- Apart from some minor imperfections a fine set.
= Rare. With the even more rare 4th volume. Comprises fine profiles of Deventer, Hasselt, Kampen, Swartsluis and Zwolle and 4 townviews of Deventer. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXX.
- Without vol. 3 and 4. Lacks frontisp.; pastedowns detached; vol. 2 first two lvs. loose. Both vols. lack letterpiece.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 149a.
- Upper margin cut sl. short, occas. reaching text.
= Knuttel 10324 and 10308. Both pamphlets concerning the De Witt brothers.
AND 4 others pamphlets in 3 vols., i.a. Knuttel 10327 and 10499.
- Vertical fold in outer margin, visible throughout; partly foxed; first page duststained.
= Rare satirical "catalogue", each entry is in fact a biting description of a specific person, only referred to by his initials. Knuttel 20417 (French edition) and 20419 (Dutch edition): "Deze in het fransch en hollandsch uitgegeven karakterschetsen in anti-patriottischen geest, maakten veel opgang. Zij werden destijds toegeschreven aan van Goens (...), die echter in zijn autobiographie schreef: "The Catalogue de Tableaux was written at the Hague, I never knew by whom, but certainly by a Man of fashion and taste"".
- Lvs. w. sl. frayed margins; all title-p. w. sm. annot.; backstrip dam.; joints splitting.
= Knuttel 10915, 10917, 10918 and 10920.
Deductie, ter Vergaderinge van Haer Hoogh-Mogende de Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlanden, op den 10/20 February 1681 by de Heeren Gecommitteerden Rudolph van Echten tot Echten, en Coenraet Emmen, J. U. D. schriftelijck overgegeven uyt de name ende wegen de Heeren Ridderschap ende Eygen-Erfden, Staten vande Landschap Drenthe. The Hague, L. van Dyck, n.d. (1681), 58p., modern marbled wr.
- Lacks backwr. and frontwr. loose. = Knuttel 11784.
ADDED: vol. 1 only of A. MATTHAEUS, De nobilitate (Amst./ Leyden, 1686, engr. ills. of seals and coins, contemp. calf, 4to).
- Partly sl. waterst. Boards sl. worn.
= Knuttel 19759; Sabin 27683 and 98509. Second, counterfeit edition of this famous pamphlet against the magistrates of Amsterdam, who by their secret help given to America caused the outbreak of the Fourth Dutch/ English war. The first edition was privately printed in a very small number of copies.
- Spine strengthened w. scotch tape.
= Knuttel 2505: "Protest van de Contra-Remonstrantsche steden tegen de voorgaande Justificatie".
AND 3 miscell. others.
- Without the letterpress explanation of the print (supplied in 19th cent. manuscript); bookplates and catalogue clipping on upper endpaper.
= Knuttel 20290 and (on the engraving) 20185: "Spotprent Op Willem V, den Prins als Bacchus voorstellende, naakt op een vat Bourgogne gezeten. (...) De prent heeft gediend als titelprent voor de Kenschetsende Lof-Zang (...) maar schijnt ook afzonderlijk uitgegeven, blijkens de noot bij de Verklaaring: "Geplaatst voor de Berugte Kenschetsende Lof-Zang voor de Engelsch gezinden; enz.". On the separately published print see F.M.H. 4499. Rare.
= Knuttel 19092.
AND 4 others, i.a. Sententien tegen Christiaan Frederik Stuten en Adianus Bemme (...) (Utr., 1780, 19th cent. plain wr. Knuttel 19484) and Publicatie tegens de leere van Pontiaen van Hattem, Buytendyk, Woutelaer, en andere secretarissen (Utr., 1733, woodcut coat of arms of Utrecht on title-p.).
- Without the appendix publ. in 1793. One map loose; occas. sl. foxed (worse on the pages surrounding the maps); sl. later ms. owner's entry on title. Covers chafed; 2 sm. dam. spots in boardedges.
= Sabin 16765; Palau 352514; Howgego C180; Hill 1756: "These voyages were made in order to ascertain the advisability of Spanish ships continuing to use the passage of the Strait of Magellan in voyages to the Pacific. Both expeditions, under the command of Captain Antonio de Córdoba y Laso, indicated a negative response. (...). After these expeditions, the Spanish trade routes were exclusively to east coast ports and then overland to Pacific ports". The official Spanish documentation of the scientific voyage of the frigate St. Maria de la Cabeza to the Straits of Magellan, the gateway to the Pacific. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXI.
- Frontisp. cut sl. short in lower margin (w. loss of artist's name); occas. sl. uneven printing; partly sl. (damp)stained; 4 lvs. w. smaller outer margin (perhaps rebound from another copy). Bookplate of "Henn Wolfram Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach" on first free endpaper. Otherwise fine.
= Continuation of J. SLEIDANUS, De statu religionis et reipublicae Carolo V Caesare commentarii (Strasb., 1555). First and only ed. of this rare work on the history of the Spanish Netherlands under Philip II by Henricus Paulinus (†1602), published only 60 years after his death. With an appendix on the history of West and East Frisia at that time, in which Paulinus describes i.a. his misadventures as a negotiator on behalf of East Frisia. In this capacity, he was sent to Franeker to discuss the Dutch occupation of the Ems (during the war with Spain) and the privateers devastating the East Frisian sea trade. He was arrested, however, and exchanged in 1586 for Onno van Ewsum, who had been captured by East Frisia. De Buck 2303; cf. 2017; Van der Aa XV, p.124. A rare Emden edition.
