- Spine-ends sl. dam.; otherwise a fine copy.
= Without the Vervolg van de Papen Kost. Scheepers I, 545/ 543; Knuttel, Verboden boeken 299: "Vuil schotschrift tegen de Katholieken met pornographische prentjes. Auteur is de Leidsche predikant Laurentius Steversloot." Interesting illustrations.
- Lacks 1 frontisp. and 6 plates; occas. lvs. w. sm. tear/ wormhole/ waterst; lacking pastedowns and first endpapers; a few lvs loose. Spine worn.
= Waller 1622 (first part dated 1684; 12 plates); Scheepers II, 900 (ed. 1682-1690; 13 plates); cf. Muller 445 and De Vries 313 (other eds.). "Geen boek getuigt meer dan dit van de voorliefde onzer vaderen voor vieze grappen, waarbij "struiven" en "veesten" de hoofdrollen vervullen" (Muller).
- Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Spine-ends occas. (sl.) dam.; some joints starting/ splitting.
= Buijnsters, Spectatoriale geschriften 95. "Op eene klaare en eenvoudige wyze leerende, wat men moet doen, om gezond, lang, en gelukkig te leeven" (title-p.).
- Lacks 1 plate; partly waterstained and occas. also soiled. One fold. plate frayed/ w. tear into image; vol. 1801 contents loose(ning). Covers duststained/ soiled. Sold w.a.f.
= Buijnsters, Bibliografie 18e eeuwse satirische tijdschriften in Ned. 28. Rare, complete set of these irregularly published satirical yearbooks (published under the guise of almanacs) - anti-clerical, pro-Orangist, anti-French - which were written, illustrated, printed and published by the naval doctor Pieter van Woensel (1747-1808).
- Owner's entry on title-p. Lacks ties. Fine copy.
= Willems 525; Borba de Moraes p.451; Alden/ Landis II, 641/ 77. Including chapters on the Portuguese colonies.
- Occas. browned; brown stain on title-p. and first textp. Upper left corner of frontcover restored. = Rare.
(Senneterre, H.C. de). Nouveaux contes de fées. Amst., Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1745, XVI,79p., engr. title-vignette, 6 ills., later gilt hmor.
- Title-p. sl. duststained and reattached. Good copy. = Quérard II, p.527.
AND 1 other: J. GAY, Fables (London, 1772, 2 parts in 1 vol. 34 plates all (but 1) w. 2 ills., contemp. calf).
- Almost complete series, lacking "De orgelmaaker" (3 parts) and "De boekbinder". Contents exceptionally fine. Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities.
= The series comprises in sequence of publication: P.J. Kasteleijn, De indigobereider en blaauwverwer (1788, XVI,(2),148p., 8 plates); Idem, De sterkwaterstooker, zoutzuur- en vitrioolölie bereider (1788, VIII,(2),170p., 10 plates); Idem, De porceleinfabriek (1789, X,238p., 10 plates); Idem, De leerlooijer, leertouwer, wit- en zeemlooijer (1789, (8),95,(1)p., 7 plates); BOUND WITH: Anonymous, De kaarsenmaaker (1789, (6),37,(1)p., 3 plates); AND WITH: J.F. Martinet, De houtskool brander (1790, 24p., 1 plate); AND WITH: P.J. Kasteleijn, De zeepsieder (1791, (6),46p., 4 plates); Idem, De zijdeverwer (1791, (8),231,(1)p., 8 plates); J.J. de Lalande, De papiermaaker (1792, XVI[=XIV],288p., 14 plates); Du Hamel du Monceau, De waschbleeker en waschkaarsenmaaker (1792, VIII,175,(1)p., 8 plates); J.H. Reisig, De suikerraffinadeur (1793, (2),VIII,215,(1)p., 10 plates); BOUND WITH: G. Paape, De plateelbakker of Delftsch aardewerkmaaker (1794, (6),72p., 5 plates); A. Fokke Simonsz., De graveur (1796, XII,359,(9)p., 10 plates); Anonymous, De honingbijënteelt (1797, (6),139,(5)p., 2 plates); Anonymous, De zijdenteelt en kweeking van den moerbeziënboom; of volledige beschrijving van de zijwurmen (1798, VI,(2),139,(3)p., 2 plates); J. Buijs, De bierbrouwer (1799, VIII,75,(9)p., 4 plates. Trifle foxed); J. de Kanter Pz., De meekrapteler en bereider (1802, VIII,45,(1)p., 5 plates. Spine broken but holding on cords); T. Olivier Schilperoort, De azijnmaaker (1803, (6),38,(2)p., 3 plates); J. van Dalen, De bouwkunstenaar (1806, XVI[=XII],285,(1)p., 8 plates, numbered II-IX, with the expl. text also starting with plate II) and C. Boot, De verwer (1820, (2),XXXII,407,(1)p., 6 plates).
- First and final few lvs. sl. soiled/ (ink)stained; partly trifle/ sl. wormholed; scattered old annots.
= Rare. VD16 B 3271.
- Upper hinge weak; title-p. creased, fingersoiled and w. some weak spots and restored portion in lower margin (just affecting imprint). Vellum wrinkled and stained; backcover restored (lacks part of vellum).
