- Occas. sl. foxed. Joints splitting; sl. worn along extremities. = Hugo 203.
Gay, J. The Fables. York, T. Wilson and son, 1811, 252p., woodengr. frontisp. and ills. by T. BEWICK, contemp. calf w. mor. letterpiece, 12mo.
- Sl. soiled/ stained in margins; a few lvs. repaired w. paper/ tape. Rebacked w. modern leather.
= Hugo 263: "One of the finest of Wilson's books illustrated by Thomas Bewick".
Goldsmith, O. The Poetical Works. Hereford, D. Walker, 1794, 95p., 6 woodengr. ills. and vignettes by T. BEWICK, modern leather, 12mo.
- Sl. (finger)soiled; two lvs. w. annots. in pen and ink. = Hugo 79 (ed. 1795).
AND 8 others, incl. J.E. HARTING, Our Summer Migrants. An Account of the Migratory Birds (London, 1877, woodengr. ills. by T. BEWICK, contemp. richly gilt green leather w. mor. letterpiece and gilt tooled "ducet amor patriae" on frontcover) and J.H. WYNNE, Amusing and Instructive Tales for Youth (London, 1815, woodengr. ills. by T. BEWICK, contemp. hroan, 12mo) and another ed. of the first work of the lot (Alnwick, 1815).
- Contemp. owner's entry on first blank; occas. sl. foxed (esp. the portrait). Rebacked.
= Roscoe p.117-180; Hugo 428; Ray 52: "Bewick deplored this well-produced volume, which to his mind could only serve "to feed the whimsies of bibliomanists", but he tolerated its publication. Though some of the engravings hardly rise above the chapbook level (...) the book is useful as a record of his work before he achieved his mature style."
AND 2 other editions of the same work.
= Hugo, no.95.
- Lacks the title-p. of The Whole Booke of Psalms; general title trimmed to the border and laid down; both vols. owners' entries on first free endpaper ("Margaret Harwood June 29th 1763", "Barbara Hales June 16 1833" and "Charlotte Mary Wilton 1870"); occas. shaved (affecting letters). Otherwise fine.
= A very attractively bound copy of the so-called Pearl Bible (named because of its small size fit to carry in pockets). Darlow/ Moule 496; Herbert 635. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.
- Occas. trifle waterst in blank margins, otherwise a fine copy. Backstrips of both vols. sl. wormholed/ dam. not affecting contents; dam. spot (1,5 cm.) on frontcover of vol. 1.
- Pastedowns detached; occas. margins waterstained. Corners dam.; edges rubbed/ worn.
= Rare.
- Engr. title-p. of the Old Testament trimmed to the plate mark and laid down on first blank; old annots. in pen and ink on OT title-p.; scattered restorations in blank lower margin/ corner; sm. chipped spot in outer margin of engr. title-p. of the NT; final textleaf dam. in lower outer corner (sl. loss of text); lacks final free endpaper. Letterpiece dam.; leather of clasp renewed. A good copy.
= Rare bible.
- Engr. title and htitle of vol. 1 doubled; a few lvs. remargined. Bindings chafed; calf dam./ splitting at board edges.
= Illustrated Moerentorf-bible, better known as the Van Sichem-bible. The New Testament with date 1646 (as it should be). Poortman I, p.134: "Steekt ver uit boven alle andere nadrukken"; Darlow/ Moule 3314; Le Long 631, 649. Contains a number of additional woodcuts by C. van Sichem after H. Goltzius, all mounted on blank lvs.
- Lacks the maps/ plans. New endpapers; title-p. repaired w. paper and tape on verso; sl. waterst. in margins. Professionally restored binding. Sold w.a.f.
= Poortman I, p.151; Darlow/ Moule II, 3313.
- Lacks title-p. and final leaf (w. woodcut ill.). Bookplate on first blank; occas. sl. (water)stained. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Rare ed., only 2 copies in STCV (1x complete). Poortman I, p.236 lists this bible summarily.
- First/ final lvs. loose(ning), dam. and creased; most maps/ plates loose; bookblock loose. Binding badly dam. Sold w.a.f.
= Poortman I, p.241. For the worldmap, cf. Shirley 431 and 498.
- Worldmap loose and doubled w. Japanese; 2 maps restored w. paper on verso; 1 map lacks lower outer (blank) corner and sl. waterst. A very good copy in a fine contemp. binding.
= On this controversial Bible-edition see Poortman I, p.140-142. On the maps and Jerusalem plan see Poortman/ Augusteijn 25, who does not list the Lindenberg Bible as bible in which J. Savry's maps appear, only in the copies by I. van der Putte (±1715); our copy with impressum J. Savry, 1648. On the worldmap see Poortman/ Augusteijn 29 (cf. G II); our copy without impressum and w. Dutch title.
- Lacks the maps/ plans. New endpapers; manuscript family data (early 18th-late 19th cent.) on 2nd blank; title-p. repaired w. paper and tape on verso; sl. waterst. in margins. Professionally restored binding.
= Poortman I, p.172-176; 241.
- New endpapers; partly sl. (water)stained/ soiled in margins; 1 map and 1 textleaf restored w. paper/ tape (latter w. loss of some text). Professionally restored binding.
= Poortman I, p.242. For the worldmap with Stoopendaal's signature and with number 6, Shirley 513: "finely-executed general map in two hemispheres with the same corner decorations as in the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658 (...)".
- Title and first two lvs. margins restored; trifle yellowed and foxed. Spine renewed.
= Poortman I, p.244. For the worldmap by D. Stoopendaal after N. Visscher: Shirley no. 498 and cf. 431.
- Lacks (possibly) 1 map; upper hinge weak; other map and 1 plate loosening; frontisp., map and 1 plate sl. dam. from pages formerly sticking together; first 2 quires sl. waterst. in upper/ outer blank margins; (sl.) foxed throughout; a few scattered owner's entries/ annots. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn.
= The fifth edition of the "Oud-Katholieke Bijbel." Darlow/ Moule 3344; Poortman I, p.135-136 (illustrating the title-p.): "Een bijzonder kenmerk van de Oud Katholieken is, dat ze de bijbel en vooral het Nieuwe Testament, in handen van leken willen geven. (...) De aartsbisschop van Utrecht, Johannes van Neercassel, wilde een betere bijbelvertaling van het Nieuwe Testament. Daarbij maakte hij gebruik van het Franse Testament van Mons, dat ontstaan was onder invloed van de Jansenisten, die ook graag de bijbel in handen van leken wilden geven. Deze bijbel werd door de Roomsch- Katholieke kerk verboden en toen Aegidius de Witte, priester te Mechelen in 1696 het Nieuwe Testament naar het Franse Testament vertaalde, werd hij uit zijn ambten ontzet en vluchtte naar Utrecht. Geestelijken, die in hun parochie zijn Nieuwe Testament gebruikten, werden in de gevangenis geworpen." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.
- Lacks final 3 textp. New endpapers; engr. title cut sl. short in right margin; first/ final few lvs. inner margin strengthened w. tape; margins sl. stained/ soiled, plates fine. Professionally restored binding.
= Poortman I, p.247. For the maps, Poortman/ Augusteijn p.230ff.
- New endpapers; title-pages w. bookseller's stamp; occas. sl. yellowed/ (finger)soiled in lower outer corner; vol. 2 first 4 lvs. sl. creased. Spine-ends sl. dam.; covers and edges sl. rubbed/ worn. Otherwise a good/ fine set.
= Zischka p.31, listing the original French edition published in 1722-1728; Poortman II, p.169-171: "Calmet's Naam- en Woordboek is geen prentbijbel maar een woordenboek met prenten. Het zijn geen prenten die de bijbelse geschiedenis afbeelden, maar de zeden en gewoonten der Joden, de godsdienstplechtigheden, de tabernakel, de tempels enz." The plates illustrate the history and culture of the Jews: ceremonies, costumes, plans and views of synagogues and other buildings, views of Jerusalem etc. Complete according to the binder's instructions in each vol., but all copies traced had varying numbers of plates (at the most 157 plates). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
- Occas. small stains; hinges weak. Joints partly sl. worn; 19th cent. endpapers.
- New endpapers; a few lvs. w. sm. tear/ reattached w. tape. Lacks ties.
= With prize awarded to Pieter Bruijnvis by the Doopsgezinde Kerk Alkmaar, 31 March 1777. Springer-Klassen 8616; Poortman II, p.71.