2076 - 2859 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Vellum sl. fingersoiled (mainly on spine).
= Cf. Darlow & Moule 6181 (for the first ed. of 1590). The so-called Sistine Vulgate was the first edition to be edited by a Pope.
- Pastedowns detached, otherwise fine.
= Very rare separate edition w. Amsterdam imprint (we found only 1 copy: Tilburg, University Library, CBC TFH A 4234). Usually w. Leyden imprint as part of the (also rare) 8vo edition of Biblia, Dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonycke Boecken des Oude en des Niewen Testaments (Leyden, 1647, 6 parts in 1 vol.). States-General version; not in Darlow/ Moule.
- All maps sl. frayed (sometimes affecting image); first quire loose; sl. waterstained and yellowed. Top of spine sl. dam.
= Poortman I, p.233. For the worldmap with the address of N. Visscher, Shirley 431: "The map can be distinguished from Visscher's bible map of 1657 (entry 401) by the shorter form of title which is now contained in a banner rather than in a long panel at the top. The allegorical scenes in the corners are also presented in a more polished and artistic fashion."
- Extensive contemp. ms. annots. on first and final prelim. lvs. in pen and ink documenting the family Scholl. Corners showing.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Warrented by H. Spijkers.
- Spine-ends, corners and joints sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
AND 1 other: TH. À KEMPIS, Viator Christianus recta ac regia in coelum via tendens (Cologne, 1682, engr. plates, contemp. calf, 12mo. Not collated, but apparently complete; contents partly cut short in top margin; foot of spine dam.).
- Third vol. lacks 3 plates on death penalties. Joints starting; remnants of paper tickets at tops of spine; vellum sl. soiled
= Zischka p.31, listing the original French edition published in 1722-1728; Poortman II, p.169-171: "Calmet's Naam- en Woordboek is geen prentbijbel maar een woordenboek met prenten. Het zijn geen prenten die de bijbelse geschiedenis afbeelden, maar de zeden en gewoonten der Joden, de godsdienstplechtigheden, de tabernakel, de tempels enz." The plates illustrate the history and culture of the Jews: ceremonies, costumes, plans and views of synagogues and other buildings, views of Jerusalem etc. All copies traced had varying numbers of plates (at the most 157 plates).
- Lacks 4 plates. All vols. partly waterstained in (mainly) outer blank margins. All vols. spine-ends dam./ chipped; one vol. large dam. spot on frontcover; corners showing.
= Zischka p.31, listing the original French edition published in 1722-1728; Poortman II, p.169-171: "Calmet's Naam- en Woordboek is geen prentbijbel maar een woordenboek met prenten. Het zijn geen prenten die de bijbelse geschiedenis afbeelden, maar de zeden en gewoonten der Joden, de godsdienstplechtigheden, de tabernakel, de tempels enz." The plates illustrate the history and culture of the Jews: ceremonies, costumes, plans and views of synagogues and other buildings, views of Jerusalem etc. All copies traced had varying numbers of plates (at the most 157 plates).
- A few leaves carefully remargined and some leaves w. closed tear or other sm. restorations. Foot of spine sl. worn; paper over covers sl. chafed. Good/ fine copy.
= Poortman II, 31c.
- Lacks 1 bird's eye view ("Temple de Jerusalem" present) and 2 plates; occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends dam.; corners (sl.) worn.
= On this printbible of Basnage and Alewyn, which went through 10 editions between 1705 and 1721, in extenso Poortman II, p.109-120. Landwehr, R. de H. as book ill. 100; Hollstein IX, 2; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 40; Klaversma/ Hannema 130. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Mediocre copy: lacks at least 19 leaves; Old Testament cut short in top margin, partly with loss of running title; New Testament cut sl. short in top margin (affecting running title); all three engr. titles trimmed to the border/ cut short in lower or upper margin; num. leaves (incl. plates) of Old Testament dam./ frayed in margins. Sold w.a.f.
= Poortman II, 30, 1. Poortman calls for 233 plates in the first edition. The first part of the Old Testament does not have an engr. title-page.
- Binding w. minor imperfections. A fine copy.
= Rare edition of this extremely popular hieroglyphic children's bible. BNK 953.
- Thirteen lvs. torn/ dam., partly affecting text/ one plate; first frontisp. doubled; occas. sl. soiled/ (damp)stained, mostly in blank margins. Upper joint splitting; top of spine chipped.
= The second edition of the so-called "Kleine bijbel van Mortier" (first published in 1703). Klaversma/ Hannema 185 and 192; cf. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 351; Poortman p.35ff.
- Lacks first quire and final 10(?) pages. Frequently mispaginated; a few leaves dam. (lacking words/ phrases; 1x lacking approx. half of text). Sold w.a.f.
= Poortman II p.92-97; Hollstein 52, 39 and 40. The first edition, also containing "De Wercken der Apostelen Met seer schoone uyt-beeldingen, van twee d'alderbeste Nederlandtsche Schilders, seer konstelijck af-gemaeckt: Namentlijck, Martinus Heemskerckius Van Haerlem, diese begonnen heeft; ende Ioannes Stradanus Van Brugge, diese voleyndt heeft", "'t Bosch der Eremyten ende Eremitinnen" and "Goddelycke Wenschen (...)", the last work the Dutch translation of H.Hugo's Pia Desideria.
- Occas. sl. yellowed/ sl. foxed. A fine set.
= Poortman II, p.139-145. Sumptuous printbible, the so-called "Prent-bijbel van Pieter de Hondt". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Rebacked w. green mor.; board edges sl. worn.
= Study of words of i.a. Hebrew and Aramaic origin in the New Testament. From the collection of Henry Drury, headmaster of Harrow (England), classical scholar and friend of Lord Byron (annotation on the first free endpaper: "Coll. perf. H. Drury. Harroviae 1820. C.14.2."; this copy appears in his auction catalogue, 1827, no. 2897). Willems 1097; Rahir 1088.
- Both pastedowns detached; later annots. in pen and ink on prelim. lvs.; owner's stamp on title-p.; occas. sl. stained; final free endpaper dam. Binding sl. stained; one corner sl. worn.
= Compilation of tales that were to remain unpublished, i.a. the Tale of Dorat, Clémence d'Argèles, Azef, The errors of Florine and The Oracle of Graces.
- One quire very faint waterstain in upper margin. Vellum on frontcover sl. foxed; backstrip sl. fingersoiled. Nevertheless a fine copy in a very elegant binding.
= Schweiger p.599: "Beste Ausgabe der c. not. var. Im Auslande gesucht."
- Blank prelim. leaf and title w. stamp "Bibliotheek Rembrandt". Binding dam. at corners and boardedges; foot of spine chipped; upper joint worn.
= Storm van Leeuwen IIA, p.123ff.