- Vellum sl. soiled; lacks ties. = BCNI 7074.
Marchant, P. Af-beeldinghe des waerachtigh Christen Mensch, Naer het voor-beelt vanden Reghel der derder Ordre Van den Godt-salighen Vader S. Franchois, Toe-ghe-eyghent de Godtvruchtige zielen der vorseyde Ordre. Ghent, A. Sersanders, 1639, (46),188,(15)p., woodcut ill. on title, engr. plate, contemp. vellum.
- Lacks endpapers; fingersoiled; library ticket on upper pastedown. Vellum darkened and wrinkled.
= BCNI 9237.
AND 2 others similar.
- Frontisp. w. 2 sm. waterstains in blank margin; endpapers foxed. Corners sl. worn; paper over covers sl. dam.
= Buisman 951; Scheepers II, 629. First Dutch edition. With annot. on first free endpaper: "Zie hierover de Gron. Volksalmanak jaargang 1911, bladz. 164 e.v."
(Bizet, H. and Chaussier, N.). De graftombe. Uit Het Fransch vertaald. Amst., J. Allart, 1803, 400p., 3 engr. plates, contemp./ sl. later giltlettered hmor.
- Titlep. soiled and laid down. Spine-ends sl. worn (top of spine w. sm. dam.).
= Buisman 731. The halftile w. printed subtitle: "Eene Schotsche geschiedenis".
AND 2 others similar, both transl. from the French, both w. the owner's entry of M. Buisman: E. GONZALÈS, Otto van Lippe, of de geheime regtbank. Geschiedkundig verhaal uit de Middeleeuwen (Dordr., 1848, lithogr. title, later giltlettered hcl. Buisman 2683) and C. ROBERT, Mandrin. Eene Roovergeschiedenis der XVIII Eeuw (Amst., 1848, 2 parts in 1 vol., 1 lithogr. title, contemp. giltlettered hmor. Buisman 2756).
- Vol. 2 lacks 1 letterpiece. Otherwise a fine set.
= Buisman 1072; Saalmink II, p. 1749; De Vries 159. The most popular work by Dutch Enlightenment author W. Kist (1758-1841). From the library of W. Buisman, w. his owner's entry on first blank.
- Titles and plates sl. foxed. Joints starting at top of spine. Otherwise fine. = Buisman 1078.
Nagel, G.H. Mijn reiszak. Ontmoetingen, bijgewoonde tooneelen en aangeteekende gevallen op kleine togtjes door Holland en België, enz. Amst., H. Frijlink, 1831, VIII,288p., engr. title, contemp. clothbacked boards.
- Hinges weak. = Very rare.
- Some foxing. Corners showing. = Rare.
Idem. Een beroemde knaap. Ter herinnering aan Jan de Graan. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1875, 1st ed., VIII,123,(2)p., orig. wr.
- Wrappers sl. soiled; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Biography of the young deceased violinist Jan de Graan (1852-1874).
ADDED: Amorie van der Hoeven Jr., A. Herinneringen van mijn academiereis in 1843. Leeuw., G.T.N. Suringar, 1845, 1st ed., (8),288p., contemp. hcalf.
- Backstrip rubbed.
- Some foxing. Backstrip sl. faded; covers somewhat soiled. Spine-ends and corners sl. worn.
Idem. Studentenleven. Augustus 1841 - Februarij 1844. Ibid., idem, 1844, 1st ed., XX,820p., lithogr. title-vignette and 8 lithogr. plates (1 fold.) by O. VERALBY (= A. VERHUELL), later marbled boards w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece.
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Backstrip sunned. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVII.
Idem. De studenten en hun bijloop. December 1840 - Maart 1844. Ibid., idem, 1844, 1st ed., XIII,(1),133,(1)p., contemp. giltlettered cl.
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Binding sl. soiled/ worn and partly discol.
= With all six appendices: 1. "Handleiding ter veraangenamende lezing van den studenten-almanak voor 1841" (3p.); 2. "Ingezonden" (4p.); 3. "Klikspaan redekavelt over den almanak" (16p.); 4. "Jacobus Quad, numismaticus en oordeelveller." (4p.); 5. "De studenten-almanak. Eene microscopische uitspatting van Klikspaan" (43p.) and 6. "Aan de commissie voor de redactie van den studenten-almanak" (6p.). With the "Ophelderingen" (8p.), "Naschrift" (8p.) and 2 "Errata" lvs. at the end.
- Sl. worn along extremities.
= The Dutch translation of Geschichte des armen Herrn von Mildenburg, in Briefen herausgegeben, first publ. in 1789. Buisman 1101; Mateboer 68.
Idem. De reis naar Brunswijk. Ibid., idem, 1793, (6),179,(1)p., sl. later hcl.
- First part only. New endpapers. Worn along extremities.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buiman 1107; Mateboer 1264-01.
AND 2 others by the same, both Dutch translations (Buisman 1106 and 1109).
- Fine copy in a nice binding.
= Scheepers II, 853: "Eerste Nederlandse uitgave van het beroemde boek, waarvan de eerste Duitse uitgaaf 1788 verscheen en dat veeleer een levensphilosophie en karakterkunde is dan een wellevendheidsleer, waarvoor het vaak wordt gehouden. - Vooraf gaat eene verhandeling over "den tegenwoordigen toestand der samenleving in onze republiek (...)" door J.H. Swildens." Cf. Goedeke IV.1, p.615.
- Partly waterstained. Boards rubbed; old ticket on spine.
= Cf. Goedeke IV(1), p.615, 14 (mentioning only a 4th ed. of 1792). Perennially popular and highly influential guide to behaviour and etiquette, which was deeply rooted in the ideas of the Enlightenment and therefore rises above the merely urbane forms of human intercourse.
- Yellowed and sl. foxed. = Scheepers II, 190.
Idem. Het menschelijk leven in drie woorden. Ibid., idem, 1854, IV,176p., steelengr. title, orig. gilt and blindst. cl. (sl. worn). Idem. Snippers van de schrijftafel. Ibid., idem, 1853, 2nd ed., (4),164,(4)p., steelengr. title, orig. gilt and blindst. cl. - AND 11 others by the same, i.a. the series Van Koetsveld's werken (8 vols., 2nd ed.).
- Very fine copy. = Buisman 1121. Rare, only 2 copies in NCC.
- Contemp. annots. on first free endpaper; owner's entry on title. Paper over covers sl. worn.
= First Dutch edition. Buisman 1285; Mateboer 691. The first German edition was publ. in 1771, Leipsic (Goed. IV/1, p.592, 1).
De kluizenaar in Helsa. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald. Leyden, P.H. Trap, 1792, 260p., engr. title, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buisman 1095. Rare.
AND 2 other Dutch translations from German: Saul de Tweede, bijgenaamd de Dikke, Koning van Kanonnenland (Berlin etc., 1799, engr. title, contemp. wr.) and F. LIEBER, De Duitsche Anacharsis in het tegenwoordige Griekenland, gedurende de maanden januarij, februarij en maart des jaars 1822 (Amst., 1823, handcol. engr. frontisp., contemp. wr.).
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Bindings sl. rubbed. = Buisman 1193.
Idem. Herman Lange. Ibid., idem, 1804-1805, 2 vols., (2),378; (2),358p., 2 engr. titles, 2 plates after W. JURY, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.
- Lacks free endpapers; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed; owner's stamp on backcover. = Buisman 1198.
AND 2 others by the same: Raphael, of het huisselijke leven (Buisman 1220) and De zoon der natuur (Buisman 1190).
= All Dutch translations from the German.
- Contemp. calligraphed owner's entry on title; repaired tear in portrait (shining through).
= With the frontisp. in a proof state before letters, but signed by the artist in pen and ink and dated "1770" (2 years before the final state).
BOUND WITH 2 others by the same: Aan myn geest (Breda, n. publ., 1767) and Leo de Groote (Amst., 1767, engr. frontisp. (2x)). - AND 2 others by O.C.F. HOFFMAN.
- Lacks the engr. title to the second part. Some sl. foxing/ soiling; last few lvs. waterstained.
= With the owner's entry of M. Buisman on first free endpaper. Buisman sale 781. Rare.
Gessner, G. Het Leven van Jan Kasper Lavater. Ibid., J. Allart, 1802-1805, 4 vols., engr. portrait, later unif. hcl. w. gilt letterpiece.
- Joints starting.
- Joints splitting.
= Dutch adaptation of the Code Napoléon, replaced in 1811 (after Louis Napoléon's abdication) by the original unchanged French version.
(Christemeijer, J.B.). Belangrijke tafereelen uit de geschiedenis der lijfstraffelijke regtspleging en merkwaardige bijzonderheden uit het leven van geheime misdadigen. Nijmegen, J.F. Thieme, 1829, (10),229,(2)p., contemp. plain wr.
- Occas. trifle stained. = Rare edition of this frequently re-printed work (first published 1819).
- Fine set. = Arpots 77, 87, 132, 191 and 24.
- Sl. browned; engr. portrait of the author on upper pastedown and bookplate on first free endpaper; both vols. w. timelime of the murder mystery in contemp. hand mounted on lower pastedown.
Idem. Elizabeth Musch. Een tafereel uit de zeventiende eeuw. Ibid., idem, 1850-1851, 1st ed., 3 vols., IV,238; (2),239; (2),226p., contemp. unif. blue gilt hcalf w. green leather letterpiece.
- Bookplate on upper pastedowns. Paper over covers rubbed.