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75 3334 Spectator Effen J van 75 3334 Spectator Effen J van
75/3334 [Spectator]. (Effen, J. van). De misantrope of de gestrenge zedenmeester. Dutch transl. P. le Clercq. Amst., H. Uytwerf, 1742-1745, 3 vols., (6),534; (2),533,(61); (2),568,(8)p., engr. portrait, 2 ident. engr. title-vignettes, contemp. unif. vellum, sm. 8vo.

- All vols. pastedowns loose; occas. trifle foxed; some lvs. loose. First vol. remnants of paper ticket on spine.

= The first edition of the Dutch translation. Buijnsters, Spectatoriale geschriften 1.7.

€ (150-250) 170
75 3335 Spinoza B de Bayle P J 75 3335 Spinoza B de Bayle P J
75/3335 [Spinoza, B. de]. Bayle, (P.J.). Het leven van B. de Spinoza. Nevens een Kort betoog van de waarheit des Christelyken godsdiensts en twee verhandelingen, I. Van de ziel. II. Van Gods wezentlykheid. Door den Heere Jacquelot. Dutch transl. F. Halma. Utr., W. Broedelet, 1711, (188),464,(13)p., contemp. vellum, sm 8vo.

- Partly (vaguely) waterst. in (blank) margins, occas. touching text; title-p. loose; lacks pastedowns. Frontcover and spine dam.

= Second edition (first 1698) of one of the best old sources. The first part is a translation of Bayle's article on Spinoza in his "Dictionnaire historique", in which Bayle "credits Spinoza with having been the first to systematize atheism" (cat. H. Aug. Bibl. 93).

€ (80-100) 100
75 3336 Spinoza B de Nieuwentyt B 75 3336 Spinoza B de Nieuwentyt B
75 3336 Spinoza B de Nieuwentyt B 75 3336 Spinoza B de Nieuwentyt B
75/3336 [Spinoza, B. de]. Nieuwentyt, B. Gronden van zekerheid, of de regte betoogwyse der wiskundigen, so in het denkbeeldige, als in het zakelyke: ter wederlegging van Spinosaas denkbeeldig samenstel; en ter aanleiding van eene sekere sakelyke wysbegeerte. Amst., J. Pauli, 1728, 2nd ed., (56),456p., engr. title-vignette, contemp. vellum, 4to.

- Catalogue entry mounted on upper pastedown. Vellum sl. soiled.

= Bibl. Spinoza p.13; Van der Linde 402 (3rd ed. 1754); Bierens de Haan (1st ed. 1720). Main work by this follower of Descartes and opponent of Spinoza.

€ (150-250) 150
75 3337 Spinoza B de Nieuwentyt B 75 3337 Spinoza B de Nieuwentyt B
75 3337 Spinoza B de Nieuwentyt B 75 3337 Spinoza B de Nieuwentyt B
75/3337 [Spinoza, B. de]. Nieuwentyt, B. Het regt gebruik der werelt beschouwingen, ter overtuiginge van ongodisten en ongelovigen aangetoont. Amst., J. Pauli, 1740, 6th ed., (14),916,(18)p., engr. frontisp., title-vignette, 1 portrait of the author and 28 fold. plates with anatomical and scientific figures, instruments and diagrams, contemp. blindst. calf, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Lacks upper and lower pastedown; library stamp on first 4 lvs. (incl. htitle and frontisp.); later owner's entry and ticket on verso of first free endpaper; first 30 p. and last 5 plates (sl.) water-/ dampstained. Covers sl. worn/ chafed; spine-ends dam., upper joint splitting; corners bumped.

= Van der Linde, Spinoza 106; Bibl. Med. Neerl. 522; Caillet 8009 (French ed.); Bierens de Haan 3561. Main work of this follower of Descartes and opponent of Spinoza, "intended to demonstrate the existence of God by teleological arguments. Never before had this been tried on such a scale, and none among Nieuwentijt's numerous imitators equalled his completeness." (DSB).

