- Engr. title cut out and neatly laid down on new leaf but with loss of place and publisher. Lvs. partly waterstained/ soiled and occas. dam. (1x w. loss of some text). Binding worn/ rubbed; corners showing.
= This is probably the reprint of the Cloppenburgh edition (Amst., 1636) by the widow of Joost Broersz. The engr. title still with "1636". Poortman IIb, p.225.
- Bookblock loose; pastedowns detached and margins restored w. thin Chinese; first and final lvs. sl. frayed. Bookplate of M.B. Keezer on verso frontcover. Binding soiled.
= Cf. Fürst I, p.285 (ed. Amst. 1702) and Freimann p.174 (ed. Leyden 1733); Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 512 (ed. Leyden 1733); Klaversma/ Hannema 518.
- Vol. 1 sl. wormholed (also affecting the plates); a few plates strengthened/ restored on folds. Vols. 1 and 4 vellum loosening at turn-ins.
= Fürst I, p.339; Poortman II, p.169; Klaversma/ Hannema 559ff; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 350. "In de vier delen komen 50 prenten voor van Jan Luyken, van allerlei afmetingen, waaronder ook de grootste die hij gemaakt heeft (60 bij 30 cm.)" (Poortman).
- Upper margin cut sl. short (without loss of text); sm. tear in title-p. = Rare ed., only 2 copies in STCN.
Talmud bavli: Rosh Hashanah, Yoma, Sukkah, Ta'anit, Shekalim, Megillah. Amst., J., J. and A. Proops, (1752), 6 parts in 1 vol., engr. title by A. SANTCROOS, 6 div. title-p., contemp. moroccobacked calf, folio.
- Engr. title and title-p. w. large tear/ creased; prelim. lvs. loose(ning); partly sl. browned/ waterst. Binding dam.
= Vol. 4 of the momentous twelve-volume set of the Babylonian Talmud printed by Joseph, Jacob and Abraham Proops (1752-1765). Heller, Printing the Talmud (Leyden, 2018), p.151ff.
- Lacks 1 plate; waterstained throughout. Recased; vellum sl. warped.
ADDED: Gesenius, W. Hebräisches und Aramäisches Handwörterbuch über das alte Testament. Leipsic, F.C.W. Vogel, 1915, 16th ed., XIX,(1),1013,(1)p., contemp. hcalf, sm. 4to.
- First quire reattached. Backstrip dam.; joints splitting.
- Some foxing; verso first free endpaper w. crossed out owner's entry (?). Top of spine chipped; corners showing.
= Fürst II, p.235. Very rare pocket-size language manual.
- Very fine copy. = The rare first edition.
- Lower margin of engr. title trimmed. A good/ fine copy.
= Dekkers p.97; Ekama 230. First and only edition.
- Without textleaves and map; occas. trifle dustsoiled; ±11 lvs. waterst. in lower (blank) margin.
= Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 295-394; cf. Ekama 555 (ed. 1768). One of the finest books on 18th cent. Dutch stately homes, also of great importance for contemporary garden-architecture (the views also include detailed plans of the gardens).
- Contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper: "Dit boeck hoort toe Claes Jansz backer"; pastedowns loose and hinges broken (upper hinge weakly holding on cords); contents loose(ning). Vellum soiled.
= Rare Louvain edition of this popular validation of the scriptures and catholic faith. First publ. 1634.
- Cancel stamps of the Koninklyke Bibliotheek on main title-p.; first free endpaper and blank loose(ning); trifle yellowed. Good/ fine copy.
= Very rare first edition. Van Bemmel 4 ("Eerste bekende editie"; Scheurleer II, 74; Hollstein (Savery) 170 (after D. van Bremden). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVI.
- Contents good/ fine apart from a few imperfections: 1 vol. occas. sl. foxed; 1 vol. partly sl. waterst. in margin; 2 vols. backstrips sunned.
= Landwehr F133; Bodemann 135.8.
- Trifle yellowed; bindings sl. worn.
- All plates w. later handcol. New upper endpaper; two prelim. lvs. bound in reverse order. Binding sl. worn.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 811; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 493.
Luiken, J. De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Vyftig Zinnebeelden, Met Godlyke Spreuken en Stichtelyke Verzen. Amst., Erven van F. Houttuyn, 1778, (6),208,(10)p., engr. frontisp. and 50 emblems by J. LUIKEN, modern hleather, sm. 8vo.
- All lvs. sl. frayed/ soiled; occas. sl. waterstained/ dam. (1 leaf repaired w. tape).
= Klaversma/ Hannema 997; cf. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435; Landwehr 506.
- Lacks first free endpaper; cut sl. short in upper margin (frontisp. in fore-edge margin); first part sl. waterstained; old annot. on upper pastedown and last blank; modern bookplate on upper pastedown. Bound somewhat cramped; upper joint split; backstrip sl. rubbed.
= Rare. Pitlo/ Gehlen p.44-50; Dekkers p.19.
- Browned. Binding worn along extremities.
= Camus 497; Zischka p.178. Last and best edition of this very extensive legal dictionary.
- Pastedowns w. brown offsetting; bookplate and clipping on upper pastedown; extensive (old) annots. on final endpaper; occas. sl. foxed.
- All vols. new boards.
= Dekkers 71; Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 796-809.
- Lacks engr. portrait; large brown stain in upper margin throughout; catalogue clippings tipped in on upper pastedown; vague library stamp on title. Upper joint splitting.
= Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 654.
- Frequently mispaginated, but complete. Pastedown/ bookblock loose; occas. waterstaining and sl. foxing/ yellowing. Binding soiled; vellum over lower cover backwr. sl. dam.
= Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 761; Dekkers p.71.