2865 - 3576 OLD AND RARE BOOKS
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
(Loosjes, P.A.). Vaderlandsche historie (...) ten onmiddelyken vervolge van Wagenaars Vaderlandsche Historie (...). Ibid., J. Allart, 1798-1789, 3 vols., (6),456; (4),382,(1); (4),397,(30)p., 5 plates, 6 portraits, bound unif. w. the preceding.
= Title-p. and letterpieces numb. vol. 22-24 to form the continuation of the preceding work.
(Idem). Vaderlandsche historie (...). Ten vervolge van Wagenaars Vaderlandsche historie. Vol. 1-22. Ibid., idem, 1786-1799, 22 (of 27) vols., 1 frontisp., 31 plates by J. BUYS, 46 portraits by R. VINKELES, bound unif. w. the preceding. Wyn, H. van a.o. Byvoegsels en aanmerkingen voor het eerste [-twintigste] deel der Vaderlandsche historie van Jan Wagenaar. Ibid., idem, 1790-1796, 21 parts (incl. "Register") in 5 vols., 6 fold. engr. plates, 6 portraits, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece. Idem a.o. Byvoegsels en aanmerkingen, bestaande in noodige naleezingen voor de Vaderlandsche historie van Jan Wagenaar. Ibid., idem, 1797, (4),XVI,448,24p., fold. engr. plate, portrait, bound unif. w. the first works.
- Occas. w. (minor) defects (foxed, yellowed) but mostly in fine condition.
= Haitsma/ Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
(Loosjes, P.A.). Vaderlandsche historie (...) ten onmiddelyken vervolge van Wagenaars Vaderlandsche Historie (...). Ibid., J. Allart, 1788-1796, 19 vols., 29 plates, 40 portraits, bound unif. w. the preceding. Wyn, H. van a.o. Byvoegsels en aanmerkingen voor het eerste [- twintigste] deel der Vaderlandsche Historie van Jan Wagenaar. Ibid., idem, 1790-1798, 6 vols., 5 fold. plates, 4 portraits, (all but 6th (index) vol.) bound unif. w. the preceding. Idem. Byvoegsels en aanmerkingen bestaande in noodige naleezingen (...). Ibid., idem, 1797-1801, 2 vols., (4),XVI,448,24; (8),511p., engr. plate, portrait, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrast. mor. letterpieces. - AND 3 others in 1 vol., i.a. J. WAGENAAR, Het verheugd Amsterdam (...) (ibid., 1768, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece).
- A few vols. joints split(ting) and backstrip loosening.
- Spines sl. dried; a few vols. letterpiece loosening. = Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
(Loosjes, P.). Vaderlandsche historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden (...) ten onmiddelyken vervolge van Wagenaars Vaderlandsche Historie. Ibid., J. Allart, 1788-1798, 3 vols., (6),456; (4),382; (4),397,(29)p., 5 plates, 5 portraits, bound unif. w. the preceding.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 314b.
- A few vols. spine-ends sl. chipped/ dam.; covers occas. sl. stained.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
- Set not collated. Lacks vol. 1, 4, 13, 20 and 21. All vols. (sl.) worn along extremities.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
- Partly yellowed/ browned.
= Utrechtsche Courant, year 1755 (no.22, 24, 25 and 54) and 1783 (no.125, 127, 131 and 151); Rotterdamsche Courant, year 1784 (no.22); Vaderlandsche Courant, year 1787 (no.50).
- Nineteenth cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper; 1 double-p. plate cut short in fore-edge margin; 1 double-p. plate w. repaired tear; 1 full-p. plate dam. in lower margin w. loss of part of caption; thumbed/ (sl.) soiled; occas. marginal waterst. Binding soiled/ sl. stained/ dried and w. some (sm.) imperfections.
= Tiele 799; Howgego N25; Bosch 145; Borba de Moraes II, 614; Sabin 55278; Lipperheide Md 2; Nissen ZBI 2975; Balders 1075; Landwehr, VOC 282 (mentions an extra plate (views of St. Anthony and St. Vincent; not in binder's list), included here); Hill 1227. "His (...) travels in Brazil and the East Indies appeared posthumously in 1682, edited from his notes and papers by his brother Hendrik. Both volumes were lavishly produced and bore engravings taken from Nieuhof's sketches." (Howgego). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIV.
