81 2795 Dance of death Abraham à St Clara = U Megerle 
81 2795 Dance of death Abraham à St Clara = U Megerle 
- Despite owner's entry in ballpoint on first free endpaper a very fine copy.
= The first and only Dutch edition of a rare Dance of Death. Waller 1553; Scheepers II,1079. Not in Oppermann etc.
81 2796 David H 
81 2796 David H 
81 2796 David H 
81 2796 David H 
- Lacks 2 plates. Title-p. sl. yellowed; offsetting from plates onto opposite textpage; owner's entry on all title-p. and bookplate on all upper pastedowns; a few folds in the map of Bougainville's voyage around the world strengthened on recto and verso w. tape. Frontcover of vol.1 loose; joints starting; corners and spine-ends rubbed.
= Sabin 31389.
81 2797 Decker J de 
81 2797 Decker J de 
- Joints starting; modern paper over boards.
(Haren, W. van). Verzameling van gedichten, van, voor en tegen, Jr. Willem van Haren, grietman op Het Bildt. N.pl. (Utr.), n.publ., n.d. (1742), (2),102,(2),103-364,(10),4,3,(7),7,(1),24,20p., 8 (fold.) plates, portrait, contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, folio.
- Lacks frontisp.; two (cut out) engr. plates mounted on verso of first and 2nd blank.
= Scheepers II, 136a. Collection of polemic poetry dealing with the Austrian War of Succession. Rare.
AND 2 others.
81/2798 Democriet Democritische feestzangen bij de eerste verjaaring der revolutie van het jaar 1795 
81/2798 Democriet Democritische feestzangen bij de eerste verjaaring der revolutie van het jaar 1795 
81/2798 Democriet Democritische feestzangen bij de eerste verjaaring der revolutie van het jaar 1795 
- Ticket on upper pastedown; plate trifle yellowed; wax seal sl. cracked; contents fine. Binding worn.
= F.M. 5388 ("Geestige spotprent op de Bataafsche Omwenteling, in 15 langw. ruitjes (...)"). Last page with printed verse: "Geen afdruk wordt 'er egt gerekend, Dan door den jongsten van den kring, Met zijnen bijnaam ondertekend, Die, tot nog meer verzekering Van de onvervalschtheid deezer stukken, Ons zegelmerk 'er bij zal drukken" signed by "Jan Zoet Secundus" (= J. van Walré). This collection of poems was printed for the members of the society in a limited number of no more than 100 copies. Scheurleer p.242, 2; Sliggers p.209-210.
81/2799 Democriet Vriendenzangen tot gezellige vreugd 
81/2799 Democriet Vriendenzangen tot gezellige vreugd 
- Contemp. owner's entry on upper pastedown; owner's stamp on first free endpaper. Covers creased (frontcover worse).
= One of the songbooks edited by the Haarlem secret society "Democriet".
ADDED 1 other: B. SLIGGERS (ed.), De verborgen wereld van Democriet (Haarlem, 1995, ills., orig. wr., 4to).
81 2800 Den Bosch Heinsius D 
81 2800 Den Bosch Heinsius D 
- A few maps/ plates loose (but still very fine); one sm. dampstain in blank margin of the plan of "Vesalia". Fingernail-size hole in backstrip. A very good copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 2156; Bodel-Nijenhuis 440; Willems 352; Rahir 326; Ter Horst, Daniel Heinsius, p.104. The first French edition of this account of the siege and capture of Den Bosch in 1629 by stadholder Frederick Hendrik of Holland. The original Latin edition (with the same plates) was published by the Elzeviers in the same year. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
81/2801 Dichtkundig praal tooneel van Neerlands wonderen 
81/2801 Dichtkundig praal tooneel van Neerlands wonderen 
81/2801 Dichtkundig praal tooneel van Neerlands wonderen 
- A few plates w. (sm.) tear (sometimes affecting image), 1 plate w. sm. hole; otherwise contents fine. Bindings (sl.) worn; joints split(ting).
= Satirical texts (partly of erotic nature) against the Amsterdamse Doelisten.
81/2802 Dictionaries Dictionarium ende t'samen spraeken in acht talen Latyn François Nederduyts Hoogh Duyts Spaens Italiaens Engels ende Portugies 
81/2802 Dictionaries Dictionarium ende t'samen spraeken in acht talen Latyn François Nederduyts Hoogh Duyts Spaens Italiaens Engels ende Portugies 
81/2802 Dictionaries Dictionarium ende t'samen spraeken in acht talen Latyn François Nederduyts Hoogh Duyts Spaens Italiaens Engels ende Portugies 
- Frontisp. rubbed; cut short, occas. sl. affecting text; title-p. cut short (w. loss of address below image); final text leaf remargined; 19th cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper ("Caroli Pauli Augustini Comberbach"). Frontcover detached but holding on cords; binding worn.
= Very nice phrase-book. The first part is divided into 8 conversational situations (i.a. "Dat eerste Capittel is een maeltijt van thien personagien ende houdet veel ghemeyne redenen die men over tafel besicht"; "(...) om naer den wegh te vraghen met andere ghemeene proposten" and "(...) ghemeyne koutinge zynde ter herberghe"), the second part is a list in (Dutch) alphabetical order of frequently used words. The final part contains a few remarks on basic grammar and pronunciation. Peeters-Fontainas 347.
81/2803 Dictionaries Dictionarium ende t'samen spraeken in acht talen Latyn François Nederduyts Hoogh Duyts Spaens Italiaens Engels ende Portugies 
- Used copy; lacks lvs. Bb(1) and Bb4-Bb(8); yellowed/ fingersoiled; hinges weak; lacks pastedowns. Binding darkened and worn; lacks portion of vellum over backcover. Sold w.a.f.
= Very nice phrase-book. The first part is divided into 8 conversational situations (i.a. "Dat eerste Capittel is een maeltijt van thien personagien ende houdet veel ghemeyne redenen die men over tafel besicht"; "(...) om naer den wegh te vraghen met andere ghemeene proposten" and "(...) ghemeyne koutinge zynde ter herberghe"), the second part is a list in (Dutch) alphabetical order of frequently used words. The final part contains a few remarks on basic grammar and pronunciation. Peeters-Fontainas 347.
81 2804 Dictionaries Hübner J 
- Backstrip loosening.
= Claes 167. The sequel to the Staats- en Koeranten Tolk (1732), complete in itself.
81 2805 Dordrecht Balen Jz M 
- Lacks 1 plate; heraldic plate lacks portion; plan and plates w. (large closed) tears in inner margin/ on folds; 2 lvs. dam. from formerly sticking together; some offsetting from colouring. First vol. upper joint splitting. Sold w.a.f.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 17; Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as Book Illustrator 45. From the library of (Paulus?) Repelaer van Spijkenisse (both vols. w. owner's entry on first blank).
- Good/ fine copy. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 246. The first edition.
81 2807 Drenthe Picardt J 
- Lacks one portrait; one plate lacks corner (w. loss of image) and one plate w. sm. hole; portrait of the author cut sl. short; sl. stained and fingersoiled.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 246. The first edition.
81 2808 Drenthe Picardt J 
- Hinges broken but holding on cords; extensive annots. on first free endpaper.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 247.
81 2809 Druillet and Le Marchand 
- Backstrip restored spot at foot of spine. = Quérard II, p.527.
AND 1 other: (H.C. DE SENNETERRE), Nouveaux contes des fées (Amst., 1745, engr. title-vignette and ills., later marbled boards w. gilt mor. letterpiece on spine. Title-p. reattached and yellowed).
81 2810 Du Vachet P J 
- Sm. bookplate and contemp. owner's entries (dated 1664) on endpapers. Binding sl. eroded; calf w. a few sm. holes.
81 2811 Duym J attrib 
81 2811 Duym J attrib 
- Browned; frayed and sl. soiled along edges.
= Knuttel 10452. F.M. I, 2392b.
81 2812 Economics Accarias de Sérionne J 
- Contents occas. trifle foxed, otherwise fine. All vols. backstrip (sl.) dam./ (partially) detached; corners worn; orig. mor. letterpieces and 1 volume piece lacking.
= The work has been attributed to E. Luzac. cf Goldsmiths' 11660 (id.); cf Kress B.252 (first Dutch ed. 1780-1783); Handel in theorie en praktijk, Econom.-Hist. kat. no.3, 1246; cf Einaudi 4767 (French ed.)
Wolff, C.L.B. de (transl.). Institutions du Droit de la Nature et des Gens, Dans lesquelles, pare une chaine continue, on déduit de la Nature même de l'Homme, toutes ses Obligations & tous ses Droits. (...) Avec des Notes (...) par Mre. Elie Luzac (...). Leyden, Elie Luzac, 1772, 2 vols., X,(2),290; (4),242,(13)p., engr. title-vignette, contemp. unif. blue boards, 4to.
- Both vols. upper hinge broken but hanging on cords; pastedowns and first and final few lvs. sl. waterst./ foxed, otherwise contents fine. Bindings sl. soiled/ worn.
81 2813 Economics Accarias de Sérionne J 
- Both vols. remnants of bookplate on upper pastedown, otherwise fine. Vol. 1 joints starting and foot of spine trifle dam.
= The work has been attributed to E. Luzac. Kress B96; Sabin 79236; Einaudi 4767, Goldsmiths' 11660.
81 2814 Economics Garnier G 
- (Vaguely) waterst. Wr. dam. mainly at backstrip.
= Rare first edition of this work on political economy by Germain Garnier (1754-1821), French economist and translator/ editor of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776).
(Necker, J.). "J'ai servi le Roi pendant cinq années avec un zèle auquel je n'ai jamais connu de bornes (...)". N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (1787), 107p., modern limp boards, contemp. wr. pres.
- Without title-page (as published). Occas. sl. dampst.
= The correspondence between Jacques Necker, Minister of Finance of Louis XVI, and his successor Charles Alexandre de Calonne, in which Necker justifies his administration and policy against Calonne's attacks.