- Waterstained in right margin (affecting sm. part of the text); ruststain from former paperclip in left margin; formerly folded w. some creasing along folds and 1x sl. split at end of horizontal fold.
= This broadside was apparently printed on the final evening of the frestivities. The end of the second poems reads: "Niet een der levenden mogt ooit zoo iets aanschouwen; Men kon zyne oogen, noch zyne ooren naauw vertrouwen! "'t Verhaal is hier gedrukt op de verlichte Pers, "Voor LAURENS KOSTERS huis, het is thans nieuw en versch, "En wordt als blyk der kunst aan iedereen gegeven, "Om by het nageslacht eeuw uit eeuw in te leven."."
"Programma [for the celebrations of the invention of printing]. Is de boekdrukkunst eene der heerlijkste proeven, (...) is de uitvinding dier kunst door ondervinding gebleken, een der belangrijkste voorvallen te zijn geweest in de geschiedenis der wereld (...) zoo verheft zich met recht het hart van ieder ingezeten der stad bij de gedachte, dat het een inboorling en bewoner van Haarlem is geweest, aan wien, naast de Voorzienigheid, het menschelijk geslacht deze zoo uitstekende weldaad is verschuldigd." Letterpress broadside, 51,5x38 cm., Haarlem, J. Enschedé en Zonen, 1823.
- Some old folds and creases. Otherwise fine.
= Apart from celebrating and justifying the fact that the invention of printing should be celebrated in Haarlem, and in passing explaining why the date of mid 1823 was chosen for these celebrations, the broadside lists the numerous activities that have been planned for the festivities to be held on 11 and 12 July.
AND 3 other letterpress broadsides printed for the same occasion: "Kennisgeving. (...) Willende zoo veel mogelijk voorkomen alle ongelukken en wanorder bij de ophanden zijnde viering van het Vierde Eeuwfeest der uitvinding van de boekdrukkunst (...) Hebben goedgevonden de navolgende policie-voorzieningen vasttestellen (...)" (broadside, Haarlem, 1823); "Publicatie. Ingezetenen van Haarlem, en allen die tot de viering van het Vierde Eeuwfeest der uitvinding van de Boekdrukkunst (...) naar hier zijt gekomen. Wij volbrengen mits deze een onzer aangenaamste pligten om U allen onzen opregten dank te betuigen voor de even gepaste als betamelijke wijze waarop gijlieden de feestvieringen van den 10 en 11 dezer hebt bijgewoond" (Haarlem, "16 Julij 1823". Ruststains from former paperclip in left margin) and "De ondergeteekende [J.S. Keesing] begerig om de voortdurende toejuichingen van het geëerd publiek te verwerven, zal de eer hebben op morgen Vrijdag (...) te vertoonen (...) De Hollandsche boer in Munsterland, Of de Dubbelde Trouwdag (...) De Podagreuse minnaar, Of zo betaald men de gekken (...) De Verkwistende schilder, of list door list betaald (...) En ten slotte: Pierrot op de kermis, of Arlequin aan het koekblok" (broadside, Haarlem, "10 Julii 1823").
- Trifle foxed in lower blank margin. Otherwise fine.
= "Proefdruk". F.M. 6200; Atlas van Stolk 6583; cat. Harlemia Illustrata 821. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
- Blank margins partly sl. creased. Otherwise fine.
= Copy before letters (except for the letters carved in the bark of the tree to the left, most letters in the scene have been left out). F.M. 6200; Atlas van Stolk 6583; cat. Harlemia Illustrata 821.
AND 2 others: "Kennisgeving. (...) Willende zoo veel mogelijk voorkomen alle ongelukken en wanorder bij de ophanden zijnde viering van het Vierde Eeuwfeest der uitvinding van de boekdrukkunst (...) Hebben goedgevonden de navolgende policie-voorzieningen vasttestellen (...)" (broadside, Haarlem, 1823. A few old folds) and "De ondergeteekende [J.S. Keesing] begerig om de voortdurende toejuichingen van het geëerd publiek te verwerven, zal de eer hebben op morgen Vrijdag (...) te vertoonen (...) De Hollandsche boer in Munsterland, Of de Dubbelde Trouwdag (...) De Podagreuse minnaar, Of zo betaald men de gekken (...) De Verkwistende schilder, of list door list betaald (...) En ten slotte: Pierrot op de kermis, of Arlequin aan het koekblok" (broadside, Haarlem, "10 Julii 1823").
- Bookplate and owner's entry of N. Du Bois on upper pastedown and title (18th cent.); (vague) library and cancellation stamps on prelim lvs. Letterpiece dam.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 263; Bigmore/ Wyman I, p.379: "Junius, in this topographical account of Holland, was the first writer who denominated Koster as the inventor of printing." Important early source on the history of the Netherlands, first published in 1588.
- Covers sl. chafed. A fine copy.
= Letter-en Oudheidkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem, vol.2. McMurtrie 1014; Bigmore/ Wyman p.395-397; not in Ekama.
- Partly browned/ foxed. Binding very fine.
= From the library of W. van Iterson (owner's entry and bookplate). Ekama 543; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 54; McMurtrie 1082.
- Folded several times (w. a few splits at extremities of folds); a few chipped spots in margins; sl. waterstained in right margin.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
- Endpapers sl. foxed. Binding worn along extremities.
= Reichelt 41. The first edition of this famous study by Francis Douce (1757-1834), his lifework, published one year before his death. "La dissertation (...) est un morceau fort curieux" (Brunet II, p.257). Warthin p.86: "(...) one of the best facsimile copies. (...) They are very faithful copies and have been described as scarcely distinguishable from the originals. This is a slight exaggeration, but the cuts are, nevertheless, extremely good copies. Douce's book marks the beginning of the serious study of the Dance of Death mythus. In it he collected an immense amount of data concerning the known editions of the Dance of Death illustrations, and the greater part of this is quite accurate." "Unentbehrliches Handbuch und Nachschlagewerk für Sammler." (Oppermann 1146).
- Occas. sl. foxed; modern endpapers; fold. plate foxed.
= Rare. Cf. Oppermann 1152; Brunet III, p.258. On the plates: Pennington, p.30. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE III.
AND a facs. reprint of the French ed. (1808): Les Simulachres & Historiees Facees de la Mort (Paris, 1970, ills., orig. gilt rexine).
- Lower hinge weak; trifle foxed. Rebacked; binding (sl.) worn/ rubbed.
= One of 50 LARGE PAPER copies of the second edition. Leaf D6 uncancelled. Rare.
= The French 'Printing and the mind of man'. A splendid production.
Bücher die die Welt verändern. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1969, 788,(2), ills., limp rexine.
= German translation of the 'Printing and the mind of man'.
AND 2 others, i.a. a proof(?) or pre-print of the Printing and the Mind of Man. A descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of western civilization during five centuries. Ed. J. Carter and P.H. Muir (255p. only).
- Vol. 3 upper joint split; box dustsoiled and defective (sides splitting).
= Comprises: I-II. Facsimile ed. of the manuscript; III. L. RETI, Engelstalig commentaar (180p.); IV-V. IDEM, Transcriptie en vertaling in het Engels van de codex Madrid I/ II ((5),532; (5),330p.).
- Wrappers yellowed and foxed. Contents fine. = Facsimile reprint of the ed. Nürnberg, 1511.
AND 1 other facsimile: WITTEMBERGER HEILIGTHUMSBUCH (Munich, 1884, 2nd ed., printed in 500 numb. copies, num. ills. after L. CRANACH THE OLDER, orig. embossed calf. Top of spine dam. and corners sl. worn).
= Facsimile after the original 1454 edition, with the accomp. booklet: 114p., (full-p.) col. ills., orig. pict. wr., 4to.
- Slipcase sl. dustsoiled. Otherwise fine.
= The New Graphic Art was the first graphic design overview published as an ideological program, completely set in the Swiss typeset Univers. It describes and shows modern(ist) design up to the end of the 1950's.
- Binding trifle stained, otherwise fine.
= Lists books in French, English and Latin published on the Near and Middle East since the beginning of printing.
Oberlé, G. Les fastes de Bacchus et de Comus ou Histoire du boire et du manger en Europe, de l'antiquité à nos jours, à travers les livres. Paris, Belfond, 1989, 642,(5)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.
- Mint. = Standard catalogue containing 1181 entries, with extensive notes.
Trobas, K. Grundlagen der Papierrestaurierung. Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1987, XV,(1),354p., num. ills., orig. cl. w. (partly sl. discoloured) dustwr. - AND 4 other bibliographical/ historical works, incl. P.J. BUIJNSTERS, Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse bibliofilie (Nijm., 2010, num. (photogr.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo. Mint).
- Lacks 8 plates; a few plates (finger)soiled; a few scattered libr. stamps in upper blank margin.
= Interesting publication, showing a wide range of letter designs and their development from the 11th-17th cent. (7 plates to the early 20th cent.) for religious and legal documents and books and for commercial use and poster designs.
Modelboek voor het vervaardigen van sierlijke Schrijf-, Model- en Kunstletters benevens ornamenten voor Plafond, Muurversiering en Schilden ten dienste van Ververs, Steenhouwers (...) Graveurs, Lithographen enz. Amst., Gebr. E. & M. Cohen, n.d. (±1880), 4 parts in 1 vol., (64) leaves w. various types of letters and ornaments, later boards w. orig. identical frontwr. laid down on frontcover and backcover, obl. 8vo.
- Without title-p. Occas. fingersoiling in margins/ lower corner.
- Wr. sl. yellowed as usual.
Hernad, B. and Maur, K. von. Papiergesänge. Buchkunst im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert. Munich, Prestel, 1992, 311,(1)p., richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Graphic Design in America. A Visual History. Minneapolis/ New York, Walker Art, Harry N. Abrams, 1989, 264p., richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 3 others.
- Trifle discoloured slipcase, otherwise very fine.
= The rare, often lacking, commentary vol. of the sumptuous facsimile edition (Frankf. a.M., 1974-1979) of this magnificent medieval songbook. It is the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry, written and illuminated in Zurich in the early 14th century, for the Manesse (or Manegg) family, at that time the most wealthy family of Zurich.
Voronova, T. and Sterligov, A. Western European Illuminated Manuscripts 8th to 16th centuries. London, Greenwich Editions, 2003, 255p., num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., folio.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; a few ballpoint annots. and corrections in text. Dustwr. sl. dam. (repaired w. tape). Otherwise fine.
= Text vol. by C. OPSOMER and W.T. STEARN (ed.).
Platearius, M. Le livre des simples médecins. French transl. G. Malandin. Paris, Ozalid and Textes cardinaux, 1986, 361,(4)p., 117 full-p. col. plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to.
= After the MS 12322 in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
AND 10 others similar, i.a. MEDICINA ANTIQUA (Graz, 1996, col. gilt facs. lvs., orig. cl., slipcase) and J.G. MAYER and K. GOEHL (ed.)., Kräuterbuch der Klostermedizin (Leipsic, 2003, full-p. col. ills., orig. boards).
- Slipcase w. two punched holes to give room to the clasps. Fine copy.
= One of 42 copies printed on Arches fort and with a suite of the "décomposition" colour plates of plate XVIII (11 plates in total). Signed by the president of the Société des Bibliophiles de Belgique and printed on the name of "Edouard Hochstadter". Zotter 45. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE III.
= "An illuminated passover compendium from mid-14th-century Catalonia in the collections of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester with a commentary and a cycle of poems."
AND 3 others, i.a. A. HAMILTON a.o., Europe and the Arab World. Five centuries of Books (...) (Oxford, 1994, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
= Reprint of the ed. London, 1928.
ÁND 4 others, i.a. HELLINGA FESTSCHRIFT/ FEESTBUNDEL/ MÉLANGES (...) (Amst., 1980, plates, orig. giltlettered cl.); FLORILÈGE DU LIVRE FRANÇAIS IMPRIMÉ AUX PAYS-BAS (n.pl., 1954, ills., printed in 200 numb. copies, orig. giltlettered cl., folio) and K.F. BAUER, Aventur und Kunst. Eine Chronik des Buchdruckgewerbes von der Erfindung der beweglichen Letter bis zur Gegenwart (Frankf. a.M., 1940, richly illustrated, orig. boards w. vellumpaper backstrip, folio. Vellumpaper over spine dam.).
- Lacks the "Aanhangsel. Naamlijst der Nederlandsche geschiedschrijvers". A few lvs. w. traces of paper (tickets) w. sl. offsetting. Binding sl. worn; joints starting; letterpiece sl. dam.
= Still of value and sought after. From the libraries of J.W. Six and H.O. Feith (their resp. bookplate and owner's entry on upper endpaper).
- All (near) fine.
= With manuscript letter by K. Frigge to Boudewijn Buch in which she explains she sends him the two notebooks "ter inzage".
= Both with manuscript dedication on verso htitle.
- Frontcover sl. faded along spine.
AND 1 other: N. SÖNMEZ, Ebru Marmorpapiere (Ravensb., 1992, num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., sm. folio. SIGNED on title-p.).
- Title-p. sl. soiled. = Gesch. Ned. Papierindustrie I.
AND 1 other: A. RENKER, Über das Papier. Ein Dialog zwischen dem Papiermacher und dem Laien (Berlin, 1930, frontisp., 1 ill., printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. hvellum. Covers sunned/ faded).
- Two text lvs. w. some brownish offsetting; orig. wr. sl. stained.
= Contains "Les Joies du Bibliophile", "Un Bouquiniste parisien", "Le Livre", "Appendice" and an extensive publ. cat. (16p.).
ADDED: Le Comte de Mirabeau. Contes Gaulois. Ibid., Vincent, 1875, 124,(2)p., contemp. hcl.
- Fine copy.
= Bound with a presentation leaf to "De heer Achiel van Acker eerste minister tot aandenken aan zijn zo verheugend bezoek aan Antwerpen op Zaterdag 5 Februari 1955", signed by the mayor of Antwerpen (L. Craeybeckx) and the town's secretary (K.C. Peeters).
= "(...) en voor eigen gebruik een teken dat uit de twee wezenlijke onderdelen van uw initialen bestaat".
ADDED: Huygen, F. and Boekraad, H.C. Wim Crouwel - Mode en module. Rott., 010, 1997, 428,(2)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to.
- Used/ worn copy. = Contains a catalogue raisonné.
- All (near) fine.
- A few cracks in corners on front of base and bottom; needs some polishing; lid w. compartments loose from base.
= Probably a travel inkstand. Rare.
= Interesting lot on i.a. office furniture/ objects (mostly fine).
- Frontwr. sl. foxed.
- Sm portion cut from lower (blank?) margin of 1 leaf; some sl. foxing. = Type designed by HEINRICH JOST.
Idem. Bernhard Negro, die neue Werbeschrift. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1925), (8)p., printed in black, yellow and blue, orig. (sl. dustsoiled) wr., 4to. Idem. Sie dringt durch... unsere neue Schrift, Flott. Frankf. a.M., idem, 1935, (16)p., ills., printed in colours, orig. wr., 4to. - AND 9 others by the same (2x w. cut-out portion(s)).
- Occas. sl. soiled/ used.
= No. E9. Vesta; 219. Schmale Schriften, Fraktur Antiqua Grotesk; 258. Messing Ranlinien, Radiolinien; 262. Berthold Grotesk - 3 Garnituren (des. by GEORG TRUMP, num. tipped-in samples); 263. Caslon Antiqua und Kursiv; 266. City (des. by GEORG TRUMP); 270. Normande und Normande-Kursiv (typogr. by HERBERT BAYER); 276. Signal (typogr. by HERBERT BAYER); (without no.) Auszug aus der Register-Probe; (idem) Radio und Rundfunk Reklame-Schriften (des. by ADOLF BEHRMANN).
AND: Hoffmann, H. Das Haus Berthold 1858-1921. Zum 25 Jährigen Bestehen der Aktiengesellschaft herausgegeben. Berlin, H. Berthold AG, 1921, 122p., tinted ills., printed in a lim. numb. ed., orig. cl., 4to.
- Occas. trifle soiled/ worn.
- Without the loosely inserted plate of the type-specimen of JAN VAN HOUT.
- Lower corner sl. bumped; binding soiled and sl. worn at extremities.
AND a brochure for the "Uhertype de Composition Photographique" machine, printed w. the Uhertype designed by J. TSCHICHOLD (Glaris/ Zürich, n.d. (1933), (8)p., ills., folio. Sl. worn and soiled).