1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Yellowed; first part upper margin waterstained; later annots. in pen and ink on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on title ("Johannis Cnopii"); cut out engr. coat of arms pasted on verso title. Vellum sl. soiled.
= De Wind p.426.
BOUND WITH: Duym, I. Corte historische beschryvinghe der Nederlandtscher Oorloghen/ Vanden beginne ende aenvangh aff der Beroerten tot twaelff-jaerich Bestandt toe (...). Ibid., idem, 1612, 319,(1)p., woodcut printer's mark, num. woodcut portraits.
- Yellowed. = Cf. Simoni S107 (ed. Arnhem, 1612).
- Owner's stamp on first free endpaper; wormholed in lower margin almost throughout, partly affecting letters. Otherwise fine.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436c.
- Title-p. and a few leaves cut sl. short in outer margin (affecting letters); two quires sl. wormholed in outer blank margin. Joints professionally restored. Fine copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436c.
- Lacks the portrait of Willem I; new endpapers; sm. stain in lower blank margin of first frontisp.; approx. 40 leaves w. receding dam. (dent) in lower blank margin; final leaf of first part and one leaf in second part w. restored tear in blank margin; second map sl. foxed and w. closed tear in inner margin. Vellum somewhat duststained. Despite the defects an attractive copy w. well thought out handcolouring entirely appropriate for this type of book.
= The portrait of Wolphard van Brederode accompanied by extra tipped-in 4p. "geslacht-register" of the "Heeren van Brederode". Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436b.
- Owner's stamp on title-p.; contemp. owner's entry on first (orig.) blank; new endpapers. Vellum soiled.
= Fine portraits. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436d; De Buck p.107-109; De Wind 412.
- Lacks free endpapers; occas. sl. ruststained (one prelim. leaf worse); title-p. vaguely stained in upper outer corner; a few leaves trifle waterstained; blank paper pasted over upper outer corner of upper pastedown.
= Fine portraits. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436d; De Buck p.107-109; De Wind 412.
- Waterstained in upper (blank) margin, sl. affecting text and image; upper hinge broken. Manuscript annot. on frontcover; vellum sl. stained/ soiled.
= Fine portraits. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436d; De Buck p.107-109; De Wind 412.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ (water)stained.
= Tiele 1010; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 447a; Bodel Nijenhuis 88.
- One plate loose. Covers rubbed; spine-ends chipped; leather over spine sl. dam.
= Tiele 1012; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 447a.
- Two bookplates on upper pastedown; sm. owner's stamp on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Lacks ties.
= Rare early edition.
- Each vol. bookplate on upper pastedown; 1st vol. old annots. on first free endpaper and crossed-out owner's entry on title-p.; occas. sl. foxed. Covers w. rubbed/ chafed 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).
- Part 2 only. Upper pastedown detached; most portraits folded and cut sl. short (just touching lower edge). Otherwise fine.= Willems 1652 note; cf. Rahir 1972.
AND 1 other.
- Part 2 only. Lacks the engr. titlle w. Leo Belgicus map and 1 portrait; sm. bookplate on upper pastedown. Sm. paper ticket on frontcover.
= Willems 1652 note; cf. Rahir 1972.
13 (of 14) engr. portraits, 4 fold. plates, 1 fold. battle plan, contemp. vellum.
- Vol. 2 only. Lacks 1 portrait. Vellum fingersoiled. = Nice plates showing battle scenes.
- Lacks engr. title and 1 plate; partly yellowed and fingersoiled. Vellum sl. stained.
Hooft, P.C. Neederlandsche Histoorien, Sedert de ooverdraght der Heerschappye van Kaizar Karel den Vyfden, op Kooning Philips zynen zoon. Amst., L. Elzevier, 1642, 1st ed., (14),899,(28)p., engr. title by T. MATHAM, contemp. vellum, folio.
- Without the portrait, as in many copies acc. to Leendertz; blank margins waterst. at the beginning; upper hinge sl. weak. Vellum sl. stained and soiled; backstrip dam.
= Willems 986; Rahir 977; Leendertz 123.
- Contemp. annot. on verso final leaf (unread). Title-p. reattached. From the library of D.F. Scheurleer; second bookplate first blank. Good/ fine copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 462a; not in Knuttel. Rare.
- Lacks the maps, 3 plans and 1 profile; occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed.
- Lacks 1 leaf (193-194, div. title). Top of spine chipped; sm. dam. spot at foot of spine; lacks portion of letterpiece.
- Lacks 6 plates; vol. 7 a few plates w. sm. (marginal) tears and partly (vaguely) waterst. in outer lower corner.
- Contains nice plans of i.a. Leusden and Woerden and views of i.a. Woudrichem and Loevestein. Vol. 8 lacks letterpiece.
- Fine set.
= Ills. numbered 1-400 (vol. 1-4), 1-104 (vol.5) and 401-500 (vol.6). One of the finest series of views depicting the Netherlands in the 18th century. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.