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74/2842 Raccolta di varie favole / Recueil de diverses fables Vol II 74/2842 Raccolta di varie favole / Recueil de diverses fables Vol II
74/2842 Raccolta di varie favole / Recueil de diverses fables Vol II 74/2842 Raccolta di varie favole / Recueil de diverses fables Vol II
74/2842 Raccolta di varie favole / Recueil de diverses fables Vol II 74/2842 Raccolta di varie favole / Recueil de diverses fables Vol II
74/2842 Raccolta di varie favole./ Recueil de diverses fables. Vol. II. Venice, C. Pecora, 1744, vol. 2 (of 6), (6),48p., printed in 2 columns in Italian and French, 2 diff. engr. title-vignettes, 36 plates, headpieces by G. FOSSATI, woodcut tailpiece, contemp. boards w. ties, folio.

- Contents loose and occas. sl. soiled; title-page sl. waterstained and soiled; tiny library ticket on upper pastedown; sm. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Ties broken; lacks backstrip; paper over boards worn.

= Contains 36 fairy tailes, each in Italian and French, each with a beautiful engraving, i.a."Di Venere, e d'Una Gatta/ De Venus, & d'une Chatte"; "Del Villano, e di Mercurio/ Du Païsan, & de Mercurei" and "Del Leone, e della Volpe/ Du Renard, & du Lion". Cohen/ De Ricci 410, mentions plates printed in colours: "Les figures sont tirées en rouge, en bleu, en vert, en bistre, en noir, etc.", this copy plates printed in black only.

€ (200-300)
74/2843 Het Rampjaar Disaster year 1672 Lot of 14 pamphlets and missives 74/2843 Het Rampjaar Disaster year 1672 Lot of 14 pamphlets and missives
74/2843 [Het Rampjaar (Disaster year) 1672]. Lot of 14 pamphlets and missives, partly concerning the murder of the brothers De Witt, i.a. A. OVERVELT, Copye van een Brief uyt 's Gravenhage, Verhalende de doodt, en het onmenschelijk tracteren, van Ian de Wit, en Ruaert van Putten (The Hague, 1672); Correct aengeplackt Biljet Luydt als volght: (...) Vooreerst, verstaet des Burgerye dat de Heeren ons herstellen de oude Handvesten (...) op dat de Burgerye in vrede blijft, (...) Ten 3. Dat geen regeerende Persoonen mogen wesen Bewinthebberen van de Oost en West-Indische Compagnie (...) Ten 6. Verstaen wy, dat de 36 Raden uyt de Burgerye, en niet uyt regeerende, maer fatsoenelijcke Koopluyden sullen bestaen, op dat wy versekert zijn dat het gelt van de Schattinge onse getrouwe Stadthouder, of daer hy ordonnere, sal worden betaelt, op dat hy Heer is, en geen Knecht. (...) En u lieden weet dat die dit Biljet af-scheurt daer sal acht op genomen worden, en sal oock op sijn tijdt een kogel vereert werden. Orangie is Groot, De Witten zijn doot, Tot Burger Glorie, Brandt Victorie, Dits kort bescheyt, De Burgers houdt landt, De Opperdieven Behalen pijn en schandt (Amst., 1672) and also on the siege of Grave: Eenige wonderlijck doch waerachtige Gesichten, gesien inden Lande van Kuyck, in den Jare 1664, 1672, en 1674, nevens de Belegeringe der stercke Stadt Grave door sijn Excellentie Rabenhaupt, tusschen 23 en 24 July 1674 (n.pl., 1674, with a sm. engr. view of the siege of Grave ("De Graef")). - ADDED: 19 other broadsides, mainly 18th cent., i.a. De wanhoopende landberoerder, de zoogenaamde Bataaf, na het mislukken van alle zyne poogingen, tot bederf en ondergang van zyn eigen Vaderland, in den Jaare 1793 (n.pl., ±1793, w. a woodengr. ill. showing the pennyless "Bataaf" bitten by a snake and a Keeshond barking "Na Parys, na Parys!!!" Inkstain in right margin).
€ (120-150) 400
74 2844 Raynal G T F 74 2844 Raynal G T F
74/2844 (Raynal, G.T.F.). Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Amst. (vol. 7: The Hague), n.publ., 1772 (vol. 7: 1774), 7 vols., 4 (of 7) fold. engr. maps, contemp. unif. calf, spines richly gilt w. mor. letterpiece (1x diff. col.), large 8vo.

