- Lacks htitle (or blank). Vellum a few small stains. Good/ fine copy.
= Vanderhaeghen I, p.39. Rare edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.
- Spine-ends sl. worn; corners showing. = Vander Haeghen I, p.125.
- New endpapers. Binding sl. rubbed. A fine copy.
= Gay/ Lemmonyer 717: "Cet ouvrage est très libre, mais très spirituel".
- Plates w. waterstain in upper right corner Top of spine dam., extremities worn.
= Gay/ Lemonnyer II, p.275. Very rare.
- First 5 leaves wormholed in lower blank margin (partly closed and affecting address on first title-p.); a few leaves trifle foxed; one page sl. soiled in upper margin. Contents otherwise fine.
= Bodemann 199.3; cf. Cohen/ De R. 371 (on the ed. 1743) and Cat. Fabula docet no.36 and 63: "Die lateinische Fabeln des Gabriele Faerno hatten durch wiederholte Druckauflagen bei Plantin (Antwerpen) ein breites Publikum ausserhalb Italien gefunden (...) 1699 übergab Charles Perrault (...) seine französische Faerno-Bearbeitung dem Druck".
AND the first vol. only of J. DE LA FONTAINE, Fables choisies (Lausanne, 1772, 1 vol. (of 4), engr. ills., contemp. vellum. Occas. sl. dam.).
- Lacks 4 plates (no.17-20); occas. trifle fingersoiled/ dust-/ waterstained in blank margins.
= Lipperheide Gb 39; Landwehr 358: "The first Dutch book of costumes dealing with various provinces (...); it gives also interesting details on the morals and customs of these regions. (...) carefully hand-coloured plates (...)".
- Title foxed; otherwise contents fine. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities.
= Beautiful plates. Very rare. Cf. Hiler p.571; Colas 1992, Lipperheide Oc42. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.
- Loose in parts in binding.
= Attractive frontisp. views of i.a. Rotterdam, Rijswijk, Delft, Haarlem, Enkhuizen, Geertruidenberg, Vlissingen and Charleroi.
- Wormhole in upper blank margin throughout; 2 sm. stains on title-p.; annot. on last free endpaper. Vellum w. dam. spot on edge backcover.
= Cf. Pardoel 296.
- First 4 and last 3 lvs. (incl. htitle and first title-p.) and pastedowns wormholed.
= Thimm, p.30; Pardoel 361-363.
- Lacks lvs. 1, 2, 14, 18 and 43; several lvs. w. carefully restored margins and corners.
= Pardoel 511; cf. Thimm p.44f (listing the 1st edition of 1610 and the "2nd" of 1652); cf. The Mokken Collection 14 (1st ed. 1610); cf. Vigeant p.43f (idem). "Of all the Italian works on fencing, none ever had such a share in fixing the principles of the science" (Thimm); "Capoferrus, un des principaux auteurs italiens, est regardé comme chef d'école et le livre qu'il a composé mérite, non seulement d'être recherché comme oeuvre bibliographique, mais aussi comme traité original et pratique" (Vigeant). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Occas. sl. browned/ foxed. = Thimm p.52; Pardoel 562.
- Contemp. owner's entry on verso first free endpaper. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Cf. Thimm p.55; cf. Pardoel 588.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl foxed. = Thimm, p.57; Pardoel 610.
AND 1 other: G. LETAINTURIER-FRADIN, Le Duel a travers les Ages (ibid., 1892, plates/ ills., modern gilt cl., 4to. Thimm 164; Pardoel 1489).
- Wrappers browned. = Thimm p.237. Originally published in 1720. Not in Pardoel.
- Bookplate on upper pastedowns; vol. 1 w. mounted label and annots. on 2nd blank. Spines and corners sl. rubbed.
= Pardoel 969; not in Thimm.
- New endpapers; a few lvs. w. tiny wormhole. Spine sl. rubbed. = Thimm, p.113; Pardoel 1070.
- Rolled; sl. yellowed and foxed; a few closed tears.
- A few lvs. trifle foxed; annot. on upper pastedown. Spine-ends chipped.
= Thimm, p.122 (mentioning this as "1st ed."); Pardoel 1169 (mentioning this ed. as "2nd ed.").