1699 - 1952 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES AND TOYS)
- Soiled; one plate w. tear.
= Very rare. Sfehrin, The Dartons (2009) H1764, stating that this horn book is only known from an advertisement, dated ±1822. In our copy a date is given on the overlapping flap: July 20th 1817. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.
- Lvs. often strenghtened on verso w. sellotape; three letters lacking sm. portion (strengthened on verso w. paper); sl. soiled. Boards worn.
= Very rare A.B.-book showing biblical saints and scenes. No copies found.
- Lacks 2 plates; upper hinge weak; occas. pencil scribbling/ annots.; trifle foxed.
= Le Men 508. Rare.
- Heavily foxed; hinges strengthened; leaves M and N reattached w. sellotape (shining through). Covers sl. worn; joints split; frontcover lacks part of ornamental lining along mounted plate.
= Very rare A.B.-leporello. Not in Wegehaupt and Sammlung Brüggemann. Showing an Adler, Buchfink, Colibri, Distelfink, Elster (sic), Falk, Gimpel, Holzheher, Ibis, Kraehe, Lerche, Meise, Nachtigal, Ortolane, Pelikan, Quackreiher, Rabe, Sperling, Taucher, Uhu, Verkehrtschnabel, Würger, Xanthorn and Zaunkönig.SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
- Sl. (finger)soiled. Wr. splitting.
AND 2 others by the same publisher: LES ANIMAUX SAUVAGES and LA FÉE DES BUISSONS.
- Second vol. lacks prob. a divisional title (p.191/192) and several lvs. mispaginated. Extremities of binding rubbed, corners showing; top of spine of 2nd vol. sl. dam.
= Complete part of a larger series. Introductionary texts for youngsters on various subjects, i.a. astronomy, optica, microscopy, ethnology and other natural sciences.
- Very clean copy. Backcover sl. scratched.
= Koeman III, Schn. I, 121 (ed. 1760); Philipps 3504. Cf. Gumuchian 388 (ed. 1790).
- All maps w. geographical names added in contemp. pen and ink. One map w. small tear.
= Buijnsters, BNK 522 ("Een van de eerste Nederlandse geografie-boekjes voor kinderen.").
- A few maps (incl. worldmap) and the plates margins restored; sl. fingersoiled.
= Rare. Not in Buijnsters, BNK; cf. Koeman II, Honk 1 (10th ed., 1817).
- Contents and wr. loose(ning).
- One vol. lacks 1 plate and title-p.; owner's entry on first free endpaper; otherwise contents fine. Rebacked in the 19th cent.; boards rubbed/ worn; one vol. cover w. vertical closed tear.
= Welsh 1247; Spielman 39-48; The Children's World of Learning 3553; Ki.la.ki.le. 545; cf. Bondy p.75 (ed. Paris, ±1825); not in Gumuchian. Dutch adaptation of Bibliothèque en miniature pour la jeunesse (Paris, Gide Fils, ±1820). "First and only edition of a charming children's instructive library on all school subjects (...)." (The Children's World of Learning). According to Welsh a second Dutch edition was published in 1834. Comprises: De Aardrijkskunde; Gewijde Geschiedenis; Vaderlandsche Geschiedenis; Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Viervoetige Dieren; Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Vogelen; Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Insekten, Kruipende Dieren en Visschen; De Kruidkunde; Zedelijke Verhalen; Arabische Vertellingen; De Mythologie.
- Foxed, mostly on verso; some folds strengthened/ repaired w. tracing paper on verso.
= Rare promotional booklets with advertorial text on verso for the cocoa company A. Driessen.
- Boards stained and worn along extremities. = De hele Bibelebontse berg p.558 and 563.
Rinke, J. Holland's Jeugd in Kleederdracht en Spel. The Hague, Erven M.G. Cohen, n.d. (±1930), (22)p., (col.) lithogr. ills. and orig. boards by J. RINKE, 4to. - AND 6 others, i.a. L. MICHEL, Contes & Légendes (Paris, 1884, plates, orig. clothbacked lithogr. boards, 4to) and T. RÖLING, Iene Miene Mutte (Amst., n.d., ills., orig. hcl., 4to).
- Upper hinge sl. weak; occas. sl. foxed in lower half/ lower margin. Frontcover sl. scratched/ backcover scratched; corners sl. bumped.
AND 1 other: N. FOX WEBER, The Art of Babar (...) (New York, 1989, richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- Fine copy. = Bilderwelt 770.
Idem. Schellen-Ursli. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1945), (44)p., 20 col. plates and ills. by A. CARIGIET, orig. pict. clothbacked boards, obl. 4to.
- Fine copy. = Bilderwelt 768.
AND 2 others by the same (incl. 1 duplicate), both with col. plates and ills. by A. CARIGIET (Bilderwelt 769 and 770).
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION and an orig. drawing of Clémentine on htitle. The orig. wrap-around band loosely inserted.
= Matla VOORB 1.1-1.4. First and 2nd volume SIGNED (w. dedication) on title-page and 3rd and 4th volume w. AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION and with ORIGINAL DRAWING in pen and ink.
Idem. De Kermis der onsterfelijken. Brussels, Dargaud, (1981), 1st Dutch ed., 64p., col. ills. and orig. pict. boards by E. BILAL, 4to.
= Matla ALCID 1.1.
AND 2 others by the same, both in orig. boards.
= With an ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING by Theo van den Boogaard on verso title-p.
- Backstrip sl. dam.; corners sl. rubbed.
= Matla BEEST 1. Consists of 2 parts, titled Het beest is losgebroken and Het beest is verslagen.
(Reith, B.A.). Monki's reis om de wereld. 50 avonturen in Amerika. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Haarlem, Spaarnestad, 1946), 105p., tinted ills., orig. orig. pict. wr., 4to.
- Upper hinge broken. Wrappers sl. soiled and yellowed; backwr. chipped; top of spine sl. worn.
= MATLA Monk 1.2.
= One of 1200 numb. copies (1000), with a separate col. print in a green cl. folder numb. in pencil and w. blindstamp in lower corner stating that the print is "certified authentic" and "limited to an edition of 1200". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.