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84/2207 Calvin, J. Wtlegginge Ioannis Calvini, op alle de sendtbrieven Pauli des Apostels: ende oock op den Sendtbrief tot den Hebreen. Amst., C. Claeszoon, 1582, (6),397,(7) lvs., large woodcut title-vignette, contemp. hcalf, folio. - BOUND WITH: Idem. De Commentarien Ioannis Calvini op de canonicke sendtbrieven (...) Aen Eduward de seste Coninck van Enghelant. Ibid., idem, 1582, (6),86 [=68] lvs., large woodcut title-vignette.

- Sl. waterst. at the end. Backstrip w. some rubbed/ worn spots and chipped at spine-ends.

= Bibliotheca Calviniana 82/6a and 82/1a. Both works one of 2 identical issues with different imprint (the other issue w. Leyden imprint).

€ (150-250) 170

84/2208 [Cards and cardgames]. Seymour, R. and Johnson, Ch. The Compleat Gamester: In Three Parts. Containing I.The Court Gamester: Or, (...) the Games of Whist, Ombre, Quadrille, Quintille, Picquet, and the Royal Game of Chess. II. The City Gamester: Or (...) the most usual Games at Cards viz. All-Fours, Cribbidge, Put, Lue, Brag, Lottery &c. (...). III. The Gentleman's Diversion: Or, The Arts of Riding, Racing, Archery, Cocking, and Bowling. London, J. Hodges, 1754, 8th ed., XII,324p., engr. frontisp. and later marbled wr.

- Frontisp. and title-p. somewhat browned. = Toole Stott 627.

€ (200-300) 200

84/2209 [Caribbean]. Mantegazza, C. Viaggio del cittadino Carlo Mantegazza Milanese a S. Domingo Nell' anno 1802. Milan, Stamperia e Fonderia del Genio Tipografico, 1803, (6),136p., contemp. plain wr.

- Contents fine. Wrappers duststained and loosening.

= First and only edition of this travel account, describing, in the form of 18 letters, the island's geography; the cultivation of various crops, i.a. coffee and sugar, the social structure of the island and details about plantations and the slave trade. Perhaps most importantly, he gives an eye-witness account of the horrors of the uprising of the slaves on S. Domingo which lasted from 1791 to 1804, and was led by their (in)famous leader Toussaint Louverture. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.

€ (300-500) 300

84/2210 [Caricature]. Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX. N.pl. (Amst.), n.publ., 1720, (2),25,(9),52,31[=29]p., textp., 73 (fold./ double-p.) engr. plates, antique style modern hleather w. 2 letterpieces, folio.

- Occas. trifle foxed. A fine copy.

= Cole 1-64, 66, 67, 69, 70 and 72, suppl. plates 1-3 and 1 "Addendum" plate ("Het doolhof der doolende actionisten"). Biting satirical caricatures of The Great Mirror of Folly. "In neither of these [France and England] did there appear such a stout and extravagant piece as this Dutch volume" (Cole). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1300

84 2211 Caricature Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid vertoonende de opkomst voortgang en ondergang der Actie Bubbel en Windnegotie in Vrankryk Engeland en de Nederlanden gepleegt in den Jaa

84/2211 [Caricature]. (Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX). (Amst., n.publ., ±1720), collection of 22 engravings (various sizes, partly w. letterpress text) and 7 letterpress broadsides (all but one without imprint), contemp. hroan, folio.

- Without text and title-p. Thumbed and occas. soiled/ sl. stained. Binding soiled and sl. worn.

= Comprises Cole 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30, 34, 37 and 49 and the letterpress broadsides "Op den windhandel. Klinkdicht", "Op de pest der windt-negotie. Klinkdicht", "Op de kwynende geld-zucht van 't jaar 1720", "De windhandel van koopmanschap, verzekeringe, en beleeninge verworpen" (Franeker, N. Schotanus, 1720), "Op de Tegenwoordig in zwang gaande actiehandeling", "Let op 't End" and a (4)p. text "Het is niet te twijffelen off een Generale Compagnie soude voor de Commertie deser Landen niet ondienstig geweest sijn (...)". Biting satirical caricatures of The Great Mirror of Folly. These Dutch prints form the most important, extensive and witty contribution to the contemporary discussion on the South Sea Bubble in England and the Mississippi Bubble in France. Of great economical interest and documentary value. All bound copies differ in the number of prints, but mostly have ±70 prints. "In neither of these [France and England] did there appear such a stout and extravagant piece as this Dutch volume" (Cole).

