1765 - 1814 FOREIGN LITERATURE
83/1805
Musil, R.
De man zonder eigenschappen. Dutch transl. I. Lesener and H. Hom.
Amst., Meulenhoff, 1988-1991, 1st Dutch ed., 4 vols., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Yourcenar, M. Hermetisch zwart. Dutch transl. J. Tuin. Ibid., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1984, 322,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (Grote Bellettrie Serie). Idem. Als stromend water. Dutch trans. J. Tuin. Ibid., idem, 1983, 236,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (Grote Bellettrie Serie). - AND 10 others in 11 vols., all Dutch translations, i.a. J. JOYCE, Ulysses (Amst., 2004, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); I. SVEVO, Alle verhalen (ibid., 1989, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); G. FLAUBERT, Madame Bovary (ibid., 1997, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and F. PESSOA, Brieven (ibid., 2004-2005, 2 vols., orig. unif. wr.).
€ (70-90) 70
83/1807
[Olympia Press]. Sade, D.A.F. de.
The 120 Days of Sodom or The Romance of The School for Libertinage.
Paris, The Olympia Press, 1957, 3 vols., 191,(1); 203,(3); 223,(1)p., orig. unif. wr.
- Good/ fine set. = Kearney 125. The Traveller's Companion, no.50.
Idem. The Story of Juliette or Vice Amply Rewarded. Ibid., idem, 1962-1965, 7 vols., orig. unif. wr.
- Bookblock vol. 7 splitting; wrappers sl. thumbed.
= Kearney 127.1-133. The Traveller's Companion, no.52-58.
AND 2 others publ. by the same.
€ (100-150) 100
83/1808
[Ossian]. (MacPherson, J.).
The Poems of Ossian.
London, printed for Cadell and Davies, 1807, 2 vols., X,(2),436; (4),387p., contemp. unif. calf w. triple gilt fillet line around edges on covers, gilt spine w. repeated ornament in each compartment, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g.
= Nicely bound set of the classic counterfeit poems, supposedly written by the 3rd century bard Ossian, son of Fingal.
€ (40-60) 70
83/1809
Peacock, A.C.S.
Arabic Literary Culture in Southeast Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
Leyden/ Boston, E.J. Brill, 2024, 514p., col. ills., orig. boards. Marzolph, U. Arabia Ridens. Die humoristische Kurzprosa der frühen adab-Literatur im internationalen Traditionsgeflecht. 1: Darstellung. 2: Material. Frankf. a.M., V. Klostermann, 1992, 2 vols., XIII,(1),295; VI,(2),417p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. Qutbuddin, T. Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi and Fatimid Da'wa Poetry. A Case of Commitment in Classical Arabic Literature. Leyden/ Boston, E.J. Brill, 2005, XIV,412,(3)p., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr. - AND 14 others, i.a. J. KNAPPERT, Traditional Swahili Poetry. An investigation into the concepts of East African Islam as reflected in the Utenzi Literature (Leyden, 1967, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); A. HAMORI, On the Art of Medieval Arabic Literature (Princeton, 1975, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and D. COOK, Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature (Syracuse, 2005, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
€ (100-150) 100
83/1811
[Privé-domein]. Lot of 64 vols.,
Amst., De Arbeiderspers, 1967-2018, various eds., plates, orig. unif. wr.
- Incl. a few sl. worn copies, but mostly good/ fine.
AND 8 vols. from the series Open Domein.
€ (250-350) 300
83/1814
Silentiaire, P. le.
Poëmes érotiques, traduits du grec.
Paris, J. Haumont, 1952, (24)p., orig. tinted woodcut frontisp. by G. FOURNIER, printed in 205 numb. copies (200), orig. wr., narrow sm. 8vo. Sablon-Favier, R. de. Triangles. Ibid., Éditions G.L.M., 1934, (29)p., frontisp., orig. wr. - AND 5 others, i.a. R. CHAR, Art bref suivi de premières alluvions (ibid., 1950, printed in 975 numb. copies (950), orig. wr.).
€ (30-50)














