- Sl. foxed; a few lvs. loosening. Binding worn. = Warranted by the author. Rare. Cf. Brinkman 510.
AND an incomplete copy of J.G. KROL, Nieuw volledig handboek voor Kooplieden, Winkeliers en anderen, waarin men, met eenen opslag van het oog, vindt, hoe veel eene zekere hoeveelheid of quantiteit goederen waardig is of kost (Sneek, 1819, contemp. hcl., sm. 8vo. Lacks title-p. and first textleaf. Sold w.a.f.).
- Good/ fine copy.
= Goldsmiths 26288; cf. Einaudi 4297. From the library of Arnold Heertje, with his bookplate on upper pastedown.
AND 2 others: W. GREEN, Plans of Economy; or, the Road to Independence, both in Town and Country (London, 1823, new enl. ed., contemp. boards) and R. HEATHFIELD, Elements of a Plan for the Liquidation of the Public Debt in the United Kingdom (ibid., 1819, 1st ed., modern hcl.).
= Einaudi 4581; Goldsmiths' 6553; Kress 3676. William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, was Prime Minster of Great Britain for two days, during the so called short-lived ministry in 1746.
AND 4 others, i.a. SOME CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE PUBLICK FUNDS, the Publick Revenues, and the Annual Supplies, Granted by Parliament (...) (London, 1735, without binding) and AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF OUR DOMESTICK AFFAIRS, From the Year 1721, to the Present Time (...) Being a Sequel to Politicks on both sides (ibid., 1734, modern hcl.).
- Frontcover loose; top of spine dam. = Goldsmiths 26696; cf. Einaudi 6029 (4th ed., 1855).
- Last page w. tear in centre; lacks 1 plate; stamp on last blank. Binding worn along extremities; a few dents in backcover.
= The first Dutch edition. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 155b. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his bookplate on upper pastedown.
- Sl. frayed; wrappers partly sl. dam. = Hilmy I, p.363; Gay 2102. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIX.
- Partly waterst. and trifle mouldy in blank margins; num. scattered old annots. in pen and ink. Vellum stained.
= Willems 1408; Rahir 1481. Fifth Elzevier edition, second variant listed by Willems.
Justinus, M.J. Historiarum Ex Trogo Pompeio Lib. XLIV. Ed. I. Vossius. Ibid., idem, 1673, (12),330,(37)p., engr. title by C. DUYSENT, contemp. vellum, 12mo.
- Upper hinge weak; some mould stains at the beginning (incl. title); bookblock shaken. Vellum stained.
= Willems 1484; Rahir 1591; cf. Dibdin II, p.139. Schweiger p.490.
- Lacks first free endpaper; prelim. lvs. sl. frayed; 1 leaf loose; sl. waterst. in (blank) margin. Vellum sl. wrinkled; tailband broken.
= Ad 1: cf. Praz, p.261. Not in Landwehr.
- A few plates w. sl. cut short outer margin (1x affecting image). Otherwise a very fine and clean copy.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 306; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 351.
- Frontisp. stained/ repaired on verso; partly vaguely waterst. in blank margins; occas. sl. foxed/ soiled. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn.
= From the library of literary and art critic Mario Praz (his bookplate on upper pastedown). Unchanged reprint of the second and best edition. Landwehr 90; Praz p.288; Hendriks and Mateboer p.52 on the probable publication date of ±1661.
- Without vol.1; lacks pages 73-80 and corresponding plates, seemingly never bound in; first three plates coloured in w. children's pencils; upper pastedown w. tear; lower endpapers w. shoddily repaired tears. Covers (sl.) soiled. Sold w.a.f.
- Second work sl. yellowed; 1st work occas. sl. stained/ fingersoiled. Vellum sl. darkened.
= Ad 1: Landwehr 251. Ad 2: Landwehr 257. The continuation (in 2nd ed.?) to Landwehr 252 ("Eerste deel"), complete work in itself.
- A good/ fine copy. = Rare. Landwehr 315; Praz p.370.
- Occas. sl. yellowed/ sl. browned.
= Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 244; Klaversma/ Hannema 739: "Herdruk van de roofdruk van 1695". This edition not in Landwehr (cf. Landwehr 10). Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIX.
- Backstrip loosening at top of spine. = Landwehr 453.
AND 1 other: S. PATRICK, Bestieringen tot een Heilig Leven, by wyze van een Raad aan een Vrind (ibid., 1752, 1st ed., engr. frontisp. by S. FOKKE, 16 half-p. textills., contemp. blindst. vellum).
- A fine copy.
= Bodemann 82.1; Landwehr 433; Praz p.392; Wildenberg 1131. Van de Klashorst 310: "Collection of fables, each of which is interpreted, usually in a political, republican sense. The author warns continuously against the dangers of monarchy. He also expounds a Cartesian psychology". The Children's World of Learning 3094: "The book represents a perfect example of the coexistence and cross-fertilisation of fable and emblem books, which took place in The Netherlands in the late 17th century." First and only edition.
- First part lacks frontisp. and first 2 prelim. text lvs.; first title-p. w. libr. stamp and w. portion of lower blank margin cut out; yellowed and fingersoiled; pastedowns w. annots. and traces of wax seals(?). Vellum wrinkled and stained.
= Rare.
- Contents fine; boards sl. worn.
= Landwehr 452 and 552; De Vries 42; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 481.
- Spine and edges sl. rubbed.
= Landwehr 457. Rare collection of (all?) works by this author, i.a. with emblematic illustrations, showing nice contemporary Dutch street -, landscape and interior views.
- Bookblock sl. shaken; pastedowns torn/ lacking; owner's entry on 2nd blank.
= Landwehr 500; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 425 note; Klaversma/ Hannema 913.