- First 12 lvs. (incl. engr. title, portrait and map) outer margin restored/ strengthened (occas. affecting image/ text); (sl.) mouldstained in upper outer corner throughout; partly waterst. in lower part. Binding worn/ dam. along extremities.
= Simoni M87. French translation of the 1614 Dutch edition. "Wat voor de godsdienst de Statenbijbel, voor de letteren Cats was, bleef een eeuw lang Van Meteren voor onze geschiedenis" (Brummel).
- Occas. yellowed/ sl. browned; all vols. w. sm. stamp on first free endpaper. All vols. w. sm. ticket at foot of spine and backstrips partly plasticized.
= Dekkers p.118, 2 and 3; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 338f and h.
- Fine copy.
- Frontisp. cut sl. short in top margin and w. printer's address label mounted on image; a few lvs. sl. browned. Otherwise a fine copy.
= "Exemplaar uit de Bibliotheek van Mr. W. Bilderdijk" in pen and ink on first free endpaper. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436b.
- One quire sl. waterstained, otherwise very fine.
= Fine portraits. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 436d; De Buck p.107-109; De Wind 412.
= Total tax revenue of the province of Holland per year and with a few oversights: split per year in the revenue of leases on tax collectors "verpachte middelen" and general taxes "tiende verhoogingh" on various products (i.a. on salt, soap, fruit, imported grain, fish, tobacco, letter stamps etc.).
- Modern owner's entry in pen and ink on title-p.; partly sl. waterst. in blank margin. Covers affected by silverfish.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem, 460a; Van der Steur cat. 25 III, p.246.
AND vol. 1 and 2 (of 3) only of M. STOKE, Rijmkronijk (Leyden, 1772, contemp. unif. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece).
- Lacks 1 plate; new endpapers; margins of some lvs. cut short.
= The list of plates mentions 4 more portraits, but they were never added to this edition. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 9a; Lipperheide Gb25. Chronicle covering the years 647-1305. Stoke was the first Dutch historiographer describing Dutch history from an international perspective.
- Small tear in vellum at foot of spine. Contents fine.
= Van der Heijden, Leo Belgicus 8.3; Bibl. Belg. S 32 (listing one more portrait (of Sanche d'Avila)).
- The 2nd part only; lacks 2 portraits; owner's entry on first free endpaper; partly vaguely waterst. Vellum sl. worn/ dam. at spine.
= Bookplate of J.W. Six on upper pastedown. Van der Heijden, Leo Belgicus 13.1648; De Backer/ Sommervogel VII, p.1607, 10.
- Lacks title-p. of vol. 1 and 3; all vols. lack first free endpaper; first few lvs. of vol. 1 sl. frayed/ waterst. Vol. 1 vellum dam.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities. A good/ fine set.
- Later ms. annot. on verso first free endpaper; title-p. loosening; sl. yellowed (a few leaves browned); partly sl. waterstained in lower blank margin. Upper joint sl. dam.; top of spine rubbed/ sl. worn.
= Rare third edition (first published Ghent, 1568 as Den spieghel der Nederlandscher audtheyt). Bibl. Belg. V65; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 477a; cf. De Wind p.160-165 ("het zonderlingste boek, 't welk ooit de pers verlaten heeft") and Scheepers I, 9 ("Zeer zeldzaam en hoogst merkwaardig werk").
- Spine-ends trifle rubbed and worn, otherwise a fine set.
= Attractively bound set. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
- All vols. (partly) waterst. (affecting plates/ portraits/ maps); vol.2 map w. tear in inner margin (sl. affecting image); vol.21 four lvs. and plate loose; occas. offsetting from portraits. All vols. sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities and letterpiece worn/ dam.; 15 vols. paper over boards partly torn off; 6 vols. spine-ends/ backstrip dam.
= With 18 extra plates and 57 extra portraits (2x partly handcol.; 1x mounted on tipped-in modern paper leaf). Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
- Lacks the maps and many/ most plates (not collated). All vols. w. paper libr. ticket on frontcover and libr. stamp on first blanks. Sold w.a.f.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
WITH a copy of Vaderlandsche Historie verkort (Amst., 1759, 24 ills. on 12 plates, bound unif. w. the preceding. Covers sl. rubbed; libr. stamp on first blank and on first leaf of second part).
- Binding sl. worn and stained.
= Rare edition of Willem van Oranje's famous defence against the Banedict.
Stijl, S. De opkomst en bloei van de Republiek der Vereenigde Nederlanden. Vermeerderd met een slotzang, ter liefde van het vaderland; door denzelfden. Amst./ Harlingen, P. Conradi/ F. van der Plaats, 1778, 2nd enl. ed., LXII,426,(1 publisher's cat.)p., contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem, 460a.
- Occas. foxing. Spines dampstained/ faded/ sl. worn.
- Libr. stamp on title-p.; occas. trifle stained. Lower joint split. Otherwise a good, nicely bound copy.
= De Backer/ Sommervogel V, p.1664, no.31.
































