81 2204 Krelage E H 
81 2204 Krelage E H 
- Full-p. calligr. bookplate of the KAVB, this copy presented to Chr. Eggink. Spines and covers partly sl. faded. Good/ fine copy.
Idem (ed.). De pamfletten van den Tulpenwindhandel 1636-1637. Ibid., M. Nijhoff, 1942, VII,(1),320p., (fold.) facs. plates, orig. giltlettered cl., 4to (libr. stamps/ ticket). Pavord, A. The Tulip. London, Bloomsbury, 1999, (8),439p., col. plates, orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND 6 others, i.a. A. VAN DER GOES, Tulpomania. Die Tulpe in der Kunst des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts (Zwolle, 2004, col. ills., orig. wr., large 4to).
81 2205 Lamarck J B P A de Monet de 
- Occas. (sl.) foxed/ browned.
= "This work is the best-known and most extensive presentation of Lamarck's theory of evolution. (...) The third part contains the most important additions to the earlier theories. In this section Lamarck deals in great detail with the problem of a physical explanation for the emergence of the higher mental faculties. (...) Lamarck's breakthrough was tying a progressive development of higher mental faculties in a physical way to structural development of the nervous system." (DNB VII, p.590-591).
81 2206 Lamy G 
81 2206 Lamy G 
- Some lvs. sl. waterst.; 3 scattered owner's entries. Binding sl. rubbed. Good copy.
= Rare. Guillaume Lamy (±1644-1683) was a French physician known for his anatomical treatises on i.a. the human soul and Epicurean philosophy. "In 1677 Lamy published Explication (...), in which he claimed that the mechanical explanation of the senses, of the passions, and of voluntary motion is necessarily a succession of risky hypothesis." (DSB).
AND 1 other.
81 2207 Le Francq van Berkhey J 
- Not collated but apparently complete. Partly waterstained; owner's entries on free endpapers. All bindings worn.
= In total 9 parts in 12 vols. were published. Nissen ZBI, 331.
81 2208 Lemery N 
- A few lvs. sl. (dust)soiled, endpapers worse. Extremities of binding rubbed.
= Cf. (on the French editions): Ferchl p.307; Vandewiele p.112; Ferguson II, p.21 and Bibl. Walleriana 5698. Wellcome p.488; DSB VIII, p.172-175.
81 2209 Loisel G 
81 2210 Lorentz H A 
- All vols. first blank and final text leaf yellowed/ browned on verso. Two vols. w. superficial scratch on frontcover (vol. 5)/ backcover (vol.6). Nevertheless a fine set.
= Dutch physicist and joint winner (with Pieter Zeeman) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1902 for his theory of electromagnetic radiation, which, confirmed by findings of Zeeman, gave rise to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Rare.
81 2211 Maillet B de 
- Bookplate of Frederick J. Stubbs on upper pastedown. Rebacked and corners restored; covers sl. worn/ rubbed.
= Rare. Norman Libr. II, 1422 and Sabin 43892: "This curious work was written by M. de Maillet, whose name is concealed in the word 'Telliamed'. It is supposed to have suggested to Mr. Darwin his celebrated theory." (Sabin) and "Maillet's materialistic system of the world (...) was written between 1692 and 1708, but its ideas were considered so disturbing and dangerous that even though manuscript copies began circulating in the 1720s the work did not appear in print until ten years after the author's death, and then only in a bowdlerized version prepared by Abbé J.B. le Mascrier (...)" (Norman Library).
81 2212 Martinet J F 
81 2212 Martinet J F 
81 2212 Martinet J F 
81 2212 Martinet J F 
- Second vol. final ±50 lvs. waterstained (incl. 2 plates). Gilding on letter- and volume-pieces sl. worn; 2 vols. top of spine sl. worn/ dam.
= B. Paasman, J.F. Martinet, p.45-65 and p.100; cf. Bierens de Haan 3061. "Uit dit werk, dat zich tot de grote groep geïnteresseerde leken richtte, kan men de 18e-eeuwse opvattingen leren kennen, niet alleen op het gebied van de biologie, maar ook op dat van de astrologie, geologie, fysica, meteorologie en ook filosofie, theologie en psychologie. Men vindt er vele gegevens over de zeden en gewoonten van de 18e-eeuwer, alsmede over het leven van de auteur zelf. Het bevat tientallen verwijzingen naar bekende tijdgenoten en naar plaatsen en landstreken uit de Republiek, vooral naar Zutphen en omgeving, en naar andere gebieden waar Martinet gewoond heeft, zoals Edam en wijde omgeving en de Meijereij van Den Bosch." (Paasman p.47).
Vries, J. de. Natuurkundige en ophelderende aanmerkingen over het eerste en tweede (/ derde en vierde) deel van J.F. Martinet's Katechismus der natuur. Ibid., J. van Selm, 1779, 4 parts in 2 vols., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. contrasting mor. letter- and volume-piece.
- First vol. one leaf w. small burn hole.
