2806 - 3510 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Without the accomp. textpages. Upper hinge split; corners and spine-ends sl. rubbed. A fine copy.
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 381 ("the first Dutch topographical work published with (coloured) aquatint plates"); Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 217; Harlemia Illustrata 726-738. Contains beautiful views of mansions, mainly in the surroundings of Haarlem and near De Vecht: Velserbeek (2x), Boekenrode (2), Waterland (2), Elswoud, Berckenrode (2), Oosterduin (2), Hoffwerk, Rupelmonde, Over-Holland (2), Trompenburgh (2), Schaffelaar (2), Het Klooster ("by Heemstede") (2), Voorland (2) and Karssenhof. Very fine and rare series, originally published in instalments: "Numan could (...) paint subtle water-colours and, in 1793, sent out a circular letter with two coloured prints of two mansions, inviting subscriptions for a whole series of such pictures. During the period 1793-1797, he published this series of extremely fine engravings (...)" (Landwehr, p.37f). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
- Lacks lvs. a1 and c1-4; engr title doubled and w. ticket mounted; waterstained throughout and mouldstained in inner margins. Backcover stained.
- Lacks 3 very small weights; brass scales sl. corroded.
= Weights of 1, 4, 16, 32 units. An important instrument in the commercial trade at the time. They were used by merchants and money changers to weigh foreign currencies and converting them into the domestic currency.
- Sl. foxed/ yellowed. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends and corners dam. Otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= Lipsius/ Leitzmann, p.229.
- Sl. browned/ foxed; last few index lvs. w. waterstain in lower outer corner.
- Contemp. (crossed out) owner's entry on title: "Vir Spectatissimus Jac de Wilde lúne(?) librum donatis Joanni Scheperelio".
- Copy without the portrait. Yellowed/ sl. browned; bookplate on upper pastedown; two owner's entries on first free endpaper. Binding worn along extremities.
= The first authorised and enlarged edition of this classic study on/ against witchcraft; the book was considered heretical (Knuttel, Verboden boeken 53). All parts warranted by the author. Van der Linde 16-20; the first part contains ''Naakte uitbeeldinge Van Alle de vier Boeken der B.W." (Van der Linde 21, "Ook opgenomen in de Betooverde Wereld.").
BOUND WITH: Idem. Ondersoek Van de Betekeninge der Kometen, By gelegenheid van de gene die in de Jaren 1680, 1681 en 1682 geschrevenen hebben. Ibid., J. ten Hoorn, 1692, 2nd ed., (8),102,18p., woodcut title ill. of the Halley comet.
= Bierens de Haan 249 (ed. 1690?) en 250; Hoogendoorn BekBo2.2.
AND 2 others by/ on the same, i.a. IDEM, Uitlegginge van den propheet Daniël (Amst., 2nd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., woodcut printer's mark, modern calf. Lacks portrait).
- First vol. new endpapers(?); 2nd vol. upper hinge broken but holding strong on cords; sl. yellowed.
= The first authorised and enlarged edition of this classic study on/ against witchcraft; the book was considered heretical (Knuttel, Verboden boeken 53). All parts warranted by the author. Van der Linde 16-20; the first part contains ''Naakte uitbeeldinge Van Alle de vier Boeken der B.W." (Van der Linde 21, "Ook opgenomen in de Betooverde Wereld.").
- First/ final lvs. sl. foxed; 2 lvs. w. (sm.) tear; part 2 occas. sl. waterst. in blank margin; as usual without the frontisp. portrait; old owner's entry on first blank vol.2 ("F.A. Danckaert Natif D'Hulst 1829").
= The first vol. with contemp. full-p. engr. heraldic bookplate (engr. by H. Causè) of Franciscus Godefridus Ullens (1663-1737), canon of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal of Antwerp. The first authorised and enlarged edition of this classic study on and against superstition; the book was considered heretical (Knuttel, Verboden boeken 53). All parts warranted by the author. Van der Linde 16-20; the first part contains ''Naakte uitbeeldinge Van Alle de vier Boeken der B.W." (Van der Linde 21, "Ook opgenomen in de Betooverde Wereld.").
- Lacks frontisp. portrait; bookblock of 4th vol. broken. All vols. w. restored joints; 2nd vol. frontcover detached; 4th vol. broken in half.
