2194 - 2498 OLD and RARE BOOKS from the library of P.J. Buijnsters and L. Buijnsters-Smets
- Partly waterstained. Boards rubbed; old ticket on spine.
= Cf. Goedeke IV(1), p.615, 14 (mentioning only a 4th ed. of 1792). Perennially popular and highly influential guide to behaviour and etiquette, which was deeply rooted in the ideas of the Enlightenment and therefore rises above the merely urbane forms of human intercourse.
- Yellowed and sl. foxed. = Scheepers II, 190.
Idem. Het menschelijk leven in drie woorden. Ibid., idem, 1854, IV,176p., steelengr. title, orig. gilt and blindst. cl. (sl. worn). Idem. Snippers van de schrijftafel. Ibid., idem, 1853, 2nd ed., (4),164,(4)p., steelengr. title, orig. gilt and blindst. cl. - AND 11 others by the same, i.a. the series Van Koetsveld's werken (8 vols., 2nd ed.).
- Very fine copy. = Buisman 1121. Rare, only 2 copies in NCC.
- Contemp. annots. on first free endpaper; owner's entry on title. Paper over covers sl. worn.
= First Dutch edition. Buisman 1285; Mateboer 691. The first German edition was publ. in 1771, Leipsic (Goed. IV/1, p.592, 1).
De kluizenaar in Helsa. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald. Leyden, P.H. Trap, 1792, 260p., engr. title, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Buisman 1095. Rare.
AND 2 other Dutch translations from German: Saul de Tweede, bijgenaamd de Dikke, Koning van Kanonnenland (Berlin etc., 1799, engr. title, contemp. wr.) and F. LIEBER, De Duitsche Anacharsis in het tegenwoordige Griekenland, gedurende de maanden januarij, februarij en maart des jaars 1822 (Amst., 1823, handcol. engr. frontisp., contemp. wr.).
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Bindings sl. rubbed. = Buisman 1193.
Idem. Herman Lange. Ibid., idem, 1804-1805, 2 vols., (2),378; (2),358p., 2 engr. titles, 2 plates after W. JURY, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.
- Lacks free endpapers; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed; owner's stamp on backcover. = Buisman 1198.
AND 2 others by the same: Raphael, of het huisselijke leven (Buisman 1220) and De zoon der natuur (Buisman 1190).
= All Dutch translations from the German.
- Contemp. calligraphed owner's entry on title; repaired tear in portrait (shining through).
= With the frontisp. in a proof state before letters, but signed by the artist in pen and ink and dated "1770" (2 years before the final state).
BOUND WITH 2 others by the same: Aan myn geest (Breda, n. publ., 1767) and Leo de Groote (Amst., 1767, engr. frontisp. (2x)). - AND 2 others by O.C.F. HOFFMAN.
- Lacks the engr. title to the second part. Some sl. foxing/ soiling; last few lvs. waterstained.
= With the owner's entry of M. Buisman on first free endpaper. Buisman sale 781. Rare.
Gessner, G. Het Leven van Jan Kasper Lavater. Ibid., J. Allart, 1802-1805, 4 vols., engr. portrait, later unif. hcl. w. gilt letterpiece.
- Joints starting.
- Joints splitting.
= Dutch adaptation of the Code Napoléon, replaced in 1811 (after Louis Napoléon's abdication) by the original unchanged French version.
(Christemeijer, J.B.). Belangrijke tafereelen uit de geschiedenis der lijfstraffelijke regtspleging en merkwaardige bijzonderheden uit het leven van geheime misdadigen. Nijmegen, J.F. Thieme, 1829, (10),229,(2)p., contemp. plain wr.
- Occas. trifle stained. = Rare edition of this frequently re-printed work (first published 1819).
- Fine set. = Arpots 77, 87, 132, 191 and 24.
- Sl. browned; engr. portrait of the author on upper pastedown and bookplate on first free endpaper; both vols. w. timelime of the murder mystery in contemp. hand mounted on lower pastedown.
Idem. Elizabeth Musch. Een tafereel uit de zeventiende eeuw. Ibid., idem, 1850-1851, 1st ed., 3 vols., IV,238; (2),239; (2),226p., contemp. unif. blue gilt hcalf w. green leather letterpiece.
- Bookplate on upper pastedowns. Paper over covers rubbed.
- New endpapers; occas. sl. foxed.
= The first Dutch so-called "roversroman". Buisman 1451. Extremely rare, no copy traced in JAP 1995-2023 and only 1 copy in public institutions.
- Sl. yellowed/ foxed; hinges weak. = Scheepers II, 210.
Buren Schele, A.D. van (under pseud. Veritas). De waarheidsvrienden te Hoogenbeek. Een tegenhanger van het leesgezelschap te Diepenbeek. Utr., J.H. Siddré, 1851, (6),364p., lithogr. title-p., contemp. clothbacked boards w. paper letterpiece.
