1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Without the prize; both vols. sl. yellowed; remnants of bookplate on upper pastedown; vol.1 paper ticket on upper pastedown. Both vols. coat of arms on covers clumsily stamped; ties lacking.
= Spoelder 2. On the contents: Schweiger p.1068; Dibdin II, p.475: "A very useful edition of Westerhovius for young students (...)".
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl. foxed. Lacks ties.
= With schoolprize to Adrianus Mees, dated 1776. Spoelder 1; Schweiger p.1129.
- Without the prize; contemp. owner's entry on upper pastedown and first free endpaper. Gilding sl. worn away; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 1.
- Library stamp on first free endpaper. A few sm. stains on backcover; lacks ties. Fine copy.
= Spoelder 1; Graesse III, p.255; Schweiger p.139: "Neue Recens. nach Mscr. mit d. brauchbarsten Noten der frühern Erklärer. Die gelehrten Commentare von Valck. u. Wesseling werden s. geschätzt".
- Without the schoolprize. Sl. foxed/ browned. Dam. at top of spine; corners showing; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 1; Schweiger p.118.
- Lacks ties; gilding sl. faded; vellum sl. dustsoiled.
= Spoelder 6. With manuscript schoolprize for "Joanni Burgerhout" dated 1782. Dibdin II, p.525: "(...) contain[s] the pure text of the editio princeps, and the best notes of all the preceding editors"; Schweiger III, p.1129.
AND another contemp. vellum schoolprize binding w. gilt coat of arms of SCHIEDAM on both covers on P. VIRGILIUS MARO, Opera in tironum gratiam (Leipsic, 1828. Spoelder 7).
- Without the prize; bookplate on upper pastedown. Lacks ties; gilding sl. faded.
= Spoelder 7.
- Lacks 2 ties; spine duststained. Othewise fine.
= Spoelder 6. With the prize awarded to Joannes Burgerhout on 9 March, 1780 in manuscript on first blank.
AND 1 other schoolprize binding of SCHIEDAM: contemp. vellum w. gilt coat of arms of Schiedam surrounded by a gilt floral border w. gilt corner fleurons - ON: D. RUHNKENIUS, Elogium Tiberii Hemsterhusii/ D. WYTTENBACHIUS, Vita Davidis Ruhnkenius (Leyden/ Amst., 1824, 2 parts in 1 vol. Lacks ties; wihout prize; upper pastedown looosening; Spoelder 7).
- Upper hinge weak; occas. sl. foxed. Two ties broken.
= Not in Spoelder, cf. Spoelder 6. With the prize dated 2 August 1830 to Gerardus Joannes Spruijt, dated and signed by i.a. P. Loopuyt and rector G.C. Brillenburg. On the contents: Schweiger p.741.
- Vellum sl. dustsoiled. Lacks ties.
= Spoelder 7. With manuscript prize for "Gerardo Joanni Spruijt" dated 1831.
AND another identical schoolprize binding of SCHIEDAM for "Gerardum Joannem Spruijt" dated 1832.
- Endpapers loose; library stamp on first free endpaper. Vellum soiled and loose(ning). = Spoelder 1.
- One page w. sm. tear in outer (blank) margin; scattered contemp. owner's annots. in pen and ink; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 7. With the prize to Antonius Niermeyer, dated "XII Kalendis" July 1829.
AND 3 other schoolprize bindings of THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM and LEYDEN (mediocre copies).
- Sl. foxed. Vellum duststained, sm. stain on frontcover and sm. dam. on outer margin; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 7. With the prize awarded to "Janus Kruijff" in 1831 by the Latin school of Schiedam. Schweiger p.118; Dibdin I p.548f.
AND 2 others: a gilt vellum Schiedam schoolprize (without contents; Spoelder 7) and an incomplete gilt vellum Brielle schoolprize binding on A. MARCELLINUS, Rerum gestarum (Leyden, 1693. Lacks 2 plates; scattered stamps; top of spine dam.; stain on frontcover. Spoelder 3).
- Lacks ties.
= Spoelder 1. With 4 manuscript schoolprizes on first free endpaper and verso title, dated between 1649 and 1880. Schweiger II, p. 766.
- Without the prize.
= Spoelder 3. Schweiger p.144; Ebert 9604. The second part comprises extensive notes by Graevius (120p.), an introduction to "In Opera et Dies" by D. Heinsius (64p.) and an extensive index (140p.).
- Without the prize; occas. sl. foxed/ stained.
= Spoelder 5. On the contents: Schweiger p.1111.
- Some sm. (water)stains. Vellum sl. soiled. = Spoelder 3.
Schoolprize binding of The Hague: contemp. vellum w. gilt central coat of arms of THE HAGUE on both covers within decorated border, simple gilt spine, large 8vo. - ON: Justinus, M.J. Historiae Philippicae. Ed. A. Gronovius. Leyden, S. and J. Luchtmans, 1760, 2nd enl. ed., (46),XLII,1034,(171)p., engr. frontisp.
- Without the prize. First few lvs. incl. engr. title and letterpress title stained. Covers sl. warped.
= Spoelder 4; Schweiger p.493; Dibdin II, p.140: "These [the two Gronovius editions of 1719/ 1760] are very accurate and elegant editions, and greatly superior to all that preceded them. The latter is the more valuable edition, both from the quantity of matter it contains, and from its correctness".
AND 2 other vols., both schoolprize bindings, 1x of The Hague (Spoelder 3) and 1x of Leyden (Spoelder 5).
- Without the prize; some sl. occas. foxing. Binding sl. soiled; gilding of frontcover sl. rubbed.
= Spoelder 3. Schweiger II, p.1068; Dibdin II, p.475: "A very useful edition of Westerhovius for young students (...)".
AND 1 other schoolprize binding of The Hague, on F. SCHILLER, Geschichte des 30 jährigen Krieges (Vienna, A. Doll, n.d. (early 19th cent.), contemp. hcalf w. gilt "Hagae Comitis" stamp on frontcover (Spoelder 3). Top of spine sl. dam.; upper joint splitting).
- Without the prize. Lacks ties; joints sl. rubbed; corners bumped.
= Spoelder 1. Rare schoolprize binding.
- Without the prize; yellowed/ sl. browned; annotated in (red) pencil throughout; contemp. owner's entry on title-p. in pen and ink. Lacks ties; sl. dustsoiled.
= Spoelder 1, not dated before 1642. Very rare and early schoolprize binding of Utrecht. Schweiger p.360.
- Without the prize; lacks ties; binding sl. duststained. Otherwise fine.
= Spoelder 5. Stuck's work contains the following two parts: Antiquitatum convivialium libri tres, sive hebraeorum, graecorum, romanorum, aliarumque nationum conviviorum genera (...) and Sacrorum et Sacrifiorum gentilium brevem et accuratam descriptionem. Simon 1421; Vicaire p.805 (1st ed. Tiguri, 1587); Bibl. Gastronomica 6022 and Bitting 452: "It is stated that this work treats more fully than any other known of the manners, customs, and traditions of the table among the ancients."