- Titles w. old annots. in pen and ink; yellowed, stained and fingersoiled; partly waterst. Bindings chafed and sl. worn.
= Baudrier VII, p.356; not in Adams.
- Partly trifle yellowed. Lacks ties. A fine copy.
= With manuscript prize to Hendricus Gulielmus Brantsen, dated "XXV Sept. 1786" bound in at front. Spoelder 2. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 611; Ruit Hora 34; Dekkers p.70, 6. The three books with continuous pagination, the part with the "Mare Liberum" and the "Liber Singularis" paginated separately.
= Warranted by the publisher. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 778; Dekkers p.71.
Alkemade, K. van. Behandeling van 't kamp-regt; d'aaloude en opperste regts-vordering voor 't hof van Holland, onder de eerste graaven. Delft, A. Voorstad, 1702, 2nd ed., (20),235,(1)p., engr. title and 6 (of 7) plates, contemp. blindst. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- From the library of J.W. Six (bookplate). Lacks 1 plate, otherwise fine.
= Dekkers p.2; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 9b. Rare edition.
- Pastedowns loosening. Binding sl. soiled/ stained. Fine copy, from the library of C.A. Lion Cachet, w. his embossed owner's stamp on the title-p. of the first work.
= Ad 1: The second edition of this defense of Grotius' political ideas, published in the same year as the first, which was immediately banned by the States-General. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 875; Ruit Hora X, 3; Knuttel, Verboden boeken 160. Ad 2: Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 845; Ruit Hora IX, 1; Knuttel 2249.
- Occas. trifle foxed; vol. 1: child's scribbling in red pencil on final blank lvs.; vol. 2: "De laudibus (...) oratio" (8p.) erroneously bound in this vol. instead of vol. 1; first few lvs. sl. stained in upper corner. Vellum sl. soiled; covers of vol. 1 and 2 w. sm. bumped spot. A good/ fine set.
= Schweiger II, p.479.
- First part sl. foxed; fold. flap of engr. title sl. frayed (strengthened on verso) and sl. browned.
- Top of spine sl. dam.; sl. worn along extremities. = Dekkers p.179, 3.
Anonymous (19th cent.). "Ius criminale." Manuscript in neat 19th-cent. hand, pen and ink, (1),318,(2) lvs., later hcalf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, 4to.
- Erroneous pagination; cut sl. short in upper margin. Lower joint splitting; sl. worn along edges.
= Transcript of a university course on criminal law taught by the German jurist J.M.F. BIRNBAUM (1792-1877).
Fabricius, A. Dissertatio antiquario-juridica inauguralis de officio praetorum. Leyden, S. and J. Luchtmans, 1757, (8),45,(10)p., contemp. calf, 4to.
- Binding w. sm. worn/ dam. spots. = Large paper copy.
- Joints splitting; (sl.) (water)stained throughout.
= Dutch adaptation of the Code Napoléon, replaced in 1811 (after Louis Napoléon's abdication) by the original unchanged French version.
AND 1 other.
- Mounted clipping on upper pastedown; sl. fingersoiled. Covers w. some rubbed spots.
= BNK 1455; Arpots 246; Ki.la.ki.le. 209 (2nd ed. of 1793). On Christina Chalon, who made the fine illustrations in the style of Van Ostade, see L. Buijnsters-Smets, "Christina Chalon, een achttiende-eeuwse tekenares", Antiek 16 (1982), p.470-480.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Rebacked w. cloth. = Dekkers p.118, 3; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 338h.
- Lacks 1 map and 1 portr. ill. Partly sl. waterst. in margin; title-p. dam. w. some loss of text; title-p. and plan/ map repaired w. tape on verso. Not collated, sold w.a.f.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 222. Contains i.a. illustrations of the Burcht, Town Hall, Academia Lugdunensis, Hortus Academicus, Theatrum Anatomicum, Biblioteca Publica, a plan of Leyden and a map of Leyden's siege, as well as descriptions of lives of artists from Leyden, i.a. Rembrandt van Rijn and Jan Lievens.
- Bookblock; quires and a few lvs. loose; dogeared; lacks lower endpapers; final text leaf dam. Binding dam. Sold w.a.f.
= Rare.
- All vols. hinges weak; first vol. upper joint splitting at top of spine. All vols. binding (sl.) worn along extremities.
= On the 3rd vol.: Landwehr 470; Scheurleer p.179; Klaversma/ Hannema 946.
Idem. De bykorf des gemoeds, Honing zaamelende uit allerly Bloemen. Amst., Erven F. Houttuyn, 1779, (10),404,(2)p., engr. frontisp. and 101 engr. ½-p. emblems by J. LUIKEN, contemp. hcalf, sm. 8vo.
- Upper hinge broken but holding. Spine-ends worn/ dam.
= Landwehr 511; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 438.
- Lower joint splitting at top of spine; crack in backstrip (splitting at top).
= Klaversma/ Hannema 814; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 464.
ADDED: Hoogvliet, J. Abraham, de Aartsvader, in XII boeken. Rott., Jan Daniel Beman en Zoon, 1766, 8th ed., (54),288p., engr. frontisp. by S. FOKKE after J. WANDELAAR, engr. title-vignette by S. FOKKE, 12 plates by J. PUNT, contemp. gilt hroan w. mor. letterpiece.
- Partly foxed and yellowed. Covers sl. affected by silverfish.
- Frontisp. and title-p. doubled and w. portions of blank margins lacking; first and final lvs. margins restored; partly sl. yellowed; fingersoiled.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 1271; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 416.
- Several lvs. unopened; 3 vols. partly trifle/ sl. wormholed. Sl. worn/ rubbed at spine(-ends) and edges.
= All vols. with the 18th cent. engr. bookplate of J.M. Flies. Bertelli/ Innocenti 48. The first edition of the works to contain Frederick the Great's Anti-Machiavel, under the editorship of Voltaire.
- Vol. 3 a few lvs. trifle wormholed; vol. 4 two lvs. loose. Covers w. rubbed spots; vol. 1 frontcover chipped in lower inner corner.
= A good and rare copy of Malebranche's prime theological/ philosophical work on the nature of the human mind and error, aiming to harmonise the ideas of Descartes and Augustine.
- Lacks 1 portrait and endpapers; contemp. owner's entry on title. Joints splitting.
= Cat. NHSM, p.852.
- One plate yellowed ("Zee-slagh (...) bij Kyduyn en Helder"); a few quires sl. waterstained in lower outer corner (not affecting plates); some textp. browned
= Provenance: old annot. on first free endpaper reading "Huis de Gelder" (referring to Huis de Gelder near Wijhe, Overijssel). Cat. NHSM p.844. The first edition of the most important old source on the famous Dutch admiral.