- Used copy: contemp. annots. and underlining in text throughout; partly (sl.) wormholed and waterst. Binding worn and wormholed; backstrip loosening.
= Rare, not in the usual reference works.
ADDED: a Greek ed. of the Old Testament (Leipsic, C. Tauchnitz, 1824).
- A few pages sl. browned, otherwise fine. Joints split(ting); lacks portion of backstrip.
- Fold. bookplate on upper pastedown; upper hinge weak; sl. agetoned. Binding chafed and worn; backstrip dam.
= Willems 1048; Rahir 1050; Ebert 9875 ("schön und selten"). First Elzevier edition, second variant listed by Willems. With a nice allegorical title.
- Upper left corner of fold. plan of The Hague torn off (w. loss of 2,5x3,5 cm. of image)); 2 plans w. closed tear; halftitle of vol.4 loose; 2 fold. maps partly browned on folds (one map also lacks part of outer frayed and browned degree border); map of the Maas and Merwede brown stains. Vol.6 frontcover sl. stained; vol.5 lower outer corner sl. burnt.
= Contains maps of i.a. Haarlemmermeer, Rijnland, Gooiland, Delftland, Schieland/ Krimperwaard, Amstelland and Kennemerland and (profile) views of i.a. Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Delft, Gouda, Haarlem, Rotterdam and The Hague. Apart from plans of all the large towns in Holland, a number of plans of smaller cities are included, i.a. Enkhuizen, Geertruidenberg, Gorinchem, Medemblik, Purmerend, Schiedam and Schoonhoven.
- Lacks 4 maps; one plan loose (Alkmaar). Bindings trifle rubbed; traces of ticket at top of spines; frontcover of the final vol. trifle stained. A good/ fine set.
= Contains maps of i.a. Haarlemmermeer, Rijnland, Gooiland, Delftland, Schieland/ Krimperwaard and Kennemerland and (profile) views of i.a. Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Delft, Gouda, Haarlem, Rotterdam and The Hague. Apart from plans of all the large towns in Holland, a number of plans of smaller cities are included, i.a. Enkhuizen, Geertruidenberg, Gorinchem, Medemblik, Purmerend, Schiedam and Schoonhoven.
= Important and highly esteemed annual, based on eye-witness accounts, and giving a wealth of information on the Netherlands incl. its colonies and Europe. The printer and publisher P. Casteleyn was the founder of the world's oldest (and still existing) newspaper, the "Oprechte Haarlemsche Courant".
WITH loosely inserted 2 issues of other 17th/ 18th cent. newspapers: HAEGSCHE MERCUR. No.9. Den 2 Sept: 1699 ((4)p. Possibly a later reprint) and GAZETTE DE LA HAYE DU VENDREDI 4 MAY. L'An 1764, Numro 54 (1 fold. leaf, (4)p.).
- Both vols. owner's entry/ annot. on first blank. Vol.1 upper joint splitting. Fine copy.
= Leendertz 128; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 386; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 235b and De Buck 2301 (both listing other editions).
- Traces of removed bookplate on upper pastedown. A fine copy. = Unger 177; Leendertz 132.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Vellum sl. soiled. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Leendertz 1a: "Deze titel staat op bladz. 3 van een verder onbedrukt vel, dat voor de uitgave van 1671 is ingevoegd. Niet alleen het gegraveerde titelblad, maar ook de fransche titel van 1671 is gebleven. De uitgevers van den derden druk der Historiën hebben dus het restant der uitgave van 1671 overgenomen en met een voorgevoegden titel als het tweede deel der volledige Werken opnieuw in den handel gebracht. Tegelijkertijd werd nu ook voor de nog niet verkochte exemplaren der Historiën op dezelfde wijze een vel voorgevoegd om er het eerste deel der Werken van te maken."; cf. Leendertz 126a note, mentioning the use of the third edition of Hooft's Neederlandsche Histoorien as the first part of Hooft's Werken; Landwehr 323.
- Occas. sl. soiled/ waterst. in margins; vol. 1 one plate sl. inkstained and lacks portion of lower corner. All vols. spine-ends sl. dam.; 2 vols. joints splitting. A good set.
= Comprises: I. Nederlandsche Historien, Seedert de Ooverdraght der Heerschappye van Kaizar Karel den Vyfden op Koning Philips zynen Zoon, Tot het einde der Landtvooghdye des Graven van Leicester (1703, 4th ed., 2 vols., engr. frontisp. by J. VAN MUNNICHUYSEN after G. DE LAIRESSE, 2 ident. title-vignettes, 25 double-p. plates/ views by i.a. J. LUYKEN, 1 full-p. plate, 24 portraits by i.a. A. VAN SIJLVELT). Leendertz 128; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 386; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 235b and De Buck 2301 (both listing other editions).
II. Mengel-Werken, Ten deele nooit te vooren gedrukt (1704, 1st ed., engr. frontisp., title-vignette, full-p. portrait of Hendrik de Groote and 30 emblematical textills.). Leendertz 2.
III. Alle de werken van C. Corn. Tacitus, In 't Hollandtsch vertaalt door den Heer P.C. Hooft (1704, 1st ed., engr. title-vignette, 8 fold. plates by I. MULDER, 14 portraits by A. VAILLANT). Leendertz 140; Geerebaert CXXXVII 5.II.b.
Leendertz 128a: "In 1704 heeft men de toen uitgegeven Mengelwerken en Tacitus met de Ned. Historiën van het vorige jaar tot ééne uitgave vereenigd, door er een gemeenschappelijken titel voor te plaatsen." Our copy without this title-p.
- Each vol. w. bookplate of J. Hooft Graafland on upper pastedown; occas. (sl.) foxed/ soiled. Bindings (sl.) worn along extremities; corners showing; paper over covers occas. (sl.) chafed. A good set.
= Claes 165.
- Small tear in top of spine; lacks letterpiece on spine.
Poot, H.K. Gedichten. Delft, R. Boitet, 1722/ 1728/ 1735, 3 vols., (20),444,(4); (24),448,(8); (14),61,(3),164, (2),167-268p., engr. frontisp. by F. BLEYSWYK, 3 diff. title-vignettes, portrait of the author by J. HOUBRAKEN after T. VAN DE WILT, num. full-page subtitles, num. large vignettes of mainly emblematical nature, contemp. unif. giltlettered hroan, sm. 4to.
- New endpapers; 2 plates doubled; outer margin of 5 plates strengthened. Corners and joints neatly restored w. use of modern vellum.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 117-b; Alden and Landis 652/56; Borba de Moraes I, p.194. Complete copy of the first Dutch edition. Describing the life of the famous Dutch general, the book gives a good survey of the history of the Netherlands between 1627 and 1647. The plates depicting i.a. plans of Breda, Den Bosch, Maastricht, Oldenzaal and Wesel; sea-battles and plates of Brazilian interest: Olinda and the Rio Grande. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- Engr. title-p. and one plate cut sl. short in lower margin (w. loss of publisher's address and year/ affecting image); the large fold. plate showing the "Lykstatie" doubled and partly also strengthened on verso on folds. Fine copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 117-b; Alden and Landis 652/56; Borba de Moraes I, p.194. Complete copy of the first Dutch edition. In describing the life of the famous Dutch general, the book gives a good survey of the history of the Netherlands between 1627 and 1647. The plates depicting i.a. plans of Breda, Den Bosch, Maastricht, Oldenzaal and Wesel; sea-battles and also plates of Brazilian and African interest: Olinda, the Rio Grande and Angola.
- Four plates ("Afbeeldinge hoe de Nieuwe Stadthouder (...) den Eedt doet en ter Rolle gaet sitten", "Zeeschlach in Duyn", the wedding of Prince William II and Mary Stuart and "De laaste lykplicht van syn Hoogheit") w. large tear(s); 8 plates w. sm. tear(s)/ hole(s)/ dam. spots. Vellum sl. rubbed/ stained; upper joint split; lacks the clasps; backcover w. remnants of catches.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 117-b; Alden and Landis 652/56; Borba de Moraes I, p.194. The first Dutch edition. Describing the life of the famous Dutch general and stadtholder, the book gives a good survey of the history of the Netherlands between 1627 and 1647.
- Engr. title cut short w. partial loss of publ. address; large fold. plate sl. browned and w. repaired tear in fold. Joints repaired.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 117b; De Buck 2382.
- Contents very fine, printed on heavy paper, all plates proofs.
- Wrapper sl. worn and soiled. A fine large paper copy.
= Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 227; Kat. Orn. Berl. 2967; Lipperheide Sd 31; Vinet 642; Lotz, Feuerwerk p.105. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
- Occas. trifle browned in margins. Bindings sl. worn; spines/ joints dam. (mostly repaired).
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 112c.
- Bookplate Six van Hillegom on upper pastedown. Small dent in frontcover.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 362c.