- Bookblock shaken; lacks pastedowns. Vellum trifle stained.
= Ad 1: Cats STCN 203; Mus. Catsianum 169; Ad 2: Cats STCN 43 and p.52. Not in Mus. Catsianum.
- Fold. title laid down and reattached; new endpapers.
= Mus. Cats. 171; Cats STCN 225. The fourth part consists of "Lof-sangh op het geestelick houwelick van Godes sone".
Idem. Ouderdom, Buyten-Leven, en Hof-Gedachten op Sorgh-Vliet. Amst., J.J. Schipper, 1656, 6 parts in 1 vol., 2 engr. titles, 2 fold. plates, 1 plate, 69 half-p. ills. after A. VAN DE VENNE, bound unif. w. the preceding work.
- Occas. sl. dampstained; outer blank margin final 5 lvs. strengthened.
= Mus. Cats. 204; Cats STCN 130. Includes the splendid plate "Huwelyx Fuyk" (17,6x31 cm.), showing the trap of marriage in the form of a bow-net, with a typically Dutch landscape in the background.
- All vols. w. bookplate of E. Lehmann and sm. bookseller's ticket of F. Muller on upper pastedown or verso first free endpaper; engr. title of Ouderdom, buyten-leven, en hof-gedachten cut out and laid down on 2nd blank and fold. title of Aspasia sl. dam. Corners bumped; 2 vols. top of spine chipped; backstrips sl. worn.
= The desirable 4to editions in attractive contemp. bindings. Comprises the following works:
I. Proteus ofte Minne-beelden Verandert in Sinne-beelden (Rott., V. van Waesberge, 1627, 1st ed., 5 parts in 1 vol., engr. title and num. (emblematical) ills. by J. SWELINCK and J. MATHAM after A. VAN DE VENNE). Landwehr 118; Mus. Cats 41; Self-stryt, Dat is onderlinge worstelinge van Goede ende quade Ghedachten (Dordr., H. van Esch, 1634, engr. title, 3 engr. ills.). Mus. Cats 87 or 88; Thooneel van de mannelicke achtbaerheyt (The Hague, A. vande Venne, 1632, large woodcut title-vign. and headpiece, 4 large engr. ills. by P. DE JODE after A. VAN DE VENNE). Mus. Cats 103.
II. 's Werelts begin, midden, eynde, besloten in den trou-ringh, met den proef-steen van den selven (Dordr., H. van Esch for M. Havius, 1637, 1st ed., 4 parts in 1 vol., engr. fold. title, 2 div. titles, 2 portraits, 51 half-p. ills. i.a. by C. VAN QUEBORN after A. VAN DER VENNE, large numb. of woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces). Mus. Cats 171.
III. Spiegel Van den Ouden ende Nieuwen Tijdt (The Hague, I. Burchoorn, 1632, 1st ed., 3 parts, engr. title, 127 large ills. after A. VAN DE VENNE and T. MATHAM). Landwehr 146; Mus. Cats 152.
IV. Ouderdom, buyten-leven, en hof-gedachten, op Sorgh-vliet (Amst., J.J. Schipper, 1656, engr. title, plate, large ills. after A. VAN DE VENNE); Koningklyke herderin Aspasia, blyeyndig-spel (Amst., J.J. Schipper, n.d., engr. fold. title, large woodcut title-vign.); Afbeeldinge van 't huwelyck (ibid., idem, n.d., engr. fold. plate); Doot-kiste voor de Levendige, of Sinne-beelden uyt Godes Woordt (n.pl., n.publ., n.d., engr. fold. plate and num. large ills. (1x full-p., sl. cut short) after A. VAN DE VENNE). Mus. Cats 204.
V. Houwelyck. Dat is De gansche gelegentheyt des Echten staets (Middelb., J.P. van de Venne, 1625, 6 parts in 1 vol., 36 engr. title-pages/ (emblematical) (full-p.) large ills. after A. VAN DE VENNE, woodcut title-vign. and head- and tailpieces). Mus. Cats 112.
VI. Gedachten op slapeloose nachten (...) (Leyden, J. van der Deyster, 1732, 8th ed., engr. frontisp., 28 engr. ills.). Mus. Cats 230.
- Occas. sl. foxed and fingersoiled. Spine-ends dam.; corners bumped.
= Large paper copy. Rius I, p.806; Cohen/ De Ricci p.216: "Superbes illustrations; livre très recherché".
- Both vols. w. several library stamps on first title-p./ text leaf; occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Covers sl. scratched; lower corners showing.