€ (250-350) 425

84/2212 [Caricature]. Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX. N.pl. (Amst.), n.publ., 1720, (2),25,(1),52,31[=29],(1),8,9 textp., 73 (fold./ double-p.) engr. plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, folio.

- Cole 13 (nearly) split along fold; the separate images of Cole 26 and 29 cut out and laid down; most text lvs. yellowed/ sl. browned. Binding worn along extremties; upper joint splitting.

= Cole 1-26, 28-45, 47-70, 73 and suppl. plate 3. Cole 17 and 65 w. later (variant) title. Cole 18 pres. in duplicate. One small map "Louisiana by de Rivier Missisippi" not in Cole. Biting satirical caricatures of The Great Mirror of Folly. "In neither of these [France and England] did there appear such a stout and extravagant piece as this Dutch volume" (Cole).

€ (1.000-1.500) 1100

84/2213 Caricature Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid vertoonende de opkomst voortgang en ondergang der Actie Bubbel en Windnegotie in Vrankryk Engeland en de Nederlanden gepleegt in den Jaar

84/2213 [Caricature]. Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX. N.pl. (Amst.), n.publ., 1720, (2),25,(1),52,26 textp., 61 (fold./ double-p.) engr. plates, sl. later hmor., folio.

- One plate loose; sl. stained and fingersoiled; a few plates w. large inksmudges on verso (partly sl. shining through on recto),

= Cole 2, 3, 5-10, 13-18, 20-34, 36-63, 66, 70 and suppl. plate 3. Cole 17 present in 2 variants. Biting satirical caricatures of The Great Mirror of Folly. "In neither of these [France and England] did there appear such a stout and extravagant piece as this Dutch volume" (Cole).

€ (800-1.000) 800

84/2214 [Carribean]. Hilliard d'Auberteuil, M. R. Considérations sur l'état présent de la colonie Française de Saint-Domingue. Ouvrage politique et législatif. Paris, Grangé, 1776-1777, 2 vols., XVI,327; (4),IV,368p., 1 fold. table, contemp. unif. marbled calf w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Library stamp and manuscript annot. on both title-p.; a few false folds in table. Frontcover of vol.1 chafed; foot of spine sl. dam. (restored) and top of spine trifle chipped; vol. 1 lacks vol. no. piece on spine; both vols. corners rubbed/ sl. worn.

= The fold. table shows the "État des revenues et des impôts de la Colonie de Saint Domingue, en 1776." Sabin 31897; LeClerc 1388. Rare.

€ (300-500)

84/2215 Cats, J. Alle de Wercken, So ouden als nieuwe. Amst., J.J. Schipper, 1655, 12 parts in 1 vol., 4 large engr. (divisional) title-vignettes (the general title incorporating the author's portrait), 3 double-p. plates (incl. "Afbeeldinghe des Huwelyx onder de Gedaente van een Fuyk"), 2 portraits, num. plates/ ills./ emblems, contemp. blindst. gilt calf w. brass catches and clasps, folio.

- Partly waterstained in outer margin; plate of Prince Frederik's deathbed loose and cut short; double-p. plate "Sic transit gloria mundi" cut short and lacks portion of left margin (possibly reattached?); new endpapers. Binding dam. along extremities w. corners and spine-ends crudely repaired.

= Cf. Cats STCN 1. Comprises: Sinne- en Minne Beelden; Self-Stryt; Houwelick (...); Galathea, of Herder-minneklacht; Spiegel van den Ouden en Nieuwen Tijdt; 'Werelts begin, midden, eynde, besloten in den Trou-ringh (...); Ouderdom, Buyten-Leven en Hof-Gedachten op Sorghvliet; Hof-Gedachten, Dat is, Invallen by ghelegentheyt (...); Aspasia (...); Afbeeldinge van 't Huwelyck (...); Invallende Gedachten, Op voorvallende ghelegentheden (...); Doot-Kiste voor de Levendige (...).

€ (300-500) 325

84/2216 Cats, J. Alle de wercken, soo Oude als Nieuwe. Amst./ Utr., D. van den Dalen a.o./ J. and W. van de Water, 1700, "de laatste druk", 2 vols., (28),666,(9); (16),608,61,(1)p., engr. frontisp., num. div. titles, 4 (3x double-p.) plates, 3 portraits, num. textills. (i.a. num. fine emblems), contemp. unif. giltlettered calf, folio.

- Several textleaves w. restored blank margin; one leaf w. large (closed) tear; occas. sl. soiled/ stained and foxed; partly yellowed; later endpapers and blanks. Spine-ends partly dam.; joints and corners worn/ rubbed.

= Cats STCN 6; Mus. Catsianum 5.

€ (300-500)

84/2217 Cats, J. Alle de wercken, soo Oude als Nieuwe. Amst./ Utr., D. van den Dalen a.o./ J. and W. van de Water, 1700, "de laatste druk", 2 parts in 1 vol., (28),666,(10); (18),608,61,(1)p., engr. frontisp., num. div. titles, 3 double-p. plates, 1 portrait (of 3), num. textills. (i.a. fine emblems), contemp. calf, folio.

- Engr. title chipped and loose; lacks 2 portraits (only Cats' portrait present), double-p. plate showing the "Doodelycke Uytgang van (..) Frederik Hendrik Prince van Oranje" inkstained and sl. foxed in lower margin; some quires (sl.) foxed. Corners restored; spine restored w. use of the original dam. backstrip.

= Cats STCN 6; Mus. Catsianum 5. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIII.

€ (200-300) 220

84/2218 Cats, J. Alle de wercken. Amst., J. van Heekeren a.o., 1712, 3 parts in 1 vol., (16)[of 22]),666[= 660],(9),(1 blank); (18),608; 67,(1)p., 1 (of 2) engr. title-vignette, frontisp., 3 portraits (1x Cats, 2x A.M. Schurman), 3 double-p. plates (Huwelyx Fuyk, Sic transit gloria mundi, Dodelycke Uytgang), large number of (emblematical) ills. (incl. a few full-p. ills./ titles), contemp. calf, folio.

- Lacks 3 prel. lvs. (incl. title) and the frontisp.; first and last lvs. creased; some foxing and soiling throughout. Binding worn; top of spine dam.; upper joint split. Sold w.a.f.

= Mus. Cats. 7; Cats STCN 7.

€ (100-150) 150

84/2219 Cats, J. Alle de wercken. Amst./ The Hague, J. Ratelband etc./ P. van Thol and P. Husson, 1726, 2 vols., (22),666,(9); (18),608,67,(1)p., engr. frontisp., 2 ident. title-vignettes, 3 full-p. portraits, 3 double-p. plates, 3 full-p. titles, large number of title- and textengr., incl. fine emblems, contemp. unif. richly gilt tooled panelled calf, folio.

- Occas. (sl.) yellowed/ browned; one full-p. title w. large tear. Bindings rather heavily worn and dam.

= Cats STCN 9; Mus. Catsianum 8.

€ (200-300)

84/2220 Cats, J. Spiegel van den ouden en nieuwen tydt, Bestaende uit Spreekwoorden, ontleend van de voorige en tegenwoordige Eeuwen, (...). Vermeerdert met een groote meenigte van Spreekwoorden, door het geheele Werk (...). Amst., Erve H. van der Putte en B. Boekhout, n.d. (±1780), (16),335,(1)p., engr. frontisp. and 78 emblematic text ills., contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Fine copy. = Cats STCN 205; Mus. Catsianum 170.

€ (50-70) 150

84/2221 Cats, J. 's Werelds begin, midden, eynde, besloten in den Trou-ring, met den Proef-steen van den zelven. Amst., J. Kannewet, n.d. (±1750), (40),673,(3)p., engr. title, 2 portraits, 1 div. title, 50 emblematic woodcut ills., contemp. vellum.

- Contents fine. Vellum sl. darkened and w. some vertical cuts in vellum of frontcover.

= Cats STCN 255; Mus. Catsianum 189.

€ (30-50) 50

84/2222 Cervantes Saavedra, M. de. Les principales aventures de l'admirable Don Quichotte. Brussels, B. le Francq, 1795, IV,356p., 31 full-p. engr. plates by VAN SCHLEY, PICART, TANJÉ etc. after BOUCHER, COYPEL, COCHIN, PICART a.o., contemp. hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Lacks upper endpaper; lower hinge broken; occas. sl. stained/ fingersoiled. Frontcover loose; backstrip worn/ dam.

= Rius I, 510. Reprint of the ed. Liège, 1776. Cf. Cohen/ De Ricci p.218.

€ (400-600)

84/2223 [China]. Viani, S. Istoria delle cose operate nella China da monsignor Gio. Ambrogio Mezzabarba Patriarca d'Alessandria (...). Cologne, E. Aertssens, 1740, 2nd ed., XV,256p., contemp. vellum.

- Lacks a1 (htitle or blank?). Lower hinge weak.

= Cordier, Bibl. Sinica 920; Lust 878; cf. Cox I, p.340.

€ (200-300)

84/2224 De CL Psalmen Davids overgeset ende in dichte gestelt uyt den Hebreischen door Philips van Marnix Heere van Ste Aldegonde voor zijn doot van hem selven overgesien ende op ontallicke plaet

84/2224 De CL Psalmen Davids, overgeset ende in dichte gestelt, uyt den Hebreischen door Philips van Marnix, Heere van Ste Aldegonde; voor zijn doot van hem selven overgesien, ende op ontallicke plaetsen verbetert: Ende uyt den Francoischen in dichte gestelt door Petrus Dathenus; Bequamelijck tegen malcanderen overgedruckt, om beyde de dichten te mogen vergelijcken, ende singen het een of het ander, nae een ygelijcx behagen./ De Catechismus ofte Onderwijsinge inde Christelijcke Religie (...) Mitsgaders de Formulieren der Ceremonien (...) De Confessie ende Kercken-Orden der selver Kercken, met den Siecken Troost. Leyden, Lowijs Elzevier, 1617, 2 parts in 1 vol., (32),(822); 173p., 2 ident. woodcut printer's marks, music scores, sl. later calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece.

- Title-p. sl. stained; occas. (sl.) waterst. in lower (mostly blank) margin (first ±30 and final ±20 lvs. worse); 2nd work first few lvs. fingersoiled; 1 leaf sl. dam. w. loss of signature; later endpapers. Joints split(ting); backstrip worn/ dam.

= Willems 122; Rahir 98. First Elzevier edition. "La première édition des Psaumes de Marnix avait paru à Anvers, chez G. vanden Rade, 1580, in-8; la seconde, entièrement refondue, à Middelbourg, chez R. Schilders, 1591, in-8. (...) Le droit de propriété de ces psaumes appartenait dès le principe à Bon. Vulcanius, professeur à l'Université de Leyde, et ancien secrétaire de Marnix. (...) L. Elzevier acquit de la veuve et des héritiers la propriété de l'ouvrage (...) Pour faire ressortir la supériorité de la version de Marnix, il plaça en regard celle de Dathenus (...). En outre il eut soin de tenir compte des nombreuses améliorations que l'auteur avait introduites dans son texte. Cette édition est donc la meilleure, ajoutons qu'elle est peut-être la plus rare des trois." (Willems). Provenance: "Ex Auct: Libr: Griffiar. D:V: A:1779" and the collection of J. van Dam van Noordeloos, sold at auction in January 1873 (annots. on 2nd blank). Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.

€ (2.000-3.000) 2000

84/2225 [Classical antiquity and neolatinism]. Aristofanes. Comoedia Plutus. Adiecta sunt scholia vetusta. Ed. T. Hemsterhuis. Harlingen, Volker van der Plaats, 1744, XXIV,484,(23)p., contemp. vellum.

- Preliminary leaves trifle foxed and w. very vague dampstain at top of inner margin; lower endpaper browned. Otherwise fine.

= Schweiger p.48: "Vorz. Ausgabe". Extensively annotated by Hemsterhuis.

€ (100-150)

84/2226 [Classical antiquity and neolatinism]. Aristoteles. Rettorica. Venice, Salamandra, 1570, (4),270,(2)p., woodcut title-vignette and identical vignette on last leaf, contemp. calf, 4to.

- Title-p. and a few lvs. sl. waterst.; contemp. annots. on last leaf. Frontcover (and first free endpaper) loose; spine dam.; extremities of covers worn.

= Early Italian translation.

€ (80-100) 110

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