2685 - 3623 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Pastedowns detached; vellum over backcover loosening at turn-ins. = Rogge p.171.
Brandt, G. Een en twintig Predikatien over verscheyde texten der heilige Schriftuure, en theologische lessen. Rott., B. Bos, 1705-1706, 4 parts in 1 vol., 1 engr. and 1 woodcut title-vignette, 1 portrait, contemp. vellum, sm. 4to.
- Good/ fine copy. = Rogge p.199.
AND 2 others, i.a. K. BRANDT, Een-en-twintig Predikatien, bestaande in tien Predikatien, over 't Onzen Vader, of 't volmaakste Gebedt onzes Heeren. En elf Bede- en Boet-Predikatien, over verscheide texten der Heilige Schriftuur (Amst., 1709, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. vellum, sm. 4to).
- New endpapers.
= Rare first edition of this work, published posthumously, in which Poppius offers a guide to comforting the dying and sick. Rogge, p.107.
- Fine large paper copy. = Willems 888; Rahir 889.
- Plates sl. foxed; neatly repaired tear in title-p. A beautiful binding in very fine condition, bound in 1922 according to pencil annot. on first free endpaper.
= Ullrich I, 43; Houfe p.468: "Stothard was by far the most successful and distinguished illustrator of his day (...)"; Lovett 247: "(...) The edition is one of the most elegant and handsome ever done".
- Leaves sl. frayed. = Very rare. Cf. Klaversma/ Hannema 1247 (ed. 1687).
- One plate w. tear in upper blank margin (just into the plate mark); most shells on plate 17-49 w. later (±1800) identification in pen and ink; occas. sl. (water)stained in lower blank outer corner. Top of spine sl. chipped; binding sl. soiled; backcover dampstained and w. small piece of vellum nearly torn off. A good/ fine copy with the plates in strong impression.
= Landwehr, VOC 591; Nissen, ZBI 3518; Ruinen 26. Fine work on shellfish, minerals, shells, stones, curiosities found on Ambon where George Everhard Rumphius lived from 1653 until his death in 1702, in the service of the VOC. Cobres I, 104-105: "Berühmtes Handbuch der Konchyliologen (...) verdient die Aufmerksamkeit der Kenner". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVI.
- Title-p. w. a few old annots., old owner's entries cut out (restored on verso), stamped and w. some ink stains; trifle foxed and agetoned; waterst. in upper corner at the beginning.
= Selected writings of the Old Church Fathers, i.a. Polycarp of Smyrna, Ignatius of Antioch and Dionysius the Areopagite.
- Lacks last free endpaper.
= Scheepers I, 205. "Verder etste Jan van Vianen de titelpagina van de in 1712 gepubliceerde Poëzy van de Haarlemse dichter en student in de rechten Lukas Schermer die in 1711 op 22-jarige leeftijd was overleden. Het boek geldt als een der fraaist geïllustreerde literaire werken uit de 18e eeuw en men neemt aan dat ook de ongesigneerde etsen in de tekst van de hand van Jan van Vianen zijn." (Cat. Harlemia illustrata 220-224). Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annots. tipped onto upper pastedown.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= First impression of the first edition with specific points: p. XIV, line 23 "ebendig" instead of "lebendig"; final textp. w. 2 corrections, the others on final page. Goedeke V, p.227. 9; Brieger 2076.
- Sl. waterstained; contemp. owner's entry on title. Paper over covers partly worn off; a few sm. wormholes in backstrip.
= Popular schoolbook for learning Greek. Cf. The Children's World of Learning 181 (Dutch translation). Rare.
- Paper over covers sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
= Rare. Scheurleer p.95; BCNI 16801; Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer 43.
- From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper; new endpapers. Good copy.
= Brunet V, p.241f; Ebert 20722 ("ein sehr seltenes Werk"). De Wind p.322: "Het doel van dit werk, waaraan veel geleerdheid met weinig oordeel is te koste gelegd, is om overal Celten en Belgen te vinden. De bewijzen vindt hij in zijne taalkunde. In het Paradijs spraken Adam en Eva Celtisch, dat is Duitsch en Vlaamsch (...) het werk [bevat] veel wetenswaardigs, doch als begraven in eenen vloed van nuttelooze geleerdheid." Still of interest for the copious (nearly 400p.), bizarre indexes (proper names, geographical names, subjects and etymology). A famous attempt of the author to prove that Hebrews, Egyptians, Greeks, Etruscans and Romans all spoke Celtic (= German and Flemish).
- Frontisp. and title of first vol. lack lower corner w. partial loss of publ. address; lacks map. Otherwise contents fine. Both vols. very poor binding.
- Waterstained; library stamps on title-p. Section of upper compartment spine worn away.
= Very rare first(?) French translation of this influential work on natural theology. Michel de Montaigne famously wrote his apology on this work. Adams S39.
- Bookblock loose; upper joint dam. at foot of spine.
AND 3 other 18th/ 19th cent. works on theology.
- Later owner's entry/ annots. on upper pastedown; bookplate (Estella Boas-Kogel) on upper pastedown; occas. trifle/ sl. browned/ foxed. Binding sl. soiled.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 51. The estate Soelen was situated near Amsterdam.
- Title loose and dam.; possibly lacks the final quire; soiled and w. ms. underlinings throughout. Lacks backstrip; backcover loose and lacks 2 cornerpieces; lacks clasps.
= Extremely rare Dutch songbook by Mennonite Lenaert Clock. Scheurleer p.24.
- Yellowed/ sl. browned. Binding sl. rubbed along edges; covers w. a few wormholes.
= Dünnhaupt p.3661 (and passim). Benjamin Schmolck (or Schmolcke/ Schmolcken) was a popular author of devotional songs form Silezia. "Obschon er Schweidnitz kaum je verließ, hatte sich sein Ruhm als Kirchenlieddichter längst über ganz Deutschland verbreitet, ehe er in Schweidnitz am 12. Februar 1737 verstarb. Zwar konnte ihn noch Graesse herablassend als "un poète fade et ennuyeux" belächeln, doch hat sein Beitrag zum deutschen Kirchenlied des Pietismus inzwischen längst wieder im höherem Maße Würdigung gefunden". (Dünnhaupt).
- A very fine copy.
= The first (German) edition was published in Nuremberg in 1719 (w. substantially less maps and plates than the Dutch edition (26 (incl. frontisp.) in total)). With contemp. owner's entry reading: "Dirk Schaap en Klaas Bruijn hoore Dit Boek toe". Landwehr, VOC 583; Tiele 606; Mendelssohn I, p.843-844. Dealing with all aspects of life at the Cape, incl. flora and fauna, geography etc. Containing an extensive description of the life and culture of the indigenous Hottentots with interesting plates illustrating their various habits (of i.a. hunting, fishing, childbirth and childcare, warfare and their various superstitions). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVII.