2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Partly sl. stained and fingersoiled. Binding sl. worn.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 997; cf. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435 (not mentioning this edition); Landwehr 506.
Idem. De zedelyke en stichtelyke gezangen (...). En Den Lof en Oordeel van de Werken der Barmhertigheid. Amst., G. de Groot en Zoon, 1767, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),300,(8 index); 17,(1)p., divisional title and 30 emblems by J. LUIKEN, contemp. calf, sm. 8vo. - BOUND WITH: Spinniker, A. De Werken en Vergelding der Barmhartigheid, uit Matth: XXV. berymd. Ibid., idem, 1767, 32p., engr. frontisp. and 13 emblems by J. LUIKEN.
- Upper hinge broken; lacks frontisp.; sl. fingersoiled. Binding rubbed; corners showing.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 1045 and 1365; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 399 and 440; Landwehr 498 (the second work not in Landwehr).
- A few unobtrusive false folds; one restored spot in lower blank margin; one plate w. restored hole in border below image (H1); a few sm. stains (mostly in blank margin). Rebacked w. calf backstrip; covers partly restored along edges.
= Provenance: from the library of Bob Luza (bookplate on upper pastedown); 4 old manuscript owner's entries on title-p., i.a. of "Daniel Knutsius 1620", "Johannes Knuth Ao 1648", "Johan Carl von Groin Ao 1721" and "Pochenfuss[?]". Voet 588; Belgica Typographica 159; Praz p.259f; Funck, p.364f.; Landwehr 26: "editio princeps and the only edition with plates surrounded by borders". The first edition of one of the finest illustrated books printed by Plantin (the second edition is also dated 1571, but was printed in 1572 and is in 4to). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXII.
- Partly wormholed in upper and lower blank margin, not affecting text. Binding sl. worn along extremities; leather over frontcover dam.
= Landwehr 664.
- Some plates (esp. in section VII) sl. waterstained in margin (occas. inside image); other plates occas. sl. foxed (1x sl. stained). Backstrip dam. and covers worn.
= Kat. Orn. Berlin 4595; Landwehr 505; Praz p.473f. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXII.
- Occas. trifle yellowed and foxed. Binding trifle stained. = Landwehr 775.
- Multiple libr. stamps. on title and p.1 (2x crossed out). Otherwise a fine copy.
= Landwehr 824; Praz p.526.
- Upper hinge broken; lower hinge weak; lacks first free endpaper. Binding rubbed.
= Landwehr 851; Praz p.522-523.
- A few leaves sl. frayed; a few emblems partly (sl. clumsily) handcoloured; partly (sl.) waterstained; owner's entries on first blank; cat. clipping and bookplate on upper pastedown; one leaf sl. dam. Vellum partly darkened.
= Landwehr 875; Praz p.530; Waller 1780. One of the rarest and finest Dutch emblem books. All editions are (very) rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIII.
- Fine copy.
= Ad 1: Landwehr 882; Schuytvlot 51; Unger 77. Ad 2: Landwehr 889; Schuytvlot 55; Unger 85. Ad 3: Schuytvlot 80; Unger 570. Ad 4: Schuytvlot 414; Unger 70.
- In the first work lvs. 124 and 124 wrongly bound at beginning; ocas. sl. foxed; title-p. second work w. repaired tear. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; letterpiece partly worn away.
= Ad 1: Landwehr 882; Schuytvlot 51; Unger 77. Ad 2: Landwehr 889; Schuytvlot 55; Unger 8. Ad 3: Schuytvlot 63; Unger 102. Ad 4: Schuytvlot 63; Unger 102. Ad 5: Schuytvlot 773; Unger 84.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Lacks letterpiece. = Vander Haeghen I, p.126.
- Occas. sl. foxed; upper pastedown loosening. Vellum trifle soiled.
= Muller 574 (ed. 1710); Scheepers I, 478 (ed. 1719).
BOUND AS USUAL WITH: Comenius, I.A. Verrezen hondschen Diogenes, of Beknopte verhandeling van Wysheid. Heekel-spel. Dutch transl. F. van Hoogstraten. Ibid., J. van Heekeren, 1719, 96p., engr. frontisp.
- Two bookplates on upper pastedown; bookseller's stamp on htitle.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ browned. Sl. dam. on joints.
= Gay/ Lemonnyer II, p.489; Brunet VI, 25191 (ed. Utr., 1713); Drujon p.432f: "(...) cet écrit satirique (...) fit scandale et fut recherché avec fureur, non-seulement en Hollande, mais encore en France, où les colporteurs se chargeaient de le faire passer. On y trouve une foule d'anecdotes libres, racontées avec un prodigieux abus de figures de rhétorique".
- Partly sl. yellowed.
= Rare first tutorial of Amharic. The first part contains a grammar, the second part a lexicon. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIII.
- First lvs. (incl. title-p.) sm. wormholes in blank margin. Covers trifle worn and partly sl. discoloured; top of spine sl. chipped.
= Cohen/ De Ricci p.380f.
- Partly (vaguely) (water)stained; owner's entry on verso frontisp.
= Cf. Cohen/ De Ricci p.382 and Lewine p.181, both listing other editions.
- Two bookplates and cat. clipping on upper endpaper; title-p. cut-out and laid down; second title taken from a smaller copy; occas. foxed; lacks final free endpaper. Top of spine chipped; joints rubbed.
= First Dutch edition of Fielding's parody of Richardson's Pamela. Waller 543.
- Lacks one textleaf (p. 73/74); occas. (sl.) foxed (incl. plates). Covers rubbed; gilding on spine for the greater part worn away; joints starting; top of spine sl. dam.
= Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 59; Klaversma/ Hannema 1282; Tiele 961. Rare first Dutch edition of Histoire de la Laponie (Paris, 1678).
- ADDED: two letterpress ordinances by the LANDROSTAMBT IN BRABAND (1807).