2076 - 2859 OLD and RARE BOOKS
77 2396 Erasmus D 
- Trifle yellowed; 20 leaves at the end (sl.) waterstained in top half.
= Willems 1110; Rahir 3316. "Il y a deux éditions différentes sous cette date. On reconnaîtra la plus jolie des deux à la p.269 cotée par erreur 169 [this edition] (...)" (Willems).
77 2397 Erasmus D 
- Occas. sl .soiled/ sl. foxed. Spine rubbed.
= Van der Haeghen I, p.126; Cohen/ De Ricci p.348; Cioranescu 32954; Sander 613.
77 2398 Erotica Venus en Cupido of het Tooneel der Liefde waarop vertoond wordt alles wat men in den uitgebreidsten zin kan verwachten dat 'er op vertoond zal worden Met groote moeite byeeng
- With modern copper-engr. erotic bookplate by W. ZWIERS tipped onto first blank (signed in pencil). (Sl.) foxed throughout (not affecting the plates).
= Extremely rare erotic novel. Our copy with other plates than the other copies that we found, which contain 8 and 10 plates. See at length Annemarieke Houben, "Venus en Cupido" (in: Mededelingen van de Stichting Jacob Campo Weyerman. Jaargang 42). The two plates in our copy are refined and explicit (see Ars Erotica vol.3, p.211 and 213, plate 2 and 4). Buisman 2295 (calling for 8 plates); Waller 1733 (calling for 10 plates). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
77 2399 d'Espagne J d' 
77 2399 d'Espagne J d' 
- Lacks part VI. Etliche sonderliche Geistliche Schrifften. Partly sl. wormholed in lower margin; frontisp. w. vertical fold; otherwise a fine copy.
= Rare German translation of a collection of works by the French Reformed theologian Jean d'Espagne (1591-1659), who was a pastor at Orange, The Hague and London. See ODNB and NNBW IV, p.578f.
77/2400 Europäischer Staats Cantzley Vol 4 15 17 22 32 and 41 Ed A Faber = C L Leucht 
- Bindings rubbed and chafed.
= Kirchner 1548. Collection of decrees, letters, statements etc. by high officials, royals and other statesmen of Europe. A total of 115 vols. was published.
77 2401 Fabricius J A 
- Lower margin frontisp. cut to borderline w. loss of caption; title-p. cut short w. loss of printer and publication year; partly (sl.) wormholed (sl. affecting frontisp.); occas. trifle foxed; library ticket on upper pastedown. Letterpiece chipped.
= This work is concerned with the history of Christian missionary activities and how Christianity spread throughout the old and new world.
77 2402 Fencing Capoferro R 
77 2402 Fencing Capoferro R 
77 2402 Fencing Capoferro R 
77 2402 Fencing Capoferro R 
- Lacks lvs. 1, 2, 14, 18 and 43; several lvs. w. carefully restored margins and corners.
= Pardoel 511; cf. Thimm p.44f (listing the 1st edition of 1610 and the "2nd" of 1652); cf. The Mokken Collection 14 (1st ed. 1610); cf. Vigeant p.43f (idem). "Of all the Italian works on fencing, none ever had such a share in fixing the principles of the science" (Thimm); "Capoferrus, un des principaux auteurs italiens, est regardé comme chef d'école et le livre qu'il a composé mérite, non seulement d'être recherché comme oeuvre bibliographique, mais aussi comme traité original et pratique" (Vigeant). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
77 2403 Fénélon F de Salignac de la Mothe 
77 2403 Fénélon F de Salignac de la Mothe 
- Partly yellowed/ (sl.) foxed. Binding badly worn/ sl. dam. at extremities; frontcover almost loose.
= Sander 657; Cohen/ De Ricci p.381; Ray p.7f; Boissais/ Deleplanque p.75.
77 2404 Fénélon F de Salignac de la Mothe 
- Occas. trifle/ sl. yellowed. Rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip.
= Sander 657 (note); Cohen/ De Ricci p.382; Lewine p.181.
