four years later he published the present work to much acclaim. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
80 3179 Japan Pompe van Meerdervoort J L C 
80 3179 Japan Pompe van Meerdervoort J L C 
80 3179 Japan Pompe van Meerdervoort J L C 
- Mostly trifle foxed, a few lvs. worse; some plates trifle/ sl. foxed. Modern photocopies of the title-pages mounted on frontcovers (but can probably easily removed).
= Cordier p.588; Wenckstern p.48; Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates 395; Tiele 873; Cat. NHSM I, p.237. Rare work in which the Dutch doctor of medicine Pompe van Meerdervoort describes his activities and the developments in Japan during his 5-year stay on the invitation of the Tokugawa rulers. The first six chapters of the work deal with the history and culture of the Japanese up till 1859 and their international relations. The final seventh chapter focuses on the activities of the Dutch in the period 1859-1863 and specifically on Pompe van Meerdervoort's own role as doctor and educator of a new and modern class of Japanese doctors. The plates mainly show the costumes worn by the various types of Japanese, but also include 2 nice views of the Bay of Nagasaki and the Hospital of Nagasaki, which was founded by Pompe van Meerdervoort. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
80 3180 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
80 3180 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
80 3180 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
- First part sl. (water)stained in (blank) margin; contents otherwise fine. Backstrip lacks large portion (incl. letterpiece); joints starting/ splitting.
= Poortman II, p.241-243; Klaversma/ Hannema 748; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 396.
80 3181 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
80 3181 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
- Engr. title sl. yellowed. Binding scratched and sl. worn along edges; backstrip and upper joint sl. dam.
= Fürst II, p.123; Brunet III, p.572 ("Edition recherchée à cause des gravures dont elle est ornée (...)"); Graesse III, p.483.
80 3182 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
- Yellowed and fingersoiled; occas. browned; partly wormholed (mainly at the beginning and end, incl. covers); lacks pastedowns. Calf dam. (portions lacking); lacks half of backstrip; lacks clasps (catches remaining).
= Poortman IIB, p.219; Geerebaerts LIII, 5b.
80/3183 Judaica and hebraica Jewish almanac for the year 1846 1847 
- Occas. cut sl. short in top margin; backstrip sl. worn. Fine.
80 3184 Judaica and hebraica Kirchner P C 
80 3184 Judaica and hebraica Kirchner P C 
- First leaf of index lacks upper half; foxed. Spine-ends dam.; paper over boards partly worn off.
= Roest I, p.638; Fürst II, p.190; Lipperheide Oc 20; Hiler 500. The detailed plates, mainly by Puschner, depicting Jewish ceremonies, festivals, rituals.