- Title repaired on verso w. scotch tape; lacks endpapers; contents trifle soiled. Binding worn.
= Rare.
- Good copy.
= Cf. Van Heurck, Vlaamsche volksboeken p. 106-107, cf. Waller 295-299 and cf. Muller 589-591 (all editions traced have 27 ills.).
Geschiedenis van Genoveva, huisvrouw van Siegfried, Graaf van Trier. Ibid., G. van der Linden, n.d. (±1840), 114p., 13 woodcut ills., orig. printed wr., sm. 8vo.
- Contents (almost) loose; 19th cent. owner's entry on verso title. Paper over spine worn away.
= Waller 743; The Childrens World of Learning 1828; cf. Muller 708: "Een der schoonste en meest populaire volksboeken." Dutch translation of the work by H.A. Kiehl.
- First and final leaf sl. discoloured; dogeared. Otherwise a good copy.
= Large part printed in civilité. Carter/ Vervliet 550; Muller 1010; cf. BNK 207; cf. The Children's World of Learning 245; cf. Waller 662 (Deventer ed. of 1788). On the book and its history Bibelebontseberg p.119. "Bekendste schoolboek van de Zwolse catechiseermeester, voorzanger en boekdrukker Berend Hakvoord, die in zijn woonplaats veel gerucht maakte wegens vermeende onrechtzinnigheid." (BNK).
Een Schoone Historie en Miraculeuze Geschiedenis van den Ridder met de Zwaan. Die te Nymegen in Gelderland te Scheep kwam, by het geleide van eene Zwaan, uit den Landen Lilefoort, hetwelk men zegt te wezen: Ryssel, Douway en Orchy, gelegen in Vlaanderen. Amst., B. Koene, n.d. (±1815), (40)p., woodcut vignette on title, 3 half-p. woodcut ills., contemp. limp vellum, sm. 4to.
- Bookplate of I. Meulman on verso frontwrapper.
= From the collection M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on verso frontwr. Waller 776; Muller 693; De Vries 140. On Helias, the Knight of the Swan.
- New endpapers. Contents fine.
= From the library of Bob Luza w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Waller 727; Muller 723.
- Waterstained; dogeared. = Cf. Muller 682 (ed. 1802).
De historie van den koninglyke propheet David, Zo van zijn Leven en wonderlijke Werke en hoe Victorieuslijk hy tegen zijne Vyanden gestreden heeft. Ibid., J. Bouwer and widow J. Ratelband, 1802, 48p., 18 woodcut ills. (incl. on title), later simple wr.
- Repaired dam. spot in outer blank margin title.
= From the library of Bob Luza w. his bookplate on verso frontwrapper.
- New endpapers; newly sewn. The woodcuts printed from worn blocks.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. De Vries 123; Childern's World of Learning 1812; Muller 737 and Scheepers II, 122.
- Bookplate of I. Meulman on verso frontwrapper; sm. paper ticket on final leaf.
= Muller 726; De Vries 144; Waller 795.
Schoone Historie van Fortunatus Borze en zyn Wensch-hoedeken. Ghent, I.C. van Paemel, n.d. (±1830), 84p., 18 woodcut ills. (incl. on title), modern hmor., sm. 8vo.
- New endpapers; title tipped in along inner margin on new endpaper; sl. foxed; 1p. w. sm. cross in ballpoint in lower blank margin.
= Waller 783; cf. Muller 675 (ed. Antw. 1624).
- Sm. owner's ticket first free endpaper: "Dr Jan Te Winkel"; browned and waterstained.
= Debaene p.222-223. Waller 755; Muller 687 (dating it ±1790).
- Browned/ foxed. Lacks backwrapper (replaced by modern plain wrapper tipped in w. tape along inner margin).
= Waller 756; Muller 689 ("Met curieuse, oude houtsneden").
De Schoone Historie van Fortunatus Borze en van zyn Wensch Hoedeken. Antw., J. Thys, n.d. (±1830), 1-64,83-90p., 11 woodcut ills. (incl. on title), contemp. simple wr., sm. 8vo.
- Browned/ foxed; pagination erratic but complete.
= Cf. The Children's World of Learning 5327. "(...) chapbook with the story of Fortunatus' purse and his "wish-hat", a fairy-like folktale from the 15th century, which remained popular as a children's book for centuries."
- Final leaf remargined; ±10p. sl. wormholed; trifle foxed.
= Cf. Muller 665 (ed. Amst., J.A. Alberdingk Thijm, 1861): "Het middeleeuwsch gedicht, dat tot een volksboek werd omgewerkt, is verloren gegaan. Het volksboek, waarvan o.a. een druk met adres de Wed. Jac. van Egmond bekend is, is ook zeer zeldzaam."
- New endpapers. = Waller 757.
- Sl. cut short in lower margin, only affecting the printer's address on title; contemp. owner's entry on title in blank margins; modern annot. on frontwrapper in ballpoint.
= Very rare chapbook.
