79 2385 Post E M 
- Trifle foxed. Paper over covers sl. rubbed.
= One of the first Dutch literary works with slavery as an important theme. The author was inspired by the correspondence with her brother, who owned of one of the larger plantations in Demerary, British Guiana. Rare.
79 2386 Post E M Garve C 
- Wormholed in lower corner backcover; corners showing. Contents fine.
= Extremely rare, no copy found in NCC. Not in the usual reference works.
Post, E.M. Het waare genot des levens. Ibid., idem, 1796, 1st ed., (22),301,(1)p., engr. title and 4 plates, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Bookplate on verso final blank.
Idem. Voor eenzamen. Ibid., idem, 1789, 1st ed., (14),328p., engr. title-p. and 4 engr. plates by R.VINKELES, contemp. hcalf. w. mor. letterpiece.
- Waterstained.
AND 1 other by the same.
79 2387 Post E M Klinger F M 
79 2387 Post E M Klinger F M 
- Year written in ballpoint in lower blank margin of title; final 5 lvs. waterstained; upper hinge starting but holding strong; sm. bookplate on first free endpaper ("Duffhaus").
= Buisman 1091. Scarce. First German ed. published in 1793.
79/2388 Professions Volledige beschrijving van alle konsten ambachten handwerken fabrieken derzelver werkhuizen gereedschappen enz 
79/2388 Professions Volledige beschrijving van alle konsten ambachten handwerken fabrieken derzelver werkhuizen gereedschappen enz 
- Almost complete series, lacking "De orgelmaaker" (3 parts) and "De boekbinder". Contents exceptionally fine. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= The series comprises in sequence of publication: P.J. Kasteleijn, De indigobereider en blaauwverwer (1788, XVI,(2),148p., 8 plates); Idem, De sterkwaterstooker, zoutzuur- en vitrioolölie bereider (1788, VIII,(2),170p., 10 plates); Idem, De porceleinfabriek (1789, X,238p., 10 plates); Idem, De leerlooijer, leertouwer, wit- en zeemlooijer (1789, (8),95,(1)p., 7 plates); BOUND WITH: Anonymous, De kaarsenmaaker (1789, (6),37,(1)p., 3 plates); AND WITH: J.F. Martinet, De houtskool brander (1790, 24p., 1 plate); AND WITH: P.J. Kasteleijn, De zeepsieder (1791, (6),46p., 4 plates); Idem, De zijdeverwer (1791, (8),231,(1)p., 8 plates); J.J. de Lalande, De papiermaaker (1792, XVI[=XIV],288p., 14 plates); Du Hamel du Monceau, De waschbleeker en waschkaarsenmaaker (1792, VIII,175,(1)p., 8 plates); J.H. Reisig, De suikerraffinadeur (1793, (2),VIII,215,(1)p., 10 plates); BOUND WITH: G. Paape, De plateelbakker of Delftsch aardewerkmaaker (1794, (6),72p., 5 plates); A. Fokke Simonsz., De graveur (1796, XII,359,(9)p., 10 plates); Anonymous, De honingbijënteelt (1797, (6),139,(5)p., 2 plates); Anonymous, De zijdenteelt en kweeking van den moerbeziënboom; of volledige beschrijving van de zijwurmen (1798, VI,(2),139,(3)p., 2 plates); J. Buijs, De bierbrouwer (1799, VIII,75,(9)p., 4 plates. Trifle foxed); J. de Kanter Pz., De meekrapteler en bereider (1802, VIII,45,(1)p., 5 plates. Spine broken but holding on cords); T. Olivier Schilperoort, De azijnmaaker (1803, (6),38,(2)p., 3 plates); J. van Dalen, De bouwkunstenaar (1806, XVI[=XII],285,(1)p., 8 plates, numbered II-IX, with the expl. text also starting with plate II) and C. Boot, De verwer (1820, (2),XXXII,407,(1)p., 6 plates). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVII.
79 2389 Pushkin A 
79 2389 Pushkin A 
- Sl. browned. Backstrip pasted over w. tape.
= Very rare first Dutch translation of Pushkin's famous novel The captain's daughter or Kapitanskaya dochka (1836).
79 2390 Rabener G W 
79 2390 Rabener G W 
- Occas. trifle foxed. Paper over boards (partly) lacking.
= Rare Dutch translation of Rabener's Sammlung satyrischer Schriften (Leipsic, 1751-1755). With the rare 5th vol., posthumously published in 1774, containing a biography and correspondence.
79 2391 Radcliffe A 
79 2391 Radcliffe A 
- Upper hinge weak; lower hinge broken. Top of spine chipped.
= First Dutch translation of one of the most influential and important Gothic novels. From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buisman 1889.
Idem. De verschijningen op het kasteel der Alpen, gelegen in de Pyreneën. Naar het Engelsch. Zaltbommel, J. Noman, 1820, 4 parts in 1 vol., bound unif. w. the above.
- Lacks first free endpaper; new endpapers (w. extensive annots.).
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on new free endpaper. Buisman 2329. According to Buisman not by Anne Radcliffe but by Miss Cuthbertson.
79/2392 Reynard Reynaert den Vos ofte Het Oordeel der Dieren In het welk Koning Lion en zyne Heeren de schalkheyd van Reynaert den Vos onderzogt en geoordeelt word 
- Trifle soiled; first 2 lvs. w. vague waterstain. = The title erroneously calls for 28 ills. Rare. Muller 716.
79/2393 Reynard Reynaert den Vos ofte Het Oordeel der Dieren In het welk Koning Lion en sijne Heeren de schalkheyd van Reynaert den Vos word ondersocht en geoordeelt Het Verhael seer genuchelijk
- A few leaves loosening, sl. frayed or creased; occas. sl. foxed or w. brown spots.
= Menke IV, 45 or 46. Not in Waller, nor Muller, De Vries or Scheepers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVII.
79 2394 Reynolds J 
79 2394 Reynolds J 
79 2394 Reynolds J 
- Second vol. sl. yellowed and occas. waterstained in lower margin. = Very rare. Buisman 1941.
79 2395 Richardson S 
- One vol. sl. browned. Otherwise a very fine nicely bound set.
= First Dutch translation of one of the most important novels of the 18th century. Buisman 1954; De Vries 222; Mateboer 219.
79 2396 Richardson S 
- Occas. sl. foxed/ waterstained. Fine set.
= The first illustrated Dutch edition with the plates in two states. De Vries 221; Buisman 1957. From the library of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpapers.
79 2397 Richardson S 
79 2397 Richardson S 
- First vol lacks. p.57-58 (replaced in contemp. ms.); all vols. bookblock shaken; occas. sl. soiled. Vellum bristled.
= Originally an English novel about Pamela, a 15 year old girl working as a maidservant under inappropriate master Mr B. First published in 1740, this is considered to be one of the first true English novels. From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpapers. Buisman 1949. Rare.
79 2398 Richardson S Haywood E 
79 2398 Richardson S Haywood E 
- New endpapers. = Rare. Buisman 1773.
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
79 2399 Robinsonades Defoe D 
- Vol. 1 lacks p.705-706. Vol. 2 and 3 browned/ occas. waterstained/ some lvs. w. (mainly) marginal tears. Vol. 2 three plates remargined. Paper over covers and backstrips partly rubbed/ sl. worn/ creased.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry and annots. on first free endpapers. Ullrich II, 2 and 3; Staverman A 2; Buisman 443 (for vol.1) and 444 (for vol. 2 and 3); Muller, 163 (for vol. 2 and 3); Scheepers II, 497 (for vol. 2 and 3) ("de kaart v.h. 2e deel, die gelijk is aan de kaart in h. eerste ontbreekt"); De Vries 228* (for vol.1); Mateboer 978. Rare uniformly bound second/ third edition of the Dutch translation of this classic. The second and third vols. with separate titles: Tweede deel Der Wonderbare Levens Gevallen van Robinson Crusoe, Behelzende, behalven een Verhaal van het gepasseerde op zyn Eilant geduurende zijn afweezen, zyne Tweede Togt derwaarts; Benevens zyne te rug-reis door Persien, China, Tartaryen en Moscovien tot in Engelandt: vol van ongehoorde en vreemde ontmoetingen, zoo op Zee als te Landt and Derde deel van Robinson Crusoe, Bestaande in ernstige aanmerkingen, Over syn leven en wonderbaere gevallen, Benevens syne Beschouwing der Engele waereld. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.