€ (80-100) 80
75 3338 Stavorinus J S 75 3338 Stavorinus J S
75 3338 Stavorinus J S 75 3338 Stavorinus J S
75 3338 Stavorinus J S 75 3338 Stavorinus J S
75/3338 Stavorinus, J.S. Voyage par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance et Batavia, à Bantam et au Bengale, en 1768, 69, 70 et 71. Paris, H.J. Jansen, 1798, VIII,434,(1)p., 2 fold. engr. maps and 1 fold. plan, contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Sl. yellowed; title-p. loosening; upper hinge broken (holding on cords). Binding sl. worn.

= Feith 199; Tiele 1044 and Mendelsohn II, p.426 (all listing the Dutch ed. 1793).

€ (120-150) 120
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3339 Surinam Stedman J G
75/3339 [Surinam]. Stedman, J.G. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772, to 1777: elucidating the History of that Country, and describing its Productions, viz. Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, & Roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. London, J. Johnson and J. Edwards, 1796, 1st ed., 2 vols., XVIII,407[=415],(7); IV,404,(6)p., (stipple-)engr. and aquatint frontisp., 2 identical engr. titles w. ill., 3 (of 4) fold. maps, 2 plans, 1 fold. panoramic view of Paramaribo and 74 plates by WILLIAM BLAKE, BARTOLOZZI a.o., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. raised bands, large 4to.

- Lacks one fold. map (no.56 "Plan of the principal Field of Action"); both vols. partly w. waterstain at upper and/ or lower end of inner blank margin (not affecting images); one plate sl. dampstained; occas. (sl.) foxed; two bookplates on upper pastedown. Upper joint of vol.I weakening.

= Abbey, Travel, 719; Cox II, p.285; Sabin 91075; Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 6452; Rouffaer/ Muller p.624; Kolfin p.43-48 and passim. The DELUXE HANDCOLOURED edition of the most desirable book on Surinam, the former colony Dutch Guiana. Captain John Gabriel Stedman, officer in the Scots Brigade in Holland, volunteered for service in the campaign against the black slaves in Dutch Guiana. During his stay there he married Joanna, a Mulatto, subject of plate 8. "While he did his duty as a soldier (...) he does not disguise his sympathy with the rebels (...) His description of the cruelties practised on the negroes, and of the moral deteriation resulting to their masters, forms one of the most vivid indictments of slavery that have ever been penned." (DNB). "De spannende tekst met informatieve beschrijvingen en prachtige illustraties had grote invloed op de beeldvorming omtrent slavernij. Enkele elementen uit het relaas werden voortdurend benadrukt: de gruwelijkheid van de slavernij en het romantisch verhaal van de jonge militair die er niet in slaagde zijn mooie en geliefde slavin Joanna vrij te kopen. (...) In de Narrative komt de auteur naar voren als iemand die slavernij niet wil afschaffen, maar wel een menswaardige behandeling van slaven eist." (Kolfin). The following quote from the Wikipedia entry on Stedman hightlights the relationship between Stedman and William Blake: "Stedman's Narrative associated him with some of Europe's foremost radicals. His publisher, Johnson, was imprisoned in 1797 for printing the political writings of Gilbert Wakefield. Johnson commissioned William Blake and Francesco Bartolozzi to create engravings for the Narrative. Blake engraved sixteen images for the book and delivered them in December 1792 and 1793, as well as a single plate in 1794. The images depict some of the horrific atrocities against slaves that Stedman witnessed, including hanging, lashing and other forms of torture. The Blake plates are more forceful than other illustrations in the book and have the "fluidity of line" and "hallucinatory quality of his original work". It is impossible to compare Stedman's sketches with the Blake plates because none of Stedman's original drawings have survived. Through their collaboration, Blake and Stedman became close friends. They visited one another often, and Blake later included some of his images from Stedman's Narrative in his poem "Visions of the Daughters of Albion"." SEE ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE CLVI.

€ (6.000-8.000) 11000
75 3340 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3340 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3340 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3340 Surinam Stedman J G
75 3340 Surinam Stedman J G 75 3340 Surinam Stedman J G
75/3340 [Surinam]. Stedman, J.G. Reize naar Surinamen, en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana. Dutch transl. J.D. Pasteur. Amst., J. Allart, 1799-1800, 4 parts in 2 vols., 3 fold. maps and 39 (fold.) plates/ plans, contemp. unif. hcalf.

