2499 - 3244 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Maps occas. sl. yellowed/ w. a few foxed spots; maps nevertheless fine; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Covers rubbed and worn; spine dam.
= Shirley 139; Koeman II, Me 6; Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici 1:522. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
- Entirely printed on strong paper; lacks htitle and 1 map "Jutia, generalis"; blank margins of engr. title col. green; "Orbis terrarum nova et accurata tabula" middle fold partly split; "Circuli Rheni" and "Lotharingae" w. tear; "Americae pars meridionalis" middle fold partly split, w. vague waterst. just affecting the image and fold in lower right corner; last 5 maps w. vague waterst. along lower part of middle fold just affecting the image, occas. maps w. folded corner and/ or w. splitting middlefold; however most maps in fine and clean condition. Binding dam.
= Koeman III, Val 1 (listing the atlas under the combined htitle and engraved illustrated title as Atlas sylloge Compendiosa ... or Nova Totius Geographia telluris projectio): "The Atlantis sylloge by Valck and Schenk was not published in a standard form but has been sold as an atlas with varying number of maps, originating from various authors. The tendency may have been to sell the work with 25-50-75 and 100 maps [incl. the engr. title]." Very rare edition with 98 maps, only 3 other '100' map copies mentioned in Koeman. Comprising 2 worldmaps, 79 European maps, 7 Asian maps, 6 African maps and 4 American maps. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
- Trifle waterstained in upper margin; library ticket and stamp on upper pastedown and first free endpaper.
- Vols. occas. sl. foxed. Sl. worn along edges. Otherwise a fine set.
= All vols. warranted by publisher. A collection of chronicles and short stories by this royalist journalist and writer.
Defoe, D. Aventures de Robinson Crusoé. Brussels, n.publ., 1844, new ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., 156; 159,(1),(4 publ. cat.)p., contemp. gilt hmor., 16mo.
- Sl. worn/ dam. along edges. = Cf. Ullrich p.41, no.43.
AND 2 others, incl. J.-B.-J. CHAMPAGNAC, Émilie, ou La petite élève de Fénélon (Paris, 1828, engr. frontisp. and 3 plates, contemp. red mor. w. gilt floral borders and spine, a.e.g., 16mo).
- Rebacked; backstrip sl. cracking.
= Rare Dutch ed. of Baretti's journal. Not in Tiele, Foulché-Delbosc, Cox.
- Title-p. loosening; trifle foxed.
= Rare copy of two poems on the annual Beemster funfair. The Children's World of Learning 1721; Scheepers II, 59; Waller 200 (ed. 1834). First attestation of the swear word 'boksbaard' (lit. 'beard of a goat'/ goatee, an unsavory chap, see Groot Scheldwoordenboek): "Ik eet en drink zo veel als de eet- en drinklust mij/ Gebiên te nuttigen, op Veemans jaergetij./ 'k Betaal 't gelag, en treed naar buiten om te wand'len,/ Daar raak ik aanstonds met een ouden smous aan 't hand'len,/ Ik vraag den boksbaard naar een allerbesten bril" (p.28f).
- Bookplate on verso frontcover. = Knuttel 21818: "In Orangistischen geest".
ADDED 1 other: J. LE FRANCQ VAN BERKHEY, Vaderlyk afscheid en getrouwen raad, van een welmeenend eendracht-burger, aan zynen zoon; gereed om voor 't Vaderland, Vryheid en Godsdienst, op 's Lands Vloote van Oorlog te dienen (Amst., 1781, engr. frontisp., contemp. boards).
- Sl. foxed and yellowed/ browned; formerly folded; a few sm. holes on folds (closed with scotch tape on verso).
= Concerning a scandalous anti-Orangist pamphlet "(...) dat, in de voorledene week, by nacht, langs de publique straten gestrooid is (...), ten opschrift voerende: aan het Volk van Utrecht, in 't welk niet alleen den naam van Hare Koninglyke Hoogheid, Mevrouwe de Prinsesse van Orange, schandelyk gehoond (...) maar ook bovendien de goede Gemeente tot de onrechtvaardigste, geweldigste en oproerigste bedryven (...) wordt aangehitst (...)". A bounty of 1500 and 1000 guilders is offered to anyone who can reveal the identity of resp. the author or printer. Nothing could be traced on the pamphlet Aan het Volk van Utrecht. Possibly an earlier edition of Knuttel 21720 (1787).
- A few leaves sl. fingersoiled in lower outer blank corner; approx. 20 leaves w. receding brown stain in lower blank margin. Top of spine sl. chafed. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Incl. three title-pages by R. de Hooghe. Apart from the first title, the following (divisional) titles are included in the work: 1. Les acquisitions de la France en Flandre en Haynault et en Luxembourg; 2. Les Plans et profils des principales Villes et lieux considerables du Comté de Flandre; 3. Les Plans et Profils des principales Villes et lieux considerables du Comté d'Alost ou Flandre Imperiale; 4. Les Plans et Profils des principales Villes et lieux considerables du Duché de Brabant; 5. Les Plans et Profils des principales Villes et lieux considerables du Duché de Gueldre; 6. Les Plans et Profils des principales Villes et lieux Considerables du Duché de Cambray; 7. Les Plans et Profils des principales Villes et lieux Considerables du Comté de Haynaut; 8. Les Plans et Profils des principales Villes et lieux Considerables du Comté de Namur; 9. Les Plans et Profils des principales Villes et lieux Considerables du Duché de Luxembourg and 10. Les Plans et Profils des principales Villes et lieux Considerables du Duché de Luxembourg. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CI.
