78 2752 Popular literature Bogaert A 
- Bookplate of G. Stuiveling on upper pastedown. A very fine copy.
= Scheepers II, 78; Waller 291. Rare.
78 2753 Popular literature Bontekoe W Y 
- Title browned; new endpapers.
= Verhoeven/ Verkruijsse, Bibliografie Bontekoe 1810-1830-01: "Deze druk (...) afficheert zich voor het eerst op de titelpagina als een autobiografie: 'zaken my wedervaren'. Ook het Voorberigt is ondertekend met Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe!". Buisman 261; Cordier III, 2337; Landwehr, VOC 401; Sabin 6337; The Children's World of Learning 2046.
78 2754 Popular literature Brandt S 
78 2754 Popular literature Brandt S 
78 2754 Popular literature Brandt S 
- Final 2 leaves trifle waterstained in lower outer corner. Vellum wrinkled; lower outer corner of backcover sl. dam. A (very) fine copy, complete, with the errors and omissions in pagination as given by De Vries.
= From the library of H. Boekenoogen. Waller 327; Scheepers I, 340; De Vries, Emblemata 4; cat. R.W.P. de Vries 108. Rare (like all editions) Dutch translation of the famous "Narrenschiff" (Ship of Fools) by Sebastiaan Bran(d)t. The illustrations from old blocks mostly from the Basle 1494 edition, also including some from the Strasbourg edition in white on a black ground.
78 2755 Popular literature Brune de Jonge J de 
78 2755 Popular literature Brune de Jonge J de 
= Provenance: Garmt Stuiveling (bookplate on upper pastedown). Very fine copy.
78 2756 Popular literature Brune J de 
- Lacks 6 final lvs.; upper hinge weak; title strengthened along inner margin; bookblock shaken.
= Reissue of the first edition, Middelburg 1657. Verkruijsse, Descr. auteursbibl. 1058 and 1059; cf. Scheepers I, 92 (ed. 1660, Middelburg). From the library of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry and annots. on prelim. lvs.
78 2757 Popular literature Calvi F de 
78 2757 Popular literature Calvi F de 
- A few leaves (incl. engr. title) cut sl. short. Vellum of frontcover dam. in upper outer corner.
= Buisman 324. With at the end a list of words from thieves language, with their meaning. Very rare.
78 2758 Popular literature Croon P 
- Sl. yellowed/ fingersoiled/ waterstained; lacks first free endpaper; upper hinge broken but holding on cords. Vellum sl. darkened.
= Scheepers I, 412 ("zeldzaam"); cf. Waller 435 (2nd enl. ed., 1766). Collection of riddles and epitaphs on various professions.
78 2759 Popular literature Defoe D 
- From the library of J.W. Six and C.H.A. Kruyskamp w. their bookplates on upper pastedown. Lacks mor. letterpiece; gilding on backstrip partly worn off; corners showing. Contents fine.
= The extremely rare first Dutch translation of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, first published in London in 1722. No copy offered appeared in auction in the last 50 years. Buisman 449 and 1427; Waller 1081; Mateboer 996.
78 2760 Popular literature Desmarets de Saint Sorlin J 
- Partly waterstained; bookblock shaken; two later owner's entries on first free endpaper. Vellum soiled; dam. at top of spine.
= Third Dutch translation. Muller 46. Rare.
78 2761 Popular literature Gavin A 
78 2761 Popular literature Gavin A 
- From the library of J. van Praag with his bookplate and owner's entry on upper pastedown and first free endpaper of all vols. First and final few lvs. sl. browned due to turn-ins. Backstrips cracked.
= Buisman 618; cf. Scheepers I, 520.
78/2762 Popular literature De Gocheltas van Momus Inhoudende Over de Zevend'half honderd Schrander bedagte en Snedig uytgesproken Zin Pit Punt en Schimp redenen 
78/2762 Popular literature De Gocheltas van Momus Inhoudende Over de Zevend'half honderd Schrander bedagte en Snedig uytgesproken Zin Pit Punt en Schimp redenen 
- Frontisp. (dust)stained, top margin strengthened on verso and closed tear in outer margin; owner's entry on title-p. ("F.C. Krahmer"); sl. foxed throughout; occas. thumbed/ dust-/ water/ inkstained mainly in blank margins.
