79 2985 Mennonites Braght T J van 
79 2985 Mennonites Braght T J van 
- Frontisp. sl. yellowed/ browned. Binding sl. rubbed. A good/ fine copy.
= Springer/ Klassen 1675 (other printers); Bibl. Belg. B176; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 93; Klaversma/ Hannema 292; Kühler, p.247: "Dit boek, hoewel met weinig kritiek samengebracht, is over het geheel betrouwbaar, en de hoofdbron gebleven voor hen, die het godsdienstig leven der Doopsgezinde martelaars in zijn volle diepte en rijkdom willen leeren kennen".
79 2986 Mennonites Dijk J van 
= Springer/ Klassen 4239.
(Balling, P.). Verdediging van de Regering der Doopsgezinde Gemeente, die men de vereenigde Vlamingen, Vriezen, en Hoogduytsche noemt, binnen Amsterdam. Zijnde een Wederlegging van het zoo genoemde Nootwendig Bericht, &c. Ibid., J. Rieuwertsz., 1663, 60p., later plain wr., sm. 4to.
= Springer/ Klassen 4237.
AND 2 similar pamphlets, both publ. 1663: Springer/ Klassen 4249 and 4254.
79 2987 Mennonites Faukelius H 
- Later endpapers; sl. yellowed; partly vaguely waterst. Vellum sl. darkened.
= Van der Haar, Schatkamer F21. Rare anti-Mennonite libel, first published 1621.
79 2988 Mennonites Feddriks van Molqueren D 
- Fine copy. = Springer/ Klassen 4674.
79 2989 Mennonites Geuns J van Rijswijk G J van Brouwer J and Teutem F van 
- Title-p. foxed and w. closed tear. = Springer/ Klassen 5247.
Verslag wegens den Staat der Algemeene Doopsgezinde Societeit in Holland. Voor den jare 1836[-1849]. N.pl., n.publ., 1836-1849, 14 parts in 1 vol., fold. letterpress tables, contemp. boards.
- Partly sl. yellowed. Backstrip strengthened w. cloth.
AND 4 others, i.a. J.H. HALBERTSMA, De Doopsgezinden en hunne herkomst. Eene ruwe schets (Deventer, 1843, later plain wr.) and M. SIMON, The Complete Works of Menno Simon, translated from the original Dutch or Holland (Elkhart (IN), 1871, 2 parts in 1 vol., woodengr. frontisp., contemp. hcl., 4to).
79 2990 Mennonites Schyn H 
- Partly vaguely waterst.; owner's stamp on first blank.
= Springer/ Klassen 2041/ 2043; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 435b/ c (note): "Deze vertaling door Matthys van Maurik werd op de markt gebracht omdat de uitgave van 1711 (zie: a) uitverkocht was."
79 2991 Mennonites Schyn H 
79 2991 Mennonites Schyn H 
- Backstrips rubbed; vol. 2 upper joint splitting.
= Springer/ Klassen 2045; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 435c: "Deel 1 en 2 waren door G. Maatschoen bezorgde vertalingen van de Latijnse uitgaven (...). Het derde deel was van hemzelf: Aanhangzel, dienende tot een vervolg, of derde deel van de geschiedenisse der Mennoniten ... In het welke noch negentien leeraars der Mennoniten, op nieuws in het koper gebragt, kortelyk beschreeven, en hunne nagelaatene schriften aangeweezen worden."
79 2992 Mennonites Simons M 
79 2992 Mennonites Simons M 
- Without the portrait of the author; one text leaf w. large tear; later endpapers.
= The most complete edition of the works of Menno Simons. Horst 3.
79 2993 Mennonites Collection of ±20 pamphlets and fold broadsides 
= The earliest publications alluding to the 1664 schism in the Dutch mennonite church between Lammists and Sonnists, i.a. J.A. TERGOUW, Weer-galm op de Kerken-twist, en Broederlijcke twee-spalt der Vlaemsche Doops-gesinde Gemeente t'Amsterdam (n.pl., 1664. Springer/ Klassen 4325). One pamphlet has a nice woodcut title-vignette showing Laurens Coster: DE ZWITSERSE EENVOUDIGHEID, Klaagende over de bedorvene Zeden veeler Hollandse Doopsgezinden, of weerlooze Christenen (Haarlem, 1713).
79 2994 Mexico Cortes H 
- Paper over covers partly worn off; chipped at top of spine.
= Sabin 16962; Howgego C195; Henze I, p.731ff. "The letters are properly numbered, second, third and fourth. An excellent preface and introduction are added, with additional notes, and an appendix, completing the life of Cortes" (Sabin). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIV.
79 2995 Mexico Gamboa F X de 
79 2995 Mexico Gamboa F X de 
- Lacks the 2nd plate; browned; 2 bookplates on upper pastedown.
