2499 - 3244 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Fold. view of Oud-Middelburg a few closed tears (mainly on folds); contents otherwise fine and clean. Spine-ends frayed/ chipped; binding rubbed along extremities; leather of backstrip dried.
= With the 6 often lacking heraldic plates. Verkruijsse 1046; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 282. The topographic bible of 17th century Zeeland, with splendid plans and (panoramic) views. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXL.
- One plan loose; one map w. sm. closed tear; upper pastedown of 2nd vol. trifle dampstained. Corners of both vols. and top of spine of 2nd vol. sl. worn.
= Rare copy with the maps in CONTEMP. HANDCOLOURING.
- Usual occas. browning/ foxing; outer blank margin of maps and plans occas. browned and frayed. Fine copy.
- Lacks free endpapers and final blank (L6); title-p. vaguely stained; photocopy of the title-p. of the copy of UB Leiden, with a variant ornament bound after title-p. The vellum binding was originally coloured orange, now colour partly worn off.
= Bookplate of C. Kruyskamp on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on final page (unidentified).
- One leaf w. printing flaw (leaf wrinkled). = Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 222.
- First lvs. vaguely waterst.; binding worn. = Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 222.