80 2895 Birken S von 
- Sl. yellowed. Otherwise fine. = The rare first edition. Dünnhaupt 633, 155, 1.
80 2896 Bligh W 
80 2896 Bligh W 
80 2896 Bligh W 
80 2896 Bligh W 
- Fine copy. Occas. trifle foxed and occas. light offsetting from the plates. Neatly rebacked w. the original backstrip (hardly visible).
= One of very few copies of the first edition specially printed and issued to include the "Narrative of the Mutiny" with the 1790 title-page and with separate pagination. It opens with the first part of the first edition of the account of A Voyage to the South Sea, which breaks off at the end of chapter XII, after p.153, and is followed by the first edition of 1790 of A Narrative of the Mutiny, on board of His Majesty's Ship Bounty (with title-p. dated 1790, and pagination as follows: IV,1-88) and is concluded by the final part of A Voyage to the South Sea, which opens with chapter XIX (p.246-264). Chapters XIII-XVIII are thus replaced by the Narrative of the Mutiny. This first version of the Narrative was published during Bligh's absence when he was on his second voyage to the South Sea, and was written and edited from Bligh's journal by James Burney under supervision of Joseph Banks. A second version was included in the first edition of the official 1792 report.
On the Narrative of the Mutiny see Kroepelien 87; Sabin 5908a; Ferguson 126; Hill 132; Howgego p.124-126; O'Reilly/ Reitman 543; Henze I, p.275. "One of the most remarkable incidents in the whole of maritime history" (Hill) took place after leaving Tahiti near Kotu Island on 27.4.1789. Bligh was set by Fletcher Christian with 18 loyal seamen in the small ship's launch. A six weeks journey, more than 3000 miles, led to Timor. Even during this voyage Bligh was capable of doing a large number of valuable cartographic and scientific observations.
"Bligh presented copies to the Lords of the Admiralty and other influential people in the hope that his account of the mutiny would absolve him from any blame that might be leveled against him because of the incident. (...) Bligh, known in the British navy as "Bread-Fruit Bligh", made two voyages to the South Pacific to transport this product to the British West Indies. During the first voyage he was in command of the ill-fated Bounty (1787-1790); during the second he was commander of the Providence (1791-1793). He had earlier served under Captain Cook, as sailing master on Cook's third voyage around the world. In 1805, Bligh was appointed governor of New South Wales, but from 1808 to 1810 he was imprisoned by rebellious soldiers. He was promoted to admiral in 1811." (Hill). "Seine Charaktermängel waren Eitelkeit, Heftigkeit und Hochmut; seine Bedeutung als Nautiker und Entdecker bleibt unbestritten." (Henze). Provenance: William Lloyd, Aston, 1806 (armorial bookplate). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.
80 2897 Boddaert P 
80 2897 Boddaert P 
- Lacks 6p. of the "Lykzangen". Both vols. w. bookplate on upper pastedown; portr. and first title-p. sl. soiled/ foxed. Vol. 1 top of spine sl. dam.
80 2898 Boener J 
- Blank verso final leaf sl. stained. Boardedges sl. chafed.
= Funck p.281; BCNI 8801; Hollstein 24. The plates show the massacre of Friars Minor by the 'Geusen' at Antwerp and Brussels during the independence war against Spain, ca. 1575-1590.
80 2899 Bos L van den 
- New endpapers; crossed-out contemp. owner's entry on verso final textleaf; bookblock shaken; hinges weak.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on fist free endpaper. The rare 2nd edition. Buisman 267; cf. De Vries 24; cf. Muller 92; cf. Waller 316; cf. Mateboer 312.
80 2900 Bosch J E van der 
80 2900 Bosch J E van der 
- Contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper; bookplate on upper pastedown. Lacks clasps and lower catches.
BOUND WITH: Estius Hesselsone. Waerachtighe historie Van de martelaers van Gorcom, Meesten-deel al Minder-broeders/ die veur het Catholijck gheloove van de ketters ghedoodt zijn inden iaere onses Heeren/ M.D.LXXII. Dutch transl. B.W. Spoelbergh. Ibid., Inde Plantijnsche Druckerije, J. Moerentorf, 1604-1605, 401,(3)p., woodcut printer's mark on title and on verso final page.
