2076 - 2859 OLD and RARE BOOKS
77 2516 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
- Some waterstains at the beginning. Covers chafed; backstrip worn; lacks letterpiece.
= Poortman II, p.241-243; Klaversma/ Hannema 748; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 396.
77 2517 Judaica and hebraica Flavius Josephus 
- Scattered sm. owner's stamps; contents otherwise fine. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; letterpieces w. vol. no. partly dam./ lacking; traces of paper letterpiece at top of spines. Good/ fine set.
= Poortman II, p.54; Geerebaert LIII, e; Paasman p.82. "In zijn voorbericht schrijft Martinet over de uitgave van Martin Schagen in 1732: 'Deeze druk geheel verkoght en thans zeldzaam te bekomen zijnde, werd ik verzogt, eenen anderen in een gemakkelyker Formaat, aan mijne landgenooten te geven.' Het is dus geen nieuwe vertaling, Martinet heeft alleen het werk van Haverkamp met uitvoerige voetnoten uitgebreid. De prenten die in deze uitgave voorkomen zijn van Simon Fokke en N. van der Meer." (Poortman). "Zo groot was zijn [Martinet's] werkkracht, dat hij in deze zelfde tijd nog kans zag de uitgave van Alle de Werken van Flavius Josephus te verzorgen (1783-1787). Hij vergeleek de bestaande vertalingen met de Griekse tekst en bracht, waar nodig, verbeteringen aan. Zijn aantekeningen waren voor niet-deskundigen geschreven, zodat Josephus' werk in breder kring gelezen kon worden." (Paasman).
77 2518 Judaica and hebraica Fleury C 
77 2518 Judaica and hebraica Fleury C 
- Partly sl. browned. = Fürst I, p.284; this ed. not in Freimann.
Kimhi, D. Rabbi Davidis Kimhi Commentarii in Psalmos Davidis Regis et Prophetae. Latin transl. A. Ianvier. Paris, L. Billaine, 1666, (22),653,(19)p., woodcut title-vignette, contemp. vellum, 4to.
- Occas. (badly) browned. = Fürst II, p.184; not in Freimann.
77 2519 Judaica and hebraica Fleury C 
77 2519 Judaica and hebraica Fleury C 
77 2519 Judaica and hebraica Fleury C 
77 2519 Judaica and hebraica Fleury C 
- Partly sl. (water)stained/ foxed (mostly first/ last few lvs. and 2nd part). Binding sl. dam.; joints splitting at top of spine.
= This ed. not in Fürst and Freimann.
Calmet, A. Histoire de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament, et des Juifs. Vol. 4 and 5. Paris, "Emery Fils, Saugrain, l'aîné, Pierre Martin", 1725, 2 (of 7) vols., (4),552; (4),497p., 2 diff. engr. frontisp., 1 plan of the Second Temple of Herod the Great in Jerusalem, woodcut printer's mark, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letter- and vol. piece, 12mo.
- Bookplate of De Caieu de Vadicourt from Abbeville on upper pastedowns; vol. 4 occas. sl. stained; vol. 5 partly sl. wormholed. Both vols. backstip dam.; vol. 5 joints starting at top of spine. Otherwise a fine set.
= Not in Fürst and Freimann.
AND 7 other 18th-cent. French theological works, i.a. A. DE TRAGOPONE, Sermons préchés à Toulouse (Amst., 1772, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, from the library of M.-F. PIDANSAT DE MAIROBERT).
- Lacks the portrait of the author and 2 plates. Frontcover of vol. 4 loose; bindings sl. worn along extremities.
= Fürst I, p.339; Poortman II, p.169; Klaversma/ Hannema 559ff; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 350. "In de vier delen komen 50 prenten voor van Jan Luyken, van allerlei afmetingen, waaronder ook de grootste die hij gemaakt heeft (60 bij 30 cm.)" (Poortman).
77 2521 Judaica and hebraica Goodwin Th 
- Lacks fold. map; frontisp. sl. cut short in left margin and mounted to first free endpaper; owner's entry on first free endpaper and prelim. text leaf; a few lvs. w. sm. tears repaired w. sellotape.
