- Upper hinge broken; pastedowns detached; title-p. and first blank lvs. loose(ning); partly sl. fingersoiled.
= In this Dutch translation the four famous plates by J. Luiken were added, depicting 17th cent. rites of the Amsterdam Jewry: wedding, divorce, refusal and circumcision. Klaversma/ Hannema 1096; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 76.
- A few sm. stains; a few corrections in pencil (1x in pen and ink) in an old hand. Upper joint splitting; foot of spine sl. worn; paper over cover sl. rubbed..
= Provenance: "Zacharia (...) 1785, im August" (in pen and ink on first free endpaper; bookplate of Armin Friedman (the author/ literary critic?) on first free endpaper. Zacharia can possibly be identified as Zacharias Werner, one of Kant's students at Königsberg University. Warda 90; Goed. V, p.3, 12. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVI.
- Bookplate, stamp and owner's entry of A.K. Castelein on prelim. lvs.
- Sm. tear in inner margin of fold. map; textp. occas. trifle foxed; otherwise contents fine. Spine-ends dam./ chipped; sm. dam. spot in upper joint; covers sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 295-394; cf. Ekama 555 (ed. 1768). One of the finest books on 18th cent. Dutch stately homes, also of great importance for contemporary garden-architecture (the views also include detailed plans of the gardens). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
- Spine trifle soiled. A good/ fine copy. = Dekkers p.97; Ekama 230. First and only edition.
AND 1 other: H.F. VAN HEUSSEN, Oudheden en gestichten van Kennemerland, Amstelland (...) (Leyden, 1721, 1 vol. (of 2), fold. engr. plan, 2 fold. plates (of 6), 2 fold. portraits, contemp. calf. Lacks 1 vol. and 4 plates).
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, both with his annots. tipped onto upper pastedown.
- Contemp. owner's entry on title. Binding trifle worn; lacks ties.
= Dekkers p.151; Ekama 200. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annots. tipped onto upper pastedown.
- Lacks in total ±30 plates, 3 engr. title-p. and without most of the accomp. text vols.; the plates were formerly folded and approx. 58 plates are waterstained w. occas. dam. on the fold (mostly restored, but occas. w. loss of image); a few plates restored in upper blank margin; a few plates cut sl. short in top margin affecting plate number; occas. duststained; final 3 leaves of text vol. a few sm. holes (printing flaw). Spine-ends occas. (sl.) dam.; corners worn.
= An 18th cent. reprint of the plates (in reverse) of the first edition of the Antichità die Ercolano esposte (orig. published in 9 vols. in Naples between 1755-1792). Blackmer 38 (on this ed.): "First German edition. The work is a reduced version of L'Antichità di Ercolano published simultaneously in German and Italian. (...) The work was intended as a popular edition of the Antichità, for the use of scholars and as a pattern book for artists (...)." Cf. Blackmer 37 (on the orig. ed.): "The illustrated volumes of antiquities published under direction of the Royal Herculaneum Society, founded in 1755, represent the first attempt at a systematic record of all the discoveries made during the excavations at Herculaneum carried out under the aegis of the King of the Two Sicilies, Charles III."; cf. Cicognara 2645. G.C. Kilian's edition of the Antichità was one of various editions that saw the light soon after first volumes of the original work, which were published in a small number of copies for the "happy few" only, were published. Kilian published his edition in Italian, because it was his opinion that the citizens of the country in which the treasures of Herculaneum originated had a right to know everything possible about their history. The text vol. that accompanies this edition also contains: C.G. VON MURR: Abbildungen der Gemälde und Alterthümer, in dem Königlich Neapolitanischen Museo zu Portici (...). Siebenter Theil 98 Kupfertafeln (Nürnberg, 1793).
- Plates and title-p. trifle foxed. Otherwise a fine set.
= Buisman 1072; Saalmink II, p.1749; De Vries 159. The most popular work by Dutch Enlightenment author W. Kist (1758-1841).
