- Paper over backcover partly chafed; lower corners sl. rubbed. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= Splendid views of Cleve and surroundings. Romers, De Beijer no. 1342, 1359, 1387, 1421, 1422, 1424, 1426, 1427, 1431, 1434 and 1437. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVI.
BOUND WITH: Idem. Willem de Eerste, Prins van Oranje, Stadhouder van Holland en Zeeland (...). Ibid., idem, 1762, (4),112p., engr. title-vignette.
- Most preliminary and index leaves strengthened on verso in outer blank margin; a few quires browned; new endpapers. Outer corners sl. worn and covers sl. rubbed along extremities. Nevertheless a good copy in an attractive period binding.
= BM German p.902. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
- First free endpaper replaced by a new endpaper; 2 bookplates on upper pastedown (Dr. Berendt/ Maia Goltz); occas. wormholed in lower margin (partly just touching the lowest textline); a few quires at the end sl. browned; occas. old underilning in pen and ink. Good copy.
= VD 16, W 763. A rare chronicle of East-Prussia. The author (±1540-1602) is also known as a lutenist and published several volumes of lute music. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
- Contents exceptionally fine. Upper left corner of frontcover sl. chafed. A fine copy.
= Wellcome II, p.182; Hirsch I, 574 (on the earlier Latin editions). First published in Latin with the title Themarum Aquisgranesium descriptio in 1671. Very rare in this fine condition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
- Owner's entry on title.
- Sl. foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Probably lacks second letterpiece on spine. = Hagen 285.
- First and last few lvs. w. offsetting in margins from turn ins. Extremities binding rubbed.
= Early French edition. Cf. Goedeke 4,3, p.202, 21 (edition 1776).
= Rare.
De Groninger Raarekiek, waar in veel illustre Personnagien, Heeren van Stad en Land, koome te Kyk. Heerenveen, Sicca Thylo, n.d. (1783), 32p., contemp. wr.
- First and last few lvs. (sl.) foxed. Wr. dam., spine splitting.
Burmania, E.S. van. Schuite-praatje ofte samenspraak tusschen vier heeren met de schuit reisende van Leeuwarden na Groeningen over menschen, saaken en boeken van deese tyt. N.pl., n.d. (1737), 44p., contemp. marbled wr. (Knuttel 17057) - AND 1 other.
- First vol. a few lvs. w. waterstain in upper outer corner. Part of corners showing. Fine copy.
= Most valuable work on the constitutional law of the United Provinces, all published. Dekkers p.89,3; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 255A.
- Pastedowns detached; contents fine. Both vols. lack letterpiece; calf loosening at turn-ins; frontcover of first vol. trifle wormholed.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 442b. With views of the city of Groningen (i.a. Groote Markt and Vismarkt) and a view of Appingedam.
- Trifle foxed.
= Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 232, 913 and 1249: "L'ouvrage est en grande partie basé sur des manuscrits et des lettres manuscrites". The main old source for the Grotius study in first edition.
- Frontisp. reattached; trifle fingersoiled. A good/ fine copy.
= BMN p.408; Wellcome IV, p.116; Brunet III, p.1646: "Bon édition de cet ouvrage estimé"; Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as bookillustrator 22. Besides the original woodcuts of the earlier editions also illustrated with i.a. 5 large copperengrs. of various (fights in) amphitheatres. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
- Tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedown; tiny collector stamps by the same on verso of plans/ views/ plates. Tiny damage to vellum; lacking ties. Nevertheless a fine complete copy in a remarkable binding.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 6; Van der Linde 4; Ekama 120; Hollstein XXXIII, 391 and 417-427 (Van de Velde); Hollstein XXIII, 2 and 3 (P.J. Saenredam); McMurtrie, The invention of printing 848; Bigmore/ Wyman I, 8 and II, 326; not in Carter/ Vervliet; Spoelder 3. One of the finest Dutch town descriptions with beautiful etchings by Jan van de Velde II. Also important for being the main early source for Laurens Jansz. Coster as inventor of the art of printing and for its typography with the alternating use of roman, gothic and civilité types. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
- Tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedown; sl. foxed.
= Ekama 383. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek. Very rare.
- Tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedown.
= Ekama 107. Very rare. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Contents loose(ning); fontisp., title and htitle dam. in outer margin; first few leaves foxed/ browned; two quires erratically bound; without binding.
Feestgroet aan den heer Mr. Johannes Enschedé Johsz. en mejufvrouw Henriette Francina Krantz bij gelegenheid van hun Huwelijk op 7 juni 1877. Opgedragen door het gezamenlijk personeel van de WelEd. Heeren Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. (Haarlem, n.publ., 1877), (14)p., contemp. wr., obl. 4to.
- Trifle creased and trifle foxed. Num. scribbled annot./ sm. drawings in pen and ink on wrappers.
Viotta, J.J. Erinnerung an Haarlem. Walzer. Amst., Theune & Comp., 1838, 5p., lithogr. score, lithogr. title-vignette by J. HILVERDINK, sm. 4to (fine).
- Browned as usual. Paper over backstrip and along margins of covers worn/ dam. = Bierens de Haan 2697.
AND 1 other: C. VELSEN, Aanmerkingen over de tegenwoordige staat van de Haerlemmer Meer (...) (Leyden, 1727, 2nd ed. 1 fold. engr. map, contemp. marbled wr. Waterstained in lower and outer blank margin; sl. browned). - ADDED 1 other: (C. VAN TRICHT), Pro en contra, of de vrijmoedige raad aan de inwooners van Nederland, in 't algemeen, en aan de burgery van Haarlem in 't byzonder, benevens derzelver antwoord (Naarden, 1790, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. wr.).
- Tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedown.
= Ekama 480. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Map and plates fine; tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedown; occas. trifle yellowed/ w. a vague waterst. Mostly fine.
= Ekama 721; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 352. Contains views of "Duin en Daal", "De nieuwe Brouwerskolk", "Het Slot van Heemstede" and "Beverwijk". Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Lacks the map; ticket on first endpapers. Binding sl. worn.
= Ekama 721; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 352. Contains views of "Duin en Daal", "De nieuwe Brouwerskolk", "Het Slot van Heemstede" and "Beverwijk". Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his bookplate.