- Corners worn; top of spine of vol.2 sl. worn; covers rubbed.
Rotgans, L. Poëzy, van verscheide mengelstoffen. Leeuw., F. Halma, 1715, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, 14,(62),680p., engr. frontisp., title-vignette, heraldic headpiece, 45 vignettes by J. FOLKEMA after A. HOUBRAKEN, 2 tailpieces, 2 fine full-p. plates to the "Boerekermis", contemp. hcalf w. later paper over covers, sm. 4to.
- Contents fingersoiled/ occas. stained; hinges weakening. Spine-ends dam./ worn
- Lacks 1 plate ("Nieuwe Kercx-toorn voor den brant"); 2 plates loose (probably from another copy); extensive 20th cent. annot. on first blank; Upper joint splitting.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 29.
- Lacks 11 plates; 1 plan and 1 plate loose; plate w. closed tears.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 29.
- Fold. plan sm. tear in fold. Binding sl. worn. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 34.
- Partly waterst.; sl. yellowed. Frontcover sl. stained and lacks portion of vellum along upper part near edge.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 40.
- Small owner's entry on engr. title; occas. yellowed/ sl. browned. Binding sl. worn along extremities; top of spine sl. dam.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 232; Van Herwijnen 2903.
- Owner's entry and annot. of M.A. Snoeck on first free endpaper/ blank; 2 lvs. vaguely waterst.; 2 plates w. tear repaired w. paper on verso. Good copy.
= Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer 2789; Bodel Nijenhuis 418. Translation of Foppens' Hist. episcopatus Sylva-Ducensis (1721).
- Upper hinge sl. weak; lower corner vaguely waterst. at the beginning. Vellum sl. stained and w. some old scribbling in pen and ink on frontcover; upper corner frontcover sl. dam.
- Upper hinge broken; bookblock shaken; vellum dam./ loosening at spine-ends; bookplate on upper pastedown.
= Claes 235.
- First and last few lvs. and protective lvs. for the plates sl./ trifle foxed; owner's stamp on first free endpaper. Sm. stain on spine. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Rare monograph on Dutch snakes w. parallel Dutch/ French text. Nissen, ZBI 2509; Agassiz III, 472; Landwehr, Dutch Books Col. Plates 113. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIX.