2342 - 2933 OLD AND RARE BOOKS
- Occas. trifle yellowed; final index leaf and final blank dam. Otherwise contents fine. Top of spine chipped; binding rubbed along extremities.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.
- Occas. foxed/ sl. browned; owner's entry in ballpoint on first free endpaper; one text leaf blank margin restored w. paper (w. offsetting on adjacent lvs.). Joints splitting at spine-ends; corners showing.
= The second revised and best edition (first 1668). Tiele 298; Gay 219; Mendelssohn II, p.119. The first large general description of the African continent. The work is based on the early accounts of the Portuguese and Spanish explorers, the English works by Purchass and Jarrick, the journals and descriptions of Dutch navigators like Van Noort, Van Neck, Linschoten, Spilbergen, but especially on unpublished reports and eye-witness accounts of Dutch merchants, visitors and soldiers. Very detailed on the West Coast, where the Dutch ivory-, gold- and slave-trade flourished and on Angola (Luanda was captured by a WIC fleet in 1647). On the settlement on the Cape only a cursory note is found, while the surrounding tribes are described in remarkable detail. The second part, devoted to the African islands, from Malta to Madagascar, includes an ample account of the French colonization of the latter. The work is famous for its splendid detailed maps and plates, i.a. engraved after drawings by Reinier Noomsz (Zeeman). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.
- Contents fine. Upper cover loosening; binding worn along extremities; corners showing.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 345; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 525a.
- First part lacks final leaf and waterstained throughout; subsequent parts browned (fire?) in outer margins; hinges split. Foot of spine restored.
= Charming binding.
- Backcover rubbed and w. remnants of stamp (?); a few tiny stains on frontcover.
- Modern dedication opposite title; sl. fingersoiled. Spine rubbed.
Nederlandsche muzen-almanak. 1824. Zesde jaar. Rott., J. Immerzeel, (1823), (18),240p., engr. title, 5 plates, 2 portraits, 1 fold. plate w. scores, orig. printed boards, slipcase, a.e.g., 12mo.
- Slipcase sl. worn and restored w. sellotape.
- Contents loose; margins sl. dampstained and sl. frayed. Backstrip sl. dam.; covers (esp. frontcover) brown (rust?)staining; binding warped.
= The only copy traced of the edition of 1787 of this almanac, of which only a few other volumes are extant. Neither the initials on the frontcover nor the admiral's initials on backcover could be identified. An enigmatic binding. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.
- Final leaf duststained; trifle worn along outer lower corner throughout.
= Rare ordinance stating the conditions for those who wish to settle in the Dutch colony in America, Nieuw-Nederlandt. This ordinance was published at a time in which the Dutch colony New Netherland experienced a period of economic prosperity, when New Netherland was in need of new settlers to strengthen its position in the area. Muller, America p.337 (this ed., also w. (8)pages); cf. Asher no.337 (ed. Amst., J. Banning, (16)p.).
- A few maps sl. foxed; some sm. marginal speckles/ stains. Spines sl. faded.
= Contains a large number of interesting and detailed maps and plans of both Americas, i.a. of "Mexico en Nieuw Granada", Vera Cruz (2x diff.), Porto Bello, Panama, Carthagena (2x diff.), Lima, Rio de la Plata, Valparayso, Surinam, Martinique, Porto Rico, New Orleans, Quebec (siege of the English) and Canada. Sabin 31212: "The latter half of the third volume relates to Louisiana, Canada and the countries near Hudson's Bay. The numerous maps and plates are well executed." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
- Owner's entry and annot. on first blank; bookplate on upper pastedown. Spine-ends chipped; upper joint starting; corners bumped.
- Without the introductory text lvs.; outer margin of title and portrait strengthened.
= The first edition was published by D. Danckerts in 1661. Fowler 77; Kat. Orn. Berlin 2234. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
- Binding trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine. = Rare, probably a composite of several other series.
- Lacks 1 plate and the index. Some foxing, occas. thumbing/ soiling; 2 fold. plates w. repaired tears; htitle loose and creased. Binding sl rubbed at extremities.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 11. "De Atlas van Fouquet is ongetwijfeld de fraaiste serie afbeeldingen die van Amsterdam bestaan. In afwijking van de vroeger verschenen series staat bij Fouquet het afbeelden van de schilderachtigste punten van de stad op den voorgrond. Hoewel zijn prenten bijna alle op de traditioneele wijze genoemd zijn naar de torens, de poorten, de kerken en de andere groote gebouwen die er op zijn voorgesteld, zijn zij echter zoo op te vatten, dat zij het stadsgedeelte weergeven, dat het genoemde gebouw omgeeft. Op die wijze verschaft de Atlas van Fouquet een wandeling door de straten en langs de grachten van het Amsterdam der XVIIIe eeuw, het Amsterdam dat nog in ongerept bezit was van haar monumentale gebouwen en huizen, en den stratenaanleg uit het bloeitijdperk; hierbij werd ook in het oog gehouden het zoo pittoreske straatbeeld dier dagen weer te geven." (Cat. Oud-Amsterdam, Fred. Muller, 1912). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
- Small clipping and owner's entry on first endpaper. Top of spine sl. chipped. A fine copy.
= Cf. cat. NHSM, p.452 (sl. diff. title). The plates show the building of the present day National Maritime Museum before, during and after the devastating fire of 1791 (F.M. 5147a).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry in pen and ink on first free endpaper. Binding sl. warped.
= Funck p.359. The best account of the so-called miracle of Amsterdam (1345). With dedication to Peter Paul Rubens (8p.).
- Occas. (sl.) browned/ yellowed. Joints and spine-ends carefully restored.
= Large paper and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED copy. With the rare fourth volume (containing 2 portraits and 12 fold. views). Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311; Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 256; Atlas Van Stolk 4183; F.M. 4210.
- One plate w. large tear repaired w. sellotape (w. gluestains); title-p. vol. 2 creased and corner torn off; one page w. large tear; vol. 2 without p.181-182 as always; occas. sl. browned/ foxed/ waterst. Spine-ends dam./ sl. worn; paper over boards chafed; bindings rubbed along extremities.
= With all 81 plates (incl. frontisp.) as called for in the binder's index in vol. 3. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311; Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 256; Atlas Van Stolk 4183; F.M. 4210. As often without the fourth volume published 21 years after the third volume.
- Two bookplates on upper pastedown; several plates foxed/ sl. stained (in margins) and sl. frayed; two plates tear/ dam. on central fold, sl. affecting image; title-p. and some textlvs./ plates w. (repaired) tear in lower blank margin. Covers warped; spine-ends dam. and joints splitting.
= Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 256; Atlas Van Stolk V, 4183; Muller 4210.
- Without the portrait, as often; lacks 1 fold. plate; 1 fold. view w. tear in image; occas. sl. browned/ foxed, mostly in blank margins. A few sm. stains and remnants of paper ticket on frontcover. Nevertheless a good copy.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 332.
- Upper hinge weak; first title w. owner's entry. Spine-ends chipped; binding chafed; corners showing.