2499 - 3244 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- New endpapers; all maps strengthened/ repaired w. very thin japanese and reattached; last few lvs. margins professionally repaired; (sl.) browned. Rebacked w. modern leather.
= (Very) Rare bible. Poortman I, p. 238.
- Without the plate by R. de Hooghe; partly (sl.) browned and foxed (incl. frontisp. and title). Portion of backstrip loose at foot of spine; one clasp loose.
= Bound with a series of 40 plates, each w. 8 ills. by P. SCHUT after M. MERIAN. On this controversial Bible-edition see Poortman I, p.140-142 and on the maps and Jerusalem view Poortman/ Augusteijn 30.
- Frontisp. reattached and sl. browned/ soiled in margins. Spine-ends professionaly restored.
= On this controversial Bible-edition see Poortman I, p.140-142 and on the maps and Jerusalem view Poortman/ Augusteijn 31.
- Lacks one map; first/ final lvs. and worldmap (sl.) waterst.; extensive manuscript family data (early 18th-late 19th cent.) on first and final blanks. Binding w. minor imperfections.
= Poortman I, p.243. For the worldmap with Stoopendaal's signature and with number 6, Shirley 513: "finely-executed general map in two hemispheres with the same corner decorations as in the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658 (...)".
- Some foxing; worldmap (vaguely) waterst. in upper corners and along middle fold. Frontcover loose(ning); lacks one brass cornerpiece; spine-ends dam.
= Poortman I, p.243. For the worldmap with Stoopendaal's signature and with number 6, Shirley 513: "finely-executed general map in two hemispheres with the same corner decorations as in the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658 (...)".
- Without the maps and plates. Margins of first and final few lvs. strengthened w. tape; occas. sl. stained/ soiled (incl. engr. title). Binding rebacked w. late 19th-cent.(?) leather.
= Poortman I, p.244.
ADDED: Breviarium Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum (Venice, 1795, 4 vols., 4 engr. plates, contemp. unif. calf. Sold w.a.f.).
- With contemp. annots. on first free endpaper regarding the Lindeman family.
= Richly extra illustrated bible with the plates i.a. from the work by Calmet. Le Long p.829f.
- Partly w. dam./ restored lower corner; sl. fingersoiled; the maps sl. creased and w. some restorations. Rebacked.
= On the worldmap, see Shirley 498 and 431.
- Lacks 3 maps/ plans. New endpapers; engr. title restored; occas. sl. stained. Binding sl. chafed; joints starting at top of spine; lacks clasps and catches.
= Changed reprint of the Visscher-bible "om Luthers Hoogduitsche Overzetting door Ds. Adolphus Visscher vertaalt, zuiverder Hollands te doen spreken". Contains the maps "Perigrinatie" and "Geographische beschryvinge van het Ioodtsche Landt". Poortman I, 139; not in Darlow/ Moule.
Biblia. Dat is De Gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonycke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments. Amst., H. Brandt etc., 1777, 2 parts in 1 vol., (10),328; 124 lvs., engr. title, contemp. blindst. calf over wooden boards, large 4to. - BOUND WITH: Het Nieuwe Testament (...). Ibid., idem, 1774, 148 lvs. - AND BOUND WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen. Amst., H. Brandt etc., 1774, (2),81,(3)lvs. - BOUND WITH: Evangelische Gezangen. Amst., J. Brandt en zoon etc., 1861, (8),155,(1)p. - AND BOUND WITH: Catechismus, ofte Onderwijsinge in de Christelicke Leere (...). N.pl., n.publ., n.d., 22 lvs.
- New endpapers; several lvs. restored/ strengthened w. Japanese. Binding restored; lacks clasps and catches.
= Warranted by J.J. KESSLER on verso title-p. Not in Darlow/ Moule.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Backcover sl. rubbed.
= Fine copy in an attractive "empire" style binding by an unidentified binder.
- Second vol. lacks htitle; new endpaper; 2nd vol. occas. (sl.) foxed.
= Zischka p.31, listing the original French edition published in 1722-1728; Poortman II, p.169-171: "Calmet's Naam- en Woordboek is geen prentbijbel maar een woordenboek met prenten. Het zijn geen prenten die de bijbelse geschiedenis afbeelden, maar de zeden en gewoonten der Joden, de godsdienstplechtigheden, de tabernakel, de tempels enz." The plates illustrate the history and culture of the Jews: ceremonies, costumes, plans and views of synagogues and other buildings, views of Jerusalem etc. All copies traced had varying numbers of plates (at the most 157 plates).
- Lacks one frontisp.; trifle yellowed. Binding worn and chafed; frontcover loose(ning).
= On this nice printbible of Basnage and Alewyn, which went through 10 editions between 1705 and 1721, in extenso Poortman II, p.109-120. Landwehr, R. de H. as bookill. 100; Hollstein IX, 2; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 404; Klaversma/ Hannema 129.
- Receding waterstain in inner margin; cut sl. short in outer margin (without loss of text); hinges weak; 2 lvs. w. tears repaired w. tape. Vellum (dust)stained.
= Poortman II, p.68.
- Vol. 1 hinges weak; sm. tear in title-p.; final lvs. sl. waterst. in top margin. Bindings sl. worn; vol. 1 upper joint splitting; backstrips dam./ loosening at spine-ends; vol. 2 calf loosening at turn-ins.
= The so-called "Groote-Bijbel van Mortier". Engravings after Luyken, Picart, Goeree, Tideman, Hoet by Baptist, Blois, Mulder a.o. Poortman II, p.98-105 and I, p.179; Klaversma/ Hannema 180 and 187; for the worldmap see Shirley 622.
- Pastedowns detached; first/ final blanks creased and frayed; sl. fingersoiled. Bindings rubbed and sl. worn.
= The large Mortier-bible. Poortman II, p.98-105. Klaversma/ Hannema, 180 and 187.
- Without the New Testament. A few lvs. w. tears repaired w. tape. Bindings sl. worn (along extremities); vol. 2 backstrip loose(ning)/ dam. Good/ fine copy.
= The so-called "Groote-Bijbel van Mortier". Engravings after Luyken, Picart, Goeree, Tideman, Hoet by Baptist, Blois, Mulder a.o. Poortman II, p.98-105; Klaversma/ Hannema 180 and 187.
- Lacks dedication and 1 preliminary leaf; maps partly loose and frayed; upper hinge almost broken; partly waterstained in lower third (a few leaves also in upper blank margin); blank margins partly finger-/ dustsoiled. Binding rubbed along extremities.
= Landwehr, R.d.H. as bookillustrator 100.
- Several plates lack portions of blank margin; 2 plates w. large tear (1x doubled w. later paper); fingersoiled; occas. (water)stained; old annots. on endpapers. Vellum stained.
= BNK 959; Ki.la.ki.le. 247; The Children's World of Learning 1334. Extremely popular hieroglyphic children's bible.
- Contents fine, w. only a few wormohles in outer blank margins. Corners showing; spine worn; some rubbed spots.
= This second edition similar to the first edition of 1708, but enlarged with 2 pages of accompanying text to every print and with 5 engraved maps and 29 oval (and 1 not oval) vignettes of the "Grooten Bybel" of Mortier (1700). One of the most monumental works by Jan Luiken. Klaversma/ Hannema 160/ 161; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 429, p.666; Poortman II, p.131. On the worldmap by I. van Huchtenburg and with the address of Covens and Mortier, Shirley 622: "A further world map by Pierre Mortier has the title in French and Dutch and is said to be from a biblical work so far unidentified. Across the top of the map are five circles showing Night and Day, the Flood, the phases of the moon, and the west and east hemispheres." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- One vol. w. prelim. (blank) lvs. sl. wormholed; covers w. sl. rubbed spots. One vol. pastedowns detached.
= Binding w. acorns probably from the Necklace Bindery (Leyden), see Storm van Leeuwen IIa, p.260ff. Contents: Dissertation by W. Huyghens tot Opvoorst, De inofficiosis donationibus (Leyden, 1736) and the inaugural lecture by T. Hoogeveen, Redenvoering over den oorspronk en algemeene nuttigheid der ontleedkunde (Delft, 1771).