77 2104 Anson G 
77 2104 Anson G 
- Fine and clean copy. Backstrip lacks letterpiece.
= Tiele 42; Cat. NHSM p.136; Howgego A100; Henze I, p.82-83; cf. Borba de Moraes I, p.38-39 and Bosch 199 (French editions); Sabin 1641 (Dutch editions 1754 and 1765); Cox I, p.49 (ed. London, 1740): "This famous and unfortunate expedition, consisting at the start of eight ships, was sent under the command of George Anson at the beginning of the war with Spain, to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America. Seven ships were lost at around Cape Horn and on the coast of Chile and out of 900 men who left England on board more than 600 perished. (...) The primary object of the expedition was not attained, but by the capture of the Manila Galleon near China, Anson and the surviving members of his crew reached England much the richer. (...) Walter's account of the voyage is a model of what such literature should be." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIII.
77 2105 Anson G 
77 2105 Anson G 
- A few plates (sl.) foxed, otherwise contents clean. Upper joint very carefully restored. A very fine and attractively bound copy.
= Sabin 1629; Cox I, p.49; Borba de Moraes I, p.38: "This is a classic account of circumnavigation which has been published in countless editions in French and other languages (...)." Cox: "This famous and unfortunate expedition, consisting at the start of eight ships, was sent under the command of George Anson at the beginning of the war with Spain, to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America. Seven ships were lost around Cape Horn and on the coast of Chili and out of 900 men who left England on board more than 600 perished. (...) Walter's account of the voyage is a model of what such literature should be. The mournful beauty of the passage describing their approach to Cape Horn compares well with that of Masefield's in his poem Dauber." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
77 2106 Antisemitism Cafmeyer P de 
- Large fold. plate of the relic holder torn. Joints starting at spine-ends; corners showing.
= The legend, which takes place in the 14th century Brussels, tells of the miraculous return of sacred hosts after they were stolen from the church by a group of Jewish people. Six Jewish people were sentenced to death for the "killing" of the sacred hosts. Title page reads 'Eersten druck' and 'nieuwen Druck'.
77 2107 Antonides van der Goes J 
- Contemp. owner's entry ("J. de Fremeri") on title; waterstained throughout.
= The first part contains "De Ystroom. Begreepen in vier boeken" (etched frontisp. and 5 plates by ROMEYN DE HOOGHE (Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as bookill. 9 (listing the first ed. 1671)).
BOUND WITH: 2 others by/ on the same: Trazil, of overrompelt Sina (ibid., 1685) and Het leven van Joannes Antonides vander Goes (n.pl., n.d.).
77 2108 Antonides van der Goes J 
- Pastedowns loose. Vellum duststained. = Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as book ill. 9.
77 2109 Antonides van der Goes J 
= Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as bookill. 9 (listing the first ed. 1671); Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 7 (note).
BOUND WITH: 2 others by the same: Trazil, of overrompelt Sina (ibid., n.d.) and Gedichten (ibid., 1702).
77 2110 Arabia Niebuhr C 
77 2110 Arabia Niebuhr C 
- Partly (sl.) waterstained (sl. affecting only a few of the minor plates). Paper over covers worn/ sl. dam.
= Tiele 795; Howgego N24; cf. Graesse IV, 674; Cox I, 237; Aboussouan 682-683 and Lipperheide Lc6. Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) travelled extensively in Arabia, Persia, Palestine and Asia Minor, and became by his descriptions and maps and the richness of his observations the pioneer of a more profound knowledge of the Orient. Henze III, p.610: "Als erste literarische Hauptfrucht der langen Reise veröffentlichte er in 1772 die Beschreibung von Arabien, ein Werk klassischen Gepräges, das mehr Stoff darbrachte als alle früheren europäischen Werke zusammengenommen; hinzu kam, daß es großenteils auf Autopsie basierte. N. hielt sich fern von jeder Kompilation nach anderen Autoren und trug nur vor, was er selbst beobachtet und gesammelt hatte". "His accounts are probably the best and most authentic of their day" (Cox). On Niebuhr see also Europa und die Orient, cat. 1/190. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
Michaëlis, J.D. Vragen aan een gezelschap van geleerde mannen, die op bevel zyner majesteit des Konings van Denemarken naar Arabie reizen. Ibid., iidem, 1774, XLVI,270,(2)p., contemp. boards, 4to.
