1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- A few vague stains.
- Joints splitting at top of spine; corners showing.
- All vols. occas. (sl.) yellowed. All vols. spine worn/ dam.
= Two more suppl. vols. were published. Barbier, I, 974.
- Yellowed/ occas. browned; partly waterst.; num. old annots. Vellum stained and sl. darkened.
= With owner's entry of A.(D.?) Ploos van Amstel to Oudijn, dated "Maastricht den 9. juli 1683" on upper pastedown.
- Lacks 4 lvs. (I7, I8, Q2 and Q3); portion cut from first free endpaper; some old underlining; occas. sl. foxed. Vellum lacks ties; spine darkened.
= Adams G 436.
- Owner's entry on first blank; partly vaguely waterst.
= Willems 1646: "Volume imprimé par Phil. de Croy. Cette réfutation de Machiavel est l'oeuvre d'un publiciste français, Innocent Gentillet, et parut pour la première fois à Lausanne, en 1577". Rare.
- Browned almost throughout. Velum soiled. = Rare.
AND 3 others, all German theology, i.a. F.A. LAMPE, Das herrliche Ende der Leyden Christi und seines Volcks in VIII. Predigten über Psalm XLI (Bremen, 1726, contemp. calf. Lacks frontisp. or halftitle; corners sl. worn) and F.E. RAMBACH (ed.), Abbildung der ganzen Pflicht des Menschen wegen ihres lehrreichen und erbaulichen Innhalts aus der engländischen Sprache übersetzt (Leipsic, 1774, 4th ed., contemp. calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece. With contemp. annots.; most blank margins ruled in contemp. black ink and w. sm. annots./ marks).
- Partly sl. yellowed/ foxed; 2 maps waterst. in upper margin; upper hinge sl. weak. Binding sl. worn; upper joint restored at top of spine.
- All vols. w. large "V" stamped on title-p. Bindings sl. rubbed; letterpieces chipped.
= Pohler IV, p.340; Warfare and the Age of Printing 17267.
- Contemp. owner's annot. on 2nd blank; contemp. owner's entry on title; upper hinge broken; occas. sl. dampst. in (blank) margins.
= Contains a worldmap in 2 hemispheres "De aardkloot volgens d'hedendaagse gedaante" (17,7x29,3 cm.) and fine ½-page portraits of Baruch Spinoza and Baltasar Bekker.
AND vol.1 (of 2) of A. VANDE CORPUT, Het Leven en Dood, van den seer Beroemden D. Philippus Melanchthon (Amst., 1728, 2nd ed., engr. title, 6 engr. portraits, contemp. vellum).
- Lacks worldmap. Hinges strengthened; final ±25 lvs. and lower pastedown sl. waterstained in upper/ outer margin. Upper joint restored.
= Contains i.a. a map of the northern hemisphere "De bekende weereld der ouden; volgens Strabo, in zeven klimaten afgebakend" (17,1x29,1 cm.) and nice ½-page portraits of Baruch Spinoza and Baltasar Bekker.
- Without vol. 9; one view loose. Bindings sl. chafed; covers sl. warped.
= Attractive views of i.a. all the colleges at Oxford.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sm. tear in inner margin of battle plan. Covers almost loose; top of spine dam.
- Sl. yellowed; manuscript schoolprize on verso first free endpaper. Binding rubbed, stained and partly discoloured.
- Not collated but appears complete. All vols. w. bookplate(s) on upper/ lower pastedown; hinges strengthened; vol.1 paper ticket on upper pastedown; several lvs. strengthened along inner margin. All vols. rebacked w. use of orig. contemp. mor. letterpieces.
= Bookplate of "John Acland, Esq.", probably John (Palmer) Acland, 1st Baronet, of Fairfield.
- Later owner's entry on title; sl. foxed.
= Willems 287 note; Rahir 252. Colophon at the end dated 1630, but the engr. title still mentioning 1627.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed/ stained. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Upcott p.XXXIII; Russell p.40. Fine series of views of British mansions and castles.
- First quire sl. waterstained; final 8 quires yellowed/ waterstained. Binding rubbed.
= Very rare. Attractive plates.
- Partly sl. yellowed. Spine sl. dried.
AND 1 other in 4 vols.: G. ACKER STRATINGH, H.O. FEITH and W.B.S. BOELES (ed.), Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde, inzonderheid van de Provincie Groningen. Eerste-Vierde Deel (Gron., 1864-1867, 4 (of 10) vols., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece).
= I.a. on the opening of the hunting season (1816), a warning against the consumption of oysters after several (fatal) cases of poisoning (1819) and measures against cholera (1832).