2685 - 3623 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Lacks the engr. title; title-p. sl. fingersoiled and outer blank margin restored; first free leaves (incl. title-p.) sl. browned in outer margin. Otherwise fine.
= All published. Landwehr, VOC 251; Cox I, p.30; Tiele 1179; Tiele, Mémoire 8. Contents (as listed by Landwehr): 1. Journals of Gerrit de Veer; 2. First Fleet (Cornelis de Houtman); 3. Second Fleet (Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck); Sebald de Weert's voyage around the world; 4. Olivier van Noort, voyage around the world; 5. Joris van Spilbergen's first voyage and Steven van der Haghen's first voyage; 6. Voyage of Cornelis Matelief; 7. Journals by Pieter van den Broeck; 8. Joris van Spilbergen's second voyage and the journal of Schouten and Le Maire; 9 Journal of the Nassau fleet, Jacques L'Hermite; 10. Journals by Willem IJsbrandtsz. Bontekoe and Dirk Albertsz. Raven; 11. Journal of the Batavia, François Pelsaert; 12. Johan van Twist, description of Gujerat; 13. François Caron, description of Japan with appendices. Extremely rare volume, being a shortened edition of I. Commelin's Begin ende Voortgangh, van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie (...), leaving out 7 voyages, but enlarged with 2 new voyages. Only 1 copy in NCC (Mar. Mus. Prins Hendrik, Rotterdam). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLI.
- Fine copy.
= Landwehr, VOC 1490. On the binding: not traced in Landwehr. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIX.
= Landwehr, VOC 1489. Contains three loosely inserted contemporary manuscript notes with data concerning arrival or departure of ships, providing names of ships, captains, and dates: "Retour Vloot 1764 Van Batavia (...) Over Ceijlon (...) Over Bengalen (...) Over China"; "Eerste Bezending voor 1765 Batavia (...) Over Ceijlon (...) Over Bengalen (...) Over China"; "Voor 1767 Eerste bezend. Van Batavia (...) Tweede Bezending (...) Bengalen (...) Ceylon (...) China (...) Ceijlon". Providing a history of the Zeeland Chamber of the VOC from its foundation in 1602 up to 1759, listing (often with additional information provided in contemporary manuscript) names of governors, names of newly built ships, details of ships departed (ship's name, captain, crew, length of ship, date and eventual loss or wrecking), financial details. Also contains indexes on ships' names and names of captains. Warranted by the publisher.
- Lacks the 9 plates in the 6th and 7th vol. Each vol. w. bookplates on first endpaper; a few plates w. sm. tear. Bindings trifle rubbed/ chafed. Despite the defects a good, attractively bound set.
= This ed. rare, only 2 copies in NCC. Landwehr VOC 253. Compilation of the first voyages of the Dutch to the East Indies, translated and edited by Constantin de Renneville, i.a. of Olivier van Noort around the world through the Strait of Magellan, Joris van Spilbergen to the Moluccas by the same route, and Wouter Schouten to the Dutch East Indies. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLII.
- Sl. foxed; bound sl. tightly. Fine copy.
= Landwehr VOC 308, note; Van Gelder p.100; Tiele 952; Mendelssohn II, p.262; cat. NHSM I, p.174; Rouffaer/ Muller p. 475; Graesse VII, p.463. "Saar was born in about 1626 and grew up in Nuremberg. Aged nineteen he left home, to find a commercial situation in Hamburg. Two months later and unsuccesful he went on to Amsterdam. Even here his efforts were fruitless, so after six months, on 25 November 1644 he enlisted as a common soldier in the military service of the VOC. His social position entitled him to an officer's commission eventually, but he never rose beyond the rank of corporal. Saar sailed to the East Indies in early January 1645, on the Middelburg. After a short period on the islands of Banda, he went on to Ceylon where he served most of his term. (...) It appears that for a number of years Saar had kept a diary, but unfortunately it was lost at sea. He had to rewrite his experience from memory, so it is not surprising that the dates given by him in his account are not reliable. Saar's work was published in Nuremberg in 1662 (...). In 1672 a new, revised edition of the German original was published, this time in folio form. The illustrations are the same as in the first edition, the portrait and the frontispiece, however, being re-engraved by I.A. Böner." (De Silva/ Beumer p.449). "In this edition the description of the Cape extends to nine pages, including a remarkable view of Cape Town and Table Bay in which Table Mountain is represented in the shape of a lion." (Mendelssohn). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLII.
