- Lacks title-p., frontispiece, 4 plates and 2 textlvs.; bookblock loose; 1 plate lacks portion; lvs. occas. foxed/ trifle soiled. Vellum soiled (and sl. too small for the bookblock). Sold w.a.f.

= Bolten p.77-81. Not in Kunst op schrift. Rare, only one copy in STCN.

- (Vague) annots. in pencil on title-p. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities. Good/ fine copy.

= The engr. frontisp. w. Latin title and impressum of Reiner & Josua Ottens; the printed title-p. w. addition to the impressum: "Alwaar mede Gedrukt en Verkogt worden alle ander Architectuur Boeken, als ook het nieuwe verbeterde Bosboom." Cf. Orenstein 634E; cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin 4709 and Fowler 155, both listing the Dutch edition published in 1623; cf. Bierens de Haan 2116 (eds. 1640/ 1647) and Kunst op Schrift 254 (ed. Reinier and Josua Ottens, ±1730); Graesse III, p.324 (eds. 1642 and 1643).

- Hinges broken; bookblock loosening; lacks (free) endpapers and final leaf; title w. 19th cent. owner's entry; partly sl. waterst. in outer blank margin. Vellum soiled and wrinkled.

= Contains a full-length portrait of Laurens Janszoon Coster, against a background showing the Haarlem-skyline. Arntzen/ Rainwater H64 (listing the Latin ed. of 1694): "An early work by a member of the circle of Rubens. According to Schlosser (...) it is even today a rich source of antiquarian erudition." Kunst op schrift 17.

- Occas. stained.

- Contents loosening; bookblock split; a few brownish waterstains in upper (blank) margin. Backstrip partly worn off.

= Bierens de Haan 3761; not in Kunst op schrift.

- All vols. spine-ends dam.

= LARGE PAPER COPY. Including the often lacking fourth vol. published in 1769. Kunst op schrift 243-245; Arntzen/ Rainwater H129.

- Complete, but sl. worn/ used copy: partly waterst.; yellowed and fingersoiled; one map heavily creased; pastedowns torn/ lacking. Vellum soiled and stained.

= Contains maps of Borneo, Sumatra and Java and of "Malakka, Siam, Cambodia, Chiampa, Kochinchina, Laos, Pegu" and a nice fold. view of Batavia.

- Trifle yellowed. A good copy.

- Lacks one div. title-p. (p.89/90); partly (sl.) yellowed; owner's stamp on title-p. Spine-ends chipped; spine cracking; covers chafed.

= Contains nice maps of China, Japan and the Phillipines and a fine bird's-eye view of Deshima. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.

- A few leaves w. stained/ soiled spots in blank outer margin. A (very) good copy.

= Tiele 990 (note); cf. Rouffaer/ Muller I, p.55 (ed. 1775); Mendelssohn II, p.279; Landwehr VOC, 284 (note). Modernised edition (first published 1676) of Wouter Schouten's popular voyage to the Dutch East Indies, containing the same plates as the first edition, but some re-engraved. The map present in our copy: "Nieuwe en Nette Zee-Kaart van de Geheele Waereldt, Toonende de Afwykingen van het Kompas (...) Gemaakt onder 't opzigt van Kapt. Edm. Halley" not called for by Tiele or Landwehr (it was added to the 1775 and 1780 editions of Schouten's travels, but with "O. Lindeman in Almelo fecit 1775"). Howgego S66: "Schouten was an observant traveller who explored inland into the environs of nearly every port-of-call, sometimes by himself or with a small group of comrades. His narrative, full of anecdotes as well as information gleaned about countries he had not visited, became particularly popular with readers in the eighteenth century, when it was republished in no fewer than seven editions." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.

- A fine copy, w. the following unobtrusive imperfections: vol.1: a few leaves w. restored (1x clumsily) lower blank outer corner; a few leaves w. sm. restorations in blank margins; a few minor plans trifle/ sl. foxed; vol.2: receding brown stain (size decreasing from 25x60 mm.) in upper blank margin of the first 40 leaves (not affecting images or text); a few of the minor plans/ plates yellowed/ sl. foxed; otherwise occas. trifle foxed in blank margins. Both vols. lack ties and binding sl. duststained; vol.1: tiny hole in backstrip; vol.2: binding sl. dustsoiled and 3 small light brown spots on frontcover.

= An attractively bound copy (57,5x38 cm. (binding)) of Blaeu's two townbooks of the Low Countries, nowadays rarely on the market in this fine condition, with very wide margins (56x35 cm. (leaf)) and in contemporary and attractively gilt bindings. Contents conforming to the binder's index, but with one extra double-p. plan of Purmerend. Apparently a variant of Van der Krogt 43:112, which lists one plate ("Tabula Praelii prope Neoportum") not present in our copy and not called for in the index of our copy (the custodes follow the correct order). A monument of Dutch cartography, the 'Townbooks' of Blaeu show the Netherlands and present day Belgium in their full splendour, depicting in the plates both the plans/ bird's eye views and fortifications of the towns and cities as well as some of the most important monumental buildings in attractive views. SEE ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE LXVII.

- Lacks 6 plans (Antwerp, Soutleeuw, Gent, Le Fort Louis/ de la Kenoque/ François, Ieper and Luxemburg); 18th-cent. owner's entry and ms. table of contents on first/ final blank; all plans/ maps numb. in pen and ink in upper right corner; scattered libr. stamps mainly in blank margins of 5 plates; title sl. stained and w. vertical crease; 1 plan loose, sl. frayed and w. tear in lower margin (affecting image); 1 map w. tear of 9 cm. in vertical fold; hinges weak.

= Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-1, 485.

- Occas. trifle yellowed/ foxed. = Koeman II, Le H2. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVIII.

- One map w. later handcol. additions; trifle yellowed. Rebacked.

= Koeman III, 11A. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVIII.

- Bookseller's stamp on verso frontwr.; lvs. sl. wrinkled; trifle foxed and yellowed; results in contemp. pen and ink in blank margins. Wr. dam.

= The very fine frontispiece depicting Basan in his cabinet. Describing 917 lots, with a biography of Basan and an artist-index. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVII.

- Bookseller's stamp on upper pastedown.

= Catalogue for the sale of the extensive print collection of the famous cabinet-maker Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919) with works by i.a. Daubigny, Delacroix, Géricault, Fantin-Latour, Legros, Millet, Rodin, Rops and Rousseau.

- Rather worn copy: first and final few lvs. duststained; title-p. w. owner's entry(?) blotted out in black permanent marker, also staining 2 following lvs.; frayed edges.

= Johannes Luzac (1746-1807) was a professor of Greek language and philology and Dutch history at Leyden University. Rare.

- Bookseller's stamp on upper pastedown; results in contemp. pen and ink in blank margins. Foot of spine worn; top of spine sl. dam.

= Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774) was a well-known collector of and dealer in (mainly) French, Flemish and Italian old master prints. Cicognara 4462: "Questo è uno de' piu preziosi Cataloghi, poichè contiene l'elenco di preziosità scelte dal primo intelligente che la Francia abbia avuto in quelle materie".