1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
76 1955 Arrianus F 
- Occas. sl. yellowed; lacks the portrait; modern annot. on verso first free endpaper. Binding duststained; lacks ties.
= Dibdin I, p.329: "An excellent edition; & preferable to all that preceded it." With the manuscript prize bound in at front dated 5 February 1732. On the binding: Spoelder 1.
76 1956 Artists' manuals Ballard C ? 
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Top of spine dam.
= Ferguson, Books of secrets 2,III, p.52-55: "The book is different from any which have hitherto found place in these notes. It is an exposition of the art of miniature-painting (...) the preparation of the vellum, the colours and mixtures of them, the manner of laying them on (...) painting of the skin, of the hair (...) preparing ultramarine, carmine (...)". Ferguson lists 16 editions between 1673 and 1817.
76 1957 Artists' manuals Goeree W 
- Broken on hinge; bookplate on first free endpaper; final part partly sl. waterst.; pastedowns sl. worn.
= Kunst op schrift 4-6.
76 1958 Artists' manuals Goeree W 
- Lacks 8 plates; 1 text leaf heavily stained, also affecting ill. on opposite page; lacks pastedowns. Binding sl. worn.
= The first edition of "Goeree's most important contribution to the theory of proportions" (Bolten p.214).
76 1959 Artists' manuals Hagedorn C L von 
- Sl. foxed/ fingersoiled throughout; traces of former bookplate on upper pastedown. Paper over covers and corners rubbed.
76 1960 Artists' manuals Heideloff C A von 
- Wr. dam at spine-ends.
Idem. Der Bau- und Möbel-Schreiner oder Ebenist (...). IV. Heft. Ibid., Riegel and Wiessner, (1837), (2)p., 9 engr. plates, orig. wr., obl. 4to.
= Both very rare issues of "artists' manual" periodicals.
76 1961 Artists' manuals Hondius H 
- (Sl.) fingersoiled and vaguely waterst. in lower blank margin throughout; a few plates loose and frayed; occas. foxed spots. Pastedowns loosening and sl. dam.; vellum wrinkled and soiled/ stained; spine sl. dam.
= Orenstein 634E ("after 1650?"); cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin 4709 and Fowler 155, both listing the Dutch edition published in 1623; cf. Bierens de Haan 2116 (eds. 1640 and 1647) and Kunst op Schrift 254 (ed. Reinier and Josua Ottens, ±1730). The date on the frontisp. of our copy altered in pen to "1697". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
76 1962 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
76 1962 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
- Partly sl. foxed and yellowed.
= Kunst op schrift 342/ 343; Arntzen/ Rainwater H100; Kat. Orn. Berl. 4626; Timmers, Lairesse p.49ff.
76 1963 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
76 1963 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
76 1963 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
76 1963 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
- Lacks 41 plates (no. 9 and all plates after plate 80); text leaves, first ±20 plates and final 8 plates waterstained (6x affecting (partly severely) image); plate 13 w. closed tear in image; title-p. yellowed; textpages printed obliquely on page and cut shorter than the leaves on which the plates are printed.
= Very rare French edition of De Lairesse's Grondlegginge der tekenkonst (1701).. Only one complete copy of this edition (containing 120 plates) traced in the trade. An artist's manual containing i.a. late impressions of fine prints after H. GOLTZIUS and A. BLOEMAERT.
76 1964 Artists' manuals Lomazzo G P 
76 1964 Artists' manuals Lomazzo G P 
- A few leaves foxed in text; occas. sl. waterstained (final 6 index leaves worse); title-p. sl. fingersoiled and w. (old) owner's stamp. Otherwise near fine copy.
= Without the 2 leaves at the end with the additional Chapter 17 from Book VI. Adams, L 1419; Cicognara 159; Kat. Orn. Berlin 4612; Arntzen/ Rainwater H43: "The most complete treatise on the art theory, design, and iconography of the Mannerist period. Also importrant for the study of Milanese painters. Book 7 includes a veritable dictionary of iconography for the period. [The seven books deal with the following subjects:] 1. Proportion; 2. Expression of emotions; 3. Color; 4. Light and shade; 5. Perspective; 6. Painting practice, genres of painting, painting for various places, composition,etc.; 7. Representation of subjects (Religious and mythological)". Very rare and important and early artist's manual. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
76 1965 Artists' manuals Philips Jacobsz C 
76 1965 Artists' manuals Philips Jacobsz C 
76 1965 Artists' manuals Philips Jacobsz C 
- Several plates strengthened w. tape in outer margin; one plate reattached on fold. = Bierens de Haan 3759.
BOUND WITH: Idem. Hand-leiding in de spiegel-perspectief; om Door de Regulen der doorzichtkunde, alle voorwerpen in vlakke spiegels over te brengen; Als ook: Eene gemakkelyke manier, om verschillende Distantiën, op de Sluit-Linie eener Tafreel te bepalen (...). Amst., S.J. Baalde, 1775, (4),X,59,(1)p., 18 engr. fold. plates.
= Bierens de Haan 3761. Not in Kunst op schrift.
