768 - 842 DUTCH HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY
- Library stamp on title-p. Frontcover w. sm. rubbed spot.
- Lacks the parts De schilderkunst and Het muziekleven. All vols. occas. (sl.) foxed. Frontcover of one vol. sl. waterst.
= Orig. published by W.P. van Stockum & Zoon (The Hague, 1897-1904, 9 parts and index in 3 vols.). Comprises: I. Groei en bloei der stad; II. Regeering en historie; III. Handel en nijverheid; IV. Huiselijk en maatschappelijk leven; V. Het kerkelijk en godsdienstig leven; VI. Bouw- en beeldhouwkunst; VII. De letterkunde en het tooneel.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Covers trifle rubbed; corners sl. worn
= Cf. Vicaire IV, p.42. Attractive plates of Amsterdam and Venice.
Idem. La Hollande à vol d'oiseau. Paris, G. Decaux and A. Quantin, 1882, 3rd ed., (6),II,400p., 1 tinted map, 24 helio-engr. plates by M. LALANNE, num. ills., orig. gilt hmor., a.e.g., 4to.
- Bookblock loosening; occas. sl. browned. = Vicaire IV, p.44f.
AND 2 others, i.a. 1x by the same: La Flandre à vol d'oiseau (Amst., 1883).
- Lower hinge broken; sl. worn and fingersoiled.
= BNK 1148; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 220; Ki.la.ki.le. 447; The Children's World of Learning 2885.
= According to wikipedia the estate and building of Oud-Roosenburgh was sold in 1893 to the mayor of OuderAmstel, Mr. J.G. Kruimel and later sold in 1914 to the city of Amsterdam. The house was demolished and the grounds were used to enlarge the Oosterbegraafplaats. We could not trace any information on the 1907 sale, so perhaps that sale was cancelled. The family of Rutgers van Rozenburg was partly named after this mansion and estate.
- Backstrip a few specks; frontcover sm. rubbed spot. Fine copy.
= Fine study of the houses along the Herengracht, with illustrations after the engravings of the façades by Caspar Philips (from the years 1767-1770) and drawings by members of De Poorters (from the years 1943-1948). And incl. a summary of the development by G. Roosegaarde Bisschop and a description of (former) owners and occupants of the properties.
- Vol. 1 first free endpaper and htitle loose; occas. sl. foxed. Vol. 1 spine-ends worn; corners bumped.
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 480.
- First and final plate and wappers foxed; final plate and wrappers frayed/ sl. dam.
= The atlas vol. to J. AB UTRECHT DRESSELHUIS, De Godsdienstleer der aloude Zeelanders, uit oude Gedenkstukken, Volksoverleveringen en Berigten opgemaakt.
- Maps sl. soiled and foxed in margins; bookblock loose. Lacks backstrip; covers loose.
= Koeman III N.O.G. 1 A,B. Rare.
- Maps partly sl. foxed. Spine-ends and corners worn; joints rubbed/ sl. worn.
= Koeman II, Mee 1 (p.274, erroneously 16 maps, corrected in VI, p.208); Phillips 3073. "G.M. Mees, a lawyer and historian, was the first to produce a historical atlas of the Netherlands. In his atlas he has introduced for the first time a correct choropleth map of the Netherlands. The contents of the original Historical Atlas of 1865 is on a very high cartographical level. Mees, Eekhoff and Staring are considered the only three intelligent Dutch cartographers of the mid-nineteenth century." (Koeman VI, p.207-208).
- Occas. sl. spotted/ stained/ soiled, mostly in blank margin; a few lvs. w. (repaired) tears; dedic. on first blank. Binding worn; backstrip dam.
= Koeman II, Mee 1 (p.274, erroneously 16 maps, corrected in Koeman VI, p.208); Phillips 3073. "G.M. Mees, a lawyer and historian, was the first to produce a historical atlas of the Netherlands. In the excellent and elaborate introduction dated 1851 he demonstrates a good understanding of the principles of cartography. In his atlas he has introduced for the first time a correct choropleth map of the Netherlands. The contents of the original Historical Atlas of 1865 is on a very high cartographical level. Mees, Eekhoff and Staring are considered the only three intelligent Dutch cartographers of the mid-nineteenth century." (Koeman VI, p.207-208).
