- Creased; a few sm. holes; sl. frayed; contemp. annots. in pen and brown ink.
= Concerning i.a. "Een extra welgelegen en zeer aangename Buitenplaats, genaamd Langesteijn, bestaande in een Heerenhuis, Bouwhuis, Koetshuis en Stalling, mitsgaders Schuur, Hooiberg, Boomgaart, Moestuin, Laan, Speelhuis of Coupel, en Uitterdyk, verdere Getimmerte en Plantagie, met drie Viertels of twaalf Mergen Land, gelegen in den Lande van Steyn".
- Lacks div. title and dedication (lvs. A1 and A2, as often); (sl.) foxed/ stained; trifle yellowed/ browned.
= Rare treatise on the English reformation by Florentine merchant Bernardo Davanzati, supplemented with two of his main economic works (Notizia de Cambi and Lezione delle Monete) and lectures on agriculture. Einaudi 1434; Goldsmiths' 687; Kress 531.
- Title-p. 1st work doubled, mouldy and worn (partly w. loss of imprint); first 2 lvs. sl. crudely repaired w. tape; first quires loosening; yellowed, sl. waterst. and mouldy at the beginning; new upper pastedown w. bookplate.
ADDED: Zincgref, J.W. Duytsche Apophthegmata of Kloeck-uyt-gesprokene Wysheydt. Bestaende in Sin-Pit-Punt-en-Spot-Redenen van Pausen, Bisschoppen, Keysers, Koningen, Vorsten, Heeren, Edelen, Geleerden, &c (...) Met eenige Spreucken vermeerdert door Johannes Leonhard Weidner. Ibid., J. van Ravesteyn, 1669, (16),512p., engr. title, woodcut printer's vignette, contemp. vellum.
- Binding sl. worn.
- Lacks first free endpaper; title-p. cut sl. short in lower margin (affecting address); occas. yellowed; partly sl. waterstained and wormholed in lower half.
= Rare Dutch edition of Gauden's Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, first publ. London, 1648.
- Corners showing; paper over boards chafed. Otherwise fine.
= Rare Dutch edition.
- Yellowed; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding rubbed. = Rare.
- A fine set despite the following minor imperfections: frontisp. and title to 1st vol. w. sm. waterstain in lower inner margin; occas. very light browning to pages.
= Also known as the Atsley Collection. The first 2 vols. describe voyages undertaken by the Portuguese and the English from 1418 to 1735 to the East Indies and to Africa etc. Vols. 3 and 4 continue the travels in the rest of Africa, and then deal at length with travels in China and the rest of the far east. Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica 1947; Hill p.210; Sabin 28539; Cox I, p.15. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
- Engr. title and title-p. browned; bookplate on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on first blank; new endpapers. Vellum soiled/ stained; backstrip dam.; contemp. manuscript annot. on frontcover "dat is varkensvel".
BOUND WITH: Burg, H. van den. Mengeldichten, bestaande in voorbeelden van deugden en ondeugden in beruchte vrouwen. Leyden, I. Severinus, 1716, (8),110,(4)p., engr. title-vign. and headpiece by J. GOEREE.
- Sl. waterstained and browned in blank margins; tear in title-p., sl. affecting vignette.
= Rare.
- Old owner's entry on first free endpaper (illegible); gilt on top edge dulled. Remnants of paper ticket on backstrip.
= The rare continuation of Greenwood's Boere-Pinxtervreugd, first publ. Rott. 1733 and here included in the 2nd edition as the second part. Boere-Pinxtervreugd is a satirical poem on the Pentecost festivities in a Dutch village, illustrated with 4 nice etchings, starting with the festive entry of the drummers and ending with a mass brawl at the inn.
- Partly sl. yellowed. Spine sl. dried and worn; top of spine dam.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 222; Bodel Nijenhuis 3126.
Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden; Vervattende eenen aanvang der Beschryving van Stad en Lande. Vols. 20 and 21. Amst. etc., J. de Groot etc., 1793-1794, 2 vols., (4),538,(26); (6),446,(18)p., engr. frontisp. by R. VINKELES after I. BUYS, 7 (fold.) plates, 19th cent. unif. hcl.
