81 3095 Menken J B

81 3095 Menken J B

- Partly waterst.; frontisp. w. vertical tear in blank outer margin. Backstrip dam.

81 3096 Mennonites Abrahamsz de Haan G

- Lacks first free endpaper; some probationes pennae; hinges weak; occas. vaguely waterst. Backstrip loosening.

= Warranted by the editor. Springer/ Klassen 4664.

81 3097 Mennonites David Joris

81 3097 Mennonites David Joris

81 3097 Mennonites David Joris

- Rare but incomplete copy: lacks the 3 lvs. w. full-p. ill.; 1 blank leaf in first part; lvs. 23-25, 28-34, table of contents and 2 blank lvs. in fourth part, but text and 1 ill. supplied in neat ms. Owner's entry on first free endpaper; title-p. sl. soiled and w. 2 (sm.) tears; recurring waterstain (mostly in inner blank margin). Vellum sl. stained and w. dam. spots.

= The second edition, second issue (with "segt" and "Hoochghelovet" on the title-p.) of the Wonderboeck by the important Anabaptist leader David Joris (1501-1556); the first edition was publ. in 1542-1544. Main work of this controversial reformer, containing all aspects of his religion. Van der Linde 58; P. Valkema Blouw, Typographia Batava 1541-1600, 5644.

For the identification of Mullem as reprinter of the Wonderboeck see P. Valkema Blouw, 'Printers to the 'Arch-Heretic' David Joris. Prolegomena to a Bibliography of His Works' (Quaerendo 21.3 (1991), p.163-209). Apart from an admission by Mullem during an interrogation the identification is based upon typographic analysis: "We also find in the book a number of large calligraphic initials, sometimes as many as six or seven different ones of the same letter and other than the ones in the first edition. (...) these initials are a valuable and generally indispensable means of recognizing the products of his press. They make it possible to establish that this was not the only commission he received but that he also published a large number of other writings by David Joris and thus became his most important printer after the prophet's death. None of the books contains an imprint and it is only sporadically that we obtain any information about their date of publication via other channels."

81/3098 Mennonites Martelaers spiegel der werelose christenen t'zedert Ao 1524 / Byvoeghsel Soo van eenighe Martelaren de welcke ons nae het drucken zijn ter handt ghekomen

81/3098 Mennonites Martelaers spiegel der werelose christenen t'zedert Ao 1524 / Byvoeghsel Soo van eenighe Martelaren de welcke ons nae het drucken zijn ter handt ghekomen

81/3098 Mennonites Martelaers spiegel der werelose christenen t'zedert Ao 1524 / Byvoeghsel Soo van eenighe Martelaren de welcke ons nae het drucken zijn ter handt ghekomen

- Partly sl. waterst. in (mostly) blank margins; partly trifle wormholed in inner blank margin; occas. sl. (finger)soiled; 18th-cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Leather over spine dried out; lacks clasps. Good copy.

= Very rare works, usually found together. Van der Haeghen, Bibl. des martyrologes protestants néerlandais 2, p.525ff: "Cette édition, qui contient le Haarlemsch- et le Hoornsch- martelaarsboek fusionnés, doit être considérée comme le premier martyrologe général des Mennonites, et comme la base de celui publié en 1660, par T. Jansz. van Braght", i.e. Het Bloedig Tooneel, of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen. Bibl. Belg. M216; Boekenoogen p.15; not in Springer/ Klassen. Perhaps this copy belonged to Dirk Bierens, father of Abraham Dirksz. Bierens, Mennonite teacher of the Flemish community in Amsterdam, 1617-1644 (cf. BLGNP 3, p.41).

81 3099 Merula P

81 3099 Merula P

- First 10 lvs. waterstained in upper margin; sl. later owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding in rather poor condition.

81 3100 Mexico Cortes H

- Paper over covers partly worn off; chipped at top of spine.

= Sabin 16962; Howgego C195; Henze I, p.731ff. "The letters are properly numbered, second, third and fourth. An excellent preface and introduction are added, with additional notes, and an appendix, completing the life of Cortes" (Sabin).

81 3101 Middle East Niebuhr C

81 3101 Middle East Niebuhr C

81 3101 Middle East Niebuhr C

81 3101 Middle East Niebuhr C

- Map of Yemen has contemp.(?) handcol. borderlines. Partly lightly waterst., mostly in blank margins; both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown. Rebound w. use of orig. backstrip.

= Tiele 796; Howgego N24; Gay 3589; Cat. NHSM I, p.258; Cox I, p.237: "Niebuhr, though German born, took part as astronomer and naturalist in the Royal Danish expedition to Arabia, 1763-1767. His accounts are probably the best and most authentic of their day. Though Arabia was his chief concern, his travels extended into Egypt, Persia and Hindustan". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.

