2865 - 3576 OLD AND RARE BOOKS
- Owner's entry in pen and ink and sm. ticket on upper pastedown; title-p. stained; occas. foxed.
- Occas. yellowed/ foxed; hinges weak. = Later ms. index pasted on upper pastedown.
- Stamps and two old owner's entries (i.a. "Fras. Dionysii Humbles Gallis Religiosi anno 1738") on title-p.
= The third edition. The 14 numb. pages constitute the Catalogue alphabetique des livres propres à precautionner les Fidéles contre les Erreurs du Temps ou Bibliotheque antijanseniste. Willaert 10206.
AND 1 other: DÉCRET DE LA CONGREGATION DEL'INDICE, CONTRE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE JANSÉNISTE (...) (Avignon, 1750, contemp. (worn) calf, sm. 8vo).
- Title-p. and blank corner of preface p. w. library stamp; old. bibliogr. annot. on verso first free endpaper; partly very vaguely waterstained in upper margin. Traces of ticket on spine.
= Willaert 2043. The 3rd ed. First published in 1635, the work had no less than four editions in five years. It is a violent attack on French ambitions in general, and on Richelieu's indifference to international Catholic interests in particular, especially his siding with the Protestant countries from the North against Spain. It constitutes one of the major reasons for government hostility towards the Jansenists. The author is Cornelis Jansen, the Flemish bishop around whose theological writings and doctrines the movement of Jansenism developed in the seventeenth century. The movement was confined principally to France, where it had an important and many-sided influence on social and political life in the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
AND a copy of the 4th ed. of 1639 (contemp. overlapping (soiled/ stained) vellum, large 12mo).
- Two old owner's entries on title-p.; turn-ins loose and pastedowns detached. = Willaert 1974.
- Vol. 2 w. sm. repair on title-p., lacks letterpiece and has waterstain on frontcover. A fine copy.
= Not in Quérard or Barbier, nor in Brunet. Unigenitus is an anti-jansenist apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Clement XI in 1713.
AND 4 others concerning the Unigenitus bull: UITTREKZEL UYT EEN BOEKJE GENAEMT BEWIJS DAT DE BUL UNIGENITUS GEENSINS IS AENGENOMEN VAN DE H. KERKE (...) (n.pl., 1722, modern hcl.); DE REGTE GRONDEN VAN HET GELOOVE, HOPE, EN LIEFDE; VEROORDEELT DOOR DE BUL UNIGENITUS, IN HAREN NATUURLYKEN ZIN (The Hague, 1731/ 1735, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. calf); BRIEF AAN DEN OPSTELLER DER DRIE DUBBELDE NAAM-LYST (...) (Amst., 1738, contemp. gilt calf) and APPELLANS CELEBRES, ou Abregé de la Vie des Personnes les plus recommandables entre Ceux qui ont pris part à l'Appel interjetté contre la Bulle Unigenitus. Avec un Discours sur l'Appel (...) (n.pl., 1753, contemp. calf w. gilt spine).
- Occas. yellowed.
= I.a. (Tweede/ Derde/ Vierde) Reden-wisseling tusschen Simplicius (en) Constantius (en Modestus/ Erasmus) (n.pl., 1704, 4 parts); Der Jansenisten Mondstopper, Zagt en Zedig Bestraft, Onderrigt en Afgewesen (Utr., 1704); H.C. HOLLANDER, Hollandsche Klem-Bril, tot een Nieuw-Jaers-Gift vereert aen Pater Penten, Jesuit en Sondaegs Prediker, tot Emmerik (n.pl., 1705); Reyer Huygen in de Kaernemelk-ton, daer hy sogt uit te kruypen, wederom ingedoopt, besloten en ingekuypt (...) (Rott., n.d. (1705). Willaert 7331); Wrevelige Aert der Vaderen Jesuiten en sommigen hunner Aenhangeren (...) tot overtuyginge dat de tegenwoordige tweespalt hen te wijten is (...) (Gorcum, 1704. Willaert 7205); Panegyris Sacerdotiana (n.pl., n.d. (1704). Willaert 12768); Korte en Klare Aanmerkinge, voor de soodanige Rooms-Katholijken, die nog een mis-trouwen hebben om by haar Wettige Herders te Kerk te gaan (Cologne, 1706); (Tweede) Zamenspraekje tusschen twee Nonnekens en een Klopje over (...) Theodorus de Kock (n.pl., 1706).
- Occas. yellowed/ sl. foxed. Binding worn/ dam. along extremities; joints split(ting).
= Some titles: T'samen-spraecke tusschen eenen Coopman ende eenen Advocaat van Brussel, aengaende de seacke van den Heere Pastoor van Ste. Catherine der selver Stadt, tegens Syne Hoogw. den Heere Arts-bisschop van Mechelen. Dienende tot wederlegginge van den ghedreyghden Ban van Excommunicatie (...) van den 17. Februarii 1708 (...) (Knuttel 15745a); C. HEESPER, De ydele verwagting der Joden, na de komste van den Messias (...) uytgesproken den 14 April 1721 (Gouda, 1721); Memorie raakende den tegenwoordigen toestant der gevlugte France Geestelyken in Hollandt nopende de religie (Ghent, 1728. Knuttel 16763); Zend-Brief, raekende den overlast, met dewelke eenige Jesuiten beledigen seker Jesuit tot Gouda (n.pl., 1686. Knuttel 12553); J. TIBBEL, Verklaring gedaan binnen Schiedam over 't stuk van het Eeren vande H. Maegd Maria (Delft, 1703. Knuttel 15122); and numerous letters by bishops and other clerics.
