1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Without the prize; yellowed/ sl. browned. Lacks ties; vellum dustsoiled.
= Spoelder 2; Schweiger p.167.
- One fold. plate sl. frayed and w. closed tear. Lacks ties; coat of arms on verso partly rubbed off.
= Spoelder 2. Without the prize.
Cantelius, P.J. De Romana Republica, Sive De Re Militari & Civili Romanorum, Ad explicandos scriptores antiquos. Leyden, S. Luchtmans, 1726, 6th ed., (16),392p., engr. frontisp., 1 fold. plan of Rome and surroundings, 13 (fold.) plates, 1 fold. table.
- Without the prize; pastedowns loose; occas. w. (water?)stain in outer blank margin. Lacks ties; gilding sl. faded.
= Spoelder 1; Graesse V, p.218.
AND 2 other vols., both w. schoolprize binding of HOORN: 1x full 18th cent. calf w. gilt coat of arms on both covers within double gilt fillet line and corner ornaments, large 8vo (w. letterpress prize. Spoelder 1) and 1x full 19th cent. marbled calf w. "Praemium Scholae Hornanae" on frontcover within gilt ornamental border and gilt spine w. red leather letterpiece, 4to (w. letterpress prize. Spoelder 4).
- Without the prize; both vols. sl. yellowed; upper hinge weak; owner's entry on first free endpaper; first/ last few lvs. sl. foxed. Both vols. spine-ends sl. worn.
= Spoelder 4. On the contents: Schweiger 513.
AND 1 other identical schoolprize binding (contemp. marbled calf, gilt floral border on both covers, gilt boardedges and gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece. Corners/ spine-ends worn).
- For the greater part browned in the text. Sm. paper ticket at top of spine; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 2. With the manuscript prize on first free endpaper for "Joannus Willink" and w. owner's entry of a later member of the Willink family on upper pastedown. Biographie universelle VIII, p.268: "(...) Le plus remarquable est son Historia de diis gentium XVII syntagmatibus distincta. Du temps de l'auteur il n'y avait sur la mythologie que l'ouvrage très-imparfait de Boccace: Genealogia deorum. C'est Giraldi qui le premier a traité cette matière à fond, en faisant usage, non-seulement des auteurs grecs et latins, mais encore des inscriptions qu'il a consultées et déchiffrées avec beaucoup de sagacité". L.G. Giraldi (1479-1552), Italian neo-Latinist (cf. Oberlé p.117). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- Without the prize; occas. sl. foxed; bookplate of Six van Hillegom on upper pastedown. Lacks ties. Otherwise binding fine.
= Spoelder 1. Schweiger p.611.
- (Sm.) waterstain in upper margin and lower inner corner; w. library stamp of "Bibliotheek van het gymnasium Assen" on htitle. Lacks ties.
= Spoelder 2.
- Lacks ties.
= Spoelder 1. Rare schoolprize binding w. the manuscript prize (dated 1789) on first blank. Cf. Brunet VI, 19165.
- Lacks ties; vellum sl. dustsoiled.
= Spoelder 2. With manuscript schoolprize to "Arnoldo Henrico Petro Hubert" dated September 1791. Schweiger p.831: "Diese schätzbare Ausg. soll schon längst nicht mehr im Handel zu haben sein".
- Sl. browned; final part waterstained in lower outer corner; former library stamps scattered throughout. Spine restored w. use of leather; binding rubbed and scratched; corners bumped.
= Spoelder 2. With the manuscript prize to "G.A. la Borde", dated "23 decemb. 1795" on first blank.
- Without the prize; first quire sl. foxed. Lower joint splitting; spine-ends worn.
= Spoelder 1. On the contents: Schweiger p.302; Dibdin II, p.246: "a very elaborate edition (...) and is besides handsomely printed".
- Old libr. stamps on recto and verso of title-p.; a few false creases on fold. plates. Fine copy.
= With the manuscript prize awarded in 1795 to Ephraim Marcus on first blank. Spoelder 1; cf. Camus 455 (other eds.).
- Without the prize; pastedowns loose; upper hinge broken. Lacks letterpiece.
= Spoelder 1; Schweiger p.1089: "Ganz neue Bearbeitung. H's. Erläuterungen sind vortrefflich u. die Obss. crit. enth. einen Schatz treffend."
AND 4 other vols., all schoolprize bindings of KAMPEN (Spoelder 1), all 19th cent. full calf w. central gilt coat of arms on both covers w. dec. border (mediocre condition).
= Spoelder 1. With the letterpress prize, filled out in manuscript to "Stephano Jacobo van Rooyen" dated 23th June 1812.
- Without the prize. Spine rubbed/ chafed.
= Spoelder 2; Schweiger p.1129; Dibdin II, p.525: "(...) contain[s] the pure text of the editio princeps, and the best notes of all the preceding editors".
- Without the prize. Lacks ties; corners trifle rubbed. Fine, clean copy. = Spoelder 3.
- Occas. sl. foxed. One tie broken; joints and spine-ends sl. rubbed; letterpiece chipped.
= Spoelder 3. With the manuscript prize for "Aemilius Vitringa Goulon" dated 1811. Schweiger p.831: "Diese schätzbare Ausg. soll schon längst nicht mehr im Handel zu haben sein".
AND 2 schoolprize bindings of LEEUWARDEN: contemp. unif. treecalf w. gilt coat of arms on both covers, richly gilt spine w. mor. letterpieces. - ON: C.C. TACITUS, Opera (Leipsic, 1801, 2 vols. Mediocre condition. Spoelder 3).
- Without the prize; all vols. bookplate on upper pastedown; foxed throughout; vol.1 title-p. loosening; vol.2 hinge weak.
= Spoelder 3. On the contents: Schweiger p.845.
- Occas. trifle yellowed and trifle foxed. Fine copy. = Spoelder 4.
AND 2 diff. gilt calf schoolprizes of Leeuwarden, both w. defects: one odd vol. and one dam. vol. (Spoelder 2 and 3).
- Without the prize. Occas. sl. foxed; closed tear in title-p. Lacks ties; covers sl. duststained; title in pen and ink on spine in 19th cent. hand. Good/ fine copy.
= Spoelder 5; Schweiger p.859. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
Obsequens, J. Quae supersunt ex libro de Prodigiis. Ed. J. Scheffer, C. Lycosthenus and F. Oudendorp. Leyden, S. Luchtmans, 1720, (64),215,(57)p., woodcut printer's mark, contemp. vellum, gilt coat of arms of LEYDEN on both covers, double blindstamped borders with floral ornaments in each corner of inner panel, gilt spine.
- Without the prize. Small restored hole in title-p. Lacks ties; title vaguely written in later hand in pen and ink on spine.
= Spoelder 3.