2685 - 3623 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Vaguely waterst. at the beginning; frontisp. sl. agetoned. Vellum sl. wrinkled; rubbed spot at top of spine.
= Muller 403; Scheepers I, 573 and Waller 1737. Dutch transl. of Vergilius Polydorus (1470-1555), De inventoribus rerum.
- Some lvs. sl. waterst.; bookblock loose. = Rare, not in the usual reference works.
- A few pages (incl. title) soiled/ sl. stained; partly sl. waterst. in upper blank margin. Untrimmed copy.
= Rare, only 3 copies in STCN. Waller 1700; De Vries 318.
- Old owner's entry on verso frontisp. = Rare, not in the usual bibliographies.
- Fine copy.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. "In dezen derden druk 't kromme Brabants door iemant wat verschaaft, en de vaarsjes op ieder character, (als te veel stootende,) geheel uitgelaten, en weder andere, zoo veel lyden kan, in der zelver plaats gemaakt. Door D. Schelte" (title-p.). Muller 415; Waller 1755. Rare.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ browned; some lvs. repaired w. paper; vol. 2 final part sl. waterst.
= From the library of M. BUISMAN (his owners entry on upper pastedown/ first free endpaper of each vol.). Rare. Buisman 2387 and 2388.
- Ticket on title-p.; sm. inkstain on top edge w. trifle bleeding into top margin. Good/ fine copy.
= From the library of M. BUISMAN (his owners entry on first free endpaper). Rare. Muller 126: "De verschillende personen vertegenwoordigen, zoals hunne namen aangeven, de voornaamste nationaliteiten van Europa, en vertellen ieder wat er merkwaardigs in hun land voorviel, anecdoten, curiositeiten, enz. op allerlei gebied. Een onderhoudend boek."; Scheepers II, 790; Buisman 2394.
- Final part wormholed in upper margin (w. loss of words); final few lvs. frayed; sl. stained/ soiled (mostly in inner margin). Vellum sl. soiled; top of spine sl. dam.
= Rare, only 3 copies in STCN. Not in Muller, De Vries, Scheepers, Waller and Buisman.
- From the library of J.W. Six with his bookplate on upper pastedown of 1st vol.; from the collection of P.J. Buijnsters, all vols. bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry of M. Buisman on first free endpapers of 5 vols.; one vol. lacks first free endpaper; 5th vol. lacks p.103-104 and p.113-114 (replaced in later ms.); corners and boardedges (sl.) worn.
= Buisman 2409; Scheepers II, 461; Waller 1439 (lists 16 plates). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVI.
- All vols. w. stamp "W.A.J. van Woensel" on a prelim. leaf; 2 plates loose; final vol. annots. on title in later hand and bookblock broken. Second vol. lacks covers; 1 vol. covers loose; all vols. paper over spine worn off; 2 vols. w. sm. ticket on frontcover.
= Buijnsters, Bibliografie 18e eeuwse satirische tijdschriften in Ned. 28. Rare, complete set of these irregularly published satirical yearbooks (published under the guise of almanacs) - anti-clerical, pro-Orangist, anti-French - which were written, illustrated, printed and published by the naval doctor Pieter van Woensel (1747-1808).
= I.a. a very curious fake leaf of a newspaper "Vermakelijke Poeremkrant. Hamaus-feest 1877" ("gedrukt voor rekening J. Gielijn") with fake Jewish names and references to poverty.
- Lacks ties. Fine copy.
= Willems 525; Borba de Moraes p.451; Alden/ Landis II, 641/ 77. Including chapters on the Portuguese colonies.
- Very good, attractively bound set. Occas. foxed/ sl. browned; vol. 2 two lvs. loose; vol. 21 wormholed in outer blank margin at the end (small wormhole throughout); vol. 3, 5 and 18 unobtrusive tiny wormhole in outer blank margin; vol. 19 waterst. in lower inner corner at the end. Paper over boards sl. chafed; top of spine vol. 1 and 13 repaired w. tape; top of spine vol. 8 chipped; corners sl. bumped.
= Sabin 65405; Tiele 103; NHSM, p.108; Muller, America 1898. Originally from the library of BOUDEWIJN BÜCH. First edition of the Dutch translation, issued by publisher Pieter de Hondt, based on the work of John Green (vols. I-XII), on the French translation of A.F. Prévost d'Exiles (vols. XIII-XIX), with many additions and corrections, and with vols. XX-XXI as original additions to the French editions. The series contains accounts of the voyages and explorations by the Portuguese, English, Dutch and French. Summary of the contents: I-II. East Indies; III-VII. Africa; VIII-IX. China; X-XI. Tibet and Tartary; XII-XIV. East Indies, Moluccas, Siam; XV-XVI. Hindustan, Arabia; XVII. East Indies, Japan; XVIII. Phillipines, Borneo, Celebes, South Pole; XIX. general travels; XX. Lives of the Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies, Batavia; XXI. Dutch East Indies natural history. Containing a large worldmap (by N. Bellin, 51,5x68 cm., The Hague, P. de Hondt, 1750) and nice maps of i.a. Gulf of Bengal, Indonesian Archipelago, the Philippines, Japan, China, Macao, Hindoustan and views of i.a. Nanking, Goa and Ceram, plans of i.a. Nagasaki, Edo and Batavia. The plates depicting local inhabitants, plants and animals, but also illustrating customs, fortifications etc. Complete sets in this condition are very rarely found. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVII.
- Contents fine, a few vols. only w. some (vague) marginal waterstaining at the very beginning. Bindings trifle/ sl. rubbed; some vols. paper over covers torn.
- Vellum some inkstains, otherwise good.
= Rare Dutch translation of De Officio Hominis et Civis (1673), being Puffendorf's own abridgement of his major work De Jure Naturae et Gentium.
- Upper hinge broken but holding on cords. = Rare 1st and only Dutch translation.
- Hinges weakening; occas. trifle waterst. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; top of spine sl. dam.
= Rare.
- Lacks plate 47; plate 46 loose. Upper joint starting.
= From the collection of Mrs. Elias-Vaes w. the owner's stamp of "P. Elias J. Mzn." on first free endpaper and title (Christie's sale 2857, lot 566). The rare obl. 4to edition.
- Partly waterstained in lower outer corner Otherwise fine. = Rogge I, 1, p.96. Rare.
- Occas. sl. waterst. = Rogge p.47.
AND a pamphlet by the same: Brief. In de welcke de gront van de Remonstranten, aengaende hare Belijdenis ende eenstemminge in het geloove, naecktelick ontdeckt wort (The Hague, 1620. Knuttel 3076).