- Lacks the plate; p.167-170 lack upper outer corner w. loss of text and part of one illustration; portrait w. sm. closed hole in face; frontisp. and portr. w. marginal tear
= Landwehr VOC 308, note; Van Gelder p.100; Tiele 952; Mendelssohn II, p.262; cat. NHSM I, p.174; Rouffaer/ Muller p. 475; Graesse VII, p.463. "Saar was born in about 1626 and grew up in Nuremberg. Aged nineteen he left home, to find a commercial situation in Hamburg. Two months later and unsuccesful he went on to Amsterdam. Even here his efforts were fruitless, so after six months, on 25 November 1644 he enlisted as a common soldier in the military service of the VOC. His social position entitled him to an officer's commission eventually, but he never rose beyond the rank of corporal. Saar sailed to the East Indies in early January 1645, on the Middelburg. After a short period on the islands of Banda, he went on to Ceylon where he served most of his term. (...) It appears that for a number of years Saar had kept a diary, but unfortunately it was lost at sea. He had to rewrite his experience from memory, so it is not surprising that the dates given by him in his account are not reliable. Saar's work was published in Nuremberg in 1662 (...). In 1672 a new, revised edition of the German original was published, this time in folio form. The illustrations are the same as in the first edition, the portrait and the frontispiece, however, being re-engraved by I.A. Böner." (De Silva/ Beumer p.449). "In this edition the description of the Cape extends to nine pages, including a remarkable view of Cape Town and Table Bay in which Table Mountain is represented in the shape of a lion." (Mendelssohn).
- Occas. sl. stained; most leaves fingersoiled in blank margin(s); one plate doubled w. Japanese; later endpapers. Vellum sl. soiled. Otherwise a good copy.
= Landwehr, VOC 283; Cat. NHSM I,174; Tiele 990. The first edition, with the fine plates after Schouten himself: "Ze zijn door S. in Indië geteekend en hebben meer locale waarde dan de meeste illustraties van reisjournalen in dezen tijd." (Tiele). One of the finest old sources on the Dutch East Indies. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
- Contemp. owner's entry ("franciscus thielens van leven"); added pagination in contemp. hand on index lvs.
= BMN I, p.296; Landwehr, VOC 815. Contains a list of drugs for the medical doctor in maritime service, followed by a summary of common diseases and how to use the drugs and followed by another list especially composed for the East-Indies service. Very rare. Only 2 copies in STCN. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
- All vols. bookplate and owner's entry on upper pastedown. Bindings worn; spines rubbed (partly w. loss of letter-/ vol. piece); a few vols. spine-ends dam.
= Bengesco 2133.
Idem. Additions à l'Essay sur l'Histoire Générale (...). N.pl. (Geneva), n.publ., 1763, (4),467p., contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpieces.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding rubbed. = Bengesco 1164.
AND the 1st vol. only of the 1764 reprint of the Collection Complette des Oeuvres.
= Cf. Bengesco 662.
- All vols. w. the engr. bookplate of George Powney Esq. on pastrdown; some foxing; occas. sl. dampstained/ browned. Volume or letterpiece(s) of 20 vols. (partly) lacking or dam.; part of the vols. spine-end(s) chipped/ sl. dam.; corners occas. showing/ worn.
= Bengesco 2142; La pucelle d'Orleans (Vol. 11) w. the 4 portraits and 18 of the plates by Moreau supplied in 2 states, incl. 1 printed on thin Japanese before letters. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
- Occas. sl. yellowed. Bindings partly w. minor imperfections. A good/ fine set.
= Bengesco 2141; Sander 2034; Cohen/ De Ricci 1042.
- Vaguely waterst. at the beginning. Binding sl. stained and w. some dam. spots.
= Schuytvlot 85/ 94/ 88; Unger 644/ 661/ 647.
- Lower corner waterst. towards the end. = Schuytvlot 64; Unger 391.
Idem. De helden Godes des Ouden Verbonds. Ibid., Wed. G. de Groot, 1699, 3rd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (6),38,(4) lvs.; (8),93-130,(1)p., 38 engr. textills., bound unif. w. the preceding.
