- Bindings sl. rubbed; corners showing.
= Tchemerzine 10, 323: "Contrefaçon rare de l'édition 1734-1737".
ADDED: (Le Rouge, G.L.). Les curiositez de Paris, de Versailles, de Marly, de Vincennes, de Saint-Cloud, et des environs. Vol. 1. Paris, Saugrain, 1742, VIII,456p., engr. frontisp., 17 (fold.) views, contemp. calf w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.
- Without the 2nd vol.; one view w. large tear. Bindings sl. worn.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ trifle waterstained. Leather of binding dried and worn; top of spine chipped.
BOUND WITH 2 others: Hill, A. King Henry the Fifth: or, the Conquest of France by the English. A Tragedy. Ibid., J. Watts, 1746, 2nd ed., (12),57,(3)p., engr. frontisp. by G. VAN DER GUCHT. Shakespeare, W. The Tragical History of King Richard III. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Ibid., J. Thomson, 1759, 71,(1)p., engr. frontisp.
- Both sl. waterstained.
- One plate sl. waterstained in outer blank margin. All vols. paper over cover(s) (sl.) worn/ dam.; vol. 4 backstrip dam.; some letter- and vol. number pieces lacking.
= First Dutch edition by Albrecht Borchers and Bernard Brunius.
- First 200p w. receding waterstain (from p.40 onwards vague and only in blank margin). Vellum sl. darkened on spine and outer margin of frontcover.
= Small old owner's entry of "T. Adriani" on title-p. and (possibly in the same hand) on p.631: "Legi den 25 Junij 1739" and below that ".... 2 May 1765". Scheepers I, 152: "Zeer zeldzaam, daar de dichter op lateren leeftijd zooveel mogelijk exx. vernietigd heeft. Deze verzameling (...) is van groot belang voor de kennis v.h. Amsterd. leven in de zeventiende eeuw. Ook bevat ze verschill. gelegenheidsgedichten over geboorte, huwelijk en sterfte v. Amst. patricische families." The 5 pages that are printed in red (blood red) contain a poem that is a complaint against the execution of Charles I of England. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- One leaf lacks large portion (p.401-402), the following leaf repaired w. tape; upper hinge broken; lower hinge strengthened; a few lvs. vaguely (water)stained in lower margin;.
= Very rare songbook. Scheurleer 39.
- Three leaves (incl. title-p.) vaguely browned/ sl. stained in outer margin, otherwise contents fine. Joints splitting; corners rubbed.
= Höweler/ Matter p.164; Goovaerts 744; Scheurleer I, p.39; Van den Doel p.244.
- Sl. waterstained/ yellowed in upper margin throughout touching text; occas. identification of poets in pencil. Vellum trifle soiled.
= First and only edition of a songbook with contributions by i.a. J. van Heemskerck, J. van Vondel, P.C. Hooft and B. van Hemert. Extremely rare: only 3 copies auctioned in the past 30 years (incl. another copy in our rooms in November 2001). 1. Minne-plicht. Tentoongestelt inde Vryagie van Diana en Filandre. Een vande waerdigste stuckjes uyt de on-waerdeerlijcke Astrea. 2. Stryd of Kamp, Tusschen Kuysheyd En Geylheyd. 3. Kinder-werck, Ofte Sinne-Beelden Van de spelen der kinderen, Seneca. Scheurleer p.151; Unger 106; Leendertz 200. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Lacks large portion of title-p. and lower corner of first text leaf (w. loss of text); prob. lacks htitle or leaf A2; occas. sl. browned.
= Scheurleer p.178. Contains a total of 130 mostly amorous songs, as well as a few drinking songs at the end. Rare.
- Lacks 1 textleaf (p.273-274) and the 2 final (index) leaves; 2 leaves lack corner w. loss of words; frontisp. and title-p. soiled, dam. (hole in the sky/ text), doubled (closing the hole) and cut sl. short; first 2 textleaves after the title also w. hole in text (loss of letters); occas. cut sl. short (affecting page numbers, running title or quire signature) and partly waterstained in margins.
= This edition not in STCN. Cf. Scheurleer p.178 (the 8th corr. ed. publ. in Antw. by Peters Rymers, n.d. (±1767). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- Lacks letterpress title-p., p.63-64 (but quire (D) complete) and p.303-304 (blank?); partly waterstained; title-p. touched w. colour. Bookblock loose. Sold w.a.f.
