2990 - 3707 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Third part w. erroneous pagination at beginning but apparently complete; blindstamp in blank margin of 1st plate (Giuseppe M. Cavazzini); one quire loose; occas. (finger)soiled; partly waterstained.
= Rare printbible.
- Two blank lvs. w. portion cut out; libr. ticket and stamp on title-p. Top of spine lacks portion; backcover w. 2 sm. dam. spots; gilt partly sl. fading.
= Darlow/ Moule 8969. Rare Syriac New Testament translation "said to be the first book printed from stereotype" (Darlow/ Moule on the 1st ed., 1708) by its supposed inventor, Johann Müller.
- Browned.
= Enlarged 2nd edition, listing some 4000 editions in the original languages and translations (the 1st edition was publ. the same year in Paris). Brunet III, p.958.
= 1. Mengelpoezij (Amst., 1799); 2. De ziekte der geleerden (ibid. and The Hague, 1807); 3. Het buitenleven (Rott., 1821, 2nd ed.); 4. Mijn verlustiging (Leyden/ Amst., 1781); 5. Bloemtjens (Amst., 1785); 6. K.W. BILDERWIJK, Poëzy (Rott., 1820).
Winter, N.S. van and Merken, L.W. van. Tooneelpoëzy. Amst., P. Meijer, 1774, (4),549,(3)p., engr. title-ill., contemp. hcalf w. gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.
- All vols. upper endpapers/ title w. owner's entry/ libr. stamp. All vols. covers (sl.) worn/ chafed; backstrip dam. and w. (remnants of) ticket.
- Clasps and catches removed.
- Contents trifle/ slightly foxed. Backstrip rubbed, affecting much of the pattern; corners sl. rubbbed; covers fine.
- Rebacked. = Attractive binding.
- Contents sl. foxed at beginning and end. Silk panel on frontcover trifle foxed; backstrip sl. sunned.
= Specially bound for Marie von Saxe-Altenburg, wife of King Georg V. She was queen between 1851 and 1866.
Wiser, T. Himmliches Vergiszmeinnicht, oder Prachtgebetbuch. Regensburg, Manz, 1858, 470p., col. lithogr. frontisp. and title-vignette, black calf binding, both covers w. blindst. scrollwork vignette w. gilt floral decorations in the corners and a central gilt medallion, showing a book, an anchor, vines and a cross on the frontcover and a chalice on the backcover, gilt scrollwork on backstrip, a.e.g. - AND 2 others.
- Lacks final 2 lvs. Upper joint split; sl. rubbed along extremities.
- Lacks ties; covers stained.
= Spoelder 1. With the letterpress prize, filled out in manuscript to "Theodorum Halfwijk" dated 1785. Schweiger II, p.379: "Nog immer sehr gesuchte Ausgab. u. durch die neueste Bearbeitung nicht entbehrlich gemacht."; Dibdin I, p.341.
- Sl. yellowed. Ties lacking. Otherwise fine.
= With schoolprize to Nicolaas Doekscheer, dated "[manuscript:] Ipsis Nonis Octob. [letterpress:] MDCCXVIII". Spoelder 9.
- Sl. foxed/ browned. Lacks ties.
= With the prize awarded to Jan Willem Tilanus in 1739, bound in opposite title-p. On the binding: Spoelder 10. Schweiger p.844 ("Kommt auch wohl einzeln so vor ohne die Deklamationen").
- Occas. sl. yellowed; without the prize.
= On the binding: Spoelder 7. Schweiger p.132.
Schoolprize binding of Amsterdam: contemp. vellum w. central coat of arms of AMSTERDAM within floral border incorporating similar coats of arms and 4 similar corner coats of arms on both covers and 5 similar coats of arms in compartments on spine. - ON: Frontinus, S.J. Libri quatuor Strategematicon. Ed. F. Oudendorp. Leyden, S. and J. Luchtmans, 1779, 2nd enl. impr. ed., (76),570,(132)p., engr. frontisp.
- Sl. foxed. Vellum sl. dustsoiled; gilt of central coat of arms on both covers (sl.) faded; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 9; on the contents: Schweiger p.369. Letterpress schoolprize w. engr. coat of arms of Amsterdam, awarded to Diederik Waandert Mettengang by the rector H. Hana of the Latin School on 25 March 1796.
- Lacks silk ties. Fine copies.
= With the letterpress prize ("Eerste eerprijs") w. calligr. entries bound in at front of the first volume presented to "A.W. Ockerse(...) 17 Julij, 1807"; cf. De prijs is het bewijs 45. On the works: Van der Haar 2, 845 (first volume); vol. 2 not in Van der Haar. Very rare first Dutch translations of Contemplations on the Ocean, Harvest (...) and the Last Judgment, (London, 1753) and of Meditations on Butterflies (...) (London, ±1753).
- Spine sl. rubbed; covers lack ties.
= With printed schoolprize awarded to "Florentio Wilhelmo van Styrum", dated 1815. Floris Willem van Styrum (1801-1873) was a Dutch politician and judge. Spoelder 3.
AND 1 similar schoolprize binding of Haarlem, w. prize awarded to the same.
- Trifle yellowed/ foxed. Covers lack ties.
= With printed schoolprize awarded to "Floris Gulielmo van Styrum", dated 1818. Floris Willem van Styrum (1801-1873) was a Dutch politician and judge. Spoelder 3.
AND 1 similar schoolprize binding of Haarlem, w. prize awarded to the same.
- Lacks schoolprize. = Spoelder 3.
- Without the prize. Without ties. Good copy. = Spoelder 4.
- Contents foxed, otherwise fine. Covers w. some tiny scratches; corners, joints and spine-ends (sl.) worn.