- Partly sl. yellowed. = The 2nd part titled De Heerlyckheyd van Salomon. Schuytvlot 62; Unger 101.
- Title-p. sl. frayed and w. some weak spots in margins; sl. fingersoiled. = Schuytvlot 59; Unger 99.
- Partly sl. yellowed; loosening. Backstrip worn off.
= Schuytvlot 474; Unger 143 and 18. One fold. plate depicts the Binnenhof with the ongoing execution of J. van Oldenbarneveld, with 2 mounted parts that can be lifted to reveal Van Oldenbarneveld and a small portrait of Vondel (F.M. 1390).
AND 2 others, i.a. A.F. WOUTHERS, De standvastige Genoveva, of herstelde onnoselheid; Treurspel (Amst., 1740, engr. title-vignette, contemp. wr., 12mo).
- A good/ fine copy.
= Ad 1 and 2: Schuytvlot 467 and 34; not in Unger. One fold. plate depicts the Binnenhof with the ongoing execution of J. van Oldenbarneveld, with 2 mounted parts that can be lifted to reveal Van Oldenbarneveld and a small portrait of Vondel (F.M. 1390).
- LARGE PAPER copy; the plate with the view of the Binnenhof w. hole. Vellum sl. warped.
= Schuytvlot 459ff and cf. Schuytvlot 458.
- Spine-ends chipped; one vol. backstrip dam.
= I-II. (Treurspelen) (Amst., (widow) A. de Wees/ J. de Wees, 1643-1699, 31 parts in 2 vols. Contains engr. plate before title of Lucifer (Schuytvlot 669; Unger 520); engr. frontisp. before Palamedes of Vermoorde onnozelheit (Schuytvlot 442; Unger 122) and De Amsterdamsche Hecuba (Schuytvlot 430; Unger 113));
III-IV. Poëzy of verscheide gedichten (Franeker, L. Strik, 1682, 2 vols., engr. portrait. Schuytvlot 11; Unger 8);
V. Pascha, ofte de Verlossinge Israels uyt Egypten (Rott., I. van Ruynen, 1695); Altaer-Geheimenissen ontvouwen in drie boecken (Cologne, "In de Nieuwe Druckerye", 1718. Schuytvlot 72; Unger 412) and Brieven der Heilige Maegden, Martelaressen (Amst., J. Lamsveld, 1702, engr. title-vignette. Schuytvlot 69; Unger 394);
VI. Publius Virgilius Maroos wercken (Amst., A. de Wees, 1646, engr. title by T. MATHAM. Schuytvlot 786; Unger 421) and Publius Ovidius Nasoos Heldinnebrieven (ibid., G. onder de Linden, 1716, engr. frontisp., title-vignette. Schuytvlot 780; Unger 389);
VII. Q. Horatius Flaccus Lierzangen en Dichtkunst (Amst., J. Lamsvelt, 1703, engr. title. Schuytvlot 798; Unger 512); De Helden Godes des Ouwden Verbonds (ibid., G. de Groot, 1699, 38 engr. ills. Schuytvlot 62; Unger 101); De Heerlykheyd van Salomon (n.pl., n.d. Schuytvlot 62; Unger 101) and Toonneel des menschelyken levens. Of de vernieuwde gulden winkel (Amst., W. Lamsvelt, 1699, engr. title and 74 half-p. ills. Schuytvlot 51 (calls for 73 ills.)); Vorstelijcke Warande der dieren (...) (ibid., D. Pietersz., 1617, 1st ed., title-etching and 125 half-p. etched emblems by M. GERARDS. Landwehr 886; Schuytvlot 54; Hollstein 1-108. The rare first edition) and E.G. SALUSTE, De vaderen (...) (Leyden, 1722);
VIII. Publius Virgilius Maroos Wercken in Nederduitsch dicht vertaelt door J. v. Vondel (Amst., B. Visser etc., 1696, engr. title. Schuytvlot 802; Unger 613);
IX. Palamedes (Amersf., P. Brakman, 1736, engr. title, portrait, fold. plate w. fold. flaps. Schuytvlot 479; Unger 144); Hekeldichten (ibid., idem, 1736, 4 plates (1x fold.), 5 portraits. Schuytvlot 43; Unger 19).
