- Without the prize; yellowed/ sl. browned; annotated in (red) pencil throughout; contemp. owner's entry on title-p. in pen and ink. Lacks ties; sl. dustsoiled.
= Spoelder 1, not dated before 1642. Very rare and early schoolprize binding of Utrecht. Schweiger p.360.
- One leaf w. sm. rusthole, occas. sl. stained. New endpapers. Otherwise fine.
= Rare. Buisman 195. "Deze oorspronkelijk roman was een navolging van de F[ranse] heroïsch-galante romans; hij bevat 5 liefdesgeschiedenissen vol sentimentaliteit en avonturen (...)." (Ter Laan, Letterkundig Woordenboek). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
- Two quires in 2nd part sl. browned. Vellum dustsoiled. = Scheepers II, 960.
- Annotated copy (pen and ink, 20th cent.). Lacks frontisp. and 1 map. Joints broken (holding on cords).
- Lacks dedic. plate; hinges strengthened; owner's stamp on 2nd blank; part 2 w. dedication and 2nd htitle stained. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; covers sl. stained.
= Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 232, 913 and 1249: "L'ouvrage est en grande partie basé sur des manuscrits et des lettres manuscrites". The main old source for the Grotius study in first edition.
- Binding sl. rubbed; lacks one clasp.
AND 1 other: MISSALE ROMANUM (...) (Madrid, 1786, engr. plates, scores, printed in black and red, contemp. calf, folio. Waterstained. Binding dam.).
- Without vols. 1 and 5; occas. (sl.) waterst. and yellowed; all vols. bookplate on upper pastedown. Red stains on frontcover vol. 6; backstrip vol. 9 sl. dam.
= Cf. Faber du Faur 1393ff.
AND a diff. edition of vol. 2 (1727).
- Occas. trifle foxed. Letterpiece sl. chipped. A fine copy.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 306; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 351.
- Upper hinge broken but holding strong on cords. Contents fine. Upper joint split; vellum soiled.
= With the large fold. panoramas of i.a. Moscow, Persepolis, Isfahan and Astrakhan. Tiele 209; Cat. NHSM p.257; Cox II, p.251; Schwab, La Perse p.74. Cornelis de Bruin (De Bruyn, Le Brun, Lebrun) (1652-1726), "Holländ. Zeichner und Asien-Reisender (...) reiste 1701-08 durch Russland und Persien (...) nach Ost-Indien. Auf der schon häufig begangenen Wegen in Persien (...) wusste er doch viel Neues, auch naturwissenschaftlich, zu beobachten, und seine Reisebeschreibung, die Gebriel eine der besten aus jener Zeit nennt, verdiente wohl eine kritische Analyse und Würdigung. (...)." (Henze I, p.378/379). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
- Both vols. pastedowns loose or lacking; vol. 1 modern owner's entry in ballpoint on prelim. lvs. and title; vol. 1 first free endpaper remnants of scotch tape along margins; vol. 2 w. 18th cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper; both vols. (partly) waterstained. Vol. 2 vellum dam. and mould-stained.
AND 2 others, i.a. Z. URSINUS, Het Schat-boeck der Verklaringhen over de Catechismus der Christelicke Religie (...). Ed. F. Hommius (Amst., 1650, 2 parts in 1 vol., engr. portrait ill., contemp. blindst. vellum, 4to).
- Sl. waterstained in fore-edge margin (sl. affecting the plates by De Bruyn). Vellum sl. stained.
= Desirable copy: EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 10 (of 12) engravings by N. DE BRUYN from The Passion of Christ (Hollstein 75 (3rd state), 77 (2), 78 (2), 79 (2), 80 (2), 81 (2), 82 (2), 83 (2), 84 (2) and 85 (2) (all engr. folded in lower (and 3x in outer) margin in order to fit into the book).
- Partly waterst. in upper corner. Vellum over frontcover loosening at turn-ins; traces of paper ticket on spine.
AND a sl. worn copy of L.W. VAN MERKEN, David. In twaalf boeken (Amst., 1767, engr. plates by S. FOKKE, contemp. hcalf, 4to).
- The first part only; leaves occas. sl. chipped in outer margin.
= Bonacini 1927; Kat. Orn. Berlin 5020; Graesse suppl. p.487. Even single parts are very rare.
- New endpapers; title-p. sl. ink- and duststained in corners; occas. trifle yellowed; a few leaves trifle dampstained in blank margin. Rebacked w. modern calf; some minor restored patches on both covers. Good/ fine copy.
= Erichson, p.37; cf. Bibliotheca Calviniana 82/2 (first Dutch ed. Antw., 1582).
- Lacks schoolprize; library tickets on pastedowns and backstrip; later annot. and stamp on first textleaf; lower pastedown partly reattached w. tape; occas. (sl.) stained/ foxed; partly trifle wormholed in upper left margin. Coat of arms faded; upper hinge split at top and foot of spine; lower outer corner dam.; vellum frayed; lacks ties.
= Schoolprize binding of The Hague. Spoelder 1 only lists one early example of a prize-binding (on a sm. 8vo binding, located in Trinity College, Cambridge, prize dated 1657), and lists no early instance on a folio-size binding. Willems 741 note ("magnifique édition (...) mais ils [= this and two other Leyden editions] ne contiennent pas l'épître dédicatoire des Elzevier"); Erichson, p.50.
- Without the 2nd vol. Large modern armorial bookplate on both pastedowns; several library stamps on prelim. lvs.; hinges weak.
- Lower margin of textpages sl. worn/ frayed, esp. at the beginning (occas. strengthened); occas. sl. foxed; engr. title trimmed to upper and left border and sl. yellowed along borders. Fore-edge of bookblock inkstained; 1 of the 3 double-p. plates ("Dodelycke uytgang (...))" sl. foxed/ soiled in lower margin. Corners restored; joints splitting; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Cats, STCN 2; Mus. Cats. 2.
- Occas. sl. waterstained; title-ills. occas. trimmed to the outer border. Lacks ties; vellum over upper outer corner torn off.
= Cats STCN 5.
AND 2 odd vols.
- Lacks 1 double-p. plate; marking and underlining in col. pencil almost throughout; lower corner waterst. at the end. Binding rubbed and sl. worn; upper joint splitting.
= Cats STCN 9; Mus. Catsianum 8.
- Partly sl. yellowed; a few lvs. at the end w. dam. spot (closed w. pieces of paper). Binding sl. rubbed along edges.
= Mus. Catsianum 81; Cats STCN 149.
Idem. Tooneel vande mannelicke achtbaerheyt, aen-gewesen in de voor-sprake, teghen-sprake, ende uyt-sprake gedaen over de weygheringhe van de Koninginne Vasthi, aen de Ghesanten des Konincx Assuerus. Ibid., J.P. vande Venne, 1623, 2nd enl. ed., (16),60,(19)p., woodcut printer's mark, 4 half-p. engr. ills. by i.a. P. DE JODE after A. VAN DE VENNE, contemp. vellum, 4to.
- Title-p. and first leaf restored/ strengthened in upper margin; (vaguely) waterst. in lower inner corner almost throughout; one engraving w. sm. rubbed/ dam. spot; fingersoiled. Vellum sl. warped.
= Mus. Catsianum 99 ("Dezelfde platen van van de Venne als in de uitgave van 1622, doch hier à rebours en veel fraaier gegraveerd (...)"); Cats STCN 211.