- 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.
Idem. Johan Bunjans christens reize na de eeuwigheit, met ophelderende Aanmerkingen van Lambertus de Beveren, Predikant te Hoorn. Gron., P. Bandsma, 1747, 3rd enl. ed., (22),651,(45)p., engr. frontisp., 8 engr. plates, contemp. blindst. calf, sm. 8vo.
- 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.
- Pastedowns detached; lvs. (sl.) (finger)soiled; one leaf w. repaired outer lower corner, w. loss of letters. Vellum soiled.
= Rare, first Dutch transl. and illustrated ed. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 94; Klaversma/ Hannema 323; Gieles/ Plak 50.
- Sm. ticket and "288" on title-p.; contents sl. frayed along edges; lvs. loose.
= Scheepers II, 91. Very rare.
- Frontisp. trimmed and pasted on 2nd blank; title-p. and final (dam.) textleaf sl. soiled/ stained; hinges weak. Backstrip loose(ning).
= Waller 435. Cf. Scheepers I, 412 (1st ed. 1666, "zeldzaam"). Collection of riddles and epitaphs on various professions.
- New endpapers; inner margin of first part waterstained; frontisp. cut short along outer edge; upper margin of title cut short.
= From the libraries of J.W. Six and M. Buisman w. bookplate and owner's entry on first free endpaper. Muller 45; Buisman 455. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIV.
- Poor copy; lacks letterpress title and A8.
= Second edition of a rare work on the (dis)advantages of marriage. Waller 459; Scheepers I, 446; Scheurleer, Liedboeken p.54.
(Villethierry, G. de.). Het leven der getrouwde of de Plichten en verbintenissen van de gene in het Houwelyck komen en leven, Betoont uyt de H'Schrifture, de HH. Vader en uyt de Concilien. Maastr. and Ghent, L. Bertus and C. Meyer, 1716, (20),518,(2)p., contemp. calf w. gilt spine.
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown and first free endpaper; hinges broken; sl. yellowed. Spine-ends dam.; backstrip and covers worn; joints splitting; corners showing.
AND 1 other (incomplete).
- The lot sold w.a.f.
- Contemp. owner's entry on (sl. soiled) title; contents sl. cut short in upper margin, occas. touching letters.
= Muller 161; De Vries 86; Buisman 556; Scheepers II, 614.
Tasso, T. Het verloste Jeruzalem. Dutch transl. J. Dullaart. Rott., J. Naeranus, 1658, (80),778,(2)p., engr. title-p., portr. after C. DE PASSE, 20 plates by D. LOGGAN, contemp. vellum.
- Fine copy. = De Vries 253; Scheepers II, 716; Waller 1650; Buisman 2235. The first Dutch edition.
Curtius Rufus, Q. Hoogberoemde Historie van 't Leven ende de Daden Alexandri de Groote. Dutch transl. A. Snel. Ibid., P. van Waesbergen, 1648, 4th corr. ed., 557,(18)p., engr. title, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Some waterstains. = Rare. Schweiger II, p.328.
AND 1 other.
- Occas. sl. yellowed. All vols. joints and backstrip worn; vol.1 backcover worn/ dam.
- Mediocre copy: soiled and stained; tear in one plate; partly loosening; hinges weak. Binding heavily worn and stained; backstrip dam./ partly lacking.
= Scheepers II, 824; Waller 635; Atlas van Stolk 7681; Landwehr, Dutch Books Col. Plates 70. Interesting account of giants and dwarfs, the plates showing various historical giants and dwarfs and the fold. plate showing the large shoe-size of "Gerrit Bastiaansz, of den Lekkerkerkschen boer" at age 10 (27 cm.) and age 21 (35,2 cm.). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIV.
- Partly (sl.) foxed/ browned; owner's entry on title-p. Boardedges sl. rubbed.
= Scheepers I, 522: "Zeldzaam". Rare Dutch treatise on Pope Joan, a legendary female pontiff said to have reigned between 855-858. Bookplate of Jean Grandjean Perrenod Comtesse on upper pastedown.
- Lacks first free endpaper; title-p. trifle dam. in inner margin affecting border surrounding title; sm. owner's stamp in blank corner title; modern bookplate on blank verso title. Lacks ties.
= BCNI 7816 (w. date from colophon 1627) and 7673 (w. date from title 1626). With interesting contemp. manuscript owner's entries on upper pastedown and on last free endpaper, i.a. reading: "Sr. Heelena Hoijdts/ O Jesu soedt mijn/ hoehste goed/ A 1666 den 6 novemb" and "ÿn den soeten naem Jesu Jesu/ Sr. Johanna Helena Huijdts/ O Jesu weest mij ghenadigh/ maekt mij een mensch naer/ u herte gheeft mij een/ waerachtighe ootmoedig/ heidt (...)".
