1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Title-p. sl. duststained and sl. foxed; unbound copy (title-p. and final page attached to each other w. later paper strip along spine).
= Hoboken II 39a. Rare.
- Three stamps and instrument in ballpoint on each title-p. (Felix Meritis, Bibliotheek Toonkunst and a stamp warning against folding or rolling of the sheetmusic); a few titles sl. thumbed (one title-p. a spotted area in lower margin).
= Hoboken Gruppe I, 90 (p.166); RISM H 3162.
- Sm. ticket of "Studentsvo Karolinu" on title-p. Frontcover sl. foxed in outer margin. Otherwise fine.
= SIGNED AND DATED "Prag, 3. XI.927" on title-p.
- Title-p. sl. soiled and foxed; Vl1 part spine strengthened w. paper and newly stitched and vaguely waterstained in inner margin.
= RISM M 6010; Köchel 593 (p.757ff). Issued in Peters' edition of the Collection complète des Quintettes.
Idem. Quintetto Pour Deux Violons, 2 Alto et Violoncelle. KV 516. Leipsic, C.F. Peters, n.d. (before 1803), 5 vols., plate no. 220, engr. title-p. and scores, loose as issued, folio.
- Title-p. foxed; partly very vaguely waterstained; newly stitched.
= RISM M 5994; Köchel 516 (p. 654ff). Issued in Peters' edition of the Collection complète des Quintettes.
Idem. Collection des trois quatuors & quintetti pour Violons, Altos et Basse. Paris, Chabal, n.d. (±1845), plate no. 350 ("Notice") and 300 (score), 5 vols., lithogr. portrait by MANTOUX after monogrammist "Bl", engr. scores, contemp. unif. hcalf, folio.
- Occas. sl. foxed; annot. in ballpoint on title-p. of all vols.; Violin II and Alto I parts mouldy in upper blank margin. Spine-ends, joints and corners (sl.) worn/ rubbed.
= Contains KV 387, 157, 458, 428, 464, 465, 575, 589, 590, 499, 593, 614, 406, 478, 515, ?, 581, 516 and 563.
Idem. Duos à deux flutes, arrangés du Mariage de Figaro. First flute part only. Bonn, N. Simrock, n.d. (1799), 1 vol. (of 2), plate-no. 100, 13,(1)p., engr. title-p. and score, later boards, folio.
- Without the second flute part; sl. fingersoiled in lower outer corner; a few annots. in the score in pencil. Covers loose(ning).
= Vester M 539. Rare.
BOUND WITH 2 others, both duos for 2 flutes, both only the first flute part, by W. GABRIELSKY (Oeuvre 67) (Leipsic, Breitkopf & Härtel, ±1823, plate-no.4047. Waterstained) and T. BERBIGUIER (Bonn/ Cologne, Simrock, ±1816, plate-no.1275. Sl. foxed). Kreith, C. VI divertimenti a flauto solo. Braunschweig, "nel Magazino di musica nella strada chiamata die Höhe", n.d. (±1795), plate-no. 58, 5,(1)p., engr. title-p. and score, 4to.
- Sl. waterstained in blank upper left corner throughout; final leaf brown stain in inner margin.
= Neither in RISM, nor in Vester.
Idem. Twenty four Pieces (in three Books) Selected from the Celebrated Opera of Il Don Giovanni. Adapted for the Piano Forte, With an Accompaniment for the Flute, by F. Fiorillo. London, R. Birchall, n.d. (±1820), 3 vols., no plate-no., (2),25,(1); (2),27-50; (2),51-74p., 3 ident. engr. title-p. and entirely engraved scores, loose in parts as issued, folio.
- Without the flute part. Set 1 and 2 wrappers partly loose and frayed along spine; set 2 backwr. absent.
Idem. Eight Pieces Selected from the Celebrated Opera of Le Nozze di Figaro (...) Adapted for the Piano Forte or Harp, with an Accompaniment for the Flute by F. Fiorillo. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1820), 2 parts in 1 vol. (Forte piano/ flute), no plate-no, 7,(1); 23,(1)p., engr. title-p. and scores, folio.
= With indication "Set 1" engr. on title-p., but complete (8 pieces present).
Idem. Twenty two Pieces (In three Books) Selected from (...) Le Nozze di Figaro for the Piano Forte and Harp with an Accompaniment for the Flute by F. Fiorillo. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1820), no plate-no., 23p. (incl. title-p.), engr. title-p. and score, folio.
- The piano forte part only.
AND 1 other similar: Thirty two pieces in three Books Selected from (...) Il Flauto Magico (...) Adapted for the Piano Forte or Harp with an Accompaniment for the Flute by F. Fiorillo (ibid., idem, ±1820, 1 vol. (of 3), no plate-no., engr. title-p. and score,, folio. Piano forte part only). - ADDED: 3 others, i.a. R. DRESSLER, Grand Trio Concertant pour Trois Flutes. Opus 64 (Bonn, ±1818, 3 vols., plate-no. 1457, engr. title-p. and scores, in parts as issued, sm. folio).
- Index pages sl. waterstained in lower margin.
= Rich collection of Scottish songs. RISM O256. No copy traced on the market.
- Final leaf vaguely stained in outer margin. Otherwise a fine and clean copy.
