- Hinges cracked but holding well; title-p. w. sm. hole; later (early-mid 19th cent.) annots. on final free endpaper; occas. trifle waterst./ browned in blank margins. Joints splitting at lower end; foot of spine sl. dam.; backstrip (sl.) creased/ cracked; leather attachments of clasps to back cover (sl.) worn and lacking some rivets.
= De Wind p. 451; Haitsma Mulier/Van der Lem 380c.
- Sl. yellowed.
= Rare German edition after A.H. Anquetil-Duperron's translation of the Avesta, the main body of religious texts of Zoroastrianism.
- Without the four maps that Tiele 813 calls for w. reference to the identical ed. of this text by Jan Jansz.; occas. trifle fingersoiled in margins. Otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= Tiele 814, note, stating i.a. that the ed. published by Hartgers is a reprint of the edition by Jan Jansz., and that that edition in itself is, according to the preface by the publisher to the work by Olearius listed under Tiele 813, "maer een gedeelte van 't (oorspronk.) werck, 't welck loops-wyse hier en daer is uytgetrocken" (the orig. work has over 964p.). Cf. Cox I, p.248; Hilll 1257; Cat. NHSM p.133; Henze III, p.638f (listing the first edition published in Schleswig, 1647); Atabey 884 and Wing O269. Excerpts of the first Dutch edition of a famous travel account written by A. Olearius (Ölschläger) while he accompanied the mission sent by the Duke of Holstein to the King of Persia in 1633-39 as secretary. During his travels Olearius collected much valuable information on Russian customs and tradition.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Spine-ends sl. chipped.
= Encyclopedia of Philosophy II, p.180: "Condillac's Traité des sensations, which he published in 1754, established him as the great French métaphysicien, or clarifier of ideas by reference to experience."
- Lacks the frontisp. Vellum trifle soiled. = All vols. in first edition.
AND the 1st and 2nd part of the same work, same edition, bound in contemp. calf w. richly gilt spine. With the engr. frontispiece.
- All vols. bookplate and owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. sl. yellowed and fingersoiled.
- Vol. 1 one vignette and portrait sl. stained; 1 quire loosening; vol. 2 prelim. lvs. w. stamps; first and final few lvs. sl. waterst. in margin. Bindings sl. soiled/ stained. A good set.
- Sm. waterstain on title.
= Cf. Cat. Thema thee 233 (ed. 1696); cf. Bibliotheca Gastronomica 67-69, editions 1696, 1697 and 1709. Rare.
= Collection of these additions to almanacs, which were popular with travellers to kill time with on their often tedious journeys. They were almost always printed without publisher's address and date, and usually fall into the categories of humour, anecdotes and occas. useful knowledge. Comprising: De Cino Caser, Of de Amsterdamse Pakhuis-vreugd; De vliegende Faam, Uitblazende eenige vermakelyke Gezangen; De algmeene Concert-zaal, Leverende een verzaameling van Nieuwgemaakte en fraaije Zangstukjes; Het christelyk A, B, C; Samenspraak Tusschen Kryn, Neeltje, Jaap en Pleuntje; Onderrigtinge Voor de Vryery-Lievende Vryers; Een christens Hoogste Volkomenheyd in dit leeven voorgesteld in een Samenspraak, tusschen een Ryken en Armen man; De Zingende Apollo, Op Blygeestige Toonen; De Bedrogen Waakzaamheid (...); Eenige Geestelyke Liederen, op de Geboorte onzes Heeren Jezu Christi; Vermaak der Jeugd, of derde vervolg op de Rotterdamsche Zanggodin; De Vrolyke Matroos; Den geestelyken Byenkorf, Gevult met zoeten Honing (...) and Den geestelyken Trompet. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXV.
- Frontisp. stained; a few pages w. black (soot?) stains/ sl. soiled; lacks free endpapers; later upper pastedown; upper hinge weak.
= Buisman 60; De Vries 76; Scheepers II, 599. Cf. Waller 180-181; Muller 60-64.
- Occas. dampstained/ soiled in lower margin (sometimes affecting the text); sm. cancel stamp in lower corner of title-p.; upper left corner of frontisp. sl. dam. Vellum browned/ dustsoiled.
= Buisman 2381; Waller 1806; Muller 117; Scheepers II, 788.
- Owner's dedication and entry on first free endpaper and first blank; first and final lvs. sl. browned/ waterst. Joints starting; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Contains No.1-30 (25 May - 4 September 1699) (all published?).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; later annots. on first free endpaper; 2 textlvs. sl. stained w. trifle loss of text; lower pastedown detached.
= Scheepers I, 471; Waller 294 (1st ed., 1669). Translation of Boccalini's Pietra del paragone politico (1615).
- Partly trifle/ sl. wormholed/ waterst. in blank margin. Both vols. lack letterpiece; extremities sl. rubbed.
= Rare. Waller 1666; Scheepers II, 373.
- Portrait sl. foxed. Good/ fine copy.
= Description of a country-wedding in coarse language. NNBW IV, p.343; Versnel sale 721; Scheepers II, 88: "Satirisch beeld van de zeden ten plattenlande. De op den titel aangekondigde platen zijn niet verschenen." Rare.
- Frontisp. from a later (1720) ed. and cut sl. short in lower margin (w. loss of some text); new endpapers; a few lvs. repaired w. paper; occas. sl. (water)stained.
= Rare, first Dutch transl. and illustrated ed. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 94; Klaversma/ Hannema 323; Gieles/ Plak 50.
- Frontisp. dam. and repaired/ reattached w. tape; occas. sl. foxed/ soiled. Rebacked w. later leather; extremities sl. worn.
= Cf. Klaversma/ Hannema 316 and 317 (2nd and 4th ed.). Waller 354; not in Muller/ De Vries/ Scheepers.
- Lacks final free endpaper. Otherwise fine. = Muller 67 (attrib. the frontispiece to P. Nolpe). Very rare.
- Sl. yellowed throughout; frontisp. loosening and sl. waterstained in inner margin.
= Owner's entries of M. Buisman Jr on upper endpaper. First Dutch translation of Cotolondi's Arlequiniana ou les bon mots (Paris, 1694). Waller 171; Scheepers II, 752, note. Very rare.
- First part lacks htitle fold. plate strengthened on fold. Fine copy.
= First part warranted by Van Esveldt. Waller 1740 (the first part only and incomplete). Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATON PLATE CXXXV.