1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Text lvs. browned; maps sl. browned; some maps w. glue stains on verso; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding rubbed, corner showing.
= Very rare. The titles probably refers to the Austrian War of Succession (1740-1749). Koeman II, Cle 1; Phillips 5178.
- Lacks 2 maps; browned throughout. Binding severly soiled; joints split(ting).
= Phillips 573. On the binding: Spoelder 3.
- Without the 4 maps of the continents; sl. (finger)soiled (occas. some stains), large waterstain on last leaf and endpapers; some lvs. w. waterstain in outer or lower margin. Boards rubbed and edges worn.
= Koeman II, E&L1.
- Partly (vaguely) waterst. in margins. Binding rubbed and sl. worn.
- Lacks the distance table; 1 map w. 2 small holes; 1 map sm. portion of upper corner torn off; 1 map w. pencil scribbling on verso; each map titled in pen and ink on verso in contemp. pen and ink. Binding sl. worn.
= Rare atlas.
- Title-p. and frontisp. sl. wormholed on central fold; maps fingersoiled in lower outer corners and/ or margins and occas. waterstained in upper margin; index stained; hinges weak. Frontcover dam.
= Phillips 630-632 (w. varying numbers of maps). Attractive pocket atlas focusing mainly on Europe. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.
- Lacks title-p., preliminary leaves and the letterpress additions at the end (a1-e7) that contain i.a. De Mona Druidum Insula (...) Epistola and Synonyma Locorum Geographicorum; occas. (partly closed) neat splits on central fold; occas. annots. in old pencil/ pen in blank margin; most maps fingersoiled in lower blank margin; occas. sl. wormholed in lower blank margin; otherwise all maps in good/ fine condition. Paper over covers worn, backstrip and corner dam.
= Van de Krogt/ Koeman IIIA, 31:002. Very rare early edition of Ortelius' revolutionary atlas, first publ. in Antwerp in 1570 (also a Latin edition). Ortelius' atlas was revolutionary because it was the first attempt to present the geography of the world in a uniformly produced collection of maps of all known parts of the world. Ortelius designed the maps himself, basing his designs on the cartographic sources that he had at hand (and, equally revolutionary, also mentioning his sources on the maps), and once finished had them engraved by Frans Hogenberg and Ambrosius and Ferdinand Aertsen. Finally Gielis Coppens van Diest printed the maps, after which they could be coloured (also in a uniform style) and bound in a logical order in one volume. These atlases were a new phenomenon and proved to be very popular in Europe. Soon editions were published in various languages of Europe (eventually in 7 languages) in print runs of a few hundred copies each. Van den Broecke estimates that of this 2nd Latin edition approx. 275 copies were printed. Illustrations of all maps of our copy are available on request. SEE ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE LXXXIV.
- Lacks one map and 2nd page of the list of contents; final 2 maps sl. yellowed. Upper joint dam./ splitting.
= Cf. Phillips 633 and 3507 (other editions). Nice pocket atlas. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.
- Maps fine; index lvs. occas. sl. foxed; title splitting in lower image. Upper joint splitting but holding on cords; spine ends worn; binding rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities.
= Rare atlas. The letterpress title mentions 50 maps (but complete in 48): " Le Theatre de Bellone. Contenant 50. Nouvelles cartes geographiques, des Pais-Bas Espagnols, Provinces-Unies, haute & basse Allemagne, les Electorats & Principautez du Rhin, haute & basse Alsace, la Lorraine; Bourgogne, Suisse, Savoye & Piemont, avec unde grande partie de la France de L'Italie (...) où l'on fait à present la guerre. Ouvrage très utile aux officiers et voyageurs (...)". Koeman, Brn 3. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.
- "Generaal Kaartje" w. sm. tear, just affecting image. = Koeman, Sche11.
- Both title-p. age-toned and soiled.
= Partly w. results in old pen and ink in margins. For a thorough overview of the important collections of C. Ploos van Amstel on the basis of the auction catalogues of his estate, see at large T. Laurentius, J.W. Niemeijer and G. Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel 1726-1798, kunstverzamelaar en prentuitgever (Assen, 1980, p.3-103, Ploos' verzamelingen).
- Contemp. owner's entry on title. Top of spine unobtrusively repaired.
= Lipsius/ Leitzmann p.23.
- Lacks 2 plates; foxed, mostly in blank margins; bookplate on upper pastedown.
= Cohen/ De Ricci 115-116; Graesse I, p.306.
- A few foxed/ sl. stained spots. Joints worn/ starting; top of spine and outer corners restored; a few light scratches on covers. A good/ fine copy.
= Gaskell 44; Schweiger p.83.
- New endpapers; first blank and htitle waterstained.
= With atuograph dedication on first blank: "Pour Mr. le ministre de la Guerre. De la part de l'auteur". R.J. van der Capellen tot den Marsch was a Dutch patriot, one of its leaders in the province of Gelderland, and a cousin of the famous patriot leader Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol. After the restoration of 1787 he fled to France and in 1788 was sentenced to death for high treason by the Court of Gelderland.
- Sm. stamp on first leaf. Binding dam.
Code Napoléon./ Wetboek Napoléon. Amst., J. Allart, 1811, 3 parts in 2 vols., (4),799; (2),427,140,152p., contemp. unif. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Numbered "5023" in pen and red ink on title; sl. foxed/ yellowed.
- Owner's stamp on first and last free endpaper; contemp. owner's entry on 2nd blank; portrait w. tear of 7 cm. in inner margin (restored); occas. sl. waterst. Rebacked; board edges worn.
= Van der Linde 24. The final Dutch edition of the author's main work. Bekker (1634-1698) attempted to prove that the devil is unable to exercise any influence upon the destiny of mankind. Consequently all stories about sorcery, witchcraft, ghosts and phantoms belong to the realm of fancy. The work caused a great stir and was deemed heretical by orthodox Calvinists.
- Plan sl. yellowed; title-p. doubled; a few lvs. trifle foxed; sm. tear in upper margin first blank. Backcover a few rubbed and worn spots. Nevertheless a good/ fine copy.
= Barbier IV, p.112.
- Binding trifle rubbed. = Rare satirical periodical founded by Vonckist Jacob Jan Antheunis.