- Lacks the map; occas. sl. foxed; title-p. vol. 2 loose(ning) and w. sm. hole.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 442b. With views of the city of Groningen (i.a. Groote Markt and Vismarkt) and a view of Appingedam.
- A few lvs. lower blank margins repaired; title doubled w. thin japanese. = Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 823.
AND 1 other by the same: Bewys van den waren Godsdienst (Amst., 1728, 5th ed., engr. frontisp. portrait, title-vignette, contemp. vellum. Bound with one other work).
- Final free endpaper laid down on final pastedown; sm. ticket and stamps of 'Dom. Prob. S.j. Prov.Neerl." on first free endpaper and title.
= Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 232, 913 and 1249: "L'ouvrage est en grande partie basé sur des manuscrits et des lettres manuscrites". The main old source for the study of Grotius in second edition.
- Both fold. plates lack a portion that was torn off at the bottom; otherwise a good copy. Covers pasted over w. 19th cent./early 20th cent. paper and corners reinforced w. later cl.
= Ruit Hora p.301.
- Bookplate of A. de Kluijs on upper pastedown; sl. foxed. Otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= Collection of (partly) previously unpublished poems by H. GROTIUS, his father Jan, brother Willem and son Pieter. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 220. Ter Laan, p.189: "Zeer merkwaardig is de Delftse uitgave van A. Voorstad, 1722 (...) nu wel zeer zeldzaam geworden."
- Paper ticket on verso frontisp.; lacks final free endpaper. Joints splitting; worn at backstrip and edges.
- Lacks first free endpaper; title-p. trifle dam. in inner margin affecting border surrounding title; sm. owner's stamp in blank corner title; modern bookplate on blank verso title. Lacks ties.
= BCNI 7816 (w. date from colophon 1627) and 7673 (w. date from title 1626). With interesting contemp. manuscript owner's entries on upper pastedown and on last free endpaper, i.a. reading: "Sr. Heelena Hoijdts/ O Jesu soedt mijn/ hoehste goed/ A 1666 den 6 novemb" and "ÿn den soeten naem Jesu Jesu/ Sr. Johanna Helena Huijdts/ O Jesu weest mij ghenadigh/ maekt mij een mensch naer/ u herte gheeft mij een/ waerachtighe ootmoedig/ heidt (...)".
- Lacks the frontisp. portrait; some sl. occas. foxing/ browning as usual; libr. stamp throughout (the Astor Library, w. duplicate stamp on verso of title); contemp. ms. annot. on p.157.
= Sabin 30712; Tiele 457; Rouffaer/ Muller p.621; Cat. NHSM 281; Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 2560. "This description of Guiana or the Wild Coast of South America, its geography, history, inhabitants, animals, with an account of its discovery and the colonies of the Spaniards, French and Portuguese, is said by Mr. Warden to be 'by far the best work ever published on the countries described'. The author was director of the East India Company, and a man of very high standing, who had access to all the authorities" (Sabin).
- Lacks 14 plates and the portrait; modern endpapers; frayed frontisp. laid down on modern paper; a few lvs. w. strengthened outer margins; occas. waterst.; a few scattered stamps. Spine worn. Sold w.a.f.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 6; Van der Linde 4; Ekama 120; Hollstein XXXIII, 391 and 417-427 (Van de Velde); Hollstein XXIII, 2 and 3 (P.J. Saenredam); McMurtrie, The invention of printing 848; Bigmore/ Wyman I, 8 and II, 326; not in Carter/ Vervliet. Important for being the main early source for Laurens Jansz. Coster as inventor of the art of printing and for its typography with the alternating use of roman, gothic and civilité types. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedown; first half lvs. w. sm. vague waterstain; first work cut trifle short occas. touching the quire signature.
= Ekama 78 and 109. The very rare first edition and the rare amended 2nd edition of this laudatory poem. Amendments were made by Ampzing because the invoking of heathen gods and goddesses in the first edition gave much offence to the Calvinists and to Ampzing himself by that time, since he became a Reformed minister. Provenance: the collections C. Ekama and A.M. van den Broek. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXII.
- With tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on verso frontwr.
= Ekama 98: "In den tekst wordt het verzet der Stedelijke Regering gemotiveerd tegen een vonnis van den Hoogen Raad, die zich twee slagtoffers van den partijhaat had aangetrokken". Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.