1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Vellum sl. duststained, otherwise fine. = Schweiger p.106; Hoffmann II, 15.
- First few leaves sl. waterstained in thin strip of top margin. Professionally rebacked w. matching gilt morocco. Covers sl. chafed.
= Van der Haeghen I, p.40.
- Partly heavily browned and sl. foxed. Gilt on covers partly rubbed off; vellum dustsoiled.
= Van der Haeghen, Bibl. Erasmiana I (Adagia) p.221. Apart from Erasmus 14 other authors contributed to the work, i.a. H. Junius, J. Alexander, J. Ulpius, H. Stephanus, P. Vergilius and G. Gentius. On the binding: Spoelder 12.
- Lacks ties, otherwise fine.
= With the prize awarded by the Latin school of Breda to "Antonio Quirinus van Persijn" on 6 July 1782 bound before the frontisp. On the binding: Spoelder 3 (frontcover) and 4 (backcover).
- Without the prize; a few scattered libr. stamps; lacks first free endpaper. Lacks ties.
= Schweiger p.363; Spoelder 7.
AND 1 other: S.A. PROPERTIUS, Carmina. Ed. C. Lachmannus (Leipsic, 1816, contemp. gilt vellum schoolprize binding of UTRECHT. Foxed throughout; without prize. Spoelder 9).
- Without the prize. Sl. foxed/ dustsoiled. Bindings sl. soiled; lacks ties; sm. ticket at foot of spine.
= Schweiger p.363; Spoelder 5.
AND 1 other: G.H. NIEUPOORT, Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos, obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio. Ed. C.F. Nagel (ibid., idem, 1802, engr. frontsp. and 11 (fold.) plates, full calf w. gilt coat of arms of LEYDEN on both covers. Binding sl. rubbed; sm. libr. ticket on frontcover and foot of spine).
- Without the prize. Traces of removed shelf ticket(?) at top of spine.
= Schweiger p.363; on the binding: Spoelder 5.
- Without the prize; hinges broken but strong; pastedowns loosening. Lacks ties; brown dented streak on frontcover.
= Rare edition. Willems 1357; Rahir 1409; Schweiger I, p.379; Spoelder 2.
- Lacks first free endpaper. Lacks ties; vellum duststained. = Spoelder 3.
- All vols. trifle browned, title-p. vol. I sl. worse; ident. bookplate on upper pastedown; some offsetting from turn-ins. All vols. covers sl. rubbed; corners bumped.
Idem. L'Odyssée. Traduit en François par Madame Dacier. Paris, Saintin, libraire de la cour, 1817, 3 vols., CLXX,(2),296; 319,(1); 292p., 3 diff. engr. frontisp., 15 plates bound at the end of vol. 3, each w. 1-4 explanatory textp., contemp unif. hcalf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, 12mo.
- All vols. sl./ trifle foxed/ browned; ident. bookplate on upper pastedown; some offsetting from turn-ins. All vols. covers sl. rubbed; corners bumped.
- Bindings rubbed along extremities and joints/ spine-ends sl. worn. Good set.
= Geerebaert no.24/ II and 27; P. de Rynck and A. Welkenhuysen p.208.
AND another translation by J. VAN 'S GRAVENWEERT.
= Geerebaert CXI, 40; Riedel Horatiana O, no.2.
- Occas. trifle foxed/ stained; later annots. in pen on first blank. = Schweiger p.404.
Cicero, M.T. Orationum Selectarum Liber. Ed. J. Gruter. Amst., C. Commelinus, 1663, 216p., contemp. vellum.
- Sl. stained and fingersoiled; some old underlining; first free endpaper loose(ning). Vellum sl. soiled.
= Rare edition, not in Schweiger.
- Covers sl. chafed and scratched.
= With letterpress and manuscript schoolprize (to "J.J. van Hees", dated 1822) bound at the beginning. Schweiger p.406.
- Frontisp. and title-p. sl. duststained; one leaf lacks lowe outer corner w. loss of some letters. Lacks ties; binding somewhat duststained.
= Spoelder 3.
- Yellowed. Sm. dam. spot at top of spine; covers partly stained.
= Willems 1122; Rahir 1128; Dibdin II, p.139. Schweiger p.490.
- Bookblock shaken. Vellum severly soiled. = Schweiger p.490; Dibdin p.139.
- Libr. stamp on frrontisp. and title-p. Vellum sl. duststained. Good copy.
= Geerebaert CXIV, 19; De Rynck/ Welkenhuysen, p. 237; Scheepers II, 336. Translations by J. Westerbaan, L. Schermer, L. Bake, P. Vlaming a.o.
- Lacks title-p.; sl. waterst. in lower margin at the beginning. Binding sl. soiled/ darkened; lacks clasps and catches.
= Unidentified late 16th cent. edition.
- Bookplate of Viollet Le Duc on upper pastedown.
= Rahir 826; Willems 827; Brunet III, p.1202: "Les exemplaires bien conservés sont rares et recherchés." Versified French translation by Guillaume de Bréboeuf (1618-1661) of the Pharsalia.