- Mouldy towards the end; a few leaves loose. Backcover loose and paper over boards dam. Sold w.a.f.
77 2111 Architecture Blondel J F 
77 2111 Architecture Blondel J F 
77 2111 Architecture Blondel J F 
- Contemp. owner's entry in pen and ink on title-p. of plate vols.; contents w. minor defects. Bindings (sl.) rubbed; a few corners showing. All in all, a very good to fine series.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
77 2112 Architecture Campen J van 
77 2112 Architecture Campen J van 
- A few plates (incl. title-p.) sl. yellowed. Contents otherwise fine. Frontcover detached; binding worn/ dam. along extremities.
= Despite faulty binding, an attractive copy of this famous work on the Amsterdam municipal building designed by Jacob van Campen and built between 1648 and 1655. Kat. Orn. Berlin 2235. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
77 2113 Architecture Campen J van 
77 2113 Architecture Campen J van 
77 2113 Architecture Campen J van 
77 2113 Architecture Campen J van 
- Lacks 2 plates showing the tympanum (no. 9 and 13); a few plates (incl. title-p.) sl. yellowed; owner's stamps on upper endpaper of "Dr. Carl Rohrbach Gotha" and "Eberhard". Contents otherwise fine. Corners sl. worn; spine-ends chipped; a few rubbed spots on covers.
= Interesting provenance: the library of the abbey of Gandersheim, with a manuscript statement of donation by the abbess of Gandersheim, Elisabet Ernestine Antoinette von Sachsen-Meiningen, to the Abbey library with her engr. bookplate (engr. by Martin Tyroff) below on the upper pastedown: "Je destine ce livre à la chambre d'Architecture à ma Maison de Brunshausen le 16. de dec. 1727 Elisabet Ernestine Antoinette Ab. D.G.D.V. SM[?]". Also with a manuscript dedication by a certain C.F. de Bronsart on the first free endpaper, dated "à Gandersheim Le 14. Decem.: 1727.", stating that he had offered the work as a birthday present to the Abbess (C.F. de Bronsart is known to have donated another work to the Abbess on her birthday in 1730, but we could not further identify him/ her). The following is a quote from the data of the the online reconstruction of the library of the Gandersheim Abbey (see: https://bibliotheksrekonstruktion.hab.de/gandersheim/gandersheim.xml), in which both the copy that we offer here and the name of C.F. de Bronsart are recorded:
"Die Bibliothek wurde von Fürstäbtissin Elisabeth Ernestine Antonie von Sachsen-Meiningen (1681-1766) mit Unterstützung ihres Haushofmeisters Johann Anton Kroll von Freyen (1666-1749) durch Ankauf auf dem internationalen Buchmarkt sowie durch teils erbetene Schenkungen geschaffen. Die Bibliothek befand sich in einem prächtig ausgestatteten Raum im Nordflügel des Abteigebäudes. Bücher, Graphikmappen und Münzsammlung waren in 11 Schränken und drei Kommoden systematisch geordnet untergebracht. Die Stiftsbibliothek umfasst etwa 1000 Titel in 1400 Bänden. In der Sammlung befanden sich auch Buchbestände aus der Sommerresidenz der Fürstäbtissin in Brunshausen. Diese Bände waren einheitlich in Leder gebunden und teilweise mit dem goldenen Stiftswappen und dem Exlibris der Äbtissin versehen. Widmungen weisen auf die jeweiligen Stifter hin. Nach der Aufhebung des Stiftes 1810 wurden wesentliche Teile der Bibliothek von Karoline Ulrike Amalie von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld nach Coburg gebracht wo sie bis heute in der Landesbibliothek und den Kunstsammlungen erhalten sind. Die ebenfalls von Elisabeth Ernestine Antonie gegründete, in der Stiftskirche aufgestellte Stiftskirchenbibliothek befindet sich heute als Depositum im Predigerseminar Braunschweig." The abbey was dissolved in 1810.
