2510 - 2895 OLD and RARE BOOKS from the library of P.J. Buijnsters and L. Buijnsters-Smets
78/2810 Popular literature Een Schoone Historie van Margareta van Limburgh En Hendrik haer Broeder die veel wonderlyke Avontuure gehad hebben want Margareta werd Koninginne van Armenien en Hend
- Browned; new endpapers; bookplate of R. Mewberg on upper pastedown.
= Waller 763; Muller 695; de Vries 135.
78/2811 Popular literature Een schoone historie Vanden Heylighen Heremijt ende vrient Godts Jan van Beverley in Enghelant gheboren 
- Upper and lower margins trifle frayed; upper left blank margin of title lacks sm. portion. Upper left corner frontwrapper lacks sm. portion; sl. wrinkled; backcover extensive contemp. annots.
= Extremely rare chapbook. No copy found of this edition. For more information on other editions, see: G.J. Boekenoogen, Dit es die historie ende leven (...) Jan van Beverley (1903): "Er zijn slechts vier exemplaren van het volksboek bekend, behoorende tot vier verschillende 16de- en 17de-eeuwsche drukken. Van de verdere uitgaven (en zij zijn waarschijnlijk vrij talrijk geweest) schijnen geen exemplaren bewaard te zijn gebleven."
78/2812 Popular literature Een Schoone Historie Van de vier heems kinderen Waer in verhaalt wort alle haer vroome Daaden van Wapenen die zy bedreven hebben ten tyde van den grooten Koning Karel 
- Browned; trifle frayed.
= Cf. Muller 661 (same year, different publisher: Erven van Jakobus van Egmont); cf. Waller 788 (ed. Amst. 1802).
78 2813 Popular literature Segrais J R de = Mme De La Fayette 
78 2813 Popular literature Segrais J R de = Mme De La Fayette 
78 2813 Popular literature Segrais J R de = Mme De La Fayette 
- First part lacks 2 leaves (F6 and F7); one leaf sl. dam. (w. loss of a few words); final leaf frayed. Vellum sl. stained and creased.
= Rare, only 2 copies in STCN. Buisman 1187 (under Marie M. Pioche de La Vergne, gravin de La Fayette).
78/2814 Popular literature De Seven Ween van onse Lieve Vrouwe Seergoedt ende profijtelijck om lesen voor alle menschen 
- Title w. some repaired dam. spots along blank margin. Otherwise a fine copy.
= From the library of C. de Poortere w. his leather bookplate on verso frontwrapper. Very rare devotional book. This edition not found.
78 2815 Popular literature Sorel Ch 
78 2815 Popular literature Sorel Ch 
- Title in later pen and black ink on backstrip. Fine copy.
= The first volume only. Buisman 2135 (with the second vol., publ. anonymously Amst., 1644); Muller 48 (first vol.) and 49 (second vol. in another (later) edition). This edition not in the STCN (lists 2 other editions publ. Amst., 1643, also the first vol. only).
78 2816 Popular literature Spaan G van 
78 2816 Popular literature Spaan G van 
- Lacks 1 leaf (L1); title-p. and endpapers sl. soiled.
= Landwehr, VOC 1542-1543; Tiele 1015; Cat. NHSM p.1039; Mendelssohn II, p.413f; Waller 1573; Buisman 2147; Muller 504 and cf. 503; De Vries 242; Scheepers I, 432 ("Zeldzaam"). "Een merkwaardige, realistische schildering der ruwe zeden te platten lande, van het bekkesnijden, enz. Het is geschreven in een ruwe en platte, maar origineele taal, vol "pictorial sayings", die evenwel voor den salon minder bruikbaar zijn." (Muller 503). The third part of the work, De gelukzoeker over zee, of de Afrikaansche weg-wyzer, gives an extensive account of Dutch settlements at the Cape, Madagascar and Mauritius, and encourages emigration to southern Africa for people who can not make a livelihood in their native country. The fourth part, Aziaansche Weg-wyzer, deals with the East-Indies and contains a description of the imaginary Isle of Pines (first published ±1660). Rare.
78 2817 Popular literature Spanheim F 
78 2817 Popular literature Spanheim F 
- From the library of Bob Luza w. his bookplate on upper pastedown; later owner's entry on first free endpaper "J.H. Verheijen". A very fine copy.
= With the often lacking fold. plate. Waller 1065 and Muller 787 (both mentioning 3 plates); Buisman 2151; Mateboer 890; Hayn/ Gotendorf III, p.449. The Dutch translation of the Histoire de la Papesse Jeanne by Jacques Lenfant (and later revised by Des Vignoles) by the anonymous "A.M.", a biography of the much debated legendary female pope Johanna. The French version was a popularisation of the Disquisitio historica de papa femina (1691) by the Leyden professor Frederik Spanheim in which he tried to prove the existence of Johanna. The plates showing i.a. "den zoo genaamden Schouw- of Drek-stoel" and Pope Johanna caught in the sexual act.
78 2818 Popular literature Swift J 
78 2818 Popular literature Swift J 
78 2818 Popular literature Swift J 
- Plate of the war of the books trifle yellowed; both vols. bound slightly too tight. Paper over covers rubbed/ sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
= Rare complete copy, with the VERY RARE second volume. Buisman 2225; Waller 1637; Muller 178; De Vries 252; Scheepers II, 589; Jagtenberg 27.
78 2819 Popular literature Tomasi Th 
- Lacks lower pastedown; occas. trifle stained; bookblock sl. loose. Covers scratched; lower cover lacks sm. portion. Without the 2 extra portraits that are sometimes bound with (not mentioned by the bibliographers).
= Jöcher IV, 1165; Buisman 1334; Scheepers II, 992.
78 2820 Popular literature Tormes L de 
78 2820 Popular literature Tormes L de 
- Most leaves thumbed/ fingersoiled; partly (water)stained; old owner's entries on first free endpaper and verso final free endpaper. Recased copy.
= From the library of M. Buisman (owner's entry on first free endpaper). Rare edition, not in the usual reference works, and no copy in STCN or STCV.
78 2821 Popular literature Trenck F von der 
78 2821 Popular literature Trenck F von der 
- All vols. w. library stamp on title; fourth vol. heavily waterstained. Spines and corners worn.
= Buisman 2262; De Vries 352; Scheepers II, 946.
78 2822 Popular literature Vairasse d'Alais D 
78 2822 Popular literature Vairasse d'Alais D 
- From the library of M. Buisman with his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Occas. mispagination; upper blank margin partly waterstained. Vellum scratched and stained.
= The rare first Dutch edition. Buisman 2290 (Buisman sale 751); Scheepers I, 669; Klaversma/ Hannema 700; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 55; Landwehr, VOC 373, note; Utopia p.173-174. Cf. Imaginary Voyages 41 (third French edition, 1682): "One of the most important imaginary voyages to Australia (...) this 'Australian Shangri-La' (Friederich), lauded by writers as important as Rousseau, Voltaire and Kant, and cited as a direct influence on Swift. Garnier was delighted: 'qui réunit le triple avantage d'instruire, d'amuser, & d'intéresser.' Although the work went through several editions, 'copies of any edition are scarce; of most editions rare' (Davidson). Vairasse (sometimes Veiras), was a Huguenot living in England, and like so many authors of imaginary voyages, famously accomplished and enigmatic. His invented Sevarambes live in an orderly Utopia, marked by Deism, a firm belief in Reason, and absolute equality. Siden, the hero of the story, calls it the 'most perfect model of government'. The book uses some knowledge of the Dutch East Indies Company (the VOC) exploration of the West Coast of Australia to provide the framework of the imagined Utopia."