= RISM R2899. "The first work in the repertory of the Académie Royale de Musique for which the text and music were by the same author." (Wikipedia entry).
- Contents fine. Binding a few worn/ dented spots along fore-edge margin; some stains on frontcover; spine-ends sl. worn/ chipped.
= Rare collection. RISM T 53 and B II p.331 (only smaller collections); cf. Vester R 98ff.
Idem. VIIIe receuil de pièces Françoises et Italienes (...). Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1770), (2),70,(2)p., entirely engraved, contemp. simple plain wr., obl. 8vo.
- Contents. Binding worn/ rubbed. = Cf. Vester R 98.
- Occas. trifle fingersoiled in lower outer corner; upper outer blank corner of final 8 leaves professionally restored. Backstrip sunned. A fine copy.
= RISM T 257. Rare.
- Fold. plate w. sm. tear in inner blank margin, sl. affecting image; partly sl. waterstained in blank lower outer corner/ blank lower margin, not affecting text. Two sm. stains on frontcover; backstrip sl. soiled.
- All vols. title-p. w. sm. library stamp in lower blank margin; occas. sl. foxed/ browned, vol. XII sl. worse; vol. I lacks 2 preliminary index lvs.; vol. VIII partly wormholed in outer blank margin, not affecting text; vol. IX a few lvs. misbound but complete. A few spine-ends chipped/ dam.; some backstrips leather sl. cracked/ rubbed; most corners bumped.
= The rare first edition. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 7d: "Van Aitzema verzamelde een indrukwekkende documentatie voor zijn historisch werk (...)"; De Buck 2562 (other ed.). Rare and complete set of the first and only 4to-edition.
- With three bookplates on upper pastedown: "Bibliotheque de Mr. E.M. Mancel", "Mr. Borluut de Noortdonck" and "E.G." (with coat of arms with three fish and three stars); title sl. discoloured in upper margin; occas. trifle foxed. Joints worn and upper joint starting at top of spine; sl. rubbed along extremities.
= First edition of Aurelius' three works Defensorium, Elucidarium and Diadema imperatorum edited by Vulcanius. This edition was the foundation of the 17th century Batavian myth, the belief that the Dutch people were direct decendants of the Batavians. The Batavian myth enabled the architects of the Dutch Republic to (re)invent a nation with a heroic past and forge a compelling narrative of the Low Countries as a political, moral, and cultural community united (against tyranny) by their long-standing love for freedom. Adams A 2252; Voet 605 (variant listing with the Antwerp imprint), Speeckaert 111(also only the variant with the Antwerp imprint). Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
- Sl. foxed and fingersoiled. Binding sl. dried and rubbed.
- New endpapers. Contents fine.
= De Buck 291; De Wind p.219, no. 1 and cf. 296. Four vols. were published (De Wind p.219, no. 2-5) and were later published together with a new general title Historiae Batavorum (...): "Ofschoon deze geschriften zeker aan Bockenberg den naam van geschiedschrijver niet konden verschaffen, is het echter jammer dat zijn groot werk, waar van wij straks melding maakten, en waar aan hij jaren lang gearbeid had, niet in het licht verschenen is. (...). Bockenberg trachtte historieschrijver van Holland te worden, en werd dit in 1591, in weerwil van Dousa, die ijverig, maar vruchteloos, voor zijnen vriend Baudius om dezen post verzocht had." First part of a work Bockenberg meant to combine into a single large work on the History of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland, a work he never finished.
- Occas. sl. waterst. in upper (blank) margin.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 289; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen p.453 (1st ed.).
- Bookplates and owner's stamp on upper endpaper. Backstrip rubbed/ chafed. Good/ fine copy.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 289; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen p.453 (1st ed.).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Modern paper ticket and pencil annots. on frontcover. Otherwise fine.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 78.
- Sl. yellowed; partly waterst. (incl. title-p.).
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 81k: "Volgens het 'Aan den lezer' van Johan Brandt had Gerard Brandt de onderhavige tekst uit zijn Historie der Reformatie weggelaten omdat deze teveel de politiek raakte." Cf. De Buck 2545 (3rd ed. 1723); cf. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 912 (2nd ed. 1710).
Wicquefort, A. de. Getrouw en waarachtig bericht voor alle oprechte Nederlanders; betreffende het geene voorgevallen is in de Dorpen van Bodegraven en Swammerdam, en de wreedheden die de Franschen aldaar in den Jaere 1672. gepleegt hebben. (...) door een Beminnaar van Neerlands Gemeenebest. Amst., J. Loveringh, 1747, 112,128p., bound unif. w. the preceding.
- Title-p. sl. stained.
AND 1 other, bound unif.: L. VAN OLLEFEN, (Gedenkboek van Amsteldam) (Amst., 1788, engr. frontisp., 1 plate. Lacks title-p.).
- Occas. yellowed/ sl. browned; first half vol. 1 sl. wormholed in lower blank margin. Backstrips rubbed/ worn; letterpieces lacking (vol. 1 w. 2 modern gilt letterpieces).
= Cf. De Buck 583.
- Partly (vaguely) waterstained. = This (3rd) edition not in NCC. Not in Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Fine coy.
= De Buck 1654. First edition of this anonymous chronicle.