- Lacks the engr. portrait, engr. titles and 3 maps; all vols. sl. foxed/ (water)stained. Bindings (sl.) rubbed/ worn; spine-ends sl. dam.; one vol. lacks letterpiece.

= Sabin 68080 (note); cf. Phillips 652; Kress B 314. Rare edition, including the 7th vol. w. 4 (of 7) maps, published later in The Hague.

€ (150-250)
74 2845 Den reghel vanden heylighen vaeder Benedictus met achtenvichtich leeringen tot oprechter Ootmoedichteyt Beschreven door eenen verlichten Religieux vander Order van Cisteaux 74 2845 Den reghel vanden heylighen vaeder Benedictus met achtenvichtich leeringen tot oprechter Ootmoedichteyt Beschreven door eenen verlichten Religieux vander Order van Cisteaux
74/2845 Den reghel vanden heylighen vaeder Benedictus met achtenvichtich leeringen tot oprechter Ootmoedichteyt Beschreven door eenen verlichten Religieux vander Order van Cisteaux. Douai, G. Pinchon, "in't teecken van Ceulen", 1629, 222,(6)p., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Hinges broken but holding on cords; title-p. sl. soiled; owner's entry on upper pastedown "Clooster van Zwijveque" (Eastern Flanders?). Lacks ties; vellum warped and soiled.

€ (50-70) 60
74 2846 Rembrandt Gersaint M 74 2846 Rembrandt Gersaint M
74 2846 Rembrandt Gersaint M 74 2846 Rembrandt Gersaint M
74/2846 [Rembrandt]. Gersaint, M. Catalogue raisonné de toutel les pieces Qui forment l'Oeuvre de Rembrandt. Paris, Hochereau, 1751, 1st ed., XXXII,325,(2 publ. adv.), etched frontisp. portrait, woodcut head-, tailpieces and initials, 19th cent. wr. w. manuscript paper ticket.

- Hinges sl. widening; last leaf (publ. adv.) mounted on lower pastedown. Wrapper worn along extremities; paper ticket dam.

= Rare.

€ (250-350) 250
74 2847 Rembrandt Josi C 74 2847 Rembrandt Josi C
74/2847 [Rembrandt]. Josi, C. Beredeneerde catalogus der werken van Rembrandt van Rhyn, en van zyne leerlingen en navolgeren, herkomende uit het kabinet van wylen den heer C. Ploos van Amstel, J.Cz. welke in het openbaar zullen verkogt worden, (Op Dingsdag den 31 Julii 1810) ten huis en onder directie van C. Josi. Amst., C. Josi, 1810, (4),XIV,(2),88p., etched portrait of Rembrandt on title, contemp. gilt hcalf.

- Title-p. trifle foxed. Covers rubbed; a few worn spots on frontcover.

€ (200-300) 220
74 2848 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Bertius P 74 2848 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Bertius P
74/2848 [Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants]. Bertius, P. Aen-spraeck, aen D.Fr. Gomarum op zijne Bedenckinghe over de Lijck-oratie ghedaen na de Begrafenisse van D. Jacobus Arminius zaligher. Leyden, J. Paedts Iacopszoon, 1610, (40)p., woodcut printer's mark on title-p., later marbled boards.

= Knuttel 1756; Rogge p.271.

(Corvinus, J.). Schouwe, over D. Francisci Gomari Proeve, Van D.M, P. Bertii Aenspraeck (...), tot nodige protestatie voor de eere sijns meesters, ende voorbode van de Wederlegginghe van D. Gomari Waerschouwinghe uytgegheven. N.pl. (Leyden), Jan Paedts Iacopszoon, 1610, 2nd ed., (20)p., later marbled boards.

= Rare pamphlets concerning the famous Arminianus/ Gomarus dispute. Knuttel 1759; Rogge p.271: "(...) niet van B., ofschoon hij van de uitgave zeker kennis droeg."

€ (80-100) 80
74 2849 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Episcopius S 74 2849 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Episcopius S
74 2849 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Episcopius S 74 2849 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Episcopius S
74 2849 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Episcopius S 74 2849 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Episcopius S
74/2849 [Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants]. (Episcopius, S.). Confessio, sive declaratio, Sententiae Pastorum, qui in Foederato Belgio. Remonstrantes vocantur, Super praecipuis articulis Religionis Christianae. Harderwijk, T. Danielis, 1622, (24),80p., woodcut title-vign., contemp. vellum. - BOUND WITH: Bodecher, N. Sociniano remonstrantismus. Hoc est, evidens demonstratio, qua Remonstrantes cum Socinianis sive reipsa, sive verbis, sive etiam Methodo, in pluribus Confessionis suae partibus consentire ostenditur. Leyden, Ex Officina I. Marci, 1624, (8), 174,(2)p., woodcut title-vign.

- Both works occas. (sl.) browned/ soiled, mostly on endpapers and last 3 textlvs. of work II; 19th cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper and underlining in pink ink; first free endpaper loose. Vellum trifle soiled.

= Knijff/ Visser 4081.

€ (80-100) 90
74 2850 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Heidanus A 74 2850 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Heidanus A
74 2850 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Heidanus A 74 2850 Remonstrants and Counter Remonstrants Heidanus A
74/2850 [Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants]. Heidanus, A. De causa dei. Dat is: De Sake Godts, verdedight tegen de Mensche. Ofte, Wederlegginge van de Antwoorde van M. Simon Episcopius, (...), op de Proeve des Remonstrantschen Catechismi. Midtsgaders Een Digressie tegen het genaemde Klaer ende volkomen Schriftuerlick Bericht van Jacob Batelier, over de Verkiesinge ende Verwerpinge van Jacob en Esau, Rom. Cap. IX. Leyden, P. Aertsz van Ravesteynd and Wed. D. Iansz. van Ilpendam, 1645, (84),960p., woodcut title-vign., head-, tailpieces and initials, contemp. overlapping vellum.

- Waterstained in lower outer blank corner, not affecting text; new endpapers; a few annots. in ballpoint. Vellum sl. darkened.

= Abraham Heidanus (1597-1678) was a Dutch Calvinist minister and professor at the University of Leyden, who was banished from the University in 1676 because of his hard-lined Cartesianism. Heidanus is most famous for his Consideratien (Considerations) in which he protests against the University senate's anti-Cartesian resolution to banish him (P.C. Molhuysen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis der Leidse Universiteit, pp.324-7).

€ (200-300) 200
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74/2851 [Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants]. Poppius, E. Aenwijsinghe vande groote ende grove mis-slaghen D. Bartholomei Nicolai Contra-Remonstrantsch predicant binnen ter Goude van hem tegen de waerheyt ende liefde begaen (...) Tot voorstandt van de goede sake der Remonstranten (...). N.pl., n.publ., 1622, (4),120p., later wr.

- Sl. waterstained. = Knuttel 3366; Rogge p.107.

€ (50-70)
74 2852 Reynard Scheltema J transl and ed 74 2852 Reynard Scheltema J transl and ed
74/2852 [Reynard]. Scheltema, J. (transl. and ed.). Reintje de Vos van Hendrik van Alkmaar, naar den Lubekschen druk van 1498. Haarlem, V. Loosjes, 1826, LXXXII,468p., engr. title, contemp. gilt hcl.

- Trifle foxed; old newspaper clipping tipped to first free endpaper. Binding sl. worn along extremities.

= Bilingual edition ("Platduits" and Dutch).

€ (30-50) 30
74 2853 Ribadineira P de 74 2853 Ribadineira P de
74/2853 Ribadineira, P. de. Flos sanctorum, seu vitae, et res gestae sanctorum. Vol.1. Cologne, heirs widow W. Metternich and sons, 1741, (24),699p., contemp. calf, richly gilt spine w. 2 mor. letterpieces, folio.

- First vol. (of ?) only. = Rare edition of this collection of lives of saints.

€ (100-150)
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74/2854 Ribadineira, P. de and Rosweydus, H. Generale Legende der Heylighen met het leven Iesu Christi ende Marie. Antw., H. Verdussen, 1649, 4th ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (36),781; (8),718,(32)p., engr. title-p., 14 plates, modern mor., sm. folio.

- Owner's entry on title-p.; sl. foxed/ (water)stained. Corners sl. rubbed. = BCNI 14630.

Basnage, J. 't Groot Waerelds Tafereel, Waer in de Heilige en Waereldsche Geschiedenissen en Veranderingen zedert de Schepping des Waerelds Tot het uiteinde van de Openbaring van Johannes, Door Konst-Tafereelen Historieel en Sinbeeldig worden afgemaalt (...). Dutch translation A. Alewyn. Amst., J. Lindenberg, n.d. (1715?), 3 parts in 1 vol., (10),12,168; 92; 66p., 2 etched frontisp. (both contemp. handcol. heightened w. gold, and w. accomp. textleaf w. two etched vignettes also contemp. handcol. heightened w. gold), 1 portrait (of 2), 2 double-p. maps, 84 plates w. 2 half-p. ills. and/ or vignettes, by i.a. ROMEYN DE HOOGHE, C. HUIBERTZ and C. LUIKEN, contemp. hcalf, folio.

- Lacks the 2 double-p. (bird's eye) views; some plates repaired; one plate loose; foxed/ (water)stained throughout. Poor binding. Sold w.a.f.

AND 2 others (not collated, 1x in poor condition), i.a. CENT-VINGT TABLEAUX BIBLIQUES DE L'ANCIEN ET DU NOUVEAU TESTAMENT D'APRES LES PLUS GRANDS MAITRES, Ancien Testament (Paris, n.d. (±1900), plates, contemp. calf).

€ (100-150) 170
74 2855 Rouvroy P van 74 2855 Rouvroy P van
74 2855 Rouvroy P van 74 2855 Rouvroy P van
74/2855 Rouvroy, P. van. Tobias-Lever voor de onkuyssche Weereldt./ Tobias-Galle voor de Blinde Weerelt. Antw., G. Verhulst, 1686, 2 parts in 1 vol., (46),168[=186]; (6),156,(2)p., contemp. calf, obl. 12mo.

- Lacks engr. title; upper hinge broken; old catalogue entry on upper pastedown. Frontcover knacked.

= Very rare liturgical poetry book.

€ (150-250) 150
74 2856 Russia Azaryin S 74 2856 Russia Azaryin S
74/2856 [Russia]. (Azaryin, S.). Žitie i Podvigi Prepadobnago otca našego Arkhimandrita Dionisia (The Life and Exploits of our Saintly Father Archimandrite Dionysius). Moscow, "V Sinodal'noi Tipografii", 1817, (16),104p., printed on greyish blue paper, contemp./ sl. later hcl.

- Hinges split(ting); occas. (vaguely) (water)stained.

= The introduction titled Kanōn prepodobnomu Otcu Našemu Dionisiu, Arkhimandritu (...) printed in black and red in church slavonic. Popular work on Archimandrite Dionysius (?-1633) of the Trinity-Sergius Monastery in Sergiev Posad, one of the main organizers of the resistance against the Polish besiegers of Muscovy during the Time of Troubles. Simon Azaryin served as cellarer of the monastery. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.

€ (200-300) 200
74 2857 Russia Berkh V 74 2857 Russia Berkh V
74 2857 Russia Berkh V 74 2857 Russia Berkh V
74 2857 Russia Berkh V 74 2857 Russia Berkh V
74 2857 Russia Berkh V 74 2857 Russia Berkh V
74/2857 [Russia]. Berkh, V. Tsarstvovanie tsarya Mikhaila Feodoroviča i vzglyad na meždutsarstvie (The Reign of czar Michail Feodorovitch and a look at the interregnum). St. Petersburg, H. Gintz, 1832, 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),V,(3),301; (2),IV,(1),260,V-IX,(3)p., fold. engr. plan, portrait, 2 plates (incl. a numismatical plate printed in red), fold. facs. plate, contemp. hcalf.

- Plan lacks lower part (±2 cm. of image), creased and strengthened on verso; occas. foxed and fingersoiled; num. annots. and stamps on title-p.; lower corner htitle restored. Binding rubbed and worn.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.

Idem. Tsarstvovanie tsarya Alekseya Mikhailoviča (The Reign of czar Aleksei Mikhailovitch). Ibid., idem, 1831, 2 parts in 1 vol., 314,(2); (2),270,(2)p., engr. facs. plate, contemp. hcalf.

- A few scattered library stamps. Backstrip strengthened w. pieces of cloth, paper and parts of another binding.

AND 1 other: ISTORIA GOSUDARSTVA ROSSIJSKAGO. Vol. XI (St. Petersburg, 1835, contemp. hcalf).

€ `` 475
74 2858 Russia Catherine II the Great 74 2858 Russia Catherine II the Great
74 2858 Russia Catherine II the Great 74 2858 Russia Catherine II the Great
74/2858 [Russia]. Catherine II, the Great. Byli i nebylitsy i graždanskoe načal'noe učenie (True stories and fables and civic elementary teaching). Introd. S. Glinka. Moscow, S. Selivanovsky, 1832, (6),X,279p., contemp. hcalf.

- Sm. stamp and annots. on title-p.; a few lvs. waterst. Binding rubbed and worn.

= Serial containing short observations and aphorisms included in Catherine's own periodical Sobesednik lyubiteley rossijskago slova (the companion of lovers of the Russian word).

€ (200-300)
74 2859 Russia Catherine II the Great 74 2859 Russia Catherine II the Great
74/2859 [Russia]. Catherine II, the Great. Instruction donnée par Catherine II Impératrice et Législatrice de toutes les Russies à la Commission établie par cette Souveraine, pour travailler à la rédaction d'un nouveau Code de Loix. Lausanne, F. Grasset & Co., 1769, XIV,204p., engr. title-vignette, modern antique style hleather.

- Trifle fingersoiled.

= French language edition of Catherine's famous Instruction or guideline for the construction of a new legal code. Cf. Camus 3301; cat. (...) des Russica I387.

€ (300-500) 300
74 2860 Russia Catherine II the Great 74 2860 Russia Catherine II the Great
74 2860 Russia Catherine II the Great 74 2860 Russia Catherine II the Great
74/2860 [Russia]. Catherine II, the Great. Nakaz (...) o sočinenii proekta Novogo Uloženija. Instructio (...) ad conficiendam ideam Novi Legum Codicis. Instruction (...) zu einem neuen Gesetz-Buch. Instruction pour la Commission chargée de dresser le projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy Press, 1770, (8),403p., 4 (2x diff.) engr. text ills., Russian, Latin, German and French text in 4 columns, contemp. calf, 4to.

- Final text lvs. sl. waterst. and mouldy; occas. sl. yellowed and fingersoiled. Binding rubbed and sl. worn.

= SK Russkoi Knigi XVIII v. I, 2151; Camus 3301. In 1767, Catherine appointed a special commission tasked with the construction of a new legal code. The Nakaz (Instruction) was meant to serve as a guideline for the commission. Part of the 655 articles is directly derived from the writings of Montesquieu and Cesare Beccaria. It can be seen as a first incentive towards a form of enlightened despotism in Russia. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.

€ (1.500-2.500)
74 2861 Russia Nestesuranoi B I = J Rousset de Missy 74 2861 Russia Nestesuranoi B I = J Rousset de Missy
74 2861 Russia Nestesuranoi B I = J Rousset de Missy 74 2861 Russia Nestesuranoi B I = J Rousset de Missy
74/2861 [Russia]. Nestesuranoi, B.I. (= J. Rousset de Missy). Memoires du Regne de Pierre le Grand, Empereur de Russie, Pere de la Patrie, &c. &c. &c. Amst., Wetstein & Smith, 1740, new rev. ed., 4 vols., 2 diff. engr. frontisp. (incl. portrait), 2 fold. maps, 2 fold. plates, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 mor. letterpieces.

- Occas. sl. yellowed. Joints split(ting).

= Cat. (...) des Russica N328. A fifth vol. was published under the title Mémoires du Regne de Cathérine. Complete in itself. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.

€ (250-350)
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