81 2213 Martinet J F 
81 2213 Martinet J F 
- Upper hinge broken; partly sl. waterst. in top (blank) margin; tear in first plate repaired w. paper on verso. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Very nice handcol. plates, incl. one depicting a platipus and an amaryllis (printed in red!). With a schoolprize awarded to W. van der Gaag ("School van het 's Gravenhaagsche Departement der Maatschappij: Tot nut van 't algemeen", 1822).
81 2214 Mathematics Brouwer L E J 
- (Sl.) foxed. Lettering on spine sl. faded.
= Copy of the trade edition, in "P. Noordhoff - Groningen" binding, of the orig. thesis (publ. in the same year). DSB II, p.512: "(...) Brouwer reacted vigorously to the debate between Russell and Poincaré on the logical foundations of mathematics. These reactions were expressed in his doctoral thesis, Over de Grondslagen der Wiskunde (...). In general he sided with Poincaré in his opposition to Russell's and Hilbert's ideas about the foundations of mathematics. He strongly disagreed with Poincaré however, in his opinion on mathematical existence. To Brouwer, mathematical existence did not mean freedom from contradiction, as Poincaré maintained, but intuitive constructibility."
81 2215 Mathematics Brouwer L E J 
- Owner's entry on title-p. Wrs. waterst. and dam. at backstrip.
= Rare. Contains the lectures "De onbetrouwbaarheid der logische principes", "Het wezen der meetkunde" and "Intuitionisme en formalisme".
81 2216 Mathematics Ceulen L van 
- Contents parlty waterstained in lower half; first few leaves loose(ning); bookblock almost loose. Vellum soiled/ stained and wrinkled.
= Hoogendoorn, Ceu 05, 1.1. Bierens de Haan 839; Simoni C85; DSB III, p.181. The second of the two major works by Van Ceulen, published 5 years after his death by his widow. Probably written only in part with an educational purpose for use at the university of Leyden at which Van Ceulen taught, it should primarily be seen as a theoretical work on the fundamentals of arithmetics and geometry (see C. Vlek, Ludolf van Ceulens Arithmetische en Geometrische Fondamenten, master's thesis available online). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
81 2217 Mathematics Clermont 
81 2217 Mathematics Clermont 
- First 2 blank lvs. w. sm. hole/ inkstain; owner's entry on first blank and title-p. Extremities sl. worn; upper joint splitting. Good copy.
= Rare ed. of this popular work on practical geometry by the French mathematician and military engineer Clermont, with plates depicting i.a. fortifications and architectural constructions. Not in Poggendorff; cf. Spaulding/ Karpinski 208 (1st ed. Strasb., 1693).
81 2218 Mathematics Coutereels J 
- First few quires sl. dogeared; title-p. duststained in outer margin; occas. sl. waterstained. Vellum duststained and browned.
= Rare edition. Hoogendoorn p.260, 22; cf. Bierens de Haan 977.
81 2219 Mathematics Dedekind R 
- Both vols. w. owner's entry in pen and ink on htitle. First vol. wr. sl. frayed; 2nd vol. wr. dam. (detached) and strengthened w. tape along outer margins.
= Second editions of Dedekind's important works on set theory. His epochal 1872 publication, Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen, gave the first rigorous definition of the system of real numbers, laying the foundation for much of modern day real analysis and point-set topology. Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen, his follow-up work, elaborates on his attempts "to derive a purely logical foundation for arithmetic, and devised a number of axioms that formally and exactly represented the logical concept of whole numbers" (DSB). Extremely rare, even in the 2nd edition. Poggendorf I, p.534; DSB IV, p.1-5.
81 2220 Mathematics Le Gendre F 
81 2220 Mathematics Le Gendre F 
- Spine-ends chipped. = Goldsmiths 11138.
Harroy, J. Traite de géometrie pratique sur le terrain, contenant le calcul, la mesure, le partage des terrains & la réduction des mesures. Liege, J.A. Gerlache, 1780, (12),178,(2)p., 18 fold. engr. plates, contemp. cat's paw calf w. gilt spine.
- Endpapers browned along edges; owner's entry of T.J.V. Baron de Heusch on title.
ADDED: 1 other.
81 2221 Mathematics Schmidt J J 
- One plate sl. creased. Binding rubbed.
81 2222 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
81 2222 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Lacks htitle of part 2; occas. sl. water-/ dampstained/ fingersoiled. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Title from general htitle. Cf. Krivatsy 1187 (first ed. Utr., 1651, same contents); BMN I, p.57; Hirsch I, p.441. The second edition of this popular medicinal manual by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats, whose poems are found throughout the book. Among his remarkable observations we find the description of silicosis (gin-drinker's liver), artificial teeth and epileptic children due to alcoholism.
81 2223 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
81 2223 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Sl. yellowed/ agetoned; partly sl. water-/ dampstained; a few lvs. w. restored margins.
= Krivatsy 1188; Bibl. Med. Neerl. I, p.57; Hirsch I, p.441. The third edition of this popular medicinal manual by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats, whose poems are found throughout the book. Among his remarkable observations we find the description of silicosis (gin-drinker's liver), artificial teeth and epileptic children due to alcoholism. The work also contains a chapter on tobacco (Arents 261, with reproduction of the fine half-p. engr. of Dutch smokers).