2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
75 3054 Maritime history Medina P de 
75 3054 Maritime history Medina P de 
75 3054 Maritime history Medina P de 
75 3054 Maritime history Medina P de 
75 3054 Maritime history Medina P de 
- First part quires F and G misbound before quire E; one astrolabium volvelle lacks revolving parts and 2 others perhaps switched; one volvelle part tipped on; pastedowns detached; sl. browned/ foxed; partly w. waterstain in lower margin. Vellum w. stains.
= Bibl. Belg. IV, 311; Allen/ Landis 580/45; cf. Crone library 82 (ed. Antwerp 1580). This Dutch translation not in Sabin, Harrisse, Adams or STC Dutch. Very rare 3rd Dutch edition of the Arte del Navigar (1545) and "the first great book in Dutch on the art of navigation and (...) consequently an enormous stimulus to Dutch seamanship" (Nico Israel, cat. 22, no.75). On leaf 14r a small circular worldmap encircled by eight cherubic windheads (Shirley 84). This map is repeated in slightly diff. form and in diff. setting on leaf 79v. On this translation etc. also W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Nico Israel, Ernst Crone and Pedro de Medina's "De Zeevaert oft Conste van ter Zee te varen" This edition not in JAP. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLVI.
75 3055 Maritime history Morisot C B 
75 3055 Maritime history Morisot C B 
75 3055 Maritime history Morisot C B 
75 3055 Maritime history Morisot C B 
- Complete copy. Upper outer blank corner of prel. leaves and first 90p. sl. waterstained in blank upper corner; p.80-125 wormholed in inner margin (sl. affecting text); partly yellowed/ sl. browned; a few lvs stained in lower margin. Upper joint splitting; covers sl. chafed and sl. stained.
= Sabin 50723; Borba De Moraes p.597-598 ("The map of Brazil is most curious"). Interesting encyclopaedia on maritime affairs, i.a. early voyages of De Veer, Raleigh, Le Moine, Herriot, Magellan. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLVII.
75 3056 Maritime history Trotter T 
75 3056 Maritime history Trotter T 
- Occas. trifle yellowed. Contents otherwise fine.
= Wellcome V, p.301; Bibl. Walleriana 9691; cf. Garrison/ Morton 2159; Norman 2097 (both on the first edition). "Trotter's treatise documents the conditions of seamen at the close of the eighteenth century and contains a theory on the causation of fevers." (Norman). Rare work, interesting not only from a medical point of view, but also from a maritime and social point of view. The following quote from a letter by a medical officer for instance sounds very familiar in the present times: "The regulations of quarantine, as far as medical authorities have described them, appear to me, more calculated to raise false and unnecessary fears in society, then to subdue them when they become real. (...) The dread of contagion is now become one of the greatest evils of human life in this country; this dread has been magnified, by extending quarantine to W. Indiamen [because of the cases of yellow fever on board of these ships], and kept alive by the credulous nervous sensibility of the English character. (...) But has not the spirit of quarantine laws been weakened by lessening the solemnity of their execution?" The general picture that arises from the numerous descriptions of conditions and diseases on board of the British naval vessels sent to all corners of the Empire is one of terrible sordidness, lacks of proper medical supplies and outbreak of numerous different often tropical diseases, as well as the usual cases of venereal diseases. The first two vols. deal with the various diseases encountered on the ships of the Royal Navy, the third volume is more oriented at prevention of diseases and improvement of conditions on board of the ships. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLVII.
75 3057 Marivaux P C de 
- Upper hinge widening. Lacks paper over boards; rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities
75 3058 Marnix van St Aldegonde Ph van 
- Pastedowns loose; eyes cut-out of engr. title; upper hinge widening; owner's stamp on (loose) upper pastedown. Vellum (sl.) soiled.
75 3059 Martial de Paris dit d'Auvergne 
- Vol. 2 spine trifle rubbed.
75 3060 Martinet J F 
- Hinges weak. Trifle rubbed along extremities, otherwise fine.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 325C. The first edition was published in 1788. WITH a fold. "Pensionnat de la ville de Gorinchem" to "Z.M. van Kuijk" (1824) bound in vol. I.
Idem. Katechismus der natuur. Amst., J. Allart, 1779-1785, 5th ed. (vol. 1 and 2)/ 2nd ed. (vol. 3 and 4), 4 vols., 4 diff. engr. frontisp., 20 fold. plates (3x handcol.), 12 (2x col.) full-p. plates incl. a portrait of the author, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece (3x)/ modern artif. hleather.
- All vols. partly (sl.) waterstained.; vol. I-III hinges weak; vol. I bookblock loose(ning). All vols. paper over covers (heavily) rubbed; vol. II-IV joints starting. Sold w.a.f.
= B. Paasman, J.F. Martinet, p.45-65 and p.100; cf. Bierens de Haan 3061. "Uit dit werk, dat zich tot de grote groep geïnteresseerde leken richtte, kan men de 18e-eeuwse opvattingen leren kennen, niet alleen op het gebied van de biologie, maar ook op dat van de astrologie, geologie, fysica, meteorologie en ook filosofie, theologie en psychologie. Men vindt er vele gegevens over de zeden en gewoonten van de 18e-eeuwer, alsmede over het leven van de auteur zelf. Het bevat tientallen verwijzingen naar bekende tijdgenoten en naar plaatsen en landstreken uit de Republiek, vooral naar Zutphen en omgeving, en naar andere gebieden waar Martinet gewoond heeft, zoals Edam en wijde omgeving en de Meijereij van Den Bosch." (Paasman p.47).