77 2405 Fénélon F de Salignac de la Mothe 
= Fine copy, extra illustrated with the 24 plates from the French edition (Leyden/ Amst., 1761). Versnel 642; Scheepers I, 181.
77 2406 Ferus J = J Wild 
- Lacks pastedowns; owner's blindstamp on 2nd blank; occas. sl. yellowed. Frontcover loose(ning); top of spine sl. chipped.
= Adams F330; Baudrier IX, p.315.
77 2407 Fiddes R 
- First and last lvs. (heavily) stained; partly (sl.) browned/ stained; some offsetting from frontisp. on title-p. Covers loosening; bindings sl. rubbed/ scratched.
= A large paper copy of the first ed. of this work. Richard Fiddes (1671-1725) was an English Anglican priest and historian. Maslen and Lancaster 431/ 589; Lowndes I, p.796.
77 2408 Firefighting Bakker G 
= Publication describing the use of an apparatus which consists of i.a. a long linen tube with holes at various heights, permitting people to escape a burning house: "En nu blijft hem niets meer overig dan vrouw en kinderen, kostbaarheden enz. door den Cilinder naar beneden te laten, en eindelijk zelf te volgen". Very rare.
77 2409 Firefighting Heyden J van der and Heyden de Jonge J van der 
- First few quires (up to p.14) (sl.) mouldy/ dampstained in outer (and occas. upper) blank margin, not affecting the image/ text. Covers rubbed/ sl. worn; backstrip sl. worn.
= The second edition of this fire fighting classic, introducing the hose-pump and showing in its plates several large fires in Amsterdam between 1652-1684 and the tools and implements used before and after the introduction of the author's new hose-pump.
77 2410 Fireworks Publicatie Tegens het loopen met Hoepels Flambauwtjes &c Mitsgaders het werpen en maken van Slangetjes Voetsoekers Klakkebussen en andere Vuurwerken &c 
= Publication proscribing punishment for children lighting firecrackers in the streets: "en ten regarde van de onvermogende/ op poene van by de Kop gevat / op den Huyse van Hasenberg gestelt / ende vervolgens sonder verschoninge aen den Lijve gestraft te worden / sullende d'Ouders ten opsigte van de pecuniele boete voor hare kinderen / en de Voogden voor hare pupillen moeten instaen en betalen".
77 2411 Fontenelle B Le Bouyer de 
- Contemp. owner's entry on each title-page; all vols. pastedowns and first free endpapers browned due to offsetting from turn-ins; first vol. 2 frontispieces and upper pastedown loose.
= Cioranescu 30703; Cohen/ de R. 407: "superbes illustrations"; Sander 720.
77 2412 France François VI Duc de la Rochefoucauld 
77 2412 France François VI Duc de la Rochefoucauld 
- Fine copy.
= Clandestinely published memoirs on the civil wars of France under Louis XIII. Cf. Tchemerzine VII, p.42; cf. Willems 1997 (different pagination).
77 2413 France Le Clerc J 
77 2413 France Le Clerc J 
77 2413 France Le Clerc J 
- Stamps and sm. annots. on titlepages. Joints and spines rubbed.
= Anonymous transl. of Vie d'Armand Jean, Cardinal Duc de Richelieu (Amst., 1694).
AND 1 other: (G. BERTOUX), Anecdotes françoises, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au régne de Louis XV (Paris, 1768, 2nd rev. enl. ed., contemp. gilt calf).
77 2414 France Le Conservateur No 1 52 Ed F R de Chateaubriand M B de Castelbajac a o 
- Spine ends (sl.) worn.
= Ultra-royalist periodical containing various contributions on politics, published until 1820. In his memoirs, Chateaubriand writes that the revolution wrought by this journal was unheard of: in France, it changed the majority in the Chambers, abroad it transformed the spirit of the cabinets.
77 2415 France Maffei F S 
77 2415 France Maffei F S 
- Recased; hinges strengthened w. leather strip; contemp. owner's annot. on title. Covers rubbed/ worn.
= Brunet II, 1467. Cf. Cicognara 4035; Ebert 12739.