Despite the missing plates, an attractive copy of this famous work on the Amsterdam municipal building designed by Jacob van Campen and built between 1648 and 1655. Kat. Orn. Berlin 2235.
77 2114 Architecture Duhamel du Monceau H L 
- Occas. sl. yellowed. = From Descriptions des Arts et Métiers.
AND 3 others similar, all in contemp. wr., large folio: IDEM, Art du cirier (Paris, 1762, 8 engr. plates. Plates waterst. in lower margin); IDEM, De la forge des enclumes (ibid., 1762. Lacks the plate; 2 lvs. waterst. in upper margin); A.D. FOUGEROUX DE BONDAROY, Art de tirer des carrières la pierre d'ardoise (Paris, n.d., 2 (of 4) engr. plates. Lacks 2 plates). - ADDED: 44 plates from DIDEROT and D'ALEMBERT's Encyclopédie (±1770, folio): Agriculture Economie Rustique (various mills, 9x); Tonnelier (8x); Potier d'Étain (Bimblotier) (15x) and Fayancerie (12x).
77 2115 Architecture Duhamel du Monceau H L Fourcroy de Ramecourt C R and Gallon ? 
- Backstrip dam./ lacking. Contents fine.
= From Descriptions des Arts et Métiers. Poggendorff I, p.618 and 783.
77 2116 Architecture Normand C 
- Plates occas. sl. soiled. Board edges rubbed. = Cf. Bierens de Haan 4634 (ed. 1821).
77 2117 Architecture Post P 
77 2117 Architecture Post P 
= Sections 2 and 7 from Les ouvrages d'architecture ordonnez par Pierre Post. Kat. Orn. Berl. 2231.
77 2118 Artists' manuals Beauvais Raseau P de 
- Quires loose(ning). Lacks backstrip; backwr. lower outer corner torn off.
= From Descriptions des Arts et Métiers.
77 2119 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
77 2119 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
77 2119 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
- Lacks 2 plates (incl. 1 tinted duplicate plate); final ±25 plates lower corner nibbled off (by mice?), not affecting image. Backcover loose; binding worn.
= Bolten p.253: "The leading example of the master model in the Netherlands is the drawing book by Abraham Bloemaert. (...) Bloemaert's drawing examples are not derived from those of other authors. They represent the fruits of a life of industrious study in academies and after nature (...)." The original edition of this work was published by the artist in 1650 as Artis Apellae Liber and contained approx. 120 plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
77 2120 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
- First few plates w. waterstain in outer section of lower part. Boards chafed; rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Copy in reverse after the editions of Visscher II (1679-1701). Bolten p.253: "The leading example of the master model in the Netherlands is the drawing book by Abraham Bloemaert. (...) Bloemaert's drawing examples are not derived from those of other authors. They represent the fruits of a life of industrious study in academies and after nature (...)." The original edition of this work was published by the artist in 1650 as Artis Apellae Liber and contained approx. 120 plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
77 2121 Artists' manuals Bosse A 
- Lacks title-p. and first 3 text lvs. of the 1st part; frontisp. to the 2nd part lacks portion at right side and bound before the plates in part 1; upper corner sl. waterst. at the beginning; hinges weak; lacks upper pastedown.
= Bierens de Haan 522 (first work, ed. 1694) and 523 (second work, ed. 1664); DSB III, p.333-334 (Bosse) and IV, p.46-51 (Desargues). The famous universal method of perspective by Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). Cat. Spelman, The complete artist 186 (other ed.): "Bosse was the first professor of perspective at the Academie Royale and "one of the last great defenders of geometrically correct perspective construction". His unacknowledged appropriation of his fellow academician Desargue's work, in attempting to formulate a complete theory of painting based upon the principles of scientific perspective, led to his dismissal from the Academie."
77 2122 Artists' manuals Diderot D and d'Alembert J 
- First 12 plates (sl.) waterst. Spine rubbed, corners worn.
= Section from the 4to edition of the Encyclopédie. Depicting the tools, techniques and products of (wood)turners.
77 2123 Artists' manuals Duhamel du Monceau H L 
77 2123 Artists' manuals Duhamel du Monceau H L 
- Occas. sl. yellowed. = From Descriptions des Arts et Métiers. Poggendorff I, p.618.