- Occas. sl. (water)stained (mostly in blank margin); vol. 1 engr. title doubled; bound w. several lvs. from another (sl. smaller) copy (but reversed, so that the catchwords no longer correspond); vol. 2 partly sl. wormholed in blank margin. Paper over covers occas. sl. chafed; extremities sl. rubbed. A good set.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 75c; De Wind p. 240-243; Volmuller p.90; De Buck 2294 (ed. 1679-1684). The rare first edition of the much enlarged, complete edition (a 'preliminary' edition was published in 1595 (3 parts) and 1601 (3 parts)). In the 4th vol. an extra engr. title and portrait of Bor (from another copy) are loosely inserted.
- Lacks letterpiece; corners bumped. = Klaversma/ Hannema 289; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen p.453 (1st ed.).
- (Tiny/ sm.) wormhole throughout w. occas. very sl. loss of letters; occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed; heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown. Remnants of paper ticket on spine
= Large paper 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."; Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 912; cf. De Buck 2545 (3rd ed. 1723).
- Lacks one portrait; 2 lvs. loose(ning); bookplate on upper pastedown. Backcover stained.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 80. The first edition of this continuation of Het ontroerde Nederland by T. van Domselaer.
- A few plates (sl.) foxed, mostly in the blank margins; all vols. w. later pastedowns; vol. 1 w. newspaper on final pastedown. Backstrips of all vols. w. horizontal cracks and sl. worn spine-ends.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 86c; Tiele 893.
- All vols. (sl.) yellowed/ foxed; a few textp. torn; vol.1 partly waterstained.
= Bodel Nijenhuis 95; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 86c. ("Het gedeelte van Brouërius loopt tot deel 2, p.145, daarna nam Le Long het werk over (zie: 309c.)").
- Contents (occas.) sl. yellowed/ foxed; "Vijfde deel" of first title partly waterstained in lower outer corner. Binding worn/ rubbed; spine-ends dam.
= From the library of T.J. baron Roest van Alkemade (1754-1829), w. his owner's entry and bookplate on upper pastedown. On the first title: Bodel Nijenhuis 95; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 86c.
- Wormholed (worse at the beginning and end, incl. covers); yellowed/ sl. browned; num. (old.) annots. on first/ final blanks. Binding worn; joints splitting; corners showing.
= Ebert 6384; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 146d.
- Endpapers browned; title-p. doubled; first 6 textlvs. margins strengthened w. Japanese; p.143-144 erratically bound; occas. sl. stained/ soiled. Joints starting. Despite the defects a good copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 187a. The second and best edition. With the often lacking 4 suppl. pages w. 3 woodcuts (bound after p.82). From the library of J.W. Six (his bookplate on upper pastedown).
- Blank margins sl. stained/ foxed throughout; library/ cancellation stamp on verso title. Lacks backstrip; covers rubbed.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 187a. The second and best edition. With the often lacking 4 suppl. pages w. 3 woodcuts (bound after p.82).
- Contents fine. Boards sl. scuffed; spine ends chipped; spine sl. cracked.
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 286. Not in Lipperheide nor in Colas. Letters by a German army-officer in the service of the Dutch Republic, with much detailed information on Dutch daily-life at the end of the 18th century.
- Some plates sl. fingersoiled in margin; final few lvs. trifle wormholed. Binding sl. rubbed; spine-ends chipped. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 749; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 38; Klaversma/ Hannema 585/ 586. The only Dutch edition (first Latin ed. 1657).
- Lacks the engr. title; occas. yellowed; old owner's entry on title-p. (partly crossed-out). Contemp. binding (nicely) restored.
= Edition with newly engraved views by Pieter van den Keere, initially published with 79 views, to which an additional number of 20 views/ maps (listed on p.(12)),were added for bounding in later with the rest (prob. because they were not finished in time). These views are blank on verso. Furthermore, several copies of this edition are known to contain up to 6 extra engravings not mentioned in the list of contents. Our copy contains 14 of the 20 additional views (incl. "Holland" (handcol.), and the rare "Béthune" and "Bourbourg"), and 5 of the 6 extra engravings (the rare "Seylende Windwagen" and "Seylende Ysschuyt", and "De Dam", "De Vismaerct" and "T huys van Mansfeld/ De Piramide"). Guicciardini Illustratus 13; Fontaine Verwey, Uit de Wereld van het Boek II, p.9-31; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 195b; Tiele 428 (note). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXI.
- (Partly) foxed/ browned; title-p. vol. 2 partly lacking; first few lvs. of vol. 1 creased in outer margin; map of Holland and map of ancient Netherlands w. large tear; last few quires of vol. 1 w. waterstain in outer margin.
= Tiele 447; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 202b. Fine maps of Dutch provinces.
- A few lvs. w. tear; endpapers trifle foxed along edges and w. some annots in ink; bookplate on first free endpaper.
- Partly wormholed, mostly in upper blank margin, but sometimes affecting image or text; all vols. w. bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl. browned/ foxed. Binding (sl.) worn along extremities.
- Lacks one portrait (of the author); final ±200 lvs. (sl.) mouldy (rather badly at the end); engr. title cut sl. short and laid down. Rebacked.
= Leendertz 126; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 235 b and c.
- First 10 textlvs. sl. waterstained. Recased; frontcover lacks sm. strip of vellum over upper edge; top of spine and corners worn/ dam.
= Leendertz 125 and 124, the second and first edition. "Livre célèbre" (Willems).
- Owner's entry and sm. inkstain on title-p.; first 5 lvs. sl. frayed/ soiled. Otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 245. Rare ed. of the first part with impressum Leyden, Ian Maire (only 2 copies in STCN).
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Frontcover of vol. 23 dam. at corners.