- Old (prob. 17th cent.) owner's entry on first free endpaper ("Voor het Convent der Susteren van Boxtel gaf B. Cornelis Tielmans dese historie om ter tafelen te lesen"). Vellum soiled and sl. stained/ scratched; lacks ties.
= First Dutch edition of Estius' history of the Gorcum martyrs. BCNI 5061. This edition not in Simoni.
80 2901 Bosch L van den 
- One page dam. in inner margin (repaired w. tape); one page tear. Vellum sl. soiled; one spine discoloured. Good copy.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 279-281; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 315/ 343; Muller 779; Scheepers II, 961.
Zanten, L. van. Treur-tooneel der doorluchtige vrouwen, of op en ondergang der vorstinnen, En Andere Beruchte Vrouwelijke Personagien. Ibid., idem, 1699, 4 parts in 1 vol., engr. title by C. HUYBERT after J. LUIKEN and 12 etched plates by J. and C. LUYKEN, contemp. blindst. panelled vellum w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.
- Trifle foxed and yellowed in margins; occas. other minor defects. Letterpiece dam. Otherwise fine.
= Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 343; Klaversma/ Hannema 1504; Waller 1687; Scheepers II, 961; Muller 779. Consists of a large number of anecdotes and biographical stories, typical for the special interest writers in the baroque era took in the calamities and misfortunes of especially the great of the world. This is the very often lacking 4th part to the first work of the lot.
80 2902 Bougainville L A de 
80 2902 Bougainville L A de 
80 2902 Bougainville L A de 
- Hinges (sl.) widening between p.VI and VII and at the end. Professionally rebacked w. use of the original spine. Otherwise a fine copy.
= The first English edition of Bougainville's Voyage autour du monde, which was first published in Paris in 1771. "His widely read account, Voyage autour du monde (1771; A Voyage Round the World, 1772), helped popularize a belief in the moral worth of man in his natural state, a concept of considerable significance in the French thought of his day." (Encyclopaedia Brittannica, online article). Hill 165; Sabin 6869; Borba de Moraes I, p.115; Howgego B141. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.
80 2903 Boysen P A 
- 18th Cent. owner's entries on verso of first free endpaper and recto of first blank; occas. sl. waterstained and sl. foxed/ fingersoiled in margins. Leather dried; upper joint starting; corners worn.
= Holzmann/ Bohatta. I, 597. Rare edition of this very popular anthology of 700 stories from the classics and ancient mythology with explanations, intended for "allen Liebhabern der Historien zur Ergötzung, insonderheit für studirenden Jugend zu mecklicher Uebung" [title-p.].
Schreger, O. Studiosus jovialis, sue auxilia Ad Jocose, & honeste discurrendum, In Gratiam & Ususm Studiosorum juvenum, aliorumque Litteratorum Virorum (...). Regensburg, J. Gastl, 1766, 6th ed., (8),744,(4)p., contemp. calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece.
- Occas. browned; partly foxed.
80 2904 Brachelius A 
- Lacks 7 portraits; partly (vaguely) waterst.; sm. ticket on upper pastedown. = Very rare Dutch edition.
80 2905 Brakel W à 
- Occas. trifle foxed. Bindings rubbed. = Van der Haar, Schatkamer B615. Warranted by the publisher.
AND 2 other theological works.
80 2906 Brazil Barlaeus C 
80 2906 Brazil Barlaeus C 
80 2906 Brazil Barlaeus C 
80 2906 Brazil Barlaeus C 
80 2906 Brazil Barlaeus C 
80 2906 Brazil Barlaeus C 
- Lacks the title-p.; maps/ plates occas. sl. foxed and/ or yellowed (a few yellowed/ browned, notably "Incendia Molarum", the map of Chili); view of Dillenburg restored hole on central fold in sky area. Covers rubbed.
