- New pastedowns w. bookplate on upper pastedown. Sl. later paper over boards; backstrip sl. worn.
= A moralistic work concerning the declining standards of human interaction regarding the patriotic and orangist movements. Not in Buisman. Very rare, only 1 copy in STCN.
- Fine copy.
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 286. Not in Lipperheide nor in Colas. Letters by a German army-officer in the service of the Dutch Republic, with much detailed information on Dutch daily-life at the end of the 18th century.
- Some sl. occas. foxing; fold. map and table some false folds/ creases and sm. worn spots at intersections of folds. Binding sl. worn; top of spine chipped.
(Paulus, P.). Het nut der stadhouderlyke regering, aangetoond by gelegenheid der geboorte van Willem Frederik (...). Alkmaar etc., Wed. Maagh etc., n.d. (1773), 2nd ed., LXXII,189,(1)p., contemp. hroan.
- Some sl. foxing. Otherwise fine.
= Knuttel 19024; Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer 2592. Published in the same year as the first ed. From the title-p.: 'Waarby gevoegd is eene wederlegging van Paulus Dortsma, die in zyne voorreden van de twee deelen, waarin de Rhyttmus Monachicus onderzogt word, zig had onderwonden dit werkje op eene snode wijze te beoordeelen.'
AND 1 other: (S. STIJL), De opkomst en bloei van de Republiek der Vereenigde Nederlanden (Amst./ Harlingen, 1774, 1st ed., contemp. gilt hcalf w. red mor letterpiece. First few lvs. sm. stain and wormholes in lower blank corner; upper joint split at foot of spine. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem, 460a).
- Paper over frontcover sl. dam.; corners showing. A fine, untrimmed copy.
= Tiele 1012; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 447a.
- Library and cancellation stamp on title
= Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer 2868. Scarce work consisting of 30 political observations alluding to the political unrest in the Netherlands of the 1740s.
BOUND WITH: Brief aan den Schryver van den zoo genaamden Patriot (...). Middelb., J. Henriksz., n.d. (1747), 33p. - AND WITH: Brief aan den Patriot. Harderwijk, D. van Lennip, n.d. (1747), 14,(1)p. - WITH LOOSELY INSERTED: Brief aan den Patriot, in Antwoorde op zyn Vertoog No.5 van den 25sten July. N.pl., n.publ., 1747, 8p.
- Foxed; trifle browned. Wrappers rubbed. = Scheepers II, 229.
Broeder en Zuster. Ibid., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1844, VII,(1),378,(1)p., lithogr. title, contemp. hcalf w. leather letterpiece.
= Anonymously published ("den Schrijver van Hendrik en Maria, het Huisgezin eener Weduwe enz enz").
- Foxed. Bindings sl. worn at extremities. = Buisman 1724; De Vries 203; Scheepers 444; Waller 1272.
(Idem). Redevoeringen van den eerwaarden heer Sebaldus Nothanker. Uit zyn Handschrift verzameld. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald. Amst., M. Schalekamp, 1776-1777, 2 parts in 2 vols. (the 1st part bound w. the 3rd part of the above), LIV,158,1; XLVI,(2),160p., 2 diff. engr. title-vignettes, the 2nd vol. bound unif. w. the above.
- Foxed. Top of spine vol. 2 sl. dam.; bindings sl. worn at extremities.
- Trifle foxed. Both vols. w. remnant of ticket at top of spine.
- Bookblock broken; inner margins occas. stained.
= From the collection of Bob Luza w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Rare. Waller 1720; Muller 354; De Vries 322; Scheepers II, 784: "Bevat ca. 1500 anecdoten." Although with an introd. poem entitled "Aan de Vaakrige Jeugd", this is apparently not a typical children's book and is not to be found in the usual children's reference works.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown and sl. later annot. on first free endpaper. Backstrip with vague crack; paper over covers sl. dam. at the top.
= Also containing the EXTREMELY RARE separate publications (bound between the above works) of the poems "Sarae Henriettae Margaretae van Lennep/ Aan Sara Henrietta Margareta van Lennep" (n.d., (4)p.), "Ter echtverbindtenisse van den Heere Pieter Nieuwland en Jongvrouwe Anna Hartwigina Pruyssenaar" (by [Jacobus] K.[antelaar], dated "24 Julij 1791", 7,(1 blank)p.) and "Ter gedachtenisse van mijne echtgenote Anna Hartwigina Pruyssenaar (...)" (dated "April 1792", (8)p.), publ. in the Nagelaten gedichten on resp. p.40f (Dutch version only), 147ff and 93ff.
Idem. Gedichten en redevoeringen. Amst., Ten Brink & De Vries, 1824, 1st ed., XXIV,208p., engr. title w. portrait by H. VAN SENUS after A. DE LELIE, orig. printed boards.
- Title-p. w. waterstain in lower corner; 2 sm. owner's entries on htitle. Spine sl. worn w. sm. ticket at the top.
- Fine copy.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper.
Robidé van der Aa, C.P.E. Volksverhalen en legenden aan de RIjn-oevers verzameld. Arnhem, I.A. Nijhoff, 1839, 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),282,(2); (2),286,(2)p., 2 diff. engr. titles, contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks first free endpaper and possibly htitle.
= Adaption of A. Reumont's Rheinlands Sagen, Geschichten und Legenden.
AND 3 others, i.a. A. VAN DEN BERG, Levensberichten van J.F. Martinet (Amst., 1796, engr. title w. silhouette portrait and plate, contemp. hcalf).
- Fine copy.
= Funck 374; Belg. Typogr., nr. 2284; Van de Waal II, p. 172-175; Hollstein, Van der Borcht vol.V, 2349-2358; Pettegree NB 23265. Generally considered the rarest of Ortelius' works, this work shows the strong interest of geographer Ortelius in matters of history. The 10 engravings each illustrate a specific aspect in the life and culture of the ancient Germanic tribes: "Infantia", "Indoles", "Vita Familiaris", "Frugalitas & Gula", "Connubia", "Bellandi Mos", "Funeralia", "Legum administratio", "Religio" and "Dotes".
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Sl. worn along extremities and on spine.
= All published. First Dutch translation of the cassic counterfeit poems, supposedly written by the 3rd century bard Ossian, son of Fingal.
- From the collection of J.A. Borms with his stamp on lower pastedown. Inner margin stained throughout.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpapers. Very rare Dutch imaginary voyage, only 2 copies in NCC. No copy traced in the market. Buisman 1783 ("Een soort Robinsonade"); Mateboer 1310.
- Owner's entry on first htitle; sl. yellowed.
= The rare first Dutch translation of "Ueber die Einsamkeit", the main work by the German philosopher J.G.Zimmermann (1728-1795). Ziegenfuss II, 950; compare Goed. IV-1, 482, 7c.
- Corners showing; vol. 1 sm. dent on top edge of frontcover.
= First Dutch edition of this popular 19th century historical novel.
- Paper ticket on upper pastedown and owner's entry on first free endpaper; upper hinge broken. Dam. at foot of spine; leather partly worn off boardedges.
Zachmoorter, M. Thalamus Sponsi oft t'Bruydegoms Beddeken. Waer alle minnende sielen ghenoodt worden te gaen rusten in soete Contemplatie (...). Ibid., J. Cnobbaert, (1635), 2nd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (24),300; 364,(8)p., engr. title-p., contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo.
- Without endpapers. Lacks ties. = Waller 1894.
AND 1 other.
- Joints rubbed. Fine set. = All vols. in first edition.
- Spine-ends chipped; backstrip creased. = Large paper copy.