- One plan (Delft) w. closed tear.
AND 5 maps from J. KUYPER, Gemeente-atlas van Nederland (±1870).
- Vol. 1. w. owner's entry and occas. ballpoint/ pencil underlining/ annots.
Wassenaer, L. van. Tragiek en heldendom. Het leven van Jan II van Wassenaer, burggraaf van Leiden. Groet, Conserve, 2022, 1st ed., 412,(2)p., num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. (SIGNED on htitle). Gevers, A.J. and Mensema, A.J. De havezaten in Twente en hun bewoners. Zwolle, Waanders/ Rijksarchief Overijssel, (1995), 544p., num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Sliggers, B. a.o. De idealen van Pieter Teyler. Een erfenis uit de verlichting. Haarlem, Gottmer/ Teylers Museum, 2006, 287p., num. (full-p.) coll. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 13 others, incl. W.J. KOLFF a.o., Liber Amicorum Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg (The Hague, 1985, num. ills., orig. cl., 4to) and L.H. BRUINS (ed.), Het Claveboeck van Johan Tiassens (Leens, 1975, orig. clothbacked boards, 4to).
- All (near) fine.
- Without the 3rd part. Binding worn; covers chafed; lower corners showing.
= Funck 328. The plates are mostly taken from A. Barlandus' "Ducum Brabantiae Chronicon" (1600) and L. van Haecht (1606). B.A. Vermaseren, De katholieke Nederlandsche geschiedschrijving, p.223-246: "(...) voor hun tijd waren de "Annales" het beste boek over de brabantsche geschiedenis en het eerste werk in de spaansche Nederlanden over den opstand." Cf. Lipperheide Gb17.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's annots. on first free endpaper.
AND 14 others (partly w. bookplate on upper pastedown and occas. owner's annots.), i.a. J. JOOR, De adelaar en het Lam (Amst., 2000, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); O. VAN NIMWEGEN, De subsistentie van het leger (ibid., 1995, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); E. VAN DER DOE a.o. (ed.), De gekaapte kaper/ Buitgemaakt en teruggevonden (Zutphen, 2011-2013, 2 vols., ills., orig. boards) and T. PFEIL, Van tollenaar tot poortwachter (Rott., 2012, ills., orig. boards).
- Without the atlas. Vol. 1 portion of backstrip loosening; vol. 5 spine-ends restored. Internally fine.
= Index to vol. I-V in vol. 5 and to VI and VII in vol. 7. Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates, 264.
- New endpapers (contents fine). = Cf. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 155b.
- Sl. foxed. = F.M. 6137.
Beijer, J.C. Gedenkboek van Neerlands Watersnood in Februarij 1825. Tweede Stuk. The Hague, J. Immerzeel, 1826, 1 vol. (of 2), (4),433-807,(1)p., 2 fold. partially handcol. engr. maps, 1 fold. table, 4 fold. lithogr. plates by A. BOËNS, modern antique style gilt hleather.
- Without the 1st vol. (containing 1 plate); large portion cut from title-p. (w. loss of text).
= F.M. 6220. Rather early lithographed views of i.a. Scheveningen (2x) and Wolvega.
- Bookplate (showing an image of the bombing of Walcheren in 1944-1945) on upper pastedown; some foxed spots. Binding worn.
= F.M. 6137.
- Good/ fine copy.
AND the 2nd vol. only of J.H. HERING, Bespiegeling over Neêrlandsch waternood, tusschen den 14den en 15den Nov.: MDCCLXXV (Amst., 1776, engr. title, 2 fold. maps/ plans, 1 fold. plate, 1 fold. table, contemp. gilt hcalf w. 2 mor. letterpieces).