81 3475 Watts J 
81 3475 Watts J 
- One map torn at inner blank margin; last part sl. waterst. in lower blank margin. Vellum stained.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 1486. With manuscript dedication by P.A. de Génestet "Aan de Brave en Lofwaardige Jonge Dogter Dirkje de Ruu voor haare naarstigheid in onze Cathedrische oefeningen betoond (...). P.A. De Genestet. V.D.M. Bloemend." on first blank.
81 3476 Weislinger J N 
- Gilding on backstrip for the larger part worn off.
= Compare Hayn/ Gotendorf IV, p.326-327 for the original German editions: "Sehr derbe, oft unfläthige antilutherische Schmähschrift".
Thomas à Kempis. Die Alleen-Spraecke Der Zielen met Godt. Louvain, Ian Maes, 1628, (6),135,(5)p., title within woodcut border, 20 woodcut plates by C. VAN SICHEM, 19th cent. giltlettered hcalf, sm. 8vo.
- A few quires at beginning and end waterstained; a few quires loosening. New endpapers; upper joint broken.
= De Backer 3047.
AND 1 other.
81 3477 Wellens J T J 
- Narrow strip of upper blank margin of title cut off; a few wormholes in lower inner blank margin. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities; lower joint starting.
= Jacob Thomas Josef Wellens (1745-1784), bishop of Antwerp. Landwehr, Dutch Emblem Books 896.
AND 2 others in 3 vols. by B. SMYTEGELT: Het gekrookte riet (Nijkerk, 1868, 3rd ed., 2 vols., modern unif. gilt hcalf, sm. 4to) and Des Christens heil en sieraad (ibid., 1868, modern hcalf, sm. 4to. Extensive owner's annots./ underlining in ballpoint).
81/3478 Werken der Bataafsche Maatschappij van taal en dichtkunde 
- Occas. trifle foxed/ sl. mouldy along top; all vols. bookplate and ticket on upper pastedown, library stamps on title-p. One vol upper hinge broken w. partly detatched backstrip; bindings sl. soiled.
= Contributions by i.a. Siegenbeek, Tollens, Van der Palm.
81 3479 Werve F vanden 
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper: "F. Guilulmus Simonis Minderbr. Suster Catharina. Schrijnmaeckers den 30 Julius 1720"; trifle waterstained.
= The plates intend to picture the sufferings of Christ in contrast with the earthly pleasures of courtiers. BCNI 14539. Very rare.
81 3480 Westerhoven J van 
- Portion cut from lower blank margin of title-p.; trifle foxed. Covers sl. rubbed.
= Rare, only 2 copies in STCN. Cf. Ekama 376, listing the 2nd edition published in 1715 and with a note on the first edition published in 1688: "De prenten door C. Decker zijn dezelfde. Het boekje schijnt geschreven tegen de Laurier-kransen (...) want de schrijver zegt in zijne voorrede [in our edition in his dedication]: "Laet Haerlems Contreyen niet meer worden vervult met dartelheyt, wulpsheyt, dronkenschap en diergelijke ongebondentheden;" "laet in Haerlems Contreyen niet meer worden gehoort, dat vuyle en oneerbare gejag, van oneerlijcke en amoureuse Liedekens." Nicely illustrated.
81 3481 Wetstein G 
- First play blank margin of frontisp. repaired; section of first textp. torn away; 3rd play lacks frontisp. and title-p.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to Balthazar Huydecoper on 2nd blank. Contains the following works: Het gelukkig ongeval (1721); Erik, Prins van Zweden (1722) and Gustavus Adolphus, koning van Zweden, beschermer der Duitsche vryheit (1723).
Oudaan, J. Toneel-poëzy. Ibid., E. and P. Visser, n.d. (±1735), (16),294p., engr. frontisp. and 5 (large) title-vignettes, contemp. calf w. gilt spine.
- Library ticket "Bibliotheca Hageveldensis" and stamp on prelim. lvs. Lacks letterpiece.
AND 5 others similar, i.a. C.F. GELLERT, Blyspelen (ibid., 4 engr. plates by R. VINKELES, contemp. hcalf w. gilt spine).
81/3482 Whaling Tobacco box 
81/3482 Whaling Tobacco box 
81/3482 Whaling Tobacco box 
- A few sm. (partly repaired) dam. spots on upper lid affecting one ship's mast and the other ship's stern; one (silver) leaf lacking from lower side.
= Very rare whaling item. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.
81 3483 Whaling Zorgdrager C G 
81 3483 Whaling Zorgdrager C G 
81 3483 Whaling Zorgdrager C G 
81 3483 Whaling Zorgdrager C G 
- Collation indicates 1 leaf lacking (as often) before index (binder's instruction?), but collation as in Sabin; hinges weakening. Vague stain on frontcover. Otherwise fine.
= Tiele 1241 note (only 12 maps/ plates); Honig Sale 411; Cat. NHSM p.899; Sabin 106374; Jenkins p.162; Lauridsen p.190; Chavanne 2110; Ingalls 13: "C.G. Zorgdrager's classic volume on the Greenland whale fishery is one of the most thorough and authoritative descriptions of the early eighteenth-century Dutch and Germanic fisheries". Allen 177: "Zorgdrager's work is by far the most important of the early authorities on the northern Whalefishery, and must always be one of the chief sources of information for the early history of the subject."
BOUND WITH: Martens, F. Nauwkeurige beschryvinge van Groenland of Spitsbergen, Waer de Walvisch-vangst, gelegentheyd van 't Ys, en haer wonderlijke kragt en Figuren, duydelijk word aengewesen: nevens Den Aard van 't Land, Gewassen, Ys-Bergen, Gevogelte, Viervoetige Dieren, en Visschen deser Contreyen. Oock hoe de Walvisschen gevangen, gekapt en gesneden worden. Benevens verscheyde Avontuurlijke voorvallen in Groenland (...). Amst., G. de Groot, 1710, (8),88p., engr. frontisp., woodcut title-vignette, 3 plates.
- Sl. browned/ yellowed almost throughout and occas. foxed; final few leaves sl. waterstained in outer margin.
= Chavanne 5247; Ingalls 10; Sabin 44836; Muller 870. Popular Dutch edition of one of the classics of whaling, first published Hamburg, 1675. On the German edition (which has 16 fold. plates) see Nissen ZBI 2706; Jenkins p. 124f; Ingalls (on the plates) 137; Chavanne a.o. 2786; Holland, p.68 and 553: "German Whaling expedition from Hamburg; April 15-August 21. In his narrative of this voyage, Martens presents a rare published account of an Arctic whaling voyage in the mid-17th century, as well as observations on the natural history of Spitsbergen (...) also contains many general observations on Spitsbergen: its zoology (particularly birds) and botany; descriptions of the whales, walruses, and fishes of Spitsbergen waters; and the manner of whaling at that time" (p.68); Henze III, p.380f: "Dieses kleine Buch öffnete den Spitzbergen-Bereich einer frühen, der Zeit weit vorausgehenden wissenschaftlichen Betrachtung: es steht mithin einzigartig in der Polarliteratur. Als Quelle für die Naturkenntnis jenes Bereichs blieb es unübertroffen bis zum Erscheinen der Berichte Will. Scoresbys (...)". Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
81 3484 Winter N S van 
- Lacks the map.
Idem. De jaargetyden, in vier zangen. Ibid., idem, 1769, (8),197,(3)p., engr. title-vignette by S. FOKKE, contemp. gilt calf. Merken, L.W. van. Het nut der tegenspoeden, brieven en andere gedichten. Ibid., idem, 1762, 1st ed., (8),344,(4)p., engr. frontisp. by J. V. SCHLEY after C. PLOOS VAN AMSTEL, title-vignette, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to. - AND 1 other.
81 3485 Winter N S van and Merken L W van 
81 3485 Winter N S van and Merken L W van 
81 3485 Winter N S van and Merken L W van 
81 3485 Winter N S van and Merken L W van 
81 3485 Winter N S van and Merken L W van 
81 3485 Winter N S van and Merken L W van 
- Lacks first blank; upper hinge trifle weak. Corners bumped and spine-ends heavily worn.
AND 7 others, all in modern (1x marbled) wr./ 1x hcalf (18th/ 19th cent.), i.a. De moeder, vertrouwde van haare dochter; blyspel (Amst., 1762); De wedergevonden zoon, blyspel (ibid., 1761) and De Graaf van Waltron, krygsspel (ibid., 1791).
81 3486 Wits ius H 
81 3486 Wits ius H 
- Sl. browned frontisp. trimmed to border line and mounted on first blank; owner's stamp on title; partly (sl.) waterstained. Spine-ends chipped; boardedges worn/ rubbed.
AND 3 others, i.a. J. MOLINAEUS, Den recht-gereformeerden Christen (...) (The Hague, 1669, woodcut printer's mark, sl. later (sl. worn) wr. Partly waterstained).
81 3487 Witt J de 
- Some pages (sl.) browned/ foxed. Top of spines (sl.) worn (1x chipped); corners showing.
Volkoome register Over de Ses Deelen der Brieven Des raedt-Pensionaris J. de Witt (...); Als meede over het Verbaal door Hieron. van Beverningh, enz. Te London gehouden. Ibid., idem, 1727, (252)p., woodengr. title-vignette, bound unif. w. the preceding set.
81 3488 Witt J de Luzac E 
81 3488 Witt J de Luzac E 
- Partly sl. yellowed/ foxed.
= Knuttel 18600. Rare pamphlet from the Wittenoorlog, a series of polemic writings on Johan de Witt's role in the history of the Dutch Republic. Its main protagonists were Jan Wagenaar (pro-De Witt) and the orangist Elias Luzac (anti-De Witt).
AND 2 others, i.a. G.L. D'ESTRADES, Het karakter van den Raad-Pensionaris Jan de Wit en zyne factie (The Hague, 1757, 3rd ed., contemp. (loose) wr. Sl. worn copy).
81/3489 Witt J de Op de Voorste Vinger der Rechterhand Van wijlen de Heer Raad Pensionaris Johan de With Gebalsemt in een Glazen fles bewaart 
- Formerly folded. Fine. = Knuttel 10694.
81/3490 Witt J and C de Binnen landtse Borgerlyke beroerten in Hollandt en Zeelandt Voor gevallen in den iare 1672 
81/3490 Witt J and C de Binnen landtse Borgerlyke beroerten in Hollandt en Zeelandt Voor gevallen in den iare 1672 
- Trimmed in upper margin. Binding sl. rubbed.
= Separate edition of the extra chapter often added to T. van Domselaar's Het Ontroerde Nederlandt (1674). Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 144c; Van Someren I, 70a; De Buck 2725; Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as book illustrator 37.
Het Swart Toneel-Gordyn, opgeschoven voor de Heeren Gebroederen Cornelis en Johan de Wit. Eerste-tweede deel. N.pl., n.publ., 1676-1677, 2nd ed., 2 (of 3) parts in 1 vol., 96; (4),92p., 2 engr. portraits, 1 fold. plate, 2 half-p. textills., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Lacks engr. general title and the 3rd part; plate w. large (closed) tear in inner margin; sl. browned.
81 3491 Wolff Bekker E and Deken A 
81 3491 Wolff Bekker E and Deken A 
81 3491 Wolff Bekker E and Deken A 
- Vol. 1 first few lvs. and plates sl. foxed, otherwise contents fine. Vols. 1 and 2 corners (sl.) worn; all vols. paper over boards partly lacking/ sl. worn.
= Buijnsters 117 (vol. 3) and 123 (vols. 1 and 2).
81 3492 Wolff Bekker E and Deken A 
- Occas. sl. waterst. in blank upper outer corner; all vols. library stamps on title-page. Vol. 1 cover nearly loose, other vols. joints split(ting); sl. dam./ worn along extremities; all vols. tickets on spine.
= Buijnsters 173; Waller 1889; Muller 261.
81 3493 Young E 
- Spine rubbed; lacks letterpiece.
81 3494 Young E 
- Vol. 1 and 4 waterstained throughout.
(Post, E.M.). Voor eenzaamen. Ibid., J. Allart, 1789, 1st ed., (14),328p., engr. title-p. and 4 engr. plates by R.VINKELES, contemp. hcl.
- Rubbed along extremities.
Idem. Het land, in brieven. Ibid., idem, 1788, 2nd ed., (10),336p., engr. title and 4 plates by R. VINKELES, contemp. calf.
- Partly waterstained in margins; sl. soiled. Worn/ dam. along extremities.
= Second edition of the debut by E.M. Post.
AND 1 other.