= Commissioned by Johan Maurits van Nassau (governor of Brazil between 1636-1644 and founder of "Mauritsstad" (present-day Recife)) and illustrated with sumptuous maps and views mainly by Frans Post, this work has become both the main source on the history of the Dutch in Brazil as well as one of the most beautifully illustrated antiquarian works on the country. Both Frans Post and the German astronomer/ naturalist/ surveyor Georg Marggraf were commissioned by Maurits van Nassau to document Brazil visually, geographically and scientifically during their stay in Brazil. "(...) Due to its sumptuousness and inestimable documentary value, it has been much sought after. Nowadays it is not easy to find a copy (...)" (Borba de Moraes I, p.78f) and "Mit der Unterstützung von Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen und zu seiner Rechtfertigung gegen die ungerechten Angriffe der Westindischen Kompagnie über seine Verwaltung der nordbrasilianischen Kolonie entstand dieses Werk des Amsterdamer Gelehrten Barlaeus, das auf Grund des benutzten dokumentarischen Materials zu den wichtigsten Quellen über diese Epoche gilt und darüber hinaus durch die Illustrationen von Frans Post zu den schönsten und wertvollsten Druckwerken über Brasilien im 17. Jahrhundert gehört. Es verzeichnet die großartigen Leistungen, die Moritz von Nassau in seiner kurzen Regierungszeit als "Gouverneur-Capiteynende Admirael-Generael " in Pernambuco erbracht hat." (Bosch 101). See also Sabin 3408; Alden/ Landiss 647-649; Muller, Americana 185; Tiele 72. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
80 2907 Brazil Barlaeus C 
80 2907 Brazil Barlaeus C 
- Lacks the engr. title, the portrait and the heraldic plate. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Sabin 3409; JCB 26; Bosch 127; Rodrigues 346; cf. Borba de Moraes p.78-79. The first edition of the so-called small Barlaeus, first published in folio by Blaeu in 1647. This second edition enlarged w. 4 treatises on the climate and medicinal plants of Brazil by G. Piso.
80 2908 Brazil Iournael ofte Kort discours nopende de rebellye ende verradelijcke desseynen der Portugesen alhier in Brasil voorgenomen ‘t welck in Junio 1645 is ontdeckt Ende wat vorder daer nae
- Title-p. and final 9 leaves sl. waterstained. Otherwise fine.
= A very rare almost day-to-day eye-witness account by an anonymous Dutch author, of the war of the Portuguese planters against the Dutch after Governor-General Johan Maurits van Nassau had left Brazil in 1645. The diary covers the period June 1645 to April 1647 and follows the events that finally led to the demise of Dutch Brazil. Knuttel 5545; cat. NHSM I, p.535; Sabin 7593: "Rare tract". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
80 2909 Brazil Nieuhof J 
80 2909 Brazil Nieuhof J 
80 2909 Brazil Nieuhof J 
80 2909 Brazil Nieuhof J 
80 2909 Brazil Nieuhof J 
- Lacks p.53-56; pagination skipping p.157-180 as always; map of Brazil with a few sm. (and partly vague) stains; one double-p. plate and 5 surrounding textpages sl. wormholed (mostly in lower blank margin); later endpapers. Backstrip restored; covers sl. rubbed along extremities. A good/ fine and generally very clean copy.
= Provenance: Hen. Blencon (owner's entry on first blank, on engr. title-p. (dated "1704"), remains of his bookplates on verso of general title and (his?) vague owner's stamp in blank margin on recto of general title. Sabin 13015; Borba de Moraes p.614; Nissen, ZBI 2976. The current work is the second volume of the Collection of Voyages and Travels, first published by Awnsham and John Churchill in 1704 (2 additional vols. were published in 1733, the whole set was reprinted several times in the 18th cent.). The attractive plates and illustrations show native people, exotic plants, fish and the views and maps include views and plans of i.a. Batavia, Cochin, Amboina, Olinda, Recife and maps of i.a. Brazil, Malabar and Cape of Good Hope. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
80 2910 Brazil Piso W and Liebstadt G Marggrave of 
80 2910 Brazil Piso W and Liebstadt G Marggrave of 
80 2910 Brazil Piso W and Liebstadt G Marggrave of 
80 2910 Brazil Piso W and Liebstadt G Marggrave of 
80 2910 Brazil Piso W and Liebstadt G Marggrave of 
80 2910 Brazil Piso W and Liebstadt G Marggrave of 
- Somewhat tightly bound; title-p. cut sl. short (affecting blank margins only). Otherwise a very clean and fine copy.