- Yellowed/ sl. foxed; upper pastedown detached; upper hinge weak(ening). Spine soiled.
BOUND WITH more than 30 others (incl. 2 loose ones) on Nijmegen and surroundings, incl. the Veluwe, Gelre and the county of Zutphen, ±1655-1725, all publ. Arnhem, mainly by J.F. Hagen, J./ E. van Biesen, Wed. de Haas and W. Heggers.
= Incl. Gereformeerde Dyck-Rechten, van 't Rijck van Nymegen, Over-ende Neder-Betouwe, sampt Maes ende Wael (1679, 41,(5)p.); Ampliatie van't Dyk-Regt Der vier Boven-Ampten des Quartiers van Nymegen, in 't houden van Dyk-Proceduren (1723, 7p.); Land-Regt van Thielre- en Bommelre-Weerden, mitsgaders Herwaarden, voorts de Heerlykheden en Gerigten daar onder resorterende, als ook 't Ampt van Beest en Renoy (1721, (4),200p.); Gereformeerde Dyck-Rechten van Thielre ende Bommelre-Weerden (1683, (100)p.); Wy, Erf-Stadt-houder ende Raden des Furstendombs Gelre ende Graeffschaps Zutphen, doen te weten (...) (1684, (5)p. On "hypothecatien" and new "Prothocollen off Signaten" in Tiel); Reformatie der Landt Rechten, Gebruycken und Gewoontheyden der Graefschap Zutphen (1655, (72)p.); Ordre ende Reglement Tot een korter manier van Procederen voor de Gerichte van de Graefschap Zutphen. Voorts Ordonnantie Waer na de Gerichts-jura, als mede het Salaris van Advocaten en Procureurs in't toekomende sal worden betaelt (...) (1696, 41p.); Ordonnantie op de Testament-maakinge in't Quartier van Veluwen over allodiale Goederen (1711, (10)p.); Project of Reglement over de Regeeringe der Stadt Wageningen (1705, 15p.); Ordonnantie Door den Heer Land-Drost van Veluwen, neffens de Heeren Jonkeren des Ampts Nykerk, op de Vragt-loonen beraamt (...) (1721, 16p.); Ampliatie (...) op de Vragt-loonen (...) (1722, 4p.); Copie van de Ordonnantie ende Placcaat (...) Gelre en Graefschaps Zutphen, op t Stuck van de Echtordeninge, den 9. Octobris 1660 geëmaneert (1661, (10)p.); Copie van de Ordonnantie ende Placaat (...) Gelre ende (...) Zutphen, tegens d'Ontvoeringe, sonderlinge van minderjarige Dochteren (1661, (8)p.); a Placaat on divorce on improper grounds (Wed. de Haas, 1713, (4)p.); a Placaet on widows wanting to remarry too soon (1720, 4p.); a Placaet on "'t vertienden van de Taback" (1706, (5)p.); two Placcaeten on hunting and the state of the "Wildbane" on the Veluwe (1691, 2nd ed., (16)p./ 1724, 12p.).
- Binding worn. Otherwise fine. = Lipsius/ Leitzmann p.8.
- Lacks 1 plate; hinges broken; occas. waterst. (mainly in blank margins). Vellum sl. soiled; backcover sl. wrinkled.
= Lipsius/ Leitzmann p.301.
- Occas. duty stamps. Bindings trifle rubbed along extremities.
= The sale of the extensive and varied collection of paper manufacturer and numismatist Pieter Smidt van Gelder (1762-1842), consisting of over 13.000 lots. Cf. Lipsius-Leitzman II, p.132 (same collection with a sl. different title).
- Hinges weak. Top of spine dam.; upper joint split at top; both covers partly lacking paper over boards; joints sl. worn.
= Lipsius/ Leitzmann p.385.
Idem. Cum ejusdem animadversionibus & nummis caesarum rarioribus aere descriptis. Amst., H. Wetstenium, 1697, (14),445,(43)p., engr. frontisp., 12 plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and black mor. letterpiece.
- Upper hinge weak, lower hinge broken; lacks both free endpapers; owner's entry on title-p.; most plates loose and a few w. tears; sl. waterst. at inner margin; yellowed. Joints sl. worn.
- Binding sl. scratched and rubbed; joints split(ting); lower corners showing. A fine copy.
= The first Dutch translation of the original Latin edition Mundus subterraneus (Amst., 1664). Wellcome III, 395; Nissen ZBI 2197; Sabin 37968; Dünnhaupt 16; Caillet 5783 ("Le plus curieux des nombreux ouvrages de ce savant"); Ferguson I, 467; De Backer-S. IV, 1060. B.L.Merrill, Athanasius Kircher, no.17: "The Mundus subterraneus, perhaps the most popular of Kircher's works in his day and the best known in ours, is cited in letters and works of such contemporaries as Martin Lister (1639-1712), the zoologist and geologist; Robert Moray (1608?-73), chemist, metallurgist, and first president of the Royal Society; the philosophers Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) and John Locke (1632-1704); Henry Oldenburg (1618-77), the secretary of the Royal Society and the first professional scientific administrator; Nicolaus Steno (1638-86), the anatomist and geologist; and the physicist Christian Huygens (1629-95). The basis and impetus for the Mundus subterraneus was Kircher's visit to Sicily in 1637-38, where he witnessed an eruption of Aetna and Stromboli. He prefaced the work with his own narrative of the trip, including his spectacular descent into Vesuvius upon his return to Italy. His observations of these volcanoes led him to conclude that the center of the earth is a massive internal fire for which the volcanoes are mere safety valves.
But the work is not solely geologic. Kircher continues with fantastic speculations about the interior of the earth, its hidden lakes, its rivers of fire, and its strange inhabitants. Major topics include gravity, the moon, the sun, eclipses, ocean currents, subterranean waters and fires, meteorology, rivers and lakes, hydraulics, minerals and fossils, subterranean giants, beasts and demons, poisons, metallurgy and mining, alchemy, the universal seed and the generation of insects, herbs, astrological medicine, distillation, and fireworks. In this work he discloses his experience with palingenesis: he had allegedly resuscitated a plant from its ashes. Much of the work deals with alchemy. Kircher ridicules Paracelsus' belief in transmutation and discredits the work of alchemists in general, complaining about the obscurity of their writings. This diatribe brought him vicious criticism and abuse later in life from alchemists who no longer feared the authority of the Jesuit order. Kircher does, however, praise the work of the "true chemist," the chymiotechnicus." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVII.
- Covers w. a few rubbed spots along extremities.
- Pastedowns and hinges wormholed, but still holding strong; first free endpaper w. later extensive bibliogr. annot.; title-p. w. contemp. owner's entry; occas. sl. waterst. in blank margins. Remnants of paper on frontcover; joints sl. wormholed; lower corner of backcover dam.
= Graesse VII, p.320; Quérard X, p.169; Bibl. Esoterica 3144; cf. Caillet 7701 (ed. 1670). One of the most frequently consulted works on the subject of the Kabbalah.
- Trifle foxed. The nice binding sl. rubbed, frontcover w. two sm. surface damages; one corner showing.
AND 11 others similar/ related, all French text, i.a. P. CANISIUS, Manuel des Catholiques, contenant la vraye maniere de prier Dieu (Antw., 1610, engr. title-vignette and 20 ills., contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo. Lacks two textlvs.); OFFICES DE QUELQUES FESTES PLUS SOLEMNELLES DE L'ANNEE (Antw., 1664, printed in black and red, modern sharkskin-look black mor. w. earlier brass clasps and catches, sm. 8vo.); H.M. BOUDON, La Devotion aux Neuf Choeurs des Saints Anges (Brussels, 1672, stipple-engr. frontisp. and plates, contemp. gilt blindst. calf w. central heraldic vignette on both covers, 12mo. Rebacked); LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT DE NOSTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS CHRIST (Mons, 1672, early 19th cent. black mor. w. gilt boardedges and inside dentelles, a.e.g., sm. 8vo) and L'OFFICE DIVIN A L'USAGE DE ROME (...) (Paris, 1772, enl. ed., later gilt blindst. panelled calf, a.e.g.).
- Pastedowns detached, otherwise a fine copy.
AND 7 other, similar works, all but one publ. Antw., Plantin, 1636-1690, 3x bound w. clasps and catches.
- Spine sl. soiled. = BCNI 15961.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Bindings w. a few rubbed/ worn spots.
- Contemp. annots. on both title-p.; first 20 lvs. vol. 2 vaguely waterst. Spine-ends sl. worn.