- First vol. w. new endpapers; first vol. sl. browned.

= Scheepers II, 677: "Band I bevat de "eerste weke" en de eerste vier dagen d. "tweede weke"; bd. II: de 5e tot 7e dag der "tweede weke", enige andere werken van Heyns en de "Lofsangh van Jesus Christus" door D. Heinsius". Nice work describing the first week and the first four days of the second week after the creation of the world, entirely in rhyme and with rather naive but nice illustrations. Printed in a very nice civilité type. The first edition of this translation (first week only) was published in 1616. Second vol. from the library by Bob Luza w. his bookplate on upper pastedown.

- First part lacks 2 leaves (F6 and F7); first engr. title-p. cut sl. short in lower margin (w. loss of a few words); one leaf sl. dam. (w. loss of a few words). Vellum sl. stained and creased.

= Provenance: Collection Buijnsters-Smets (w. bookplate) and M. Buisman (owner's entry), both on upper pastedown. Rare, only 2 copies in STCN. Buisman 1187 (under Marie M. Pioche de La Vergne, gravin de La Fayette).

- Partly vaguely waterst. in top blank margin; hinges weak. Backstrip dam./ repaired.

= With the often lacking fold. plate. Waller 1065 and Muller 787 (both mentioning 3 plates); Buisman 2151; Mateboer 890; Hayn/ Gotendorf III, p.449. The Dutch translation of the Histoire de la Papesse Jeanne by Jacques Lenfant (and later revised by Des Vignoles) by the anonymous "A.M.", a biography of the much debated legendary female pope Johanna. The French version was a popularisation of the Disquisitio historica de papa femina (1691) by the Leyden professor Frederik Spanheim in which he tried to prove the existence of Johanna. The plates showing i.a. "den zoo genaamden Schouw- of Drek-stoel" and Pope Johanna caught in the sexual act.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Good copy.

= Interesting illustrations, incl. the castration of a monk. Waller 603; Scheepers I, 543; Knuttel, Verboden boeken 299.

- Upper hinge broken but holding on cords.

= Interesting illustrations, incl. the castration of a monk. Waller 603; Scheepers I, 543; cf. Knuttel, Verboden boeken 299.

- Lacks pastedowns; (vaguely) waterst. at the beginning; 3rd work lacks title-p. and frontisp.

= Scheepers I, 545/ 543; Knuttel, Verboden boeken 299: "Vuil schotschrift tegen de Katholieken met pornographische prentjes. Auteur is de Leidsche predikant Laurentius Steversloot." Interesting illustrations.

- Pastedowns sl. pinkstained; partly (sl.) waterst./ yellowed; owner's entry on title-p. Backstrip dried; edges sl. rubbed.

= From the library of Bob Luza (his bookplate on upper pastedown). Both weeklies very rare. Ad 1: Cat. Almanakken, tijdschriften, couranten, R.W.P. de Vries 467; Scheepers I, 328; Buynsters, Bibl. 18e-eeuwse sat. tijdschr. 7. First and only edition of this spectatorial weekly by W. van Swaanenburg, a controversial poet in his time, avowed opponent against the classicist contemporaries: "Men maakt wel een doctor op de hooge school, maar geen digter met de grammatica". Ad 2: not in usual reference works; cf. A.J. Hanou, 'De Modese Groltrompetter (1741)', MedJCW 22 (1999), p.32ff.

- First part lacks 1 textleaf; both title-p. cut sl. short; occas. sl. waterst. in (blank) margins. Otherwise a good copy.

= Muller 65 (part 1 only); Scheepers II, 779 (later ed.); Waller 1680 (later ed.). Very rare, part 1 and 2 resp. only 3x and 1x in STCN.

- Covers worn; spine-ends occas. (sl.) dam.

= Buijnsters, Spectatoriale geschriften 95. "Op eene klaare en eenvoudige wyze leerende, wat men moet doen, om gezond, lang, en gelukkig te leeven" (title-p.).

- A very fine copy.

= Owner's entry of J.C. Altdorffer on upper pastedown. Hollstein 431-437; Waller 1732; Scheepers I, 282; Versnel 597; Franken III, p.99. The rare first and only edition of this charming work. The first part consists of a laudatory poem on peat and its trade on the peat-market in The Hague. The second part contains one of the earliest laudatory poems on tobacco to be published in The Netherlands. Arents II, 194: "In this potpourri, the author, after describing and praising the qualities of Dutch peat, relates (undoubtedly as a satire) an amusing incident which he says he had witnessed. A farmer, standing on his peat-loaded ship, was smoking a pipe and thus appeared to onlookers to be on fire. Great confusion reigned while some ran for ladders and shovels, and others for water with which to extinguish the assumed blaze, until the nature of the smoke was explained. In the Nieuw Wys-Mal is related a lengthy and involved fable in verse, presented as someone's dream, in which the two chief characters are Doddus, a blacksmith, and his helper, Julfus. In the course of their travels they come upon a field where grows a special herb. Doddus determines to make tobacco out of this. Julfus is of the opinion that tobacco smells bad. He is told by his master that it is not food for the belly but is intended only for the nose, mouth, and head. Upon the death of Doddus, Julfus plans to propagate the use of tobacco over the earth. Tobacco, he soliloquizes, deserves fame, for it clarifies poor eyesight, expels lice, and drives away wives. It has, too, other valuable remedial and social powers." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.

- Contemp. owner's entry on title; hinges broken but holding on cords. Lacks ties.

= Rare. With reports from i.a. "West-Indien", "Oost-Indien", China and Japan.

- All vols. w. bookplates on upper pastedown. Vol. 1 backstrip dam./ loosening.

= Very rare complete run of this weekly magazine, most probably by theologian and publicist Ysbrand van Hamelsveld, known for his patriotic sympathies. Each issue consists of an answer to a specific (rhetorical) question in the field of philosophy, politics, morals and ethics etc.

- Some lvs. sl. browned/ stained; hinges weak (a few lvs. loosening); two lvs. in 2nd part erroneously bound. Sm. tear in backstrip.

= Scheepers II, 1135; Waller 1799.

- Final part damaged by mice(?) in upper margin (w. loss of words); final few lvs. frayed; sl. stained/ soiled (mostly in inner margin). Vellum sl. soiled; upper corner of top of spine (sl.) dam.

= Rare, only 3 copies in STCN. Not in Muller, De Vries, Scheepers, Waller and Buisman.

- A fine set.

= Not in the usual reference works. Handcoloured copies of this work are extremely rare. From the library of the Dukes of Arenberg, all vols. w. armorial bookplate on upper pastedown.

- Owner's entry on title-p. Lacks ties. Fine copy.

= Willems 525; Borba de Moraes p.451; Alden/ Landis II, 641/ 77. Including chapters on the Portuguese colonies.

- Occas. browned; brown stain on title-p. and first textp. Upper left corner of frontcover restored. = Rare.