- Usual occas. foxing; 1 leaf vertical tear, without loss of text. Spine-ends dam.; joints splitting.
= Vicaire V, p.1210-1224; Lipperheide Xb 4 (erroneously 225 plates). All published. Very rare complete set with all the engravings, seldomly found as such (4 copies in JAP, all incomplete). Each part consisting of 4 pages text by various authors, illustrated with mostly 3 prints, sometimes 2 prints.
- Large section of lower part title-page torn off, repaired w. later paper; later/ new endpapers; one leaf w. tear in lower outer corner.
= This work is attributed to Pieter Casteleyn, brother of the printer. Second title: "Der Heydensche Afgoderye waer in Verhaelt wert wat Tempels en Beelden, oock wat sacraficie langh voor Christus Geboorte, by de principaelste Natien zyn geweest". Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
WITH a modern publication on this work: E.K. GROOTES, Heydensche afgoden (Deventer, 1987, orig. wr. Shrinkwrapped).
- Occas. sl. waterstained/ duststained/ fingersoiled in margins. Binding professionally restored. Good copy.
= Cf. Cats STCN 1. Comprises: Sinne- en Minne Beelden; Self-Stryt; Houwelick (...); Galathea, of Herder-minneklacht; Spiegel van den Ouden en Nieuwen Tijdt; 's Werelts begin, midden, eynde, besloten in den Trou-ringh (...); Ouderdom, Buyten-Leven en Hof-Gedachten op Sorghvliet; Hof-Gedachten, Dat is, Invallen by ghelegentheyt (...); Aspasia (...); Afbeeldinge van 't Huwelyck (...); Invallende Gedachten, Op voorvallende ghelegentheden (...); Doot-Kiste voor de Levendige (...). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
- General title lacks upper inner corner and outer margin sl. browned; "Fuyk" plate strengthened along margins and w. some sm. dam. spots in outer margins; occas. sl. waterstained in lower (mostly blank) margin; first part w. occas. marginal tears in blank margins. Joints starting; binding worn along extremities; lacks ties.
= Cats, STCN 2; Mus. Cats. 2.
- Contents fine. Binding worn/ partly dam. = Cats STCN 4; not in Mus. Cats.
- Fine copy apart from some minor defects: a few lvs. repaired; occas. trifle fingersoiled in blank margins. Rebacked w. modern leather and use of orig. backstrip; letterpiece heavily chafed; corners restored.
= Cats STCN 9; Mus. Catsianum 8.
- Lacks lvs. A2-4, B3 and B4 (partly supplied in sl. later manuscript); first lvs. incl. title heavily soiled/ stained and w. restored margins; upper margin cut sl. short; fingersoiled.
= Cf. Cats, STCN 49 (the first ed. (1625)).
- General title strengthened along margins on verso; title w. marginal tears; new endpapers; yellowed/ sl. browned.
= Museum Catsianum 116; Cats STCN 51. Very rare edition.
- First lvs. stained in inner margin and reattached(?). = Museum Catsianum 126; STCN Cats 60.
- Lacks one engr. title; one plate w. closed tear; old annot. on purchase on upper pastedown ("Anno 1723 (...) in der Auction beij Jan Boom, Amsterdam gekocht (...)"). Backcover stained.
= STCN Cats 130; Mus. Catsianum 204/ 205.
- One ill. in Tooneel stained; first plate of Galathee cut sl. short and trifle frayed; several leaves of Galathee (ink)stained and 1 leaf restored in lower blank margin. Covers warped.
= Ad 1: Cats, STCN 148; ad 2: Cats, STCN 211.
- Bookblock shaken; lacks pastedowns. Vellum trifle stained.
= Ad 1: Cats STCN 203; Mus. Catsianum 169; Ad 2: Cats STCN 43 and p.52. Not in Mus. Catsianum.
- Fold. title laid down and reattached; new endpapers.
= Mus. Cats. 171; Cats STCN 225. The fourth part consists of "Lof-sangh op het geestelick houwelick van Godes sone".
Idem. Ouderdom, Buyten-Leven, en Hof-Gedachten op Sorgh-Vliet. Amst., J.J. Schipper, 1656, 6 parts in 1 vol., 2 engr. titles, 2 fold. plates, 1 plate, 69 half-p. ills. after A. VAN DE VENNE, bound unif. w. the preceding work.
- Occas. sl. dampstained; outer blank margin final 5 lvs. strengthened.
= Mus. Cats. 204; Cats STCN 130. Includes the splendid plate "Huwelyx Fuyk" (17,6x31 cm.), showing the trap of marriage in the form of a bow-net, with a typically Dutch landscape in the background.