= Scheurleer p.152; Scheepers I, 304 (w. 9 engravings): "Een der aardigste Nederl. liedboeken, belangrijk voor de zeden en gewoonten. 3 gravures stellen gezichten van Haarlem voor. Versch. beschrijvingen geven slechts 7 gravures aan. (...) Zeer zeldzaam." Very rare, nicely illustrated songbook, only 1 in the JAP 1970-2022 and only 1 copy of this ed. in STCN. SEE ILLUSTRATION ON TITLE-PAGE.
- Partly (sl.) yellowed/ browned; occas. waterst. in upper blank margin. Binding sl. stained and dustsoiled; calf dam. at board edges and lower corners.
= Bibl. Spinoza p.13; Van der Linde 402 (3rd ed. 1754); Bierens de Haan (1st ed. 1720). Main work by this follower of Descartes and opponent of Spinoza.
- Occas. sl. foxed (incl. the plates). Backstrips sl. dried/ rubbed. A good/ fine set.
= Lipperheide Ma9. Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 447/448. "The first treatise on geographical anthropology" (Landwehr). A German transl. was published 1805-1809. The fine, delicately handcol. plates, all depicting ethnic types, engraved by L. Portman after Jacques Kuyper.
- Two fold. plates and one quire loose; (sl.) browned/ foxed. Covers soiled; paper over spine worn/ splitting.
= Lipperheide Ma9. Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 447/448. "The first treatise on geographical anthropology" (Landwehr). A German transl. was published 1805-1809. The fine, delicately handcol. plates, all depicting ethnic types, engraved by L. Portman after Jacques Kuyper.
- Sm. annots. and ticket on upper endpaper; occas. sl./ trifle stained.
= Rare. First, and so far only (complete), Dutch translation of the Chronica of Sulpicius Severus (±363-425). The 2nd part is a translation of De quatuor summis imperiis of Johannes Sleidanus (a continuation of the Chronica). De Vet, Pieter Rabus (Amst., 1980), p.54.
Eusebius Pamfilus. Kerkelyke geschiedenissen zedert den dood van onzen zaligmaker tot aan den volkomen bloeistand van 't kristendom. Dutch ed. A.A. vander Meersch. Amst., F. Houttuyn, 1749, 3 parts in 1 vol., (46),382; (2),383-584; L,116,(36)p., engr. frontisp. by J.C. PHILIPS, 2 fold. maps, 13 ills. after J. LUIKEN and 2 sm. ills. showing medallions, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.
- Library stamp on title-p.; occas. sl. stained/ foxed. Binding sl. worn along edges; spine-ends dam.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 502; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen p.339. Includes two maps: "Nieuwe kaart van het Roomsche Keiserryk" and "Nieuwe kaart van het ooster gedeelte des Roomschen Keizerryks".
- Occas. (sl.) foxed and unobtrusive (vague) waterst.; bookplate on upper pastedowns and owner's entry on first free endpapers; vol. 2 one plate and 2 textleaves loose; vol. 1 first free endpaper loosening and upper hinge weak. Joints splitting at top (leather dry); top of spines worn/ sl. dam.
= Contains i.a. a map of Switzerland, 2 maps of Italy and a map of Malta together with Gozo and Comino, a plan of Geneva, a view of Rome and 2 nice panoramic views of Basel and Venice.
- Interleaved copy w. later annots.
= Oversteegen II, 1; Unger II, 2, A. The only edition with the poem of "J.N." verso title-p. Very rare.
- Binding worn and soiled.
= With contemporary manuscript annotations and additional names in pen and ink and on last free endpaper and pastedown two manuscript family trees "Geslagt-Register van Moederszijde haar Grootvader & grootmoeder van vaderszijde" (i.a. van der Hulst) and "Haar grootvader & grootmoeder van Moederszijde". And loosely inserted contemporary and later (19th/ 20th century) manuscript leaves concerning members of the Teyler family, i.a. Pieter Teyler van der Hulst.
- Sm. bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl. foxed/ soiled; most lvs. restored in lower margin. Spine (badly) rubbed; covers sl. warped.
= Nijhoff 3501. Rare. Provenance: the famous Paul Gourary Collection of Feast and Ceremonial Books, w. his ex-libris.
- Dam. and waterstained in lower inner margin throughout affecting first and final lvs., most w. some loss of paper and text (incl. title). Backcover lacks portion; binding heavily soiled; lacks ties.
- Partly w. (sm.) defects.