= Fürst I, p.339.
AND 1 other: G. HOFFMANN, Synopsis theologiae purioris dogmaticae (Tübingen, 1720, later hvellum, sm. 8vo).
77 2522 Judaica and hebraica Modena L 
- Upper hinge broken; pastedowns detached/ lacking; partly sl. fingersoiled.
= In this Dutch translation the four famous plates by J. Luiken were added, depicting 17th cent. rites of the Amsterdam Jewry: wedding, divorce, refusal and circumcision. Klaversma/ Hannema 1096.
77 2523 Judaica and hebraica Selden J 
77 2523 Judaica and hebraica Selden J 
77 2523 Judaica and hebraica Selden J 
77 2523 Judaica and hebraica Selden J 
- Sm. annot. on first free endpaper; title-p. w. sm. hole and owner's entry; a few lvs. w. sm. tear (1 w. loss of portion of blank margin, 1 repaired); occas. (sl.) foxed/ browned; 2 fold. plates w. minor imperfections. Rebacked w. use of old backstrip; covers sl. soiled.
= Plates showing a plan of the Temple of Jerusalem and various views of the exterior and interior of the sanctuary. In this influential work, the English jurist John Selden describes a system of natural law based on the idea of divine revelation. Fürst III, p.309.
AND 1 other: J. SPENCER, De legibus Hebraeorum ritualibus et earum rationibus (Leipsic, 1705, 3rd ed., engr. title-vignette, contemp. vellum, 4to).
77 2524 Judaica and hebraica Selden J 
- First endpapers lack sm. portions of paper and w. wormholes; sm. hole in htitle and title-p.; a few annots. in pen and ink on prelim. lvs.; occas. sl. stained. Binding (sl.) rubbed along extremities.
= A trilogy on the Sanhedrin and ancient Jewish law by John Selden (1584-1654), English jurist and scholar of Jewish law. Fürst III, p.309. On the work, see G.J. Toomer, John Selden: A Life in Scholarship (Oxford, 2009), p.692ff.
77 2525 Judaica and hebraica Stock Ch 
77 2525 Judaica and hebraica Stock Ch 
77 2525 Judaica and hebraica Stock Ch 
- Traces of tickets on upper pastedown; first free endpaper cut in half; (sl.) foxed/ browned throughout; partly sl. dogeared. Binding/ backstrip sl. worn (at extremities); joints splitting.
= Fürst III, p.391; cf. Freimann p.91. "Seine Clavis linguae sacrae (...) enthält nicht eine Ordnung des hebräischen Wortschatzes nach der alphabetischen Reihenfolge, sondern führt nach der Anordnung der einzelnen Bücher des Alten Testaments, die in jedem Capitel vorkommenden Worte an, deren Formen er analysirt und nach seinem Gutdünken auf eine Radix zurückführt." (ADB XXXVI, p.279).
Thomas à Kempis. De imitatione Christi, libri quatuor. Liège, J.F. Bassompierre, 1783, 374,(10)p., engr. frontisp. by H.J. GODIN after C. EISEN, text within printed borders, contemp. gilt calf, 16mo.
- Owner's entry on first and penultimate blank; occas. trifle stained. Binding sl. worn along extremities; corners showing. Otherwise fine.
= Edition by the (unmentioned) Belgian Jesuit François-Xavier de Feller (1735-1802). De Backer/ Sommervogel III, p.620, no. 23.
AND 7 other, all but one 18th-cent. Latin theological works, i.a. (N. LEGROS), Tractatus dogmaticus et scholasticus de Ecclesia (Venice, 1784, 2 vols., contemp. paper over boards w. contrasting paper letter- and vol. piece, 12mo. Rare).
77 2526 Judaica and hebraica Surenhuys W 
77 2526 Judaica and hebraica Surenhuys W 
- Occas. sm. old annots. in blank margin. A fine copy.
