- Partly vaguely waterstained (incl. pastedowns); bibliographical annot. (by Buisman) on upper pastedown. Binding rubbed along extremities.
= Provenance: M. Buisman (owner's entry on upper pastedown). Very rare Robinsonade: no copy in STCN; Van Staverman, Robinsonades E2 ("niet gevonden"); Buisman 1971; Ullrich p.161, no.53.
- Sl. fingersoiled and sl. foxed; annots. in ballpoint on upper endpaper. Recased; lacks final free endpaper.
= Provenance: M. Buisman (owner's entry on upper endpaper). Ullrich IV, 75c. Rare.
- New endpapers. Vellum sl. wrinkled.
= Provenance: M. Buisman (owner's entry on first free endpaper). Buisman 679; Staverman D 5a.
- Second vol. w. receding waterstain in inner margin of preliminary leaves and (vaguely) in second half. Otherwise fine.
= Provenance: M. Buisman (owner's entry on first free endpaper). Buisman 680; Staverman D 5b.
- Ad 1: binding rubbed along extremities; ad 2: fine copy.
= A 1: with manuscript schoolprize on first free endpaper (to "J.A.C. Spille, 's Hage 1 Augustus 1816"). Buisman 829; cf. Staverman B 1c; cf. Wegehaupt I, 933a; Ad 2: Staverman B 1a; Buisman 337. Ad 1 and 2: cf. Ullrich p.83, 7 C (listing i.a. the first German ed. of 1806 and French and Swedish translations, but not the Dutch translation). Very rare (no copy traced on the market). Ad 1: identical contents to the following lot, apart from the title-p.
- Occas. sl. foxing/ staining. Covers sl. rubbed; corners sl. worn.
= Provenance: M. Buisman (owner's entry and bibliographic reference on upper pastedown) and letterpress bookplate on upper pastedown ("uit de Lees-Bibliotheek van W.J. Kruijt te Arnhem"); Buisman 830; Staverman B 1C; cf. Ullrich p.83, 7 C (listing i.a. the first German ed. of 1806 and French and Swedish translations, but not the Dutch translation); cf. Wegehaupt I, 933a. Very rare (no copy traced on the market). Identical contents to the first work of the preceding lot, apart from the title-p.
- First 35 leaves dam. in outer margin (restored, but affecting frontisp. and title-p.). Foot of spine restored.
= Provenance: from the library of M. Buisman (signed on first free endpaper); Buisman 831 (same text as Buisman 829 and 830 (see the two preceding lots), but with addition of different plates). Not in Staverman. Contents identical to the preceding lot, apart from the title.
- Occas. foxed/ sl. (water)stained; title-p. and frontisp. sm. repair in lower inner corner (no loss of image/ text). Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Provenance: from the library of M. Buisman, with his owner's entry and bibliographical annot. ("De drukken van De Kluizenaar zijn zeer zeldzaam") on upper endpaper. Buisman 1096; Staverman C 5a; Ullrich IV, 13 n). Dutch translation of The Hermit: Or, the Unparalled (...) Sufferings And Surprising of Mr. Philip Quarll (London, 1727). Rare first Dutch edition.
- Two extra leaves headed: "Te laat gekoomene intekenaars, om by 't uitgeven van Robinzon Bothman, eerste deel geplaatst te worden" misbound between p.446 and 447; frontisp. and final blank and final free endpaper vaguely waterstained; occas. sl. foxed. Top of spine repaired; covers and corners sl. rubbed.
= Provenance: M. Buisman (owner's entry) and D.F. Scheurleer (bookplate on upper pastedown). Buisman 1932; otherwise not traced (neither in the usual reference works nor on the market).
- Vol.1 corners and joints trifle rubbed. Fine copy.
= Provenance: M. Buisman. Staverman C 2b; Buisman 2499; cf. Ullrich IV, *8a. Originally published in Breslau, 1723. Very rare (2nd) Dutch edition, no copy traced on the market.
- Foxed throughout (also (sl.) affecting the plates); title-p. stained in lower inner margin; new endpapers.
= From the library of M. Buisman. Staverman C 3b; Buisman 701. Not in Ullrich. Very rare.
- Hinges weak; occas. sl. fingersoiled. Joints worn/ splitting; covers browned.
= Provenance: M. Buisman (owner's entry on first free endpaper). Staverman C 11; Ullrich p.200, 138 (French ed.); Huiskamp W229; Ki.la.ki.le 273; Caljé-Van Gulik 552; The Children's World of Learning 5553: "First Dutch edition of a popular French Robinson version with a female hero, the young girl Emma, first published at Paris in 1834".
- Contemp. owner's entry on htitle and title-p. ("J. Broers 1641"); first three leaves browned; occas. sl. yellowed/ trifle stained in outer margin; partly sl. waterstained in lower blank margin. Vellum wrinkled; lacks ties.
= From the library of Jan te Winkel (bookplate on htitle). Set of three religious poems, written/ adapted by Rodenburgh towards the end of his life (he died in 1644), when he was tired of his worldly life at court. Very rare. No copy traced in the market.
- Sl. yellowed. Paper over covers for the larger part worn off. = BCNI 6387.
- Outer margin of title trifle waterstained. Covers sl. scratched.
= Rare second edition of the Dutch translation of Rousseau's Contrat social (first publ. Amst., 1762).
- Apparently lacks (skips?) 1 index leaf (Iii4) (but catchword is correct); a few quires in vol.1 (sl.) foxed. Both vols. paper over covers partly worn/ chafed; backstrips sl. worn/ trifle dam.; corners rubbed; upper joint of vol.2 starting.
= Tiele 451 and Cat. NHSM, p.258; cf. Howgego H21 and Cox I, p.255 (both listing the first ed. London, 1753); Kress 5268; Goldsmiths 8810. "Hanway was a wellknown traveller and philanthropist, popularly remembered as the pioneer user of the umbrella. (...) As a partner of a St. Petersburg merchant, he made a journey in 1743 down the Volga and by the Caspian Sea to Persia with a caravan of woolen goods, and returned in 1745 by the same route after many perilous adventures" (Cox I, p.255).
- Fine copy. = Not in the usual reference works. Rare.
- From the library of Nanne Ottema and Fries Genootschap w. their owner's stamps on titles. Otherwise fine copies.
= Rare Dutch translation of Sarytchew's account of the voyage made by Capt. Billings from 1785-1793 in the region of the Aleutian islands and to the island of Unalashka. Chavanne 3993; Howes S115 (note); Henze V, p.22ff; cf. Lada-Mocarski 57; cf. Cox I, p.353; cf. Sabin 77125; cf. Hill 1527.
- Trifle foxed; pastedowns partly browned from turn-ins. Sl. rubbed. A good copy.
= Not in Tiele. Rare Dutch translation of the voyage to Russia by Fanny Tarnow.
- Pagination erratic, but complete. Leaf m3 (p.149-150) replaced, possibly from another copy (in our sale 47, 2007 a copy w. the same replacement). New endpapers; lacks first free endpaper; 20th cent. quote in pen and ink on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on title; printed catalogue entries and news clipping laid down on final endpapers.
= The extremely rare first printed edition in Dutch of any work by the great Dutch mystic Jan van Ruusbroec and his magnum opus. BCNI 7418; Ruusbroec catalogue K.B. Brussels, p.256-258: "Deze uitgave bleef de enige Ruusbroec-druk in het Nederlands tot 1858." No copy traced on the market.