- Upper joint vol. 1 partly splitting; bindings trifle dustsoiled. A fine set.
= I-II. Alle de Treurspelen (Amst., J. Oosterwyk, 1720/ 1719, 32 parts in 2 vols., 2 diff. engr. titles, 2 engr. plates and 1 ill. Schuytvlot 409; Unger 27a and 27b).
III-IV. Poëzy of verscheide gedichten (Franeker, L. Strik, 1682, engr. portrait. Schuytvlot 11; Unger 8).
V. Publius Ovidius Nazoos Herscheppinge. Vertaelt door J. v. Vondel (Amst., Wed. A. de Wees, 1671, heraldic headpiece, 15 ills. Schuytvlot 803; Unger 713); Publius Ovidius Nasoos Heldinnebrieven (Amst., G. onder de Linden, 1716, frontisp., title-vignette. Schuytvlot 780; Unger 389); Ondergang van Troje. Virgilius tweede boeck van Eneas, in Nederduitsch gedicht (Amst., A. de Wees, 1655, engr. title-ill. Schuytvlot 800; Unger 553).
VI. Publius Virgilius Maroos wercken vertaelt door/ In Nederduitsch dicht Vertaelt door J. v. Vondel (Amst., A. de Wees/ Wed. A. de Wees, 1646/ 1660, 2 parts in 1 vol., 2 engr. titles, heraldic headpiece. Schuytvlot 786 and 801; Unger 421 and 612).
VII. Koning Davids Harpzangen (Amst., Erven Wed. G. de Groot/ A. van Dam, 1723. Schuytvlot 83; Unger 572); Q. Horatius Flaccus Lierzangen en Dichtkunst. Vertaelt door J. v. Vondel (Amst., J. Lamsvelt, 1703, engr. title. Schuytvlot 798; Unger 512); Palamedes of Vermoorde Onnozelheit (Amersf., P. Brakman, 1707, engr. title and frontisp. portrait, 3 plates (2x fold., incl. one w. 2 movable parts). Schuytvlot 464; Unger 139); Hekeldigten, met Aenteekeningen Uit 's Dichters mondt opgeschreven (Amersf., P. Brakman, 1736, 4 plates (1x fold.), 5 portraits. Schuytvlot 39; Unger 18); Joost van Vondels Verëeuwiging, By wyze van Voorspel (...) (Amst., C. Philips J.Z. en Comp., 1772. Schuytvlot 878).
VIII. Vorstelijcke Warande der dieren (...) (Amst., Erven Wed. G. de Groot, n.d. (±1730?), 125 engr. emblematical ills. Schuytvlot 57; Unger 89); De Vernieuwde Gulden Winckel De Kunstlievende Nederlanders (Amst., D.P. op 't Water, 1622, 73 engr. emblematical ills., woodcut printer's vignette at the end. Schuytvlot 46; Unger 72); De Helden Godes des Ouwden Verbonds (Amst., Wed. G. de Groot, 1699, engr. frontisp. portr., 38 ills. Schuytvlot 62; Unger 101); De Vaderen, (...) Vervatende Abrahams Offerande. Ghedicht by wylen den E.G. de Saluste (...) Ende nu wt het Fransch in Nederlandts vertaelt door J. van Vondelen (Leyden, J. vander Deyster, 1722, 1 engr. plate. Schuytvlot 772; Unger 83).
IX. Bespiegelingen van Godt en Godtsdienst (...) (Rott., B. Bos, 1700. Schuytvlot 86; Unger 645); Joannes de Boetgezant. Ed. A. Bogaert (Amst., Wed. G. De Groot, 1696. Schuytvlot 89; Unger 648); Altaer Geheymenissen ontvouwen in dry boecken (Bruges, J. de Busscher, 1771, engr. title. Schuytvlot 77; Unger 415); Brieven der Heilige Maeghden, Martelaressen (Amst., J. Lamsveld, 1702, engr. title-vignette and 12 ills. Schuytvlot 68; Unger 391); De Heerlyckheit der Kercke (...) (Amst., E. Visscher, 1725, engr. title-vignette. Schuytvlot 98; Unger 664).