= Waller 622; De Vries 307; cf. Scheepers II, 752 (on 1st ed. 1716). Rare.
78 2763 Popular literature Greve W 
78 2763 Popular literature Greve W 
- Boards stained; backstrip dam. Contents fine.
= Scheepers II, 824; Waller 635; Atlas van Stolk 7681; Landwehr, Dutch Books Col. Plates 70. Interesting account of giants and dwarfs, the plates showing various historical giants and dwarfs and the fold. plate showing the large shoe-size of "Gerrit Bastiaansz, of den Lekkerkerkschen boer" at age 10 (27 cm.) and age 21 (35,2 cm.).
78 2764 Popular literature Gueullette Th S 
78 2764 Popular literature Gueullette Th S 
- New endpapers.
= From the library of M. Buisman (both vols. w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper). Waller 647; De Vries 214; Buisman 739.
78 2765 Popular literature Guevara A de 
78 2765 Popular literature Guevara A de 
78 2765 Popular literature Guevara A de 
78 2765 Popular literature Guevara A de 
- Occas. sl. fingersoiled/ sl. stained; a few quires in the first part sl. waterstained in (mainly blank) outer margin; new endpapers.
= Muller 581 (attrib. the plates to C. de Passe); De Vries 413; Scheepers II, 488 (attrib. most plates to C. de Passe). Very rare.
78 2766 Popular literature Heemskerk J van 
78 2766 Popular literature Heemskerk J van 
- Frontisp. and title-p. frayed and sl. waterstained in lower half; upper hinge starting. Binding soiled; later ms. title and year on spine.
= The rare second edition. Buisman 767; Waller 687; Muller 23; De Vries 12. The "prototype" of all Dutch arcadian novels, interspersed with many interesting articles on witchcraft, magic, Dutch history, East Indies, Dutch folklore etc. The first edition of 1637 was published with the title Inleydinghe tot het ontwerp van een Batavische Arcadia.
78 2767 Popular literature H einsius N 
- With bookplate (F. Bohn) on upper pastedown and owner's entry of M. Buisman on first free endpaper; upper hinge broken, holding on cords; waterstained in lower margin; inner margin frontisp./ title strengthened and lacks lower corner.
= Mateboer 1537; Buisman 788; Scheepers II, 142.
78 2768 Popular literature Heliodorus 
- Upper hinge broken but holding on cords; frontisp. rubbed. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Geerebaert XXXVIII-2; Muller 330; Buisman 804; Waller 699. Very rare Dutch edition.
78 2769 Popular literature Hennebo R 
78 2769 Popular literature Hennebo R 
- Sl. yellowed. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Ad 1: Scheepers I, 203 (note) and Waller 701 (second ed.). Ad 2: Rare Dutch translation of the biography (publ. in 1723) of the famous English prostitute Sally Salisbury aka Sally Priddon (1694-1724) who was imprisoned in 1722 for a stabbing incident and died in 1724 (one year after our publication!).
78/2770 Popular literature Historie van den man met de bonte muts Vervattende een verhaal van een wonderlyke ontdekking in Duitschland Nu in tien print verbeeldingen en derzelver uitleggingen on
- New endpapers. Fine copy.
= Extremely rare first edition of this pictorial chapbook. Buisman 843; cf. Waller 762; cf. The Children's World of Learning 1848 (3rd ed., 1806); not in Muller, Scheepers, De Vries. The man with the fur cap was a mechanical figure protecting an eternally burning lamp, the discovery of a German alchemist. To prevent the world from learning of his invention, the alchemist hid it in a vault, guarded by the fur-capped man. After his death, the hidden vault was discovered; triggered by the intruders proceeding on the steps to the vault, the mechanical man made threatening movements to scare them off. One intruder walked down as far as the lowest step, upon which the mechanical man destroyed the lamp with his club, therewith also destroying the secret of the eternal lamp.
78/2771 Popular literature Die historie van den Ouden Tobias ende sijnen Soon den Jonghen Tobias Inhoudende veel schoone leeringhen hoe een Vader sijnen Soone onderwijsen sal ende hoe een Godvrees
- Fine copy.
= Extremely rare chapbook. Cf. Muller 717 (ed. Antw. 1623); cf. Waller 765 (ed. Antw., n.d.).