- One table loose. All vols. backstrip sl. worn. A good/ fine set. = De Buck 2757.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; title-p. reattached; sl. and evenly yellowed; occas. sl. stained/ foxed; a few maps/ plates w. sm. hole in image; oblique folds in engr. title and final text leaf; a few old annots. in pen and ink on recto and verso of title-p. and on verso of dedic. engraving. Vellum soiled; lacks ties.
= A rare complete copy of the first edition, with many attractive bird's eye views of the major towns of Germany and surrounding countries. Tiele 102; Lipperheide Da 13. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CI.
- Pencil annot. on verso first free endpaper. Extremities sl. worn; spine-ends sl. dam. Otherwise fine.
= Rare. Orig. published in 1744, this Pygmalion-like satire tells the (soft erotic) story of the abbé Philandre and a doll: "Having failed to seduce any society women, Philandre is about to rent a shopgirl's hourly affections when he is transfixed and aroused by a beautiful eight-inch doll in her shop - the form the sylphid Zamire assumed to attract his attention. It's love at first sight, especially when he dishevels her clothes and notices she's anatomically correct. After he gets her home, the doll comes to life and, seating herself on a copy of Duclos's Confessions, explains that sylphs attain immortality only after they fall in love with a human and - more importantly - cure him of his 'faults and follies.'" (Moore, The Novel: An Alternative History, p.346).
- Engr. ttitle-p. sl. short in top blank margin. Top of spine chipped; corners rubbed. Good copy.
= Rare edition: this edition not in Darlow/ Moule 1682 or Herbert.
- Sl. browned. Spine-ends chipped; sl. rubbed along extremities.
- Bookplate of Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter on upper pastedown. Joints splitting; top of spine sl. chipped.
= Darlow/ Moule 4681.
Le Nouveau Testament, c'est-à-dire La Nouvelle Alliance de notre Seigneur Jesus Christ./ Les Pseaumes de David, Mis en Vers François. Amst., F.G. Onder de Linden, 1796, new ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., first part no pagination; 335,(1)p., 2 engr. titles, scores, contemp. gilt mor., a.e.g., 12mo. - BOUND WITH: Cantiques pour le culte public, recueillis et imprimés par ordre du Synode Wallon. Dordr., A. Blusse & fils, 1806, IV,140p., scores.
- Hinges weak; contents fine. Spine sl. discoloured.
AND 1 other.
- Poor copy: lacks all but one maps; engr. title to the Old Testament and worldmap loose and dam.; pastedowns loose. Lacks clasps; large tear in leather on frontcover; dam. at top of spine. Sold w.a.f.
= Le Long, p.680; Poortman I, p.233.
- Lacks the frontisp. (as usual); a few leaves trifle dampstained in outer blank margin; new endpapers. Rebacked w. use of the orig. backstrip. A good/ fine copy.
= Willems 884; Le Long p.821; Darlow/ Moule 3320; Poortman/ Augusteyn p.179ff; Poortman I, p.154: "De boekdrukkerij van Elzevier heeft haar roem niet te danken aan het uitgeven van bijbels, ofschoon hun Statenbijbel van 1663 in groot folio een prachtige uitgave is. Voor het eerst werd door Elzevier een Statenbijbel met Romeinse letter gedrukt". For the worldmap: Shirley 431.
- Lacks frontisp. (after title); 2 maps loose (1x w. dam. spot); plan w. tear along vertical fold in lower margin, affecting image; hinges strengthened; partly waterstained in upper corner (affecting text) and (blank) margins; final ±50 lvs. heavily (water)stained in inner blank margin; a few sm. marginal wormholes. One clasp broken at hinge; spine-ends worn/ dam.
= Le Long p.821; Darlow/ Moule 3320; Poortman I, p.154: "De boekdrukkerij van Elzevier heeft haar roem niet te danken aan het uitgeven van bijbels, ofschoon hun Statenbijbel van 1663 in groot folio een prachtige uitgave is. Voor het eerst werd door Elzevier een Statenbijbel met Romeinse letter gedrukt". For the worldmap: Shirley 431; Poortman/ Augusteijn p.180. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.
- Title and maps doubled w. thin Japanese; a few lvs. w. brown stains/ offsetting. Professionally restored copy.
= Poortman I, p.238 and II, p.83; for the worldmap see Shirley 498.
- Partly waterstained in upper and outer blank margin; extensive 18th-19th cent. annots. on family events in pen and ink on both endpapers. Foot of spine worn/ chipped. A good copy.
= With several loosely inserted letterpress birth announcements, partly filled out, dated between 1776-1793. Poortman I, p.238 and II, p.83; for the worldmap see Shirley 513. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.