AND 1 other: (S.-M. TREUVÉ), De geestelyke ziel-bestierder, Voor de geenen, die 'er geen en hebben (Utr., 1740, contemp. vellum, 12mo).
- Pagination erratic, but complete. Mouldy along top edge throughout (also affecting the plates)..
= Provenance: bookplate of Delprat-Veth and owner's stamp of Jan Veth on first free endpaper. Mateboer 87; Buisman 772; Waller 690. The "prototype" of all Dutch arcadian novels, interspersed with many interesting articles on witchcraft, magic, Dutch history, East Indies, Dutch folklore etc.
- Upper hinge broken but holding strong on cords.
= Rare contemporary description of Germany's most famous outlaw.
- Sl. browned and stained. Wrapper split over spine. = Waller 789.
- Final textleaf loosening; 2 textlvs. w. (large) tear in upper margin; sl. browned. Spine-ends dam. (top of spine restored); joints split; corners showing.
= Buijnsters (Spect.) 89; Waller 815; Scheepers I, 325 ("zeldzaam"). Dutch translation of Holberg's periodical "Moralske Tanker".
(Fassmann, D.). Maandelyksche Berichten uit de andere Waerelt; of de spreekende dooden. Bestaande in Redeneeringen, tusschen allerhande verstorvene Potentaten en Personagien van Rang (...). Tweehondert zeven en Veertigste Zamenkomst (...). Ibid., Heirs J. Ratelband en Compagnie, January-June 1742, 6 parts in 1 vol., (2),669,(2)p., 6 (3x diff.) engr. frontisp., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Contents sl. yellowed. Good copy.
= Interesting fictitious posthumous dialogues of famous people. Contains conversations between Floris V and Johann Georg I, elector of Saxony and between admiral Michiel de Ruijter and general Maarten Schenk van Nydeggen.
- A few leaves sl. waterstained in lower outer corner. Otherwise an exceptionally fine copy.
= Much expanded second, and first authorized edition. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 138 (calls for a blank between the text and the errata leaf, which is present in our copy); Simoni H-168; Waller 826; Scheepers I, 108: "Dichterlijke beschrijving van de buitenplaats "de moffeschans" bij Terneuzen en van het dagelijksche leven aldaar, door Pieter de Hond, geb. te Vlissingen, overl. in 1621 of 1622."; Nagtglas II, p.404-407: "Even buiten Terneuzen lag een stuk grond bekend als de Moufenschans (...). Die verlaten grond werd verkocht aan den Burgemeester Serlippens, een vertrouwd vriend van Hondius, die zestien jaren bij hem inwoonde en aan den predikant deze plek afstond voor den aanleg van zijn beroemden tuin. Hier leefde deze op ruimen voet en met onbekrompen gastvrijheid (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIV.
- Lacks p.1-2; first free endpaper w. bookplate of W.C. Baert de Waarde loose.
= Scheepers II, 264 ("Zeer zeldzaam"). See: Literatuur (1996), p.10ff. No copy traced in JAP 1990-2023. Extremely rare.
- Binding sl. rubbed; corner sl. worn.
= Waller 923; Muller 526; Scheepers II, 833; Van der Steur, cat. 25, L2107.
Weyerman, J.C. Den Persiaansche zydewever, Demokriets en Herakliets, Brabandsche voyagie, de Hollandsche zinlykheyt, den Antwerpsche courantier, en de gehoornde broeders, benevens eenige uyt het Grieks vertaalde gezangen van Anakreon, voorzien met de sleutel van het geheele werk. N.pl., "Gedrukt voor den autheur, en zyn te bekomen by de voornaamste boekverkopers in de Hollandsche steden", n.d. (1727), 5 parts in 1 vol., engr. frontisp. by A.V.L.B. after C. TROOST, 20th cent. plain cl., 4to.
- Num. annotations in pencil in margins of the dedication; occas. some faint dampstaining in upper outer corner.
= Scheepers II, 301. Rare with the allegorical frontispiece.
- Bookplate (Collectie Buijnsters-Smets) on upper pastedown; first free endpaper w. restored tear; owner's entry on final free endpaper; some occas. stains. Binding worn; spine-ends chipped.
= Mateboer 1114; Scheepers II, 846; Ter Horst p.144ff.