- Sl. foxed/ yellowed throughout. Traces of shelf ticket on spine; vol. 1 backcover sl. stained. Otherwise fine.
= Important publication explaining the origin and meaning of approximately 1500 Dutch proverbs. The four parts at the end of vol. 2 contain the Dutch translation of the medieval didactic poem Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum, which includes popular meteorological knowledge, forecasts and superstitions.
- Both vols. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed/ stained; vol. 1 sl. yellowed throughout. Both vols. w. joints splitting at top (and foot) of spine.
= Vol. 1 is a large paper copy, warranted by the author. Important publication explaining the origin and meaning of approximately 1500 Dutch proverbs. The four parts at the end of vol. 2 contain the Dutch translation of the medieval didactic poem Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum, which includes popular meteorological knowledge, forecasts and superstitions.
- Occas. trifle stained; upper hinge weak. Otherwise fine.
= Rare, not in the usual reference works.
Idem. Mengel-stoffe van Veelerlei stichtelijke Gezangen; op Verscheide, zo Oude als Nieuwe, Toonen en Psalm-wijzen. Utr., W. Broedelet, 1709, 2nd enl. ed., (16),387,(11)p., engr. title-vignette, num. woodcut scores, contemp. vellum.
- Occas. trifle stained; sl. wormholed; lower hinge weak. Otherwise fine.
= Rare. Scheurleer, p.91.
- Very fine copy. = Tiele 921; Scheepers I, 656. Rare.
- Usual occas. browning/ foxing. Otherwise fine.
= Incl. a panoramic view of Constantinople, a plan of Gdansk and a Polish bear hunting scene.
- A few lvs. w. sm. wormhole in upper inner margin.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem no.214a; Romein, Geschiedenis der Noord-Nederlandse geschiedschrijving M.E. no.30, p.82-86: "Niet aan zijn waarde als geschiedbron - ofschoon men verkeerd zou doen die (...) te onderschatten - maar aan het literaire karakter van zijn werk dankt Beka, evenals zooveel andere geschiedwerken uit vroeger en later tijd, den schier onmetelijken invloed, dien hij op de latere historiografie in Nederland heeft geoefend (...). Beka zou twee eeuwen lang de kroniek blijven, totdat hij door Heda verouderde en door de Divisie-kroniek verdrongen werd."
= Knuttel 20283-20286. Pamphlets on the problematic behaviour of Willem Nicolaas Pesters (nicknamed the "Stichtsche Sinterklaas" because of his nepotism). His behaviour led to a conflict with the patriotist movement in Utrecht.
- Occas. trifle yellowed (final leaf worse).
= One plate with a mounted part that can be lifted to reveal the new situation of the church. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 30; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 60.
- All vols. lack (last) free endpaper; vol. 1 and 2 occas. sl. stained; vol. 3 foxed/ yellowed throughout; vol. 1 one leaf w. later annot. in lower margin. Covers rubbed.
= From the library of C.W. Wagenaar (1860-1942), municipal archivist of Utrecht (his bookplate on upper pastedowns). With annot. by a previous owner on upper pastedowns: "P.J. de Fremerij. Verkogt aan F. van der Capellen te Utrecht in 1821." Bodel Nijenhuis 2288; De Buck 3840; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 94c.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed/ yellowed. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Contains folding profiles of Amersfoort, Montfoort, Utrecht and Wijk bij Duurstede.
- Usual occas. browning/ foxing; vol. 2 waterstained throughout. Paper over boards vol. "XII" torn off.
- Uncut copy; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Covers and edges sl. worn/ rubbed; 3 corners showing.
= Rare series of patriotic pamphlets w. requests of citizens to the mayors and the city council of Utrecht, concerning i.a. the militia, civil rights and the removal of Rijklof Michaël van Goens from the council. Knuttel 20683ff. Cf. N.C.F. van Sas, 'Politiek als leerproces. Het patriottisme in Utrecht, 1783-1787', in: idem, De metamorfose van Nederland (Amst., 2004), p.223ff.
(Ondaatje, P.P.J.Q.). Historiesch verhaal van de onwettige behandeling de provintie, en stad van Utrecht. Aangedaan, in de jaaren 1672, 73, en 74. N.pl., n.publ., 1784, VIII,212p., contemp. wr.
- Uncut copy; occas. sl. stained. Binding worn.
= From the library of Jacob Hooft Graafland (1865-1931), court clerk in Utrecht (his bookplate on verso frontwr.). Rare publication by the Utrecht patriotic leader Quint Ondaatje (1758-1818). Knuttel 20951; Van Doornick II, 578; Bodel Nijenhuis 2302.