= The second and enlarged edition of the natural history of Brazil, (first published in 1648 as Historia naturalis Brasiliae), describing numerous species of plants, animals, birds, fishes and insects. And also on indigenous people. This second edition was re-edited and enlarged by Piso de Bondt's Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae Orientalis and his own Mantissa aromatica. The work soon became one of the best-known works on South-America. Borba de Moraes p.676f; Nissen, BBI 1533; Nissen, IVB 589; Hunt 280; Garrison-Morton 1825; Bosch 109 II; Willems 1236. Piso and Liebstadt were enrolled as physician and astronomer respectively by the Dutch governor of the possessions of the Dutch in Brazil, count Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen, and travelled with him to Brazil. "Die 'Historia naturalis Brasiliae' [the title of the 1st edition of this work] vereinigt in sich die ersten exakten wissenschaftlichen Forschungsberichte über die Naturgeschichte, Geographie, Meteorologie und Ethnologie Brasiliens. Sie blieb das naturgeschichtliche Standardwerk bis Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts (...). Auch ist die ein Zeugnis für das Mäzenatentum des Fürsten Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen für Wissenschaft und Forschung (...)" (Bosch, p.120, on the first edition) and "Weil Piso mit der Veröffentlichung von de Laet nicht einverstanden war, schrieb er fast das ganze Material um und brachte zehn Jahre später seine Version der brasilianischen Naturgeschichte heraus. Dabei machte er grösseren Gebrauch von Markgrafs Forschungen. Von diesem bringt er als zweites Buch eine längere meteorologische und topographische Abhandlung, hängt weiter die "Historia naturalis et medicae Indiae Orientalis" von Jacob Bontius an und schließt mit seinem eigenen Aufsatz "Mantissa aromatica" (...)." (Bosch on the second edition). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
80 2911 Brazil Piso W and Liebstadt G Marggrave of 
80 2911 Brazil Piso W and Liebstadt G Marggrave of 
- Later endpapers and blanks; unobtrusive worming at inner margins of first quire; two preliminary lvs (*5-6) of the first part misbound after *2 and quire a-d (Liebstadt's Tractatus Topographicus (...)) misbound after quire *; restoration in blank inner margin of quire T of "Mantissa aromatica".
= Large paper copy. The second and enlarged edition of the natural history of Brazil, (first published in 1648 as Historia naturalis Brasiliae), describing numerous species of plants, animals, birds, fishes and insects. And also on indigenous people. This second edition was re-edited and enlarged by Piso de Bondt's Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae Orientalis and his own Mantissa aromatica. The work soon became one of the best-known works on South-America. Borba de Moraes p.676f; Nissen, BBI 1533; Nissen, IVB 589; Hunt 280; Garrison-Morton 1825; Bosch 109 II; Willems 1236. Piso and Liebstadt were enrolled as physician and astronomer respectively by the Dutch governor of the possessions of the Dutch in Brazil, count Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen, and travelled with him to Brazil. "Die 'Historia naturalis Brasiliae' [the title of the 1st edition of this work] vereinigt in sich die ersten exakten wissenschaftlichen Forschungsberichte über die Naturgeschichte, Geographie, Meteorologie und Ethnologie Brasiliens. Sie blieb das naturgeschichtliche Standardwerk bis Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts (...). Auch ist die ein Zeugnis für das Mäzenatentum des Fürsten Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen für Wissenschaft und Forschung (...)" (Bosch, p.120, on the first edition) and "Weil Piso mit der Veröffentlichung von de Laet nicht einverstanden war, schrieb er fast das ganze Material um und brachte zehn Jahre später seine Version der brasilianischen Naturgeschichte heraus. Dabei machte er grösseren Gebrauch von Markgrafs Forschungen. Von diesem bringt er als zweites Buch eine längere meteorologische und topographische Abhandlung, hängt weiter die "Historia naturalis et medicae Indiae Orientalis" von Jacob Bontius an und schließt mit seinem eigenen Aufsatz "Mantissa aromatica" (...)." (Bosch on the second edition).
80 2912 Bret A 
- Lvs. sl. browned. Binding rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities; 2 chips in spine-ends; frontcover somewhat warped.
= With the bookplate of Gottfried von Creilsheim on upper pastedown. Hayn/ Got. IV, 139.
80 2913 Bridoul T 
- Occas. (sl.) waterstained, mostly in margins; sl. browned. Paper backstrip dam.
= Rare. A work in which various trades are coupled with the occupations of various martyrs and saints. De Backer/ Sommervogel II, p.154, no.3.
80 2914 Bruno H 
- Lacks first free endpaper; bookblock shaken; waterstained in lower margin. Strip of paper mounted on lower part of covers.
= In colophon: "Tot Leyden, Gedruct by Daniel Willemsz. vander Boxe, woont inde Klock-steegh, 1666."