- Vol.1 occas. sl. foxed. Vol.1 binding sl. rubbed and backcover sl. stained; second vol. binding sl. soiled; both vols. covers sl. warped.
= Vol. 1 in the rare first edition (the second ed. was publ. in 1756; the second vol. only published once). Landwehr 757 and 760; Praz p.502. Rare set.
- Bookplate of D.F. Scheurleer and Melchior on upper endpaper. Occas. sl. wormholed in lower blank margin (five leaves restored); upper hinge wormholed at lower end; (sl.) foxed (mostly in blank margins); a few leaves yellowed. A good/ fine copy.
= The rare first edition of this famous emblem book, enlarged with Van der Veen's popular songbook. The only edition to contain the captions to the emblems in French as well as in Dutch and the only edition in 4to format, all the reprints in 8vo size. With a manuscript index ((1)p.) in contemp. pen and ink. Landwehr 842; Praz p.522-523; Hollstein XXIV,181; Scheurleer p.156.
- Hinges weakening and lower outer corner partly sl. fingersoiled. Frontcover trifle stained in upper outer corner. Otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= Landwehr 903; Praz, p.539. Rare.
- Both vols. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Second vol. w. large armorial bookplate.
= Second vol. is a large paper copy. Landwehr 904. Both first editions.
- Some sl. foxing/ yellowing, mainly in outer blank margins; first free endpaper stuck to pastedown; upper hinge weak; sm. wormhole in lower pastedown. Binding trifle soiled.
= Bibl. Belg. E763; Van der Haeghen I, p.40; Muller 571 (ed. 1654).
ADDED: Sluiter, W. (Works). Collection of 3 works in 1 vol., contemp. hvellum, sm. 8vo.
- Some sl. occas. foxing; partly w. very vague waterstain in lower corner; 1 leaf lacks lower corner w. loss of a few words. Corners sl. worn.
= Contains: Buyten- eensaem huys- somer- en winter-leven (Amst., J. Wessing Willemsz., n.d., "de laatste druk, nieuwe uitgave", XXIII,(13),127,(5)p., engr. frontisp., 8 ills.); Tien Boeken der Gesangen (ibid., idem, n.d., 9th ed., (8),292,(12)p.); Eybergsche Sang-lust, Mitsgaders Vreugd- en Liefde-sangen (ibid., Erve Wed. G. de Groot, 1739, (16),76,(4)p.).
- Bookblock shaken. Otherwise fine. = Vander Haeghen I, p.125; Muller 574.
- Title-p. w. 2 sm. dam. spots in outer blank margin (sl. affecting text on verso and repaired w. Japanese). Corners restored; sm. wormholes in upper joint.
= Typographia Batava 1902; BCNI 2077. Very rare edition of this popular 16th century devotional work on the suffering of Christ in an interesting contemporary binding. A fine copy. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.
- Both vols. w. old libr. stamp and annot. on first free endpaper; plate 91 blank outer margin restored.
= Colas 2686; Lipperheide Of 13.
- With the bookplate of K. ter Laan mounted on htitle. Frontcover detached (holding on endpaper); binding worn.
= Our copy with the illustrations from the 3rd edition (Amst., 1786). Immerzeel II, p.147: "Voor de plaatjes van enkele werkjes van zijn stadgenoot en vriend Feith, maakte de Heer van der Laan de teekeningen." Rare, only 2 copies in STCN. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.
Idem. Fannij. Amst., J. Allart, 1787, 1st ed., XVI,70p., engr. title, 12 ills., contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.
- A few minor defects, but mostly fine.
AND 1 other on the same.
= Complete set of drawings for the engravings of the first edition. From the collection of P.J. and L. Buijnsters-Smets. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.
- Crossed out owner's entry on htitle; title and htitle reattached; new endpapers.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buisman 588.
Idem. Numa Pompilius, tweede koning van Rome. Dutch transl. by J.D. Pasteur. Leyden, A. and J. Honkoop, 1787, (2),415,(1)p., engr. frontisp., contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks endpapers. Binding worn along extremities. = Buisman 586; Mateboer 1160.
- New endpapers. Rebacked; sl. soiled.
= Scheepers II, 921. The famous Charles d'Eon de Beaumont, who supposedly first disguised himself as a woman during a mission to the Russian court. Ever since that occasion discussions arose as to his sex, culminating in a court action raised before Lord Mansfield in 1777 by which D'Eon was declared a female. Rare.
- Spine splitting. = The first and second editions are both rare.
- Occas. sl foxed/ (water)stained. Paper over covers rubbed.
= De Buck II, 3473: "Volgens Konst- en Letterbode waren de 2 eerste dln. van Mart. Stuart, de andere van Joh. Konijnenburg. Volgens Rogge, Bibl. v. Remonstr. geschr. bl. 64 en 186 was alleen het 1e dl. van Stuart. Een 2e druk verscheen Zalt-Bommel, bij. J. Noman 1824-1827, in 28 dln."
- Sl. yellowed and foxed. Worn along extremities.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Oberlé, Fastes 485; Cagle 1075; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Simon, Vicaire, Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking. The third vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses.
- Small no. stamp on title. Frontcover w. sm. number in pen and ink and w. remnants of sm. ticket.
Perponcher, W.E. de. Gedagten, over het sentimenteel van deezen tyd. Utr., J. van Schoonhoven, "Voor Reekening van den Auteur gedrukt", 1804, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),p.59-119,(1 blank); 143p., orig. printed boards.
- Binding trifle foxed; otherwise fine.
= "In 't Mengelwerk, onder Zinspreuk Tendimus ad Coelestem Patriam, maakte dit een gedeelte van 't VIII. en 't Geheele IX. Stukje, uitgegeeven in de Jaaren 1786 en 1788. Het eerstgemelde is de reede waarom dit Stukje met Pag.59 begint." [opposite title]. Rare, unrecorded separate publication.
Wyn, H. van. Historische en letterkundige avondstonden, ter opheldering van eenige zeden der Nederlanderen; byzonderlyk in derzelver daaglyksch en huislyk leeven en van den stand der Nederduitsche dichtkunde (...). Amst., J. Allart, 1800, 2 parts in 1 vol., VII,(1),368; II,200p., 4 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf.
- Top of spine sl. dam.; corners showing. Good copy.
- Paper over covers sl. rubbed; corners showing.
= The first edition of this translation. Buisman 633 ("soms met 4 platen door I. Buys"); Scheepers II, 415; cf. Waller 591 (3rd ed., 1777).
- From the library of Bob Luza w. his bookplate on upper pastedowns. Finely bound set.
= Fabelen en vertelsels (3 vols. The first Dutch edition. Landwehr F105); Mengelschriften; Brieven (2 vols.); Geestelijke gezangen en liederen; Zedekundige lessen (2 vols.); Blyspelen; Zedenkundige grondstellingen gevolgd, in eene zedenleer; Het leven van de Zweedsche Gravinne, G***; Verhandelingen over de fabelen en vertelsels and J.A. CRAMER, C.F. Gellert's leven.
- Some usual occas. foxing/ browning, especially in the outer margins of the plates.
= Extremely rare (unique?) copy in the original 12 instalments in which the book was published, each in its ORIGINAL UNIFORM PICTORIAL WRAPPERS (i.a. reading that the plates are made by HORK), together in contemp. (orig.?) board portfolio w. ties, w. orig. frontwr. laid down (sl. soiled/ worn). The halftitle, engr. title (dated 1841), index lvs. and a leaf w. paper letterpieces are included in the last instalment. Provenance: auction of the collection Henri-Dirkx, Utr. 1981. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.