2510 - 2895 OLD and RARE BOOKS from the library of P.J. Buijnsters and L. Buijnsters-Smets
78 2550 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
78 2550 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
78 2550 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
- Sl. foxed/ yellowed. Otherwise fine. = Kunst op Schrift 619; Bierens de Haan 2609 (1st ed., 1701).
BOUND WITH: Segner, J.A. Beschryving Van twee verscheide zeer bekwame en zuinige als mede het Gezicht bewarende Lampen, Van eene wiskonstige Uitvinding, Ongemeen dienstig voor Kooplieden op hunne Comptoiren, Als ook voor Studerende en Konstenaars. Ibid., idem, n.d., (4),16p., 3 fold. engr. plates.
78 2551 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
78 2551 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
78 2551 Artists' manuals Lairesse G de 
- Partly sl. foxed and yellowed.
= Kunst op schrift 342/ 343; Arntzen/ Rainwater H100; Kat. Orn. Berl. 4626; Timmers, Lairesse p.49ff.
78 2552 Artists' manuals Le Brun C 
78 2552 Artists' manuals Le Brun C 
78 2552 Artists' manuals Le Brun C 
- Trifle foxed. Backstrip rubbed.
= Kunst op schrift 85; cf. Brunet III, p.910; Graesse IV, p.136 (French eds. Paris/ Amst., 1698 and Amst., 1713).
78 2553 Artists' manuals Mander K van 
78 2553 Artists' manuals Mander K van 
78 2553 Artists' manuals Mander K van 
- Joints starting. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Complete copy of the esteemed second edition of this famous book (first edition 1604), enlarged with the life of the author (1548-1606) and the "Toegift" poem by G.A. Bredero. This edition also with complete indexes. Bibl. Belgica M104; Simoni M22; Arntzen/ Rainwater H69.
78 2554 Artists' manuals Nouveau Livre à Dessiner des Carracteres D'annibal Carrache 
78 2554 Artists' manuals Nouveau Livre à Dessiner des Carracteres D'annibal Carrache 
78 2554 Artists' manuals Nouveau Livre à Dessiner des Carracteres D'annibal Carrache 
- Most leaves sl. fingersoiled in blank margins; occas. sl. yellowed. Backstrip worn/ sl. dam.
= With contemp. (stained) manuscript owner's entry: "Ex libris Caroli Patin (...) 1756" on first blank. See also lot 2558 (contents not identical).
78 2555 Artists' manuals Numan H 
78 2555 Artists' manuals Numan H 
- Two plates in final vol. handcoloured. Wrappers sl. duststained. Otherwise fine.
= In total 4 parts were published of this educational series of increasingly more complicated drawing examples for children. Not in Kunst op schrift.
78 2556 Artists' manuals Passe Chr de ±1597 1670 
78 2556 Artists' manuals Passe Chr de ±1597 1670 
78 2556 Artists' manuals Passe Chr de ±1597 1670 
78 2556 Artists' manuals Passe Chr de ±1597 1670 
78 2556 Artists' manuals Passe Chr de ±1597 1670 
- Title-p. sl. duststained; first free endpaper creased. Corners rubbed/ sl. worn. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Provenance: the library of J. Weissenbruch (stamped on title-p.). Bolten p.47: "Frederic de Wit utilized more than one hundred plates from Van de Passe 1643 for a drawing book which appeared ca. 1660 in his publishing house under the title Lumen picturae et delineationis and which might be considered a second edition of 't Light der teken en schilder konst." The plates show i.a. the human body in perspective, wild and domestic animals, birds etc. Some of the prints form complete sets, such as the series of The Nine Muses of Goltzius, and the series of The six sinners of the Old and New Testament by Swanenburg after Bloemaert. Extremely rare artists' manual. No copy found in the market.
78 2557 Artists' manuals Piles R de 
78 2557 Artists' manuals Piles R de 
- Two leaves in the second part fingersoiled in lower blank corner; occas. sl. foxed/ vaguely waterstained. Covers trifle rubbed. Good/ fine copy.
= Provenance: A. Pitlo (bookplate on upper pastedown) and B. de Poorter (owner's entry on first free endpaper). Dutch translation by Jacobus de Jong of the Cours de Peinture par Principes (Paris, 1708) by the French painter/ engraver and envoy Roger de Piles (1635-1709) and of the Dialogo della pittura (1557) by the Venetian humanist Ludovico Dolce (1508-1568). First published Amst., A. Mens, 1756. Kunst op schrift 699; cf. Arntzen/ Rainwater H114 (1st Dutch ed. 1756). Rare.
78 2558 Artists' manuals Poilly F de 
- Title-p. and final plate duststained.
= Contains, apart from the title-page with a portrait of the artist, i.a. studies of the face, eyes, mouth, ears, feet, hands, mouth and nose together, torso; profiles of different classical figures with different facial expressions, and of different ages. See also lot 2554 (contents different).
78 2559 Artists' manuals Sallieth M de 
78 2559 Artists' manuals Sallieth M de 
- New endpapers. Rebacked; frontcover sm. paper ticket upper left corner and upper right corner paper over board torn off. Contents very fine.
= Lipperheide Gb 46; Colas 2312; Hiler p.699. The plates, engraved after designs by J. Perkois and J.H. Prins, depicting tavern scenes, beggars, costumes, professions, such as male and female fish mongers, a wigmaker, a Jewish pedlar. A rare Dutch variant of a "Cries" book, meant as an exercise book for young artists. Not in Kunst op Schrift.
78 2560 Artists' manuals Verly P J 
78 2560 Artists' manuals Verly P J 
- Lacks frontisp.; one handcol. plate colours sl. smudged. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= Kunst op schrift 376; not in Arntzen/ Rainwater.
BOUND WITH: Goeree, W. Inleyding tot de praktyk der algemeene schilderkonst, waer in Neffens de heerlykheyd en nuttigheyd der zelve, wat dingen tot grondig verstand der Schilderkonst behooren geweten te zyn (...). Bruges, J. de Busscher, n.d. (±1770), 111,(1)p.
- Fine. = Kunst op schrift 701.
78 2561 Artists' manuals Weyerman J C 
78 2561 Artists' manuals Weyerman J C 
- Occas. waterstained (incl. title and portraits). Otherwise a fine set.
= Including the often lacking fourth vol. published in 1769. Kunst op schrift 243-245; Arntzen/ Rainwater H129.
78 2562 Artists' manuals Wit J de 
78 2562 Artists' manuals Wit J de 
- Occas. sl. thumbed; p.5-6 lacks lower blank corner. Spine pasted over w. cloth; sm. ticket in upper left corner frontcover.
= Cf. Kunst op schrift 385; Bolten 82-88 and passim.
78 2563 Asia Dapper O 
78 2563 Asia Dapper O 
78 2563 Asia Dapper O 
78 2563 Asia Dapper O 
78 2563 Asia Dapper O 
- Cancellation stamp on upper pastedown; ±5p. in the 2nd part sl. foxed/ browned, otherwise contents very fine and clean. Covers and backstrip w. some scratched/ dam. spots.
= Tiele 299; cat. NHSM p.219. The first part containing descriptions of Northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan (known as the land of the Grand Mogol), the second and third part dealing with Persia and neighbouring countries. Very nicely illustrated.
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
78 2564 Asia Valentyn F 
- Occas. (sl.) foxed; fold. plates occas. w. sm. tear in inner margin; two fold. maps w. some browning on one fold; spine-ends partly sl. chipped. Otherwise a very good complete copy, with 2 extra fold. plates (after H. KOBELL Jr., of the "Reede van Batavia" and "Het eilland Onrust"). Later marbled paper over covers.
