2806 - 3510 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Paper ticket on frontcover.
(Allestree, R.). De gantsche pligt Van een Christen of de Christelyke zedekunde (...). Amst., J. ter Beek, 1741, 2nd ed., (4),XXXII,(12),544p., 25 engr. ills., modern calf.
- Upper hinge broken; lacks frontisp. and index lvs.
= Cf. Van der Haar 998, listing this as a transl. of Discourse of family-worship w. author G. Hammond, but actually the Dutch translation of Richard Allestree, The whole duty of man.
AND 2 others, i.a. J. DE CLERCK, Kerkelyke Oudheden van de derde en vierde eeuw (...) (Amst., 1764, 2nd ed., engr. frontisp., modern rexine).
- Old owner's entry and annot. (both by C. Boers) on upper endpaper. Fine copy.
= Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), English Nonconformist (specifically, Congregationalist) minister, educator, and prolific hymnwriter, who with his academic and pastoral work, developed close relations with numerous early religious revivalists and independents, through extensive visits and correspondence. His ideas influenced i.a. William Wilberforce.
- Fold. plates occas. sl. yellowed on fold. Corners sl. rubbed. = Text not collated, but apparently complete.
- Pastedowns detached. Both vols. lack letterpiece.
- Sl. foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding worn along extremities.
Scott, G. The Memoirs of Sir James Melvil of Hallhill (...). Edinburgh, T. and W. Ruddimans, 1735, XXV,(1),408,(26)p., contemp. calf.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Frontcover detached.
AND 2 others.
- Library stamps on title; hinges broken. Binding dam. along extremities.
Heylyn, J. Theological Lectures at Westminster-Abbey. With an Interpretation of the New Testament. London, J. and R. Tonson, 1749, 2 vols., IV,370,163,(5); VIII,413p., contemp. calf w. richly gilt border around edges, gilt spine w. 2 mor. letterpieces, 4to.
- Both vols. frontcover detached.
- Sl./ trifle browned/ foxed; contemp. owner's entry on title-p. All bindings rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities.
- Both vols. water- and mouldst. in lower part throughout; vol. V first/ final lvs. dam. and wormholed in lower part throughout. Both vols. binding dam. Sold w.a.f.
= Graesse II, p.104; Rubens p.1103-1215, 1244-1273. One of the main sources documenting the history of religion, these vols. describing i.a. the Islamic faith and religions in the Americas and Africa.
- Partly sl. dampstained in lower blank margin; hinges strengthened. Binding w. sl. rubbed corners and top of spine sl. worn. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Provenance: William Halewijn Museum (w. owner's entry and owner's stamp on first free endpaper). Cat. Bilderwelten 4; Cohen/ De Ricci p.531 (first French language edition of 1733). A highlight of 18th century Dutch bookillustration. The work consists of 60 full-page plates within different ornamental borders, w. engr. captions in French, English, German and Dutch, illustrating the Metamorphoses by Ovidius, each plate with the matching verses in Latin and a prose adaptation with explanation in German.
- Formerly bound w. 1 or more other works which have been removed from the binding; first few lvs. reattached; 1 quire loose; 2 old owner's entries on title-p.; occas. annots./ underlining in pen and ink; sl. (finger)soiled. Backcover loose; lacks clasps and catches.
= Reprint of the 1562-edition; Latin transl. of Paradin's Devises heroïques (1551) and Simeoni's Le imprese heroiche et morali (1559). Voet 1953; Belgica Typographica 6500; Landwehr 604; Praz p.445.
- Both vols. w. sm. stamp on title.
- Library and cancellation stamps on htitle and title; sm. waterstain in upper blank margin. Joints starting; backstrip worn.
Catechismus Romanus, ex decreto concilii Tridentini et PII V. Pont. Max. Louvain, G. Stryckwant, 1690, (18),515,(43)p., engr. title, contemp. calf.
- Heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
- Occas. sl. yellowed.
- Contents very good. Bindings joints splitting; backstrips sl. dam.; corners worn.
= The third vol. also contains "Het leven van Hubert Korneliszoon Poot".
- Trifle foxed. Good copy.
= Waller 195; Scheepers II, 1090 ("Zeldzaam"); Knuttel, Verb. boeken 44 (ed. 1635); Schotel, Vaderl. Letteroef. 1835. A part of this curious and nonsensical work was published at an earlier date (Dordr., 1635) and was prohibited by the elders and deacons of Dordrecht as a brainless and senseless work. So Baltensz., author/ publisher and follower of David Joris, had the brilliant idea to cut his manuscript to pieces, to mix the pieces in a basket and print them in a random sequence. "(...) een boek dat door zijn onverstaanbaarheid vermaard is geworden en om zijn zeldzaamheid gezocht wordt" (F. Knipscheer in NBW, VII, 73).
- Engr. title dam. along edges; lower hinge broken; lacks endpapers. Lower joint split; dam. at foot of spine.
- From the library of M. Buisman (w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper). Spine-ends chipped/ sl. worn; joints sl. worn. Good copy.
= Waller 277; Muller 86; De Vries 53; Scheepers II, 703. "Aen de Nederlandtsche Jufferen (.. ) Deze Fiammette, die in hare tael, met soo veel sucht en mededoogen van wegen hare beklagelijke ongevallen, ende met soo veel vermaek en nuttigheit van wegens d'uitmuntend-aerdige geest van Boccatius by al de weerelt is aengenommen geweest, koomt u nu in ons Nederlandts begroeten, niet twijffelende of sy sal in uw soete gemoederen het medelijden vinden dat sy van yder een verwacht." (from the introduction). The first Dutch translation, by Lambertus van den Bos (1610-ca.1698), according to Buisman. Rare.
Beronicius, P.J. De Weergalooze Dichter P.J. Beronicius, ten deele Voor de Nederduitsche vertaalt. Met een byvoegsel in de voorreden van 's mans leven door P. Rabus. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1692, 2nd ed., (32),169[=172]p., Latin and Dutch text, engr. frontisp. and 4 plates by C. LUYKEN, later boards, sm. 8vo.
- Bookblock shaken.
= Scheepers II, 67; Klaversma/ Hannema 151; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 213. Contains the Georgarchontomachia, or the "Boeren- en Overheids Strijd", a burlesque poem describing the battle of the Zeeland farmers against the municipality of Middelburg.






























