78 2692 India Best C C 
78 2692 India Best C C 
- Lacks first free endpaper; owner's stamp on htitle; textpages partly (sl.) foxed. Backstrip and letterpiece sl. worn/ rubbed.
= The work contains an eye witness account of a German traveller through parts of India, which includes a description of Madras. Further observations deal with the Hindu and Mohammedan religions and beliefs, cults and customs, temples and mosques. Tiele 115; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 241; cf. (on the German ed. of 1807): Lipperheide Ld 11; Kainbacher II, 16; Mendelssohn I, p.121; Gay 3090.
78 2693 India Haafner J 
78 2693 India Haafner J 
78 2693 India Haafner J 
- Bookplate of H.F.M. Ouwerling on upper pastedowns. Binding sl. rubbed. Very fine copies.
= Tiele 434; Landwehr, VOC 348; cat. NHSM I, p.243, note; Landwehr, Dutch Books Col. Plates 295. A second edition was published in 1827.
78 2694 India Haafner J 
78 2694 India Haafner J 
78 2694 India Haafner J 
- Occas. sl. yellowed; vague waterstain in lower blank margin; repaired tear in fold. view (±10 cm.). Binding sl. rubbed.
= Tiele 437; Landwehr, VOC 354; cat. NHSM I, p.121; Landwehr, Dutch Books Col. Plates 299. The first edition, posthumously published.
78 2695 Indonesia Doren J B J van 
78 2695 Indonesia Doren J B J van 
- A few plates sl. foxed. Both covers faded in top margin; backstrip trifle rubbed. Good copy.
= Bastin/ Brommer p.14, n.237; Rouffaer/ Muller p.713; Tiele 332; Cat. NHSM I, p.246; Landwehr, Dutch books w. col. plates 273: "(...) the first colour book of Indonesia". Bastin/ Brommer p.142: "The author, Jean Baptist van Doren, served in Indonesia in the Oost Indische Kavallerie between 1821 and 1839, and his knowledge of the country provided him with material for a whole string of books which were published during the 185s and 1860s". Rare.
78 2696 Italy Volkman D J 
78 2696 Italy Volkman D J 
- Covers occas. sl. rubbed. Otherwise a fine set. = Cf. Tiele 1170 (on the first edition publ. Utr., 1773-1774).
78 2697 Italy Rome Kennet B / Desseine F 
78 2697 Italy Rome Kennet B / Desseine F 
- Occas. sl. foxed (maps and plates fine); engr. plate and modern bookplate on upper pastedown. Upper joint starting.
= From the library of "F.L.E. Cuvelier, Curé a Limal" (blindstamped on first free endapaper). Rossetti 2265; Kissner collection 109; Schudt 555.
78 2698 Italy Rome Perrier F 
78 2698 Italy Rome Perrier F 
78 2698 Italy Rome Perrier F 
- Occas. sl. wormholed in blank margin. Backcover w. darkened portion along backstrip; spine-ends and corners professionally restored. Good/ fine copy.
= With Dutch title in contemp. pen and ink on first blank "100 Statuen van Roomen." A fine series of plates of many of the famous statues to be found in Rome. It was intended both as tribute to the ancient sculptors and as an artist's manual. Bolten p.258 and note 307.
78 2699 Johnson C = Defoe D 
- With owner's entry of M. Buisman on first free endpaper; "1557" on title and first textleaf in later hand; sl. yellowed/ trifle browned. Dam. at top of spine; backstrip cracked; binding rubbed.
= Buisman 958 (under Johnson); Scheepers II, 1044. First Dutch translation of A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers by C. Johnson, pseudonym of Daniel Defoe.
78 2700 Judaica and hebraica Abu Bakir ibn Al Tufail 
78 2700 Judaica and hebraica Abu Bakir ibn Al Tufail 
- Lacks frontispiece; occas. sl. foxed/ sl. (water)stained; final leaf has a catchword "Cata-" suggesting that the text was originally followed by a publisher's catalogue. Binding sl. worn along extremities; spine-ends chipped/ worn.
= Buisman 5 (sl. different collation, calling for 26 preliminary pages and 5 plates (incl. the frontisp.), but the copy in our auction of May 2006 contained 6 plates incl. frontisp.); Mateboer 1720 (and cf. 885); cf. Gieles/ Plak 130. See Hertzberger, cat. Wolf Collection, 529 (listing the edition Ofxord, 1671): "Arabic novel from the 12th century, which was not without influence on the development of ethics (...) Ibn Tofails Einheitslehre kommt der spinozistischen recht nahe, auch in nebensächlichen Dingen... So mochte Ibn Torail vollenden, was Ibn Esra, Gersonides, Creskas und die Araber begonnen hatten: eine eigenartige, nach Einheit ringende Auffassung des Alls umklammerte immer fester Despinozas Geist...". Cf. Meinsma, Spinoza en zijn kring p.440: "Een tweede vertaling door S.D.B. (B.D.S. zou kunnen zijn Ben. de Sp.) verscheen in 1701 te Rotterdam)." The work can also be considered to be a precursor of a Robinsonade. Rare.
78 2701 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
78 2701 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
78 2701 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
- Partly (vaguely) waterstained in outer (mainly blank) margins. Upper joint partly split.
= Poortman II, p.225. Rare edition. The woodcut illustrations are copied after the woodcuts by Christoffel van Sichem II in the edition 1611, not mentioned by Poortman.
78 2702 Law Kersteman F L 
- From the library of Willem van Iterson (1897-1973), with his bookplate on upper pastedown and owner's entry on first free endpaper. Hinges strengthened; waterstained throughout.
= Ter Horst p.87ff: "De juridische boeken van Kersteman zijn voor het grootste gedeelte bestemd voor leerlingen in het vak, practizijnsklerken in de eerste plaats, hetgeen vaak uit hun titels reeds blijkt. Tengevolge van dien opzet bevatten zij vele modellen van allerlei acten en documenten (...) en geven zij vaak elementaire definities van eenvoudige zaken. (...) [zij] bergen belangrijk materiaal in zich voor onze kennis van het oud-Hollandsche recht".
78 2703 Law Kersteman F L 
- From the library of Willem van Iterson (1897-1973), both with his bookplate on upper pastedown and owner's entry on first free endpaper. Some occas. waterstaining/ foxing.
= Ter Horst p.87ff: "De juridische boeken van Kersteman zijn voor het grootste gedeelte bestemd voor leerlingen in het vak, practizijnsklerken in de eerste plaats, hetgeen vaak uit hun titels reeds blijkt. Tengevolge van dien opzet bevatten zij vele modellen van allerlei acten en documenten (...) en geven zij vaak elementaire definities van eenvoudige zaken. (...) [zij] bergen belangrijk materiaal in zich voor onze kennis van het oud-Hollandsche recht".
AND 2 others by the same: Rechtsgeleerde catechismus of verkortende papagaay (ibid., 1790) and Secretarij der Hollandsche voogdijen ontslooten (ibid., 1790).
78 2704 Le Francq van Berkhey J 
78 2704 Le Francq van Berkhey J 
- First 4 lvs. lower blank corner repaired (incl. title).
= BNK 1455; Arpots 246; Ki.la.ki.le. 209 (2nd ed. of 1793). On Christina Chalon, who made the fine illustrations in the style of Van Ostade, see L. Buijnsters-Smets, "Christina Chalon, een achttiende-eeuwse tekenares", Antiek 16 (1982), p.470-480.
78 2705 Leti G under pseud l'Abbé Gualdi 
- Vellum sl. stained. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Very rare Dutch translation. Rahir 2277: "Le fleuron de titre aux traits calligraphiques appartenir à l'officine de Jansson"; cf. Willems 1755 and Gay/ Lemonnyer II, p.499 (French ed. 1666, Leyden); cf. Buisman 1330 (ed. 1701). Maldacini was the alleged power behind Innocent X and his mistress. This Italian tale describes how Olimpia Maldachini assisted her brother-in-law becoming Pope Innocentius X (much to the detriment of her own family). No copy traced in the market.
78 2706 Levant Bruyn C de 
78 2706 Levant Bruyn C de 
78 2706 Levant Bruyn C de 
78 2706 Levant Bruyn C de 
78 2706 Levant Bruyn C de 
- A few minor plates sl. yellowed; the fold. plate of Jerusalem comes from another copy; a few textleaves sl. foxed. Top of spine chipped; corners and foot of spine sl. rubbed; joints professionally restored. A fine copy in an attractive binding.
= Remarkable copy from the library of A.M. LEDEBOER, with all plates BEFORE LETTERS and printed on heavier paper. Navari 159 ("The sheer extent of the work is impressive"); Tiele 207; Cat. NHSM 257; Boucher de la Richarderie I, 245; Röhricht 1184; Lipperheide Ci48. The first edition of "one of the best illustrated works on the Levant" (Cox I, p.218). Splendid (large) panoramic views of i.a. Constantinople (190x30 cm.), Jerusalem (120x30 cm.), Smyrna, Rhodos, Bethlehem, Aleppo, Alexandria.
78 2707 Marcus J E 1774 1826 
78 2707 Marcus J E 1774 1826 
- Occas. trifle foxed; first 9 plates sl. waterstained in lower left corner (partly touching the image). Otherwise all prints fine.
= Printed on heavy paper; copy before letters. "Vooral Jacob Ernst Marcus dient te worden vermeld. Van 1807 tot 1816 gaf hij elke maand een prent uit, totaal 105 stuks (...) Marcus plaatst geen Griekse goden en godinnen in zijn landschappen, maar mensen, zo uit het werkelijke leven van die tijd weggelopen" (Grafiek in de 19e eeuw, p.19).
78 2708 Maritime history Griethuizen Carelius M L 
- First work some sl. foxing; sm. owner's stamp on first blank. Spine lacks letterpiece.
78 2709 Marmontel J F 
- Occas. vaguely (water)stained. Bindings trifle rubbed. = Scheepers II, 654; Buisman 1559.
78 2710 Mechelen L van 
78 2710 Mechelen L van 
- Three contemp. owner's entries by nuns: "isabelle de mey", "liwyne verschaffel" and "antonitte stevens" on verso first free endpaper. Lacks upper ties.
= Second part of an extremely rare and important Roman-catholic songbook. The first part, Den Boeck der gheesteliicke sanghen Bedeelt in twee deelen den Bliiden Requiem ende Gheluckighe uyt-vaert, was published in 1631. Scheurleer II, 49,2; BCNI 9232.
78 2711 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
78 2711 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- A very fine copy.
= Wellcome II, 159; Baumann p.71-79. Popular medicinal manual by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats, whose poems are found throughout the book. With the title of earlier editions on the frontispiece: "Alle de wercken, zo in de medicyne als chirurgie."