1924 - 2080 WINE and BACCHUS (including PRINTS and DRAWINGS, GASTRONOMY)
- Contemp. annot in margin on p.(10); final page sl. duststained. = Bibl. Gantoise VI, p.79, 12411.
- Sl. foxed; final leaf browned spot in outer blank margin.
= Knuttel 20291 and (on the engraving) 20185: "Spotprent Op Willem V, den Prins als Bacchus voorstellende, naakt op een vat Bourgogne gezeten. (...) Hierbij een berymde Verklaaring der beruchten Tytelprent. De prent heeft gediend als titelprent voor de Kenschetsende Lof-Zang (...) maar schijnt ook afzonderlijk uitgegeven, blijkens de noot bij de Verklaaring: "Geplaast voor de Berugte Kenschetsende Lof-Zang voor de Engelsch gezinden; enz.". On the separately published print see F.M.H. 4499. The lot includes a loosely inserted extra copy of the "Verklaaring der Beruchten Tytel-prent." Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIII.
- Sl. browned and dogeared.
Naerder Ordre, Beraemt jegens het frauderen vande Impositien op de Wijnen ende Bieren en andere Chijsbare Waren. Ende specialijck jegens de Wijncopers, ende het setten van Gelagen, ende uytslijten van Wijnen en Gebrande-wijnen met de kleyne maet. Utr., A. van Paddenburgh, 1666, (4)p., woodcut coat of arms of Utrecht on title-p. - AND 2 others similar: HISTORISCH VERHAAL RAAKENDE DE BEROERINGE OVER DEN WYNKOOPERS EED, BINNEN DE STEEDEN AMSTELDAM EN ROTTERDAM VOORGEVALLEN (Middelburg etc., (1751)) and EXTRACT MISSIVE VAN EEN AMSTERDAMMER AEN ZYN MIDDELBURGER VRIENDT, OVER DEN EED DER WYNHANDELAERS (Amst., 1751, later wr. Title-p. repaired; Knuttel 18302).
- Owner's entry on title-p. Both covers loose; spine-ends chipped; corners worn.
= Rare, early edition.
- A few leaves at the beginning trifle waterstained in upper inner corner.
= One of the few Dutch books on wine - and a beautiful edition to that with the remarkable anonymous engravings in the style of Adriaen van de Venne, illustrating the use and abuse of wine. Oberlé, Fastes 1033; Bibl. Gastronomica 4939; Scheepers I, 144; Scheurleer p.153; Hollstein 140. D.P. Pers is the pseudonym of the publisher D. Pietersz. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIII.
BOUND WITH: Idem. Lucretia, ofte Het Beeld der Eerbaerheydt (...). Ibid., idem, 1624, (12),81,(3)p., engr. title-vignette (ident. to the preceding), 3 large engr. text ills. - AND WITH: Idem. Ionas De Straf-Prediker (...). Ibid., idem, 1623, (8),88,(4)p., 4 engr. circular emblems by H. COLLAERT after H. BOL, 1 full-p. portr. of Christ by J. DE GHEYN II. - AND WITH: Idem. Tranen Iesu Christi, Gestort over den Ondergang Hierusalems (...). Ibid., idem [colophon: P.A. van Ravesteyn], 1625, (12),88p., engr. title-vignette, 4 large engr. text ills. by C. VAN DE PASSE after M. VAN VALCKENBURG.
= A fine copy of a rare collection of works. Scheepers I, 144 (the same collection of these four works).
- Numerous small contemp. marks in pen and ink in text and in blank margin; a few sm. inkstains; leaf M12 lacks small upper corner w. loss of some words.
= Verkruijsse, Descr. auteursbibl. 1023; Meertens, Letk. leven p.310; Scheepers II, 85. The very rare first edition. With the bookplate of V. de la Montagne.
= Rare "snapshot" of the French-Dutch wine trade. Listing prices of wines shipped from the harbour of Bordeaux, from Nantes (occas. w. comments on availability or quality) for i.a. Loupiacq, Pujeaux, Witte Graves, Hoogl. Witte, Root Hoogelants, Haantjes Witte, Root Graeves, Conjacke Boddery Wyn, Anjou Wijnen, Serese Secke, Sauterne, Picardanze ("sijn niet Euvel"), Stomme in stad fust ("naer de deugt"), Nantoise wijnen, Auvergnacque, St. Arblon, Anjou, Vouvraij, Witte Madon wijn, Entredeuxmerse, Fronignan het Oxhooft and "Roode Cahorse wijn die Puijk is".
ADDED 6 others similar: 4 letterpress/ manuscript price lists for other commodities, a Swedish receipt of the "Ost-Indiske Compagniets" (w. the remains of 3 wax stamps, dated 1745) and a Dutch receipt (1820).
- All prints w. vague vertical fold; occas. (sl.) dam. in blank margins; a few (restored) tears affecting image; some sl. foxing/ dustsoiling (mainly in blank margins).
= Atlas van Stolk 3029 (listing the series as titled "Paisans d'Hollande &c"); Colas 79. I.a. depicting "Oost-Indise Bootsgezel", "Ys tijd", "Wyn tijd" (SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIII) and "De vreed zaame kopster". Rare series, showing the local dresses for men and women (and children) in the various provinces of the Netherlands, the captions extolling their livelihood, partly with puns on their trade. The "Visser van 't Eiland Marken" for instance has as caption: "Kost ons de vis geen geld Het onweer dikwils kneld", to which his wife reponds: "Die in mijn meertje vist Nog onweer treft nog mist". Two of the prints illustrate the seasons, i.a. the "Bloey tijd" and the "Wijn tijd".
- Trifle foxed. = From an unidentified work.
Anonymous (1st half 18th cent.). ""Bacchus sur Cupidon eu toujours l'avantage/ Son regne est de toiut Aage/ Jeune et vieux a l'amour Souvent tourne le dos/ Pour chercher dans le vin la source du repos." Handcol. engraving, 17,4x10,9 cm., 4-line text and address "Paris, ruë St. Jaques au Coq" engr. below image.
- With creases (incl. a vertical central fold) and rubbed spots; somewhat soiled.
= Attractive print.
- Yellowed. = Attractive, prob. French view. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
= F.M. 4045. Interesting print showing Bachus, seated on a wine barrel, observing justice being served to Daniel Raap and 3 other corrupt tax collectors.
= Contrasting affluence and poverty.
(Laan, A. van der (1684- after 1755)). "Het Haringh Banket. The Herring Banket or Feast". Engraving, 16,1x19,1 cm., w. engr. caption and numb. "13" below image. - AND 8 others, i.a. an anonymous etching of "Septembre" (7,8x11,2 cm., titled in upper margin, broad margins); DE VILLAIN, "Le Petit Gourmand" (lithogr. by WEBER after DAULOU, 17,9x13,2 cm., titled below the lithogr., on chine appliqué) and a mediocre copy of G.B. PROBST, "le Goût" (handcol. engr. optical view, Augsb., ±1770. Browned, frayed and several closed tears).,
- Mounted on thick paper (numbered "13" on verso); sm. waterstain in centre of image.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
= The caption is a verse from Horace, Odes III, 25.