1146 - 1251 DUTCH HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY
- Partly w. (library?)stamps on htitle/ edge of bookblock; partly w. bookplate on upper pastedown; partly sl. yellowed/ browned; edges of bookblock parly sl. foxed. Occas. sl. sunned or w. remnants of ticket on spine.
= Comprises VII, VIII, XI, XII, XVI-XXXVIII, XLI-XLIV, XLVI-LXV, LXIX-CVIII.
AND 5 other published by the same.
= Comprises IV, V/2, VI (frontcover stained), XXVI, XXX, XXXII, XXXIII (2nd ed.,), XXXV (binding stained), XXXVI- XXXIX (binding stained/ worn), XLI, XLIV (lower joint dam.), XLVI, XLVIII, XLIX/1 and 2, L/V,1,2,3, LI, LII, LIII/2, LIV-LVIII, LXI, LXI(reprint), LXIII, LXVI-LXXV, LXXVII-LXXX (dustwr. sl. stained), LXXXI-LXXXVIII, XC, XCII, XCIII, XCV, XCVII-CVI, CVIII-CXV, CXVII, CXVIII.
AND 9 others, i.a. MISSIONS TO THE NIGER. Ed. E.W. Bovill. Vol. 1-4 (Cambr., 1964-1966, 4 vols., (fold.) maps/ plates, orig. gilt cl. w. (1x foxed) dustwr.).
- Both w. folds as published.
- Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities.
= One of 25 numb. copies bound in gilt full dark blue morocco by J. BRANDT & ZOON, t.e.g., w. the separately published index bound at the end of the final volume.
- Vol.3 upper hinge broken.
(Droste, C.). Overblyfsels van geheugchenis, der bisonderste voorvallen, In het leeven van den Heere Coenraet Droste. Terwyl hy gedient heeft in veld- en zeeslaagen, belegeringen en ondernemingen (...). Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1879, 3rd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., VIII,263; (4),267-548p., contemp. hvellum.
- Owners' entry on first blank; some occas. sl. foxing. Covers sl. rubbed.
= Published by the Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde. Cf. Scheepers I, 178 (1st ed. 1728): "Een der beste bronnen voor de kennis van het dagelijksche leven der patricische families ten tijde van Jan de Witt en Willem III."
AND 8 others, i.a. A.P. VAN VLIET, 'Een vriendelijcke groetenisse'. Brieven van het thuisfront aan de vloot van De Ruyter (1664-1665) (Franeker, 2007, num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- One quire loose. Joints and spine-ends sl. rubbed. = The rare first edition.
= Incl. a few brochures des. by J.A.W. VON STEIN (see Haks & Maris p.180). Rotterdamsche Lloyd and Koninkijke Hollandsche Lloyd both fused into Nedlloyd.
= First vol. of the series Militaire geschiedenis van Nederland.
Pluijm, J.E. van der. Groenlo in de Tachtigjarige Oorlog. De Achterhoek als strijdtoneel 1567-1627. Groenlo, Stadsmuseum Groenlo, 2009, 388p., ills., loosely inserted facs. map of "Kwartier Zutphen" (after the original publ. by I. Tirion), orig. pict. boards, 4to. - AND 4 others, i.a. H. GOLDING (ed.). The Wonder Book of Soldiers (London, n.d. (1914), num. (col.) plates/ ills., orig. pict. hcl., 4to) and M. VAN HATTEM, M. POOL and M. WILLEMSEN, Voor Napoleon. Hollanders in oorlogstijd 1792-1815 (Bussum/ Delft, 2005, richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to).
- Scabbards w. some rusty spots.
- Good/ fine set.
AND 4 others, i.a. A.G. SCHULTE (ed.), Ruïnes in Nederland (Zwolle/ Zeist, 1997, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- Tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedowns.
= Very rare. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Contents sl. frayed along edges; bookblock broken.
= On the plans for the digging of the Noordzeekanaal, between the IJ and the Noordzee near Velsen, where Holland was at its narrowest ("Holland op zijn smalst"). One plate shows a map/ plan of the entire canal as planned, together with the waters to be poldered.
AND 6 others on the same subject, i.a. Het Kanaal door Holland op zijn smalst (Amst., 1863, Dutch/ French text, fold. handcol. lithogr. map (33,6x75 cm.)) and A. HUET, De Noordzee vóór Amsterdam. Eene voorlezing, gehouden in de afdeeling "Koophandel" van de Maatschappij Felix Meritis (ibid., 1862, orig. publ. wr.).
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= One of 120 numb. copies printed on Simili Japon and one of 20 copies not for the trade, signed by the editors.