- Without the large fold. plate of "Kinderspel"; most leaves waterstained/ mouldy in lower half (occas. sl. dam.); occas. soiled; 1 leaf loose and w. part of blank margin lacking; first work lacks letterpress title; some old scribbling in margins.
= Landwehr 111, 136 (different collation); cf. STCN Cats 173 (different collation), 105, 146, 208 and 289.
- Sl. soiled/ waterstained, mainly in lower margin; small later owner's entries on upper and lower pastedowns. Spine restored; vellum soiled.
= Contains Alcip en Amarillis, Faustina, Celio en Bellinde, Cloris en Philida, Diana, De gheluckige vryagie van den Italiaenschen schoorsteenveger, Wegh wyser ter deugden and Den christelijcken hoveling. Landwehr 427; Scheurleer p.47. Very rare.
AND 1 other: C. BRUIN, Veertig samen- en alleenspraaken uit het nieuwe verbond (ibid., 1729, 1st ed., engr. frontisp., title-vignette, 40 double-p. oval engr. plates by J. LUIKEN, later wr., sm. 8vo. Klaversma/ Hannema 306).
- Partly (sl.) wormholed, occas. affecting letters; (new) pastedowns pasted along inner margin of first/ final textp.; partly (sl.) waterst. in right (blank) margin. Bookblock read out of shape; vellum sl. stained/ soiled.
= Landwehr 445; Praz p.397.
ADDED: 3 others.
- Contents occas. sl. loosening; upper hinge nearly broken; one leaf w. restored tear in text.
= Landwehr 512; Klaversma/ Hannema 932-934; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 443.
AND 2 others, i.a. a mediocre (waterstained) copy of L. ROTGANS, Boerekermis (Leyden, 1776, 4th ed., 2 engr. plates, contemp. hvellum).
- A few lvs. w. torn corners; lvs. sl. soiled.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 939; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 443; Landwehr 525. The illustrations i.a. depicting children's games, incl. "De Kolf".
- Bookplates on upper pastedown of G.V. Scager and "Collectie Buijnsters-Smets".
= Klaversma/ Hannema 975; Landwehr 512; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 439. The first edition.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Loosening. Backstrip partly worn away.
= Landwehr 515; Klaversma/ Hannema 981; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 439.
Idem. Jezus en de Ziel. Een Geestelyke Spiegel voor 't gemoed, bestaande in veertig aangenaame en stichtelyke Zinnebeelden. Ibid., Wed. P. Arentz/ K. vander Sys, 1722, 9th ed., 190,(2)p., engr. frontisp. and 39 emblems by J. LUIKEN, contemp. calf, sm. 8vo.
- Bookblock trifle warped; sl. stained and fingersoiled. Spine rubbed.
= Landwehr 481; Klaversma/ Hannema 966; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 448.
- Lower blank outer corner of frontisp. and title-p. restored; engr. title trifle fingersoiled in blank margin and reattached; lower half of engr. text of the plate below the bookbinder print torn off and replaced by manuscript copy of the missing text.
= Landwehr 10; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 244; Klaversma/ Hannema 740. The first edition in this form, the plates after the first edition, Het menschelyk bedryf (1694). "Spoedig na de 1ste uitgave verscheen eene copie van dezelfde zijde van deze serie, doch met eene andere volgorde der afbeeldingen. Evenals in het origineel is dit werk geheel gegraveerd, in 4o-formaat, met van achteren onbedrukte prenten en zonder gedrukten titel, terwijl de naam van het boek alleen voorkomt op de titelprent (...) Deze serie copiën werd later nogmaals gebruikt, doch dan met een gedrukten titel, waarop Afbeelding der menschelyke Bezigheden (...) Ottens. z.j. De prenten komen daarin geheel onveranderd voor, behalve de titelprent, op welke het onderschrift en het adres zijn weggeslepen en vervangen door een zesregelig gedicht." (Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Occas. sl. stained/ foxed. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Cf. Praz p.416 (note); cf. Landwehr 550 (ed. Amst., 1659) and Scheurleer, Ned. Liedboeken p.58.
De Leermeester der Zeden, Vertoont in Horatius Zinnebeelden, Lierzangen, enz. Lof van 't Landleven, en Bespiegelingen op 't Leven der Menschen, Verbeeld in de Vier Getyden des Jaars. Amst., G. Bos and C. Wilt, 1750, 5th ed., (14),391,(1)p., fold. engr. title, title-vign., engr. dedic. ill., 8 (fold.) plates, fold. table, and 44 textills. (of which 26 of emblematical nature), contemp. boards.