= The fine plates showing various scenes of the happy and carefree life of the young and wealthy, contrasted with scenes from the Passion of Christ.
- Binding sl. warped.
= Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 286; Klaversma/ Hannema 1052. Cf. Muller 659.
- First few leaves sl. yellowed in upper margin; engr. plate to the 3rd part cut short in outer margin (affecting the image) and upper and lower blank margins (remargined); tiny hole in final leaf (loss of 1 letter); occas. sl. foxed. Vellum a few stains. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Provenance: Willlem de Vreese (bookplate on verso frontcover and annot.) and Jacob J.F. Heremans (loosely inserted leaf w. annots. by him according to annot. in pencil by Willem de Vreese). Very rare collection of 4 "Poetische Spelen", written by several Antwerp rhetoricians in the mid 16th century. The title-page carries the name of Johan Baptista Houwaert, who published his identically titled Den Handel der Amoureusheyt in 1583, which has led to an erroneous identification of the present work as the second edition of Houwaert's work. Knuttel attributes the four plays (in order of the listing on the title-p.) to: 1). Jacob de Mol; 2). Colyn Keyart; 3). Jan Smeecken and 4). prob. by Colyn Keyart (see i.a. Knuttel in Tijdschr. v. Ned. taal- en lett. part XXVII, p.99-105); cf. Bibl. Belgica III, p.538f.
- Lacks A1-4 (the first 4 leaves incl. title-p. and 2 plates); lacks the fold. plate; partly (finger)soiled in margins; cut short (partly w. loss of text in upper margin), affecting glosses in outer margin and shaving a few of the full-p. ills. in lower margin.
= Provenance: Willem de Vreese, Beijers sale 31/3/1965 (lot 1880) and (accord. to annot. pasted in on final free endpaper) J.-J. Comer ("juge-de-paix à Nevele") whose library was sold in 1852 (see Blogie I, p.122). Scheepers I, 65; Bibl. Belg. S224. The rhetorical competition also known as "Antwerps Landjuweel" and "Haagspel". Generally considered as the highlight of the rhetorical tradition with 14 competing chambers of Brabant in the city Antwerp. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
BOUND AS USUAL WITH/ AFTER: Spelen van Sinne waer inne alle oirboirlijcke ende eerlijcke handwercken ghepresent ende verhaelt worden tot grooter stichtinghe ende onderwijsinghe van eenen yeghelijcken van wat staten hy is. Ghespeelt met Octroy der Co. Ma. binnen de stadt van Antwerpen op Thaech-spel naer Dlandt-Juweel by die vier Cameren van Rhetorijcke die hen daer ghepresenteert hebben den vierentwintichsten dach Augusti int Jaer ons Heeren 1561. Ibid., idem, 1562, (65) lvs., engr. title-vignette, 4 half-p. engr. blazons of the chambers, 1 full-p. rebus, printed in various types, i.a. civilité.
- Lacks o4-p(4); d4-10 misbound (at the end); occas. stained and occas. foxed.
- Lacks one textleaf (E3); pastedowns loose. Binding worn/ soiled.
= Cf. Scheepers II, 246 (2nd ed.). Written by the Amsterdam merchant Jan de Regt (1665-1715).
Focquenbroch, W.G. van. Alle de wercken. Ibid., D. Lindenius and A. Vinck, 1679, 5 parts in 1 vol., 4 engr. frontisp., modern overlapping vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Htitle lacks corners.
= Thalia of geurige sang-godin (2 parts), Afrikaensche Thalia (frontisp. dam. in blank margin and partly col.), De verwarde jalousy, De Herders-Sangen van Vergilius Maro. Waller 549 (not mentioning the final section (Herders-Sangen)).
AND 2 others.
- Title w. libr. stamp; final 4 lvs. w. rodent dam. and stained in blank margin(s); scattered contemp. annots. Vellum soiled/ stained.
= Graesse, Bibl. Magica et Pneumatica p.84.
- Library stamp on verso title-p.; occas. sl. foxed/ browned. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities. Good copy.
- Upper hinge broken; modern annot. in ballpoint on title; lower pastedown loose.
- All vols. endpapers and title w. owner's entry/ annots./ libr. stamp; occas. trifle foxed; vol.2 lacks final index leaf; vol.3 one textleaf lower corner torn off, affecting text. All vols. vellum soiled/ stained.
= Cf. De Backer/ Sommervogel VI, p.1959 (mentioning the ed. Baglioni, 1747).
- Good/ fine copy from the library of the Mennonite Church Amsterdam (ticket on upper pastedown and stamp on title-p.).
= Rare 16th-century thesis on how animals possess rational capacities superior to humans, thereby arguing against the Cartesian view of animals as automata.
- Hinges broken. Contents fine. = Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator 92.
AND an incomplete copy of F. STRADA, De Thien Eerste Boecken Der Nederlandsche Oorloge (Amst., 1646, later vellum. Sold w.a.f.).
- One plate and a few textp. (sl.) inkstained (textp. in blank margins); first part occas. (sl.) foxed/ browned. Backstrip worn/ dam.; upper joint split.
= Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator 92.