1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- One leaf w. extensive later annot. in pen and ink in blank margins (partly crossed out). Binding sl. rubbed along extremities. Fine copy.
= Jähns II, p.1385-1389; Bierens de Haan 914. One of the most important Dutch works on the subject (first published in 1685) and translated into French, German and English. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- The 2nd vol. only. Backcover waterstained.
= Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator 21; Pohler III, p.697. A practical work with num. illustrations which depict various theories and methods of fortification.
- Contents very fine. Spine broken and dam.
- Title-p. and portrait sl. yellowed; stamp on first text leaf. Binding worn along extremities; joints splitting; backstrip lacks portion.
= Pohler IV, p.665. Raimondo Montecuccoli was field-marshal of the Habsburg Monarchy.
AND 2 others, i.a. (C.L. DE LA) FOSSÉ, Questions expliquées pour les jeunes officiers, sur la fortification de campagne (...) (Paris, 1810, contemp. hcalf, 12mo).
- Occas. sl. duststained in lower outer corner and sl. dogeared; two leaves loose. Paper over covers worn (esp. in corners).
= Jähns p.1881: "(...) über den Feldzug in Holland, "die große Patrouille", wie man ihn scherzend nannte, wurde wenig geschrieben." and "Eine vortreffliche Arbeit. "Der redliche Pfau", ehemals Flügeladjutant Friedrich des Großen, war während des Feldzugs 1787 Chef des Generalstabs des Oberbefehlshabers. Er fiel 1794 im Gefecht am Schänzl."
= Fine copy of this handbook on sapping and mining of military fortifications.
- (Sl.) browned and waterst. almost throughout (2nd part worse); upper pastedown detached; hinges weak. Vellum wrinkled, partly dam. along edges and w. large restored part at lower edge frontcover.
= Cockle 703/ 809 (note), Pohler III, p.694; cf. Sloos 08014/ 18015; cf. Pollak 57/ 58. First French translation of 2 of Stevin's main works on military engineering. "A native of Bruges, Stevin is known as the "Father" of modern statics (...). Stevin took part in the siege of Jülig in 1610, and used his experience in the formulation of his books. He innovatively bound together castrametation with siege strategy, tactics and fortification design, creating a scientific axis between them. Furthermore, the use of sluices made a virtue out of the excessive water channels of Holland, by placing them at the center of a new national fortification method." (Pollak).
- Without the textpages to the first part (only the frontisp. and the list of plates present) and lacking 1 plate (no. 37); a few plates sl. foxed, otherwise contents fine. Corners of vol.2 sl. worn.
= Sloos 823-08; Lipperheide Qg 1/ 2; Hiler p.837; Colas p.1387; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 455. Fine plates. The second volume warranted by the author. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
- A few wormholes and (closed) tears; plates occas. sl. yellowed and w. paper straps at inner margin; one plate w. sl. crudely repaired tear; lower pastedown detached and w. old owner's entry. Vellum dam./ loosening at lower corners and upper edge covers.
= Cockle 684: "This is a very famous work, holding a prominent place in the history of artillery"; Pohler III, p.668; Brunet V, p.1000; Graesse VII, p.222. First published in Spanish in 1613.
- Former library stamp on upper pastedown; hinges broken; hole in first title-p. Dam. at foot of spine; binding worn.
= On Vauban see Jähns II, p.1410ff. Vauban, the French military engineer who revolutionised the art of siege craft and defensive fortifications.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ trifle yellowed. Joints split; binding worn along extremities.
= On Vauban see Jähns II, p.1410ff. Vauban was a French military engineer who revolutionised the art of siege craft and defensive fortifications.
- A few vols. sl. foxed but mostly fine. Box trifle rubbed along corners; lacks sm. part of embossed dec. on upper lid.
= Welsh 1250; Gumuchian 4062; Bondy p.75. Not in Spielmann. Comprises: BERQUIN, Variétés; DÉMOUSTIER, Mythologie; FLORIAN, Mélanges; LA FONTAINE, Fables; MILLEVOYE, (poems) and VOLTAIRE, Poésies.
- Lacks ties or clasp and catches; sm. red ink stains on frontcover.
= Goovaerts 1403; Waller 1088; Welsh 5289; Bondy p.29; not in Scheurleer.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Both vols. binding severely worn and scratched; both vols. lack one letterpiece.
= Posthumously published. Cf. Hayn-Gotendorff I, 296; Peignot, Dictionnaires des livres condamnés au feu, I, p.322.
= Posthumously published. Cf. Hayn-Gotendorff I, 296; Peignot, Dictionnaires des livres condamnés au feu, I, p.322.
- Lacks pp. 89-90; partly waterstained in inner blank margin. Mor. almost completely worn away; covers rubbed.
BOUND WITH: Schrage, A. Messa Nuova. Ibid., F.J. van Tetroode, 1782, (12)pp., scores (contemp. annot. on final leaf). - AND WITH: Missen en Gezangen. Utr., B.J. Schelling, 1803, (4),48p., num. scores.
- All ads. cut short in all margins, occas. w. loss of pagination and/ or catchwords.
= Rare collection.
L'Office de la Sainte Vierge, suivant la Réformation du S. Concile de Trente & du Pape Urbain VIII. Disposé a l'usage des religieuses de Visitation Sainte-Marie. Paris, C. Herissant, 1751, rev. enl. ed., (32),258,CCLXIV,(12)p., printed in black and red, 3 engr. plates, contemp. black leather w. brass clasps and catches.
- Final 3 lvs. inkstained; occas. trifle foxed; a few lvs. sl. browned. Leather cracked w. some dam. spots; joints starting to split; backstrip clumsely restored w. traces of glue.
- Lacks title-p.; contemp. owner's entry and later vellum label on upper pastedown; armorial ill. sl. inkst. and w. (contemp.) owner's entry and 2 sm. stamps; bookblock split; 8 lvs. loosening; 3 lvs. w. traces of cl. tabs; some contemp. owner's annots.; 4 lvs. pasted on final endpaper and lower pastedown. Frontcover loose and attached to spine w. leather strip; remains of 2 leather strips on spine and covers; spine dam.; lacks catches.
= Weale/ Bohatta 1195. Rare edition. The Crucifixion woodcut differs slightly from that of the 1574 (folio/ 4to) and 1577 (4to) editions. Cf. Adams L 1144; Cat. Harvard College Library 378; Weale/ Bohatta Suppl. 1175 B.
- All vols. spine dried and chafed; bindings sl. worn; corners bumped.
AND 1 other odd vol. by the same.
- All vols. binding severely worn along extremities.
- Some sl. yellowing/ foxing/ dustsoiling; both vols. w. old annots. in pen and ink on endpapers. Bindings badly rubbed/ worn; corners showing; spine-ends sl. dam.; vol. 1 lacks one letterpiece, frontcover loose and lower joint split.
= Early edition (first ed. 1748, by the same publisher). Tchemerzine VIII, p.459f.
- One vol. lacks first blank; a few lvs. sl. duststained. Corners and spine-end(s) sl. worn; covers sl. rubbed; vol. 3 upper joint partly split. Otherwise a good set.
= The second collective edition, revised, corrected and greatly enlarged by the author. Copies are known with and without (2) maps. Our copy without maps. Cioranescu 46064; Tchemerzine VIII, 463,a (also without maps). Florilège du livre Français imprimé au Pays-Bas no. XII: "Après la mort de Montesquieu Richer avec le concours du fils de l'auteur publia une édition des ouvrages, qui, dans une belle typographie, parût à Amsterdam en 1758".