2896 - 3588 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- One leaf in vol.1 lacks sm. portion of lower corner. Bindings trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Sander 452; Cohen/ De Ricci p.283.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ w. marginal waterstains. Spine-ends dam. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 232; Van Herwijnen 2903.
- Lacks the portrait; title-p. and one textleaf loose; occas.waterstained; a few leaves dam. in upper outer corner (1x w. loss of text); upper hinges split(ting).
= Muller 44: "Eerste, zeldzame druk van dezen populairen roman." Very popular work, first publ. in Paris, 1632. Rare.
AND 1 other: J. CATS, 's Waerelds begin, midden, eynde, besloten in den trou-ring, met den proef-steen van den zelven (Amst., n.d. (±1730), engr. title, portraits, div. title, emblematic woodcut ills., contemp. vellum. Not collated, but apparently complete).
- Frontisp. rubbed; cut short, occas. sl. affecting text; title-p. cut short (w. loss of address below image); final text leaf remargined; 19th cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper ("Caroli Pauli Augustini Comberbach"). Frontcover detached but holding on cords; binding worn.
= Very nice phrase-book. The first part is divided into 8 conversational situations (i.a. "Dat eerste Capittel is een maeltijt van thien personagien ende houdet veel ghemeyne redenen die men over tafel besicht"; "(...) om naer den wegh te vraghen met andere ghemeene proposten" and "(...) ghemeyne koutinge zynde ter herberghe"), the second part is a list in (Dutch) alphabetical order of frequently used words. The final part contains a few remarks on basic grammar and pronunciation. Peeters-Fontainas 347.
- Second vol. lacks title and lower half of "Privilegie"; both vols. hinges broken; sl. yellowed; occas waterst. (worse at the beginning). Joints splitting; both backstrips lack portion at foot of spine.
AND 1 other: I.J.G. SCHELLER, Lexicon Latino-Belgicum auctorum classicorum (Leyden etc., 1799, 2 vols., later unif. hcalf).
- Pastedowns loose; lower margin waterstained. Contemp. owner's entry, sm. paper ticket and large stain on frontcover; vellum sl. soiled.
= Rare third edition. Cf. Claes 233, note. The first edition was published by Hofman in 1650.
- Lacks 3 lvs.: the title (A1) and B4,5 (supplied in 20th cent. hand). Binding rubbed.
= Typographia Batava 2975. Very rare.
- Lacks 1 portrait; most fold. views w. closed tear into image in inner margin; annot. in ballpoint on upper pastedown. Lacks backstrip; covers and a few leaves of the index loose.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 17; Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as Bookillustrator 45.
AND 1 other: G. VAN REYN, Geschiedkundige beschrijving der stad Rotterdam (...). Vol.1 (Rott., 1832, 1st vol. (of 2), 17 (of 18) (fold.) lithogr. plates, contemp.hcalf. Lacks the plan; backstrip worn).
- Lacks 2 fold. plates and 2 portraits; 4 plates w. tear/ frayed (2x doubled); first vol. hinges broken, loosely holding on cords. Binding heavily worn along edges. Sold w.a.f.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 17; Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as Bookillustrator 45.
- Contemp. owner's entry ("L. Ovens") on prelim. lvs. and title; 19th cent. entry on title. Inkstains on frontcover.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 44; De Vries 24; Muller 92; Waller 316; Buisman 268.
= Van Balen-Chavannes 1047.
- Lacks first free endpaper; partly sl. stained. Binding sl. worn/ stained.
AND a later copy of the same work (ibid., idem, (1723), 4 engr. plates and woodcut scores, contemp. leather, a.e.g., 12mo. Frontcover sl. warped; lacks clasps).
- Partly vaguely waterst. and trifle fingersoiled. = Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 302a.