Edelaart en Eleönore. Een oorspronklijk Nederduitsche roman, in brieven. Leyden, K. Delfos, 1793, 1st ed., (4),248p., contemp. gilt hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.
- Top of spine chipped. = Buisman 508. Rare anonymous work (no copy traced on the market).
- Lacks 1 plate and 1 portrait; 1 plate w. tear on fold; contents occas. trifle soiled. Joints starting at top of spine; spine-ends worn and backstrip cracked
= Landwehr, RdH 28.
- Lacks free endpapers; upper hinge broken.
= Thyssen-Schoute 30; Keyser, Glazemaker 56; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 286; Hannema/ Klaversma 1048.
- Lacks final textp. and final free endpaper.
= The second volume consist of J. van Orsoy, Het leven des dichters.
Decker, J. de. Alle de rym-oeffeningen. Ed. M. Brouërius van Nidek. Ibid., W. Barents, H. Bosch etc., 1726, 2 vols., (48),375,(1); 444p., engr. frontisp., 2 ident. title-vignettes, portrait, armorial plate and 12 plates (2 fold.) by i.a. J.C. PHILIPS and P. TANJEE, contemp. unif. panelled blindst. vellum.
- Sl. foxed. Spine repaired w. use of orig. backstrip.
ADDED: E. YOUNG, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality (London, 1750, engr. frontisp., contemp. calf).
- Second work lacks 2p. in part 1 and 8p. in part 3. One leaf torn w. loss of text; occas. cut sl. short in margins; sl. soiled; partly sl. waterst. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Both rare. Ad 1: BCNI 9764; only 2 copies in STCV. Ad 2: not in BCNI.
- Very fine copy.
= Sabin 38969; Ferguson 295; cat. NHSM, I, p.141. Dutch translation of the imaginary Découvertes dans la mer de sud. Cf. Forbes 285, Kroepelien 283 and Imaginary Voyages 62, all listing the first French edition published in 1798. "The disappearance of La Pérouse led to intense speculation in France, and many writers used the mystery as the catalyst for fantastic Utopian accounts of the crew's possible survival in the South Seas. This work claims to be printed from a letter written by a French traveller who, in 1793, joins a Portuguese expedition of four vessels to the South Seas. Although much of the book is dedicated to the description of a Utopian community composed of refugees from the French Revolution and the Terror, it also sets out to explain the mysterious disappearance of La Pérouse, missing since at least 1790." (Imaginary Voyages). Very rare complete copy. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXX.
- Three vols. endpapers mouldy, not affecting contents; one vol. partly sl. browned. Bindings sl. soiled.
- Portrait loose; second title sl. waterst. Extremities worn; top of spine chipped.
Vloten, J.M. van, under pseud. Ultrajectinus. Vaerzen. Pro Patria et Libertate. Utr., S. de Waal, 1784, 88,(2)p., engr. title-p., later gilt cl.
- Cloth sl. faded; otherwise fine. = Rare. Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer 601.
- Fine. = Dekkers p.22, 4.
BOUND WITH: Idem. De nagelate werken van mr. Pieter Bort (...). Utr., H. Besseling, 1745, (16),325,(1)p.
- Fine. = Dekkers p. 22, 5.
- Fold. edge of portrait (sl.) foxed and w. sm. stain on face; library stamp on title and free endpapers; contemp. owner's entry on free endpaper. Vellum of backcover sl. warped; sm. scratch on front cover.
= Dekkers p.22, 4.
- Title-p. reattached w. paper; 5 lvs. upper outer corner chipped; occas. sl. waterst. in inner blank margin; uncut copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 81k: "Volgens het 'Aan den lezer' van Johan Brandt had Gerard Brandt de onderhavige tekst uit zijn Historie der Reformatie weggelaten omdat deze teveel de politiek raakte." Cf. De Buck 2545 (3rd ed. 1723); cf. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 912 (2nd ed. 1710).