- Both vols. heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown; 4th part vaguely waterst. in lower corner at the beginning. Top of spine vol. 2 restored; lacks letter- and vol. pieces.

= Sabin 91077; Cat. NHSM, p. 282; Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 6455; Rouffaer/ Muller p.625; Tiele 1046; Muller 1489. The first Dutch edition, rarely found complete and in contemp. bindings. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CLVI.

€ (800-1.000) 800
75 3341 Swaanenburg W van 75 3341 Swaanenburg W van
75 3341 Swaanenburg W van 75 3341 Swaanenburg W van
75/3341 Swaanenburg, W. van. Parnas, of de zang-godinnen van een schilder. Amst., H. Bosch, 1724, (28),255,(1)p., engr. frontisp. and title-engr., contemp. boards w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Binding sl. dam., internally fine.

= At the end the famous treatise "Een eenvoudige, dog duidelyke verklaaring over de zo genaamde onverslaanbare parnasdreun te bruilofte &c. door den autheur zelver opgestelt, alleen uit liefde en zugt voor de onbedreeve poëten en dozynwerkers van zyn gelukkig vaderland". "In het werk dat zoveel weerstand heeft opgeroepen verwerpt Van Sw. het polijsten van verzen en de onderworpenheid aan regels, principes (...). Daartegenover stelt hij inspiratie en extase. Zijn overtuiging wordt gemotiveerd door de hermetische filosofie op naam van Hermes Trismegistos, waarin lijdzame overgave en extatische terugkeer naar de goddelijke harmonie kernthema's zijn. Het unieke satirisch-hermetische werk van Van Swaanenburg dient men te beschouwen tegen de 18de-eeuwse achtergrond van deze filosofie" (Moderne Encycl. van de Wereldliteratuur IX, p.198).

€ (150-250)
75 3342 Swift J 75 3342 Swift J
75/3342 Swift, J. Vertelsel van de Ton, Behelzende het Merg van alle Kunsten en Weetenschappen (...). Mitsgaders een Verhaal van den Strydt der Boeken In de Boekzaal van St. James. Dutch transl. P. le Clercq. Amst., "Voor Rekening van de Compagnie", 1735/ 1743, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (64),325,(1); (16),426p., engr. printer's vignette, frontisp. and 1 plate (of 6), contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks 5 plates; occas. sl. waterstained. Covers reattached at hinges; binding worn/ dam.

= With the VERY RARE second volume (published in 1743). Buisman 2225; Waller 1637; Muller 178; De Vries 252; Scheepers II, 589; Jagtenberg 27.

€ (200-300)
75 3343 Syntax imitations Combe W 75 3343 Syntax imitations Combe W
75 3343 Syntax imitations Combe W 75 3343 Syntax imitations Combe W
75 3343 Syntax imitations Combe W 75 3343 Syntax imitations Combe W
75/3343 [Syntax imitations]. (Combe, W.). The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax. London, T. Tegg, 1817, 2nd ed., 260p., 30 tinted aquatint plates (incl. title-p.) by G. CRUIKSHANK, contemp. giltlettered hmor.

- One handcol. plate extra bound in; partly (sl.) foxed; some offsetting; new endpapers. Trifle rubbed along joints.

= Cohn 153; Abbey Life 356.

€ (100-150) 190
75 3344 Syntax imitations Combe W 75 3344 Syntax imitations Combe W
75 3344 Syntax imitations Combe W 75 3344 Syntax imitations Combe W
75 3344 Syntax imitations Combe W 75 3344 Syntax imitations Combe W
75/3344 [Syntax imitations]. (Combe, W.). The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem. London, J. Johnston, n.d. (1820), 3rd ed. (part 1-2)/ 2nd ed. (part 3-7)/ 1st ed. (part 1), 8 parts publ. in 8 vols., (6 advert.),319,(3)p., handcol. aquatint title-p. [in part 8] and 19 handcol. plates by TH. ROWLANDSON or F.R. CRUIKSHANK, orig. unif. wr., kept in sl. later gilt red mor. dropback box.

