2342 - 2933 OLD AND RARE BOOKS
- A very fine copy.
= On the Rocaille-and-flower bindery (act. between 1775-1812), see Storm van Leeuwen I, p.671ff: "(...) splendid bindings (...) a binder more important than it now seems (...)." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- Without the prize; some offsetting from turn-ins. Sl. rubbed; backcover sl. chafed. Fine copy.
= Cf. De prijs is het bewijs 45.
- Without the prize; last ±10 lvs. (Index) waterstained in inner margin. Trifle rubbed along extremities; one tie sl. worn.
= Not in Spoelder.
- Sl. oxidized.
= Comprises i.a. one clasp w. a sm. hallmark of a lion (L.B. Gans, Goud en zilvermerken van Voet, p.180).
ADDED: 7 single silver clasps or catches similar.
= Total weight of the lot ±160 grams.
- Sl. oxidized.
= Comprises i.a. one clasp hallmarked w. the city mark of Amsterdam (L.B. Gans, Goud en zilvermerken van Voet, p.XXX) and one clasp w. decorations characteristic for the 18th cent. (B. van Noordwijk, Zondags zilver, p. 41).
ADDED: 6 single silver clasps or catches similar.
= Total weight of the lot ±170 grams.
- Sl. oxidized.
= Comprises i.a. one clasp probably by P. Kuypers, w. shell shape and ''L'' on the inside (B. van Noordwijk, Zondags Zilver, p.35) and one clasp hallmarked w. the city mark of Amsterdam (L.B. Gans, Goud en zilvermerken van Voet, p.XXX). Total weight of the lot 180 grams.
- Sl. oxidized; w. some sm. scratches.
ADDED: 23 incomplete parts of purse clasps (not all decorated) and one purse hook (6,5x3 cm.).
= Total weight of the lot ±750 grams.
- Lacks 3 lvs. (incl. the 3 woodcuts for May, June and August); partly (badly) stained in lower outer corner (probably by smoke with water), w. loss of some text; some inkstains. Backcover and lower corner of frontcover stained; sl. rubbed along extremities; gilding sl. worn.
= Interesting example of an Amsterdam VOC-binding, with extensive contemp. annots. recalling i.a. the purchase of equipment (incl. masts, anchors and a canon) for the ship "De Vrouwe Geertruida", which was built in 1757 and set sail for Ceylon in 1768. Rare. Cf. Landwehr, VOC p.XXVII. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
- Lacks 2 prelim. text lvs.; engr. title w. some rubbed spots and (partly erased) stamp; partly waterst.; sl. fingersoiled. Rebound (rather tightly); contemp. backstrip lacks portions.
= De Backer/ Sommervogel I, p.1500: "Les 33 figures (...) sont d'une bonne exécution et représentent la vie de la Vierge".
BOUND WITH 1 other by L. CHIFFLET (incomplete).
- Sm. annot. on upper pastedown; owner's entry on first free endpaper; (sl.) foxed/ browned. Upper joint splitting; binding sl. rubbed, mainly on spine; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Rare.
- Contemp. annot. on upper pastedown and last free endpaper; occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed; partly stained (and dam.) in outer blank margin, not affecting text. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Rare.
- Gilt on covers mostly worn away, gilt on spine fine; rubbed along extremities.
= Made of the work M. BALLET, Prônes sur les Evangiles de toute l'année. Tome Premier (Paris, 1758), aprox. first 30 pages preserved.
Bookshaped box, hinging at upper joint, 19th cent. cloth w. simple gilt spine, 18x12x2 cm.
- Covers soiled; spine sl discol. w. sm. waterstain.
= Made of the work A. COQUEREL, Des Beaux-Arts en Italie au point de Vue Religieux (Paris, 1857), aprox. first 4 and final 45 pages preserved.
- One edge of lid splitting; box rubbed, mostly along extremities.
= Contains a small 20th century glass hip flask of German brandy (unopened) and a manual on hydrostatics (Paris, 1838).
- Lacks title-p. and upper pastedown; cut short, occas. sl. loss of text in headings and pagination; partly w. tiny wormhole in outer blank margin, not affecting text. Rebound; trifle soiled; sl. chipped at spine-ends.
Vondel, J. van den. Poëzij; Zijnde verscheidene gedichten. Het Tweede Deel. Schiedam, In de Oude Drukkerije, 1660, (6),558p., contemp. vellum.
- Partly waterstained. Vellum stained.
= Schuytvlot 10; Unger 7.
- Partly vaguely waterstained in outer (blank) margin, occas. sl. affecting text. Vellum soiled and wrinkled.
Hazeu, J. Gezangen op de geboorte, het lijden, sterven en verheerlyking van Jezus Christus. Amst., N.T. Gravius and J. Hazeu, 1793, IV,(4),248p., engr. title, contemp. green mor., both covers w. gilt tooled borders and fleuron corner ornaments, gilt "feestgezangen" on frontcover, gilt spine w. fleuron ornaments and red mor. letterpiece, gilt boardedges, all edges gilt and gauffered, chintz endpapers.
- Trifle rubbed along extremities, otherwise fine.
Katechismus of kinder-leer, tot nut en dienst van de Jeugd in Oost-Friesland (...). Emden, C. Wenthing, 1807, (58)p., woodcut printer's mark, contemp. gilt calf, 12mo. - BOUND WITH: Formulier van het H. Nagtmaal of ene vermaning voor en na de bediening des Nagtmaals in de Gemeente van Jezus Kristus te Emden (...). Ibid., idem, 1800, 15p. - AND WITH: Teksten, naar welke de Geschiedenis van Christus, Geboorte, Besnydenis, (...) jaarlyks in de Hervormde Gemeente te Emden word afgehandeld. Ibid., idem, 1787, woodcut printer's mark, (6)p.
- Interleaved copy w. extensive (contemp.) annots.; the last part sl. foxed. Upper joint starting; covers sl. stained; lacks sm. portion of top of spine.
AND 1 other.
- Partly waterstained; first 7 lvs. w. sm. inkstain in lower blank margin, not reaching text; owner's entry on htitle; 1 leaf loose; hinges weak. Vellum soiled.
= Rare.
Schoen, W. De weg der suyverheit van d'Hollantse maegde. Antw. (= Amst.), P. van Eyck, 1676, 321,(3)p., engr. title, contemp. vellum.
- Lacks title-p.; partly waterstained; last quire loose; lower hinge weak. Vellum sl. stained.
= Rare.
- Brown offsetting on endpapers; final lvs. (vaguely) waterst. in outer margins. Binding sl. rubbed; backstrip dam. at foot of spine; corners showing.
= With the large fold. panoramas of i.a. Moscow, Persepolis, Isfahan and Astrakhan. Tiele 209; Cat. NHSM p.257; Cox II, p.251; Schwab, La Perse p.74. Cornelis de Bruin (De Bruyn, Le Brun, Lebrun) (1652-1726), "Holländ. Zeichner und Asien-Reisender (...) reiste 1701-08 durch Russland und Persien (...) nach Ost-Indien. Auf der schon häufig begangenen Wegen in Persien (...) wusste er doch viel Neues, auch naturwissenschaftlich, zu beobachten, und seine Reisebeschreibung, die Gebriel eine der besten aus jener Zeit nennt, verdiente wohl eine kritische Analyse und Würdigung. (...)." (Henze I, p.378/379). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- Contemp. annots. on 3rd blank and title-p.; last quire loose(ning). Vellum stained; upper joint split; frontcover loose(ning); gilt partly worn off.
= Not in Adams. Rare.
BOUND WITH: Idem, Abusuum ecclesiasticoum & rationis, qua corrigi eos abusus oporeat, indicatio Imperatoriae Maiestati, in comitiis Reguespurgi, postulanti, exhibita. Argentorati (= Strassb.), n.publ., 1541,(19)lvs., woodcut initials.
= Adams 3024.
= With the erratum slip bound in after the title. Rare edition.
- All vols. (sl.) foxed; 1st vol. endpapers and title-p. browned. Covers sl. discol.; spines w. worn spots; spine-ends dam.