81 3435 Utrecht Water J vande 
- Second vol. without frontisp. Otherwise fine copies.
= From the library of W.A. Beelaerts van Blokland w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Dekkers p.187, 3.
81 3436 Uytenbogaert J 
81 3436 Uytenbogaert J 
81 3436 Uytenbogaert J 
- Lacks the portrait; pastedowns detached. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Rare first edition. Knuttel, Kerkgeschiedenis p.373.
AND 1 other: G. BRANDT, Historie der reformatie, en andre kerkelyke geschiedenissen, in en ontrent de Nederlanden (Amst./ Rott., 1677/ 1674/ 1704 (2x), 1st/ 2nd ed. (vol. 1), 4 vols., engr. frontisp. by ROMEYN DE HOOGHE, 16 (of 25) engr. portraits, contemp. unif. gilt calf, sm. 4to. Sold w.a.f.).
81 3437 Vadé J J 
- Two bookplates on upper pastedown of Lucien Tissot Dupont and M. Hogguer.
= One of 100 copies with the plates "avant la lettre". The invention of the "oeuvre poissard" (a language spoken by vulgar and uneducated Parisians) is attributed to Jean-Joseph Vadé (1720-1757). The beautiful coloured plates show the Parisians. Cohen/ de Ricci 1005; Gay/ Lemonnyer III, p.531. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
81 3438 Vechtstreek Bruin C 
- Uncut and fine copy.
= One of the finest books on 18th century Dutch stately homes, also of great importance for contemporary garden-architecture.
81 3439 Vechtstreek Bruin C 
- Lacks final 2 plates (views 98-101); frontisp. creased and doubled; title-p. w. a few closed tears; several plates prob. taken from another copy; sl. fingersoiled, foxed and (water)stained; hinges strengthened w. cloth. Lacks backstrip; backcover chafed.
= One of the finest books on 18th century Dutch stately homes, also of great importance for contemporary garden-architecture.
81 3440 Venne A vande 
81 3440 Venne A vande 
- A few leaves vaguely damptstained. Professionally rebound in fine antique style vellum. A very good copy.
= "(...) M.b.t. de reconstructie van de drukgeschiedenis van de Belacchende Werelt komt men tot enkele belangrijke vaststellingen. Kennelijk werden er tijdens het drukproces van de bundel herhaaldelijk wijzigingen in het zetsel aangebracht: het totale aantal getraceerde varianten is zowel in kwantitatief als kwalitatief opzicht aanzienlijk (...)" (see website of the DBNL on A. van de Venne's Tafereel van de belacchende Wereld). Very attractive engravings, i.a. depicting a quacksalver; the engraved title shows a lively scene at the fair at The Hague. One of the finest and most curious (and humorous) Dutch 17th cent. illustrated books. Hollstein, De Jode I, 119; Hollstein, Vande Venne 438-445; Franken II, p.98; Scheepers II, 283; Arents 284 (conversation on pipe-smoking). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.
81 3441 Vergilius Maro P 
- Binding worn along extremities.
Fénélon, F. de Salignac de la Mothe. Les avantures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse. London, J. Hofhout, 1757, 2 vols., XLVII,(1),236,(14); 288p., engr. frontisp., fold. map, 11 plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece. - AND 1 other.
81 3442 Vervoort F 
- Bookblock broken and shaken; sl. yellowed; sl. cut short; sm. bookplates on upper pastedown. Spine-ends dam.; upper joint split(ting).
= BCNI 4537.
81/3443 De Vier uyterste van den mensch met Eene voor afgaende Beschryvinge van de Kortheyd Ellendigheyd en het Oogwit van't Menschelyk leven 
- Upper hinge weak; bookplate on first free endpaper and some other sm. defects. Binding dam./ crudely repaired w. tape.
Drexel, J. De Sonne-bloeme, ofte Over-een-kominghe van den menschelijcken wille met den Godtlijcken. Dutch transl. F. de Smidt. Antw., Weduwe van J. Jacops, 1700, (16),583p., engr. title-p., 5 plates, modern giltlettered calf, 12mo.
- Owner's stamp on first blank and title; occas. cut short.
AND 3 others, i.a. Kort Begryp vande Legende der Heyligen, gestelt op iederen dag van de Week: seer dienstig om wel te sterven, overeenkomende met den Roomschen Brevier (Brussel, n.d., contemp. (dam.) calf, sm. 8vo.) and a later edition of J. DREXEL, De Zonne-Bloeme.
81 3444 Vitringa C 
- Pastedowns loose; owner's annot. on first free endpaper. Foot of spine sl. dam. Contents fine.
Broes, P. De peinzende kristen, of bundel van stichtelyke gedachten voor de eenzaamheid. Ibid., J. van der Heij, 1805, 4 parts in 1 vol., title-p., 12 engr. plates by H.L. MIJLING after J. BUYS, contemp. hcalf, gilt spine w. orange mor. letterpiece.
- Upper hinge weak; occas. trifle foxed. Boards sl. worn.
AND 1 other.
81/3445 VOC and WIC Bericht der vergadering van Zeventien by de provisionele repraesentanten des volks van Zeeland den 22 september gerequireerd op het decreet der provisionele repraesentanten de
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Spine-ends worn. = Landwehr, VOC 1647. Rare.
81/3446 VOC and WIC Command baton 
- Later leather carrying cord.
81 3447 VOC and WIC Commelin I ed 
81 3447 VOC and WIC Commelin I ed 
- Occas. yellowed; one plate laid down. Sold w.a.f.
= Tiele 82; Tiele, Mémoire, p.13, IVd, "Inleydinge" and no. 4, 6, 8, 10, 13-17, 19-21; see also Landwehr VOC no. 250, listing three editions (1644 (only 2 copies known), 1645 and 1646).
