- Old Testament only. Foot of spine chipped; extremities sl. rubbed.
= Rare ed., only 1 copy in STCN. Cf. Poortman I, p.246 (listing a folio and an 8vo ed., resp. Dordr. 1736 and 1737).
- Hinges sl. weak. Binding sl. worn. = Poortman I, p.248; Darlow/ Moule 3350 (4to ed.).
- New endpapers; title creased; first few lvs. sl. waterst.; final leaf repaired. Rebacked w. later leather.
AND 2 others, i.a. a late 19th cent. morocco binding with 2 silver clasps and catches.
- Lacks one map ("Geografische Kaarte van de Oude Weereld") and 24 plates; vol.1 partly vaguely waterst. in blank margin; vol.2 one plate with tear of 5 cm. in outer margin (sl. affecting image); all vols. occas. sl. foxed/ browned. All vols. bindings soiled/ stained/ dam.; vol.1 backcover crudely reattached w. cloth (along hinge); vols.1 and 3 joints split(ting). Sold w.a.f.
= Zischka p.31, listing the original French edition published in 1722-1728; Poortman II, p.169-171: "Calmet's Naam- en Woordboek is geen prentbijbel maar een woordenboek met prenten. Het zijn geen prenten die de bijbelse geschiedenis afbeelden, maar de zeden en gewoonten der Joden, de godsdienstplechtigheden, de tabernakel, de tempels enz." The plates illustrate the history and culture of the Jews: ceremonies, costumes, plans and views of synagogues and other buildings, views of Jerusalem etc.
- Partly sl. yellowed; vol. 3 bookblock shaken. Bindings w. various defects (sl. worn/ some dam. spots etc.).
- Lacks 18 plates; bookblock cut sl. short (occas. affecting image, text or captions); first title doubled; a few plates w. restored margins; partly yellowed, (water)stained and fingersoiled. Sold w.a.f.
= Poortman II, no.31, 1a, the first edition.
- Third part w. erroneous pagination at beginning but apparently complete; blindstamp in blank margin of 1st plate (Giuseppe M. Cavazzini); one quire loose; occas. (finger)soiled; partly waterstained.
= Rare printbible.
- Two blank lvs. w. portion cut out; libr. ticket and stamp on title-p. Top of spine lacks portion; backcover w. 2 sm. dam. spots; gilt partly sl. fading.
= Darlow/ Moule 8969. Rare Syriac New Testament translation "said to be the first book printed from stereotype" (Darlow/ Moule on the 1st ed., 1708) by its supposed inventor, Johann Müller.
- Browned.
= Enlarged 2nd edition, listing some 4000 editions in the original languages and translations (the 1st edition was publ. the same year in Paris). Brunet III, p.958.
= 1. Mengelpoezij (Amst., 1799); 2. De ziekte der geleerden (ibid. and The Hague, 1807); 3. Het buitenleven (Rott., 1821, 2nd ed.); 4. Mijn verlustiging (Leyden/ Amst., 1781); 5. Bloemtjens (Amst., 1785); 6. K.W. BILDERWIJK, Poëzy (Rott., 1820).
Winter, N.S. van and Merken, L.W. van. Tooneelpoëzy. Amst., P. Meijer, 1774, (4),549,(3)p., engr. title-ill., contemp. hcalf w. gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.
- All vols. upper endpapers/ title w. owner's entry/ libr. stamp. All vols. covers (sl.) worn/ chafed; backstrip dam. and w. (remnants of) ticket.
- Clasps and catches removed.
- Contents trifle/ slightly foxed. Backstrip rubbed, affecting much of the pattern; corners sl. rubbbed; covers fine.
- Rebacked. = Attractive binding.
- Contents sl. foxed at beginning and end. Silk panel on frontcover trifle foxed; backstrip sl. sunned.
= Specially bound for Marie von Saxe-Altenburg, wife of King Georg V. She was queen between 1851 and 1866.
Wiser, T. Himmliches Vergiszmeinnicht, oder Prachtgebetbuch. Regensburg, Manz, 1858, 470p., col. lithogr. frontisp. and title-vignette, black calf binding, both covers w. blindst. scrollwork vignette w. gilt floral decorations in the corners and a central gilt medallion, showing a book, an anchor, vines and a cross on the frontcover and a chalice on the backcover, gilt scrollwork on backstrip, a.e.g. - AND 2 others.
- Lacks final 2 lvs. Upper joint split; sl. rubbed along extremities.
- Lacks ties; covers stained.
= Spoelder 1. With the letterpress prize, filled out in manuscript to "Theodorum Halfwijk" dated 1785. Schweiger II, p.379: "Nog immer sehr gesuchte Ausgab. u. durch die neueste Bearbeitung nicht entbehrlich gemacht."; Dibdin I, p.341.
- Sl. yellowed. Ties lacking. Otherwise fine.
= With schoolprize to Nicolaas Doekscheer, dated "[manuscript:] Ipsis Nonis Octob. [letterpress:] MDCCXVIII". Spoelder 9.
- Sl. foxed/ browned. Lacks ties.
= With the prize awarded to Jan Willem Tilanus in 1739, bound in opposite title-p. On the binding: Spoelder 10. Schweiger p.844 ("Kommt auch wohl einzeln so vor ohne die Deklamationen").
- Occas. sl. yellowed; without the prize.
= On the binding: Spoelder 7. Schweiger p.132.
Schoolprize binding of Amsterdam: contemp. vellum w. central coat of arms of AMSTERDAM within floral border incorporating similar coats of arms and 4 similar corner coats of arms on both covers and 5 similar coats of arms in compartments on spine. - ON: Frontinus, S.J. Libri quatuor Strategematicon. Ed. F. Oudendorp. Leyden, S. and J. Luchtmans, 1779, 2nd enl. impr. ed., (76),570,(132)p., engr. frontisp.
- Sl. foxed. Vellum sl. dustsoiled; gilt of central coat of arms on both covers (sl.) faded; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 9; on the contents: Schweiger p.369. Letterpress schoolprize w. engr. coat of arms of Amsterdam, awarded to Diederik Waandert Mettengang by the rector H. Hana of the Latin School on 25 March 1796.