2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- One map w. sm. portion of paper torn off in inner margin, not affecting image; contemp. owner's annots. on final free endpaper. Frontcover sl. stained and w. later owner's entry.
= Darlow/ Moule II,2, 4728 (var. A).
- Bookblock loosening; annots. on first free endpaper; underlinig and annots. in text; library stamp on second blank. Vellum soiled; warped.
- Yellowed; (sl.) wormholed throughout (incl. bindings). Vol. 1 backstrip strengthened w. cloth; vols. 2 and 3 backstrip dam./ loosening; vols. 1 and 3 lack clasps.
= De Backer/ Sommervogel VIII, p.49.
- Engr. title crudely doubled w. chinese on both sides; lacks final 2 lvs., supplied in photostat; some lvs. (crudely) repaired w. chinese/ paper/ sellotape; occas. some waterstaining; contemp. annot. on title.
- Partly waterst. (worse at the end); old owner's entries/ annots. on title and first endpaper. Binding sl. dried and worn; backstrip lacks portion at foot.
= Reprint of the edition published by Jan Mourentorf at Plantijn, Antwerp in 1599 (Darlow/ Moule 3300).
- Occas. sl. (water)stained; final leaf repaired at lower outer corner; new endpapers. Covers worn/ scratched; joints splitting; spine w. repaired crack.
= Warranted and dated "1692" by B. Langenes on verso of general title-p.
- Lacks plate 8 and upper pastedown; title frayed and lacks portion upper outer corner; partly sl. (water)stained, mostly in blank margins; a few plates loose; 1 map reattached; a few maps w. sm. tears in blank margins, once sl. affecting image. Binding (crudely) restored along spine-ends; extra leather over top of spine loosening; 1 clasp and 1 corner piece loose.
= Poortman I, p.241. For the worldmap with Stoopendaal's signature and with number 6, Shirley 513: "finely-executed general map in two hemispheres with the same corner decorations as in the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658 (...)".
- Occas. (sl.) waterstained throughout. Rebacked w. use of the orig. backstrip.
= Ad 1: Poortman I, p.242.
- Frontisp., title-p. and coat of arms lack portion of upper inner corner corner, sl. affecting image/ text. Frontcover and first quire loose(ning); lacks 1 clasp; top of spine dam.
= Poortman I, p.248; Darlow/ Moule 3350 (4to ed.).
- Lacks endpapers; owner's enty on verso title-p.; occas. sl. foxed/ soiled. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends sl. dam., showing cords.
- Lacks title-p. and 4 lvs. (part 2: p.1-8) w. in total 8 ills.; 1 leaf lacks portion of blank margin; hinges sl. weak. Backstrip partly loosening; sl. rubbed boards.
= Cf. Buijnsters BNK 938; The Children's World of Learning 1287; Hollstein, Van Sichem II and III, 49; Poortman II, p.164.
- Hinges broken but holding on cords. Vellum trifle soiled.
= This edition with a single engraving on each page. Poortman II, p.79, 2b (title differs slightly and our edition without year of publication but otherwise the same). Rare complete copy.
- Contemp. owner's entry and annot. on upper pastedown and first blank; partly foxed in blank margin. Sl. rubbed along extremities.
= With 9 mounted albumen cartes-de-visite in the "Family portrait gallery", each ±9,5x5,5 cm., i.a. Allan Owen, Robert Owen, William Owen and Owen Owen.
- Occas. sl. (finger)stained; a few lvs. loose(ning); sm. bookplate and owner's entries on first blank. Vellum stained.
- Fine set of bindings (on the contents see details below): all vols. sl. rubbed along extremities (partly with loss of gilt of outer borders); a few vols. sl. split at spine-end(s) and joint(s) of a few vols. professionally restored.
= Rare bindings. On the Bunch of Grapes Bindery see Storm van Leeuwen IIa, p.56ff: "(...) Nine (sets of) bindings from it are known (...)."
Contents:
I-II. Poëzy of verscheide gedichten, op een nieu by een vergadert, en met veele ook voorheen nooit gedrukte dichten vermeerdert (Franeker, (G. Brandt & J. Vollenhoven) for L. Strik, 1682, 3 parts in 2 vols.; with Het leven van Joost van den Vondel. With engr. portrait of the author. Schuytvlot 11; Unger 8);
III. Vorstelijcke warande der dieren: Waer in De Zeden-rijcke Philosophie, Poëtisch, Morael, en Historiael, vermakelijck en treffelijck wort voorgestelt (Amst., S. Wybrandts, A. Vinck and A.D. Oossaen, 1682, engr. title-vignette and 125 engr. emblematical ills. Schuytvlot 55; Unger 86; Landwehr 889); De helden des Godes des Ouwden Verbonds (Amst., G. de Groot, 1699, 38 engr. ills. Schuytvlot 62; Unger 101); Toonneel des Menschelyken Levens. Of de Vernieuwde Gulden Winkel (...) (Amst., J. Graal, 1718, engr. title-p., 73 ills. Schuytvlot 52; Unger 78; Landwehr 883); Brieven der Heilige Maeghden, Martelaressen (Amst., J. Lamsveld, 1702, engr. title-vign., 12 ills. Schuytvlot 67; Unger 393); Altaergeheimenissen (Cologne, "In de Nieuwe Druckerye", 1718, engr. frontisp. and title-vignette. First half sl. browned; Schuytvlot 74; Unger 413);
IV. Koning Davids Harpzangen (Amst., Wed. G. de Groot and A. van Dam, 1723. Schuytvlot 83; Unger 572); Bespiegelingen van Godt en Godtsdienst. Tegens d'ongodisten, verlochenaers Der Godtheit of Goddelijcke voorzienigheit (Amst., Wed. Barent Visscher, 1723, engr. frontisp. Schuytvlot 87; Unger 646); Joannes de boetgezant (Amst., widow G. de Groot, 1696. Title-p. sl. foxed; Schuytvlot 89; Unger 648); De Heerlykheit der Kercke, Haer Ingang, Opgang, en Voortgang (Amst., J. Lamsvelt, 1702, engr. title-vign. and 2 other vignettes by J. LAMSVELT. Title-p. trifle foxed; Schuytvlot 96; Unger 663);
V. Publius Virgilius Maroos wercken (Amst., A. de Wees, 1646, engr. title. Schuytvlot 786; Unger 421); Q. Horatius Flaccus Lierzangen en dichtkunst (Amst., J. Lamsvelt, 1703, engr. title by J. LAMSVELT. Sl. foxed; Schuytvlot 798; Unger 512); Publius Ovidius Nasoos Heldinnebrieven (Amst. G. Onder de Linden, 1716, engr. title by W. JONGMAN after A. HOUBRAKEN, title-vign. by G. VAN DER GOUWEN after A. HOUBRAKEN, portrait of the author by D. VAN HOOGSTRATEN after PHIL. KONING. Schuytvlot 778 (but without the "Brief van Fedre" at the end; Unger 389);
VI. Publius Virgilius Maroos wercken in Nederduitsch dicht (Amst., A. de Wees, 1660, engr. title by T. MATHAM, engr. dedic. coat of arms of Cornelis de Graeff. Schuytvlot 801; Unger 612);
VII. Publius Ovidius Nazoos Herscheppinge (Amst., A. de Wees, 1671, engr. title-p. by A. BLOOTELINGH after P. KONING, engr. dedic. coat of arms of Diederik Buysero, 15 ills. Schuytvlot 803; Unger 713);
VIII-IX. Alle de treurspelen (Amst., J. Oosterwyk, 1720/ 1719, 2 vols., 2 engr. title-p. by J. WANDELAAR, dedic. vignette, 1 plate. A few leaves in the 2nd vol. sl. browned; Schuytvlot 409; Unger 27 a, b);
X. Palamedes of Vermoorde Onnozelheit (Amersf., P. Brakman, 1707, engr. frontisp. portrait of the author, engr. title-p., 2 (1x fold. movable) plates. Occas. foxed/ yellowed; Schuytvlot 469; not in Unger); Hekeldigten (ibid., idem, 1707, 3 plates (1x fold.) and 5 portraits. Plates/ portraits partly yellowed; Schuytvlot 31; Unger 18). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIV.
- Lacks title-p.
= Concerning papal decrees and the Christian mission to Asia. "Constitutiones et Decreta Sactae Sedis Apostolicae in favorem Vicariorum Apostolicorum Chinae, Tunchini, Cocincinae, Siami, &c. sub summo Pontifice Innocentio XI." (p.1).
= Contents: 30 unused lvs. of blue tinted laid paper.
ADDED: late 18th/ early 19th cent. hvellum binding, 1st leaf w. manuscript recipe "Voor de Kinkhoest", rest of contents unused.
- Lacks letterpiece; spine-ends sl. rubbed. = With letterpress schoolprize mounted to upper pastedown.
- Silverwork needs polishing; bookblock loose(ning).
= Attractive chiselled silver fittings, with the initials "S.M." engraved on the inside of the upper clasp. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXV.