- Some sm. soiled spots on vellum; nevertheless fine.
= De Buck 292; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 496. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annots. tipped onto upper pastedown.
= De Buck 292; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 496.
- First free endpaper replaced by a new endpaper; 2 bookplates on upper pastedown (Dr. Berendt/ Maia Goltz); occas. wormholed in lower margin (partly just touching the lowest textline); a few quires at the end sl. browned; occas. old underlining in pen and ink. Vellum sl. soiled; lower ties broken. Good copy.
= VD 16, W 763. A rare chronicle of East-Prussia. The author (±1540-1602) is also known as a lutenist and published several volumes of lute music.
- Trifle dampstained in lower margin of the final part; owner's entry on vero of frontisp. and on title-p. Fine copy.
= Rare. Cf. De Vries 332 (4th ed.).
= Hagen 131 D2, 210 and 205.
Idem. Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand. Ein Schauspiel. Ibid, idem, 1787, "Ächte Ausgabe", (2),240p., later boards.
= Goedeke 4,3, p.143, 1/2; Hagen 54.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed/ sl. browned; vol. 2 a few leaves at the beginning wormholed in outer blank margin; worldmap w. sm. waterstain in lower blank margin. Corners sl. rubbed; spine-ends chipped; covers occas. chafed/ some grazed areas; vol.2 frontcover sl. inkstained; joints partly starting. A good set.
= Rare complete copy. The worldmap ("Nova delineatio totius orbis terrarum, 25,5x34,5 cm.) engr. by J. van Meurs, with hemispheres that are surrounded by six robust statuesque figures typically representing Day and Night and the four elements; each, except for Mother Earth, proudly unclothed (Shirley 417). Klaversma/ Hannema 580 and (for the Volkomen Vervolgh op (...) Gottfrieds Historische Kronyck) 1478 and 1479; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen no.322. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXII.
- Creased; a few sm. holes; sl. frayed; contemp. annots. in pen and brown ink.
= Concerning i.a. "Een extra welgelegen en zeer aangename Buitenplaats, genaamd Langesteijn, bestaande in een Heerenhuis, Bouwhuis, Koetshuis en Stalling, mitsgaders Schuur, Hooiberg, Boomgaart, Moestuin, Laan, Speelhuis of Coupel, en Uitterdyk, verdere Getimmerte en Plantagie, met drie Viertels of twaalf Mergen Land, gelegen in den Lande van Steyn".
- Lacks div. title and dedication (lvs. A1 and A2, as often); (sl.) foxed/ stained; trifle yellowed/ browned.
= Rare treatise on the English reformation by Florentine merchant Bernardo Davanzati, supplemented with two of his main economic works (Notizia de Cambi and Lezione delle Monete) and lectures on agriculture. Einaudi 1434; Goldsmiths' 687; Kress 531.
- Title-p. 1st work doubled, mouldy and worn (partly w. loss of imprint); first 2 lvs. sl. crudely repaired w. tape; first quires loosening; yellowed, sl. waterst. and mouldy at the beginning; new upper pastedown w. bookplate.
ADDED: Zincgref, J.W. Duytsche Apophthegmata of Kloeck-uyt-gesprokene Wysheydt. Bestaende in Sin-Pit-Punt-en-Spot-Redenen van Pausen, Bisschoppen, Keysers, Koningen, Vorsten, Heeren, Edelen, Geleerden, &c (...) Met eenige Spreucken vermeerdert door Johannes Leonhard Weidner. Ibid., J. van Ravesteyn, 1669, (16),512p., engr. title, woodcut printer's vignette, contemp. vellum.
- Binding sl. worn.
- Lacks first free endpaper; title-p. cut sl. short in lower margin (affecting address); occas. yellowed; partly sl. waterstained and wormholed in lower half.
= Rare Dutch edition of Gauden's Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, first publ. London, 1648.
- Corners showing; paper over boards chafed. Otherwise fine.
= Rare Dutch edition.
- Yellowed; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding rubbed. = Rare.
- A fine set despite the following minor imperfections: frontisp. and title to 1st vol. w. sm. waterstain in lower inner margin; occas. very light browning to pages.
= Also known as the Atsley Collection. The first 2 vols. describe voyages undertaken by the Portuguese and the English from 1418 to 1735 to the East Indies and to Africa etc. Vols. 3 and 4 continue the travels in the rest of Africa, and then deal at length with travels in China and the rest of the far east. Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica 1947; Hill p.210; Sabin 28539; Cox I, p.15. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
- Engr. title and title-p. browned; bookplate on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on first blank; new endpapers. Vellum soiled/ stained; backstrip dam.; contemp. manuscript annot. on frontcover "dat is varkensvel".
BOUND WITH: Burg, H. van den. Mengeldichten, bestaande in voorbeelden van deugden en ondeugden in beruchte vrouwen. Leyden, I. Severinus, 1716, (8),110,(4)p., engr. title-vign. and headpiece by J. GOEREE.
- Sl. waterstained and browned in blank margins; tear in title-p., sl. affecting vignette.
= Rare.
- Old owner's entry on first free endpaper (illegible); gilt on top edge dulled. Remnants of paper ticket on backstrip.
= The rare continuation of Greenwood's Boere-Pinxtervreugd, first publ. Rott. 1733 and here included in the 2nd edition as the second part. Boere-Pinxtervreugd is a satirical poem on the Pentecost festivities in a Dutch village, illustrated with 4 nice etchings, starting with the festive entry of the drummers and ending with a mass brawl at the inn.
- Partly sl. yellowed. Spine sl. dried and worn; top of spine dam.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 222; Bodel Nijenhuis 3126.
Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden; Vervattende eenen aanvang der Beschryving van Stad en Lande. Vols. 20 and 21. Amst. etc., J. de Groot etc., 1793-1794, 2 vols., (4),538,(26); (6),446,(18)p., engr. frontisp. by R. VINKELES after I. BUYS, 7 (fold.) plates, 19th cent. unif. hcl.
- Lacks the map; occas. sl. foxed; title-p. vol. 2 loose(ning) and w. sm. hole.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 442b. With views of the city of Groningen (i.a. Groote Markt and Vismarkt) and a view of Appingedam.
- A few lvs. lower blank margins repaired; title doubled w. thin japanese. = Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 823.
AND 1 other by the same: Bewys van den waren Godsdienst (Amst., 1728, 5th ed., engr. frontisp. portrait, title-vignette, contemp. vellum. Bound with one other work).
- Final free endpaper laid down on final pastedown; sm. ticket and stamps of 'Dom. Prob. S.j. Prov.Neerl." on first free endpaper and title.
= Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 232, 913 and 1249: "L'ouvrage est en grande partie basé sur des manuscrits et des lettres manuscrites". The main old source for the study of Grotius in second edition.
- Both fold. plates lack a portion that was torn off at the bottom; otherwise a good copy. Covers pasted over w. 19th cent./early 20th cent. paper and corners reinforced w. later cl.
= Ruit Hora p.301.
- Bookplate of A. de Kluijs on upper pastedown; sl. foxed. Otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= Collection of (partly) previously unpublished poems by H. GROTIUS, his father Jan, brother Willem and son Pieter. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 220. Ter Laan, p.189: "Zeer merkwaardig is de Delftse uitgave van A. Voorstad, 1722 (...) nu wel zeer zeldzaam geworden."