78 2823 Popular literature Venne A van de 
78 2823 Popular literature Venne A van de 
- Portrait cut sl. short in top margin; one leaf paper flaw in lower blank margin; 2 textlvs. of the 2nd part w. 2 small inkstains. Fine copy.
= Provenance: V. dela Montagne. Hollstein 431-437; Waller 1732; Scheepers I, 282; Versnel 597; Franken III, p.99. The rare first and only edition of this charming work. The first part consists of a laudatory poem on peat and its trade on the peat-market in The Hague. The second part contains one of the earliest laudatory poems on tobacco to be published in The Netherlands. Arents II, 194: "In this potpourri, the author, after describing and praising the qualities of Dutch peat, relates (undoubtedly as a satire) an amusing incident which he says he had witnessed. A farmer, standing on his peat-loaded ship, was smoking a pipe and thus appeared to onlookers to be on fire. Great confusion reigned while some ran for ladders and shovels, and others for water with which to extinguish the assumed blaze, until the nature of the smoke was explained. In the Nieuw Wys-Mal is related a lengthy and involved fable in verse, presented as someone's dream, in which the two chief characters are Doddus, a blacksmith, and his helper, Julfus. In the course of their travels they come upon a field where grows a special herb. Doddus determines to make tobacco out of this. Julfus is of the opinion that tobacco smells bad. He is told by his master that it is not food for the belly but is intended only for the nose, mouth, and head. Upon the death of Doddus, Julfus plans to propagate the use of tobacco over the earth. Tobacco, he soliloquizes, deserves fame, for it clarifies poor eyesight, expels lice, and drives away wives. It has, too, other valuable remedial and social powers."
78/2824 Popular literature De vermakelyke heydin of Wonderbare goedergelukzegster zeggende op een vermakelyke wys een yder zyn geluk of ongeluk wat hem overkomen zal op twee duyzent drie hon
- Wrapper doubled(?); newly sewn; waterstained in lower blank margin w. some loss of paper in ± first 10 lvs.
= Not found in the usual reference works.
78/2825 Popular literature De verreezene Hippolytus Ontdekkende De natuur eigenschappen toomelooze hartstochten onkuische liefde en ydelheid der Vrouwen Beneffens Een Koeldrank voor de m
78/2825 Popular literature De verreezene Hippolytus Ontdekkende De natuur eigenschappen toomelooze hartstochten onkuische liefde en ydelheid der Vrouwen Beneffens Een Koeldrank voor de m
- Fine copy.
= From the collection of M. Buisman with his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buisman 835; cf. Mateboer 1547; cf. Muller 483 (Amst., 1710); cf. Scheepers I, 447 (idem); cf. Waller 720 (Amst., 1711); Gay-Lemonnyer II, 482 (idem).
78 2826 Popular literature Viverius J 
78 2826 Popular literature Viverius J 
- Upper inner hinge loosening, partly (sl.) waterstained; lacks free endpapers and upper pastedown. Upper outer corner of both covers dam. Nevertheless a good copy.
= Waller 1784; Scheepers II, 787; Muller 380; Buisman 2354. Collection of curious stories (first ed. 1610) for the greater part of medical interest. The "byvoeging van 't Geluk en Ongeluk des Houwelikx" (p.517-571) was written by Jan Zoet. Rare.
78 2827 Popular literature Vries S de 
78 2827 Popular literature Vries S de 
- Bookblock shaken. Otherwise fine.
= Buisman 2396; Muller 129; Scheepers II, 792. From the collection of M. Buisman with his owner's entry on first free endpaper.
78 2828 Popular literature Vries S de 
78 2828 Popular literature Vries S de 
- Bookblock shaken; hinges weak. Covers stained.
= Buisman 2399. Not in Muller, de Vries etc.
78 2829 Popular literature Vries S de transl 
78 2829 Popular literature Vries S de transl 
78 2829 Popular literature Vries S de transl 
- A fine set.
= Not in the usual reference works. Handcoloured copies of this work are extremely rare.