80 3155 Hungary Eötvös I 
80 3155 Hungary Eötvös I 
- Some traces of nibbling by silverfish on binding. Contents fine.
AND 1 other Hungarian legal work, titled Erdély országának Három Könyvekre osztatott törvényes könyve (Koloszvar, 1815, contemp. (sl. worn and dried) calf. Not collated).
80 3156 Huygens C 
- Large tear (±10 cm.) in fold. plan. Vellum sl. warped and soiled.
= Bibl. Belg. H120; Van Someren 2677a.
80 3157 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Cato M P and Erasmus D 
80 3157 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Cato M P and Erasmus D 
- Title-p. restored around edges/ lacks sm. part of upper margin (just affecting the image) w. ink stains and 2 sm. holes; a few lvs. w. sm. restoration in lower blank margin.
= Rare. This ed. not in Adams and Van der Haeghen. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
80 3158 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Luther M 
80 3158 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Luther M 
80 3158 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Luther M 
- Title and 1 other leaf w. repaired tear in blank margin; some sl. occas. foxing/ soiling; a few lvs. w. vague waterst. in margin; old catalogue clipping tipped on lower pastedown. Num. contemp./ old annots. and underlinings in pen and ink.
= Benzing 3332.
80 3159 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Mayronis F de 
80 3159 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Mayronis F de 
- Waterstain in upper outer corner, last few lvs. also in outer margin; modern first free endpaper; title-p. w. closed holes in upper outer corner; contemporary owner's entry "Fr(ater) Hieronymus Lappius". Rebacked w. use of parts of the old backstrip; covers heavily soiled and worn.
= Adams G 950.
80 3160 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Ovidius Naso P 
80 3160 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Ovidius Naso P 
80 3160 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Ovidius Naso P 
- Partly sl. yellowed; occas. sl. soiled/ (damp)stained (mostly in blank margin); 3 lvs. repaired w. paper; 1 quire loosening. Extremities sl. worn; backstrip trifle wormholed. Otherwise a good copy.
= Illustrated ed. of Ovid's Heroides with (printed around the text) commentaries of prominent humanists of the time, i.a. A. Volsco, A.G. Parrasio, J. Badius, D. Calderini. Very rare edition, only 3 copies in USTC and no copy traced on the market. EDIT16 37717 (online); not in the usual reference works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
80 3161 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Vergilius Polydorus 
80 3161 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Vergilius Polydorus 
80 3161 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Vergilius Polydorus 
80 3161 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Vergilius Polydorus 
- Lacks 6 lvs. (incl. 2 ills.). Several lvs. margins repaired/ strengthened w. paper (4x w. loss of sm. portion of the image; 3x w. loss of text); occas. (sl.) wormholed/ soiled/ stained (affecting some ills.); occas. cut sl. short in top/ right margin.
= German translation of the Latin work De inventoribus rerum (ed. Venice, 1499, without ills.), written by the Italian historian Polydore Vergil of Urbino (±1470-1555). The work consists of eight books, the first three describing the history of human origins, discoveries and inventions; the last five the origins of Christian rites and institutions. The beautiful woodcuts depict printers, doctors, alchemists, magicians, musicians, hunters etc. VD16 V 764; Fairfax Murray 425; Simon, Bibl. Bacchica II, 674; Bibl. Gastr. 1548. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVI.
80 3162 India Haafner J 
80 3162 India Haafner J 
- Title sl. waterstained; 20th cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper; bookplate on verso engr. title. Backstrip dam.
= Tiele 437; Landwehr, VOC 354; cat. NHSM I, p.121; Landwehr, Dutch Books Col. Plates 299. The first edition, posthumously published.
80 3163 India Havart D 
80 3163 India Havart D 
80 3163 India Havart D 
80 3163 India Havart D 
- Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed (incl. part of the plates); one plate w. paper flaw in lower margin. Sm. tear in spine and sm. red stain (4x0,6 cm.) in top margin of frontcover. Good/ fine copy.
= Landwehr VOC 559; Tiele 458; Cat. NHSM, p.241; Rouffaer/ Muller p.341; Klaversma/ Hannema 604; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 227. "Daniel Havart travelled to the Indies for the Zeeland chamber of the VOC in 1672. He stayed there from 1672 to 1685 on the Coromandel coast. His book is a standard work on the Coromandel coast and the VOC factories there." (Landwehr). Contains much information on the period that the Dutch were the most powerful European traders on the East coast of India. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVI.
80 3164 Indonesia Forrest T 
80 3164 Indonesia Forrest T 
80 3164 Indonesia Forrest T 
80 3164 Indonesia Forrest T 
80 3164 Indonesia Forrest T 
80 3164 Indonesia Forrest T 
- Partly foxed and occas. browned; p.88-92 and plate 6 w. heavy offsetting from previously inserted leaf; a few leaves sl. dampstained in lower margin; plate 2 cut trifle short in outer margin (just touching the image); portrait trifle frayed in lower margin and reattached w. sm. restoration in lower blank inner margin.
= Cox II, p.301 (note); Howgego F60; Henze II, p.261f: "Sein 1779 [in Dublin] erschienenes Reisewerk brachte vielerlei Neues über den O Insulindes, scheint aber zu seiner Zeit wenig Beachtung gefunden zu haben (...)." Hill 623: "In 1774, when the council, in accordance with their instructions and with a view to developing new sources of trade, desired to send an exploring party in the direction of New Guinea, Forrest offered his services. He sailed in the Tartar, a native boat (...). The voyage was one of examination and enquiry rather than of exploration, and the additions made to geographical knowledge were corrections of detail rather than startling discoveries, but the tact with which he conducted his intercourse with the natives, and the amount of work done in a small boat, deservedly won him credit as a navigator". "Contient un vocabulaire de la langue Magindano et de celle des Papous" (Chadenat). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
80 3165 Indonesia Spilbergen J van 
80 3165 Indonesia Spilbergen J van 
- New endpapers; bookplate of D. Dunlop on upper pastedown; title-p. and plate reattached along inner margin.
= Tiele 1022; Landwehr, VOC 251 and 198; Cox I, p.30; Rouffaer/ Muller, p.53.
80 3166 Islam Galland J C 
- Title-p. sl. yellowed and foxed. Upper joint splitting at (sl. rubbed) spine-ends. Otherwise fine.
= Gay 3639; Blackmer 643; Atabey 470. Scarce.
80 3167 Italy Blanc T 
80 3167 Italy Blanc T 
- Sl. yellowed. Binding sl. worn along extremtities. = Rare 4to edition.
80 3168 Italy Machiavelli N 
- Frontcover w. a few stains. A fine copy.
= De historische en politique werken, vol. 1 and 2. Bertelli/ Innocenti, Bibl. Machiavelliana XVIII, 5. Not in Scheepers, Muller, De Vries etc.
80 3169 Italy Pinelli B 
- Sl. foxed, mostly in blank margins; library stamp "Bibliotheek Pulchri" on title-p. and plates 1, 21 and 28; inventory number on title-p.; bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding sl. dam. along edges; paper ticket on spine.
= Lipperheide Ja 16; Hiler & Hiler, p.667; Colas 2378. The plates documenting the costume and various scenes in and about Rome, including festivals, the wine harvest, young men serenating a woman, a magic lantern show, a puppet show, and numerous local costumes and games.
80 3170 Italy Rogissart A de 
80 3170 Italy Rogissart A de 
80 3170 Italy Rogissart A de 
- Lacks both div. title-p. Sl. yellowed and occas. trifle foxed.
= Schudt p.173. Attractive views, intended for "(...) ceux qui voudront voïager dans ce beau païs; (...) ceux qui y ont deja été: & enfin (...) ceux qui ne l'ont jamais vû (...)" (preface to the absent first vol.).
80 3171 Italy Rubeis F de Franchis V de Bottis J A de a o 
80 3171 Italy Rubeis F de Franchis V de Bottis J A de a o 
- Partly sl. wormholed, otherwise a fine copy. Rare.
80 3172 Italy Tessaurus Fossanensis A 
- Binding worn along edges; joints splitting at spine-ends.
80 3173 Italy Venice Amelot de la Houssaie A N 
80 3173 Italy Venice Amelot de la Houssaie A N 
80 3173 Italy Venice Amelot de la Houssaie A N 
- The plate w. the Sposalizio del Mare w. tears in folds into image; blank margins of the plates of San Marco square sl. frayed. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= Cf. Brunet VI, p.1434 (other eds.). Extremely rare first Dutch edition of the famous analysis of the Venetian state and of the reasons for its decadence. Amelot de la Houssaie was imprisoned for the work, published a second edition with a supplement immediately after his release (after six weeks of imprisonment), which was suppressed. Nevertheless the work became immensely popular and passed through twenty-two editions in three years' time. Containing strong impressions of the fold. plates of i.a. Piazza San Marco, Sala del Maggior Consiglio inside the Palazzo Ducale, the Sposalizio del Mare (Marriage of the Sea, a ceremony which symbolized the maritime dominion of Venice, traditionally celebrated on Ascension Day) and 2 costume plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
80 3174 Jansenism Codde P 
- Pastedowns loose(ning); partly sl. browned. Spine sl. darkened.
= As archbishop of Utrecht, Petrus Codde (1648-1710) was twice accused of Jansenist sympathies and eventually felt it necessary to defend himself in person before the Pope in 1697. His attempt proved ineffective and couldn't prevent his suspension in 1702 and his dismissal two years later. In the Dutch Republic, these events caused discord between the anti-Jansenists and the more moderate catholics, eventually leading to the schism of Utrecht and origin of the independent Oudkatholieke Kerk in 1723.