- Partly sl. foxed. Covers sl. chafed.
= Goedeke IV, 1, p.264; Schulte-Strathaus 77c; Kippenberg I, 581; BMN II, p.39. The charming decoration for this work, vignettes and larger and smaller plates and illustrations, was newly executed by J.R. Schellenberg, R. Brichtet, J. Hegi, J. Heidegger and others. The text was selected by Lavater himself from parts of his monumental first German edition (Leipsic, 1775), revised under his supervision and translated into Dutch by Joh. W. van der Haar.
- Occas. underlining/ annots. in ballpoint; partly (sl.) waterst. in lower margin; occas. browned/ soiled; bookplates on verso first free endpaper.
- Without vol.17 (index). Vol.4 a few fold. plates creased; vol.13 (sl.) waterstained throughout (incl. plates). All vols. wrappers sl. worn/ rubbed. Good set.
= BNK 581; cf. Nissen, ZBI 3197. Apart from plates on zoology, botany and natural phenomena, there are also plates of professions, ship-building, garden architecture, etc.
- Boards sl. browned. Fine copy.
= Grinstein 147; Meyer-Palmedo/ Fichtner 1921c; Norman Library F100: "In his analysis of group psychology, Freud examined the nature of the bonds that unite groups, which he traced back to the earliest example of group-formation, the family. He stressed the importance of the part played by the group leader, and stated that the ideal put forth by this leader must correspond with the ego ideal, or superego, of the group members."
Idem. Das Ich und das Es. Ibid., idem, 1923, 1st ed., 77,(1),(2 advert.)p., orig. wr.
- Unopened; wr. loose and split.
= Grinstein 121; Meyer-Palmedo/ Fichtner 1923b; Norman Library F105: "Freud's last major contribution to psychoanalytic theory. The ego and the id offered a new picture of the structure of the mind, introducing the threefold division of ego, superego and id (...)."
- Trifle yellowed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints and spine-ends worn; scratch on backcover.
= Wellcome IV, p.412; Hirsch-H. IV, p.605. Rare.
- Eight plates w. (sm.) closed tear in blank margin; newspaper clipping tipped onto first blank and text leaf; ticket pasted onto verso htitle; first few lvs. sl. foxed/ browned. Rebacked.
= Rare French adaptation, by a certain Mr. Perrault, of Raff's famous natural history school book Naturgeschichte für Kinder (Göttingen, 1778). Nissen, ZBI 3269; not in Gumuchian; cf. Buijnsters, BNK 583 (Dutch adaptation by Le Francq van Berkhey); Wegehaupt I, 1725 (German original). With manuscript schoolprize to J. de Sonnaville, dated "Amersfoort le 18 de Dec: 1809".
- Spines rubbed; spine-ends sl. dam. = Vol. 1 warranted by the author. Rare.
- Wrappers creased/ frayed.
= With the loosely inserted errata-leaf. Rouffaer/ Muller Suppl. II, p.88; Ockeloen p.763.
Koninklijke fabriek van rijtuigen en spoorwagens J.J. Beijnes N.V. Beverwijk, n.publ., 1955, (64)p., (full-p.) ills., text in Dutch, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Indonesian, orig. (yellowed) ringbinder. - AND 1 other: N.V. NEDERLANDSCHE SPOORWEGEN, De Nederlandsche spoorwegen in vogelvlucht (Utr., 1956, ills., orig. wr., 4to. Folded vertically). - ADDED: 10 brochures and small publications on (public) transport, i.a. 2 by Gazelle Rijwielfabriek (1934/ 1937, ills. and wrs. by A. VLAANDEREN), KLM (1946, 2x) and Haagsche Omnibus-Maatschappij (1898).
- New endpapers; title-p. corner restored; partly vaguely waterst. in top blank margin. Vellum soiled.
= Rare first Dutch ed. of The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation (London, 1691) by the English naturalist John Ray (1627-1705).
- Title-p. and first blank loose, both lvs. lower corner restored w. scotch tape (w. modern paper to first blank); brown offsetting from 1 plate to opposite leaf; occas. trifle foxed. Binding rubbed and sl. worn.
= Cf. Gerrare 258 (1st ed. London, 1742): "This book is epoch-making, and probably no book dealing with firearms is better known or so frequently quoted; its principles were accepted generally, and the work was recognised as the standard authority for many years".
BOUND WITH: Inman, J. An Introduction to Naval Gunnery. Portsea/ London, W. Woodward/ Rivington & Co., 1828, V,(3),52p., woodcut ills.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities. = Rare.
Portielje, A.F.J. and Abramsz, S. Het Artisboek. Zutphen, P. van Belkum, n.d. (1922), 2 parts in 1 vol., VIII,295,(1); (6),304,(1)p., num. (full-p.) ills., orig. pict. cl., 4to (fine). - AND 1 other: KRUIDENIER AAN DE AMSTEL. De Amsterdamse Hortus volgens Johannes Snippendaal (1646). Ed. F. Bouman, B. Baljet and E. Zevenhuizen (Amst., 2007, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Fine).
- Lacks first free endpaper; partly sl. dampstained in blank margin. Binding (sl.) worn/ rubbed.
= Rare history of the disciplines of i.a. arithmetic, algebra, geometry, astronomy and gnomonics. From the libraries of Henry Home, Lord Kames (Scottish philosopher and judge) and G.A. Lindeboom (their bookplates on both pastedowns).
- Occas. foxed. Otherwise fine.
= Rare edition. First published in 1716, this was a remarkable publication in the field of bibliography: the first work to contain an inventory of all the books on natural history ever published. The appendix by Le Long contains a list of works on natural history by French authors.
- Slightly foxed/ (water)stained; several lvs. w tears repaired w. tape. Joints splitting; extremities sl. worn.
= Nissen, ZBI 3682. Nice plates depicting birds (7x), mammals (13x) and amphibians and reptiles (5x).
Calwer, C.G. Keverboek. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme, 1930, 2 vols., (8),784; (2),785-1330p., 51 (48 col.) plates, 250 ills., orig. unif. hcl. w. gilt spine, 4to.
- Hinges strengthened w. cl. tape. Extremities sl. rubbed.
= Dutch edition after the 6th German ed. by P.M. Keer. Cf. Nissen, ZBI 790 (German ed.).
AND 1 other.
= Mostly Vespa, but also i.a. Bella, Stokvis and Heinkel. Also incl. a rare brochure of the Maico Mobil (marketed as a "car on two wheels", ±1955).
- First/ final blank and htitle sl. browned.
= Horn/ Schenkling p.952; Hagen II p.50. Rare work on silk production.
- Yellowed. Backstrip w. restored and loose(ning) portion.
= Etyudy seksual'noi biologii I. Eugen Steinach was an Austrian pioneering endocrinologist. He laid the basis for what would become transgender surgery.
- Partly vaguely waterst. in lower corner. Spine-ends sl. rubbed. = Cat. NHSM p.755.
- Later owner's entry on title. Otherwise fine.
= Kat. Orn. Berlin 1754; Poggendorf II, p.853. Richly illustrated instruction for the fabrication of different sorts on sundials.
- Without the separate textvol. and without the textleaf to the final 6 plates. Quires loosening. Backstrip dam. Contents fine.
= The finest Dutch book on the construction of bridges and sluices. The final 6 plates concern "De nieuwe duyker sluys tot Lutje Schardam, of anders genaamt den Horn". Bierens de Haan 4836.