- Bookplate of J.W. Six on upper pastedown. A few sm. brown stains on backcover.
= Scheurleer p.160. Adaptation of the Ocelli by Janus Lernutius (Jean Lernout) of Bruges. Extremely rare early (first?) edition.
- Vol. 1 spine-ends sl. chipped; corners showing. = Klaversma/ Hannema 132.
- Without vol. 3 and 4. Fine copy, only a few scattered spots. Binding vol. 1 sl. soiled.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 398 (ed. 1683) and 402 (ed. 1683).
Idem. De Republyk der Hebreen, of Gemeenebest der Joden. Vol. 2-4. Amst., D. vande Dalen (vol. 2 and 3)/ R. Blokland, 1700 (vol. 2 and 3)/ 1701, 3 (of 4) vols., (24),558,(20); (40),495,(33); (32),466,(18)p., 3 engr. fronstip., fold. map, 36 (of 38) (fold.) plates by J. LUIKEN/ L. SCHERM, contemp. unif. blindst. vellum.
- Without vol. 1. Lacks the plan of the Temple of Jerusalem and one plate (vol. 2, the tabernacle interior); the map repaired in inner margin and w. some false folds/ creases. Spines soiled.
= The plates in vol. 2 and 3 by J. Luiken, in the (rare) 4th vol. by L. Scherm. Klaversma/ Hannema 404, 409 and 412.
- Upper hinge broken; several maps/ plates loose; new endpapers. Backstrip dam. and reattached; corners sl. worn.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 747; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 396; Poortman II, p.235-240.
- Lacks vol. 4 and 6; two plates in vol.1 mounted together; occas. waterst. in blank margins; occas. trifle wormholed; some plates loose. Corners showing; a few dam. spots (i.a. sm. part of calf back cover loosening); spine-ends occas. dam./ worn.
= Graesse II, p.104; Rubens p.1103-1215, 1244-1273. One of the main sources documenting the history of religion, with extensive descriptions of the Jewish and Roman Catholic faith (incl. inquisition). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIX.
- First blank sl. dam. Covers sl. stained (esp. backcover). Nevertheless a fine copy.
= Contains maps of Greece, Turkey, Central Asia, Palestine and Syria.
- Edges cut short; a few tiny holes on horizontal and vertical fold (strengthened w. sellotape on verso); sl. soiled.
= Atlas van Stolk 3585; F.M. 3758: "Spotprent op de openbare executie v. den Amsterdamsche woekerenden Jood en bedrieger Aron Abrams".
- For the greater part (sl.) browned; partly waterstained (in margins); upper pastedown and first free endpaper w. two old owner's entries, two (old engr. heraldic) bookplates and two library stamps. Boards worn along extremities.
= Adams 442; Leiden imprints p.56; McMurtrie 989 (erroneously Antwerp). With pages 250-260 of this book the problem was born: the first printed statement that it was Coster who invented the art of printing: "Typographicae artis inventum Harlemo asseritur". Pages which "have probably given rise to more controversy than any statement to be found in literary history" (Bigmore/ Wyman I/379). Old owner's entry on lower pastedown reading: "De inventione artis typogr: Laurens Kostero, civi Harlemensi, vindicata vid. pag. 255 ff." Last but not least, this is an important book on medieval Dutch history and topography.
AND 1 other on the invention of the art of printing: A. DE VRIES, Bewijsgronden der Duitschers voor hunnen aanspraak op de uitvinding der boekdrukkunst (The Hague, 1844, orig. lithogr. (worn) limp boards).
- Contemp. annots. on first free endpaper. Boards and spine rubbed/ paper loosening partly.
AND 2 others, i.a. W. BILDERDIJK, Edipus, Koning van Thebe (Amst., 1779, engr. title-vignette, contemp. hcalf).
- Both vols. w. (crossed-out) old owner's entries on first free endpaper and first blank; vol. 1 w. extra plate 231 erroneously bound between plates 115 and 116 (w. erroneous text on verso; the plate also bound correctly in vol. 2). Bindings worn.
= Very rare. Not in BCNI, no copy in NCC. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIX.
- The map w. a few sm. restored tears in left margin, touching image, and later attached to (orig.?) stub; a few plates w. some sl. foxing/ very small stains; engr. title and textlvs. vol. 2 sl. browned/ foxed; textlvs. vol. 1 trifle foxed; engr. title vol. 1 w. traces of torn off piece of paper previously covering the text "Tweede Deel". Backstrip vol. 2 loosening.
= Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 295-394; cf. Ekama 555 (ed. 1768). One of the finest books on 18th cent. Dutch stately homes, also of great importance for contemporary garden-architecture (the views also include detailed plans of the gardens). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVIII.
- Partly water-/ mouldstained; engr. title loosening; heraldic blindstamp in blank corner of title-p.
= Dekkers p.97; Ekama 230. First and only edition.