- Binding in need of restoration; frontcover loose; portions of calf over board lacking; backstrip worn off.
= Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator 92.
- Yellowed and sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed.
= During the Hoeksche en Kabeljauwse Twisten Rotterdam was for some time ruled by Frans van Brederode. The book is mainly on fights with surrounding cities such as Gouda, Hillegersberg, Schoonhoven and Delft. The last 25p. consist of the "Comedie van 't beroerde Schiedam". Van Balen-Chavannes 4. Rare.
- Pastedowns loose; final ±60p. w. brown stain in lower inner margin.
= First Dutch translation of this popular work by Michael Sachse, first published in German in 1593 (part 1) and 1597 (part 2). Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 16; Klaversma/ Hannema 1269. Very rare. Only 1 copy in STCN.
= Very rare.
Molina, C. (= C. Vermeulen). Den oprechten, schriftuerlijcken Rooms-Catholijcken Mondt-Stopper, Van alle tegenwoordige on-Catholijcke Leeraers, en Nieuw-gesinde Leerlingen. Antw., n.publ., 1667, 7th rev. enl. ed., (6),369,(4)p., woodengr. printer's mark on title-p., contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo. - AND 3 others, i.a. F. CAUWE, Teghen-verghift teghen een groote Peste van het Christendom, te weten: de ydelheyt, oneerbaerheyt, ende overdaet der vrauwelycke kleederen ende cieraeten (Ghent, 1676, modern hvellum).
= Rare Dutch translation.
- Frontisp. w. some repaired marginal tears
= The first Dutch edition. Tiele 955; Sabin 78871; Tobler 112; Howgego S34 (Sanderson). Contains i.a. the account of Sanderson's voyage to Greece, Constantinople, Tripoli and Jerusalem during the years 1584-1602. The two other accounts also i.a. on Jerusalem and other holy places.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl. foxed/ browned; some offsetting from plates on opposite leaf. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Rare travelogue in 41 letters by Matthew Consett, who travelled in the companion of Sir Henry George Liddell to Scandinavia in 1786. It is one of the first British descriptions of northern Lapland, treating i.a. the Lapp population, huts, language and poetry, religion, employment and wildlife (incl. reindeer, woodcocks and eiders), where they arrived in the Midsummer: "At twelve o'clock this night we saw the Sun in full beauty. The Horizon being remarkably clear, gave us a most delightful view of that, to us, extraordinary sight. (...) The Inhabitants of this climate no doubt reap many advantages from this circumstance during the Summer season; but, alas! a long and dreary Winter reverses the scene and involves them in continual darkness." (letter XIV, p.54).
- Partly (sl.) foxed. Wr. sl. worn.
= Fockema Andreae, Overzicht oud-Ned. rechtsbronnen p.97 (2). Augmented edition, with list of dike-reeves from the 14th cent. to 1693. Rare.
- Vol.1 last blank loose(ning); vol.2 last ±40 lvs. waterstained in upper (inner) margin. Lacks letterpieces; spine-ends and corners worn.
= On medicine in relation to the Bible. BMN I, p.13.
- Title-p. sl. duststained and reattached. Good copy. = Quérard II, p.527.
- Bookplate of V. de la Montaigne on upper pastedown. Lacks letterpiece; worn along extremities.
AND 2 others, i.a. A. PRUDENTIUS CLEMENS, Lofzangen. Transl. G. Kempher (Leyden, 1712, engr. frontisp., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo).
- Title-p. and 1 other textp. trifle stained; bookplate on upper pastedown. Extremities sl. rubbed. Fine copy.
= Rare collection of biographies (incl. philosopher David Hume) by the Scottish printer William Smellie (1740-1795), which was posthumously published by his son Alexander, being an unfinished attempt at a Scottish biographical dictionary. William Smellie is renowned for editing the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and co-founding both the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
- Pastedowns partly browned. Upper joint starting.
Kruyff, J. de. Gedichten. Amst., Yntema en Tieboel, 1776, (2),XVI,193,(3)p., engr. title and portrait by R. VINKELES, contemp. gilt hcalf.
- Endpapers foxed; 3 prel. lvs. (incl. portr.) w. sm. stains in blank margin; bookplate on verso first blank.
Koolaart (geb. Hoofman), E. De naagelaatene gedichten. Haarlem, J. Bosch, 1774, XVI,200p., engr. title by R. VINKELES, 19th cent. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece. - AND 3 others, i.a. J.J. MAURICIUS, Dichtlievende uitspanningen (Amst., 1753, engr. frontisp. and coat of arms by S. FOKKE, title-vignette by B. PICART, contemp. calf).
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Letterpieces dam.; joints split(ting).