- Vol. 1 sl. waterstained in lower blank corner towards the end; one fold. plate cut sl. short in upper margin. All vols. covers sl. rubbed.
= Good set of the first complete edition of this collection of diplomatic documents covering the period 1673-1679, including the Treaty of Nijmegen, which meant the end of the war of 1672 against The Dutch Republic.
Saint Disdier, (A.T. de Limojon) de. Histoire des negotiations de la Paix de Nimègue. The Hague, A. Moetjens, 1697, (20),330p., contemp. calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, unif. w. the preceding.
- Covers rubbed/ duststained and leather sl. dried.
- New first free endpaper; first title sm. portion (±5x5 cm.) restored; occas. sl. foxed; final 30 lvs. w. sm. wormhole in text closed w. thin japanese and waterstained; leaf 62 of 1st part 2 sentences underlined w. ballpoint; erroneously paginated. Restored binding.
= First edition of this important early source for the history of Peru, warranted by the author below colophon. Palau 89549; Sabin 24133: "This work was forbidden to be circulated, and ordered to be destroyed by the Council of the Indies"; Howgego F26: "Fernández began his history of Peru while in South America, but later, when he had returned to Spain, on the suggestion of Sandoval, President of the Council of the Indies, enlarged the scope of his work and added to it a first part dealing with the movements of Pizarro and his followers (...) His narrative, dedicated to Philip II, covers the insurrection of Francisco Hernandez Giron, the rebellion of Gonzalo Pizarro and the administration of Pedro de la Gasca. As such it is regarded as one of the most comprehensive of the period. Garcilaso de la Vega who quoted at length from Fernández, fiercely attacked his version of the events, accusing him of partiality and animosity towards certain leading characters. Whatever the reason may have been, however, although probably because of the truth of his account, the Council of the Indies prohibited the printing and sale of Fernández' book in the provinces under its jurisdiction". Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXI.
- Library stamps on first blank and verso title-p.; outer margin of 1 plate extended; a few lvs. w. sm. marginal tear; sl. foxed/ stained. Spine dam.; lacks ties.
= From the library of the Jesuit College of Ingolstadt (annot. on title-p.). Anti-Lutheran historical publication by the Jesuit Gottfried Weyer (1610-1682). Plates showing Melanchthon, Zwingli and Luther. De Backer/ Sommervogel VIII, p.1087. Cf. C.T. Berkhout, Early Printed Books in the Heiko A. Oberman Library at the University of Arizona (Tucson, 2017), p.33f.
Widerlegtes L.L.L. Das ist: Liederlich-Lutherisch-Lomerisches neulich außgestecktes fünfft - Evangelisches Panier oder Zeichen, deme von recht-gesinnten Catholischen Gegneren Billich und kräfftig wiedersprochen wird. Augsb., sold by J. Stretter, 1701, 8 parts in 1 vol., contemp. vellum w. ties, 4to.
- Lacks first free endpaper; annots. on upper pastedown and title-p. Occas. sl. stained and dogeared.
= Collection of 8 (Jesuit) pamphlets against the work Evangelisches Panier (1701) by the Lutheran theologian Gottfried Lomer. Cf. De Backer/ Sommervogel I, p.873f. Jantz, reel 595, no. 3349.
- Vol.1 lacks title and 2 plates; other vols. titles trifle foxed; 3rd vol. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Vol.1 top of spine worn.
= Cf. Graesse II, p.354; Barbier III, p.876-877; Cioranescu 22809-22011 (other eds.).
- Lacks the frontisp. portrait; auction catalogue clipping attached to htitle w. scotch tape; endpapers sl. browned/ foxed; owner's annot. on 2nd blank. Backstrip sl. worn/ dam.
= J.S. Yolton, John Locke, 98.
Maitre de Claville, C.F.N. le. Traité du vrai mérite de l'homme, considéré dans tous les âges & dans toutes les conditions. Amst., Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1764, new rev. and enl. ed., 2 vols., 220; 241,(2)p., contemp. unif. calf, gilt spine w. brown mor. letter- and volume-piece.
- Both vols. binding (sl.) chafed; top of spine and letterpiece(s) dam.
= Cf. Cioranecscu 39019 (first ed. Paris, 1734).
- Lacks 2 vols.; contents foxed almost throughout (in varying degrees) and partly stained in blank margins. One frontcover dam.; corners rubbed/ sl. worn.
= Rare set, containing a wealth of information on the customs, (political) events, the geography and nature of numerous parts of the world.
- Corners trifle rubbed, otherwise fine. = Quérard VII, p.232; Hayn/ Gotendorf VI, p.217.
- All vols. w. owner's stamp on h-title; vol. 1 and 2 lack free endpaper(s); otherwise a nice set.
= The third vol. also contains "Het leven van Hubert Korneliszoon Poot".
= Muller 748. Rare.