ADDED: G. VAN LOON, Beknopte verhandeling van de week- en jaarmarkten, Midsgaders van de kermissen in Holland (Leyden, 1743, contemp. wr.).
- All vols. (sl.) foxed/ yellowed throughout; last part (sl.) creased. Bindings sl. stained. Otherwise fine.
= Dekkers p.187, 3.
WITH the continuation: Moorrees, C.W. and Vermeulen, P.J. Groot Plakkaatboek 's lands van Utrecht aangevuld en vervolgd tot het jaar 1810. Utr., Kemink en zoon, 1856-1860, 2 vols., (8),952; (4),778,(2)p., later unif. vellum w. mor. letterpiece, folio.
- Both vols. w. ex libris of H.J. de Soeten (collector of 'Utrechtiana' and member of the association 'Oud-Utrecht') on upper pastedown. Vol. 1 occas. sl. foxed; vol. 2 endpapers w. a few imperfections. Vol. 1 upper joint split; a few sl. worn spots along extremities. Otherwise fine.
- Uncut; occas. sl. foxed/ stained/ soiled; first and last part sl. creased; vol. 1 second quire loose(ning). Backstrip, letterpiece and corners sl. worn; vol. 1 upper joint splitting.
= Dekkers p.187, 3.
WITH the continuation: Moorrees, C.W. and Vermeulen, P.J. Vervolg van het Groot Plakkaatboek 's lands van Utrecht. Van den vroegsten tijd af tot het jaar 1805/ Groot Plakkaatboek 's lands van Utrecht aangevuld en vervolgd tot het jaar 1810. Utr., Kemink en zoon, 1856-1860, 2 vols., (10),952; (4),778p., later unif. hvellum, folio.
- Both vols. free endpapers browned; prelim. lvs. sl. stained/ foxed; vol. 1 occas. trifle foxed. Covers sl. stained/ scratched. Otherwise fine.
= Includes a "waerschouwinge" prohibiting the housing of soldiers' wives, children and other non-citizens (1686) and an announcement for a fundraising campaign on the occasion of the Leyden gunpowder disaster (1807).
- A few publications w. tears along folds, (partly) repaired/ strengthened w. tape.
= I.a. on the prohibition of religious insults (1672); the disturbance of "de Swanedrift, Swane Broey-nesten, Als mede (...) 't Koopen van Swanen of Swaansvellen" (1722); the placement of canopies (1745); the processing and expedition of apples (1781) and smoking tabacco in the vicinity of the gunpowder factory (1783), as well as rules and regulations for various guilds (blacksmiths (1758); "Grutters en Gorters Gild" (1784)) and occupations (clothes' traders (1759); sale of mobile goods and real estate (1776)).
- Contents sl. foxed. Small damage upper joint; corners worn.
= The first edition to contain the complete text in 16 parts by the 'French Vergilius'. The former 4 editions only contained 10 or 14 parts (without the parts on hunting and fishing). Thiébaud p.917: "Le Praedium Rusticum, qui eut une grande vogue au XVIIIe siècle, et fut reimprimé jusqu'en 1829, est une réunion de 16 poèmes sur les travaux et les plaisirs de la vie champêtre." Cf. Vicaire 857; Simon, Gastr. 1522; Oberlé, Bibl. Bachique 527 /528: "En 16 poèmes il célèbre les agrémens de la campagne, les bergers et leurs troupeaux, les arbres, les saisons, l'olivier ornement de sa patrie, les oiseaux de la basse-cour, les colombes, les abeilles, les étangs et les rivières. Les livres X et XI concernent entièrement la VIGNE ET LE VIN (2 belles planches)."
- Lacks 1 plate (Tiele calls for 4 plates) and 2 leaves (F2 and F3); occas. (water)stained/ soiled / foxed (mainly in margins and 1x in margin of image of 1 plate); p.129 misprinted. Vellum soiled and creased; backcover dam.
= Tiele 1128; Cat. NHSM p.255; Cox I, p.202 (listing the ed. London, 1576); Gay 140 (listing the first edition published in Rome, 1510); Henze 385f. "Varthema was a real traveller whose driving purpose was to see the sights. His reports on the social and political conditions of the various lands he visited are reliable as being gathered from personal contact with places and peoples, and are rich in the personal adventures of the author. His account of the overland trade is of great value in that we are made to see it before it had begun to give way to the all-seas route." (Cox). Very rare Dutch edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXI.
- Fine complete copy. = Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 484a.
- Lacks frontisp. depicting gentiles visiting the Temple of Jerusalem (cf. Zechariah 8:22-23). Large portion torn from title-p. w. loss of considerable part of title. Owner's annots. on verso final free endpaper.
= Monograph on the ancient synagogue and development of the early Church by the Dutch Cocceian theologian Kempe Vitringa, Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Franeker.