= A comprehensive comparison of the introductory formulae and exegetical methods in the New Testament with those found in rabbinic writings, by the Dutch hebraist Surenhuys, who also translated the Mishnah into Latin.
Rivet, A. Isagoge, seu Introductio generalis, ad Scripturam Sacram Veteris & Novi Testamenti. Leyden, I. Commelin and J.C. van Dorp, 1627, (32),520,(36)p., contemp. vellum, 4to.
- Upper margin prelim. lvs. sl. stained; owner's entries in pen and ink on first free endpaper (recto and verso) and title-p.; annots. in pencil and a few in pen and ink. Binding sl. darkened along upper edge.
= In his general introduction to the Old and New Testament, Rivet, Huguenot professor of theology at Leyden, defends the recourse of Reformed scholars to original sources, against Catholic restrictions, to establish an uncorrupted biblical text.
77 2527 Katwijk Pars A 
- Endpapers browned. Foot of spine chipped.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 241. The second (= third) and best (enl.) ed.
77 2528 Kennemerland Brouërius van Nidek M 
77 2528 Kennemerland Brouërius van Nidek M 
77 2528 Kennemerland Brouërius van Nidek M 
- Occas. sl. (finger)soiled; a few sm. (water)stains; map w. repaired tear. Binding (sl.) rubbed/ discol.
= Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 295-394; cf. Ekama 555 (ed. 1768). One of the finest books on 18th cent. Dutch stately homes, also of great importance for contemporary garden-architecture (the views also include detailed plans of the gardens).
77 2529 Kilian G C 
77 2529 Kilian G C 
- Lacks in total 23 plates, 3 engr. title-p. and without most of the accomp. text vols.; the plates were formerly folded and approx. 58 plates are waterstained w. occas. dam. on the fold (mostly restored, but occas. w. loss of image); a few plates restored in upper blank margin; a few plates cut sl. short in top margin affecting plate number; occas. duststained; final 3 leaves of text vol. a few sm. holes (printing flaw). Spine-ends occas. (sl.) dam.; corners worn.
= An 18th cent. reprint of the plates (in reverse) of the first edition of the Antichità die Ercolano esposte (orig. published in 9 vols. in Naples between 1755-1792). Blackmer 38 (on this ed.): "First German edition. The work is a reduced version of L'Antichità di Ercolano published simultaneously in German and Italian. (...) The work was intended as a popular edition of the Antichità, for the use of scholars and as a pattern book for artists (...)." Cf. Blackmer 37 (on the orig. ed.): "The illustrated volumes of antiquities published under direction of the Royal Herculaneum Society, founded in 1755, represent the first attempt at a systematic record of all the discoveries made during the excavations at Herculaneum carried out under the aegis of the King of the Two Sicilies, Charles III."; cf. Cicognara 2645. G.C. Kilian's edition of the Antichità was one of various editions that saw the light soon after first volumes of the original work, which were published in a small number of copies for the "happy few" only, were published. Kilian published his edition in Italian, because it was his opinion that the citizens of the country in which the treasures of Herculaneum originated had a right to know everything possible about their history. The text vol. that accompanies this edition also contains: C.G. VON MURR: Abbildungen der Gemälde und Alterthümer, in dem Königlich Neapolitanischen Museo zu Portici (...). Siebenter Theil 98 Kupfertafeln (Nürnberg, 1793).
77 2530 Krause C F ed 
77 2530 Krause C F ed 
- Lacks first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed/ stained. Otherwise fine.
= Sermon dispositions on the Apostolic Letters by the German pastor Christian Friedrich Krause (1683-1765). Meusel IV, p.324. Rare.
AND 3 others: R. BAXTER, Die nothwendige Lehre von der Verläugnung Unser Selbst. German transl. J. Fischer (Hamb., 1665, contemp. overlapping vellum); E.S. CYPRIAN, Uberzeugende Belehrung vom Ursprung und Wachsthum des Pabstthums (Frankf. a.M., 1736, 5th ed., contemp. vellum) and J.A. BENGEL, Sechzig erbauliche Reden über die Offenbarung Johannis oder vielmehr Jesu Christi (Stuttgardt, 1747, contemp. vellum).