- Contemp. owner's entries on verso of both wrappers. A good copy.
= The Children's World of Learning 1805; Waller 760; cf. Van Heurck, p.86ff.
- New endpapers; verso p.6 w. smudged inkstain.
Ribadeneira, P. and Puente, L. de la. Het leven ons heere Jesu-Christi, Gedeylt in dry deelen, Met schoone Leeringen op elke verholentheyd des zelfs. Dutch trans. F.B. Ibid., idem, ±1763, 56p., 7 woodcut ills., contemp. simple wr.
= Van Heurck p.110-111.
= Contains De neef van Curaçao.
Hasebroek, J.P. (under pseud. Jonathan). Waarheid en droomen. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1840, 1st ed., (4),257,(1)p., steelengr. title-p., contemp. clothbacked boards.
- Foxed. Lower joint splitting.
AND 4 others, i.a. A.J. VAN LOON, Schetsen uit het menschelijk leven (Amst., 1843, steelengr. title-p., contemp. cl. From the collection of M. Buisman. Sl. foxed.)
- Outer margin of first 25 lvs. cut short; p.49 and opposite plate stained. Large stain on frontcover.
= From the library of J.W. Six. The very rare first edition. Buisman sale 762; Muller 395; Waller 409; De Vries 73 and Scheepers II, 746. According to Muller the plates are from the "Atelier van C. de Passe".
= Comprises: (1). Lambrecht Hensmans (Antw., J.-E. Buschmann, 1847, 2 parts in 1 vol., plates/ ills., hmor.); (2). Geschiedenis van graef Hugo van Craenhove en van zynen vriend Abulfaragus (1852, plates, richly gilt and blindst. mor., a.e.g.); (3). De kwael des tyds (1859, 2 vols., plates, unif. hmor.); (4). Bella Stock (1861, 2 vols., unif. hmor. (Erased) libr. stamps); (5). De burgers van Darlingen (1861, 2 vols., plates, unif. hmor.); (6). Baes Gansendonck (1862, 4th ed., plates, hcl. Ex libr. copy); (7). Koning Orland (1872, plates, hmor.); (8). De twee vrienden (1872, plates, hmor. Backstrip dam.); (9). De oom van Felix Roobeek (1877, 2 parts in 1 vol., plates, hcalf); (10). De schat van Felix Roobeek (1878, 2 parts in 1 vol., plates, hcalf); (11). Geschiedenis mijner jeugd (Leyden, A.-W. Sijthoff, (1888), orig. dec. cl.); (12-14). Eene O te veel/ Het geluk van rijk te zijn/ Een slachtoffer der moederliefde (...) (Brussels, J. Lebègue & Cie, n.d., 3 vols., unif. giltlettered hcl., large 8vo); (15-18). De gierigaard/ De keus des harten/ De plaag der dorpen/ Schandevrees (ibid., idem (first 2 works) and Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, n.d., 4 vols., orig. unif. dec. cl. ("Hendrik Conscience Geïllustreerd"), large 8vo).
- Waterstain in upper margin, almost throughout. = Buisman 414.
Baucherij, R. De giftmenger of de familie-erfenis. Uit het Fransch. Dordr., F. Boekee, 1839, 2 parts in 1 vol., VIII,206; 196p., 2 engr. titles w. identical ill., contemp. hcl. w. gilt spine.
- Yellowed; occas. foxed and soiled. Binding worn at extremities. = Buisman 2616.
AND 2 others similar, both transl. from the French (bindings worn): E. BERTHET, De katakomben van Parijs. Eene geschiedenis uit den tijd van Lodewijk XV en Lodewijk XVI (Amst., 1858, 3 parts in 1 vol., 3 ident. lithogr. titles, contemp. plain hcl. w. paper letterpiece. Buisman 2619) and E. CAPENDU, De pluimgraaf. Dutch transl. J. Speijer Klerk (The Hague, 1866, contemp./ sl. later plain hcl. Volks-editie No.2. Buisman 2641).
= All vols. from the library of M. Buisman, with his owner's entry on first free endpaper.
- Upper hinge strengthened w. scotch tape. = Gouda Quint 49.
Hofdijk, W.J. Helene. Ibid., Gebroeders Kraay, 1854, (6),229p., steelengr. frontisp. and 4 plates, engr. title, orig. gilt and blindst. cl., a.e.g. Kate, J.J.L. ten. In den bloemhof. Beelden en droomen. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, (1851), XII,147p., 10 handcol. lithogr. plates, orig. gilt and dec. cl., a.e.g.
- Spine-ends sl. worn. = Remarkable flowerplates, strongly inspired by Grandville.
Kloos, W. Verzen. Amst., W. Versluys, 1894, 1st ed., (6),262p., orig. giltlettered full vellum. - AND 11 other works of poetry in 13 vols., i.a. by K.L. LEDEGANCK, J.P. HASEBROEK, J.J.A. GOEVERNEUR and E.J. POTGIETER.