79 2400 Robinsonades Longueville P 
- Lacks frontisp.; title reattached; index leaf remargined; fold. map and plate strengthened on verso and reattached; new endpapers.
= Provenance: from the library of M. Buisman, with his owner's entry and bibliographical annot. ("Beide drukken van De Kluizenaar zijn zeer zeldzaam, doch deze tweede is zeldzamer dan de eerste") on upper endpaper. Buisman 1097; cf. Staverman C 5a; Ullrich IV, 13 n). Dutch translation of The Hermit: Or, the Unparalled (...) Sufferings And Surprising of Mr. Philip Quarll (London, 1727). Rare 2nd Dutch edition. Only 1 copy in STCN. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.
79 2401 Robinsonades Mallès de Beaulieu J S 
79 2401 Robinsonades Mallès de Beaulieu J S 
- Occas. thumbed/ soiled. (sl.) stained. waterstained. Recased and rebacked w. use of orig. (sl. dam.) backstrip; corners worn. From the library of M. Buisman, with his owner's entry.
= Huiskamp M14; cat. The Children's World of Learning 1623; Scheepers II, 522; cf. De hele Bibelebontse berg p. 212; not in Staverman.
AND 2 other robinsonades, both incomplete: (D. DEFOE), La viet et les avantures suprenantes de Robinson Crusoe/ Reflexions serieuses et importantes de Robinson Crusoe (Amst., 1720/ 1742, 3 vols., 1st./ 4th ed., contemp. (not unif.) hcalf. Lacking some plates and the maps; bindings worn) and (W.R. CHATWOOD), De nieuwe Engelsche Robinson, of de overzeldzamen gevallen van Capitein Robert Boyle (Amst., 1761, 2nd ed., plates, early 20th cent. hcl. Vol. 1 only).
79 2402 Robinsonades Speelman R 
79 2402 Robinsonades Speelman R 
- New endpapers; parts of first blank cut out; bookblock broken. Modern paper ticket; binding heavily worn along extremities; lower joint splitting at top of spine.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buisman 2153: "Een merkwaardig soort Robinsonade".
79 2403 Russia Hanway J 
79 2403 Russia Hanway J 
79 2403 Russia Hanway J 
79 2403 Russia Hanway J 
- Apparently lacks (skips?) 1 index leaf (Iii4) (but catchword is correct); a few quires in vol.1 (sl.) foxed. Both vols. paper over covers partly worn/ chafed; backstrips sl. worn/ trifle dam.; corners rubbed; upper joint of vol.2 starting.
= Tiele 451 and Cat. NHSM, p.258; cf. Howgego H21 and Cox I, p.255 (both listing the first ed. London, 1753); Kress 5268; Goldsmiths 8810. "Hanway was a wellknown traveller and philanthropist, popularly remembered as the pioneer user of the umbrella. (...) As a partner of a St. Petersburg merchant, he made a journey in 1743 down the Volga and by the Caspian Sea to Persia with a caravan of woolen goods, and returned in 1745 by the same route after many perilous adventures" (Cox I, p.255).
79 2404 Russia Muller H 
- Sl. soiled/ stained. Bindings very worn.
= Very rare first Dutch translation of a novel relating to Napoleon's invasion of Russia with the Grande Armee in 1812-1813. Buisman 1681.