2806 - 3510 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Occas. trifle foxed. Spine-ends chipped; backstrips dried.
= The main work by the well-known jurist. The first part forms an alphabetically arranged legal dictionary, the second contains the documents to it. Dekkers p.157,10; Van Heynsbergen p. 105: "(...) groote verdienste voor het Geldersche recht"; Wittop Koning 128.
- Lacks htitle; engr. title sl. dam. in lower outer corner and sl. frayed; several maps/ plates sl. chipped in blank margin; general map of Gelderland loose and strengthened on verso on a few folds; upper hinge split. Turn-in of lower cover trifle dam.
= The second edition (first ed. 1653) of the first complete Dutch topographical and historical history of Gelderland, by Arend van Slichtenhorst (±1615-1657), who studied at Leiden and became a lawyer in his native city Arnhem. As acknowledged on the title, the work was based upon, and partly a translation of, Pontanus' Latin Historiae Gelricae, published in 1639, but Slichtenhorst thoroughly revised, corrected and much enlarged the Latin original. A classic in its field. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 281. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- Lacks the general map; (modern) owner's entries and annots. on htitle. Vellum trifle spotted/ stained.
= The second edition (first ed. 1653) of the first complete Dutch topographical and historical history of Gelderland, by Arend van Slichtenhorst (±1615-1657), who studied in Leyden and became a lawyer in his native city Arnhem. As acknowledged on the title, the work was based upon, and partly a translation of, Pontanus' Latin Historiae Gelricae, published in 1639, but Slichtenhorst thoroughly revised, corrected and much enlarged the Latin original. A classic in its field. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 281.
- Vol. 1 upper hinge and bookblock broken and partly loose(ning). Bindings rubbed/ sl. worn.
= Vol. 1 w. 2 large (contemp.) handdrawn coats of arms mounted on pastedowns. Six coats of arms remained blank in all copies. An additional part without plates was published in 1772/ 1781.
- Owner's entry on title and occas. (extensive) annots.; new endpapers. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed.
= Six (occas. 5) coats of arms remained blank in all copies. From the library of Daniel Theodorus van Hamel (1719-1782), lord of Amaliastein near Vianen, w. extensive annots. on the genealogy of his wife's family De Kempenaer.
AND a mediocre copy of the 2nd vol. (ibid., 1763, 10 engr. plates w. 89 contemp. handcol. coats of arms, contemp. boards, folio. Partly (heavily) mouldstained, pages loose(ning). Lacks backstrip; covers worn).
- Lacks the (text of the) 1st vol. (but all plates present); upper hinge weak; first lvs. (incl. title and 1 plate) sticking together along inner blank margin. Binding sl. chafed.
= The second edition of Ferwerda's Nederlands Geslagt en Stam-boek (...) Letter A-D, publ. Leeuwarden, 1783, enlarged by the editor J. Kok with the letter E.
= Third edition of a bibliographical essay on rare literary and historical books, especially on the Reformation by the Groningen theologian Daniel Gerdes.
= Third edition of a bibliographical essay on rare literary and historical books, especially on the Reformation by the Groningen theologian Daniel Gerdes.
= Rare.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; modern owner's entry on first free endpaper; title-p. partially doubled; first 4 text lvs. strengthened on verso. Top of spine repaired.
= Rare.
- (Badly) browned almost throughout; partly sl. waterst.; a few maps w. closed tears. Upper joint splitting.
= Interesting eye-witness account of the Spanish campaign in the Low Countries between 1601-1609, written by Pompeo Giustiniano (1569-1616), a soldier from Corsica in Spanish service. Sloos 12019; Pohler I, p.227.
- Joints splitting.
- Lacks frontisp.(?); occas. yellowed/ sl. browned. Scratch on frontcover of 2nd vol.; rubbed/ sl. worn boardedges.
- Title-p. and most plates (sl.) foxed in blank margins. Lower corners showing. = Fine views.
- Upper joint of 2nd vol. splitting at foot of spine.
AND 1 other by the same (incomplete).
- Occas. trifle foxed. Bindings trifle rubbed at corners and spine-ends. Good/ fine copy.
= Cox III, 32.
- Upper hinge broken (backstrip glued to spine). Otherwise fine. = Rare Dutch edition.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed and yellowed.
= Rare first edition of this treatise on the rites and procedures of electing a new pope. With the often lacking reproduction of the ballot used by the cardinals for voting. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
- Small modern annot. on title-p.; sm. stamp on final leaf.
= Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 847; Knuttel 2250. Oration in favour of the Remonstrants and of support for the tolerant policy of Oldenbarneveldt.
- Corners bumped.
= All published. Latin text with Dutch translation of a work that Grotius wrote at the age of 19 and of which only the third book has been rediscovered. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 750; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 192g. The 4th vol. containing the "Register op Hugo de Groot's vergelijking (...) gevolgd door eene narede, gelijk mede door Athenen onder Cleo, of eene verhandeling over het tooneeldicht van Aristophanes: De ridders, als bijlage tot het hoofddeel der vrijheid en slaavernij".
Het leven van Hugo de Groot, uit echte stukken opgemaakt. N.pl., n.publ., 1790, (2),II,164p., 2 fold. engr. plates, modern hcalf.
- Sl. foxed/ stained; libr. stamp on title-p.