- Endpapers trifle foxed. Spine trifle soiled; nevertheless a fine copy of this rare publication.
= "Vladimir Nabokov vind ik een van de aller beste".
AND 12 other similar autograph correspondence cards/ sentiments or signatures by Dutch authors of children's books, i.a. Thea Beckman (3x), Loes Riphagen (w. 2 sm. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS) and Henri Arnoldus.
- Contemp. owner's entry on first blank. Vellum sl. darkened.
- Partly trilfe foxed/ yellowed/ loosening from stick; mostly fine.
= Comprises i.a. "Europa Staatkundig", "Midden Europa", "Limburg", "Een stad in de Middeleeuwen", "Bijplaat vogels in de winter", "Bijplaat sloot en bos", "IJselmeerpolder" and "Friesland".
- Boards sl. soiled and rubbed, but otherwise a fine copy.
- Contents occas. trifle fingersoiled. Boards (sl.) soiled and "32" in red ballpoint on frontcover; corners and boardedges sl. worn.
Idem. The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures. Ibid., idem, 1900, 1st ed., 62,(1)[=68]p., col. lithogr. ills. by F.K. UPTON, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, obl. 4to.
- Lacks first free endpaper; hinges reinforced; partly fingersoiled; a few pages w. sm. tears. Binding worn.
- Frontcover darkened; backcover sl. foxed; boardedges sl. worn/ dam. Contents fine.
ADDED: 5 others, all Dutch language children's books.
- Occasionally trifle soiled; endpapers sl. browned. Binding sl. scratched and rubbed/ worn along extremities.
Sellon, G. Short stories about animals. London, Griffith Farran & Co., n.d. (1894), ills. and plates by H. WEIR a.o., 84p., orig. gilt and blindst. cl., 4to.
- Lacks first free endpaper; contents occas. trifle/ sl. soiled. Binding soiled; worn at corners and spine-ends.
AND 2 others.
- Endpapers sl. browned; contents sl. yellowed. = Heller 4B.
Sol Dentitiae and Crochettos, J. De tandheelkundige raadgever of verpleging der tanden. Voor grooten en kleinen. Utr., P.H. Reyers, 1896, (4),48p., ills., later boards w. orig. portion of frontcover mounted, 4to.
= Rare work on dental care, written for adults and children, with sl. amateurish illustrations. The pseudonymous authors not identified.
AND 6 others, i.a. illustrated by RIE CRAMER and R. CALDECOTT.
- Bookblock broken but holding. Boards yellowed and sl. worn along extremities.
Sowerby, J.G. and Emmerson, H.H. Afternoon Tea. Rhymes for Children. London, F. Warne & Co., n.d. (1880), 64p., (full-p.) col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards, 4to.
- Dedication dated 1880 on upper pastedown; bookblock broken but holding. Boards yellowed and sl. worn along extremities.
= Osborne I, p.49.
Waugh, I. Holly Berries. London/ New York, Griffith & Farran/ E.P. Putton & Co., n.d. (±1881), 48p., col. lithogr. ills. by I. WAUGH, sl. later hcalf, 4to.
- Contents sl. foxed, otherwise fine.
= De Vries 233; not in Ullrich.
Campe, J.H. Seelenlehre. Vienna, B.P. Bauer, 1809, XVI,191p., engr. frontisp., 4 fold. plates by F. WEBER, contemp. hcalf, sm. 8vo.
= Seebaß I, 328; cf. Rümann 234, listing an edition published in 1815. Probably a pirated edition after the first edition published in 1780. "(...) Joachim Campe's famous 'Knowledge of the Soul for little children", intended as a sort of general introductory teaching of religion and morals. As the author explains in his extensive preface, he fully agrees with the modern pedagogical principle that children of tender age should not be burdened with heavy subjects as religion, morals, history etc., but that they should mainly learn by experience and examples, a view introduced by Rousseau." (Cat. The Children's World of Learning 3926, listing the 2nd Dutch edition, 1806).
AND 1 other in 2 vols.
= Published on occasion of the 50th anniversary of Artis. The views showing animal shelters at Artis with a picture of the resiiding animal below. Rare.
= Comprises: I. Een stad uit het niets. Tot 1578; II-1. Centrum van de wereld 1578-1650; II-2. Zelfbewuste stadstaat 1650-1813; III. Hoofdstad in aanbouw 1813-1900; IV. Tweestrijd om de hoofdstad 1900-2000.
AND 1 other.
- First vol. w. owner's entry on htitle. Binding 2nd vol. sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities.
AND 1 other: IDEM, De geschiedenis van een Amsterdamsche regentenfamilie. Het geslacht Elias (The Hague, 1937, plates, ills., fold. table, orig. gilt cl.).
= Facs. reprint of the ed. Haarlem, 1903-1904. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, both vols. with his bookplate.
- Fine. = Rare.
AND 1 other: the 2nd ed. of the same work (The Hague/ Amst., Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1841, 8vo).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Backstrip dam.
= Regarding the building of the new stock exchange on the Dam.
Iets betrekkelijk de nieuw te bouwen beurs, in verband met de verbetering en verfraaijning der stad Amsterdam. Ibid., A. Zweesaardt, 1836, 20p., 2 fold. lithogr. plans, orig. publ. wr. Status, quo van Amstels beursgebouw aan deszelfs ingezetenen gewijd. Ibid., J.C. van Kesteren, 1840, (4),79p., orig. publ. wr. Oosterwyk Bruyn, J. van. De hulpbeurs op den dam. Dichtstukje. Ibid., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 16p., engr. frontisp. of the so-called "hulpbeurs", orig. publ. wr. - AND 8 others on the same subject, i.a. J. WARNSINCK, Bouwkundige aanmeringen op het onlangs tentoongestelde model van eene koopmansbeurs, voor de stad Amsterdam (Amst., 1840, orig. publ. wr.); IDEM, Beknopte wederlegging van het kort antwoord des heeren J.D. Zocher (ibid., 1840, fold. lithogr. plan, orig. publ. wr.) and J.D. ZOCHER, Kort antwoord op de aanmerkingen des heeren J. Warnsinck (ibid., 1840, 2 fold. lithogr. plans, orig. publ. wr.).
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek (occas. w. some owner's entries/ stamps or bookplates).
- The print is somewhat foxed.
= The print is on a leaf with the same size as the text leaf. Probably reprinted for this publication.
- Fine copy. = De Buck 828.
- A few maps loose. Backstrip and corners worn, otherwise fine. = This ed. not in Keeman. Cf. Koeman VI, Rijk A6 (later ed.).
AND 6 other Dutch atlases, incl. a copy of R.R. RIJKENS, Schoolatlas van Nederland en zijne bezittingen (ibid., 1882, 6th rev. ed., 21 col. lithographed maps, orig. frontwr., folio. Frontwr. loose; lacks backwr.; sl. dogeared/ sl. frayed).