2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Without the 6th vol.; occas. sl. yellowed and vaguely waterst.; htitle and first free endpaper vol. 1 sl. wormholed.
= Kress B424; Goldsmiths 12126. The 2nd French translation of Smith's main work (first published 1776) and the first by J.L. Blavet (the 1st French translation was published 1778-1779). Very rare.
- Occas. sl. offsetting from plates. Otherwise fine copy.
= Abbey Travel 188; Tooley 207. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXI.
- Lacks the text volume. Sl. browned throughout; bookplate on upper pastedown; two stamps on verso title; bookblock broken. Backstrip dam.
= Champollion's great work on the deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. With this work he established his irrefutable claim to the title of founder of scientific Egyptology. On the support of Pope Leo XII of Champollion's endeavours to decipher hieroglyphs, see i.a. J.-G.Honoré Greppo, p.71f: "(...) and already, though the study of hieroglyphics in its infancy, many precious documents have aided in the understanding of the Scriptures. Pope Leo XII. fully comprehended this subject. In encouraging by all the weight of his influence the learned labors of Champollion, he did not confine himself to viewing this event simply as one of the most notable in the calendar of human knowledge, but he perceived in it an invaluable source of positive data concerning the history of the people of God in their relations to Egypt. (...)". Cf. Numa Broc, Afrique p.72f.
- Title-page w. library stamp on verso; 1 quire waterstained in inner margin; occas. offsetting on opposite page; 18th/ 19th cent. owners' annots. on last free endpaper and lower pastedown. Covers worn; joints splitting.
= Landwehr 11; Praz p.185/187; BCNI 9279. The text is attributed to J. Tollenaere, translated from the original Latin by L. Udens; A. Poirters wrote the Dutch verses. The first and only edition.
- Outer margin trimmed sl. short; contents trifle (finger)soiled; erased library stamp on title.
= Landwehr, Dutch Emblem Books 38; Praz p.254f.
- Occas. sl. yellowed/ browned; p.193-208 remargined. = Landwehr 81; Praz 436.
- Occas. trifle/ sl. foxed; some offsetting from emblems on opposite pages. Paper over covers and top of spine dam.; leather over spine dried and cracked; corners bumped.
= Landwehr 83. The third edition.
- Annots. on endpapers; sl. foxed. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Landwehr 167; cf. Cats STCN 204 (later ed.); Mus. Catsianum 163 (later ed.).
- Lacks 2 textlvs. (31/32 and 255/256); sl. foxed/ soiled. Vellum sl. soiled; sm. tears at spine-ends.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 460; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 224; Landwehr, Dutch emblem and fable books, F227; De Vries 83; Scheepers I, 384 (ed. 1740); Waller 488.
- Crossed-out owner's entry on verso title-p., sl. shining through; endpapers sl. browned; trifle foxed. Joints starting to split; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Cf. Landwehr 328; De Vries 226. Rare.
- Former stamp below colophon erased (remnants visible); sm. stamp on title; occas. sl. stained. Sm. dam. spot backstrip; lacks ties; a few stains on frontcover.
= First illustrated edition of a work also known as "Hieroglyphica", first publ. in 1505 by Aldus (without emblems). Mortimer, French 315: "Kerver was the first to commission the emblematic woodcuts and to print the Horapollo text itself in the form of an emblem book."; Pettegree FB 74164; Adams/ Rawles/ Saunders, French embl. books F.330; Landwehr, Romanic 374; Adams H850. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXI.
- Lacks one blank (of 3) in front; occas. sl. foxed/ fingersoiled/ vaguely waterstained. Vellum soiled.
= The 26 emblems in the first work after O. VAENIUS, Emblemata Horatiana. Each emblem with a motto and a poem by Anthoni Jansen. The rural folding plate and 4 illustrations to the seasons accompany "Het Lof van 't Lantleven". The nice illustration to "De Herfst" shows the harvesting and treading of grapes. The second work contains 12 illustrations to the months of the year and contains i.a. a poem on the smoking of tobacco and a translation of the Disticha by Cato. It is a very rare edition of a work that was first published by J. van Royen, Amst., ±1693-1709. Ad 1: Landwehr 451; cat. Riedel Horatiana U6 (in the 6th ed. by T. Bliek, Amst., 1781. Ad 2: Landwehr 553; Geerebaert C16c and cf. Scheepers I, 362 (2nd ed.): "Ook dit werkje dat niet door de Vries vermeld wordt, hoewel de 1e druk waarschijnlijk toch vóór 1700 is verschenen, is zeldzaam." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXII.
- Old owner's entry on upper pastedown; cat. clipping mounted on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed; brown stains on pastedowns. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; joints starting to split.
= Bodemann 82.1; Landwehr 433; Praz p.392; Wildenberg 1131. Van de Klashorst 310: "Collection of fables, each of which is interpreted, usually in a political, republican sense. The author warns continuously against the dangers of monarchy. He also expounds a Cartesian psychology". The Children's World of Learning 3094: "The book represents a perfect example of the coexistence and cross-fertilisation of fable and emblem books, which took place in The Netherlands in the late 17th century." First and only edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXII.
- Very fine copy.
= Landwehr 499; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 425; Klaversma/ Hannema 909-912. The first edition.
- Bookplate on verso frontisp. Upper joint split (backstrip loose).
= Klaversma/ Hannema 909-912; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 425; Landwehr 499. The first edition.
- Vellum trifle soiled.
= Landwehr 501; Klaversma/ Hannema 909; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 425.
- Frontisp. and vellum sl. soiled. Otherwise fine.
= Landwehr 142d; Klaversma/ Hannema 915; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 425. Fourth edition, the first edition was published in 1708.
- Very fine copy.
= Landwehr 509 (erroneously 100 emblems); Klaversma/ Hannema 922-926; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 438. The first edition.
- Free endpapers and final blank w. extensive (19th cent.) annots., one quire loose(ning); trifle yellowed; binding sl. worn along extremities; backstrip lacks sm. portion at foot.
= Landwehr 509 (erroneously 100 emblems); Klaversma/ Hannema 922-926; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 438. The first edition.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. (Very) fine copy.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 939; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 443; Landwehr 525. The illustrations i.a. depicting children's games, incl. "De Kolf".