= Landwehr, VOC 467; Tiele 1121; Alt Japan Katalog 1570; Cordier, Japonica 426-428; Cordier, Indosinica 927-930; Cat. NHSM I, 502; Mendelssohn IV, p.594. One of the most extensive works and the main old source on the Dutch East Indies with many documents, partly lost by now. Also containing important descriptions of i.a. Cape of Good Hope, China, Japan and Ceylon and 2 early voyages to Australia with interesting maps. For the description of the history of Amboina Valentyn used the unpublished and lost manuscript "Amboinsch Dierboek" by Rumphius. A considerable number of the single-page plates is devoted to the rich variety of fishes, animals and plants found in the East Indies.
78 2565 Astronomy Een nieu constich boeck inde Geometrie ende Astronomiae voor desen noyt in druck geweest Ende is in ses stucken afghedeylt By een vergadert uut Apiani ende andere voornoe
78 2565 Astronomy Een nieu constich boeck inde Geometrie ende Astronomiae voor desen noyt in druck geweest Ende is in ses stucken afghedeylt By een vergadert uut Apiani ende andere voornoe
78 2565 Astronomy Een nieu constich boeck inde Geometrie ende Astronomiae voor desen noyt in druck geweest Ende is in ses stucken afghedeylt By een vergadert uut Apiani ende andere voornoe
78 2565 Astronomy Een nieu constich boeck inde Geometrie ende Astronomiae voor desen noyt in druck geweest Ende is in ses stucken afghedeylt By een vergadert uut Apiani ende andere voornoe
78 2565 Astronomy Een nieu constich boeck inde Geometrie ende Astronomiae voor desen noyt in druck geweest Ende is in ses stucken afghedeylt By een vergadert uut Apiani ende andere voornoe
78 2565 Astronomy Een nieu constich boeck inde Geometrie ende Astronomiae voor desen noyt in druck geweest Ende is in ses stucken afghedeylt By een vergadert uut Apiani ende andere voornoe
78 2565 Astronomy Een nieu constich boeck inde Geometrie ende Astronomiae voor desen noyt in druck geweest Ende is in ses stucken afghedeylt By een vergadert uut Apiani ende andere voornoe
- A few scattered waterstains in blank margins. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= The author is unknown but the reference works mention his initials: S.D.V.B. Beautiful illustrations i.a. from Apianus' Cosmographie (Antw., 1540), incl. ills. of volvelles. Hoogendoorn BSo1; Bierens de Haan 94; Van Ortroy (Apian) 114; Houzeau/ Lancaster 2909. Very rare.
78 2566 Atlases Compleete zak atlas van de zeventien Nederlandsche Provinciën 
78 2566 Atlases Compleete zak atlas van de zeventien Nederlandsche Provinciën 
- Hinges weak; 19th cent. owner's entry on first free endpaper; maps of Asia, Gelderland and Zuid-Holland w. sm. repaired tear on verso. Binding worn along extremities.
= Koeman II, E&L1.
78 2567 Atlases Sepp J C 
78 2567 Atlases Sepp J C 
- Very fine copy. = From the library of H.A. Höweler. Koeman, Sep 1.
78 2568 Augustinus 
78 2568 Augustinus 
- Occas. sl. frayed; one leaf dam. in upper outer corner (w. loss of a few words). Vellum soiled.
= BCNI 14757.
78 2569 Batavian revolution and patriots Aan den lezer 
78 2569 Batavian revolution and patriots Aan den lezer 
= Knuttel 20656, with extensive note: "Dit is de inleiding tot een serie hekeldichten van J. Le Franq van Berkhey, elk met een houtsnede boven den tekst en met afzonderlijke pagineering, allen opgenomen in de Verzameling van Leydsche Keur en Hekeldichten van eenen echten Vrank en Vryen ouwerwetschen Patriot (...)".
BOUND WITH: 25 other patriotic pamphlets and 1 allegorical broadside w. engr. ill. (F.M. 4362d), i.a. Brief van Cato Batavus (...) (Knuttel 19381); Model of voorbeeld voor alle achjes, vulnis- en karre lieden (...) (Knuttel 21190A); Vrymoedige aenmerkingen op het berucht werkje, betyteld: Aan het volk van Nederland (Knuttel 19872); Acte van Verbintenis (Knuttel 21286) and Iets voor Patriotten (Knuttel 20918).