2510 - 2895 OLD and RARE BOOKS from the library of P.J. Buijnsters and L. Buijnsters-Smets
- Good copy. = Buisman 2383; Waller 1806; Muller 117; Scheepers II, 788. Rare.
= Owner's entry of M. Buisman on first free endpaper. Buisman 181 and 183 (calling for 6 prel. leaves); Schuytvlot, Coornhert 1522-1590, 71a. Rare edition.
- Bookplate of G. Stuiveling on upper pastedown. A very fine copy.
= Scheepers II, 78; Waller 291. Rare.
- Title browned; new endpapers.
= Verhoeven/ Verkruijsse, Bibliografie Bontekoe 1810-1830-01: "Deze druk (...) afficheert zich voor het eerst op de titelpagina als een autobiografie: 'zaken my wedervaren'. Ook het Voorberigt is ondertekend met Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe!". Buisman 261; Cordier III, 2337; Landwehr, VOC 401; Sabin 6337; The Children's World of Learning 2046.
- Final 2 leaves trifle waterstained in lower outer corner. Vellum wrinkled; lower outer corner of backcover sl. dam. A (very) fine copy, complete, with the errors and omissions in pagination as given by De Vries.
= From the library of H. Boekenoogen. Waller 327; Scheepers I, 340; De Vries, Emblemata 4; cat. R.W.P. de Vries 108. Rare (like all editions) Dutch translation of the famous "Narrenschiff" (Ship of Fools) by Sebastiaan Bran(d)t. The illustrations from old blocks mostly from the Basle 1494 edition, also including some from the Strasbourg edition in white on a black ground.
= Provenance: Garmt Stuiveling (bookplate on upper pastedown). Very fine copy.
- Lacks 6 final lvs.; upper hinge weak; title strengthened along inner margin; bookblock shaken.
= Reissue of the first edition, Middelburg 1657. Verkruijsse, Descr. auteursbibl. 1058 and 1059; cf. Scheepers I, 92 (ed. 1660, Middelburg). From the library of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry and annots. on prelim. lvs.
- A few leaves (incl. engr. title) cut sl. short. Vellum of frontcover dam. in upper outer corner.
= Buisman 324. With at the end a list of words from thieves language, with their meaning. Very rare.
- Sl. yellowed/ fingersoiled/ waterstained; lacks first free endpaper; upper hinge broken but holding on cords. Vellum sl. darkened.
= Scheepers I, 412 ("zeldzaam"); cf. Waller 435 (2nd enl. ed., 1766). Collection of riddles and epitaphs on various professions.
- From the library of J.W. Six and C.H.A. Kruyskamp w. their bookplates on upper pastedown. Lacks mor. letterpiece; gilding on backstrip partly worn off; corners showing. Contents fine.
= The extremely rare first Dutch translation of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, first published in London in 1722. No copy offered appeared in auction in the last 50 years. Buisman 449 and 1427; Waller 1081; Mateboer 996.
- Partly waterstained; bookblock shaken; two later owner's entries on first free endpaper. Vellum soiled; dam. at top of spine.
= Third Dutch translation. Muller 46. Rare.
- From the library of J. van Praag with his bookplate and owner's entry on upper pastedown and first free endpaper of all vols. First and final few lvs. sl. browned due to turn-ins. Backstrips cracked.
= Buisman 618; cf. Scheepers I, 520.
- Frontisp. (dust)stained, top margin strengthened on verso and closed tear in outer margin; owner's entry on title-p. ("F.C. Krahmer"); sl. foxed throughout; occas. thumbed/ dust-/ water/ inkstained mainly in blank margins.
= Waller 622; De Vries 307; cf. Scheepers II, 752 (on 1st ed. 1716). Rare.
- Boards stained; backstrip dam. Contents fine.
= Scheepers II, 824; Waller 635; Atlas van Stolk 7681; Landwehr, Dutch Books Col. Plates 70. Interesting account of giants and dwarfs, the plates showing various historical giants and dwarfs and the fold. plate showing the large shoe-size of "Gerrit Bastiaansz, of den Lekkerkerkschen boer" at age 10 (27 cm.) and age 21 (35,2 cm.).
- New endpapers.
= From the library of M. Buisman (both vols. w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper). Waller 647; De Vries 214; Buisman 739.
- Occas. sl. fingersoiled/ sl. stained; a few quires in the first part sl. waterstained in (mainly blank) outer margin; new endpapers.
= Muller 581 (attrib. the plates to C. de Passe); De Vries 413; Scheepers II, 488 (attrib. most plates to C. de Passe). Very rare.
- Frontisp. and title-p. frayed and sl. waterstained in lower half; upper hinge starting. Binding soiled; later ms. title and year on spine.
= The rare second edition. Buisman 767; Waller 687; Muller 23; De Vries 12. The "prototype" of all Dutch arcadian novels, interspersed with many interesting articles on witchcraft, magic, Dutch history, East Indies, Dutch folklore etc. The first edition of 1637 was published with the title Inleydinghe tot het ontwerp van een Batavische Arcadia.
- With bookplate (F. Bohn) on upper pastedown and owner's entry of M. Buisman on first free endpaper; upper hinge broken, holding on cords; waterstained in lower margin; inner margin frontisp./ title strengthened and lacks lower corner.
= Mateboer 1537; Buisman 788; Scheepers II, 142.
- Upper hinge broken but holding on cords; frontisp. rubbed. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Geerebaert XXXVIII-2; Muller 330; Buisman 804; Waller 699. Very rare Dutch edition.
- Sl. yellowed. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Ad 1: Scheepers I, 203 (note) and Waller 701 (second ed.). Ad 2: Rare Dutch translation of the biography (publ. in 1723) of the famous English prostitute Sally Salisbury aka Sally Priddon (1694-1724) who was imprisoned in 1722 for a stabbing incident and died in 1724 (one year after our publication!).