- Endpapers/ title-p./ last leaf sl. foxed; sm. waterst. on title-p. = Thimm, p.135.; not in Pardoel.
- First and last free endpaper sl. wormholed; a few lvs. w. tiny wormhole. Binding sl. worn.
= Thimm, p.174; Pardoel 1612.
- Manuscript notes on title-p.
= Thimm p.237. Collection of ordonnances on duelling in France from 1599 to 1660, comprising i.a. many arrests and edicts. Not in Pardoel.
BOUND WITH 2 similar publications: Recueil de diverses pieces touchant les duels et rencontres (ibid., idem, 1663, identical title-vignette) and Remonstrance du clerge' de France, faite au roy, la reyne sa mere presente (...) contre les duels (ibid., A. Vitré, 1663, woodcut title-vignette).
- Title-p. w. old owner's entry and cut short in right margin, just touching text.
= Thimm p.237; cf. Pardoel 3049 (ed. Paris, 1689); not in Vigeant.
- Owner's entry on first blank. Fine copy. = Thimm p.285; Pardoel 2577.
- First ±15 lvs. w. (vague) waterstain; trifle foxed. = Very rare.
AND 1 other: G. FAZY, Le Duel (Geneva, 1871, modern gilt orange hmor., sm. 4to. Thimm, p.99).
- First lvs. (incl. title-p.) sm. wormholes in blank margin. Covers trifle worn and partly sl. discoloured; top of spine sl. chipped.
= Cohen/ De Ricci p.380f.
- Lacks frontisp. and 6 plates. Lower part spine dam.; corners bumped; covers sl. rubbed. = Cohen/ De Ricci p.383.
- Partly yellowed/ (sl.) foxed. Binding badly worn/ sl. dam. at extremities; frontcover almost loose.
= Sander 657; Cohen/ De Ricci p.381; Ray p.7f; Boissais/ Deleplanque p.75.
- One plate loose, otherwise contents fine. Binding dam.: backcover partly deteriorated, resulting in stains in the index leaves; backstrip dam. and frontcover some loss of upper layer of calf.
= Rare edition, only listed in Buisman 558.
AND 1 other.
- Final leaf w. closed tear.
- Bookplate of C.D.I. Brand on upper pastedowns.
AND 2 others in 3 vols, i.a. J. DE LA BRUYERE, Les Caractères de Théophraste (Amst., 1743, 2 vols., engr. frontisp., portrait, contemp. unif. calf).
- Contemp. owner's entry on each title-page; all vols. pastedowns and first free endpapers browned due to offsetting from turn-ins; first vol. 2 frontispieces and upper pastedown loose.
= Cohen/ de R. p.407: "superbes illustrations".
- Hinges sl. weak; good copy.
= De Buck 2226: "Friesche kronieken uit de 16e eeuw, waarvan de belangrijkste de kroniek van Sicke Benninghe."; Herwijnen 248 (first part only). Contains: Sicke Beninga, Chronickel der Vriescher Landen, en der stadt Groningen; Sybe Jarichs, Corte Cronyck, tracteerende van de hercomste der Vreesen, ende oer Vryheyt; "Eens onbekenden schryvers", Cleyne Cronica van de Groninger Omlanden and Tjalling Aykema, Cronyxke van de Ommelanden.
- Lacks prelim. leaf w. portrait of the author; trifle yellowed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends restored; upper joint wormholed.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 204,a; De Wind p.348-349; Van Someren I, p.103-104; Hollstein VI, p.240; F.M. 89. The second and most desirable edition (first Münster, 1609), the first with the illustrations. The full-page portraits showing places, buildings and scenes connected with the lives of the depicted persons in the background.
- First 8 lvs. waterst./ dam. in lower outer corner (repaired). Binding backstrip dam.
= Comprehensive documentation on the famous incest case against Onno Zwier van Haren (1711-1779), politician and close friend of William IV. Comprises i.a. "Publicatie" (1761, folded plano; Knuttel 18794 (rare)); "Het onteerend kindre verraad" (n.d., (4)p.); "Parodie of Tegenzang" (n.d., (4)p.); "Verdediging van de heeren Johan Alexander van Sandick, en Mr. Wilhem van Hogendorp" (1761, (2),55,(1)p.); "Deductie voor Vrouwe S.A. van Haren, Geborene Van Huls" (1762, 39,(14)p.); ''Tweede Deductie voor Jr. Onno Zwier van Haren'' (1762, 50,(17)p.); ''Derde Deductie voor Jr. Onno Zwier van Haren'' (1762, 27p.) and "Crimineele proceduren" (1762, (2),16p.).
- Backstrip reattached; sl. worn at extremities. Contents fine.
= The rare second edition of this important early bibliographical source for the history of Friesland. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 383b, also listing the first edition published in Cologne 1593 and a third edition published in Utrecht, 1730.
- Pastedowns loosening. Binding worn along extremities; chipped at top of spine. Fine complete copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 429; Tiele 976. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- A very fine copy, apart from the following minor defects: fol.1-2 lacks upper outer blank corner; left and right margins of map and plans trimmed to borderline. Lacks ties.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 523c; Carasso-Kok 98 and 224; De Wind p.555-557. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.