81 3448 VOC and WIC Kerckhoven J van =S van Kerckhoven 
- Bookblock loose; trifle yellowed.
= Tiele II, 1055 (note); Knuttel 8912; Landwehr, VOC 421. A re-edition of the 1663 edition. Extremely rare account of the disastrous voyage of Simon van Kerckhoven with the ship Aernhem from Batavia to the Netherlands in 1661. Along the Cape of Good Hope they were caught in a storm and the ship perished on the reefs of Cargados Carajos. Of the 100 survivors of the shipwreck, only 50 reached the coast of Mauritius after a week at sea in a small life boat.
81 3449 VOC and WIC Pelsaert F 
- Very fine copy.
= Tiele 851 (note); Tiele mémoire 243; Landwehr, VOC 411 and Rouffaer/ Muller p.53 (both ed. 1648); cat. NHSM p.187 (ed. 1647); not in Cox. A very rare reimpression of the ed. 1648, with fine ills. of the flagship Batavia on her way to Java and her shipwreck on the coral reef of Albrolhos. After saving the greater part of the 341 passengers and crew, captain Pelsaert went back searching for castaways. During his absence Jeronymus Cornelisz., "Apotheker van Haerlem, Onder-Koopman op 't verongeluckte schip Batavia" started a reign of terror, killing 120 passengers and crew members. On his return, Pelsaert sentenced Cornelisz. and seven other rebels to death. The island on which these events took place is called "Bataviaes Kerck-hof" (Batavia's graveyard). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.
81/3450 VOC and WIC Reduced size VOC cannon 
- With rust and greenish corrosion. = Date of manufacture unclear.
81 3451 VOC and WIC Roman J 
- Later annots. on verso frontwr. Contents fine.
= Landwehr, VOC 767; Knuttel 6496. Reflections during the outward voyage by Rev. Johannes Roman, who survived a number of storms and witnessed a sea battle. Very rare.
81 3452 VOC and WIC Saar J J 
81 3452 VOC and WIC Saar J J 
81 3452 VOC and WIC Saar J J 
- Sl. foxed; bound sl. tightly. Fine copy.
= Landwehr VOC 308, note; Van Gelder p.100; Tiele 952; Mendelssohn II, p.262; cat. NHSM I, p.174; Rouffaer/ Muller p. 475; Graesse VII, p.463. "Saar was born in about 1626 and grew up in Nuremberg. Aged nineteen he left home, to find a commercial situation in Hamburg. Two months later and unsuccesful he went on to Amsterdam. Even here his efforts were fruitless, so after six months, on 25 November 1644 he enlisted as a common soldier in the military service of the VOC. His social position entitled him to an officer's commission eventually, but he never rose beyond the rank of corporal. Saar sailed to the East Indies in early January 1645, on the Middelburg. After a short period on the islands of Banda, he went on to Ceylon where he served most of his term. (...) It appears that for a number of years Saar had kept a diary, but unfortunately it was lost at sea. He had to rewrite his experience from memory, so it is not surprising that the dates given by him in his account are not reliable. Saar's work was published in Nuremberg in 1662 (...). In 1672 a new, revised edition of the German original was published, this time in folio form. The illustrations are the same as in the first edition, the portrait and the frontispiece, however, being re-engraved by I.A. Böner." (De Silva/ Beumer p.449). "In this edition the description of the Cape extends to nine pages, including a remarkable view of Cape Town and Table Bay in which Table Mountain is represented in the shape of a lion." (Mendelssohn).
81 3453 VOC and WIC Saar J J 
81 3453 VOC and WIC Saar J J 
- Lacks the plate; p.167-170 lack upper outer corner w. loss of text and part of one illustration; portrait w. sm. closed hole in face; frontisp. and portr. w. marginal tear
= Landwehr VOC 308, note; Van Gelder p.100; Tiele 952; Mendelssohn II, p.262; cat. NHSM I, p.174; Rouffaer/ Muller p. 475; Graesse VII, p.463. "Saar was born in about 1626 and grew up in Nuremberg. Aged nineteen he left home, to find a commercial situation in Hamburg. Two months later and unsuccesful he went on to Amsterdam. Even here his efforts were fruitless, so after six months, on 25 November 1644 he enlisted as a common soldier in the military service of the VOC. His social position entitled him to an officer's commission eventually, but he never rose beyond the rank of corporal. Saar sailed to the East Indies in early January 1645, on the Middelburg. After a short period on the islands of Banda, he went on to Ceylon where he served most of his term. (...) It appears that for a number of years Saar had kept a diary, but unfortunately it was lost at sea. He had to rewrite his experience from memory, so it is not surprising that the dates given by him in his account are not reliable. Saar's work was published in Nuremberg in 1662 (...). In 1672 a new, revised edition of the German original was published, this time in folio form. The illustrations are the same as in the first edition, the portrait and the frontispiece, however, being re-engraved by I.A. Böner." (De Silva/ Beumer p.449). "In this edition the description of the Cape extends to nine pages, including a remarkable view of Cape Town and Table Bay in which Table Mountain is represented in the shape of a lion." (Mendelssohn).
81/3454 VOC and WIC Zee Journael ofte Autenticq Verhael Uyt d'annotatien vande Heeren haer Hooghmogende Volmachtighde in de Vloot der Doorluchtighste Geunieerde Republijcque en andere Schrifte 
- The date "13. Juny" crossed out on title-p. and replaced by "1. Augusti" in manuscript.
= Knuttel 9102. Extremely rare account of the voyage of the Dutch merchant and treasure fleet of 60 ships returning from the East Indies (ten of them were Dutch East India Company commanded by Commodore Pieter de Bitter) containing the richest cargo ever shipped until then. The pamphlet details the Battle of Vågen.