- Title-p. sl. yellowed and foxed. Upper joint splitting at (sl. rubbed) spine-ends. Otherwise fine.
= Gay 3639; Blackmer 643; Atabey 470. Scarce.
- Sl. yellowed. Binding sl. worn along extremtities. = Rare 4to edition.
- Frontcover w. a few stains. A fine copy.
= De historische en politique werken, vol. 1 and 2. Bertelli/ Innocenti, Bibl. Machiavelliana XVIII, 5. Not in Scheepers, Muller, De Vries etc.
- Sl. foxed, mostly in blank margins; library stamp "Bibliotheek Pulchri" on title-p. and plates 1, 21 and 28; inventory number on title-p.; bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding sl. dam. along edges; paper ticket on spine.
= Lipperheide Ja 16; Hiler & Hiler, p.667; Colas 2378. The plates documenting the costume and various scenes in and about Rome, including festivals, the wine harvest, young men serenating a woman, a magic lantern show, a puppet show, and numerous local costumes and games.
- Lacks both div. title-p. Sl. yellowed and occas. trifle foxed.
= Schudt p.173. Attractive views, intended for "(...) ceux qui voudront voïager dans ce beau païs; (...) ceux qui y ont deja été: & enfin (...) ceux qui ne l'ont jamais vû (...)" (preface to the absent first vol.).
- Partly sl. wormholed, otherwise a fine copy. Rare.
- Binding worn along edges; joints splitting at spine-ends.
- The plate w. the Sposalizio del Mare w. tears in folds into image; blank margins of the plates of San Marco square sl. frayed. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= Cf. Brunet VI, p.1434 (other eds.). Extremely rare first Dutch edition of the famous analysis of the Venetian state and of the reasons for its decadence. Amelot de la Houssaie was imprisoned for the work, published a second edition with a supplement immediately after his release (after six weeks of imprisonment), which was suppressed. Nevertheless the work became immensely popular and passed through twenty-two editions in three years' time. Containing strong impressions of the fold. plates of i.a. Piazza San Marco, Sala del Maggior Consiglio inside the Palazzo Ducale, the Sposalizio del Mare (Marriage of the Sea, a ceremony which symbolized the maritime dominion of Venice, traditionally celebrated on Ascension Day) and 2 costume plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
- Pastedowns loose(ning); partly sl. browned. Spine sl. darkened.
= As archbishop of Utrecht, Petrus Codde (1648-1710) was twice accused of Jansenist sympathies and eventually felt it necessary to defend himself in person before the Pope in 1697. His attempt proved ineffective and couldn't prevent his suspension in 1702 and his dismissal two years later. In the Dutch Republic, these events caused discord between the anti-Jansenists and the more moderate catholics, eventually leading to the schism of Utrecht and origin of the independent Oudkatholieke Kerk in 1723.
- Pastedowns detached. Backstrip darkened.
= Willems 1353 ("impression fort soignée"); Rahir 1404; Copinger 1083; Willaert 3232. "Rédigées par la mère Agnes Arnould, la mère Euphémie Pascal et la soeur Gertrude. l'Édition (...) est jolie et recherchée." (Berghman).
- Halftitle, title and frontisp. professionally restored and reattached; a few text-pages sl. stained; new endpapers. Professionally restored binding w. use of contemp. leather.
= LARGE PAPER copy. Landwehr VOC, 531; Cordier Bibl. Japonica, p.417f; Alt-Japan Katalog 717; DSB p.204ff; Howgego p.562; Henze III, p.3-6; cat. NHSM p.233; Tiele 584; Rouffaer/ Muller p.440; cf. Wellcome III, p.376. "Kaempfer's Werk ist das erste auf Autopsie und Quellenauswertung beruhende Grundwerk über Japan" (Henze); "Kaempfer arrived in Java in October 1689. The following year he was appointed to accompany the annual voyage to Japan of the East India Company as a physician. He remained in Nagasaki from September 1690 to October 1692 and twice accompanied the chief of the factory at Deshima on his embassy to Edo (now Tokyo). In Nagasaki he made a profound study of Japanese history, geography, customs, and flora. (...). The History of Japan (1727) [of which our copy is the translation] was for more than a century the chief source of Western knowledge of the country. It contains the first biography of Kaempfer, an account of his journey, a history and description of Japan and its fauna, a description of Nagasaki and Deshima; a report on two embassies to Edo with a description of the cities which were visited on the way; and six appendixes, on tea, Japanese paper, acupuncture, moxa, ambergris, and Japan's seclusion policy (...)." (DSB). SEE ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE CXXII.
- New endpapers; 19th cent. owner's entry on frontisp. and 1 plate. Binding restored.
= Rare complete copy of this richly illustrated work, with beautiful early views of i.a. Edo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kagoshima, Deshima, Batavia, volcano eruptions and a fine map. Cordier p.385; Alt-Japan Kat. p.1049; Tiele 762; Lipperheide Lf1; Landwehr, VOC 522. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVIII.
- Upper joint starting; frontcover partly sunned. Fine copy.
= Copy of the DELUXE EDITION on better paper with ample margins and splendidly coloured lithographs. Alt-Japan Katalog 1098; Cordier 490; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 385; Tiele 357. The author spent 9 years in Japan (Deshima) in the 1820s and on his return to the Netherlands in 1829 he decided to exhibit his large collection of Japanese artefacts in the Koninklijke Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden. Four years later he published the present work to much acclaim. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
- Mostly trifle foxed, a few lvs. worse; some plates trifle/ sl. foxed. Modern photocopies of the title-pages mounted on frontcovers (but can probably easily removed).
= Cordier p.588; Wenckstern p.48; Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates 395; Tiele 873; Cat. NHSM I, p.237. Rare work in which the Dutch doctor of medicine Pompe van Meerdervoort describes his activities and the developments in Japan during his 5-year stay on the invitation of the Tokugawa rulers. The first six chapters of the work deal with the history and culture of the Japanese up till 1859 and their international relations. The final seventh chapter focuses on the activities of the Dutch in the period 1859-1863 and specifically on Pompe van Meerdervoort's own role as doctor and educator of a new and modern class of Japanese doctors. The plates mainly show the costumes worn by the various types of Japanese, but also include 2 nice views of the Bay of Nagasaki and the Hospital of Nagasaki, which was founded by Pompe van Meerdervoort. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
- First part sl. (water)stained in (blank) margin; contents otherwise fine. Backstrip lacks large portion (incl. letterpiece); joints starting/ splitting.
= Poortman II, p.241-243; Klaversma/ Hannema 748; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 396.
- Engr. title sl. yellowed. Binding scratched and sl. worn along edges; backstrip and upper joint sl. dam.
= Fürst II, p.123; Brunet III, p.572 ("Edition recherchée à cause des gravures dont elle est ornée (...)"); Graesse III, p.483.
- Yellowed and fingersoiled; occas. browned; partly wormholed (mainly at the beginning and end, incl. covers); lacks pastedowns. Calf dam. (portions lacking); lacks half of backstrip; lacks clasps (catches remaining).
= Poortman IIB, p.219; Geerebaerts LIII, 5b.
- Occas. cut sl. short in top margin; backstrip sl. worn. Fine.
- First leaf of index lacks upper half; foxed. Spine-ends dam.; paper over boards partly worn off.
= Roest I, p.638; Fürst II, p.190; Lipperheide Oc 20; Hiler 500. The detailed plates, mainly by Puschner, depicting Jewish ceremonies, festivals, rituals.
- Some foxing; verso first free endpaper w. crossed out owner's entry (?). Top of spine chipped; corners showing.
= Fürst II, p.235. Very rare pocket-size language manual.