= Cf. Lacombe 130.
AND 1 other similar from a late 15th cent. French Book of Hours.
= Attractive miniatures. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVII.
- Both lvs. (heavily) waterst. in upper half.
= Both from Das funft alter; lvs. LXXXI and LXXXII, depicting numerous historical figures.
ADDED: 1 incunabula bible leaf from the Book of Judith and the Book of Esther.
- All vols. library ticket on upper pastedown; first vol. w. manuscript annot. on first blank. Four vols. foot of spine worn/ dam. Good set.
= Brunet III, 957. From the Bibliotheca Türkheimiana (all vols. w. armorial bookplate on upper pastedown).
- Two contemp. owner's entries on title and 1 modern stamp of the Fransciscan convent Dettelbach. Repaired dam. spot at foot of spine.
= Haitsma Mulier/ vd Lem 258b.
- Lacks 3 plates; map torn/ dam., mostly in (intersection of) folds.
= Graesse I, p.196: "C'est la traduction latine du célèbre ouvrage de Bosio, enrichie de notes par P. Aringhi.". The 1671 edition is an abridged version of the first edition (Rome, 1651).
- With many contemporary annotations in pen and ink in the margins, commenting on the text; browned and foxed; later endpapers; title engraving clumsily reattached.
= Rare and interesting travel account in Italy, with i.a. a description of the papal conclave of 1691, after the death of pope Alexander VIII.
- Partly foxed (mostly in blank margins only); partly dogeared (incl. wrappers). Wrappers waterstained/ soiled.
= From various different series of prints by Pinelli (erratically numbered).
- Sl. dogeared; title-p. duststained in margins; a few prints sl. thumbed in blank margins. Wrappers frayed/ dam.
= 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, streetmusicians, young men serenading a woman, a magic lantern show, a puppet show, "Il carnavale in Roma" and people amusing themselves with playing games. The series ends with an engraving showing the artist seated amongst ruins on a slab with the inscription "Tutto finisce" and with caption "Riposo dell' autore" below the image.
- Plate 75 replaced w. a diff. plate (possibly from a diff. edition), numb. "78"; sl. foxed, fingersoiled and dampstained; final plates waterst. in blank margin. Binding rubbed; spine-ends dam.; corners showing.
= Cicognara 3606; cf. Rossetti 824; Brunet I, 759. Very rare first edition of this series of engravings depicting the antiquities of ancient Rome.
- Pastedowns loose; libr. stamp on verso title. Vellum sl. stained.
= Van der Aa, VII, p.32: "Deze beider werken waren het gevolg van eene uitdaging der Hervormde predikanten van 's Hertogenbosch, aan de Roomschgezinden in 1630, om met hen in tegenwoordigheid der regering, over de waarheid en den ouderdom der Roomsche kerkleer, te redetwisten, waarvan echter niets kwam en waarom Jansenius goed vond het eerste werk [Alexipharmacum pro civibus Silvaeducensibus (...) (Louvain, 1630)] in het licht te zenden, dat hij, nadat het door Voetius beantwoord was, door zijne Spongia Notarum deed volgen."
- Two old owner's entries on first endpaper; a few lvs. (sl.) waterst. Backstrip sl. dried. Good copy.
= Willems 829 (5th ed. "a augmentée des pp. 577 à 648"; this augmentation not in our copy and not mentioned in the book's index); cf. Rahir 829; Copinger 3495. Latin transl. of this important work in the conflict between the Jesuits and the Jansenists in the 17th century.
- First and final lvs. sl. waterst./ foxed. Spine-ends chipped; joints splitting.
= Cf. Tchemerzine IX, p.70; Querard VI, p.614; Graesse V, p.145. First polyglot edition of Pascal's famous satirical work on the conflict between the Jesuits and the Jansenists in the 17th century, in the form of letters written by Louis de Montalte documenting his encounters with Jesuits.
- Lacks htitle; from the library of the Mennonite Church Amsterdam (stamp on verso title-p.). Sl. worn along extremities; joints starting.
= Engl. transl. of this important work in the conflict between the Jesuits and the Jansenists in the 17th century. With a separate title-p. to the 2nd part "Additionals to the Mystery of Jesuitisme, Englished by the same Hand".
- Lacks 2 plates (1x portion remaining); one plate w. large tear; occas. sl. yellowed and foxed. Bindings sl. worn.
= Cordier, Bibl. Japonica p.423; Alt-Japan-Katalog 327.
- 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.
- Lacks one issue (15 November 1792); one issue lacks title (1 February 1793); occas. sl. waterst. Not collated; sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
- One textleaf w. large tear; one plate loose. Vellum dustsoiled and stained.
= Poortman II, p.241-243: "De vernieuwde uitgave van 1732 was nodig, omdat in de vertaling van Séwel veel fouten voorkwamen." Klaversma/ Hannema 749; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 396; Muller, Portretten 2210.