2501 - 3523 OLD and RARE BOOKS
= Hugo, no.95.
Bewick, T. and J. Select fables; with cuts, designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784: together with a memoir; and a descriptive catalogue of the works of messrs. Bewick. Newcastle, printed by S. Hodgson for E. Charnley a.o., 1820, (2),XL,332p., woodengr. portr., title-vignette and 336 vignettes by T. and J. BEWICK, modern hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Contemp. owner's entry on first blank; occas. sl. foxed (esp. the portrait). Rebacked.
= Roscoe p.117-180; Hugo 428; Ray 52: "Bewick deplored this well-produced volume, which to his mind could only serve "to feed the whimsies of bibliomanists", but he tolerated its publication. Though some of the engravings hardly rise above the chapbook level (...) the book is useful as a record of his work before he achieved his mature style."
AND 2 other editions of the same work.
- Occas. trifle waterst in blank margins, otherwise a fine copy. Backstrips of both vols. sl. wormholed/ dam. not affecting contents; dam. spot (1,5 cm.) on frontcover of vol. 1.
- Hinges broken; some lvs. loose(ning). Maps (bound at the end from another copy?) browned along outer margins and sl. frayed. Covers loose and worn/ rubbed; backstrip dam.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding w. some rubbed spots; corners bumped/ showing. Otherwise fine.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 131; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 403.
- Wormholed at the beginning and end; extensive old. annots. on first and final blanks. Binding sl. worn; lacks clasps and catches (one clasp partly remaining); covers sl. wormholed.
= Cf. Darlow/ Moule 4229.
- Sl. foxed. Backcover and final endpaper darkened (by fire?); vellum dustsoiled; gilt largely faded.
= Spoelder 4. Darlow/ Moule 4705.
- Lacks one map; portrait loose. Upper joint split. Corners bumped; binding rubbed.
- Occas. sl. waterst./ soiled; partly trifle wormholed; sm. tear in title-p.; contemp. annot. and table of contents on final 2 lvs. Top of spine sl. dam.; corners showing.
= The so called Leuvense Nieuwe Testament. This is the edition with 962 pages printed for the "Roomsgezinden". Poortman I, p.134f; Le Long p.632ff; De Backer/ Sommervogel II, p.1533,39. "Dit Nieuwe Testament is merkwaardig, omdat het is opgedragen aan de Staten van Holland en Zeeland" (Poortman). Rare.
- Coat of arms on title and initials at the beginning coloured red; title and all maps w. restored/ extended margins (the maps doubled w. thin Japanese); first ±50 lvs. w. perforation holes and rusty stains in inner margin, affecting text. Binding restored; spine renewed.
= Poortman I, p.147 and 151: "(...) deze bijbel staat nog altijd bekend als de beste Statenbijbel, die ooit is verschenen" (p.147); Darlow/Moule II, 3315. On the worldmap see Shirley 498.
- Lacks the worldmap, plan of Jerusalem and 4 fold. maps; map lacks the fold. parts; partly waterstains in margins. Lacks 2 clasps. Sold w.a.f.
= Warranted by J.S. van Swol on verso title.
- Lacks title-p. and final leaf (w. woodcut ill.); bookplate on first blank; occas. sl. (water)stained. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Rare edition, only 2 copies in STCV (1x complete). Poortman I, p.236 lists this bible summarily.
- Prelim. lvs. sl. waterst. in lower blank margin; pastedowns detached. Spine sl. faded/ rubbed. Good/ fine copy.
= Very rare bible, not in STCN/ NCC and Darlow/ Moule, and no copy traced on the market. Consists of the New Testament, the Psalms in the translation of Petrus Datheen and the Catechism. Warranted by the secretary Jacob van Co(o)sen.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed/ browned, otherwise fine. Rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip; new endpapers.
= Cf. Darlow/ Moule 3350. Plates by J. LUYKEN printed in Amst. by J. Covens and C. Mortier. On the print series: Poortman II, p.131-132.
- (Sl.) foxed. Lacks clasps and catches; joints rubbed. Binding otherwise fine.
AND 2 others: a French 8vo bible (Amst., 1770, engr. title-p., contemp. gilt marbled calf. Binding sl. worn) and Les Pseaumes de David (Rott., 1787, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, 4to. Binding rubbed/ worn).
- Backstrip restored. = Attractive binding.
- One leaf w. tear of 12 cm. in lower inner blank margin; one leaf w. sm. hole, affecting text. Good/ fine copy.
= Incl. "Register Van alle Gedenckweerdige saecken ende personen, van de welcke in desen Tijdt-Thresoor verhael gedaen wort.", "Tweede Register, Ende Vervolgh van de Pausen van Romen, Patriarchen, ende Prelaten; Van de Keysers ende Coningen van de voornaemste Coninckrijcken; Princen ende Graven; voornamelijck van dese Landen, wanneer ende hoe lange sy geleeft ofte geregeert hebben, na de geboorte Iesu Christi, tot op het tegenwoordigh Jaer MDCXXIV." and "Aenhangsel van het eerste Register, begrijpende de gedenckwaerdichste saken, in dese laetste Iaren 1624 1625 ende 1626 voorgevallen.". Rare, only 1 copy of this edition in STCN.
- Owner's entry on first and final blank; (sl.) waterstained throughout.
= Rare separate edition w. Amsterdam imprint (only 2 copies in STCN). Usually w. Leyden imprint as part of the (also rare) 8vo edition of Biblia, Dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonycke Boecken des Oude en des Niewen Testaments (Leyden, 1647, 6 parts in 1 vol.). States-General version; not in Darlow/ Moule.
- Top of spine of vol. 1 chipped. Otherwise a good/ fine set.
= Zischka p.31, listing the original French edition published in 1722-1728; Poortman II, p.169-171: "Calmet's Naam- en Woordboek is geen prentbijbel maar een woordenboek met prenten. Het zijn geen prenten die de bijbelse geschiedenis afbeelden, maar de zeden en gewoonten der Joden, de godsdienstplechtigheden, de tabernakel, de tempels enz." The plates illustrate the history and culture of the Jews: ceremonies, costumes, plans and views of synagogues and other buildings, views of Jerusalem etc. Complete according to the binder's instructions in each vol., but all copies traced had varying numbers of plates (at the most 157 plates).
- One plate torn; all vols. partly waterstained in outer margin; large tear in p.317-318 of 3rd vol. All vols. joints splitting and bindings rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Zischka p.31, listing the original French edition published in 1722-1728; Poortman II, p.169-171: "Calmet's Naam- en Woordboek is geen prentbijbel maar een woordenboek met prenten. Het zijn geen prenten die de bijbelse geschiedenis afbeelden, maar de zeden en gewoonten der Joden, de godsdienstplechtigheden, de tabernakel, de tempels enz." The plates illustrate the history and culture of the Jews: ceremonies, costumes, plans and views of synagogues and other buildings, views of Jerusalem etc. Complete according to the binder's instructions in each vol., but all copies traced had varying numbers of plates (at the most 157 plates).
- First 5 lvs. (incl. title) section of lower blank margin torn off (repaired); sl. dampstained in lower blank margin throughout; first 60 lvs. (incl. title) w. (sm.) waterstain in inner margin; occas. (sm.) repairs. Rebound w. use of orig. leather.