= Arpots 77.
Idem. Collection of 8 works in 2 vols., bound unif. w. the above, i.a. 't Bataafsch Atheene; in drie Herders-kouten (Leyden, 1766, 2nd enl. ed., 3 parts in 1 vol., engr. title-vignette. Arpots 77); Het Rhynlandsch wedspel, in verscheide landgezangen. Ter geleegenheid van de plegtige Intreede van (...) Willem den Vyfden (ibid., 1766, 1st ed., engr. title-vignette. Arpots 24) and Het verheerlijkt Leyden, bij het tweede eeuwgetijde van deszelfs heuchlijk ontzet, in den Jaare 1574 (...) (ibid., 1774, 2 parts in 1 vol., engr. title-p., 1 dedic. page, 3 portraits by J. HOUBRAKEN. Arpots 215). - AND 1 other in 4 vols. by G.W. RABENER.
- Partly loose(ning). Most bindings (sl.) worn/ partly dam. Not collated, sold w.a.f.
= Comprises: 1835: part 1-4; 1836: part 1, 2 and 4: 1837: part 1 and 4; 1838: part 4; 1839: part 1, 3 and 4; 1840: part 1-4; 1842: part 1, 3 and 4: 1843: part 1 and 2.
- Year 1842 lacks 1 plate; year 1850/ 4 lacks a few text leaves and 3 or 4 plates. Bindings shabby.
AND 1 other (±1849, similarly illustrated w. 8 (lithogr.) plates, contemp. hcl. Lacks title-p.; mediocre binding).
- Libr. stamps on first free endpaper and title-p. of each vol. Backstrips w. some sm. cracks. Otherwise a fine set.
- Binding sl. soiled.
= First Dutch edition. Gregorio Leti (1630-1701) was an Italian historian and satirist from Milan, who wrote a number of anti-Catholic works. Scheepers I, 527.
Drexel, H. De aeternitate considerationes coram sermo utriusque Bavariae Duce. Cologne, C. ab Egmondt, 1634, 221,(3)p., engr. title and 9 full-p. ills., contemp. vellum, 12mo.
- All slips on verso ofleaf A2 are missing; lvs. A1-A4 frayed along edges. Binding dam. at spine-ends.
= From the collection of Jan Borms w. his owners stamp on lower pastedown. Popular aide-mémoire for the confessional. Techically a very curious book. It is printed and pre-cut by the bookbinder in such a way that the little slips of paper with the "individual sin" can easily be torn out, or folded over. All editions are rare.
- Contents very fine, the only small blemish: the map of the Peloponnesus creased and sl. split at intersection of folds. Both covers w. old stain near spine; upper joint, corners and foot of spine sl. worn/ rubbed. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Tiele 303; Navari 452: "his books on the Morea and Archipelago are compiled from other sources and are of special interest for their plates"; Blackmer sale 89. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.
- Sl. thumbed and soiled.
= Tiele 1014; Cat. NHSM p.54f. Not in Blackmer etc. Rare account of the voyage of Jan Somer to the Levant and back to Middelburg in the years 1590-1592. The plates depict i.a. a marriage at sea in Venice, the colossus at Rhodes and the pyramids in Egypt. The first edition was published in Amsterdam, 1649.
- One leaf loosening, contemp. annots. on penultimate blank; occas. (sl.) browned/ foxed. Good copy.
= Very rare, not in the usual bibliographies. Cf. Buisman 1335.
- Title-page, some lvs. and views/ plans loose; plans/ views occas. w. tear; sm. annot. on lower pastedown; margins of lvs. occas. thumbed. Scratches on both covers; rubbed along extremities; spine w. cracks and spine-ends worn.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 76 and at length: P. Hoftijzer, Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), Leids drukker en boekverkoper (Hilversum, 1999) and P.J. Smith, Wandelen in de Délices de Leide (1712), De zeventiende eeuw 22 (Hilversum, 2006). Richly illustrated chorography, the finely executed views showing the siege of Leyden, churches, the university, etc.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; endpapers partly browned. Spine-ends chipped; covers sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Dekkers p.118, 3; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 338h.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Spine-ends chipped/ sl. worn.
= Dekkers p.118, 3; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 338h. With 38 manuscript lvs. containing extracts from the same work (late 18th/ early 19th cent., pen and brown ink, recto and verso).
- Lacks 7 views/ plates; vol. 2 lacks title-p. and first 15 lvs. (incl. all Roman numb. pages); vol. 3 lacks first 4 Roman numb. lvs. and last leaf; vol. 1 w. remnants of bookplate on upper pastedown; last endpaper and last textleaf of vol. 1 and 2 (1x w. sm. hole) partly stuck together in inner margin; occas. lvs. trifle waterst. in blank margins; occas. lvs. partly loosening in inner margin. All ties broken. Sold w.a.f.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 201.
- Lacks vol. 3; present vols. complete; both vols. w. owner's entry and 1x annots. mounted on first free endpaper; pastedowns partly browned. Bindings sl. worn along extremities.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 201.
= Each vol. contains the lists of the members of several councils and boards in Leyden.
- Bookplate (of J.W. Six) on upper pastedown; owner's entry on first free endpaper; plan and 1 map w. tear on fold. Corners sl. bumped; joints partly sl. worn.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 222. Very attractive binding. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.
- Title sl. duststained. Without binding (remains of backwr. pres.).
AND 3 other sets of (loose) leaves w. (handcol.) engr. coats of arms, all 18th cent., i.a. WAPENEN DER WEL EDELE HEEREN DYCKGRAVEN & HOOGBALJUWEN, HOOGHEEMRADEN, RENTMEESTERS, EN SECRETARISSEN VAN RHYNLAND (2 engr. leaves w. num. coats of arms, publ. Amst., L. Schenk, n.d. Both leaves folded once and both w. sl. dam./ frayed borders).
= Very rare extended edition with the coat of arms of newly appointed members up to 1781. With a duplicate of one leaf.
- Bindings w. some worn spots; letterpieces dam./ lacking.
= The Legatum Stolpianum was (posthumously) established by Jan Stolp in 1755 at the University of Leyden. It is the oldest academic reward still in existence today. Contains contributions by i.a. A. Hulshoff, J.G. Toellner and H.C. Cras.
Siegenbeek, M. Geschiedenis der Leidsche Hoogeschool van hare oprigting in den jare 1575, tot het jaar 1825. Ibid., iidem, 1829-1832, 3 parts in 2 vols., XVI,448; (6),157,(1); 473,(2)p., 4 lithogr. portraits, contemp. unif. limp boards.