76 1966 Artists' manuals Plumier C 
- Text lvs. occas. sl. yellowed; ±8 plates at the end vaguely waterst. Binding sl. worn and w. some dam. spots; corners showing.
= Rare and richly illustrated monograph on the practice of wood-turning. Second and best edition (first 1701), enlarged with two chapters and 8 plates. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin 1246. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
76 1967 Artists' manuals Ralph B 
76 1967 Artists' manuals Ralph B 
- Plates sl. foxed almost throughout (a few sl. worse); lacks the outline plate to plate no. 33. Frontcover loose; covers worn.
= With 2 loosely inserted academic drawings (of one only the lower half). The 2nd edition of this artist's manual, of which the principal design is "to encourage the study of the most profound part of painting, the characteristics of the passions; in order to which, the sacred histories, represented in the inimitable Cartons of Raphael, have been considered separately, and the principal characters in each described and referred to in the several heads in the work (...)" (introduction).
76 1968 Asia Acosta M 
76 1968 Asia Acosta M 
76 1968 Asia Acosta M 
76 1968 Asia Acosta M 
- Fine copy w. the following minor defects: small old annot. in pen and ink on title-p.; a few lvs. w. small marginal waterstain; a few lvs. vaguely foxed. Binding partly (heavily) rubbed; a few wormholes in backstrip; lacks one of the small, pinlike catches.
= Cordier, Japan p.59; Alt-Japan Katalog 13; De Backer/ Sommervogel V, p.294; Streit IV, 956 (for part 3). The first two parts are the second edition of the first history of the Jesuit involvement in Asia (first published Dillingen, 1571); part 2 contains the 40 most important Jesuit letters from Japan (1548-1464, by i.a. Paulus Japonicus, Franciscus Xaverius, Cosmus Turrianus, Gaspar Vilela and Aloisius Frois, the one from 1548 (by Paulus Japonicus) being the first Latin-language Jesuit letter from Japan ever); the third part is an update containing letters of 1568-1570, first published in this edition.
76 1969 Asia Salmon T 
- First map of the Sunda islands partly handcol. w. blue ink; occas. sl. foxed/ browned; some lvs. and plates in first part waterstained in upper section.
= Contains maps of Borneo, Sumatra and Java and of "Malakka, Siam, Cambodia, Chiampa, Kochinchina, Laos, Pegu enz." and a nice fold. view of Batavia.
76 1970 Asia Tachard G 
76 1970 Asia Tachard G 
- Lacks 1 plate; title-p. trifle stained; a few scattered foxed spots and occas. sl. yellowed in margins. Joints professionally restored. Otherwise a fine copy.
= De Backer/ Sommervogel VII, 1803, 1; Cordier, Bibl. Indosinica p.947; Cat. NHSM p.229; Howgego T71; cf. Cox I, p.328. The first edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
76 1971 Atlases Blaeu J 
76 1971 Atlases Blaeu J 
76 1971 Atlases Blaeu J 
- Occas. sl. foxed and yellowed. Vellum sl. stained (backcover worse); superficial cut in frontcover.
= Koeman/ Van der Krogt II, 2:641.2. Contains maps of Russia (incl. 2 plans of Moscow), Poland, the Balkans and Greece. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
76 1972 Atlases Blaeu J and Martinus M 
76 1972 Atlases Blaeu J and Martinus M 
76 1972 Atlases Blaeu J and Martinus M 
76 1972 Atlases Blaeu J and Martinus M 
- Lacks the map of Japan; engr. title probably added later (loose and margins cut short); sm. dam. spots in upper part engr. title; p.8-9 and 125-130 severly soiled and 1x w. large tear; p. 145-150 browned (incl. the map of Fokien); all lvs. (incl. maps) waterstained in outer margins, the following maps w. some offsetting of colour from cartouche: "Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio"/ "Kiangsi (...)"/ "Nanking (...)" (also w. sm. dam. to left figure cartouche).
= Koeman 2:521 with allegorical title-page 2:26B. The first and only Dutch edition of the first European atlas of China. The hand-coloured double-page maps consist of a general map of China and 15 maps of the provinces. The maps with beautiful cartouches surrounded by Chinese people in traditional dress from the corresponding region in beautiful contemporary handcolouring. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.
76 1973 Atlases Bonne R and Desmarest N 
- Lacks frontisp. and 38 maps; partly interleaved w. modern paper; occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed.
= Phillips 666.
76 1974 Atlases Brender à Brandis N 
- Lacks 3 maps and 1 plate: the "XVII Provintien", "Sardinien", "Turksch Europa Noorderdeel" and "Zeevlaggen"; 3 maps and 1 plate dam.: "Kaart van de twee platte Waereldsbollen" dam. in upper margin, the "Stedewijzer" lacks fold. flap and "Zuidpool" and "Comitatus Zelandiae" lack a small portion of the map on the fold; a few maps sl. frayed/ strengthened on folds; first ±50 textp. sl. waterstained in top margin. Otherwise maps in good/ fine condition.
= Koeman II, Gra 2. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.