1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Without the prize; vaguely waterst. at the beginning (incl. frontisp.). Binding sl. spotted; frontcover partly discol./ (water)stained (not affecting coat of arms).
= Spoelder 2; Schweiger p.1111: "Neue, gute Recens."
- Without the prize; sl. foxed/ yellowed. Vellum sl. dustsoiled; remnants of stamp on backstrip; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 3; Schweiger p.300 ("vermehrte Wiederhohlung der Ausg. von Bosius").
AND 2 other vols., both in schoolprize binding w. gilt coat of arms of LEYDEN on both covers (both Spoelder 5), 1x contemp. calf w. gilt double fillet line around sides (with letterpress and calligraphed schoolprize filled out in manuscript for "Gerardo A. Salomon Huygens" dated 1817) and 1x contemp blindst. panelled vellum w. corner acorns (without the prize).
- Without the prize. Partly foxed/ browned. Binding sl. warped and soiled; upper joint splitting at top; lacks ties; sm. libr. ticket on frontcover and foot of spine.
= Spoelder 2; cf. Schweiger p.363 (other eds.).
- Without the prize; owner's stamp on title-p.; sl. waterst. in blank margin(s). Lacks ties; covers sl. rubbed; ticket on foot of spine.
= Spoelder 5.
- Without the prize. Lacks ties. = Spoelder 5. Schweiger III, p.736 (ed. 1727).
- Yellowed/ sl. browned; foxed. Lacks ties; vellum soiled.
= Spoelder 3. Rare Maastricht schoolprize binding. With the manuscript prize on first blank for Abrahams Brebereno van Dijck dated 1723.
- First blank replaced by modern blank. Vellum soiled; waterstain on backcover; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 3. Rare Maastricht schoolprize binding. With manuscript schoolprize to Franciscus van Panhuys of the "Reformatae Religionis Trajecti de Mosam", dated 1743.
- Extensive 19th-cent. owner's annots. regarding provenance on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed/ stained. Lacks 3 (of 4) ties.
= Spoelder 3. With the prize to Theophilus Carel Essers, dated 1760, signed by J.H. Reinick, M.A. de Jongh and rector H.G. Levericksvelt. Essers would succeed Levericksvelt as rector of the Maastricht Latin School in 1778. On the contents: Schweiger p.1129.
- Occas. a few yellowed (sometimes browned) leaves; occas. sl. spotted. Otherwise a very well preserved schoolprize binding w. the prize awarded to "Petro Henrico Saaijmans Vader" bound in at front and dated "X Sept. MDCCCXVII".
= Spoelder 4; Graesse VI, p.348; Ebert II, 20860; Schweiger p.912: "Gesuchteste Ausg. des Lipsius" ; Dibdin II, p.397: "Harwood speaks highly of the magnificence and beauty of the volume, and of the excellent notes of Lipsius: the Bipont editors call it "Edit. rara et nitida"." A desirable copy, both for the binding and the contents. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
- Without the prize; pastedowns sl. dam.; bookplate on upper pastedown; extensive owners' annots. on first free endpaper; a few quires trifle waterst. in outer (blank) margin. Sm. strip of (overlapping) vellum torn off along 7 cm. of upper outer edge of back cover; upper spine-end torn/ wrinkled; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 2. The 8vo edition. On the contents: Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 743; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 192.
AND one other similar schoolprize binding (contemp. calf w. central gilt coat of arms of MIDDELBURG within gilt border on both covers, gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece. Spoelder 5).
- Very fine copy.
= Spoelder 4. With schoolprize to H.J. Boogaert, dated 1856, bound at the beginning. Schweiger p.830.
- Without the prize; sl. yellowed. Extremities rubbed; lower joint starting at top of spine.
= Spoelder 5.
- Without the prize; a few lvs. browned in the last few quires. Lacks silk ties.
= Spoelder 5. On the contents: Schweiger III, p.979; Dibdin p.442: "(...) This fine edition of Suetonius, which exceeds any of the former, is adorned with a vast number of beautiful cuts, which not only illustrate Suetonius's history, but likewise give a great light to the Roman antiquities (...)" (citing the Bibl. Harleian).
- Without the prize; bookplate on upper pastedown. Covers sl. rubbed. Contents fine.
= Spoelder 5 and Storm van Leeuwen 4.2.11. On the contents: Graesse V, p.218.
- Frontisp. and title-p. loose; final 2 (index) lvs. cut short. = Spoelder 2.
AND 2 similar schoolprize bindings of Middelburg on C. SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, (XII Caesares) (Leyden, 1767. Frontcover w. some eroded spots) and P. OVIDIUS NASO, Opera (Amst., 1751).
- All without the prize. All vols. pastedowns loose.
= Spoelder 3. Containing the following works: P. MELA, De situ orbis libri III (Leyden, 1743, engr. title); Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS, Poemata. Ed. J. Minelli (ibid., 1744) and P. AFER TERENTIUS, (Comoediae sex) (Amst., 1721(?). Lacks title).
- Without the prize. Otherwise fine.
= An unrecorded variant of Spoelder 2.
- Without the prize. Ties broken. = Not in Spoelder. Rare schoolprize binding of Middelburg.
- Binding somewhat soiled.
= Spoelder 6. With the lettepress prize awarded to Clara Bomme, "Gebruikende het onderwijs van Maria Magdalena Franc", dated 23 May 1781, signed by Maria Franc and Andries Andriessen.
Schoolprize binding of Middelburg, central gilt ornament with coat of arms of MIDDELBURG within rectangular floral border on both covers, richly gilt spine. - ON: Tursellinus Horatius. Romani Historiarum ab origine mundi, usque ad annum à Christo nato MDXCVIII. Utrecht, J. van Pool, 1744, 566,(70)p.. engr. frontisp.
- Lacks ties.
= Spoelder. With manuscript prize awarded to Jacob Hendrik Schorer, dated 1772.
AND 3 other schoolprize bindings of Middelburg: 2x Spoelder, both w. filled-in prize, awarded to D. van der Hors Serlé (1842) and Johannes van der Beke Callenfels (1847) and Spoelder
- All vols. binding sl. (dust)stained; 3 vols. lacking tie(s).
= Spoelder 6. The first 2 vols. w. the prizes to Clara Bomme, dated 22 June 1779 and signed by [?] and Jacobus Willemsen, and to Antoni van Klittenberg, dated 10 November 1784 and signed by W.L. de Boevere(?) and A. Andriessen.