= A treatise on mining in Mexico. Very rare.
79 2996 Middle East Salmon T 
79 2996 Middle East Salmon T 
- Lacks both letterpieces; corners worn. = The plates depicting i.a. the Kaaba and a coffee plant.
79 2997 Militaria Blondel F 
- Partly trifle yellowed; a fine copy. = Pohler III, p.698.
79 2998 Militaria Claesz van Utrecht W 
79 2998 Militaria Claesz van Utrecht W 
79 2998 Militaria Claesz van Utrecht W 
- Title-p. cut sl. short in outer margin and w. sm. hole and Japanese censor stamp; sm. bookplate on upper pastedown. Corners bumped.
= Sloos, Warfare and the Age of Printing 07024; Hoogendoorn p202, 4; Bierens de Haan 863. Rare work on ballistics, first published in Rotterdam, 1641. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIV.
79 2999 Militaria Gheyn J de 
79 2999 Militaria Gheyn J de 
79 2999 Militaria Gheyn J de 
79 2999 Militaria Gheyn J de 
- Most plates (sl.) yellowed; occas. sl. browned; fingersoiled; title-p. sl. frayed; partly waterst. in upper inner margin; 1 plate (3rd series, no.3) dam./ cracking; bookplate (of Henk Visser) on upper pastedown. Vellum sl. stained and lacks ties.
= Hollstein 340b and 341-457; cf. Cockle 79 (English ed., 1607); cf. Lipperheide Qb18 (Dutch ed. 1607); Jähns p.1005ff. The famous manual on handling muskets and pikes by Jacob de Gheyn (1565-1629). For the complex history of publication of the various (Dutch, German, English, French and Danish) editions in the years 1607-1608, see catalogue Le héraut du dix-septième siècle. Dessins et gravures de Jacques de Gheyn II et III, no.37 (Paris, Institut Néerlandais, 1985, with literature). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIV.
79 3000 Militaria Giustiniani B 
79 3000 Militaria Giustiniani B 
- All vols. owner's entry on upper pastedown and on title-p.; first quire and frontisp. of first vol. yellowed; frontisp. sl. frayed and doubled; a few leaves lack small portion of blank margins; 1 plate w. printing flaw. Covers chafed/ sl. worn.
= Thimm p.24; cf. Colas I, p.474 and Lipperh. Of 7 and Of 10. Rare complete set. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXV.
79 3001 Militaria Helm F 
79 3001 Militaria Helm F 
79 3001 Militaria Helm F 
79 3001 Militaria Helm F 
79 3001 Militaria Helm F 
- Some foxing; sl. yellowed at the beginning; numbering of illustration and plates partly erratic, but complete.
= Cockle 690; Jähns p.616. Franz Helm (±1500-1567) was a German artillery master in the service of Charles V. His Armamentarium Principale is the first printed edition of his work on the art of warfare which before circulated widely in manuscript form. One of the peculiar methods described in the book is the equipment of animals (i.a. cats and pigeons, as illustrated on p.48) with rockets or explosives in order to set fire to enemy fortifications. "Wie langsam mußte der Fortschritt der Wissenschaft sein, wenn ein Buch, das zur Zeit der Auflösung des Schwabischen Bundes vollendet worden war, in den Tagen des niedersächsisch-dänischen Krieges veröffentlicht werden konnte, ohne doch als veraltet zu gelten!" (Jähns). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXV.
79 3002 Militaria Lacuée de Cessac G J 
- Lacks as often the third vol. Two bookplates on upper pastedown; lower outer corner of few quires and of all plates sl. waterstained; contemp. (mathematical) annots. in pen and ink on endpapers and blanks of vol.1. Spine-ends sl. rubbed; backcover of vol. 2 partly sunned; lower joint of vol.1 splitting at top end.
= First edition of the Spanish translation of Lacuée's Le guide des officiers particuliers en campagne (first publ. Paris, 1785).
79 3003 Militaria Loen J M von 
79 3003 Militaria Loen J M von 
- Browned/ foxed; library stamp cut from title-p.; lacks the frontispiece; contemp. owner's entry and wax seal on upper pastedown; hinges widening. Binding browned.
= Scarce. Jähns III, 2158f. Most interestingly, Von Loen pleads for a standing national army of conscripts, rather than hired forces.
79 3004 Militaria May de Romainmotier B E 
- Spine-ends sl. worn/ trifle chipped. Good/ fine copy.
AND 1 other: Stanyan, A. l'État de la Suisse, ecrit en 1714. Traduit de l'Anglois. Amst., Frères Weststein, 1714, (8),251p., engr. title-vignette, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Lightbrown stain on frontcover; binding sl. duststained.