2896 - 3588 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- New pastedowns; title-p. heavily waterstained and one repaired dam. spot in text; a few unobtrusive wormholes; inner margins occas. strengthened; a few lvs. very vaguely foxed/ waterstained. Binding w. a few minor dam. spots.
= Landwehr 400; Praz p.385; Typographia Batava 2726; Belg. Typogr. 1663; Voet 1478. First published in 1565. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- A few sm. closed tears; hinges weak; occas. sl. fingersoiled. Frontcover worn spot; corners sl. worn.
= Landwehr 454; De Vries 43; Klaversma/ Hannema 828; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 481.
Elger, W. den. Zinne-beelden der liefde, Met Puntdigten en Aanteekeningen. Amst., Wed. J. van Heekeren/ I. vander Putte, 1725, 2nd ed., (10),368p., engr. title-p., title-vignette, 50 emblematical ills., contemp. giltlettered hroan, 4to.
- Lacks the engr. title; 2 leaves w. closed tear; occas. sl. stained in (mainly blank) margins; owner's stamp on verso of first blank. Corners and paper over covers rubbed.
= Landwehr 213; Praz p.323.
- Bookplate on verso frontisp. Upper joint split (backstrip loose).
= Klaversma/ Hannema 909-912; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 425; Landwehr 499. The first edition.
- Free endpapers and final blank w. extensive (19th cent.) annots., one quire loose(ning); trifle yellowed; binding sl. worn along extremities; backstrip lacks sm. portion at foot.
= Landwehr 509 (erroneously 100 emblems); Klaversma/ Hannema 922-926; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 438. The first edition.
Idem. De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Vyftig Zinnebeelden, Met Godlyke Spreuken en Stichtelyke Verzen. Ibid., Erven F. Houttuyn, 1778, (6),208,(10)p., engr. frontisp. and 50 emblems by J. LUIKEN, sl. later hcl., sm. 8vo.
- Partly sl. stained and fingersoiled. Binding sl. worn.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 997; cf. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435 (not mentioning this edition); Landwehr 506.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Binding w. decoration in contemp./ sl. later pen and ink.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 939; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 443; Landwehr 525. The illustrations i.a. depicting children's games, incl. "De Kolf".
- Frontisp. sl. dam.; sl. foxed/ (water)stained (affecting 1 emblem); final free endpaper reattached.
= Landwehr 503; Klaversma/ Hannema 991-994; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435.
- Heavily fingersoiled, upper margin cut short. Recased, modern endpapers; vellum soiled; upper joint splitting.
= Landwehr 503; Klaversma/ Hannema 991-994; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. trifle fingersoiled; 2 lvs. w. sm. hole.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 997; cf. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435 (not mentioning this edition); Landwehr 506.
Idem. De zedelyke en stichtelyke gezangen (...). En Den Lof en Oordeel van de Werken der Barmhertigheid. Amst., G. de Groot en Zoon, 1767, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),300,(8 index); 17,(1)p., divisional title and 30 emblems by J. LUIKEN, bound unif. w. the preceding, sm. 8vo. - BOUND WITH: Spinniker, A. De Werken en Vergelding der Barmhartigheid, uit Matth: XXV. berymd. Ibid., idem, 1767, 32p., engr. frontisp. and 13 emblems by J. LUIKEN.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Backstrip sl. dam.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 1045 and 1365; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 399 and 440; Landwehr 498 (the second work not in Landwehr).
- One quire (K) yellowed. Otherwise very fine. = Landwehr 528; Klaversma/ Hannema 1001.
AND 1 other by the same: Des Menschen Begin, Midden en Einde; Vertoonende het Kinderlyk Bedryf en Aanwasch (...) (Amst., 1782, engr. title, portrait and 51 emblems, contemp. vellum. Sl. fingersoiled and (water)stained).
- First vol. only; new first endpapers. Otherwise fine. = Landwehr 610. Rare.
- First free endpaper loose; tiny wormhole in upper inner and lower blank margins throughout.
= The rare first edition. Landwehr 618; De Vries, Emblemata 58; Scheurleer 32. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Occas. sl. dogeared, otherwise fine.
= De Vries, Emblemata 68; Praz, p. 451; Landwehr 632; cf. Scheurleer p.33; Muller 382; Scheepers 632. Rare.
- Lower blank margin occas. trifle dampstained in outer corner. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; upper joint splitting.
= Landwehr 684. Rare edition, intended for young people with an interest in the art of drawing (acc. to the publisher's introduction).
- Fine copy.
= Landwehr 696; Praz 484 and cf. 483: "The most remarkable treatise of political devices for the use of a Prince."; Willems 1806 note. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Spine-ends sl. chipped; binding sl. rubbed. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Landwehr 697; cf. Praz 483: "The most remarkable treatise of political devices for the use of a Prince."
- Unobtrusively waterstained (apart from the first few lvs.) throughout; sl. yellowed; sm. bookplate of J. Jacobs on upper pastedown.
= The rare first edition. Landwehr 727; Praz p.493. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.
- Backstrip and joints worn; corners worn/ rubbed. = Landwehr 732. Not in Lipsius/ Leitzmann.
- Lacks 2 plates. Hinges splitting; most plates loose(ning); bookplates on upper endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends chipped.
= Landwehr 732. Not in Lipsius/ Leitzmann.
- Sl. browned.
= From the collection of M. Buisman with his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Landwehr 753; Praz p.501.
- Second vol. good/ fine copy. First vol.: a few engravings coloured in later hand; a few quires waterstained; most leaves (sl.) fingersoiled/ foxed and occas. sl. stained. Binding partly stained and backstrip sl. dam.
= Landwehr 759 and 760; Praz p.502. Rare set.