- All vols. w. bookplate of E. Lehmann and sm. bookseller's ticket of F. Muller on upper pastedown or verso first free endpaper; engr. title of Ouderdom, buyten-leven, en hof-gedachten cut out and laid down on 2nd blank and fold. title of Aspasia sl. dam. Corners bumped; 2 vols. top of spine chipped; backstrips sl. worn.
= The desirable 4to editions in attractive contemp. bindings. Comprises the following works:
I. Proteus ofte Minne-beelden Verandert in Sinne-beelden (Rott., V. van Waesberge, 1627, 1st ed., 5 parts in 1 vol., engr. title and num. (emblematical) ills. by J. SWELINCK and J. MATHAM after A. VAN DE VENNE). Landwehr 118; Mus. Cats 41; Self-stryt, Dat is onderlinge worstelinge van Goede ende quade Ghedachten (Dordr., H. van Esch, 1634, engr. title, 3 engr. ills.). Mus. Cats 87 or 88; Thooneel van de mannelicke achtbaerheyt (The Hague, A. vande Venne, 1632, large woodcut title-vign. and headpiece, 4 large engr. ills. by P. DE JODE after A. VAN DE VENNE). Mus. Cats 103.
II. 's Werelts begin, midden, eynde, besloten in den trou-ringh, met den proef-steen van den selven (Dordr., H. van Esch for M. Havius, 1637, 1st ed., 4 parts in 1 vol., engr. fold. title, 2 div. titles, 2 portraits, 51 half-p. ills. i.a. by C. VAN QUEBORN after A. VAN DER VENNE, large numb. of woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces). Mus. Cats 171.
III. Spiegel Van den Ouden ende Nieuwen Tijdt (The Hague, I. Burchoorn, 1632, 1st ed., 3 parts, engr. title, 127 large ills. after A. VAN DE VENNE and T. MATHAM). Landwehr 146; Mus. Cats 152.
IV. Ouderdom, buyten-leven, en hof-gedachten, op Sorgh-vliet (Amst., J.J. Schipper, 1656, engr. title, plate, large ills. after A. VAN DE VENNE); Koningklyke herderin Aspasia, blyeyndig-spel (Amst., J.J. Schipper, n.d., engr. fold. title, large woodcut title-vign.); Afbeeldinge van 't huwelyck (ibid., idem, n.d., engr. fold. plate); Doot-kiste voor de Levendige, of Sinne-beelden uyt Godes Woordt (n.pl., n.publ., n.d., engr. fold. plate and num. large ills. (1x full-p., sl. cut short) after A. VAN DE VENNE). Mus. Cats 204.
V. Houwelyck. Dat is De gansche gelegentheyt des Echten staets (Middelb., J.P. van de Venne, 1625, 6 parts in 1 vol., 36 engr. title-pages/ (emblematical) (full-p.) large ills. after A. VAN DE VENNE, woodcut title-vign. and head- and tailpieces). Mus. Cats 112.
VI. Gedachten op slapeloose nachten (...) (Leyden, J. van der Deyster, 1732, 8th ed., engr. frontisp., 28 engr. ills.). Mus. Cats 230.
- Occas. sl. foxed and fingersoiled. Spine-ends dam.; corners bumped.
= Large paper copy. Rius I, p.806; Cohen/ De Ricci p.216: "Superbes illustrations; livre très recherché".
- Both vols. w. several library stamps on first title-p./ text leaf; occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Covers sl. scratched; lower corners showing.
= Collected sermons by Joachim de la Chétardie, pastor of the Church of Saint-Sulpice and private confessor of Madame de Maintenon (spouse of Louis XIV).
- Large paper copy. Majority of the double-p. plates foxed and or browned. Top of spine chipped/ sl. dam.; corners rubbed/ sl. worn.
= Landwehr, VOC 544; Tiele 304; Cordier, Sinica 2348 and 27; Lipperheide Le4; Lust 507. The first edition, describing the 2nd and 3rd embassies of the VOC to China, with accounts of the events on Formosa and a description of China. The second part in second issue with the 4 folding plates with reproductions of Chinese illustrations, always lacking in the first issue. The plates and illustrations show a great variety of (large) town views, architecture, customs, natural history etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
- Contents fine. Paper over frontcover and corners (sl.) worn; leather backstrip sl. dried and sl. rubbed.
= Rare work, visually chronicling China's history with each plate illustrating the memorable acts of the emperors of China. Lust 1133; Cohen/ De Ricc p.479. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Num. old/ contemp. annots.; owner's entries on title-p. partly cossed out; occas. sl. foxed; title-p. and endpapers duststained. Vellum soiled.
= Schweiger I, p.62.
- Lacks 1 plate; waterst. at the beginning and end; occas. foxed. Binding trifle rubbed.
= Lipsius/ Leitzmann p.31.