2499 - 3244 OLD and RARE BOOKS
= Landwehr 142d; Klaversma/ Hannema 915; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 425. Fourth edition, the first edition was published in 1708.
Veen, J. van der. Zinne-beelden, ofte Adams appel (...). Mitsgaders Syne Oude en Nieuwe ongemeene Bruylofs- en Zegezangen, Raatselen, uytgebeeldt met zin-ryke Uytleggingen; sijn Gulden en Yseren Eeuw; als mede een Nikkers-Praatje (...). Ibid., A. Schoonenburg, 1745, (24),671,(1)p., engr. title-vignette, 50 emblematical text-ills., contemp. calf w. richly gilt spine, sm. 8vo.
- Inner margin partly stained; upper hinge broken but holding well on cords
= Landwehr 852; De Vries 176; cf. Scheepers I, 377 and Praz p.522f. Title-edition of ed. Amst., Wed. G. de Groot, 1703.
AND 1 other 18th cent. emblematic work by J. CATS.
- Frontisp. and first emblem (partly) handcol. A fine copy.
= Landwehr 509 (erroneously 100 emblems); Klaversma/ Hannema 922-926; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 438. The first edition.
- Hinges weak; bookblock shaken.
= Landwehr 510 (erroneously 100 emblems); Klaversma/ Hannema 927; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 438.
- Very fine.
= From the library of J. Nanninga Uitterdijk, w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Klaversma/ Hannema 939; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 443; Landwehr 525. The illustrations i.a. depicting children's games, incl. "De Kolf".
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. A fine copy.
= Landwehr 515 (ed. 1771); Klaversma/ Hannema 939; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 443.
= With letterpress/ manuscript schoolprize to Geurtje Duyn, dated 1 April 1792. Landwehr 515; Klaversma/ Hannema 981; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 439.
Idem. Jezus en de Ziel. Een Geestelyke Spiegel voor 't gemoed, bestaande in veertig aangenaame en stichtelyke Zinnebeelden. Amst., Wed. P. Arentz/ K. vander Sys, 1714, 8th ed., 190,(2)p., engr. frontisp. and 39 emblems by J. LUIKEN, contemp. blindst. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Upper hinge breaking; frontisp. loosening; ticket on first free endpaper. Binding soiled.
= Landwehr 480; Klaversma/ Hannema 965; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 448.
- Frontisp. sl. stained/ dam.; (sl.) (dust)stained/ (finger)soiled throughout; some quires loose. Binding sl. stained/ worn.
= Landwehr 515; Klaversma/ Hannema 981; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 439.
ADDED: an incomplete copy of H. HUGO, Pia desideria emblematis, elegiis & affectibus SS. Patrum illustrata (Antw. (= Amst.), 1628, woodcut title, 37 full-p. emblematic ills. and 25 vignettes, 19th cent. mor., sm. 8vo. Landwehr 346).
- Hinges weak. Vellum over spine creased; foot of spine dam. Otherwise fine.
= Landwehr 480 and 503; Klaversma/ Hannema 963 and 991-994. Ad 1: Praz p.406. Ad 2: Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435.
- Mediocre copy, waterstained almost throughout, covers loose(ning) and backstrip dam. Sold w.a.f.
= Praz p.413; Landwehr, Roman emblem books 502 (ed. Paris 1655); Cicognara 4722.
- Cut sl. short in outer margin; frontisp. strengthened on verso; occas. lightly stained.
= Praz p.416; Landwehr 550 (ed. Amst., 1659). This ed. not in Waller, Scheurleer etc.
Joseph a S. Barbara. Het geestelyck kaert-spel met herten troef, oft het spel der liefde. Antw., P.J. Rymers, n.d. (±1730), 3rd ed., (8),526,(2)p., 14 engr. plates by F. BOUTTATS, modern private calf, sm. 8vo.
- Lacks engr. title; title-p. w. closed tear and owner's entry/ stamp; cut sl. short in top margin; occas. sl. soiled/ stained.
= Landwehr 393; cf. Praz p.384; Scheepers II, 1115; cf. The Children's World of Learning (1st ed. 1666). Curious love emblem book with hearts as trump cards in a game of love. The very imaginative plates depict i.a. the cards of hearts with miniature views and symbols within the hearts. Approbation dated 1666.
ADDED: a 19th-cent. Dutch bible.
- First free endpaper loose; tiny wormhole in upper inner and lower blank margins throughout.
= The rare first edition. Landwehr 618; De Vries, Emblemata 58; Scheurleer 32.
- Occas. sl. dogeared, otherwise fine.
= De Vries, Emblemata 68; Praz, p. 451; Landwehr 632; cf. Scheurleer p.33; Muller 382; Scheepers 632. Rare.
- Backstrip and joints worn; corners worn/ rubbed. = Landwehr 732. Not in Lipsius/ Leitzmann.
- Sl. browned.
= From the collection of M. Buisman with his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Landwehr 753; Praz p.501.
- Bookplate of C.A. Zaalberg on upper pastedown; sl. yellowed. Otherwise fine.
= Landwehr 754; Praz p.501.
- First free endpaper extensive annot. on the artist; bookplate of H. Boekenogen on upper pastedowns; 2nd vol. hinges broken (contents loosening) and occas. trifle foxed. Nevertheless a fine copy.
= Vol. 1 in the rare first edition (the second ed. was publ. in 1756; the second vol. only published once). Landwehr 757 and 760; Praz p.502. Rare set. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXI.
- Some small stains. Binding trifle soiled.
= Landwehr 757; Praz p.502. The rare first edition.
- Lacks 2 lvs. w. 2 emblems (B10 and C1, emblems no. IX and XI); engr. title-p. reattached along inner margin due to broken upper hinge; crossed out contemp. owner's entry on title.
= Landwehr 813; Praz p.166. The authors are the "Rhetores Coll. Soc. Iesu Anverp."
- Catalogue entry mounted on first free endpaper. Remarkably fine copy.
= The rare first edition of this famous emblem book, enlarged with Van der Veen's popular songbook, with the cancel emblem (emblem XIV). The only edition in 4to format, all the reprints in 8vo size. Landwehr 842; Praz p.522-523; Hollstein XXIV,181; Scheurleer p.156. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CX.
- The cancel emblem XIV removed with sl. damage to the original emblem (= emblem IX); 3 libr. stamps in blank margins; a few occas. small stains. Joints occas. worn/ splitting; spine-ends dam.; corners worn.
= The rare first edition of this famous emblem book, enlarged with Van der Veen's popular songbook. The only edition to contain the captions to the emblems in French as well as in Dutch and the only edition in 4to format, all the reprints in 8vo size. Landwehr 842; Praz p.522-523; Hollstein XXIV,181; Scheurleer p.156. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXI.