- Fold. map w. sm. tear; final pastedown vol. 1 loose, otherwise contents of both vols. fine. Backstrips (sl.) soiled.
= Willems 1652 (note; printed by Jan Jansson); Van der Heijden, Leo Belgicus 12.1 (copy c).
- The map loosely inserted; bookplate on upper pastedown; partly trifle yellowed. Binding sl. worn along edges.
- Without the engr. divisional titles of part 2 and 3; occas. sl. foxed (incl. plates). Corners showing; upper joint split.
- Lacks first free endpaper; partly sl. waterstained; title-p. browned and w. crossed-out owner's entry in top margin. Corners and spine-ends (sl.) worn.
= Van Doorninck I, 365; De Wind p.476 and p.590ff. At the end: "Liedeken op het Jaer 1572. Gemaeckt door Broer Hendrick van Biesten". Rare first edition.
- Title-p. dam. (and restored); a few leaves w. (ink)stain; occas. cut short in outer margin (affecting glosses and a few of the ills. extending into the outer margin); bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints professionally restored; spine-ends chipped.
= Rare third edition (first published Ghent, 1568 as Den spieghel der Nederlandscher audtheyt). Provenance: ex bibliotheca "B.M. Soctis. Jesu Brugis D.D. Dca Theresia Maviannis 1739" (old annot. in pen in upper margin of title-p.). From the "Bibliothecae Hafflighemensis. 1780" (old annot. in pen in lower margin of title-p.). Bibl. Belg. V65; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 477a; cf. De Wind p.160-165 ("het zonderlingste boek, 't welk ooit de pers verlaten heeft") and Scheepers I, 9 ("Zeer zeldzaam en hoogst merkwaardig werk"). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIII.
- Later ms. annot. on verso first free endpaper; title for the larger part detached; sl. browned; partly waterstained in lower part; a few lvs. w. inkstain. Dam. spot in upper joint; top of spine worn.
= Rare third edition (first published Ghent, 1568 as Den spieghel der Nederlandscher audtheyt). Bibl. Belg. V65; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 477a; cf. De Wind p.160-165 ("het zonderlingste boek, 't welk ooit de pers verlaten heeft") and Scheepers I, 9 ("Zeer zeldzaam en hoogst merkwaardig werk").
- (Sl.) foxed throughout; first ±12 lvs. sm. waterstain in upper blank margin; bookplate on upper pastedown. Vellum trifle soiled; sl. warped.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 309b; De Wind p.45-49.
- Occas. sl. foxed (mainly in blank margin). Top of spine chipped; sl. worn along extremities.
= Good/ fine large paper copy of a section of one of the finest and most attractive series of views depicting the Netherlands in the 18th century.
- Lower hinge weak; occas. (sl.) waterst.; partly sl. browned; multiple bookplates on upper pastedown. Sm. tears at top of spine in joints and backstrip; vellum sl. soiled.
= De Wind p.421-424; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 502. A history of Holland and Zeeland up to 1433, first published in Latin, 1635. Bound with sm. publisher's list.
- Pastedowns occas. detaching (vol. 15 upper pastedown torn/ dam.). A few backstrips sl. soiled. A good/ fine vellum-bound set.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507f; De Buck 1130.
- Lacks 1 plate; fold. portrait repaired on verso; headpiece cut inside the plate; plates sl. soiled/ creased (1x partly vaguely waterst.; 1x sl. foxed); 1 plate laid down; marg. waterstains/ some sm. repairs; occas. trifle wormholed in blank margins.
= Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 126; F.M. 2156. Fine plates depicting i.a. the arrival in Delft, the Inner Court at The Hague and the departure from Scheveningen.
- Frontisp. cut sl. short in upper margin; final lvs. sl. wormholed in upper (blank) margin (affecting text on 1 leaf); occas. sl. waterst. (mostly in blank margins).
= With contemp. annots. incl. a manuscript list (4p.) with church holidays in the years 1663-1699, written in black and red on first endpaper and blank. Rare. De Backer/ Sommervogel V,1740; BCNI 10233.
- Partly vaguely waterst. in (blank) margin. Dam. spots along boardedges.
= Rare, only 3 copies in STCN. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 350a: "Dirck Rembrandtszoon van Nierop was schoenmaker van beroep. Daarnaast was hij al vroeg zeer bedreven in wis- en sterrenkunde en deed hij voorstellen op het gebied van de lengtegraadsberekening. Ook publiceerde hij een tractaat waarin hij wilde aantonen dat de stilstand van de zon en de beweging van de aarde niet als strijdig met het christelijk geloof moesten worden gezien. Van Nierop correspondeerde met Christiaan Huygens en Nicolaas Witsen."
- Frontisp. minimally frayed along outer edge. Frontcover reattached; vellum sl. warped. Otherwise fine.
= LARGE PAPER copy. Tiele 799; Howgego N25; Bosch 145; Borba de Moraes II, 614; Sabin 55278; Lipperheide Md 2; Nissen ZBI 2975; Balders 1075; Landwehr, VOC 282; Hill 1227. "His (...) travels in Brazil and the East Indies appeared posthumously in 1682, edited from his notes and papers by his brother Hendrik. Both volumes were lavishly produced and bore engravings taken from Nieuhof's sketches." (Howgego). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIII.
- Title-p. foxed/ browned along margins; old owner's entry of Jac. de Richebourg(?) on title-p.; portrait sl. yellowed. A fine copy.
= From the library of Comte O. Moretus de Bouchout (bookplate and owner's entry on first free endpaper. Tiele 799; Howgego N25; Bosch 145; Borba de Moraes II, 614; Sabin 55278; Lipperheide Md 2; Nissen ZBI 2975; Balders 1075; Landwehr, VOC 282; Hill 1227. "His (...) travels in Brazil and the East Indies appeared posthumously in 1682, edited from his notes and papers by his brother Hendrik. Both volumes were lavishly produced and bore engravings taken from Nieuhof's sketches." (Howgego).
- Bookplate of A.T. Valck-Lucassen on upper pastedown. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 53; De Vries 26; Waller 343. The first and only edition.
- Contemp. owner's entry on upper pastedown; 3 blanks lack part. Binding sl. rubbed; chafed areas and a few wormholes.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 53; De Vries 26; Waller 343. The first and only edition. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annots. tipped onto upper pastedown.
- Lvs. occas. browned; one plate sl. frayed in outer margin. Upper joint splitting; rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 53; De Vries 26; Waller 343. The first and only edition.
- Folded map loose; upper hinge weak; pastedowns detached; 1 leaf w. 19th cent. owner's annot.; trifle foxed.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 85.
- Fine copy.
= Lipsius/ Leitzmann. p.47. Contains num. fine views of Dutch cities, maps, sea-battles etc. on coins.