- Two bookplates on upper pastedowns of E.W. Blore and J. Kramers. Vols. I and IV rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip; vol. II joints splitting; all. vols. bindings worn along extremities.
= Cf. Grolier 100, English 75; Sterling 674.
- Hinges broken, bookblock loosening; sl. browned; two contemp. owner's entries on title ("W. de Selijs" and "P. Preudhomme"); contemp. annots. on prelim lvs. (i.a. "emptus Lovani auctione A 1682 461"). Lacks ties.
= Second and most complete edition of this work on the Persian empire. Adams B2851; Schwab 69.
- Lacks one portrait; two plates and frontisp. dam.; sl. soiled; upper hinge broken; lacks endpapers. Vellum sl. wrinkled and soiled/ darkened.
= Cox I, p.248; Hill 1257; Henze III, p.638f (listing the first edition published in Schleswig, 1647); Cat. NHSM p.133; cf. Atabey 884; Wing O269. First Dutch edition of a famous travel account written by A. Olearius (Ölschläger) while he accompanied the mission sent by the Duke of Holstein to the King of Persia in 1633-39 as secretary. During his travels Olearius collected much valuable information on Russian customs and traditions.
- Lacks frontisp. and 2 plates; title-p. creased, fingersoiled and strengthened along margins; one quire loose(ning); sl. yellowed and foxed.
= Cox I, p.248; Hill 1257; Henze III, p.638f (listing the first edition published in Schleswig, 1647); Cat. NHSM p.133; cf. Atabey 884; Wing O269. First Dutch edition of a famous travel account written by A. Olearius (Ölschläger) while he accompanied the mission sent by the Duke of Holstein to the King of Persia in 1633-39 as secretary. During his travels Olearius collected much valuable information on Russian customs and traditions.
- Vol. 1 w. 19th-cent. dedic. on first free endpaper. Top of spine of 4 vols. sl. dam. Fine, attractively bound set.
= Rare complete first Dutch ed. of the collected educational works by the influential Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer Pestalozzi (1746-1827). Muller 907; The Children's World of Learning 3580.
- Sl. browned. Sl. worn along extremities.
- Rebacked/ restored with orig. backstrip. Fine copy.
= Tall (large paper?) copy (47x31 cm.). Beautiful plates. A Dutch edition was published in the same year as the French edition. Cohen/ De Ricci 531; cf. Fürstenberg, Das französische Buch 71 and Sander 1899. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
- Two plates (and text lvs.) w. tear in blank margin just reaching image; one plate sl. foxed. Upper joint split; binding worn along extremities. Still a fine copy.
= Cohen/ De Ricci p.531; cf. Fürstenberg, Das französische Buch p.71 and Sander 1899. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
- Lacks free endpapers.
Wiltens, N. Kerkelyk Plakaat-boek, Behelzende de Plakaaten, Ordonnantien, Ende Resolutien, Over de Kerkelyke Zaken. Ibid., P. and I. Scheltus, 1722, 2 vols., (30),872,(27); (12),620,(99)p., woodcut printer's mark, contemp. not unif. vellum, 4to. - AND 1 other.
- Fine copy.
- New endpapers; title pasted to first blank along inner margin; title and final ±30 lvs. frayed; partly (sl.) waterst. in lower blank margin. Covers dam.; lacks cornerpieces/ clasps and catches; rebacked.
= BCNI 4312. First publ. in 1587.
- Early 19th cent. owner's entry in blank margin first title-p.
= Voet 625; Adams B211; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 27b. On the portraits, from the studio of Philips Galle, see Voet 2475. Very rare.
BOUND WITH: Heuterus, P. Rerum Burgundicarum libri sex, In quibus describuntur res gestae Regum, Ducum, Comitumque utriusque Burgundiae, ac in primis./ Genealogiae praecipuarum aliquot e Gallia, Francica, ac Belgica familiarum. Ibid., idem, 1584/ 1583, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),192,(12); (12),99p., ident. woodcut printer's marks on both titles.
- Sl. browned.
= With manuscript dedication (4p.) to King Philip II of Spain, signed by the author(?). Voet 1325; Adams H525; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem, 223a. History of Burgundy written from a royalist-catholic point of view. Rare edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
- Vol. 2 w. small portion of first and last blank cut out. Spine-ends sl. dam. Good copy.
= Rare philosophical and historical work on the origin and nature of Heaven and Earth, from the ancient Egyptians to christianity.
- Trifle waterstained. Good/fine copy. = Rather rare and only edition.
- Upper hinge broken; contents waterstained and fingersoiled; new endpapers. Vellum darkened.
= Landwehr 651; cf. De Vries 190-192.
Zincgref, J.W. Duytsche Apophthegmata of Kloeck-uyt-gesprokene Wysheydt. Bestaende in Sin-Pit-Punt-en-Spot-Redenen van Pausen, Bisschoppen, Keysers, Koningen, Vorsten, Heeren, Edelen, Geleerden, &c (...) Met eenige Spreucken vermeerdert door Johannes Leonhard Weidner. Amst., J. van Ravesteyn, 1669, (16),512p., engr. title, woodcut printer's vignette, contemp. overlapping vellum.
- New endpapers.
= Dünnhaupt 3.IV.1 note. Dutch translation of the popular Apophthegmata "in which he included jocular pieces, aphorisms, anecdotes, and word plays, no longer coarse and obscene as in the 16th century but amusing dialogues and narratives, which remained in favor throughout the century and were enlarged by friends like Lingelsheim, Moscherosch, Weidner and others" (Von Faber du Faur p.56f).
- Trifle fingersoiled. = Waller 1549; Scheepers II, 1076.
- Upper hinge broken but holding on cords; first 3 lvs. loosening; frontisp. w. dam. spot; lacks upper endpaper.
= Landwehr 7; Muller 610; Scheepers II, 1084.
Idem. Judas den Aarts-schelm, ten nutte voor alle Eerlyke Luy; of een naaukeurig ontwerp van de Levens beschryvinge van den Booswigt Iskarioth. Dutch transl. J. Schoolhouder. Ibid., Janssoons van Waesberge, 1745, 5th ed., 3 vols., (16),414; (8),416; (8),403,(5)p., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.
- All vols. w. bookplates/ library stamps on upper endpapers and title; partly vaguely waterst. in lower right margin. All vols. letterpiece dam.
= Cf. Scheepers II, 1075 (ed. 1734-1736); Bertsche 22b/ 24b/ 27b, all variant 4a.
AND 2 others by the same, i.a. Redenvoeringen over verscheide Stoffen (ibid., 1742, contemp. vellum).
- Without the portrait and index lvs.; waterstained throughout; inner margin title tipped onto first free endpaper.
= Muller 369; Scheepers II, 384. With the life of Agrippa by J. Oudaan at end. Translation of the sophistic treatise De incertitudine et vanitate Scientiarum invectiva, first publ. Antwerp, 1530.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; outer edge of htitle lacks sm. portion; sm. stamp on title.
= De Vries 209. Curious imaginary pleas. Rare.
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown. = Scheurleer p.207; cf. Waller 1274 (ed. 1745).
Apollo's St. Nicolaas gift, aan Minerva. Voorzien met Nieuwe en Oude minne- herders- en mengel-zangen: Ook een Aardige, Klugtige en Aangename Olypodriego. Leyden, J. van Kerckhem, n.d. (1741), 3 (of 4) parts in 1 vol., (10),62,(2); 62,(2); 62,(2)p., 2 engr. frontisp., contemp. vellum.
- Lacks the 4th part; bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry on first blank. = Scheurleer p.204; Waller 1557.
AND 1 other.