= From the library of Jean-Claude Fauconnet de Vildé, appointed councillor of the city of Paris. Caillet 915.
- Pastedowns loose. = Cf. Van der Haar, Schatkamer 707 (ed. Utr., 1690).
- Very fine copy.
= Willems 1260; Caillet 2728; Dorbon 24145, Krivatsy 3007 and Bibl. Walleriana 5477. Contains i.a. chapters on "'l'Âme se meut véritablement", "Comment on peut prévoir les actions", "Que la lune gouverne le cerveau and "Mercure gouverne les oreilles". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
Idem. Les charactères des passions. Vol. 1 and 2. Amst., A. Michel, 1658, 2 (of 4) parts in 1 vol., (24),599p., engr. title, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, 12mo.
- Two bookplates on upper pastedown. Foot of spine dam; upper joint splitting.
= Willems 1233 (also listing parts 3 and 4).
- Frontisp. and fold. plate some ruststains; otherwise a good copy.
= Romeyn de Hooghe as Bookillustrator 59. "The author - a Mennonite - opposed prejudice and superstition."
- Vellum duststained.
= Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as book illustrator 71; Waller 444; De Vries 404; Scheepers II, 1099. Nice plates.
- First frontisp. sl. waterstained in blank upper outer corner. Professionally rebacked w. exactly matching backstrip. A fine copy in an attractive binding.
= Caillet 4562; Coument G38-10. An interesting work on witchcraft that was first (posthumously) published in 1681 by the author's friend and supporter Henry More. "The work decried scepticism about the existence and supernatural power of witchcraft and contained a collection of seventeenth-century folklore about witches, including one of the earliest descriptions of a witch bottle. Joseph [Glanvill] made known the existence of witchcraft." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
- Title-p. sl. fingersoiled and trifle chipped; bound a bit too tighly.
= Dorbon-Ainé p.334; not in Caillet. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
- Owner's stamp on title-p. and bookplate on upper pastedown (both of G. van Rijnberk); sl. yellowed throughout; first few leaves paper sl. brittle.
= Caillet 3609: "Livre fondamental de l'Occultisme Moderne et profondément intéressant par son étude approfondie de la Constitution de l'homme, cette Base antique de la Magie. (...)"; Dorbon-Ainé 3512 (under pseudonym Papus); Yve-Plessis 52.
- Library stamp on first blank and on title-p. A good/ fine copy with strong impressions of the portraits.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 228.
- Title sl. darkened; sl. waterstained; corners sl. dogeared. Otherwise a good copy.
= Voet 1970; Belgica Typographica 2565. Extremely rare pamphlet issued by Philip II, King of Spain. A royal decree for the Netherlands "fixing" criminal law.
BOUND WITH: Oost- en West-Indische Voyagie, Door de Strate Magallanes Naer de Moluques, Met ses Schepen onder den Commandeur Ioris Spilbergen. Als mede de wonderlijcke Reyse ghedaen door Willem Cornelisz Schouten van Hoorn, en Iacob le Maire, in den Jaere 1615/ 1616/ 1617. Amst., J. Hartgerts, 1648, 2 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, 120p., 2 ident. woodcut ills. on titles.
- Lacks the fold. plate; title-p. w. repaired tear. = Landwehr, VOC 367; Tiele 1027.
AND BOUND WITH: Broecke, P. van den. Vijf verscheyde Journalen Gehouden op zijne Reysen na Cabo-Verde, Angola en Guinea, Doch voornamentlijck na Oost-Indien, Waer in hem soo in Schip-breuck als in 't door-reysen van 't Landt seer veel vreemde dingen ontmoet zijn. Ibid., G.J. Saeghman, n.d. (±1660), 82 [of 112]p., woodcut ill. on title, large oval engr. portrait of the author by A. MATHAM, 17 woodcut ills.
- Lacks p.83-112 and 6 woodcut ills.; sm. hole in title; soiled.
= Landwehr, VOC 276; Tiele 196.
AND 1 other, an incomplete copy of the preceding work, without binding (Lacks p.11-24 and 6 woodcut ills.).






