77 2531 La Bruyère J de 
- Occas. sl. foxed. Vol. 1 joints splitting and spine-ends sl. worn.
Salignac de la Motte Fenelon, F. de. Les aventures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse. Amst., D.J. Changuion, 1775, new ed., CVI,490p., engr. frontisp., fold. map, 9 plates by S. FOKKE, contemp. marbled calf w. gilt spine (corners sl. rubbed).
77 2532 La Pérouse J F G de Ontdekkingen in de Zuidzee en berichten aangaande De la Pérouse en zijne tochtgenoten opgemaakt uit sporen van zijne reis op onderscheidene eilanden en landen der S
- (Vague) library stamp on first blank and on first textp.; occas. sl. foxed (incl. the margins of the portrait). Backstrip sl. worn; upper joint splitting; top of spine chipped.
= Sabin 38969; Ferguson 295; cat. NHSM, I, p.141. Dutch translation of the imaginary Découvertes dans la mer de sud. Cf. Forbes 285, Kroepelien 283 and Imaginary Voyages 62, all listing the first French edition published in 1798. "The disappearance of La Pérouse led to intense speculation in France, and many writers used the mystery as the catalyst for fantastic Utopian accounts of the crew's possible survival in the South Seas. This work claims to be printed from a letter written by a French traveller who, in 1793, joins a Portuguese expedition of four vessels to the South Seas. Although much of the book is dedicated to the description of a Utopian community composed of refugees from the French Revolution and the Terror, it also sets out to explain the mysterious disappearance of La Pérouse, missing since at least 1790." (Imaginary Voyages). Very rare complete copy. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
77 2533 La Pérouse J F G de 
77 2533 La Pérouse J F G de 
- Vol.2 title-section of htitle cut out; vol.3 two leaves (1x sl.) stained. Fine set.
= Ferguson 334; Cat. NHSM p.141 (listing the first ed. Paris, 1798); Forbes 330; Howgego L20. Not in Sabin, Muller, Hill etc. The accounts of the famous voyages of La Pérouse to i.a. the American coast, Hawaii, Macao, Formosa, Samoa and Australia. La Pérouse disappeared after leaving Botany Bay in Australia and it was only after almost forty years that it was discovered that his ships had been wrecked on the reef of one of the Santa Cruz Islands. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CI.
77 2534 La Porte J de 
- Lacks all maps. Leather of spine and corners dried; bindings worn/ dam. along extremities; a few letterpieces lacking/ dam.
= Tiele 643; cf. Sabin 19359 and Cox I, p.33. Originally published as Le voyageur français ou connaissance de l'ancien et du nouveau monde (1765-1795). In total the original French work comprises 42 vols., of which 32 were translated into Dutch. Vols. 1-26 were written by J. de la Porte and 27 and 28 were written by the abbot De Fontenay, the author of vols. 29-32 was Domairon.
77 2535 Lange V 
- Library ticket and sm. annots. on first endpapers; a few lvs. sl. stained. Traces of tickets on spine; otherwise fine.
= Rare work on biblical chronology by the Danish mathematician and astronomer Lange, in which he calculated that the first day of creation was Monday, April 30, 4042 BCE and the crucifixion had taken place on a Thursday. For a biography, see Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 'Villum Lange'. On the intriguing connection between this work and Newton's Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John (1733), see A. Belenkiy and E. Vila Echague, 'Stirring Astronomy into Theology: Sir Isaac Newton on the Date of the Passion of Christ', arXiv (2008). See also lot nr.2649.
AND 3 others in 2 vols., all bound in contemp. vellum, sm. 4to: H. WITSIUS, Exercitationes sacrae in symbolum quod Apostolorum dicitur. Et in Orationem dominicam (Amst., 1697, 3rd rev. ed.) and J. DAILLÉ, De duobus Latinorum ex unctione sacramentis confirmatione et extrema ut vocant unctione disputatio/ De sacramentali sive auriculari Latinorum confessione disputatio (Geneva, 1659/ 1661).