- Lacks one view; pastedowns torn; sl./ trifle waterst. throughout; occas. tear or waterst. in maps/ plans/ views. Vellum trifle soiled; dent in spine.
- Last few lvs. of vol.1 and 2 (sl.) waterstained. Most letterpieces sl. defective; boardedges worn; corners showing; paper over covers rubbed/ worn. Vol.1 leather on backcover along backstrip sl. dam; vol.3 backstrip cracked.
= The first Dutch edition. Landwehr F105; cf. Bodemann II, 158, listing the edition published in 1781-1785 with the same ills.
- Contents of all vols. (sl.) waterst. Covers worn and waterst.; frontcover of vol. 1 loose.
= The 3rd Dutch edition. Landwehr F107; Waller 589; Bodemann II, 158.
- A few corners showing, otherwise a fine, attractively bound copy w. plates in fine contemp. handcolouring.
= The second edition of Ferwerda's "Nederlands Geslagt en Stam-boek (...) Letter A-D", publ. Leeuwarden, 1783, enlarged by the editor J. Kok with the letter E. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXII.
- Contents occas. a tad foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Corners of upper board worn; edges and ridges on spine sl. rubbed.
Migne, J.P. (ed.). Dictionnaire des Abbayes et Monastères, Histoire des Établissements Religieux (...). Paris, M. L'Abbé Migne, 1856, 1228 (numbered in columns), black hcalf w. gilt letterpiece, 4to.
- Contents occas. a tad foxed/ browned; w. library ticket on upper pastedown. Corners worn; spine rubbed.
- Some sm. soiled spots on vellum; nevertheless fine.
= De Buck 292; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 496. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annots. tipped onto upper pastedown.
= De Buck 292; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 496.
- First free endpaper replaced by a new endpaper; 2 bookplates on upper pastedown (Dr. Berendt/ Maia Goltz); occas. wormholed in lower margin (partly just touching the lowest textline); a few quires at the end sl. browned; occas. old underlining in pen and ink. Vellum sl. soiled; lower ties broken. Good copy.
= VD 16, W 763. A rare chronicle of East-Prussia. The author (±1540-1602) is also known as a lutenist and published several volumes of lute music.
- Trifle dampstained in lower margin of the final part; owner's entry on vero of frontisp. and on title-p. Fine copy.
= Rare. Cf. De Vries 332 (4th ed.).
= Hagen 131 D2, 210 and 205.
Idem. Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand. Ein Schauspiel. Ibid, idem, 1787, "Ächte Ausgabe", (2),240p., later boards.
= Goedeke 4,3, p.143, 1/2; Hagen 54.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed/ sl. browned; vol. 2 a few leaves at the beginning wormholed in outer blank margin; worldmap w. sm. waterstain in lower blank margin. Corners sl. rubbed; spine-ends chipped; covers occas. chafed/ some grazed areas; vol.2 frontcover sl. inkstained; joints partly starting. A good set.
= Rare complete copy. The worldmap ("Nova delineatio totius orbis terrarum, 25,5x34,5 cm.) engr. by J. van Meurs, with hemispheres that are surrounded by six robust statuesque figures typically representing Day and Night and the four elements; each, except for Mother Earth, proudly unclothed (Shirley 417). Klaversma/ Hannema 580 and (for the Volkomen Vervolgh op (...) Gottfrieds Historische Kronyck) 1478 and 1479; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen no.322. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXII.
- Creased; a few sm. holes; sl. frayed; contemp. annots. in pen and brown ink.
= Concerning i.a. "Een extra welgelegen en zeer aangename Buitenplaats, genaamd Langesteijn, bestaande in een Heerenhuis, Bouwhuis, Koetshuis en Stalling, mitsgaders Schuur, Hooiberg, Boomgaart, Moestuin, Laan, Speelhuis of Coupel, en Uitterdyk, verdere Getimmerte en Plantagie, met drie Viertels of twaalf Mergen Land, gelegen in den Lande van Steyn".
- Lacks div. title and dedication (lvs. A1 and A2, as often); (sl.) foxed/ stained; trifle yellowed/ browned.
= Rare treatise on the English reformation by Florentine merchant Bernardo Davanzati, supplemented with two of his main economic works (Notizia de Cambi and Lezione delle Monete) and lectures on agriculture. Einaudi 1434; Goldsmiths' 687; Kress 531.
- Title-p. 1st work doubled, mouldy and worn (partly w. loss of imprint); first 2 lvs. sl. crudely repaired w. tape; first quires loosening; yellowed, sl. waterst. and mouldy at the beginning; new upper pastedown w. bookplate.
ADDED: Zincgref, J.W. Duytsche Apophthegmata of Kloeck-uyt-gesprokene Wysheydt. Bestaende in Sin-Pit-Punt-en-Spot-Redenen van Pausen, Bisschoppen, Keysers, Koningen, Vorsten, Heeren, Edelen, Geleerden, &c (...) Met eenige Spreucken vermeerdert door Johannes Leonhard Weidner. Ibid., J. van Ravesteyn, 1669, (16),512p., engr. title, woodcut printer's vignette, contemp. vellum.
- Binding sl. worn.
- Lacks first free endpaper; title-p. cut sl. short in lower margin (affecting address); occas. yellowed; partly sl. waterstained and wormholed in lower half.
= Rare Dutch edition of Gauden's Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, first publ. London, 1648.
- Corners showing; paper over boards chafed. Otherwise fine.
= Rare Dutch edition.
- Yellowed; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding rubbed. = Rare.
- A fine set despite the following minor imperfections: frontisp. and title to 1st vol. w. sm. waterstain in lower inner margin; occas. very light browning to pages.
= Also known as the Atsley Collection. The first 2 vols. describe voyages undertaken by the Portuguese and the English from 1418 to 1735 to the East Indies and to Africa etc. Vols. 3 and 4 continue the travels in the rest of Africa, and then deal at length with travels in China and the rest of the far east. Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica 1947; Hill p.210; Sabin 28539; Cox I, p.15. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
- Engr. title and title-p. browned; bookplate on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on first blank; new endpapers. Vellum soiled/ stained; backstrip dam.; contemp. manuscript annot. on frontcover "dat is varkensvel".
BOUND WITH: Burg, H. van den. Mengeldichten, bestaande in voorbeelden van deugden en ondeugden in beruchte vrouwen. Leyden, I. Severinus, 1716, (8),110,(4)p., engr. title-vign. and headpiece by J. GOEREE.
- Sl. waterstained and browned in blank margins; tear in title-p., sl. affecting vignette.
= Rare.
- Old owner's entry on first free endpaper (illegible); gilt on top edge dulled. Remnants of paper ticket on backstrip.
= The rare continuation of Greenwood's Boere-Pinxtervreugd, first publ. Rott. 1733 and here included in the 2nd edition as the second part. Boere-Pinxtervreugd is a satirical poem on the Pentecost festivities in a Dutch village, illustrated with 4 nice etchings, starting with the festive entry of the drummers and ending with a mass brawl at the inn.