2390 - 2685 BOTANY, GARDENS AND GARDENING, HUSBANDRY - The Collection of Jan Meemelink
- Title-p. dam. in top margin and sl. dam. in lower margin and along horizontal central fold; all other leaves w. vague horizontal central fold.
= Rare. Hunt 558.
- Endpapers sl. browned; occas. sl. foxed.
= Ad I: Nissen, BBI 339; Hunt I, 344: "(...) These engravings are sharp and very well cut, though the plants are clearly reminiscent of vande Pas." The gardens of Louis XIV (St. Germain au Laye) and William III of Orange (Soestdijk) served as models for the garden plans. Ad II: Nissen, BBI 390; Pritzel 1830; Hunt I, 345: "In the 17th century the northern part of Europe was taking a great interest in orange houses and in the growing of all the different sorts of citrus fruits under glass (...)". The plates depict citrus fruits and greenhouses. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Owner's entries on first blank; one textleaf in first part sm. dam. spot in text; receding stain in text; tear in 2 plates in first part (both extending into image); second part occas. sl. waterstained/ fingersoiled in lower outer corner/ lower margin. Vellum wrinkled.
= Ad I: Nissen, BBI 339; Hunt I, 344: "(...) These engravings are sharp and very well cut, though the plants are clearly reminiscent of vande Pas." The gardens of Louis XIV (St. Germain au Laye) and William III of Orange (Soestdijk) served as models for the garden plans. Ad II: Nissen, BBI 390; Pritzel 1830; Hunt I, 345: "In the 17th century the northern part of Europe was taking a great interest in orange houses and in the growing of all the different sorts of citrus fruits under glass (...)". The plates depict citrus fruits and greenhouses. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Despite lacking the 424th and 425th plate called for by Nissen, this copy seems to be complete. Vol. 1 ticket on upper pastedown; all vols. sm. stamp on first blank and/ or (h)title; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; vol. 7 one mor. letterpiece dam.
= Nissen, BBI 349 (calling for 425 plates). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Vol.I lacks 1 prel. leaf; four index leaves in vol. 1 misbound; sl. foxed. Bindings trifle rubbed along extremities. Fine set. = Nissen, BBI 353.
- Both vols. partly sl. browned; vol. 1 contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper, title-p. and p. XCIX; vol. 2 contemp. owner's entry on title-p. Both vols. rebound w. use of contemp. covers and (parts of) backstrips; vol. 2 narrow strip of leather torn from frontcover.
= Typical 18th century handbook/ encyclopaedia containing a mine of practical knowledge enabling the landlord of a mansion to manage his day-to-day affairs in a responsible manner. Nice illustrations.
- A few lvs. trifle frayed; occas. trifle foxed; vol. 1 ±10 lvs and vol. 2 partly sl. waterstained in outer and lower blank margin, not touching text or image; vol. 2 one leaf w. clean cut, no loss of text. Bindings sl. worn/ rubbed. A fine copy nevertheless.
= The first Dutch edition of this very popular general reference work, first published in France in 1709 as the "Dictionnaire Oeconomique". The Dutch translation contained 80 plates, of which some were made specifically for the Dutch edition. The plates contain a broad variety of useful information, ranging from how to catch birds, fish and mammals to distilling techniques and landscaping.
- All vols. hinges weak, vol. 4 hinges broken (holding on cords); all vols. w. sm. annots. and library stamp on title-p.; a few lvs. w. sm. tears affeting text; vol. 2 partly sl. waterstained in upper blank margin. All bindings worn; letterpieces (partly) worn off.
= Typical 18th century handbook/ encyclopedia for the "complete landlord", covering all aspects involved in managing a mansion during the Ancien Regime.
- Each vol. bookplate on upper pastedown and stamp on title-p.; trifle soiled; 1st vol. waterstained and lvs. repaired w. tape in outer margin; 2nd vol. (water)stained. Spines sunned; two vols. joints splitting; 2nd vol. frontcover dam.
= Typical 18th century handbook/ encyclopedia for the "complete landlord", covering all aspects involved in managing a mansion during the Ancien Regime.
- Both vols. w. bookplate on first pastedown, owner's stamps on first free endpapers and contemp. annots. on title-pages; vol. 2 bound w. a few duplicate pages. Bindings sl. acid stained.
= Cf. Pritzel 1707. Rare edition, not mentioned in Pritzel.
- Bookplate of Johannis Hus on upper pastedown; annots. on title-p.; sl. foxed/ browned. Upper joint starting; covers sl. worn.
= Nissen, BBI 371; Pritzel 1758; Adams C2243/ 2244; Hunt 144 and 149; Voet 1008 and 1009; Stafleu C 1147 and 1148. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Partly sl. browned; stamp on verso title-p. shining through; contemp. annot. on upper pastedown.
= Very rare. Pritzel 1834. Not in Nissen, Hunt etc. Alphabetical index to H.A. Rheede tot Drakestein, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, published in 12 vols., 1678-1693.
- Outer upper corner of first free endpaper and title-p. repaired w. paper; a few lvs. (incl. plates) w. waterstain in upper margin; occas. trifle foxed. Covers rubbed, mostly along extremities; gilt on spine partly worn away.
= Nissen, BBI 388; Pritzel 1836.
- Backstrip worn. = Pritzel 1832. Rare.
- Upper hinge broken; a few library stamps on (verso) title-p.; owner's entry on title-p.
= Rare Dutch edition, not traced in JAP.
= Contains price lists of various plants and their varieties.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; frontisp. w. sm. marginal tear not affecting the image; a few wormholes throughout. Leather in corners and end compartments of spine worn away.
= Pritzel 1992. Johann Christian Cuno (1708-1783), was a German poet, botanist and merchant, who was enlisted in the army in the midst of his studies, and only after 10 years' service managed to return to his former scholarly life. In the early 1740s he arrived in Amsterdam, where he married a widow and revived her late husband's merchant business. He befriended numerous Dutch poets, whose works he translated into German, started a botanical garden outside Amsterdam, met Emanuel Swedenborg and finally returned to Germany.
- Owner's entry on title-p.; bookplate on upper pastedown; first few lvs. w. stains. Spine-ends sl. worn/ rubbed.
= Pritzel 2010. BOUND AS USUAL WITH: J. BANKS, On the blight in corn (with one handcol. engr. fold. plate).
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown; bookseller's ticket on lower pastedown; hinges weak; sl. foxed. Boards rubbed; spine-ends dam.; letterpiece partly worn off.
= Pritzel 2010.
AND 1 other: G. SINCLAIR, Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis (...) (London, 1869, 5th ed., num. plates, orig. cl.).[*]
- Trifle foxed. Bindings (sl.) soiled. = Rare work on grafting.