- Bookplates on upper pastedown and htitle. Sl rubbed.
Idem. De zilveren schaatsen. Een schets uit het Noordhollandsche volksleven. Dutch adapt. P.J. Andriessen. Amst., D.B. Centen, 4th ed., 1888, 199,(9)p., col. lithogr. plates, orig. gilt pict. cl.
- Hinges weak; title sl. waterst. Top of spine dam.; binding sl. worn along edges.
= The Children's World of Learning 832; Huiskamp D78; Lust en leering p.37/ 38.
('t Hoen, P.). (Fabelen en kleine gedichten voor kinderen). (Ibid., J. de Ruijter, 1815, 3rd ed.), (4),170p., 46 handcol. plates by A. HULK PZN., A. HULK JZN. and P. WAGENAAR, contemp. hcl., sm. 8vo.
- Lacks title; some foxing; sl. crude handcolouring. Binding sl. worn.
= Huiskamp H266; cf. The Children's World of Learning 448 (ed. Amst., 1803): "[The illustrations] are of special interest, showing children's games and scenes from children's daily life, giving a good impression of the customs and costumes of the day."
AND 2 others, i.a. H. VAN ALPHEN and P.L. VAN DE KASTEELE, Stigtelijke mengelpoëzij (Utr., 1804, contemp. hcalf. Rather worn copy).
- Backed with thin Japanese; pinholes in corners; sl. yellowed in out blank margins; a few sm. foxed spots, mainly in outer blank margins.
= Fine studies, showing a rabbit's head in ten different positions; two small pencil sketches of a mouse are vaguely visible in the right margin. The studies pre-date the first privately published edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit of December 1901; the first trade edition was published in October 1902. SEE ILLUSTRATION ON FRONTCOVER.
= Designs for a (prob. never published) counting book, each showing a mother animal with a number (1-10) of young: "Moeder koe heeft één kalf", "Moeder geit heeft twee geitjes" (...), "Moeder kip heeft tien kuikentjes".
- A few text parts and drawings loose.
WITH 8 other drawings for the same work, larger sizes, incl. a variant of the frontcover.
= Never published. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.
= Jos Ruting was a prolific illustrator of (children's) books and periodicals and author of novels like "Lydia en de zwaan". Included in this archive are i.a. several ORIGINAL DESIGNS for bookillustrations/ covers and dustwrappers, i.a. for the series of natural history books publ. by W.J. THIEME & CIE. (occas. w. a copy of the book), several designs and models for never published children's books, with titles such as "Hoe een oude reiger leerde van een uilskuiken" and "Bellefleurtje ziet de tuin", 2 sm. paintings (1x w. preliminary pencil sketch) and a few commercial designs, i.a. for VAN HOUTEN chocolate. A large and interesting collection.
- Incl. proofs and duplicates.
= Mostly showing children. Incl. postcards designed for the Nederlandsch Comité voor Kinderpostzegels.
- Annotation in pencil on verso reading identifying the drawings as "Uit 't Wonderland deel 5. De 3 kalenders titelplaat."
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.
- A few sm. marginal tears; details occas. retouched w. white ink.
= A few drawings w. annots. in pencil or pen, partly with identification on verso referring to "Adriaan Brouwer" with page number. J.G. Kramer's Adriaan Brouwer: een verhaal uit het 17de eeuwsche schilderleven was first published in 1901 with the drawings by W.F.A.J. Vaarzon Morel. Other drawings were made i.a. for "Uit 't wonderland".
- Mounts sl. soiled/ foxed. Covers foxed/ worn; corners dam.
- Occas. sl. foxed; last 2 lvs. sl. creased; last few lvs. and pastedown w. traces of pencil scribbling. Binding soiled/ stained and worn/ rubbed.
= Huiskamp M184; Caljé-van Gulik 402; Waller 1183 (3rd edition, 1826); The Children's World of Learning 3735: "Rare and famous Dutch picture book describing and illustrating twelve games for little girls to be played outdoors as well as indoors." The first edition was published in 1821 (Huiskamp M183). Very rare.
- Newly sewn; 1st plate and title-p. inner margin sl. dam. from formerly sticking together.
= Huiskamp N114; Caljé-van Gulik 403; The Children's World of Learning 3736: "These little books of games for boys and girls are of special importance as they describe and depict the games children of Dutch middle-class played at the time".
- Two adjacent pieces of the map of Oceania lack a small interlocking lobe. Box strengthened along margins on inside and on outside corners; lid foxed and dustsoiled. Otherwise very fine.
= Consists of maps of the two hemispheres, the 5 continents (North and South America each on a separate map) and France. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.
- Folded as published, fine. = Attractive table game with the Boer War-theme.
AND 2 others: "Tramwayspel" and "Nieuw Belegeringspel".
- Lacks 1 numb. card; several cards w. standing conductor knacked/ broken (a few repaired w. scotch tape). Box w. minor imperfections.
= Papertoys p.266 ("feitelijk een soort lottospel"). Nice and early tramway game. "Engeland is het land waar in 1858 de eerste passagierstram reed. In 1864 volgde Nederland met de lijnen Den Haag-Scheveningen en Den Haag-Delft. In 1875 begon Amsterdam, in 1878 Haarlem en Dordrecht en in 1879 Rotterdam. Aanvankelijk waren dat allemaal paardentrams, later ook stoomtrams. De eerste Nederlandse electrische tram met bovenleiding kwam pas in 1899 tussen Haarlem en Zandvoort. Sinds die tijd verdwenen langzamerhand overal eerst de paardentrams en later ook de stoomtrams." (Papertoys).
- Sm. rubbed spot on upper lid erasing part of French title. Otherwise fine. = Nice, early edition.
- A few tiny tears in wrappers and sl. foxed.
= Papertoys p.77 (giving as address H. Moolenijzer and G.Th. Bom, Amst.): "Vergeleken met het papiertheater bleef het negentiende eeuwse repertoire zeer beperkt tot een twaalftal stukken, waarvoor aparte boekjes in de handel werden gebracht (...)." The plays in the booklet are: De gebroken brug; De visschertjes; De snoepende kat; De rooversch in het bosch.
- One plate lacks two movable parts; box sl. stained and soiled.
AND 4 others, i.a. 2 similar proverb games: "Wie rijmt er mee? Nieuw rijmspel voor kinderen" (±1920) and "Zoekt het rijm!" (±1900. Box defective).