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- Recased and rebacked w. use of the orig. backstrip. Fine.
= Rare. Contains: (1) Lijst der opgaven voor den beredeneerden catalogus van kaarten, tot den 1sten julij 1852 ontvangen (IV,48p.); (2) Répertoire des cartes, publié par l'Institut Royal des Ingénieurs Néerlandais. Monarchie Autrichienne (VIII,142p.); (3) Empire Français ((2),178p.); (4) Suède, Norvège et Danemark ((4),73,(1)p); (5) Royaume des Pays-Bas et Colonies Néerlandaises (186p.); (6) Royaume de Belgique (212p.).
- Bindings sl. stained.
AND 3 others: G. SCHILDER, Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica. Vol. 1, 4 and 5 (atlas vols. only) (Alphen a.d. Rijn, n.d., 3 vols., maps, loose in orig. unif. gilt cl. portfolios, obl. large folio).
- Contemp. owner's entry on title. Binding restored; paper over covers partly worn off.
= Ekama 435; McMurtrie 1017; Bigmore/Wyman 399.
Loosjes, V. (ed.). Gedenkschriften wegens het vierde eeuwgetijde van de uitvinding der boekdrukkunst door Laurens Janszoon Koster, van stadswege gevierd te Haarlem den 10 en 11 Julij 1823. Haarlem, V. Loosjes, 1824, LIV,(2),462,(2)p., engr. title, frontisp. portrait, fold. handcol. floorplan, 2 plates, modern hcl.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. = Bigmore/ Wyman I, 443; McMurtrie 1044; Ekama 851.
AND 4 others similar.
= Blades, Numismata Typographica. The medallic history of printing, no.32. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
WITH 3 related printed ephemera: "Bewijs van Toegang in de Groote Kerk te Haarlem. Op Donderdag den 10 Julij 1823 (...)" (letterpress entrance ticket, signed by "Hoefft" "President van den Raad der stad Haarlem". Tear in entrance ticket (made on entering the exhibition); Korte beschrijving der boeken door Lourens Janszoon Koster, te Haarlem, tusschen de jaren 1420 en 1440 gedrukt (....) (n.pl., n.d. (Haarlem, 1823), 20p., loose in leaves as issued) and "Feestpenning van stadswege geslagen en uitgedeeld" (engraving showing both sides of the three medals minted on occasion of the Coster festivities in 1823). - ADDED: the same medal in bronze (same size. Without original box). - WITH 4 printed ephemera: "Bewijs van Toegang tot het Veld No.1 voor het vuurwerk (...)" (letterpress entrance ticket printed on yellow board. Tear in entrance ticket (made on entering the designated field); Programma wegens de viering van het vierde eeuwfeest der uitvinding van de boekdrukkunst door Laurens Jansz. Koster (...) 1823 (Haarlem, (1823), 11,(1)p.); Gezangen voor de kinderen der Stads-Armen-Scholen, bij gelegenheid van het vierde eeuwgetijde van de uitvinding der Boekdrukkunst door (...). Haarlem, (1823), (6)p.) and "Feestpenning van stadswege geslagen en uitgedeeld" (engraving showing both sides of the three medals minted on occasion of the Coster festivities in 1823).
- Contents partly loose, but fine. = Bigmore/ Wyman I, 443; McMurtrie 1044; Ekama 851.
AND 1 other: HAARLEMSCH RYMKRONYKJE VAN DE TENTOONSTELLINGSFEESTEN ALDAAR; Van 4 Julij tot 10 Aug. 1825 (n.pl., Wed. A. Loosjes, ±1825, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo. Rare).
- Modern lettering on spine.
= Bigmore/ Wyman II, 336 w. 2 full-p. facs. plates; McMurtrie 1137; Ekama 431.
= Issued on occasion Coppermonday by the Typographical society of Haarlem "Tot nut en gezellig Verkeer".
- Vol. 2 sl. foxed. Vol. 1/ 4 binding sl. rubbed/ yellowed. A fine set.
= Influential publication w. contributions by S.H. de Roos, R.W.P. de Vries, Th. Molkenboer, J.W. Enschedé a.o.
AND a deluxe copy of the 3rd vol., printed on simili-Japon in 15 numb. copies, w. blank endpapers and 5 tipped-in plates, lacks title-p., bound in orig. dark green boards.
= Rare. Unnumbered copy.
- All vols. bookplate on upper pastedown.
= One of 100 numb. copies on Hollandsch Van Gelder, bound in full gilt calf w. gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., orig. wr. bound in.
- Vaguely rubbed spot on backcover; both covers w. some darkened spots.
= One of 100 numb. copies on Hollandsch Van Gelder, bound in full gilt calf w. gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., orig. wr. pres.
- Corners and backstrip trifle rubbed. Fine copy. = Facsimile edition of the printbible publ. by Plantin in 1573.
AND 1 other facsimile.
= Facs. reprint of the edition Nuremberg, 1493.
- Dustwr. sl. dam. = Impressive standard work.
= Contains catalogue raisonné. Rare.
- One leaf w. sm. stain on blank verso, otherwise very fine.
= Rare. Artist's book version of the poster that Kuipers, as part of the "Létteretét-projekt", distributed in Groningen (on billboards, in shop windows, schools and libraries) to 'confront' the people with letters and the origin of the alphabet. Cf. https://www.dutchgraphicroots.nl/abe-kuipers/.