80 2940 Ceylon Saar J J

80 2940 Ceylon Saar J J

- A few leaves w. remargined upper margin or outer margin; occas. foxed; a few old annots. in pen and ink in margin; hinges strengthened; first free endpaper renewed. Modern silk ties; old stains on covers.

= Landwehr, VOC 308; Tiele 952; Cat. NHSM p.174 (note). The author, Johann Jacob Saar, born in 1625 in Nurnberg, enlisted in the Dutch army when he was 19 years old, and served in the army from 1644 to 1659 in the Netherlands Indies and in Ceylon (8 years). He participated in various battles with the Portuguese and with native inhabitants. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.

80 2941 Chateaubriand F A de

- Contents very fine. Backstrip sl. dried; top of spine chipped.

= First collective edition, comprising the first edition of the definitive text of Atala. Cohen/ De Ricci p.229.

80 2942 China Halde J B du

80 2942 China Halde J B du

80 2942 China Halde J B du

80 2942 China Halde J B du

- Contents fine; a few maps loose(ning). Corners rubbed; upper joint splitting at top end (over 13 cm.); some mottled catspaw spots dam. from acid bite.

= Lust 14 (ed. Paris, 1770) and 12 (ed. 1735); cf. Cordier I, p.45f; Walravens, China Illustrata 26. "Encyclopaedic survey of China, compiled from unpublished and printed works of 17 Jesuits. The maps (by d'Anville), were based on Jesuit surveys." (Lust, note to the first edition, Paris, 1735). "Der Hauptzweck dieser Kompilation war sicherlich, die von den Jesuiten erworbene Chinakenntnis breiteren Teilen der europäischen Bevölkerung zugänglich zu machen, mit dem speziellen Ziel allerdings, die Augen der Franzosen auf die Leistungen und Aufgaben der französischen Chinamission zu richten und entsprechende Unterstützung anzuregen. Dies geschah zu einem Zeitpunkt, als der Ritenstreit drohte, das idealisierte Chinabild der Missionare zu verdunkeln und Zweifel an Sinn und Methode des Missionswerkes zu wecken." (China Illustrata 26). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.

- Lacks one plate ("Porceleine toorn"); heavily waterstained throughout; leaves occas. frayed and brittle along edges.

= The famous description by Nieuhof of the first embassy undertaken by the VOC to the emperor of China and one of the very few non-Jesuit sources of the period. The "Paolinxi Pagode" plate, mentioned in the binder's instructions, was actually only inserted in the Latin edition of 1668 and here as always only present as text illustration. Landwehr, VOC 539; Tiele 800; Cat. NHSM I, 499; Lust 539; Cordier, Bibl. Sinica p. 2344. Walravens, China illustrata, no. 63/64 (later German editions): "Nieuhofs Chinawerk ist bis heute eines der bedeutendsten und gesuchtesten. Allein die 150 Abbildungen und Karten, die das Buch zieren und die nach Zeichnungen des Autors aufgeführt wurden, haben beachtlichen Wert. Bis weit in das 18.Jahrhundert hinein wurden sie immer wieder nachgedruckt und nachgeschnitten und prägten weitgehend das Chinabild der Zeit". The double-p. plates mainly depicting panoramic city views. "Was aber seinem Buch den höchsten Wert verleiht ist die Fülle prachtvollster Kupfertafeln von Städten, Landschaften, Volkstypen" (Henze III, p.612).

80 2944 Churchill A and J and Osborne T

80 2944 Churchill A and J and Osborne T

80 2944 Churchill A and J and Osborne T

80 2944 Churchill A and J and Osborne T

80 2944 Churchill A and J and Osborne T

- All vols. w. heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown (6x the 5th Earl of Carysfort, 2x George Wilbraham); occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed; vol. II skips p.157-180 but Nieuhof's voyage to Brazil is followed by his voyage to the East-Indies so probably nothing is lacking. All vols. rebacked.

= A rare, complete set of the two great voyage anthologies of the early 18th century, rarely coming up for auction. This set contains the Churchill anthology in its rare 1st edition printed in 4 vols. and 2nd editions of the additional 2 vols. (5-6) which were first published in the 2nd edition of the 6 vol. set of 1732 and also a re-issue of the 1745 edition of the supplementary Osborne series, with new title pages dated 1752, issued as volumes 7 and 8 of the set. Hill 295; Landwehr, VOC 260 & 263; Sabin 13015 and 57765: "Many of the books in this collection have not appeared elsewhere in English". The work includes the narratives of i.a. the following: Brawern and Herckemann's voyage to Chili in 1642 and 1643; Captain John Monck's voyage in 1619 and 1620 to Hudson's Straits to discover a passage between Greenland and America; Nieuhoff's voyages to Brazil and the East Indies; John Smith's travels in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America from 1592-1629; the life of Christopher Columbus by his son; Barbot's description of North and South Guinea; and the account of the discovery of America from Herrera's History of the West Indies. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.

80 2945 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Aelianus C

- Occas. sl. yellowed/ browned. Lacks ties. = Schweiger p.3; Spoelder 10.

80 2946 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ammianus Marcellinus

80 2946 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ammianus Marcellinus

- Occas. foxed/ light brown spots; pastedowns loose(ning) and creased. Lacks ties.

= Schweiger II, p.3; Dibdin p.256: "(...) excellent edition".

80 2947 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Chausse M A de la

- Upper endpaper and first blank vaguely waterst. in upper half. Corners trifle worn.

80 2948 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Cicero M T

- Upper hinge weak; owner's annots. on lower pastedown. Covers crudely pasted over w. contemp. vellum; binding soiled/ stained/ dam.

= Willems 1268; Rahir 1304.

80 2949 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Epictetus and Cebes of Thebes

80 2949 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Epictetus and Cebes of Thebes

- Title-p. w. tear in lower inner corner. Lacks the ties; binding warped.

= With the letterpress schoolprize awarded to Abraham van Tongeren, dated 1702. Schweiger I, p.106; Dibdin I, p.515 (ed. Leyden/ Amst., 1670); Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as a book illustrator 6 (idem); cf. Caillet 3638 (ed. 1695).