2076 - 2859 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Remnants of wax seal on title. = Knuttel 4009; Ekama 133. Rare.
Bakker, A. Memorie van Rechten (...) in de crimineele saak tegens Romein de Hooge, etser aldaer. Amst., J. Rieuwertsz, 1690, 31p., later wr.
= Knuttel 13545.
AND 13 others on Haarlem, i.a. 11 vols. of MAANDELYKSE NAAM-LYST VAN ALLE DE OVERLEDENE MENSCHEN (...) (Haarlem, 1813, orig. wr. Lacks the month of February).
- Upper hinges almost broken; lacks first free endpaper. Final part increasingly waterstained towards the end.
= Ad 1: Ekama 427; ad 2: Bodel Nijenhuis 1611; ad 3: Bodel Nijenhuis 1010.
- Haarlem plate w. closed tear. Frontcover loose(ning); top of spine chipped. = Ekama 427.
- Lacks 2 plates. Bindings sl. rubbed.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 277; Ekama 508; Klaversma/ Hannema 1297; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 488. The second edition, the first with the plates. According the binder's instructions possibly complete w. 46 plates present.
- Fold. plates w. sm. tear at lower inner margin. Sl. worn along extremities.
= Ekama 449; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 447c.
- Owner's stamp of the Dutch zoologist Johan F. Snelleman (i.a. director of the Museum voor Volkenkunde) on title-p.; sl. foxed (not affecting the plates); first leaf torn (repaired).
= Complete in itself. Orig. published in the 23rd part of the "Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij Ao 1786."
AND 2 others, i.a. (J.C. DE LANNOY), De belegering van Haerlem. Treurspel (Amst., 1770, later wr., sm. 8vo. Stamp on title-p.)
- Trifle foxed. Paper over spine-ends worn off.
= Among the famous members of "De Wijngaardranken" was Frans Hals.
AND 1 other on the same society.
- Backstrip dam. = Harlemia illustrata 177-182; cf. Van der Linde 482.
Schermer, L. Poëzy. Amst., E. Visscher, 1730, 2nd ed., (24),557,(7)p., engr. frontisp., 20 engr. plates (w. letterpress captions) by J. VAN VIANEN, contemp. hroan.
- Binding badly worn.
= Contains i.a. ills. of the "Haarlemmer Hout", "Het Sparen" and "Het Haarlemmer Meer".
ADDED: 1 other.
- Joints splitting at top of spine.
- Vol. 2 pagination starts at p.561. All vols. first and last lvs. (sl.) frayed; partly (sl.) stained/ foxed; vol. 1 and 2 wormholed throughout; vol. 3 w. owner's entry on htitle. Vol. 1 and 2 poor binding; vol. 1 backcover loose; vol. 1 and 2 upper joints split(ting).
= Vol. 1-3 (of 4) of the collected works of the English churchman Henry Hammond (1605-1660). DNB XXIV, p.242f.
- Sm. ticket on upper pastedown; occas. (sl.) yellowed.
= First edition of this epic poem on the legendary first king of the Frisians.
Haren, O.Z. van. De Geusen. Zwolle, S. Clement, 1771, (8),224,(1)p., warranted by the author, later hcl.
= With contemp. dedication on verso of the title-page: ''Dit exemplaar werd aangeboden aan den Heer Quintús, Fiseaal van 't Oldampt''.
- Without the 4th vol.; frontisp. in vol. 1 and a few plates loose(ning); occas. (sl.) yellowed (incl. some of the plates). Bindings sl. stained.
= De Backer/ Sommervogel IV, p.185f; Cordier BJ p.379; Alt-Japan-Kat. 647; Sabin 31115; Landis III, p.232. Containing the history of christening in i.a. Africa, Brazil, China, Florida. A large part of the work is devoted to the missions and martyrs in Japan and America. The plates depicting horrendous torturing, portraits of various saints, priests and natives.
- Occas. sl. waterstained/ foxed. Covers/ edges/ corners worn; vertical tear in backstrip.
= First vol. of the Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden.
Zutphen, A. van. Aardrijks- en geschiedkundige beschrijving der provincie Utrecht. Gorinchem, J. van der Wal, 1820, IV,209[= 210]p., woodcut view on title, 1 fold. engr. map by H. VISSER, contemp. wr., sm. 8vo.
- Lacks the (3) woodcut plates. First free endpaper cut in half; lacks last free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Backstrip worn.
= Huiskamp Z74; The Children's World of Learning 2903.
ADDED: C.F. GELLERTS, Zedekundige lessen. Dutch transl. J. Lublink den Jongen (Amst., 1775, 2nd ed., engr. portrait of the author by J. HOUBRAKEN after S.F. DINGLINGERIN, title-vignette, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece).
- Very fine and clean copy.
= Provenance: 18th cent. annotation on verso of first blank reading: "Dit boek is mij present gedaan door de heer D.W. Verroten den 25 Maart 1763, en hebbe sijn Ed. daarvoor gegeven Supplementum Anatomicum, authore Philippo Verheijen Professore &c. [signed:] C.J. Bloijs." Also signed and dated by "D.W. Verroten 1760 16 8br." Mateboer 89; Buisman 773; Muller 29 (erroneously 6 plates); De Vries 18. The "prototype" of all Dutch arcadian novels, interspersed with many interesting articles on witchcraft, magic, Dutch history, East Indies, Dutch folklore etc.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; otherwise fine.
= On the first edition of this hymn to Bacchus (publ. Leyden, 1615), see Oberlé, Fastes 1032: "(...) Heinsius semble avoir eu une tendresse particulière pour le dieu du vin car, déjà en 1610, il donnait une dissertation sur les Dionysiaques du grand poète grec de la décadence, Nonnos. Il est d'ailleurs probable qu'il ait tiré son hymne de Bacchus de cette collosale épopée." Part of D. Heinsius' Lof-sanck van Iesus Christus (...) ende zyne andere Nederduytse Poemata. Praz p.366; Landwehr 296; De Vries, Emblemata 32.
- Bindings sl. rubbed.
= Dutch transl. of Theron and Aspasio: Or, a Series of Dialogues and Letters, upon the Most Important and Interesting Subjects (1755).
- Occas. sl./ trifle yellowed/ stained; vol. 1 partly sl. wormholed (a few lvs. closed w. paper tape). Bindings sl. worn; corners showing.
= Dutch transl. of Theron and Aspasio: Or, a Series of Dialogues and Letters, upon the Most Important and Interesting Subjects (1755).
- Some minor foxing; some plates w. sl. offsetting. Covers/ backstrip trifle stained. Otherwise fine.
- Usual occas. browning/ foxing.
= Contains maps of i.a. Haarlemmermeer, Rijnland, Gooiland, Delftland, Schieland/ Krimperwaard, Amstelland and Kennemerland and (profile) views of i.a. Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Delft, Gouda, Haarlem, Rotterdam and The Hague. Apart from plans of all the large towns in Holland, a number of plans of smaller cities are included, incl. Enkhuizen, Geertruidenberg, Gorinchem, Hellevoetsluis, Medemblik, Purmerend, Schiedam and Schoonhoven. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVI.