- Lacks title-p. of 2nd and 3rd work; a few fragments in 1st work erased (censored?) w. contemp. pen and ink; sl. yellowed. Binding sl. rubbed.
- Endpapers lacking/ detached; a few lvs. sl. (ink)stained; partly sl. wormholed (mostly in margin). Binding in poor condition: leather dried; backstrip and top edge dam.; upper joint split (holding on cords); title in pen and ink on fore-edge.
= Schweiger p.131; Adams H 176; Graesse III, p.235: "L'éditeur s'est servi de quatre manuscr., à l'aide desquels il a ôté beaucoup de fautes et suppléé plusieurs lacunes. Toutes les éd. postérieures, à l'exception de celles de Coray, sont basées sur celle de Commelin." Rare bilingual edition of Heliodorus' Aethiopica, "the oldest and best of the Greek romances that have come down to us" (Encyclopaedia Britannica p.223), with the first Latin translation by S. WARSZEWICKI.
Gellius, A. Noctes Atticae. Geneva, J. de Tournes, 1621, (16),698,(124)p., woodcut title-vignette, later calf, sm. 8vo.
- Pastedowns detached; textlvs. from an Aristotle ed. used as free endpapers. Joints split(ting); dam. at backstrip and corners.
= With the owner's entry of Francis White (±1652-1715, fellow of Balliol College, Oxf. Univ.) on first blank. Schweiger p.378.
- Both vols. partly sl. waterstained in margins; occas. sl. foxed; bookplate of "Henn Wolfram Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach" on first free endpaper.
= With the Latin text in the edition of C. SAUMAISE accomp. by his commentary notes and those of I. CASAUBON and J. GRUTER. Graesse III, p.304; Brunet III, p.226.
- Fine copy. = Geerebaert XLVIII, 7; Muller 318; Scheepers II, 326. Rare.
- Endpapers doubled; library stamp ("Fraters Oss") and sm. repair w. tape on title; 2 textlvs. torn in half. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Geerebaert XLVIII, 8; Muller 319; De Vries 368; Scheepers I, 327. The first complete Dutch translation.
= Geerebaert CXI, 9 (ed. 1654); Schuytvlot 797; Unger 511. Juxtaposed Latin and Dutch text. Engraved title dated 1657.
Hoogstraten, D. van. Beschryving der heidensche Goden en Godinnen, getogen uyt de Fabelschryveren en Oude Dichteren. Amst., J. Winkel, 1733, 3rd ed., (16),272,(32)p., engr. title-p. after J. GOEREE, 15 (of 16) plates each w. 2 ills., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Lacks 1 plate and 1 text leaf; vaguely waterst. at the beginning. = Rare edition.
- Occas. trifle foxed/ stained; later annots. in pen on first blank. = Schweiger p.404.
Cicero, M.T. Orationum Selectarum Liber. Ed. J. Gruter. Amst., C. Commelin, 1663, 216p., contemp. vellum.
- Sl. stained and fingersoiled; some old annots. and underlining; first free endpaper loose(ning). Vellum sl. soiled.
= Rare edition, not in Schweiger and Graesse.
= Schweiger p.493; Dibdin II, p.140: "These [the two Gronovius editions of 1719/ 1760] are very accurate and elegant editions, and greatly superior to all that preceded them. The latter is the more valuable edition, both from the quantity of matter it contains, and from its correctness".
AND 1 other: A. VINNIUS, In quatuor Libros Institutionum Imperialium commentarius Academicus & Forensis (Amst., 1665, 4th ed., contemp. vellum, 4to).
- A very fine and clean copy. = Schweiger p.511.
- Pastedowns loose. Good copy.
= Geerebaert CXIV, 19; De Rynck/ Welkenhuysen, p. 237; Scheepers II, 336. Translations by J. Westerbaan, L. Schermer, L. Bake, P. Vlaming a.o.
ADDED: 2 others, i.a. J. VAN LODENSTEYN, Uytspanningen, Behelzende eenige stigtelyke liederen, verdeeld in vier deelen (Amst., 1769, 15th ed., engr. frontisp., scores, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo).
- All vols. bookplate on upper pastedown and owner's stamp on frontisp.; vol.1 upper hinge weak; vol.6 first 5 lvs. sl. wormholed in lower blank margin. All vols. title/ vol. number in modern pen and ink at top of spine.
= Schweiger p.535; Dibdin p.168.
- First ±60 and last ±35 lvs. (sl.) waterst.; contemp. owner's entry on first blank. Rebacked w. use of orig. letterpiece.
= Geerebaert CXV, 3; Schweiger p.548.
- Lacks leaf *3 (probably a blank). The title-p. calls for a "konstighe platte forme der stadt Romen", not present in our copy nor in other copies we traced. Partly waterst. (worse at the end); inkstain on engr. title. Upper joint splitting at top; ties partly broken.
= Geerebaert CXV, e, note; Schweiger II, p.548. Title-edition of the edition published by C. Thomasz. in Deventer, 1646. Very rare edition, only 1 copy in JAP 1970-2008.
BOUND WITH: Fenacolius, J.L. [= J. Vennekool]. Corte historische aenteykeninghen, van de Oude forme ende wijse des Allergrootmachtighste ende Wijdt-uyt-gebreydenste Romeynsche Republijcke (...). Deventer, C. Thomasz., 1645, 23 lvs.
- Sl. yellowed; bookplate on verso first blank; contemp. owner's entry on title-p. and annots. in contemp. pen on prelim. lvs. Vellum sl. dustsoiled.
= Schweiger p.574; Dibdin II, p.200-201.
- Lacks Verklaaringe der titelplaat; sl. yellowed.
= From the library of book trader and publisher A.J.C. van Seters (1885-1968), w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Cf. Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as Bookillustrator 96; Schweiger p.580 (on the 1st ed., Amst. 1701).
- Lacks first free endpaper; traces of ticket on upper pastedown; partly sl. waterst.; some annots. and underlining. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Schweiger p.598f.
Florus, L.A. Epitome Rerum Romanarum. Ed. C.A. Duker. Leyden, S. Luchtmans, 1744, 2 parts in 1 vol., (58),858[= 874],(120),39[= 47],(1)p., engr. frontisp., fold. map, full-p. ill., contemp. vellum.
- Vellum sl. stained/ soiled. = Schweiger p.363.
- Upper pastedown loosening; owner's entry on first free endpaper. A fine copy. = Schweiger p.611.
- Upper hinge vol. 2 weak and w. traces of sellotape; sl. fingersoiled.
= De Rynck/ Welkenhuysen p.273; Geerebaert CXXII, 26a, calling for 125 plates. The binder's index calls for 124 plates. Rare copy containing all (and several extra) plates. All other copies traced by us only have 15 plates. All plates bound in vol. 2, as a result of which this vol. is much more sizeable than the others. For this reason an extra title-p. (vol. 2, part 2) was issued, so the vol. might be split into 2 parts. This title bound at the end of vol. 3 in our set.
- Bookblock split; a few scattered library stamps; sl. wormholed in upper corner at the beginning; occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Binding sl. worn; letterpiece partly worn off; corners showing/ sl. dam.
= Cohen/ De Ricci p.768: "Magnifique ouvrage"; Geerebaert CXXII, 39; cat. Ovidius Herschapen 41.
- Occas. foxed and (sl.) yellowed. = Part 2 of Opera Omnia. Ed. N. Heinsius. Schweiger p.631.
AND 1 other in 3 vols.: Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS, (Opera). Ed. N.E. Lemaire (Paris, 1829-1831, contemp. (almost) unif. gilt green calf).