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 294; cat. Honig 201.
Bos, L. van den. Dordrechtsche Arcadia. Bevattende Oude en Nieuwe, soo binnen- als buytenlantsche Geschiedenissen, verschiet van Verhandelingen, Staet en Wijs-kunde, Minnery en Poësy, Vermaeck en Nut, &c. Amst., A. van den Heuvel, 1663, 2nd ed., 599p., engr. frontisp., 8 plates, contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo.
- New endpapers; crossed-out contemp. owner's entry on verso final textleaf; bookblock shaken; hinges weak.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on fist free endpaper. The rare 2nd edition. Buisman 267; cf. De Vries 24; cf. Muller 92; cf. Waller 316; cf. Mateboer 312.
Oudenhoven, J. Silva-Ducis aucta & renata of Een Nieuwe ende gantsch Vermeerderde Beschrijvinge van de stadt van s' Hertogen-Bossche, vervatende des selfs begin en voortganck, soo van Geestelijcke als Wereldtlijcke Gestichten, oprichten van 't Capittel (...). 's-Hertogenbosch, J. Scheffers, J. van Oudenhoven and Wed. I. van Dockum, 1670, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),235,(7); (6),146,(5)p., engr. title w. a fine view of 's-Hertogenbosch, contemp. calf, sm. 4to.
- Small owner's entry on engr. title; occas. yellowed/ sl. browned. Binding sl. worn along extremities; top of spine sl. dam.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 232; Van Herwijnen 2903.
- Contemp. owner's entry on verso of first free endpaper; sm. portion cut out of title; bookblock shaken. Lacks ties.
= BCNI 7737. Very rare.
Avila, T. de. Den Wech der Volmaectheyt, Beschreven door de Salighe Moeder Teresa van Jesus/ Fondateresse vande Cloosters der ongeschoende Carmelieten (...). Ibid., R. Velpius and R. Antoon, 1613, (16),358,(1)p., contemp. vellum.
- Contemp. owner's entry on upper pastedown ("Suster Johanna de Bes"); sl. yellowed. Lacks ties.
= BCNI 5958.
Walenburg, A. and P. Den eenvoudigen Catholyck. Hier is achter by-gevoegt: Een Klein Werkje, met den naam van Gesantschap. Antw., J.B. Verdussen, 1699, 2 parts in 1 vol., (10),376,(5); (10),76p., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Vellum soiled. = Possibly printed in Haarlem.
- Partly (sl.) foxed/ browned (worse in part 4). Corners showing.
- Lacks 1 plate; 3 plates loose(ning); hinges weak but holding on cords. Binding (sl.) rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Scheurleer p.40; cf. Klaversma/ Hannema 342-346 (Amst., 1682-1694).
Lodensteyn, J. van. Uyt-spanningen, Behelsende eenige stichtelyke liederen, En andere gedichten. Amst./ Utr., Wed. de Groot/ J. van Stuyvezant, 1713, 7th enl. and corr. ed., 4 parts in 1 vol., (16),464,(13)p., 4 (3x ident.) woodcut title-vignettes, scores, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Owner's entry on endpapers, title and first 10 textlvs.; sl. browned. Vellum soiled/ stained.
= Scheurleer p.79; cf. Waller 1098 and 1099; Scheepers I, 292.
AND 5 others similar, i.a. an incomplete copy of R. BATAVUS, Nieu Liedt-Boecxken (Antw., 1617, 3rd ed., woodcut title-vignette, later vellum, sm. 8vo. Rebound) and J. SIKKES, Het nieuwe Ternaarder Bloemen-dal, of Vriesche Lust-hof (Deventer, 1815, later hcalf, sm. 8vo. Rebound).
- Yellowed/ sl. browned. Binding sl. rubbed along edges; covers w. a few wormholes.
= Dünnhaupt p.3661 (and passim). Benjamin Schmolck (or Schmolcke/ Schmolcken) was a popular author of devotional songs form Silezia. "Obschon er Schweidnitz kaum je verließ, hatte sich sein Ruhm als Kirchenlieddichter längst über ganz Deutschland verbreitet, ehe er in Schweidnitz am 12. Februar 1737 verstarb. Zwar konnte ihn noch Graesse herablassend als "un poète fade et ennuyeux" belächeln, doch hat sein Beitrag zum deutschen Kirchenlied des Pietismus inzwischen längst wieder im höherem Maße Würdigung gefunden". (Dünnhaupt).
- Title-p. sl. stained and trimmed to borderline at right side; first 3 textlvs. sl. wormholed.
= Rare. First and only Dutch ed. of this devotional work by the Spanish Franciscan Andres de Soto (1553-1625). BCNI 6322; Simoni S-205.