2499 - 3244 OLD and RARE BOOKS
79 2939 La Bruyère J de 
- Vellum sl. soiled. Otherwise a fine copy.
79 2940 La Fontaine J de 
79 2940 La Fontaine J de 
79 2940 La Fontaine J de 
- Textpages foxed (plates fine); a few plates/ text lvs loose. Needs rebinding (both bindings dam.): both vols. covers loose and backstrips loose/ badly dam.
= Remarkable and rare copy: all but both frontisp. and 2 plates come in two states: uncoloured and BEFORE LETTERS, and HANDCOLOURED w. letters (2 plates in handcoloured state only, no. 4 and 74). Occas. the two plates are not exactly the same. The frontisp. of vol.1 is the anonymous engr. frontisp. portrait of the edition Paris, Tourneisen fils, 1808, vol.2 has the handcol. engr. frontisp. by MOSSA after H. RIGAULT. See Reynaud p.287 (referring to the edition of 1792): "Il existe d'autres éditions en 1796 et en 1808. Les 2 derniers ff. lim. de chaque tome sont occupé au recto par une vignette et au verso par le faux-titlre (...) [not present in our copy]." No copy traced. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.
79 2941 La Grange C de 
- Partly trifle yellowed. Binding w. some rubbed spots.
= First edition of this book w. anacreontic poetry. Tchemerzine VI, 426a.
79 2942 Law Alkemade K van 
- Sl. foxed in blank margins almost throughout; a few textleaves remargined.
= Dekkers p.2, 1; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 9b.
79/2943 Law Les cinq codes de l'empire français en miniature 
- Binding restored. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Comprises: I. Code civil Napoléon. II. Code de procédure civile. III. Code de commerce. IV. Code d'instruction criminelle. V. Code pénal.
79/2944 Law Corpus Juris Civilis 
79/2944 Law Corpus Juris Civilis 
- With leather chapter tabs. First 2 blank lvs. loose(ning); occas. underlining and annots. in margins; some lvs. sl. stained in margin. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Willems 1323; Rahir 1367. "Édition recherchée à cause de sa belle exécution typographique (...). Ce Corpus juris est la reproduction textuelle sans les notes de l'édition in-folio parue l'année précédente (...)." (Willems).
AND 2 copies of the same work, ed. Amst., Sumptibus Societatis, 1681 (not collated but apparently complete; some quires loose. Willems 1592; Rahir 1761).
79 2945 Law Gothofredus D = D Godefroy 
- Titles w. old annots. in pen and ink; yellowed, stained and fingersoiled; partly waterst. Bindings chafed and sl. worn.
= Baudrier VII, p.356; not in Adams.
79 2946 Law Grotius H 
79 2946 Law Grotius H 
- Partly trifle yellowed. Lacks ties. A fine copy.
= With manuscript prize to Hendricus Gulielmus Brantsen, dated "XXV Sept. 1786" bound in at front. Spoelder 2. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 611; Ruit Hora 34; Dekkers p.70, 6. The three books with continuous pagination, the part with the "Mare Liberum" and the "Liber Singularis" paginated separately.
79 2947 Law Grotius H 
= Warranted by the publisher. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 778; Dekkers p.71.
Alkemade, K. van. Behandeling van 't kamp-regt; d'aaloude en opperste regts-vordering voor 't hof van Holland, onder de eerste graaven. Delft, A. Voorstad, 1702, 2nd ed., (20),235,(1)p., engr. title and 6 (of 7) plates, contemp. blindst. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- From the library of J.W. Six (bookplate). Lacks 1 plate, otherwise fine.
= Dekkers p.2; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 9b. Rare edition.
79 2948 Law Grotius H 
79 2948 Law Grotius H 
- Pastedowns loosening. Binding sl. soiled/ stained. Fine copy, from the library of C.A. Lion Cachet, w. his embossed owner's stamp on the title-p. of the first work.
= Ad 1: The second edition of this defense of Grotius' political ideas, published in the same year as the first, which was immediately banned by the States-General. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 875; Ruit Hora X, 3; Knuttel, Verboden boeken 160. Ad 2: Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 845; Ruit Hora IX, 1; Knuttel 2249.
79 2949 Law Justinianus 
79 2949 Law Justinianus 
- Occas. trifle foxed; vol. 1: child's scribbling in red pencil on final blank lvs.; vol. 2: "De laudibus (...) oratio" (8p.) erroneously bound in this vol. instead of vol. 1; first few lvs. sl. stained in upper corner. Vellum sl. soiled; covers of vol. 1 and 2 w. sm. bumped spot. A good/ fine set.
= Schweiger II, p.479.
79/2950 Law Landrechten van Over Ysssel met de nadere reglementen resolutien en ampliatien mitsgaders de hofrechten 
- First part sl. foxed; fold. flap of engr. title sl. frayed (strengthened on verso) and sl. browned.
79 2951 Law Vinnius A 
79 2951 Law Vinnius A 
79 2951 Law Vinnius A 
79 2951 Law Vinnius A 
- Top of spine sl. dam.; sl. worn along extremities. = Dekkers p.179, 3.
Anonymous (19th cent.). "Ius criminale." Manuscript in neat 19th-cent. hand, pen and ink, (1),318,(2) lvs., later hcalf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, 4to.
- Erroneous pagination; cut sl. short in upper margin. Lower joint splitting; sl. worn along edges.
= Transcript of a university course on criminal law taught by the German jurist J.M.F. BIRNBAUM (1792-1877).
Fabricius, A. Dissertatio antiquario-juridica inauguralis de officio praetorum. Leyden, S. and J. Luchtmans, 1757, (8),45,(10)p., contemp. calf, 4to.
- Binding w. sm. worn/ dam. spots. = Large paper copy.
79/2952 Law Wetboek Napoleon ingerigt voor het Koningrijk Holland 
- Joints splitting; (sl.) (water)stained throughout.
= Dutch adaptation of the Code Napoléon, replaced in 1811 (after Louis Napoléon's abdication) by the original unchanged French version.
AND 1 other.
79 2953 Le Francq van Berkhey J 
79 2953 Le Francq van Berkhey J 
- Mounted clipping on upper pastedown; sl. fingersoiled. Covers w. some rubbed spots.
= BNK 1455; Arpots 246; Ki.la.ki.le. 209 (2nd ed. of 1793). On Christina Chalon, who made the fine illustrations in the style of Van Ostade, see L. Buijnsters-Smets, "Christina Chalon, een achttiende-eeuwse tekenares", Antiek 16 (1982), p.470-480.
79 2954 Leyden and surroundings Mieris F van 
79 2954 Leyden and surroundings Mieris F van 
- Occas. trifle foxed. Rebacked w. cloth. = Dekkers p.118, 3; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 338h.
79 2955 Leyden and surroundings Orlers J J 
79 2955 Leyden and surroundings Orlers J J 
79 2955 Leyden and surroundings Orlers J J 
- Lacks 1 map and 1 portr. ill. Partly sl. waterst. in margin; title-p. dam. w. some loss of text; title-p. and plan/ map repaired w. tape on verso. Not collated, sold w.a.f.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 222. Contains i.a. illustrations of the Burcht, Town Hall, Academia Lugdunensis, Hortus Academicus, Theatrum Anatomicum, Biblioteca Publica, a plan of Leyden and a map of Leyden's siege, as well as descriptions of lives of artists from Leyden, i.a. Rembrandt van Rijn and Jan Lievens.
79 2956 Limojon de Saint Didier I F de 
79 2957 Love C 
79 2957 Love C 
- Bookblock; quires and a few lvs. loose; dogeared; lacks lower endpapers; final text leaf dam. Binding dam. Sold w.a.f.
= Rare.
79 2958 Luiken J 
79 2958 Luiken J 
79 2958 Luiken J 
79 2958 Luiken J 
- All vols. hinges weak; first vol. upper joint splitting at top of spine. All vols. binding (sl.) worn along extremities.
= On the 3rd vol.: Landwehr 470; Scheurleer p.179; Klaversma/ Hannema 946.
Idem. De bykorf des gemoeds, Honing zaamelende uit allerly Bloemen. Amst., Erven F. Houttuyn, 1779, (10),404,(2)p., engr. frontisp. and 101 engr. ½-p. emblems by J. LUIKEN, contemp. hcalf, sm. 8vo.
- Upper hinge broken but holding. Spine-ends worn/ dam.
= Landwehr 511; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 438.