81 3102 Militaria Daniel G

81 3102 Militaria Daniel G

- Bookplate ("Bibliotheca Blomiana") on upper pastedown.

= Pohler III, p.471; Lipperheide Qk4; Colas 795; Hiler 216.

81 3103 Militaria Fäsch J R

- Fine copy.

= The second part ("Geographischer Anhang") commencing at p.(1105) (unnumb. as always). Jähns II, p.145; Zischka p.73. With plates of i.a. fortifications, cannons, granates, ships (incl. nice sections), compasses and similar instruments and flags (5 plates). "Es ist ein Wörterbuch im eigentlichen Sinne des Wortes; die technischen Kunstausdrucke werden kurz erläutert. Hinsichtlich der antiken Dinge Stützt der Autor sich durchaus auf den "Polybios" des Folard (...) Gute Kupfertafeln erläutern den Text." (Jähns). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.

81 3104 Militaria Grimoard P H Comte de and Gugy de

- Fine copy.

= From the library of A.F.H. von Seckendorff, with his small armorial bookplate on upper pastedown. Quérard, La France Littéraire III, p.481, listing the original French edition, published in 1782: "La partie dogmatique de cet ouvrage est du comte de Grimoard, et la partie systématique, de m. de Gugy, alors officier dans les gardes-suisses, et depuis lieutenant-colonel du régiment suisse de Sonnenberg." Very rare.

81 3105 Militaria Lefebvre S

81 3105 Militaria Lefebvre S

- Partly sl. yellowed; both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown.

= First edition of the posthumously published complete works of Simon Lefebvre (1712-1770), military engineer in the Prussian army. Contains i.a. L'art d'attaquer et défendre les places and Essai sur les mines.

81 3106 Militaria Meyrick S R

81 3106 Militaria Meyrick S R

81 3106 Militaria Meyrick S R

= From the collection of Max Dreger w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Fine and richly illustrated publication on the history and evolution of European armour. Lipperheide Qb62.

81 3107 Militaria Sedlitz F von

81 3107 Militaria Sedlitz F von

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sl. yellowed; engr. title stuck to title-p. along left margin, w. minimal loss of text on the latter. Binding chafed and rubbed; sm. traces of sellotape at top of spine.

= German translation of Busschietereij konst (Amst., 1662). The author was a Silezian nobleman in Danish service. Rare.

81 3108 Milton J

81 3108 Milton J

- Bindings sl. worn along extremities (1 frontcover w. sm. rubbed spot).

= Rare ed. in attractive binding.

81 3109 Miniature books Catullus Tibullus and Propertius

- Bookblock sl. trimmed; lvs. O and O2 misbound. Upper joint split; foot of spine chipped.

= Cf. Welsh 1689 (ed. 1603, sl. smaller size); not in Bondy. Rare.

81 3110 Miniature books Lavater J C

81 3110 Miniature books Lavater J C

81 3110 Miniature books Lavater J C

- Upper hinge weak, first quire loose. Binding rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities.

= Very rare. Printed on woven paper with unidentified watermark. The date is derived from another copy with a dated owner's entry. Perhaps printed in the Netherlands. Weigelt/ Landolt 307.

81 3112 Mnemonics Weigel C

81 3112 Mnemonics Weigel C

- First 3 lvs. (incl. titles) remargined/ strengthened along outer edges w. tape; remnants of wax seals on pastedowns. Contents otherwise fine. Vellum sl. stained.

= Rare publication on how to memorize world history through images.

81 3113 Montesquieu C L Secondat de

- Some foxing. Covers sl. chafed. = Cioranescu 46067 (4 vols.).

- Without the 6th vol. Lacks an unknown numb. of plates; occas. sl. yellowed and some lvs. loose (all plates in 3rd vol.); 1 vol. w. a few plates sl. waterst. in upper (blank) margin; vol. 3 lacks upper pastedow and partly mouldy. All vols. vellum soiled and w. paper ticket at foot of spine; vol. 1 dam. at top of spine. Sold w.a.f.

= Rubens p.1103-1215, 1244-1273; Sabin 62600 (praising the engravings). One of the main sources documenting the history of religion, with extensive descriptions of the Jewish and Roman Catholic faith (incl. the activities of the inquisition), Greek-Orthodox and Protestant churches, Quakers, Anabaptism, Freemasonry, Islam, Buddhism, Chinese and Persian religions, American and African creeds etc. The first vol. i.a. dealing with the rites and customs of the Dutch Jewry in the 17th and 18th century, with fine plates.