- Title waterstained; hinges weak. = Scheepers II, 211.
AND 4 others in 6 vols., i.a. P. VAN LIMBURG BROUWER, Diophanes (Gron., 1838, 2 vols., 2 diff. steelengr. title-p., contemp. unif. hcalf).
- Bookblock shaken. Two sm. paper tickets mounted on frontcover. = BCNI 12727.
- Sl. browned and foxed. = Saalmink II, p.1183; Buisman 1489.
Idem. Het leven van Robbert Hellemans. Eene Hollandsche familiegeschiedenis uit het laatst gedeelte der zeventiende eeuw. Ibid., idem, 1815, 1st ed., 4 vols., engr. title and 4 plates by R. VINKELES, contemp. hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.
- Sl. browned and foxed. = Buisman 1491.
Idem. Het leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn. Eene Hollandsche familiegeschiedenis uit het begin der achttiende eeuw. Ibid., Idem, 1816, 1st ed., 4 vols., engr. title and 4 plates by R. VINKELES, contemp. hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.
- Sl. browned and foxed. = Buisman 1492.
AND 2 others in 5 vols. by the same.
= I.a. J.P. HASEBROEK, Studiën en Schetsen (Amst., (1860), mounted albumen print on title, orig. richly gilt and blindst. cl.); F. HAVERSCHMIDT, Familie en Kennissen (Schiedam, 1876, 1st ed., orig. gilt and dec. cl.); M.P. LINDO (under pseud. Den Ouden Heer Smits), Afdrukken en indrukken, met talrijke hout- en andere sneden door Den ouden Heer Smits en zijn Vriend Mulder (Arnhem, n.d. (1854), 1st ed., ills., contemp. hcl. Backstrip worn); J. VAN LOOY, Gekken (Amst., 1892, 1st ed., orig. gilt cl.); H.J. SCHIMMEL, Sinjeur Semeyns (Schiedam, 1875, 3 vols., 1st ed., unif. hcalf, large 8vo. Traces of ticket at foot of spines); J. VOSMAER, Nagelaten en verspreide letter-arbeid, meest in luimigen trant vervat (Haarlem, 1839, 2 parts in 1 vol., 2nd ed., richly gilt hmor.); W.J. VAN ZEGGELEN, Uitstapje van Pieter Spa naar Amsterdam, ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Koning Willem II./ Pieter Spa's reize naar Londen, ter gelegenheid van het krooningsfeest van Koningin Victoria (Dordr., 1842, 2nd/ 4th ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., 2 lithogr. frontisp., plain cl.); and translations of works by i.a. W.M. THACKERAY and J. VERNE.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed; lower hinge weak.
Idem. Pandora. Lektuur voor den beschaafden stand. Amst., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1835, 3 vols., VIII,307,(1); (4),314; (6),322p., contemp. unif. gilt blue hcalf.
- Sl. browned. Second vol. backcover knacked. Nice bindings.
AND 3 others: IDEM, Gedachten en beelden (ibid., 1832, contemp. gilt hcalf w. leather letterpiece) and 2 works by A. DROST.
- Sl. worn along extremities.
= Fine set. F.M. 4435; Arpots 243 (w. annot. that the portraits were issued separately after the publication of the work).
- Some sl. occas. foxing; sm. owner's entry on title. Paper over covers sl. dam. at extremities.
= Buisman 1556; Mateboer 114; Scheepers II, 652: "Het verschijnen van deze vertaling verwekte in kerkelijke kringen een storm van verontwaardiging". Cf. Cohen-de Ricci 688 (on the French edition of 1765). "Gravelot remains among the most charming, as well as the most professional, of all illustrators. Knowing both life and books, he could make almost any text interesting through his illustrations." (Ray, p.37). Rare first Dutch edition.
Recke-von Medem, C.E.C. von der. Geschiedverhaal van het verblijf van den beruchten graaf van Cagliostro, te Mittau; en deszelfs schijntoverijen aldaar. Na de Hoogduitsche uitgave van Frederik Nicolai vertaald, door Mr. P. Boddaert. Met eene Voorrede van den Vertaaler over de Opkomst, Voortgang en Bedrijven der zogenoemde Toveraars. Amst., A. Fokke Sz., 1791, LXII,(2),221,(1 advert.)p., engr. title-vignette (portr.) by A. FOKKE after P. BODDAERT, later plain hcalf, sm. 8vo.
- First half waterstained in lower part; last few lvs. foxed; endpapers browned.
= Buisman 1907; Waller 1271; Scheepers II, 940.
AND 2 others: LYDIA, of de worstelende, maar zegepralende deugd (Amst., 1774, 2nd ed., engr. frontisp., contemp. marbled wr. Vol. 1 (of 2) only) and an incomplete copy of A.R. LE SAGE, De student van Salamanca (Amst., 1740, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. vellum).