= See the drawing in the British Museum with the exact same composition (inv. no. 1836,0811.591), formerly attributed to Wijck, but now by an anonymous artist. Cf. the etching by Jan Vincentsz. van der Vinne, this composition in reverse (Hollstein 26). Hollstein attributing the composition to Thomas Wijck, but the style is very reminiscent of that of Jan Baptist Weenix (see also the curator's comments on the drawing in the BM). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXX.
- Sl. foxed.
= On 17th century laid paper, with small part of a watermark. See also the annotation to the preceding lot.
- First drawing dam. spot in blank margin (well outside image). Second drawing waterstained in lower margin.
= Apparently copies made by a Dutch(?) draughtsman after Wheatley's designs.
- Sl. yellowed; white spot in the sky. = With watermark of J. Kool.
- Margins extended; cut to the framing line, w. exception of the signature below the image.
= With the collector's mark of C. Duits (Lugt 533a) on recto. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVII.
- Paper somewhat browned. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXX.
- Tear in lower part; sl. rubbed.
Anonymous (18th cent.). (Two putti on clouds playing with a small bird on a leash). Drawing, black chalk and grey wash, 27x20,2 cm., "Boven de Deür in de Zykamer" in pen and ink.
- Sl. soiled.
- Mounted on paper mount along left edge; crease near left edge.
- Binding sl. dustsoiled. = Essential reference work with 161 entries.
Colton Storm (ed). A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1968, XXV,854p., portrait, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 2 miscell. bibliographical works, i.a. INDEX TO BRITISH MILITARY COSTUME PRINTS 1500-1914 (London, 1972, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- Fore-edge sl. foxed at lower end. Good copy.
= Entirely set by hand from the "Romains du Roi" type of Philippe Grandjean.
Amor Librorum. Bibliographic and other Essays. A tribute to Abraham Horodisch on his Sixtieth Birthday. Amst./ Zürich, Erasmus Antiq./ Safaho Foundation, 1958, XVII,(1),304p., num. (full-p.) ills., orig. giltlettered cl., large 4to.
- Cancel stamp on verso of title-p. Fine copy.
Selm, B. van. Een menighte treffelijcke Boecken. Nederlandse boekhandelscatalogi in het begin van de zeventiende eeuw. Utr., HES, 1987, XII,(2),432p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Taylor, A. Book Catalogues. Their Varieties and Uses. Winchester, St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1986, 2nd ed., XXXVII,(1),284p., frontisp., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 5 others, i.a. J.F. VAN SOMEREN, De Utrechtsche Universiteitsbibliotheek. Haar geschiedenis en kunstschatten voor 1880 (Utr., 1909, (col.) plates, orig. giltlettered cl., t.e.g., folio. One plate loose; occas. browned/ yellowed).
= Facs. reprint of the edition London, 1796-1800, cataloguing the private library of the English naturalist and botanist Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Comprises: I. Scriptores Generales; II. Zoologi; III. Botanici; IV. Mineralogi; V. Supplementum et index auctorum.
Cobres, J.P. Deliciae Cobresianae. Büchersammlung zur Naturgeschichte. Ibid., A. Asher & Co., 1966, 2 vols., (8),XXVIII,470; (6),471-956,(1)p., 2 frontisp., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. (fine).
= Facs. reprint of the edition Augsburg, 1782.
Rivinus, A.Q. Bibliotheca Riviniana sive Catalogus librorum philologico-philosophico-historicorum, itinerariorum, inprimis autem medicorum, botanicorum et historiae naturalis scriptorum &c. rariorum. Ibid., idem, 1966, (22),740,(107)p., portrait, orig. giltlettered cl.
= Facs. reprint of the edition Leipsic, 1727.
AND 2 others similar, incl. C.A. WOOD, An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology (Hildesheim/ New York, 1974, frontisp., orig. giltlettered cl. Reprint of the edition London, 1931).
= Schmidt-Künsemüller 1164. Splendid publication, each plate depicting one binding in full-p.
Warmenhoven, E.J. and Bakker, S.A. The Miss Margaret Sidney Davies Complete Collection of Special Gregynog Bindings. Antw., De Zilverdistel, 1995, LVI,(2),627,(3)p., (col.) plates, printed in 1500 copies, orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to (fine). - AND 1 other.
- All (near) fine.
= I.a. book gilding stamps (verguld stempels), fillet/ border lines, line rollers and type holders.
- Joints and spine-ends trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine in a nice binding.
-Yellowed; final few leaves sl. foxed. Binding rubbed. = Schmidt-Künsemüller 1537.
- Two prelim. text lvs. bound in reverse order; final lvs. sl. browned/ stained in outer margin. Binding trifle rubbed.
= Vol. 22 of the series Volledige beschrijving van alle konsten, ambachten, handwerken (...). The very rare first edition of the first Dutch manual on bookbinding. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.