= Collected sermons by Joachim de la Chétardie, pastor of the Church of Saint-Sulpice and private confessor of Madame de Maintenon (spouse of Louis XIV).
- Large paper copy. Majority of the double-p. plates foxed and or browned. Top of spine chipped/ sl. dam.; corners rubbed/ sl. worn.
= Landwehr, VOC 544; Tiele 304; Cordier, Sinica 2348 and 27; Lipperheide Le4; Lust 507. The first edition, describing the 2nd and 3rd embassies of the VOC to China, with accounts of the events on Formosa and a description of China. The second part in second issue with the 4 folding plates with reproductions of Chinese illustrations, always lacking in the first issue. The plates and illustrations show a great variety of (large) town views, architecture, customs, natural history etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
- Contents fine. Paper over frontcover and corners (sl.) worn; leather backstrip sl. dried and sl. rubbed.
= Rare work, visually chronicling China's history with each plate illustrating the memorable acts of the emperors of China. Lust 1133; Cohen/ De Ricc p.479. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Num. old/ contemp. annots.; owner's entries on title-p. partly cossed out; occas. sl. foxed; title-p. and endpapers duststained. Vellum soiled.
= Schweiger I, p.62.
- Lacks 1 plate; waterst. at the beginning and end; occas. foxed. Binding trifle rubbed.
= Lipsius/ Leitzmann p.31.
- Without the prize. First and final few lvs. sl. (damp)stained. Vellum sl. (dust)stained; paper ticket on spine. Good copy.
= Ebert 3282; Schweiger I, p.46; Dibdin I, p.363: "An admirable and truly critical edition, comprehending the labours of Davis, Clarke and Vossius". For the binding: Spoelder 6.
- Without the 1st vol.; upper hinge weak. sl. yellowed and stained at the beginning. Binding worn; spine-ends dam.
= Rossetti G1191; Cicognara 2804. Fine plates of ancient artefacts, deities, sculptures, ritual objects etc.
- Rebacked; covers reattached; wr. sl. soiled and darkened.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Spine-ends sl. rubbed. A near fine copy in an attractive binding.
= Schweiger p.179-180.
- Annot. on upper pastedown; library stamps and bookplate on (verso) title-p.; partly sl. waterst. in margin. Spine-ends chipped; joints splitting; remnants of tape; corners showing.
= From the library of Ezechiel Spanheim (German diplomat, 1629-1710, paper ticket on upper pastedown). Schweiger II, p.242.
Terentius Afer, P. Les comédies. French transl. by Anne Dacier. Frankf. a.M./ Leipsic, E.G. Kruge, 1733, 3rd ed., (2),1262p., contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo.
- A few annots. Vellum sl. soiled. = Rare.
- Frontisp. attached to first free endpaper along inner margin and sl. dam. in lower corner; sl. foxed; partly yellowed/ browned. Binding sl. worn and w. some restorations.
= Schweiger p.322. Nice plates, i.a. showing Babylon.
- Without the prize. Lacks ties. A fine copy. = Schweiger p.323. On the binding: Spoelder 4.
- Sm. inkstain on frontisp. and title-p.; sl. later owner's entry on title-p. and first free endpaper. Frontcover sl. fingersoiled. Fine copy.
= Rare edition, complete with the map. Geerebaert 105, 2b; Muller 340 (ed. 1683 w. 10 plates); De Vries 361 (without the map); Scheepers II, 312-313 (ed. 1688 w. 10 plates and ed. 1764).
- Occas. sl. dampstained in upper margin. Backstrip sl. rubbed.
= With manuscript schoolprize of the Deventer Gymnasium on first blank, dated 1812.
- Sl. foxed; stamps on verso title-p.
- Lacks the portrait. Bookplate on (sl. dam.) upper pastedown. = Rare.
Aytta Zuichemius, V. ab. Epistolae politicae et historicae ad Joachimum Hopperum. Ed. S.A. Gabbema. Leeuw., H. Rintius, 1661, (16),560p., engr. title., contemp. gilt vellum w. central floral ornament within decorative border and 4 corner fleurons on both covers, a.e.g., sm. 8vo.
- Lacks quire "Ii" and contains 2x quire "I". Bookplate on upper pastedown; 1 leaf w. tear repaired w. tape. Lacks 1 tie; gilding frontcover partly worn off.
ADDED: Vol. 2 only of P. OVIDIUS NASO, Alle de werken. Het tweede deel: Bestaande in de vyfthien boeken der Herscheppingen (Amst., 1700, engr. frontisp., num. engr. ills., contemp. blindst. (dam.) vellum. Large paper copy. Geerebaert CXXII, 26b).