75 3061 Mascolo G B 
- Occas. trifle rubbed. Paper over covers sl. rubbed.
= With htitle and engr. title from Dagboek der Roomsche Heiligen (Amst., H. de Wit) bound in front. Rare (1x in NCC).
75 3062 Maupertuis P L M de 
- Both vols. w. some (water)stains at the beginning and end. Upper joint vol. 2 splitting.
75 3063 Melanchton Ph Camerarius J 
75 3063 Melanchton Ph Camerarius J 
75 3063 Melanchton Ph Camerarius J 
- First half waterstained in outer blank margin; a few lvs. w. sm. wormhole in lower blank margin; later owner's entry on final blank. Pigskin darkened; corners showing.
= Schottenloher 15023; Adams, C 420
75 3064 Melton E 
75 3064 Melton E 
75 3064 Melton E 
- A few plates w. (sm.) repaired tear; sl. foxed/ thumbed/ soiled. Binding soiled; vellum some sm. dam. at corners/ boardedges.
= Sabin 47472; Asher 16; Tiele 738; Muller, America 960; Cat. NHSM p.118; Van Eeghen 1066; Klaversma/ Hannema 1066; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 42. The book claims to be translated from the papers of an English nobleman (title reading "Eduward Meltons, Engelsch Edelmans, Zeldzaamen en Gedenkwaardige Zee- en Land-Reizen (...)") but according to Tiele it was composed by G. van Broekhuizen, a professional translator. Muller, on the other hand, was convinced that "Melton was at New-York in 1668, in the height of the quarrel between England and Holland on the possession of the country, so that he uses the names New York and New Amsterdam indiscriminately". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLVII.
75 3065 Melton E 
75 3065 Melton E 
75 3065 Melton E 
75 3065 Melton E 
- Partly sl. waterstained in outer blank margin; most fold. plates sl. dam. along edges, restored w. paper; contemp. annot. on title-p. Spine professionally restored; covers sl. rubbed.
= Sabin 47472; Asher 16; Tiele 738; Muller, America 960; Cat. NHSM p.118; Klaversma/ Hannema 1066; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 42, all listing the first edition 1681. The book claims to be translated from the papers of an English nobleman, but according to Tiele it was composed by G. van Broekhuizen, a professional translator. Muller, on the other hand, was convinced that "Melton was at New-York in 1668, in the height of the quarrel between England and Holland on the possession of the country, so that he uses the names New York and New Amsterdam indiscriminately".
75 3066 Mendelssohn M 
- Foxed almost throughout; a few leaves (sl.) stained; title-p. restored; bookplate on upper pastedown. Backstrip dam.; top of spine chipped; corners worn.
= Goedeke IV/ 1, 490, 16.
75 3067 Mennonites Braght T J van 
75 3067 Mennonites Braght T J van 
- Portion cut from first blank; occas. trifle yellowed. Binding w. some worn spots; lacks clasps and catches.
= Bibl. Belg. B176; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 93; Klaversma/ Hannema 292; Mennonite bibl. 1675 (other printers). Kühler, p.247: "Dit boek, hoewel met weinig kritiek samengebracht, is over het geheel betrouwbaar, en de hoofdbron gebleven voor hen, die het godsdienstig leven der Doopsgezinde martelaars in zijn volle diepte en rijkdom willen leeren kennen".
75 3068 Mennonites Schyn H 
- Some offsetting from the plates. Otherwise fine. = Springer/ Klassen 4815.
75 3069 Merken L W van 
- Occas. trifle foxed and vellum darkened, otherwise fine.
75 3070 Merlo Horstius J 
= BCNI 17316.
AND 2 others in 3 vols. (both incomplete).
75 3071 Mexico Solis y Ribadeneira A de 
75 3071 Mexico Solis y Ribadeneira A de 
- Browned (esp. first and last leaf); waterstained; bookplate on upper pastedown; title frayed along edges and w. several sm. (libr.) stamps. Binding sl. wrinkled/ stained; lacks 1 tie.
= Sabin 86451; Palau 318.608. One of the most important source books for the early history of the conquest of Mexico and Spanish government in Central America. His famous work was printed over sixty times in Spanish, and was translated into many languages.
75 3072 Middle East Niebuhr C 
75 3072 Middle East Niebuhr C 
75 3072 Middle East Niebuhr C 
- Rebacked; corners restored.
= Cf. Tiele 795; Howgego N24; cf. Graesse IV, 674; Cox I, 237; Aboussouan 682-683 and Lipperheide Lc6. Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) travelled extensively in Arabia, Persia, Palestine and Asia Minor, and became by his descriptions and maps and the richness of his observations the pioneer of a more profound knowledge of the Orient. Henze III, p.610: "Als erste literarische Hauptfrucht der langen Reise veröffentlichte er in 1772 die Beschreibung von Arabien, ein Werk klassischen Gepräges, das mehr Stoff darbrachte als alle früheren europäischen Werke zusammengenommen; hinzu kam, daß es großenteils auf Autopsie basierte. N. hielt sich fern von jeder Kompilation nach anderen Autoren und trug nur vor, was er selbst beobachtet und gesammelt hatte". "His accounts are probably the best and most authentic of their day" (Cox). On Niebuhr see also Europa und die Orient, cat. 1/190.
75 3073 Militaria Brindley J 
75 3073 Militaria Brindley J 
- The maps partly torn on folds and frayed/ soiled in lower margin; sl. foxed and vaguely waterst. at the beginning. Binding rubbed and chafed; corners showing.
= Description of notable towns and regions on the western front during the Austrian War of Succession (1740-1748). Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLVIII.