- Vol. 2 contents reattached to new stubs; vol.1 and 3 blank margins occas. strengthened/ restored. All vols. rebacked; vol. 2 and 3 outer margin of frontcover sl. chipped. Good/ fine set.
= Not in the usual reference books. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXX.
- Contents reattached to stubs. Rebacked w. black cloth. Good/ fine copy.
= Coll. Caljé-van Gulik 495; Lust en Leering p.215 and 441 (imprint Sneek, Van Druten & Bleeker, ±1859). Very nice work, containing splendid illustrations of major fair attractions, such as wax-works, monkeys and dogs show, a circus act with a horse, a clown and a juggler, a dancing bear, roulette, a conjurer and a midgets and giants performance. Rare. Kept together w. the following work in modern blue cl. portfolio w. mounted handcol. pict. frontwr.
Idem. Nog iets van de kermis, in prentverbeeldingen met toepasselijke rijmen. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1848), 12p., 8 handcol. lithogr. plates by C. ROTH, orig. handcol. pict. boards identical to the preceding, obl. 8vo.
- Contents reattached to stubs; occas. vaguely stained/ trifle foxed. Rebacked w. black cloth. A good/ fine copy.
= Not in Lust en Leering. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXX.
- A fine copy.
= Coll. Caljé-van Gulik 495; Lust en Leering p.215 and 441 (imprint Sneek, Van Druten & Bleeker, ±1859). Very nice work, containing splendid illustrations of major fair attractions: wax-works, a monkeys and dogs show, a circus act with a horse, a clown and a juggler, a dancing bear, roulette, a conjurer and finally a midget and a female giant. Rare. Kept in a modern marbled blue board portfolio.
- Fine copy.
- Partly foxed, esp. between p.10-15 (also sl. affecting the plates). Backstrip sl. worn.
= The third edition (first 1779), in fine contemp. handcolouring. Arpots 248; coll. Caljé-van Gulik 123; BNK 1456 ("Traditioneel onder de kinderboeken gerekend, maar feitelijk meer een kunstboek voor volwassenen"). On Chr. Chalon: L. Buijnsters-Smets, "Christina Chalon, een achttiende-eeuwse tekenares", Antiek 16 (1982), p.471-480.
= Cf. Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch, no. 498 referring to the orig. German 1st edition on which this work is based: G.J. KLETT and A. VON LEWINSKI, Weisst du wieviel Sternlein stehen? (1910). Very rare.
Andersen, H.C. Duimelijntje. Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, n.d. (1909), (30)p., 15 col. lithogr. plates (incl. title-p.) and orig. clothbacked boards by E. BESKOW, 4to.
- Corners sl. rubbed and frontcover sl. browned along margins. Otherwise fine.
AND 8 others, i.a. E. BESKOW, Olle's Sneeuwschoentocht (Nijm., n.d. (±1910), 14 col. lithogr. plates, monochr. ills. and orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards by ELSA BESKOW, 4to. Binding sl. rubbed and fingersoiled along margins) and R. CRAMER, Lenteliedjes (Utr., n.d. (1914), 16 mounted col. plates by R. CRAMER (incl. 1 on frontcover and 1 on backcover), scores by G. VOGEL, orig. cl., obl. 8vo. Occas. sl. foxed, otherwise fine).
- Some scribblings in pencil; sl. foxed. Binding soiled.
Idem. Gouden regen. Ibid., idem, (1918), 16p., 7 plates and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by A. LISTAL, 4to.
- Foxed/ browned; contents loose.
Idem. De zandmannetjes. N.pl., n.publ., (1917), 11 lvs., 10 col. lithogr. plates and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by A. LISTAL, obl. 4to.
- Sl. foxed.
AND 1 other by the same.
= On all works: De Bodt/ Kapelle, p. 237 and 144-146: "(...) zijn de boeken van Listal geestig maar vreemd, consequent in hun inconsequentie".
- Covers sl. foxed; spine-ends sl. dam./ worn. Good copy.
= W.L. & J. Brusse 193. Rare, nice picture book.
Rotman, G.T. Piepneus en Bibbersnoet. Lotgevallen van twee muizen, met 194 plaatjes. The Hague, Apollo, n.d. (±1950), 104p., partly handcol. ills. and orig. pict. wr. by G.T. ROTMAN, obl. 8vo.
- Spine-ends dam.; sm. stains on frontwr.
AND 4 others, 3 vols. illustrated by RIE CRAMER and A. SUTORIUS, Een muizenbruiloft (Rijswijk, n.d., 3rd ed., col. ills. and orig. pict. boards by B. JORDENS, obl. 4to).
- All plates strengthened w. tape along outer edges. Frontwrapper reattached to modern cl. spine; lacks backwrapper. Sold w.a.f.
= Lust en Leering p.338, 401f. "In de jaren zeventig en tachtig bereiken de beweegbare prentenboeken hun hoogste populariteit. (...) Tot het beste wat er op dit gebied in de negentiende eeuw voor Nederlandse kinderen op de markt is gebracht, behoren stellig de uitklap-prentenboeken van Elise van Calcar (1822-1904)". Nice plates which can be folded and unfolded in various combinations, thus creating numerous variants of images. Rare.
- Along all edges (incl. frontcover and entire backcover) strengthened w. red tape; two plates w. crack. Small dam. spot on frontcover.
= First and only German edition. Extremely rare. Krahé 111 and Ries, ill. 97.
- Hinges (almost) broken; plates sl. (finger)soiled in margin (some w. sm. tear). Backcover reattached and spine strengthened w. tape; covers sl. rubbed/ soiled.
= Rare.
- Hinges partly split; some lvs. a tad foxed. Boards sl. soiled.
= With prize in contemp. hand w. brown ink on free endpaper: "Prix d'Application et de bonne Conduite, donné à Mad[emois]elle A.E. v. Heemstra par son amie A.C.H. Koning. Rusthoek le 12 Dec. 1855." Not traced in the ususal refence works.
Kroon, A. W. Ons vaderland, van de komst der Batavieren tot aan den dood van Willem I, Geschetst voor jonge lieden van den beschaafden stand. Schoonhoven, S.E. van Nooten, n.d., 2nd ed., (4),217p., 6 tinted lithogr. plates. orig. giltlettered and blindst. cl. frontcover w. gilt spine.
- Hinges split; occas. sl. foxed. Top and foot of spine worn; corners of frontcover sl. worn.
- Spine split; outer edge covers frayed and creased; covers soiled.
= Rare. Each leaf has the shape of a Dutch cavalerist on horseback and each leaf is larger than the preceding. De Bodt/ Kapelle, p.256.
AND 2 others, in rather poor condition, i.a. K. GREENAWAY, Nieuwe kijkjes in het rond (Schiedam, n.d., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. col. lithogr. clothbacked boards by K. GREENAWAY).
- Year 1829 lacks engr. title; sl. yellowed and fingersoiled. Rebacked; bindings rubbed.
= Huiskamp P86; Rietveld-Van Wingerden 22. Children's periodical, which was published until 1831.
- Hinges weak. Binding sl. rubbed, otherwise fine.
- Vol. 1 occas. foxed; vol. 2 a few quires loose(ning). Both vols. spine-ends worn/ dam.
AND 7 others similar, i.a. P. SLUIS, Kanaries (Weesperkarspel, n.d. (±1930), 48 mounted col. plates, orig. cordbound boards, obl. 8vo) and R. KOK EN BOS BANKETBAKKER, Vogels en insecten (Ibid., n.d. (±1930), 80 mounted col. plates, orig. dec. clothbacked boards, 4to).
- A few scattered owner's stamps.
AND 10 others, i.a. C. KEG, Album Theeplaatjes. Serie "internationaal" (Zaandam etc., n.d. (1913), 1st ed., 15 series of 6 inserted col. plates, together 90 chromolithogr. plates, orig. clothbacked boards, 4to).