- First 2 plates of part 1 sl. foxed in blank margins. Wrappers of part 1 sl. stained, otherwise wrappers occas. sl. frayed, but fine. Dropback box restored on the inside; edges of box partly dam. and joints splt(ting).

= Abbey Life 265 (our copy without the advertisements, except for 6p. bound with in part I) . SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CLVII.

€ (400-600)
75 3345 Tasso T 75 3345 Tasso T
75 3345 Tasso T 75 3345 Tasso T
75/3345 Tasso, T. Amintas. Herderspel; Met eenige verklaaringen. Beneven eene Verhandeling van het herderdicht door Jan Baptista Wellekens. Amst., J. Oosterwyk and H. van de Gaete, 1715, (28),211p., engr. frontisp. and title-vign. by I. GOEREE, contemp. vellum w. blindst. central mirror ornament on both covers, within double filet border w. floral corner pieces, within triple filet border.

- A few lvs. sl. waterstained in blank margin, occas. touching text; paper over lower pastedown dam. Vellum sl. soiled.

€ (50-70) 60
75 3346 Tengnagel M G 75 3346 Tengnagel M G
75/3346 Tengnagel, M.G. Het leven van Konstance: Waer af volgt het toneelspel, De Spaensche Heidin. Amst., N. van Ravesteyn for J. Jacott, 1643, 1st ed., 171,(1)p., woodcut vignette on title-p., 2 (of 6) engr. plates by P. QUAST, 2 pages w. printed scores by G. BOLHAMER, contemp. vellum, sm. 4to.

- Lacks 4 leaves: A1, G3, N1, S2 (i.e. the frontisp. and the plates to the 1st, 3rd and 5th act of the play) ; final ±30p. w. vague waterstain at top end of inner margin; bookplates on upper pastedown. Foot of spine dam.

= The very rare first edition (even in this incomplete condition). Oversteegen VII, I. Sold w.a.f.

€ (50-70) 50
75 3347 The Hague Riemer J de 75 3347 The Hague Riemer J de
75 3347 The Hague Riemer J de 75 3347 The Hague Riemer J de
75 3347 The Hague Riemer J de 75 3347 The Hague Riemer J de
75/3347 [The Hague]. Riemer, J. de. Beschryving van 's Graven-Hage. Delft, R. Boitet/ The Hague, J. de Cros, 1730/ 1739, 2 vols. (of 3), (2),511-946,(54); (12),520,78,(20)p., 2 ident. engr. title-vignettes, 1 dedic. plate, 25 engr. plates after G. VAN GIESSEN and N. VAN DER MEER, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. black mor. volume-pieces, folio.

- Lacks 1 vol. (Eerste deels eerste stuk). Eerste deels tweede stuk (sl.) dampst. in outer blank margin throughout; 2 plates loosening. Vol.2 hinges weak; title-p. and 2 lvs. loosening; first 150 and final 100p. (sl.) yellowed. Both vols. bindings worn/ dam. and lacking letterpieces.

= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 267.

€ (150-200) 150
75 3348 Theology Lot of 16 works in 18 vols 75 3348 Theology Lot of 16 works in 18 vols
75/3348 [Theology]. Lot of 16 works in 18 vols., all French text, publ. late 17th/ early 18th cent., various publishers, various bindings (5x contemp. vellum/ 13x contemp. calf), various sizes (mainly sm. 8vo).

- Incl. incomplete and odd volumes; all sl. foxed; covers rubbed/ soiled.

= Contains: Aphorismes de controverse ou instructions catholiques tirées de l'écriture des conciles et des Saint-Pères dédiées au Roy de la Grande-Bretagne (Cologne, 1687); L'esprit De M. Nicole Ou Instructions Sur Les Vérités De La Religion (Paris, 1765, engr. frontisp. portrait) and La Morale Pratique des Jesuites. Premier Volume/ Second Volume (n.pl., 1683).

€ (100-150) 190
75 3349 Thomas à Kempis 75 3349 Thomas à Kempis
75 3349 Thomas à Kempis 75 3349 Thomas à Kempis
75 3349 Thomas à Kempis 75 3349 Thomas à Kempis
75/3349 Thomas à Kempis. Die Alleen-Spraecke Der Zielen met Godt. Louvain, Ian Maes, 1628, (6),135,(5)p., title within woodcut border, 20 woodcut plates by C. VAN SICHEM, contemp. vellum.

