- Silver oxidized; some small parts loosening.
= A rare example of a remarkable delicate kind of binding with very refined silverwork decoration.
- Very fine copy.
= Verso of outer part of clasp w. letter "U", a crowned lion and a crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam; verso of the inner part of the clasp w. letter "W", a crowned lion and the letters "DL". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIII.
- Contents w. minor imperfections; a few sm. pieces of the embroidery lacking.
= Provenance; bought in auction Brussels, 1995 by antiquariaat Brabant (Den Bosch); bought by collector's couple Buijnsters-Smets in 1996.
- Corners bumped; trifle rubbed; bound w. a number of lvs. from another work, w. extended margins.
- Contents loose. Upper joint starting.
= Hallmarks: 2e gehalte, with the mark of an unidentified silversmith (lozenge shaped "DL") and year mark of 1825.
- Occas. fingersoiled. Binding rubbed. = Rare.
AND 1 other in a cathedral binding.
AND 2 others: J. VAN DEN VONDEL, Gysbrecht van Aemstel; Treurspel. Gelyk het op den Amsterdamschen Schouwburg vertoond word (Amst., 1781, engr. title-vignette by R. VINKELES , contemp. wr. w. title and year on the frontcover in contemporary hand) and IDEM, Palamedes of Vermoorde Onnozelheit. Treurspel, Met aantekeningen uit 's Digters mondt opgeschreven. Den tweeden druk merkelyk vermeerdert (Amersfoort, 1707, engr. portrait of the author, frontisp., (fold.) plates (1x w. fold. sections in the plate), 19th cent. hcl. - BOUND AS USUAL WITH: Idem. Hekeldigten, met aantekeningen, Uit 's Digters mondt opgeschreven, Nooit voor dezen gedrukt. Ibid., idem, 1705, engr. portraits and plates).
- Upper joint going; spine-ends worn; corners bumped. Contents fine.
= Rolls/ tools identified: r III, IV, XIV, XXI, t 2, 9, 60 (see Storm van Leeuwen I, p.542ff).
- Both covers w. dam. spots from acid-biting (sl. affecting gilt border and central ornament); spine-ends and 1 corner restored w. leather. Owner's entry and stamp on first free endpaper. Nevertheless a desirable copy in a rare and remarkable binding.
= Large paper copy. Storm van Leeuwen (IIA, p.448) mentions a copy of the same work with ident. binding (C 1245/ fig. 182) that "may have been a present given by the authorities of the island of Voorne, bound by order of the publisher, Pieter van Waesberge." On the work, see Fockema Andreae, Overzicht oud-Ned. rechtsbronnen p.107.
- Small (worm?)hole at foot of spine, not affecting the contents of the book. Slipcase worn along extremities. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= Signed "Bound by Zaehnsdorf 1896" at the foot of the turn-in of the front cover, and with their oval quality mark in gilt on the lower moiré silk pastedown.
- Occas. sl. yellowed; without the prize.
= On the binding: Spoelder 7. Schweiger p.132.
- Sl. foxed. Vellum sl. dustsoiled; gilt of central coat of arms on both covers (sl.) faded; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 9; on the contents: Schweiger p.369. Letterpress schoolprize w. engr. coat of arms of Amsterdam, awarded to Diederik Waandert Mettengang by the rector H. Hana of the Latin School on 25 March 1796.
- Lacks one tie.
= Spoelder: Amsterdam 9. With the letterpress schoolprize bound at front w. engr. coat of arms of Amsterdam, awarded to Michael Guil. Luber by the rector H. Hana of the Latin School on 30 March 1804.
- Without the prize; without ties. Nevertheless a fine copy. = Spoelder 4.
ADDED: (Florus, L.A.). (Rerum romanorum libri IV). Ed. C. Salmasius. Amst., D. Elzevier, 1664, (8),336,(16)p., contemp. vellum, 12mo.
- Lacks title (erroneously replaced with the engr. title-p. of C.C. TACITUS, Observationes. Ed. M.Z. Boxhorn).
= Willems 1340; Rahir 1388; Schweiger II, p.36.
- Lacks ties. Contents sl. foxed.
= With the manuscript prize for "Joanna Pijldens" (dated "Middelburg den 5 Januarius 1745"). Cf. Spoelder 3.
AND 1 other schoolprize binding of Middelburg, ON: (J. OPSOMER), Heilige Warande Tot verlustiging, zynde een korte schets vanden inhoud des Bibels En Heidelbergschen Katechismus in MCCXLI Korte Versen voorgesteld (...) (Ibid., 1739, contemp. vellum w. gilt coat of arms of Middelburg on both covers. Fine copy; cf Spoelder 3).
- Upper cover loosening (strengthened w. reversable tape).
ON: Ursinus, Z. Schat-boeck Der Verklaringen over den Nederlandschen Catechismus. Ed. by D. Pareus. Dutch transl. by F. Hommius. Amst., C. Lootsman and Wed. J. Konynenbergh, 1694, (4),258; (4),232,(12) lvs., engr. frontisp., 1 plate.
- Preliminary leaves frayed/ (sl.) dam. in top margin; partly sl. waterstained in (mostly blank) margins; lacks both free endpapers.
- A few of the prepared leaves w. (later) annots. made with the stylus. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= Landwehr, VOC p.XXVII and XXIX (with illustration): "Few VOC stamped bindings bearing the initials of the less important chambers, such as Delft and Rotterdam, have come to light. (...) Actually the two chambers jointly commissioned notebooks and/ or almanacs on a yearly basis from the same silversmith. Elegantly bound in sealskin, they were provided with a silverplate of an East Indiaman surrounded by scrollwork on the front and backcovers (...)." A beautiful and well-preserved rare VOC shagreen binding with a stylus functioning as catch as well as pen. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIII.
- Frontisp. w. closed tear; old owner's entry on title-p. and annot. on upper pastedown. Vellum sl. soiled/ worn.
= Rare copy of the 2nd of 3 septinaries which describe historical European events between 1601-1621, with portraits of i.a. Pope Paul V, Scaliger and Mary Stuart. De Backer/ Sommervogel I, p.1516f, no.16.
- Library stamps/ ticket on upper endpapers and title; first 20 and final 65 lvs. (incl. plates) (sl.) waterst. in upper blank margin. Binding rubbed/ worn; sm. ticket on spine.
= DSB I, p.203-204. J.H. Blumenbach (1752-1840) was the founder of scientific anthropology (i.a. based on comparative anatomy and geology). "Blumenbach was one of the earliest thinkers to recognize the "historicalness" of nature, and therefore occupies an important place in the history of evolution theory." (DSB).