2194 - 2498 OLD and RARE BOOKS from the library of P.J. Buijnsters and L. Buijnsters-Smets
- A few minor defects, but mostly fine.
AND 1 other on the same.
= Complete set of drawings for the engravings of the first edition. From the collection of P.J. and L. Buijnsters-Smets. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.
- Crossed out owner's entry on htitle; title and htitle reattached; new endpapers.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buisman 588.
Idem. Numa Pompilius, tweede koning van Rome. Dutch transl. by J.D. Pasteur. Leyden, A. and J. Honkoop, 1787, (2),415,(1)p., engr. frontisp., contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks endpapers. Binding worn along extremities. = Buisman 586; Mateboer 1160.
- New endpapers. Rebacked; sl. soiled.
= Scheepers II, 921. The famous Charles d'Eon de Beaumont, who supposedly first disguised himself as a woman during a mission to the Russian court. Ever since that occasion discussions arose as to his sex, culminating in a court action raised before Lord Mansfield in 1777 by which D'Eon was declared a female. Rare.
- Spine splitting. = The first and second editions are both rare.
- Occas. sl foxed/ (water)stained. Paper over covers rubbed.
= De Buck II, 3473: "Volgens Konst- en Letterbode waren de 2 eerste dln. van Mart. Stuart, de andere van Joh. Konijnenburg. Volgens Rogge, Bibl. v. Remonstr. geschr. bl. 64 en 186 was alleen het 1e dl. van Stuart. Een 2e druk verscheen Zalt-Bommel, bij. J. Noman 1824-1827, in 28 dln."
- Sl. yellowed and foxed. Worn along extremities.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Oberlé, Fastes 485; Cagle 1075; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Simon, Vicaire, Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking. The third vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses.
- Small no. stamp on title. Frontcover w. sm. number in pen and ink and w. remnants of sm. ticket.
Perponcher, W.E. de. Gedagten, over het sentimenteel van deezen tyd. Utr., J. van Schoonhoven, "Voor Reekening van den Auteur gedrukt", 1804, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),p.59-119,(1 blank); 143p., orig. printed boards.
- Binding trifle foxed; otherwise fine.
= "In 't Mengelwerk, onder Zinspreuk Tendimus ad Coelestem Patriam, maakte dit een gedeelte van 't VIII. en 't Geheele IX. Stukje, uitgegeeven in de Jaaren 1786 en 1788. Het eerstgemelde is de reede waarom dit Stukje met Pag.59 begint." [opposite title]. Rare, unrecorded separate publication.
Wyn, H. van. Historische en letterkundige avondstonden, ter opheldering van eenige zeden der Nederlanderen; byzonderlyk in derzelver daaglyksch en huislyk leeven en van den stand der Nederduitsche dichtkunde (...). Amst., J. Allart, 1800, 2 parts in 1 vol., VII,(1),368; II,200p., 4 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf.
- Top of spine sl. dam.; corners showing. Good copy.
- Paper over covers sl. rubbed; corners showing.
= The first edition of this translation. Buisman 633 ("soms met 4 platen door I. Buys"); Scheepers II, 415; cf. Waller 591 (3rd ed., 1777).
- From the library of Bob Luza w. his bookplate on upper pastedowns. Finely bound set.
= Fabelen en vertelsels (3 vols. The first Dutch edition. Landwehr F105); Mengelschriften; Brieven (2 vols.); Geestelijke gezangen en liederen; Zedekundige lessen (2 vols.); Blyspelen; Zedenkundige grondstellingen gevolgd, in eene zedenleer; Het leven van de Zweedsche Gravinne, G***; Verhandelingen over de fabelen en vertelsels and J.A. CRAMER, C.F. Gellert's leven.
- Some usual occas. foxing/ browning, especially in the outer margins of the plates.
= Extremely rare (unique?) copy in the original 12 instalments in which the book was published, each in its ORIGINAL UNIFORM PICTORIAL WRAPPERS (i.a. reading that the plates are made by HORK), together in contemp. (orig.?) board portfolio w. ties, w. orig. frontwr. laid down (sl. soiled/ worn). The halftitle, engr. title (dated 1841), index lvs. and a leaf w. paper letterpieces are included in the last instalment. Provenance: auction of the collection Henri-Dirkx, Utr. 1981. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.
- New endpapers w. later owner's tickets; hinges broken; sl. soiled. Vellum soiled; paper ticket on frontcover.
= Contains 22 biblical stories of people having cause to repent their sins, such as Adam and Eve, Manasses, Nebuchadnezzar, Antiochus, Zacheus, the adulterous woman, Petrus, Judas, Maria Magdalena and Theodosius, each story accompanied by a nice plate. Muller 606; cf. Scheepers II, 1105 (2nd ed. Antw., 1678);
- Hinges weak. Otherwise a fine copy.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. De Vries 107.
Rasch, G. De donkere plaatsen, straten en huizen van Londen en Berlijn. Uit het Hoogduitsch door C.T. Montyn. Zaandam, P.N. Sombeek, 1868, (4),347,(1),Xp., orig. engr. boards.
- Browned. Rebacked w. cloth.
Forster, C. De Gravin Hahn-Hahn. Naar het Hoogduitsch. Arnhem, I.A. Nijhoff, 1845, 2 vols., (8),266; 245p., 2 ident. lithogr. titles, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.
- Sl. browned. Upper joint of 2nd vol. splitting.
AND 3 others in 4 vols.
- Sl. foxed. Otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= The first Dutch edition of "The Vicar of Wakefield". From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on prelim. lvs. Buisman 719; Waller 629; De Vries 106; Scheepers II, 548. Rare.
- Sl. (finger)soiled; large contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper; frontisp. frayed in (mainly blank) fore-edge; endpapers (sl.) dam. and stained.. Binding soiled; spine-ends bumped.
= Cf. Waller 442f and Scheepers II, 815f (other eds.).
Luder, J.W. Vermakelyke Oraculen, of Kortswillige Voorzeggingen. Uit de Fransche in onze Nederduitsche Taal overgezet door -. Amst., B. Koene, 1820, new rev. and corr. ed., (12),71,(1)lvs., woodcut frontisp., contemp. limp boards, 12mo.
- Frontisp. sl. browned; sl. dogeared; last 2 lvs lack sm. portion from upper blank corner.
= Cf. Waller 1298ff, Muller 546f and De Vries 314 (all diff. eds.).
AND 1 other similar: (A. POIRTERS), De vier uyterste van den Mensch (...)/ Het gulden Paradys (...) (Turnhout, P.J. Brepols, n.d. (late 18th/ early 19th cent.), 2 parts in 1 vol., woodcut ills., contemp. calf, sm. 8vo).
- Rather poor copy. Inner margins of title and final leaf mounted on new endpapers; bookblock broken and inner margins often strengthened w. tape; bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints split at top of spine.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buisman 34. Very rare.
Meissner, A.G. Merkwaardige geschiedenis van den opkomst en ondergang van den visscher Masaniello; Welk in den Tyd van drie Dagen geëerd wierd als Koning van Napels, Aangebeden, als een Heiligen, en Omgebragt, als een Booswigt. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald. Amst., G. Roos, 1798, 1st Dutch ed., (2),IV,146p., engr. frontisp., later hvellum.
= Scheepers II, 918; Buisman 1582. Possibly translated by Fokke Simonsz.
AND 1 other.
- Inner margin occas. sl. stained.
= First Dutch translation of French novel Irma ou les malheurs d'une jeune orpheline. No copies found. Extremely rare. Buisman 737.
Calcar-Schiotling, E. van. De dertiende. Een familie-roman. Schoonhoven, S.E. van Nooten, 1857, 3 parts in 1 vol., IV,303,(1); IV,287,(1); IV,319,(1)p., 3 lithogr. title-p. w. (tinted) lithogr. ill. (1x on chine collé), 3 lithogr. plates, contemp. giltlettered hcalf.
= Dutch equivalent of a Victorian three-decker.
(Bohn-Beets, D.P.). Onze buurt. Door een ongenoemde. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1861, 1st ed., (4),328p., lithogr. title-p. w. tinted ill. by C.C.A. LAST, contemp. blindst. cl.
- Sl. foxed. Rebacked.
= Written by Dorothea Petronella Beets-Bohn, the sister of Nicolaas Beets.
AND 6 others in 7 vols. by female authors, i.a. by P. MOENS, J.E. HASEBROEK and ELISE.
- Lacks one plate. = Waller 647; De Vries 214; Buisman 739.
- Later owner's entry on first free endpaper.
- Some sl. yellowing and occas. foxing; one fold. plate sl. frayed at blank fore-edge. Both joints (sl.) splitting at top of spine. Fine, attractively bound copy.
= Rare collection of (occasional) poetry and pamphlets, mostly by or dedicated to, or in response to Willem van Haren (1710-1768), a Frisian nobleman, diplomat and author. Van der Steur, Cat. Nederlandse literatuur p.28ff: "De adellijke Friese dichter-staatsman Willem van Haren (Leeuwarden 1710 - St. Oedenrode 1768) maakte een briljante politieke carrière, die echter na de dood van stadhouder Willem IV in 1751 afbrak. Op 58-jarige leeftijd beëindigde hij met een dronk uit de gifbeker een leven gekenmerkt door ongelukkige liefdesaffaires en torenhoge schulden". Including a nice acrostic. Some authors mentioned: J.T. la Fargue. J.V. Sterlingh, R. Agricola, J.W. Pruis, , H. Souvryn, J. Schollevanger, K. Elzevier. Some publishers: N.P. Blommendal (The Hague), Dionies van Lennep (Harderwijk), Steven van der Klok (Eyken-Duynen), Abraham Kallewier (Leyden), Antoni Waldorp (Amst.), Bernardus Mourik (Amst.), Cornelis van Tongerlo (Amst.), A. Olofsen (Amst.). Contains i.a. Knuttel 17285, 17297, 17305, 17306, 17309, 17313 and 17344. On the plates, cf. F.M. 3817ff.