- Wr. worn; backstrip dam.
= The beginning of a furious quarrel between professors Burman and Saxe over an alleged book theft. Knuttel 18837.
(Hamel, P.T. and Grotius, J.). Deductie ter verdediginge van Mr. Pieter Burman, professor te Amsterdam, tegen de zoo genaamde Regtmatige Afkeering van Christophorus Saxe, professor te Utrecht. The Hague, P.G. van Balen, 1763, (2),92,44p., contemp. wr., 4to.
- Waterst. at the beginning. Wr. worn. = Reaction to Saxe's defence. Knuttel 18878.
Saxe, C. Nodige aanmerkingen (...) op de wydlopige Deductie ter zoo genaamde Verdediginge van Meester Pieter Burman, Professor te Amsteldam. Utr., W.H. Kroon, 1764, (2),64p., contemp. wr., 4to.
- Backstrip sl. worn. = Saxe's response. Knuttel 18881.
AND 3 others, i.a. an unrelated work by P. BURMAN.
- Sl. foxed (a few lvs. worse); one leaf w. closed tear.
= Rare instruction work on the art of writing/ calligraphy.
- Owner's stamp of J.D. de Lind van Wijngaarden on first free endpaper; contemp. annots. in pen and ink on first blank and title-p. Pigskin sl. soiled/ worn at 2 corners; lacks clasps. A very good copy in a fine contemp. binding.
= Rare first ed. of Calvin's (posthumously published) last work, a commentary on the first twenty books of the prophet Ezekiel. Adams C300; Moeckli 61; Erichson p.30; Bibliotheca Calviniana III, 65/6.
- Partly vaguely waterst.; some scattered old annots./ underlining/ crossing-out; contents otherwise fine. Backcover and backstrip dam. (calf lacks portions/ loosening); lacks the clasps.
= Ad 1: De Theux 7; BCNI 3113; Pettegree NB 29652. Ad 2: De Theux 5-6; BCNI 3126; Pettegree NB 16180.
- Both vols. spine-ends trifle worn and giltlettering on two letterpieces rubbed off; corner sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= Contains i.a. much information on Brazil and the W.I.C.
- Bound rather tightly; title-p. and frontisp. yellowed.
= Very rare manual, contains the rules of the games, together with numerous examples. Also containing "De reglementen tot het edele spel, van de billard." Waller 1292; De Vries 540. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- A very rare complete, fine and clean copy, with the following sm. imperfections: first frontisp. doubled and owner's entry on first free endpaper pasted over w. blank paper; second vol. frontisp. cut out and laid down; title-p. of 3rd part doubled. Otherwise contents very fine. Covers of both vols. sl. rubbed/ sl. chafed.
= Howgego L43; Sabin 38415 (wrong collation of the plates); Alden/ Landis 725/121; Cat. NHSM I, p.268; Tiele 623; Von Hünersdorff/ Hasenkamp p.836; Mueller, Kakao p.29. "Labat went to the West Indies as a Dominican Missionary, and gives in this, his most famous work, details of all the islands he visited, and notably of Martinique and Guadeloupe. He speaks also of many of the smaller islands; of some of them this is the only early information we possess. He gives accounts of the cultivation of tobacco, sugar, indigo, etc., and many anecdotes of the inhabitants." (Cox II, p.235). Also on slavery, local history, flora and fauna, illustrated by various plates. The first Dutch edition with the same plates as the first French 8vo ed., published Paris 1722. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
- Large section of lower part title-page torn off, repaired w. later paper; later/ new endpapers; one leaf w. tear in lower outer corner.
= Attributed to Pieter Casteleyn, brother of the printer. Second title: "Der Heydensche Afgoderye waer in Verhaelt wert wat Tempels en Beelden, oock wat sacraficie langh voor Christus Geboorte, by de principaelste Natien zyn geweest". Very rare.
WITH a modern publication on this work: E.K. GROOTES, Heydensche afgoden (Deventer, 1987, orig. wr. Shrinkwrapped).
= Rare.
- Occas. sl. stained/ fingersoiled/ yellowed. Backstrip and edges worn; upper joint starting.
= Cats STCN 6; Mus. Catsianum 5.
- Spine-ends and upper joint restored; covers w. some scratches. A very good copy.
= Cats STCN 8; Mus. Catsianum 7.
- New endpapers. Spines restored w. use of contemp. backstrips. = Mus. Cats. 6.
- Joints splitting at spine-ends; chipped at foot of spine; lower corner upper cover showing. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Cats STCN 8; Mus. Catsianum 6.
- One double-p. plate almost torn in two (clumsily reattached w. paper); a few lvs. frayed or the lower right blank corner torn off; a few lvs. w. some sm. contemp. ink stains. Boardedges sl. rubbed; joints sl. worn, lower joint spliting (3-4 cm) at the bottom; foot of spine sl. chipped.
= Cats STCN 8. Mus. Catsianum 7.
- Lacks at least the 2 full-p. portraits A.M. Schuurman and Cats, and the double-p. plate "Huweleyx fuyk". Partly (water/ damp) stained. Upper hinge vol. 1 broken; hinges vol. 2 weak; one vol. lacks 1 letterpiece. Sold w.a.f.
= Mus. Cats. 6; STCN Cats p.59, 8.
- First lvs. stained in inner margin and reattached(?). = Museum Catsianum 126; STCN Cats 60.
- First and last few lvs. w. waterstain in outer margin; lower pastedown detached; one plate 'Huwelijksfuik' w. large chip in outer margin, affecting image.
= STCN Cats 140.
AND 1 other by the same: Gedachten op slapeloose nachten (Leyden, 1769, 10th ed., etched frontisp. and ills., contemp. velllum).
- Backstrip sl. rubbed; lacks letterpiece. = Cats STCN 141; Mus. Catsianum 213.
Idem. 's Werelts Begin, Midden, Eynde, Beslooten in den Trou-ring, met den Proef-steen van den selven. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1740), (44),673,(3)p., engr. frontisp., woodcut text ills., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Frontisp. and title-p. sticking to each other and to upper pastedown along inner margin; waterst. at the beginning; upper hinge weak; bookblock shaken.
= Cats STCN 254; Mus. Catsianum 188.
- Hinges weak; last part sl. wormholed. Backstrip and edges sl. worn.
= Cats STCN 142 and cf. Mus. Cats. 214.
ADDED 1 other (incomplete).
- Lacks final textleaf. Owner's entry and bookplate on first free endpaper; title-p. loosening; occas. sl. soiled in margin. Vellum loosening at turn-ins.
= Rare. Mus. Cats. 189.