- Upper hinge broken and a few quires loosening. Vellum sl. soiled. = De Backer 3047.

€ (70-90) 70
75 3350 Thomas à Kempis 75 3350 Thomas à Kempis
75/3350 Thomas à Kempis. (Van die werelt te versmaden ende Christum te volghen, een devoet tractaet vol goeder leeringhen, wijlen ghemaect bi eenen devoten Regulier, welc boecxken men pleech te noemen, Qui sequitur me). Dutch transl. N. van Winge. Antw., Heyndrick Peetersen van Middelburch, 1548, (255) lvs., rubricated in red, modern leather.

- Lacks title-p.; sl. (water)stained almost throughout; final 4 lvs. w. restorations (partly w. loss of text).

= Rare and early Dutch translation of De imitatione Christi, prob. the first by Nicolaas van Winge. Pettegree/ Walsby 29172.

€ (200-300) 400
75 3351 Thomas d'Embry A 75 3351 Thomas d'Embry A
75/3351 (Thomas d'Embry, A.). Description de l'Isle des Hermaphrodites, Nouvellement Découverte, Contenant les Moeurs, les Coutumes & les Ordonnances des Habitans de cette Isle, comme aussi le Discours de Jacophile à Limne, avec quelques autres pièces curieuses. Pour servir de Supplément au Journal de Henri III. Cologne, heirs H. Demen (= Brussels, Foppens), 1724, (6),352p., engr. frontisp., later giltlettered hcalf (w. giltlettered "Boutigny" at foot of spine), sm. 8vo.

- One leaf sl. waterstained in blank margin; frontisp. sl. foxed; hinges of first 3 textleaves splitting at both ends.

= Gay/ Lemonnyer I, p.866 and II, p.464. Barbier I, p.893: "En ce temps, on fit un livre hardi, mais bien fait, où, sous le nom de l'Isle imaginaire des Hermaphrodites, on blâmait tous les vices de la cour. Le roi se le fit lire, et ayant su le nom de l'auteur, qui s'appelait Arthus Thomas, il ne voulut qu'on l'inquiétât, faisant conscience, disait-il, de fâcher un homme pour avoir dit la vérité." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CLVIII.

€ (200-300)
75/3352 Tiel Auctoris incerti Chronicon Tielense sive majoris chronici pars ultima et maxime notabilis Ed J D van Leeuwen 75/3352 Tiel Auctoris incerti Chronicon Tielense sive majoris chronici pars ultima et maxime notabilis Ed J D van Leeuwen
75/3352 [Tiel]. Auctoris incerti Chronicon Tielense, sive majoris chronici pars ultima et maxime notabilis (...). Ed. J.D. van Leeuwen. Utr., B. Wild & J. Altheer, 1789, 2 vols. w. continuous pagination, XXVII,(1),616p., contemp. unif. plain boards.

- Portion cut from title-p.; intereaved copy occas. contemp. annots. Bindings rubbed and sl. worn.

= Gouda Quint p.202.

€ (50-70)
75 3353 Timareten P 75 3353 Timareten P
75 3353 Timareten P 75 3353 Timareten P
75 3353 Timareten P 75 3353 Timareten P
75/3353 Timareten, P. Verzameling van gedenkstukken in Nederland. I. Deel, bevattende de Stad Delft. II. Deel, bevattende s'Gravenhage en Scheveningen. III. Deel, 1e Stuk, bevattende Dordrecht. The Hague, I. du Mee/ H.H. van Drecht, 1777-1781, 3 parts in 2 vols., XXVI,(6),144; X,72; VIII,370,(1)p., 29 (of 31) (fold.) engr. plates by C. PHILIPS JZ. after J. V HAASTERT, contemp. unif. (marbled) paper over boards, large 8vo.

- Lacks 2 plates of part II; bookplate OF "Baron Snouckaert van Schauburg" on both upper pastedowns; owner's entries on first free endpaper. Bindings sl. rubbed, mostly on backstrips.

= Part III (Dordrecht) bound behind part I (Delft).

€ (100-150) 100
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