- Contents fine; boards sl. worn.
= Landwehr 452 and 552; De Vries 42; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 481.
- Two lvs. loosening; 3 emblems rather crudely handcol.; (sl.) foxed throughout; occas. (sm.) stains. Binding worn along extremities; corners bumped.
= The only edition. Landwehr 760; Praz p.502.
AND 2 others: B. BENNET, XX godvrugtige bespiegelingen (...). Dutch transl. M. Schagen (ibid., 1751, 16 engr. plates, contemp. gilt hroan w. black mor. letterpiece) and F.W. ZACHARIAE, De godvruchtige landman (Amst., 1778, 1st ed., engr. ills. by S. FOKKE, contemp. hcalf. Section cut out from title-p.).
- Vague owner's entry in top margin of first title-p.; contemp. manuscript entry surrounding the portrait of Ferdinand III; occas. trifle fingersoiled.
= Praz p.504; Landwehr, German Emblem Books 554. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Library stamp of the "Bibliotheque de Montmelas" stamped in red on title-p.; occas. sl. mouldy/ sl. stained/ fingersoiled in margins; second half w. receding wormholes in upper blank inner margin.
= The second edition, identical to the first edition of 1615. Landwehr 837; Praz p.526; De Vries 71.
- Bookblock trimmed; title-p. sl. dustsoiled and agetoned. Covers loose(ning); lacks backstrip.
= Landwehr 383; Praz (under O. van Veen) p.523.
- Upper hinge weak; bookplate on upper pastedown. Fine copy.
= Landwehr 849; Praz p.522-523; Hollstein XXIV,181; Scheurleer p.156.
- One leaf sl. mouldy in lower blank margin and slender blank strip of ±4 mm cut off; one sm. rusthole in text of p.20 (in first part) affecting 2 words; second part sl. waterstained in lower margin (incl. part of textblock) from p.65 onwards. Covers sl. soiled. All told a fine copy.
= The first edition of this famous songbook, meant to spread the glory of the prince of Zeeland, with contributions by 18 poets born or living in Zeeland (i.a. A. Roemers Visscher, J. Cats, A. Valerius, Ph. van Borssele, J. de Brune). The plates, belonging to the best of 17th cent. Dutch bookillustration, are of emblematic and folkloristic interest. Praz p.540; Scheurleer p.149; Meertens, Letterkundig leven in Zeeland, p.217-239; Franken, Van de Venne p.97; Hollstein, W. de Passe 58; Hollstein, C. van den Queborn 95; Hollstein, Serwouters 76; Hollstein, De Jode I, 120-135 (?); Hollstein, Van de Venne 446-455; Landwehr 588 mentions P. de Jode, C. van Queboren and A. Matham as engravers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
= Showing detailed engravings of water wheels, water towers, pumps, pipes etc. Kat. Orn. Berlin 3615; Poggendorf II, 1257.
- Lower pastedown loose.
Smetius, J. Synodale ordonnantien ende resolutien tot nut, dienst en gerief der Kercken, onder de Chr. Synodus van 't Hertoghdom Gelre en Graef-schap Zutphen gehoorende, na Ordre van Hoogh-gemelde Christelycke Synode. Nijm., A. van Wesel, 1699, (8),167,37,(15)p., woodcut coat of arms on title-p., modern boards.
Camphuysen, D.R. Theologische werken, bestaande in drie delen: I. Van 't onbedrieglijk oordeel. II. In predicatien. III. In brieven en extracten. Met brieven, kanttekeningen en registers vermeerdert, en met sijn beeltenis verçiert. Amst., wed. P. Arentz. and C. vander Sys, 1699, 3rd ed., 52,674,(26)p., engr. portrait, title-vignette, contemp. vellum, 4to.
- Sl. waterstained in lower margin.
AND 3 others.
- New endpapers; occas. sl. waterst.; a few ballpoint/ pencil annots.
= Rare ed. The second part titled: De Onversochte Krijghman, of Verklaringe van 't oude Latijnsche Spreeck-woort Dulce bellum inexpertis, dat is: De Krijgh is den onversochten soet (...). Bibl. Belgica E760; Vander Haeghen I, p.39.
- Bookblock loose; some old underlining. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Willems 1563; Rahir 1704; Copinger 1627. Third Amsterdam Elzevier edition of the Colloquia.
- Spine and board edges rubbed. = Van der Haeghen I, p.41.