- Frontcover 1st vol. stained. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 19; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 44.
- Fold. plate of "Admiraalzeilen" w. skilful restorations on folds and lower blank margin sl. browned/ frayed; lower pastedown w. library stamp. Upper joint splitting at foot of spine (±2 cm.). (Very) good copy.
= Fine Dutch Royal Entry book, relating the visit of Maria de Medicis to Amsterdam, 31 August-5 September 1638, with beautiful views of Amsterdam by Salomon Saverij and Pieter Nolpe, including the splendid large folding plate of "Admiraalzeilen op het IJ" and two fine prints of the not yet filled-in Rokin: "Watergevecht" and "Spiegelgevecht". Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 110; Snoep, Praal en propaganda p.39-76; Hollstein XXIV, 144 (Saverij) and XIV, 86-94 (Nolpe); F.M. 1793. With the loosely inserted print depicting the four burgomasters of Amsterdam by J. Suyderhoef, very often lacking: "zoo houd ik mij vast overtuigd, dat deze plaat geen deel van het werk uitmaakt en er niet in behoort" (Fred. Muller).
- First quire some vague waterst. Spine-ends sl. worn. Untrimmed copy.
= F.M. 5407a; Atlas van Stolk 3326; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 240; Lipperheide Sm13 (12 plates only).
- A few leaves trifle foxed in margin. Corners sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sl. later owner's entry on verso 1st blank. Upper joint starting.
= Funck p.359. The best account of the so-called miracle of Amsterdam (1345). With dedication to Peter Paul Rubens (8p.).
- A very fine LARGE PAPER COPY, with the plates of vol. 1-3 printed on heavy paper. Vol.1-3 paper over covers sl. chafed. Vol.4 a few foxed leaves; corners and paper over covers worn/ chafed; spine-ends chipped. Otherwise fine.
= From the library of Mr. Jan Jacob van Beaumont, administrator of the West-Indische Compagnie in the 1780s. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311; Haitsma/ Mulier 507i.
- A fine copy. = Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 522a; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 336.
- The woodcut volvelle with the plumb line (verso f.XIII) lacks the lead weight (as practically always) and one movable disc; volvelle on verso f.XI lacks movable disc; worldmap apparently counterfeit (see note below); contemp. owner's entry on title-p. and first free endpaper. Spine-ends (sl.) dam.
= Pettegree/ Walsby 242; Van Ortroy, Bio-bibliographie (...) Gemma Frisius no.27; cf. Bibl. Belgica A 36 (this ed. not in Bibl. Belgica, but listed in note in Vol.1 on p.93); Shirley no.82 and no.96 refer to a deceptive counterfeit of the worldmap (the "Charta Cosmographia") made after the second woodblock of the Apian worldmap (which was used in the editions published in 1553). None of the Flemish editions listed in the Bibliotheca Belgica mention the plate with the plumb line on verso of f. XI (which is also a volvelle plate as is shown by the copy of the 1573 ed. held in University LIbrary in Ghent). One of the most important and popular 16th cent. works on cosmography, this treatise deals i.a. with triangulation, the climatic zones in which the earth may be divided, and with methods of determining latitude and longitude.
- Fold. plan tear in inner margin repaired w. paper (±15 cm.). Vellum sl. soiled. Contents fine.
= Attractive plates of places in or near Rozendaal Castle, i.a. "De Agter Vyver van Rozendael van Boven te zien uyt het Kabinet naer 't Huys", "De Nieuwe Grott van Rozendael van Vooren met de Hartshoofden by de Vis Vyver" and "Gesigt van den Dicken Tooren of over de geheelen Tuyn na de Stadt Arnhem". Gouda Quint p.198f; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 237.
- First 2 prints trifle duststained in outer blank margin, otherwise contents fine.
= Rare artists' manual.
- A fine copy with the following small defects: 2 restored spots in blank margin of portrait of Cornelis de Bie; a tiny hole in O2, P1 and BBB3; some annots. in contemp. pen in index. Top end of upper joint professionally restored. Fine copy.
= Bibl. Belgica I, B188; Arntzen/ Rainwater H55. The first edition of this early source for 17th cent. Dutch and Flemish painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, listing about 400 artists.
- Lacks 2 plates (no.66 and 95); the self-portrait remargined in outer margin; occas. sl. yellowed and occas. sl. wormholed; vague libr. stamp on title-p.; a few plates w. sm. smudges in margins and sl. fingersoiled. Paper over covers partly dam./ chafed.
= Cf. Bolten, Method & Practice. Dutch & Flemish drawing books, pp. 51-67
- Occas. sl. soiled/ (dust)stained.
= From the library Carl Jean Cronstedt (1709-1799), Swedish count, architect and bibliophile. Rare edition, not in Bolten, nor in Kunst op Schrift. No copy in the STCN.
- All plates mounted; title-p. sl. soiled; one plate ruststained; otherwise occas. foxed in (blank) margins.
= Not in Bolten, nor in Kunst op schrift. Interesting series of engravings, consisting of the title-p., 10 sets of 2 identical engravings (one line-engr./ the other fully engraved (8x) and one showing a view from the front/ and 1 from the back (4x)) and 3 single engravings. Rare, no copy in the STCN.
- Very fine and fresh copy.
= Bolten p.253: "The leading example of the master model in the Netherlands is the drawing book by Abraham Bloemaert. (...) Bloemaert's drawing examples are not derived from those of other authors. They represent the fruits of a life of industrious study in academies and after nature (...)." The original edition of this work was published by the artist in 1650 as Artis Apellae Liber and contained approx. 120 plates.
- Very fine copy. = The rare first Dutch edition of this manual on etching and engraving.
- Vague vertical central fold throughout; a few leaves trifle foxed in margins. Wrappers sl. stained and soiled.
= Bolten p.142-147 (suggesting that Cornelis Danckerts the Elder (1603-1655) was the orig. publisher and stating that he is unaware of any copy of the original edition); The Children's World of Learning I, 1124 (the present copy): "Rare drawing book for youth (...). The present edition seems to be the only one known". Van Veen II, 126; BNK 1513.
- All vols. (sl.) foxed. Nicely bound set.
= Arntzen/ Rainwater M418: "A thorough report by a contemporary writer of the late phase of Dutch painting. Treats artists after 1750; complements Houbraken and Van Gool."
- Fine copy.
= With letterpress schoolprize bound in at the front, awarded to "Pieter van Ameyden" dated 1822. Ad 1: Kunst op Schrift 334; ad 2: Kunst op Schrift 101; ad 3: not in Kunst op Schrift.