81 3442 Vervoort F

- Bookblock broken and shaken; sl. yellowed; sl. cut short; sm. bookplates on upper pastedown. Spine-ends dam.; upper joint split(ting).

= BCNI 4537.

81/3445 VOC and WIC Bericht der vergadering van Zeventien by de provisionele repraesentanten des volks van Zeeland den 22 september gerequireerd op het decreet der provisionele repraesentanten de

- Some sl. occas. foxing. Spine-ends worn. = Landwehr, VOC 1647. Rare.

81/3446 VOC and WIC Command baton

- Later leather carrying cord.

81 3447 VOC and WIC Commelin I ed

81 3447 VOC and WIC Commelin I ed

- Occas. yellowed; one plate laid down. Sold w.a.f.

= Tiele 82; Tiele, Mémoire, p.13, IVd, "Inleydinge" and no. 4, 6, 8, 10, 13-17, 19-21; see also Landwehr VOC no. 250, listing three editions (1644 (only 2 copies known), 1645 and 1646).

81 3448 VOC and WIC Kerckhoven J van =S van Kerckhoven

- Bookblock loose; trifle yellowed.

= Tiele II, 1055 (note); Knuttel 8912; Landwehr, VOC 421. A re-edition of the 1663 edition. Extremely rare account of the disastrous voyage of Simon van Kerckhoven with the ship Aernhem from Batavia to the Netherlands in 1661. Along the Cape of Good Hope they were caught in a storm and the ship perished on the reefs of Cargados Carajos. Of the 100 survivors of the shipwreck, only 50 reached the coast of Mauritius after a week at sea in a small life boat.

81 3449 VOC and WIC Pelsaert F

- Very fine copy.

= Tiele 851 (note); Tiele mémoire 243; Landwehr, VOC 411 and Rouffaer/ Muller p.53 (both ed. 1648); cat. NHSM p.187 (ed. 1647); not in Cox. A very rare reimpression of the ed. 1648, with fine ills. of the flagship Batavia on her way to Java and her shipwreck on the coral reef of Albrolhos. After saving the greater part of the 341 passengers and crew, captain Pelsaert went back searching for castaways. During his absence Jeronymus Cornelisz., "Apotheker van Haerlem, Onder-Koopman op 't verongeluckte schip Batavia" started a reign of terror, killing 120 passengers and crew members. On his return, Pelsaert sentenced Cornelisz. and seven other rebels to death. The island on which these events took place is called "Bataviaes Kerck-hof" (Batavia's graveyard). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.

81/3450 VOC and WIC Reduced size VOC cannon

- With rust and greenish corrosion. = Date of manufacture unclear.

81 3451 VOC and WIC Roman J

- Later annots. on verso frontwr. Contents fine.

= Landwehr, VOC 767; Knuttel 6496. Reflections during the outward voyage by Rev. Johannes Roman, who survived a number of storms and witnessed a sea battle. Very rare.

81 3452 VOC and WIC Saar J J

81 3452 VOC and WIC Saar J J

81 3452 VOC and WIC Saar J J

- 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).

81 3453 VOC and WIC Saar J J

81 3453 VOC and WIC Saar J J

- 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).

81/3454 VOC and WIC Zee Journael ofte Autenticq Verhael Uyt d'annotatien vande Heeren haer Hooghmogende Volmachtighde in de Vloot der Doorluchtighste Geunieerde Republijcque en andere Schrifte

- The date "13. Juny" crossed out on title-p. and replaced by "1. Augusti" in manuscript.

= Knuttel 9102. Extremely rare account of the voyage of the Dutch merchant and treasure fleet of 60 ships returning from the East Indies (ten of them were Dutch East India Company commanded by Commodore Pieter de Bitter) containing the richest cargo ever shipped until then. The pamphlet details the Battle of Vågen.

81 3455 Voltaire F M A de

81 3455 Voltaire F M A de

- First and final few lvs. sl. (finger)soiled in blank margin. Top of spine chipped. Good copy.

= Rare ed. of letters written by Voltaire during his stay in London (first publ. in English, London, 1733). Bengesco 1558, p.19 note 2.

81 3456 Voltaire F M A de

- Partly foxed and (sl.) browned. Spines sl. rubbed; letterpieces dam. = Bengesco 2120 (4 vols.).

81 3457 Voltaire F M A de Travenol L and Mannory L

- Foxed and sl. browned at the beginning. Spine rubbed. = Rare satirical criticism of Voltaire.

81 3459 Vondel J van den

81 3459 Vondel J van den

- A few lvs. vaguely waterst.; vol. 1 w. old annot. on blank leaf. Good copies.

= Schuytvlot 8 and 10; Unger 5 and 7.

81 3460 Vondel J van den

81 3460 Vondel J van den

- A few lvs. w. offsetting from former bookmarker. Vellum soiled; spine sl. dam.

= Schuytvlot 409; Unger 27b. 1. Palamedes of Vermoorde onnozelheit. Engr. frontisp. Schuytvlot 472. 2. Elektra. Schuytvlot 562. 3. Maeghden. Schuytvlot 572. 4. Maria Stuart, of Gemartelde majesteit. Schuytvlot 642.