2896 - 3588 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Bookblock shaken; skips p.641-646, as in all copies (erratic pagination, text complete). Vellum sl. soiled.
= Landwehr 785. Sole, rare edition.
- Mouldy stains and waterstained throughout, especially on first and final 10 lvs. Covers a few rubbed spots.
= The second edition, identical to the first edition of 1615. Landwehr 837; Praz p.526; De Vries 71.
- Lacks engraved title and one leaf w. emblem (p.2); 10 lvs. lack outer portion blank margin; lacks upper pastedowns and lower pastedown loose. Bookblock shaken; spine creased.
= Landwehr 874 or 875; Praz p.530; Waller 1780. One of the rarest and finest Dutch emblem books. All editions are (very) rare.
BOUND WITH: Idem. Brabbelingh. Ibid., J. van Ravesteyn, 1669, 3rd ed., 212p.
= Waller 1778; Graesse VII, p.371 note; Ebert 23815; cf. Simoni V201 (2nd ed. 1614). First published 1612 as part of "tLoff vande Mutse".
- Lacks 1 prel. leaf ("Bericht voor den boekbinder") and the portrait of T. Adrzn. Westphalen; last few lvs. vague waterst. in blank fore-edge margin.
= The second and best edition. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 46 and 47 ("Er bestaan exx. waarin het portret van Westphalen niet voorkomt (...) waarschijnlijk door het breken der plaat").
ADDED: J. DE VRIES AZ., Westfriesche woorden (N. Niedorp, 1910, contemp. hcl. Ex-libr. copy).
- New endpapers; partly (vaguely) waterst.; title-p. stained and w. some rubbed spots (erasing part of publication year); one quire loose(ning). Vellum trifle stained; fore-edge frontcover sl. trimmed.
= A 16th century guide with precepts for preserving good health. Eobanus, a humanist and distinguished poet, also studied medicine for several years. The book includes chapters on daily life, food, herbs, brewing beer and wine. Woodcuts include: a vomiting drunkard ("De ebrietate"), a man taking a siesta ("De somno meridiano"), a couple embracing in bed ("De venere") and a man crouched over a chamber-pot. Durling 2293; Simon, Bibliotheca Bacchica 221; cf. Oberlé, Bibliothèque Bachique 54 (ed. 1582); cf. Vicaire 331 (ed. 1531); cf. Bibliotheca Walleriana 2768 (ed. 1560).
- Lacks htitle (or blank). Vellum a few small stains. Good/ fine copy.
= Vanderhaeghen I, p.39. Rare edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.
- Spine-ends sl. worn; corners showing. = Vander Haeghen I, p.125.
- New endpapers. Binding sl. rubbed. A fine copy.
= Gay/ Lemmonyer 717: "Cet ouvrage est très libre, mais très spirituel".
- Plates w. waterstain in upper right corner Top of spine dam., extremities worn.
= Gay/ Lemonnyer II, p.275. Very rare.
- First 5 leaves wormholed in lower blank margin (partly closed and affecting address on first title-p.); a few leaves trifle foxed; one page sl. soiled in upper margin. Contents otherwise fine.
= Bodemann 199.3; cf. Cohen/ De R. 371 (on the ed. 1743) and Cat. Fabula docet no.36 and 63: "Die lateinische Fabeln des Gabriele Faerno hatten durch wiederholte Druckauflagen bei Plantin (Antwerpen) ein breites Publikum ausserhalb Italien gefunden (...) 1699 übergab Charles Perrault (...) seine französische Faerno-Bearbeitung dem Druck".
AND the first vol. only of J. DE LA FONTAINE, Fables choisies (Lausanne, 1772, 1 vol. (of 4), engr. ills., contemp. vellum. Occas. sl. dam.).
- Lacks 4 plates (no.17-20); occas. trifle fingersoiled/ dust-/ waterstained in blank margins.
= Lipperheide Gb 39; Landwehr 358: "The first Dutch book of costumes dealing with various provinces (...); it gives also interesting details on the morals and customs of these regions. (...) carefully hand-coloured plates (...)".
- Title foxed; otherwise contents fine. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities.
= Beautiful plates. Very rare. Cf. Hiler p.571; Colas 1992, Lipperheide Oc42. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.
- Loose in parts in binding.
= Attractive frontisp. views of i.a. Rotterdam, Rijswijk, Delft, Haarlem, Enkhuizen, Geertruidenberg, Vlissingen and Charleroi.
- Wormhole in upper blank margin throughout; 2 sm. stains on title-p.; annot. on last free endpaper. Vellum w. dam. spot on edge backcover.
= Cf. Pardoel 296.
- First 4 and last 3 lvs. (incl. htitle and first title-p.) and pastedowns wormholed.
= Thimm, p.30; Pardoel 361-363.
- Lacks lvs. 1, 2, 14, 18 and 43; several lvs. w. carefully restored margins and corners.
= Pardoel 511; cf. Thimm p.44f (listing the 1st edition of 1610 and the "2nd" of 1652); cf. The Mokken Collection 14 (1st ed. 1610); cf. Vigeant p.43f (idem). "Of all the Italian works on fencing, none ever had such a share in fixing the principles of the science" (Thimm); "Capoferrus, un des principaux auteurs italiens, est regardé comme chef d'école et le livre qu'il a composé mérite, non seulement d'être recherché comme oeuvre bibliographique, mais aussi comme traité original et pratique" (Vigeant). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Occas. sl. browned/ foxed. = Thimm p.52; Pardoel 562.
- Contemp. owner's entry on verso first free endpaper. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Cf. Thimm p.55; cf. Pardoel 588.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl foxed. = Thimm, p.57; Pardoel 610.
AND 1 other: G. LETAINTURIER-FRADIN, Le Duel a travers les Ages (ibid., 1892, plates/ ills., modern gilt cl., 4to. Thimm 164; Pardoel 1489).