ADDED: Tacitus, C.C. Antiquitates Germanicae, of Hoogduitsche Oudtheden (...) Benevens H. Grotius verhandeling van de Oudtheid der Batavische Republyk. Amst., G. Tielenburg, 1756, 2 parts in 1 vol., (16),224; 118,(26)p., 26 engr. plates (incl. 2 numismatical plates), modern antique style hleather, sm. 8vo.
- Title-p. strengthened in outer margin. = Geerebaert CXXXVII 5 IId; Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 707.
- Old annot. on first free endpaper. Paper over covers rubbed/ worn. Contents very fine.
- Bookplate of G. Montandon on upper pastedown; faded owner's entry on title-p. and faded annots. on first free endpaper. First 3 leaves browned.
= Willems 1431; Rahir 1511. The fourth Elzevier edition (first Elzevier ed. publ. Leyden, 1641).
- Some vague dampstains; occas. trifle foxed. Two vols. foot of spine dam. = Gay/ Lemonnyer I, p.637.
- Waterstained in upper half almost throughout (partly very vaguely). Vellum sl. (dust)stained.
= From the libraries of Robidé van der Aa (bookplate on upper pastedown), M. Buisman (owner's entry on first free endpaper) and of J. van Dam van Noordeloos (monogram on title-p.). Contains the following 6 parts (Morality plays): De Spieghel der Eerbaerheyt/ Der Liefden/ Der Rechtvoordering/ Der Ghetrouwicheyt/ Der Reynicheyt/ Des Hoochmoets. Scheepers I, 32; Breugelmans, Leiden Imprints p.34. Very rare work by this esteemed poet, still influenced by the Middle-Ages, but already heralding the Renaissance. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXX.
- Title sl. dustsoiled; (very) vague waterstain in lower inner corner almost throughout. A good copy.
= Warranted by the publisher. Rare, early edition (first published ±1750).
- Vaguely waterst. in upper (blank) margin; owner's entry on title-p. Backstrip partly restored. Otherwise fine.
= The first English edition. Wildenburg no.4112 and p.52f: "De Aanwijsing wekte in de 17e en vooral de 18e eeuw om twee redenen de belangstelling van veel buitenlandse lezers. Het boek gaf ten eerste een beschríjving alsmede een verkláring van de ongekende voorspoed van de Republiek in haar hoogtijdagen. De algemene verwondering die die voorspoed in het buitenland wekte, gaf aan het werk een bijzondere betekenis. Het werd een uiteenzetting over het geheim achter economisch succes. (...) De tweede reden was dat de Aanwijsing in de 18e eeuw, vooral in Engeland en Frankrijk, werd herkend als een vroege oefening in de politieke economie. Behalve een beschríjving ván was het ook een kritíek óp de economische organisatie van de Republiek. De la Court toetste de door hemzelf geschetste werkelijkheid aan een aantal algemene principes, die pas in de 18e eeuw in bredere kringen opgang zouden maken".
- Cut out engraving mounted opposite title-p. vol. 1; partly yellowed/ foxed; vol. 7 w. some underlining in col. pencil.
= Very rare early edition (first published in Amsterdam the same year, in four octavo volumes). Higgs 4994; cf. Einaudi 4648; Kress 6750; Sabin 68080; Peignot, Livres condamnés II, p.71; cf. Goldsmiths 12007 and Chadenat 1960 (both ed. Geneva, 1780). Sabin: "A large part of this work is said to have been written by Diderot, and others. The sentiments and criticisms contained in it prevented its publication in France (...). The book was condemned by the French parliament and church dignitaries, and Raynal was obliged to leave France." Borba de Moraes p.700: "Raynal's work had enormous repercussions in his time. It is rightly considered to be one of the books which most influenced the French Revolution. Raynal used extensively the advice and even the collaboration of Diderot, Holbach, and other contemporaries. (...) The work appeared in more than thirty editions in twenty years (...)." Blanqui p.76: "C'est lui qui a porté les premiers et les plus rudes coups à l'esclavage colonial."