- Fine.
= Very rare patriotic almanac, this year all published. The portraits of "Willem I" (William of Orange), Jan van Nassau and P.C. Hooft.
AND 3 other almanacs, i.a. Erve Stichters Enkhuiser Almanak (The Hague, H. van Leeuwen, (1815), 23 woodcut ills. incl. 7 woodcuts of "Vaderlandsche bedrijven", orig. letterpress wr., 16mo. Spine worn/ dam.).
- Bookblock loosening but holding on cords; some scattered owner's stamps; occas. sl. soiled but woodcuts in good condition.
= Interleaved copy w. annots. by J.A. Dorrenboom ("Sprang 14 mei 1854 oud ruim 9 jaren"), who has recorded some significant events: "Den 1e Januarij 1856 is te (?) des morgens om half drie brand ontstaan bij eenen bakker, waaraan 5 huizen of 13 huisgezinnen en 2 schuren zijn verbrand."
AND 2 others, i.a. GESCHIEDKUNDIGE ALMANACH, der voornaamste gevallen Na de Gezeegende Omwenteling, in den Jaare 1787. Opgedraagen aan alle stadhoudersgezinden, voor het jaar M. D. CC. LXXXIX (Rott., n.d. (1788), 12 engr. plates, without binding, 12mo).
- Backcover loose; backstrip sl. dam.
Almanak voor blijgeestigen, vijfde jaar: 1830. Brussels, J. Sacré, (1830), (22),194p., 2 portrait plates, 1 fold. plate (of 2) w. scores, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks 1 plate w. scores (torn out). Upper hinge broken; occas. sl. stained/ soiled. Sl. worn along edges.
= Portraits show Andries Snoek and Manneken-Pis; scores contain the 'Verbroederingslied'.
AND 2 others similar.
- Occas. cut sl. short, touching the borderline around the text pages. Upper corner of frontcover showing; top of spine tiny dam. at (professionally restored) upper joint.
= The hallmarks unread; one of the clasps w. engr. owner's initials "B.S." on the inside. Rare almanac, not traced in the usual reference works, in a fine contemporary binding. Contains i.a. a chapter "Kore Beschryvinge van de Colonie Rio de Berbice. En den Opstand der Negerslaven, den 23 Feb. 1763", illustrated with a fold. plate. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Upper hinge broken, otherwise fine. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 250. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Final 40 leaves sl. waterstained mainly in outer blank upper margin, increasing towards the end.
= Buijnsters 22. Good copy of the first collected edition of the poems published in 3 parts between 1772-82.
AND 5 others, incl. 1 odd vol., i.a. R. FEITH, Het graf (Amst., 1792, 1st ed., engr. title-p. w. vignette, contemp. boards).
- Hinges weak. Binding w. some sl. worn/ dam. spots.
= Buijnsters 22. Good copy of the first collected edition of the poems published in 3 parts between 1772-82.
ADDED: Kneppelhout, J. under pseud. Klikspaan. De studenten en hun bijloop. Leyden, H.W. Hazenberg en Comp., 1844, 1st ed., XXIII,(1),133,(1)p., contemp. hcl. w. green mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks appendix 1. "Handleiding ter veraangenamende lezing van den studenten-almanak voor 1841". Partly sl. foxed. Corners sl. bumped.
= With 5 appendices: 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.) and "Naschrift" (8,(4)p.) at the end.
- All vols. sl. yellowed/ foxed; vol. 1 partly waterstained. Professionally restored binding.
= Hill p.143; Palau 114314; Sabin 31557. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- One plate margins cut short; a few (sm.) (closed) tears (1x reaching caption); one plate portion of blank margin restored; sl. fingersoiled.
= Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 256; Atlas Van Stolk V, 4183; F.M. 4210 (all listing ed. 1768). With the often lacking 2 additional prel. leaves: title-poem by J. Nomzs and engr. frontisp. The plates were usually bound in J. Wagenaar, Verheugd Amsterdam (1768).
- Lacks the portrait, 7 plates and first 2 text lvs.; title-p. loose, frayed and sl. dustsoiled; partly yellowed/ foxed and sl. waterst. Lacks frontcover. Sold w.a.f.
= F.M. 1793; Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 109.
- Occas. trifle foxed/ soiled; vol. 1 w. contemp. owner's entry on first blank; 1 plate sl. browned. Bindings sl. worn along extremities; top of spine sl. dam.; vol. 1 joints splitting; corners showing. Otherwise a good set.
= The first edition of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 66/ 67; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 116. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Bindings worn and rubbed; portions of backstrips lacking. Otherwise internally a good/ fine, large paper copy.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 68. The second edition (first 1693-94) of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar.
- Fine and clean copy despite the following (minor) defects: plate "Amsterdam van het Y aan te sien" lacks the outer right folding part; title sm. brown stain; 1 plate w. closed tear on fold; 1 plate inner blank margin soiled. Dam. at spine-ends; covers scratched.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 75.
- Vol. 2 partly sl. yellowed. = Fine large paper copies, vol. 1 extra illustrated with 2 plates.
- Plates (sl.) yellowed. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 105. The first edition.
- Fine copy. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 121.
BOUND WITH: Le Guide d'Amsterdam, avec la description de tout ce qu'il y a de plus intéressant. Ibid., iidem, 1793, 339,(34)p., 1 fold. plan and 28 ills. on 14 plates by D. VEELWAARD.
= Rare edition. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 122: "Deze tekst is weder geheel verschillend van dien der vorige Guides".
- Sl. foxed; 3rd vol. upper hinge broken. All vols. joints split(ting), one backcover detached.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 162. The "Bericht voor den binder" calls for the plan of Amsterdam and 9 plates only.
- Occas. trifle foxed but otherwise internally exceptionally clean; 19th cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Spine-ends chipped and leather dried; paper over covers sl. worn off.
= LARGE PAPER and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED copy w. 55 additional plates, i.a. from C. COMMELIN, Beschryvinge van Amsterdam (1693) and P. FOUQUET, Nieuwe atlas der stad Amsterdam (1783). Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311. As often without the fourth volume published 21 years after the third volume.
- Vol. II lacks p.181-182 as always. All vols. lack free endpapers; occas. sl. foxed/ soiled; vol. I and II partly sl. waterst.; plates in good condition. (Sl.) worn at backstrips and edges; joints starting.
= EXTRA ILLUSTRATED copy, with 81 plates (incl. frontisp.) as usual and with 54 extra plates (numb. I-LXX, some lvs. w. 2 ills.) as called for in an extra binder's index in vol. III. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311. With the bookplate of Carl Viol by E. VAN DOESBURGH on upper pastedowns.
- Vol. 2 lacks as usual p.181-182. Occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed in margins; vol. 2 title-p. and final textleaf loose(ning); vol. 3 upper pastedown detached; plates in good condition (1x w. tear on fold in lower margin). Bindings (sl.) worn/ rubbed.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311. As often without the fourth volume published 21 years after the third volume.