2865 - 3576 OLD AND RARE BOOKS
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Upper joint weak; lacking mor. letterp.; spine dried; spine-ends worn.
- Occas. trifle foxed; vol. 2 partly waterst. in lower blank corner; both vols. 2 library stamps on title-p. Bindings sl. rubbed. Joints splitting, Otherwise a fine large paper copy.
= Blackmer 762; Lipperheide Lb31; Colas 1348; Cohen/ De Ricci p.465. "His [Guer's] Turkish work is of considerable interest for its plates, which were engraved by Duflos after designs by Boucher and Hallé and which consist of views and scenes illustrating Turkish characters and costumes. They also include a folding double-page panorama of Constantinople. These plates are particularly charming" (Blackmer catalogue). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLI.
- Sl. yellowed; margins title-p. strengthened w. paper on verso. Binding trifle worn.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem no.214a; Romein, Geschiedenis 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."
- A few quires yellowed; frontisp. and the fold. map of Utrecht in the year 690 sl. waterstained. Spine-ends worn; boards rubbed.
= One plate with a mounted part that can be liften to reveal the new situation of the church. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 30; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 60.
- Lacks the textlvs. ((6),XVIIIp.). Usual occas. sl. yellowing/ foxing; one leaf w. fold in blank corner.
= Second enlarged edition (first ed. 1862 w. 71 plates) of this fine work w. views of manors and stately homes in Utrecht and surroundings. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLII.
- Two leaves loose in part 1; part 2 and 3 partly trifle waterstained in top blank margin. Bindings sl. rubbed.
= Dekkers p.187, 3.
- Engr. title w. stamp and old bibliogr. annots. in pen and ink in lower blank margin; textlvs. yellowed and occas. w. waterstain.
= Cf. BCNI 5644 (1st ed. 1610, without the text).
- Engr. title w. stamp and a few ms. numbers in upper blank margin (stamp just touching image); very vague waterstain in upper inner corner of part of plates; one plate w. marginal tear up to platemark; contents otherwise trifle/ sl. foxed; one textleaf w. stamp in blank margin.
= Cf. BCNI 5644 (1st ed. 1610, without the text).
- Some occas. scattered foxed specks; frontisp. w. erased stamp in upper corner, leaving small hole in blank margin and chafed spot in image; first and and last leaf sl. frayed and w. a few sm. marginal tears; trifle yellowed.
= One of the finest books on 18th century Dutch stately homes, also of great importance for contemporary garden-architecture. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
- Wormholed in lower inner margin (sl. affecting text); sl. yellowed. Binding worn.
= Schuytvlot 786; Unger 421; Cat. Vondeltent. 260.
- Lacks engr. title.
= "Putjes-uitgave". Schuytvlot 785; Unger 421; Geerebaert CXLIII, 7; Schweiger II, p.1226; Ebert II, 23789; Graesse VII, p.361; cf. De Vries 388 and Scheepers II, 377 (other ed.).
Vondel, J. van. Koning Davids Harpzangen. Ibid., G. de Groot, 1696, (8),372p., contemp. wr.
- Backstrip worn off.
AND 1 other in Amsterdam schoolprize binding (Spoelder 9).
- Upper hinge weak and w. sm. inkstains; partly waterstained/ wrinkled; contents otherwise good and untrimmed. Upper joint split/ frontcover loosening; spine-ends dam.; spine rubbed.
= Rare. Landwehr, VOC 455; cf. Muller, America 2220. Proceedings, sentences and acquittal in the case of mutiny aboard the Neyenburg, sailing from Texel to Batavia.
- The first work partly yellowed/ browned; sm. waterstain in outer blank margin at the beginning. Vellum partly yellowed.
= Schuytvlot 76, 98, 69, 63 and 771; Unger 414, 664, 394, 102 and 82.
- Final lvs. sl. dam./ torn; last leaf mounted to lower pastedown; sl. yellowed/ fingersoiled. Upper joint split; corners showing.
= Schuytvlot 469 and 36; not in Unger.
ADDED: 1 other (odd vol.).
- Occas. waterstained.
= 1. Schuytvlot 418; Unger 93; 2. Schuytvlot 446; Unger 121; 3. Schuytvlot 427; Unger 110. With engr. plate; 4. Schuytvlot 485; Unger 164; 5. Schuytvlot 521; Unger 246; 6. Schuytvlot 558; Unger 307; 7. Schuytvlot 593; Unger 338; 8. Schuytvlot 605; Unger 356; 9. Schuytvlot 496; Unger 221; 10. Schuytvlot 569; Unger 315; 11. Schuytvlot 580; Unger 323; 12. Schuytvlot 621; Unger 374; 13. Schuytvlot 635; Unger 433; 14. Schuytvlot 653; Unger 459 and 15.Schuytvlot 645; Unger 444.
- Title-p. and all maps professionally backed with Japanese, strengthening several weak and/ or cracked spots due to the acidity of the green ink used; most maps with vague offsetting from opposite map; a few maps with unobtrusive small closed hole(s); a few maps with repaired dam. spots in blank margin; occas. trifle yellowed. Corners and backstrip worn; covers sl. worn along extremities.
= A splendid atlas, with beautiful cartouches and in very attractive contemporary handcolouring. Klaversma/ Hannema 1466 (calling for one more plate, but our collation identical to all other copies found); Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 370; Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as bookillustrator 97. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
- Minor imperfections.
= Very rare. Last leaf is a monthly calendar, in which the month and the days of the week can be adjusted.
- Hinges partly weak, 1 quire loosening. = BCNI 11587. First published Antw., 1649.
(Vervoort, F.). Bruydegoms Mantelken, van den inwendigen navolghen des levens ende des Cruysen ons liefs Heeren Jesu Christi. Ed. P. Godefridus. Ibid., M. Huyssens, 1607, 113[= 112],(3) lvs., woodcut title-vignette and 25 ills., later gilt vellum, 12mo.
- Yellowed/ foxed; title-p. w. partly erased stamp and two old owner's entries. = BCNI 5309. First publ. Antw., 1554.
AND 1 other: M. ZACHMOORTER, Sponsus Sanguinum. Den Bloedigen Bruydegom. Wt-wendigh ende In-wendigh lydende vertoont in XX. Meditatie (Antw., 1683, engr. title, plate and ills., contemp. vellum. Lacks 1 textleaf).
- Very vaguely waterstained in upper inner corner throughout; trifle/ sl. foxed at the beginning and towards the end (incl. frontisp. and lvs. w. ills.); repaired tear in p.V/VI. Binding sl. worn along extremities; upper joint splitting.
= Jacob Thomas Josef Wellens (1745-1784), bishop of Antwerp. Landwehr, Dutch Emblem Books 896.
Idem. Verzameling van alle de herderlyke brieven, vasten-bullen &c. Ibid., J. Grange, n.d. (1784), 15 parts in 1 vol., each w. divis. title w. ornamental letterpress border, engr. frontisp., contemp. hcalf, 4to. - BOUND WITH: Eupen, P.J.S. van. Lyk-Oratie (...). Ibid., idem, (1784), 16p.
- Library stamp on title-p.; occas. sl. yellowed. Binding sl. worn along extremities.