= I.a. a very curious fake leaf of a newspaper "Vermakelijke Poeremkrant. Hamaus-feest 1877" ("gedrukt voor rekening J. Gielijn") with fake Jewish names and references to poverty.
- Lacks ties. Fine copy.
= Willems 525; Borba de Moraes p.451; Alden/ Landis II, 641/ 77. Including chapters on the Portuguese colonies.
- Very good, attractively bound set. Occas. foxed/ sl. browned; vol. 2 two lvs. loose; vol. 21 wormholed in outer blank margin at the end (small wormhole throughout); vol. 3, 5 and 18 unobtrusive tiny wormhole in outer blank margin; vol. 19 waterst. in lower inner corner at the end. Paper over boards sl. chafed; top of spine vol. 1 and 13 repaired w. tape; top of spine vol. 8 chipped; corners sl. bumped.
= Sabin 65405; Tiele 103; NHSM, p.108; Muller, America 1898. Originally from the library of BOUDEWIJN BÜCH. First edition of the Dutch translation, issued by publisher Pieter de Hondt, based on the work of John Green (vols. I-XII), on the French translation of A.F. Prévost d'Exiles (vols. XIII-XIX), with many additions and corrections, and with vols. XX-XXI as original additions to the French editions. The series contains accounts of the voyages and explorations by the Portuguese, English, Dutch and French. Summary of the contents: I-II. East Indies; III-VII. Africa; VIII-IX. China; X-XI. Tibet and Tartary; XII-XIV. East Indies, Moluccas, Siam; XV-XVI. Hindustan, Arabia; XVII. East Indies, Japan; XVIII. Phillipines, Borneo, Celebes, South Pole; XIX. general travels; XX. Lives of the Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies, Batavia; XXI. Dutch East Indies natural history. Containing a large worldmap (by N. Bellin, 51,5x68 cm., The Hague, P. de Hondt, 1750) and nice maps of i.a. Gulf of Bengal, Indonesian Archipelago, the Philippines, Japan, China, Macao, Hindoustan and views of i.a. Nanking, Goa and Ceram, plans of i.a. Nagasaki, Edo and Batavia. The plates depicting local inhabitants, plants and animals, but also illustrating customs, fortifications etc. Complete sets in this condition are very rarely found. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVII.
- Contents fine, a few vols. only w. some (vague) marginal waterstaining at the very beginning. Bindings trifle/ sl. rubbed; some vols. paper over covers torn.
- Vellum some inkstains, otherwise good.
= Rare Dutch translation of De Officio Hominis et Civis (1673), being Puffendorf's own abridgement of his major work De Jure Naturae et Gentium.
- Upper hinge broken but holding on cords. = Rare 1st and only Dutch translation.
- Hinges weakening; occas. trifle waterst. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; top of spine sl. dam.
= Rare.
- Lacks plate 47; plate 46 loose. Upper joint starting.
= From the collection of Mrs. Elias-Vaes w. the owner's stamp of "P. Elias J. Mzn." on first free endpaper and title (Christie's sale 2857, lot 566). The rare obl. 4to edition.
- Partly waterstained in lower outer corner Otherwise fine. = Rogge I, 1, p.96. Rare.
- Occas. sl. waterst. = Rogge p.47.
AND a pamphlet by the same: Brief. In de welcke de gront van de Remonstranten, aengaende hare Belijdenis ende eenstemminge in het geloove, naecktelick ontdeckt wort (The Hague, 1620. Knuttel 3076).
- Pastedowns detached; vellum over backcover loosening at turn-ins. = Rogge p.171.
Brandt, G. Een en twintig Predikatien over verscheyde texten der heilige Schriftuure, en theologische lessen. Rott., B. Bos, 1705-1706, 4 parts in 1 vol., 1 engr. and 1 woodcut title-vignette, 1 portrait, contemp. vellum, sm. 4to.
- Good/ fine copy. = Rogge p.199.
AND 2 others, i.a. K. BRANDT, Een-en-twintig Predikatien, bestaande in tien Predikatien, over 't Onzen Vader, of 't volmaakste Gebedt onzes Heeren. En elf Bede- en Boet-Predikatien, over verscheide texten der Heilige Schriftuur (Amst., 1709, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. vellum, sm. 4to).
- New endpapers.
= Rare first edition of this work, published posthumously, in which Poppius offers a guide to comforting the dying and sick. Rogge, p.107.
- Fine large paper copy. = Willems 888; Rahir 889.
- Plates sl. foxed; neatly repaired tear in title-p. A beautiful binding in very fine condition, bound in 1922 according to pencil annot. on first free endpaper.
= Ullrich I, 43; Houfe p.468: "Stothard was by far the most successful and distinguished illustrator of his day (...)"; Lovett 247: "(...) The edition is one of the most elegant and handsome ever done".
- Leaves sl. frayed. = Very rare. Cf. Klaversma/ Hannema 1247 (ed. 1687).
- One plate w. tear in upper blank margin (just into the plate mark); most shells on plate 17-49 w. later (±1800) identification in pen and ink; occas. sl. (water)stained in lower blank outer corner. Top of spine sl. chipped; binding sl. soiled; backcover dampstained and w. small piece of vellum nearly torn off. A good/ fine copy with the plates in strong impression.
= Landwehr, VOC 591; Nissen, ZBI 3518; Ruinen 26. Fine work on shellfish, minerals, shells, stones, curiosities found on Ambon where George Everhard Rumphius lived from 1653 until his death in 1702, in the service of the VOC. Cobres I, 104-105: "Berühmtes Handbuch der Konchyliologen (...) verdient die Aufmerksamkeit der Kenner". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVI.
- Title-p. w. a few old annots., old owner's entries cut out (restored on verso), stamped and w. some ink stains; trifle foxed and agetoned; waterst. in upper corner at the beginning.
= Selected writings of the Old Church Fathers, i.a. Polycarp of Smyrna, Ignatius of Antioch and Dionysius the Areopagite.
- Lacks last free endpaper.
= Scheepers I, 205. "Verder etste Jan van Vianen de titelpagina van de in 1712 gepubliceerde Poëzy van de Haarlemse dichter en student in de rechten Lukas Schermer die in 1711 op 22-jarige leeftijd was overleden. Het boek geldt als een der fraaist geïllustreerde literaire werken uit de 18e eeuw en men neemt aan dat ook de ongesigneerde etsen in de tekst van de hand van Jan van Vianen zijn." (Cat. Harlemia illustrata 220-224). Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annots. tipped onto upper pastedown.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= First impression of the first edition with specific points: p. XIV, line 23 "ebendig" instead of "lebendig"; final textp. w. 2 corrections, the others on final page. Goedeke V, p.227. 9; Brieger 2076.
- Sl. waterstained; contemp. owner's entry on title. Paper over covers partly worn off; a few sm. wormholes in backstrip.
= Popular schoolbook for learning Greek. Cf. The Children's World of Learning 181 (Dutch translation). Rare.