- Some sl. occas. yellowing/ foxing; engr. title sl. dustsoiled and some imperfections in blank margins; verso of most fold. maps/ plates strengthened on folds and occas. w. sm. tears; 1 ill. partially handcol. Binding rubbed/ worn; backcover w. small stain.
= The first and only Dutch edition. Lust 39; Dünnhaupt 2343; Cordier, Bibl. Sinica 26; Lipperheide Le 3 (ed. Antw., 1667); De Backer/ Sommervogel IV, p.24; "P. Athanasius Kircher S.J. gehört zu den umstrittenen barocken Universalgelehrten, die zugleich Bahnbrecher der modernen Wissenschaften, aber durch die feste Verwurzelung in überkommenen Ansichten auch deren Hemnisse waren. Kirchers Werk bedeutete einen Meilenstein in der europäischen Chinakenntnis. Die Fülle des von Kircher verarbeiteten Materials wie auch die superben Abbildungen machten das Werk zu einem der meistgelesensten Chinabücher der frühen Neuzeit." (China illustrata p. 94-97). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Frontisp. loose; occas. sl. yellowed. Upper joint split.
= The "Paolinxi Pagode", mentioned in the binder's instructions, was actually only inserted in the Latin edition of 1668. Landwehr, VOC 539; Tiele 800; Cat. NHSM I, 499; Lust 539; Cordier, Bibl. Sinica p. 2344. Walravens, China illustrata 63/64 (later German editions): "Nieuhofs Chinawerk ist bis heute eines der bedeutendsten und gesuchtesten. Allein die 150 Abbildungen und Karten, die das Buch zieren und die nach Zeichnungen des Autors aufgeführt wurden, haben beachtlichen Wert. Bis weit in das 18.Jahrhundert hinein wurden sie immer wieder nachgedruckt und nachgeschnitten und prägten weitgehend das Chinabild der Zeit". The double-p. plates mainly depicting panoramic city views. "Was aber seinem Buch den höchsten Wert verleiht ist die Fülle prachtvollster Kupfertafeln von Städten, Landschaften, Volkstypen" (Henze). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Sm. bookplate on upper pastedown. Later ms. title on spine. = Landwehr F062. Very rare.
- Endpapers trifle yellowed/ foxed. Corners showing; spine-ends worn/ sl/ dam.
= Schweiger, p.728; not in Dibdin.
- Binding rubbed.
AND 3 others i.a. A. GELLIUS, Noctium Atticarum libri XX (Zweibrücken, 1784, engr. title vignette, contemp. hcalf).
- Lacks prize and free endpapers; partly (sl.) waterst. Vellum soiled; boardedges sl. worn; lacks ties.
= Schweiger p.1136; Brunet V, p.1178: "Édition la plus estimée"; Lipsius/ Leitzmann p.423; Spoelder 10.
Lomeier, J. Epimenides sive De veterum gentilium lustrationibus syntagma. Zutphen, J. van Spyk and D. Schutten, 1700, 2nd ed., (30),485,(46)p., engr. title-vignette, 18 plates, contemp. vellum, 4to.
- Lacks frontisp. and (free) endpapers; partly browned; some quires loosening. Frontcover and backstrip (almost) loose and dam.; sl. stained.
= Rare copy of Lomeier's work on propitiatory sacrifices in Antiquity. Graesse IV, p.250.
- Bookplate with coat of arms of Moseley family on upper pastedown; a few lvs. sl. waterst. in margin; scattered later annots. Covers loose but holding on cords; sl. worn/ dam. at backstrip and along extremities.
= Schweiger p.1136; Lipsius/ Leitzmann p.423.
- Bookblock loose; blank margin of title-p. cut off; occas. sl. stained. Vellum soiled.
= Rare ed. of works by Luccan Neolatin poet Bartolomeo Beverini (1629-1686).
Secundus, J. Opera. Ed. P. Scriverius. Leyden, F. Hegerus (= Ph. de Croy), 1631, (28),384p., engr. title, portrait, later boards, 12mo.
- A few lvs. sl. dam. (and repaired); contents otherwise fine. Binding dam./ worn at backstrip (lacks portion) and extremities.
= Willems 1669 note; Rahir 1849. The third edition (first edition published in Leyden, 1612). "L'édition de 1651 reproduit textuellement la précédente [= ed. 1631], elle a le même titre gravé et le même portrait, mais elle est plus jolie et son format se rapproche davantage de l'in-12 elzevirien." (Willems).
AND 1 other.
- Without the prize. Lacks ties. Contents fine.
= Schweiger p.70; Spoelder 8.
- Binding worn. = Rare.
- Rebound w. most inner margins of first ±70 lvs. strengthened; scattered contemp. owner's entries on first and final lvs.; sl. wormholed in blank margins throughout; sl. (finger)soiled; 2 modern bookplates on pastedowns.
= Schweiger, p.247.
- Partly waterst. in lower right corner; fingersoiled. Binding worn; frontcover loose(ning); foot of spine dam.
= Lipperheide Ba 7; Cohen/ De Ricci 271.
- Sl. browned; owner's entry on title: "Latijnsche school Schiedam". = Rare edition of this rare schoolbook.
- Owner's entry on first textleaf; occas. trifle spotted. Binding sl. worn/ dam. at extremities; otherwise fine.
= Enl. edition (first: 1650) of this collection of 45 student' speeches held at the Delft Latin School, by its rector Jacques de La Croix (1579-1635).
- Endpapers sl. browned/ foxed; library ticket and stamp on verso title; contemp. owner's annots. on first free endpaper.
= Schweiger p.322. Nice plates, i.a. showing Babylon and the hanging gardens. From the Trautner-Falkiana library w. its bookplate on upper pastedown.
- Lacks schoolprize. = Spoelder 3.
- Vol. 1 joints splitting at top of spine. = Schweiger p.90. Attractively bound set.
AND 1 other in 5 vols.: L'ABBÉ TAILHIÉ, Abrégé de l'histoire Romaine à l'usage des jeunes gens (Paris, 1784, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces).
- Contemp. owner's entry below engr. frontisp.
= Schweiger I, p.106; cf. Dibdin I, p.515 (ed. Leyden/ Amst., 1670); Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as a book illustrator 6 (idem); cf. Caillet 3638 (ed. 1695).
- Occas. trifle yellowed. Sm. ticket on spine. = Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 499; Schweiger p.119: "s. selten".
AND 1 other: HERODOTUS, Musae sive Historiarum Libri IX (London, 1830, stipple-engr. frontisp. portrait, contemp. gilt vellum schoolprize binding of Utrecht).