79 2785 Emblemata Zaunslifer P 
79 2785 Emblemata Zaunslifer P 
- Dampstained in upper blank margin. Sl. rubbed along extremities. Otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= Landwehr 903; Praz, p.539. Rare.
79/2786 Emblemata Zeeusche Nachtegael ende Des selfs dryderley gesang Geheel anders inder waerheyt verthoont als de selve voor desen by sommighe uyt enckel mis verstant verkeerdelijck is gheoord
79/2786 Emblemata Zeeusche Nachtegael ende Des selfs dryderley gesang Geheel anders inder waerheyt verthoont als de selve voor desen by sommighe uyt enckel mis verstant verkeerdelijck is gheoord
79/2786 Emblemata Zeeusche Nachtegael ende Des selfs dryderley gesang Geheel anders inder waerheyt verthoont als de selve voor desen by sommighe uyt enckel mis verstant verkeerdelijck is gheoord
- Cancelstamp in blank margin title-p.; lacks leaf B4 and the greater part of leaves C2 and C3, incl. 1 engr. emblem; 1 leaf loose; otherwise contents (very) good. Sold w.a.f.
= The first edition of this famous songbook, meant to spread the glory of the prince of Zeeland, with contributions by 18 poets born or living in Zeeland (i.a. A. Roemers Visscher, J. Cats, A. Valerius, Ph. van Borssele, J. de Brune). The plates, belonging to the best of 17th cent. Dutch bookillustration, are of emblematic and folkloristic interest. Praz p.540; Scheurleer p.149; Meertens, Letterkundig leven in Zeeland, p.217-239; Franken, Van de Venne p.97; Hollstein, W. de Passe 58; Hollstein, C. van den Queborn 95; Hollstein, Serwouters 76; Hollstein, De Jode I, 120-135 (?); Hollstein, Van de Venne 446-455; Landwehr 588 mentions P. de Jode, C. van Queboren and A. Matham as engravers.
79 2787 Emdre S van 
- Occas. trifle yellowed/ foxed; a few sm. waterstains.
= Van der Haar, Schatkamer E53. The map showing the land of Eden, located roughly in the Southern Caucasus and present day North-Western Iran.
79 2788 d'Emery N 
79 2788 d'Emery N 
79 2788 d'Emery N 
- Lacks engraved title; title-p. and first textp. lack part in lower outer corner; one plate w. large repaired chip at inner upper corner; sl. browned/ foxed. Spine rubbed.
= A very miscellaneous and curious collection of recipes, methods and other kinds of DIY and how-to subjects, i.a. on the subjects husbandry, hunting, painting, gardening, fireworks, gastronomy and wood turning.
79 2789 Enkhuizen Brandt G and Centen S 
- Lacks the fold. armorial plate (not called for on the binder's instruction) and the portrait of T. Adrzn. Westphale, but with a fine extra large folding plan of Enkhuizen (taken from the edition of 1666); the two large fold. portraits w. closed tear in inner margin (1x into image). Backstrip dam.; covers and corners dam.
= The second and best edition. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 46 and 47 ("Er bestaan exx. waarin het portret van Westphalen niet voorkomt (...) waarschijnlijk door het breken der plaat").
79 2790 Erasmus D 
= Bibl. Belg. E763; Van der Haeghen I, p.40; Muller 571 (ed. 1654).
AND 1 other by the same: Moriae encomium. Cum G. Listrii Commentariis. Epistolae aliquot in fine additae. Leyden, J. Maire, 1648, 528p., contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo.
- First few quires sl. waterstained. Vellum dustsoiled.
= Vander Haeghen p.124; Rahir 1997. Including the letters to M. Dorpius and Th. Morus.
79 2791 Erasmus D 
79 2791 Erasmus D 
- Lacks prize (cut out); occas. sl. foxed. Trifle worn at extremities. A good/ fine copy.
= Graesse II, p.495. Spoelder 5.
79 2792 Erotica Flittner C G 
79 2792 Erotica Flittner C G 
- Possibly lacks frontisp. or plate; sl. foxed.
= The first from a series of 24 works on gynaecology. From the library of professor Hector Treub, with his sm. bookplate on first free endpaper. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXII.
79 2793 Erotica Kentekens en waarde van den zuiveren maagddom Uit volksbegrippen natuurkennis en zedekunde Naar het Hoogduitsch 
- Trifle yellowed/ foxed. Backstrip worn.
= Rare work dealing with cultural attitudes towards (the preservation of) virginity around the world.
79 2794 Fashion and costume Balduinus B and Nigronus J 
79 2794 Fashion and costume Balduinus B and Nigronus J 
- Lacks the 5 plates of the 2nd part; sl. yellowed.
= Lipperheide Bc6; Interesting monograph on footwear of antiquity, with plates showing sandals, boots, snowshoes, oriental shoes etc. and with numerous quotes from classical, biblical and legal sources.
79 2795 Fauvel G attrib 
79 2795 Fauvel G attrib 
- Occas. damp-/ waterstained and fingersoiled; lacks upper endpaper; old annot. and sm. hole in title-p. (w. loss of letters); a few leaves loosening. Leather dried; binding worn and spine-ends dam.
= The rare first edition. With an interesting contemp. manuscript copy of a 4-p. letter purportedly written by "Le Conseiller Fermanel" to the unidentified owner of the book, politely suggesting some points that need clarification, dated "Rouen 14. Juin 1669". Atabey 417: "This work is not an account of travels, but an accumulation of geographical, religious and social facts collected by Fauvel during his travels in the Levant in 1630 with Fermanel and Stochove." The copy contained in the Atabey collection has a different imprint ("Rouen, chez Iacques Herault, 1668") from our copy. Cf. Navari (ed. Rouen 1691). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
79 2796 Feitama S 
- Letterpiece sl. dam. Otherwise fine. = Scheepers I, 181.
79/2797 Fencing and duelling Recueil des edits déclarations arrests et autres pieces concernant les Duels & Rencontres 
- Title-p. w. old owner's entry and cut short in right margin, just touching text.
= Thimm p.237; cf. Pardoel 3049 (ed. Paris, 1689); not in Vigeant.
79 2798 Fireworks M anlyn D 
79 2798 Fireworks M anlyn D 
79 2798 Fireworks M anlyn D 
79 2798 Fireworks M anlyn D 
- Lacks plate 26; partly yellowed/ sl. browned; plate 2 printed askew. Joints splitting; vellum sl. darkened and stained.
= Cf. Philips M060.3 (part 1, ed. Amst., 1673)/ Philips M060.2 (part 2). Part 1 is a new title edition of Philips M060.1. Part 2 titled "Pur erga yslatryan, ofte Vuurwerken tot dienst (...)" (Rott., H. Rijckhals). "It is clear from the text and the plates that Babington's Pyrotechnia was the main source of this work." Lotz p.46: "Für Feuerwerk ist in den Niederlanden bis gegen Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts kein einheitlicher, organisch zusammenfassender Aufbau erkennbar. (...) Erst im Lehrbuche des Daniel Manlyn, 1678 in Amsterdam gedruckt [!], werden sie beschrieben und abgebildet." Extremely rare work on pyrotechnics. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXII.
79 2799 Fleury C 
79 2799 Fleury C 
- All vols. w. library stamp on title-p. and/ or first free endpaper; some vols. occas. trifle stained (3x wormholed). Spine-ends sl. dam.; most vols. corners showing. Nevertheless a good, attractively bound set.
79 2800 Focquenbroch W G van 
- Final text leaf mounted on lower pastedown; lower hinge broken; bookblock shaken. Vellum sl. stained.
= Scheurleer 174; Scheepers II, 125: "[Het tweede deel] bevat aan het eind een travestie van Vergilius' Aeneas". Only 1 copy in STCN.
79 2801 Forbin C de 
- A few leaves loose. Upper hinge broken.
= Buisman 599; cf. Cordier, Indosinica, col. 945. Very rare (no copy in the STCN).
79 2802 France Napoléon Boot T 
79 2802 France Napoléon Boot T 
- First and final leaves sl. foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Corners worn; joints splitting at spine-ends; covers sl. rubbed.
= Provenance: the library of NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE, with extensive manuscript note in pen and ink on first blank on the provenance reading: "Gegenwärtiges Buch Le Pot aux Roses aus Napoleon's Bibliothek, hat der, den 9 März 1839 zu Düsseldorf verstorbenen Landrat von Lasberg [= Friedrich Heinrich von Lasberg], welcher[?] 1815 Commendant von Compiégne und Avesnes war, aus dem Wagen, den der Kaiser auf der Flucht, am Abend des 18en Juni zu Genappe stehen ließ, als Sieges baute heim gebracht." (signed "August" and dated "Düsseldorf 1845"). Rare satirical work on the American War of Independance, in the form of letters between King George III and his ministers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
79 2803 Friesland Alting M 
79 2803 Friesland Alting M 
79 2803 Friesland Alting M 
- Vellum sl. duststained, otherwise a very fine and internally very clean copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 12; Klaversma/ Hannema 50 and 51; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 294. Koeman, Gesch. v.d. Kartografie in Ned., p.252: "De eerste Historische Atlas van Nederland werd samengesteld door de Groningse burgemeester Menso Alting. Deze amateur-historicus ontwierp naar eigen inzichten nieuwe historische kaarten van Nederland, in het bijzonder van Friesland (...). De kaarten uit het tweede deel, Friesland betreffende, zijn opgenomen in de Uitbeelding der Heerlijkheit Friesland... door Bernard Schotanus à Sterringa, 1718. (...) Ondanks de kritiek van 19e eeuwse historici op dit pionierswerk toonde Alting zich in dit opzicht een waardig tijdgenoot van de Europese historisch-geografen." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
79 2804 Friesland Soet H J = H J Soeteboom 
- Trifle yellowed, otherwise fine. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 289.