2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Sm. ballpoint annot. on first free endpaper; sl. yellowed; weak on hinges (broken on lower hinge); pastedown sl. dam. from loosening turn-ins. Binding sl. soiled and sl. warped.
= Cf. De Buck 2280. The first ed. was published in Leyden, 1635-39.
- Both vols. occas. sl. foxed; 2nd vol. one leaf loose. Both vols. spines badly worn/ discol.
- Hinges weak; owner's entry on htitle. Upper joint splitting.
- First vol. catalogue entry mounted on first free endpaper and verso title-p.; occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends and corners sl. rubbed.
= Attractively bound copy.
- Lacks 1 portrait; third vol. portrait laid down on adjacent leaf; occas. sl. yellowed. Corners bumped; ties lacking; vol. 1 upper joint splitting.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 75c; De Wind p. 240-243; Volmuller p.90; De Buck 2294 (ed. 1679-1684). The rare first edition of the much enlarged, complete edition (a 'preliminary' edition was published in 1595 (3 parts) and 1601 (3 parts)).
- Upper hinge broken. = Klaversma/ Hannema 289; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen p.453 (1st ed.).
- Lacks 1 portrait and 1 plate; most portraits w. some brown offsetting; sl. yellowed.
- Occas. trifle foxed. = Cf. Van de Klashorst 235.
- Lacks nearly all maps/ plates, but bound w. 9 extra engr. genealogical tables (browned); present plates cut short in left/ right margin; title and first lvs. w. (erased) stamps. Covers sl. scratched.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 117-b; Alden/ Landis III p.24; Borba de Moraes I, p.194. The first French edition (first Dutch edition 1651). Describing the life of the famous Dutch general the book gives a good survey of the history of the Netherlands between 1627 and 1647.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ browned. Joints starting; covers rubbed along extremities; spine-ends worn.
= Knuttel 17333.
- Sl. fingersoiled in outer margins; bookblock reattached to the spine, lacks free endpaper; outer margin cut short. Spine professionally repaired.
= Rare. Account of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (entirely fought at sea) and its subsidiary First Munster War.
- Lacks 2 plates; the plate present cut short in right margin; sl. yellowed; some old underlining. Binding sl. wormholed; letterpiece dam.
= The first Latin translation of "Oorsprong en voortgang der Nederlandtscher beroerten" (1619). De Buck 2298.
- Only the first part; lacks one prelimary leaf; (badly) foxed; some bookplates and library stamps on upper pastedown, first free endpaper and verso title-p. Vellum sl. soiled; paper ticket on spine.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 187a. "De invloed, dien de "Divisie-kroniek" geoefend heeft, is moeilijk te overschatten. Zij vatte a.h.w. nog eenmaal al het oude weten omtrent het vaderlandsch verleden samen (...) en bleef (...) dé vraagbaak voor het leekenpubliek, tot Wagenaar haar sedert 1749 zou verdringen" (Romein).
- Sl. soiled/ (water)stained; some old marginal annots.; owner's entry on second blank; one leaf replaced by contemp. manuscript leaf. Vellum w. some stains; lacks one tie; corners and spine-ends repaired.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 187a. The second and best edition.
- The view of Namur is present twice (one for the Comitatus Namurensis and one for Urbs. Namurensis); three views in sl. weak print, othrwise a very clean and unscathed copy. Frontcover with title "Omnium Belgii" in modern pen and black ink on later inlaid rectangular vellum title-piece.
= Guicciardini Illustratus 14 (w. a sl. different order and number of views); Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 195b. The 2nd Arnhem edition of this famous description of the Netherlands. The importance of Guicciardini's work as one of the major historical sources for the history of The Netherlands needs no further comment, nor the beauty of the work as illustrated book, reflecting the emerging self-confidence of the young republic at the beginning of its Golden Age. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CL.
- Scattered contemp. annots. in 2 diff. hands; some underlining. Backstrip dam. and loose(ning), maculature visible; lacks ties.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 197; De Buck 2298; De Wind p.571ff ("hoogst zeldzaam"). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CL.
- Later endpapers (w. 2 bookplates); occas. foxed (incl. the plates). Rebacked; binding sl. chafed; spine dried and rubbed.
= Very special copy, with dedication on htitle: "From the Author to his dear [?] friend Mary [?]", containing 18 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS for the etched views (pencil, watercolour and grey wash, annots. in pencil), a drawing of a French medal (according to accomp. manuscript text alluding to an intended invasion of Great Britain by Napoleon) and the author's Dutch visa (signed by the author and the secretary of the Dutch embassy David Ragay, w. num. stamps on verso). Abbey, Travel 186; Atlas van Stolk 5893; Jacobsen Jensen 247. Views of i.a. Bruges, Rotterdam, Haarlem and Amsterdam. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CLI.
- Partly yellowed/ sl. browned/ foxed (incl. maps and fold. plates) (as usual); title and one prelim. leaf lack sm. portion of outer blank margin (remargined).
= Landwehr, VOC 1486 (erroneously 38 plates); Kress 2303. Not in Barbier and Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer. Concise history of the Netherlands 1467-1700. Scattered references to the East- and West India Companies, one of the fold. plates showing the organisation of the East-India Company. Interesting worldmap, probably specially made for this publication. For the nice map of the Netherlands: Van der Heijden 219, first state.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; some sm. wormholes. Vellum sl. soiled. Good/ fine copy.
= Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator 102; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 232b.
- Occas. trifle soiled; some sm. marginal waterstains. Binding rubbed/ sl. worn; spine-ends sl. worn.
= Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator 102; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 232b.