2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Waterstained in outer and upper margins; most lvs. (finger)soiled; upper hinge splitting, but holding on cords; frontisp. reattached.
= Rare. Tiele 695 (note); Cat. NHSM I, p.133 (ed. 1652); Stoye p.382-389; cf. Von Hünersdorff/ Hasenkamp II, p.903 (Lithgow's writings brought news of coffee houses to England). William Lithgow (1582-1645?), famous Scottish traveller, who, walking from Scotland, through Europe, the Levant and North Africa, on his way to Africa, was imprisoned and tortured by the Spaniards, first on suspicion of being an English spy and later for being an heretic. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLV.
- Binding trifle rubbed. = Yolton, Bibl. John Locke 96.
- Rebacked w. use of modern calf; new endpapers. Corners showing.
= Yolton, Bibl. John Locke 365.
- With folds, strengthened/ repaired on verso; sl. fingersoiled.
= An advertisement for the English state lottery. In the lefthand illustration "before the 18th" a young man wallks away. He is not allowed to marry his girl riend by her father, because of his financial situation. So he buys a lottery ticket. And of course he wins the big prize and "after the 18th" the young man is accepted by his future in-laws.
AND 3 other similar broadsides, all with a single woodcut illustration and 1x w. popular song, dated 1813-1814, advertising the locations where you can buy the lottery tickets (publ. by Pidding and co., Carroll & Co and Richardson, Goodluck & Co. All Cornhill, London).
- Two bookplates and sm. owner's stamp on upper endpaper, i.a. of Ulco Proost, the sm. owner's stamp repeated on all title-pages. Spine-ends trifle rubbed. Good/ fine set.
= The rare first complete German edition. Hayn/ Gotendorff p.286f: "Sehr seltene Ausgabe, deren grösster Teil bei Erschienen durch die Censur vernichtet wurde."
- Tear in frontisp. Covers detached.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 975; Landwehr 512; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 439. The first edition.
Luiken, J. De onwaardige wereld. Vertoond in Vyftig Zinnebeelden, Met Godlyke Spreuken en Stichtelyke Verzen. Amst., K. vander Sys, 1728, (6),208,(10)p., 50 emblems by JAN LUIKEN, contemp. calf.
- Bookblock loose, lvs. shaken; fingersoiled; final leaf only partly present.
= Landwehr 504; Klaversma/ Hannema 995; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435.
AND 2 others by the same: Vonken der liefde Jezus, van het God begeerende Zielen-vuur (Amst, 1763, engr. frontisp. and 50 ills., without binding) and Geestelyke brieven (ibid., 1714, without binding).
= Ad.1 Klaversma/ Hannema 1044; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 399; Landwehr 387.
Schabaalje, J.P. De vermeerderde lusthof des gemoeds, met de Samenspraaken der Wandelende Ziele met Adam, Noach, en Simon Cleophas, vervattende de geschiedenissen, van de Scheppinge der weereld af, tot op, en na de verwoesting van Jerusalem. Ibid., K. de Veer, 1768, 2nd ed., (16),529,(28)p., engr. frontisp., 24 half-p. ills. by J. LUIKEN, 20th cent. hcl.
- Sl. foxed and fingersoiled.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 1273; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 416.
- Contents w. minor imperfections, one leaf sm. portion lower outer corner torn off (not affecting the text).
= Klaversma/ Hannema 812; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 464. The first edition, with the illustrations in unfolded state. With the owner's entry of the lithographer, printer and amateur photographer Joh. A. Moesman on first free endpaper.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Fine copy.
= Ad 1: this ed. not in Van der Haeghen, but cf. Van der Haeghen III, p.37; ad 2: Van der Haeghen I, p.20.
- Waterstained and browned; occas. wormholed; later owner's entry in pen and ink on title; upper hinge broken. Binding lacks ties; frontcover dam. at outer edge.
= Bertelli/ Innocenti 16e; Gerber III, p.44, 1f. Rare edition.
- Both vols. library ticket on upper pastedown, stamps and (crossed-out) annots. on first free endpaper and title-p. Joints splitting; bindings worn.
- Uncut; occas. (vaguely) waterstained. Wrapper dam., paper ticket on frontcover. = Goldsmith M162.
(Frederic II the Great). Oeuvres du philosophe de Sans-Souci. Potsdam/ Amst., J.H. Schneider, 1760, 308,(2)p., engr. title-vign. by J.C. PHILIPS, contemp. hmor. w. vellum letterpiece.
- Paper over binding sl. dam.; sl. rubbed along extremities. Internally fine.
BOUND WITH: Idem. Poësies diverses. Potsdam, n.publ., 1760, 3rd ed., (4),148p. - AND WITH: Idem. Oeuvres du philosophe de Sans-Souci. Troisieme partie. Berlin, E. Fos, 1762, 72p.
- Lacks p.185-190 and 2 index lvs.; annots. on first free endpaper; final textp. first part partly mounted on title-p. 2nd part, as a result sl. dam.; occas. sl. (water)stained. Vellum sl. soiled.
- Sm. bookplate on upper pastedown; sm. annot. on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Cf. DSB IX, p. 47-53; En français dans le texte no.111 (ed. 1674): "Malebranche tente de mettre en accord le dogme catholique et une philosophie librement inspirée de Descartes, pour les unir dans la recherche de la vérité''.
- All vols. occas. sl. foxed/ soiled; 4th vol. 2 lvs. loose. Covers w. rubbed spots; vol. I frontcover chipped in lower inner corner.
- Sl. browned/ waterst.; a few lvs. sl. chipped; final leaf laid down (lower portion torn off).
AND 1 other.
- Lacks endpapers; first few lvs. (incl. frontisp. and title-p.) repaired at lower blank margin; sl. (finger)soiled. Upper joint splitting; vellum sl. soiled.
= Cat. NHSM p.844. The most important old source on the famous Dutch admiral.
- Engr. title cut sl. short; 2 library stamps; sm. annot. on upper pastedown; last ±100 lvs. w. vague waterstain. Corners showing; calf sl. cracked on joints; crack in frontcover.
= Hoogendoorn Gie05-20; this ed. not in cat. NHSM. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLVI.
- Sl. browned as usual; one plate outer margin cut short; occas. sl. waterst. Paper over backcover partly torn off; frontcover sl. waterst.
= Tiele, Mémoire p.170-171 (b.); Tiele 81 (12)/ 82; Landwehr, VOC 197. Part of Commelin's collection of voyages.
- Folded, w. tears and holes in the folds; w. small stains.
= Auction announcement and inventory list of the frigate ship 'Prins van Oranje', launched in 1729 and put up for auction 1747 by the brokers Jacob de Flines and son in Amsterdam. The auction took place at the home of Matthijs Poolman, "casteleyn van Nieuwezijds Heeren Logement".