- Occas. sl. waterst. in upper margin; final 2 quires loosening; new endpapers. Wrappers loose.

= Cf. Wellcome I, 4, listing the 3rd English ed. (London, 1630).

- Spine-ends of vol.1 trifle worn. Fine copy.

= The work has been attributed to E. Luzac. Kress B96; Sabin 79236; Einaudi 4767, Goldsmiths' 11660.

- Occas. sl. foxed or vaguely waterst.; map small tears in blank margin. Good copy.

= Signed by the author in pen on verso of the title-page below printed "Tous les Exemplaires sont signés par l'Auteur". Most of the copies we traced were without signature (or the signature was not mentioned in the description of those copies). Gay 2910; cf. Kainbacher p.96 (German ed., 1820); Henze III, p.509: "Unbenommen bleibt ihm das Verdienst die Quellen der Hauptflüsse Senegambiens aufgedeckt zu haben." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.

- Owner's stamp in lower blank margin of title-p. Fine copy.

= La Coltivazione (first publ. in Paris, 1546) by Luigi Alamanni (1495-1556), was written in imitation of Virgilius' Georgics and is considered his best poem.

- First quire sl. browned; title-p. reattached to the first leaf (w. traces of glue in inner margin).

= Renouard p.201, 12.

- Neatly closed tear near inner margin but within the image of the view of Algiers.

= Rare Dutch translation of Histoire de Royaume d'Alger of the same year. With at the end: "Lijst der schepen, welke sedert den 24 december 1715, tot het einde des jaars 1724 door de Algiersche roovers van den staat der vereenigde Nederlanden genomen zyn." Gay 917; Tiele 644; cf. Cox 382 (French ed.). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.

- Hinges and folds occas. strengthened w. paper or professional restoration tape; last section w. repaired tear with on lower left corner small section lacking; sl. offsetting from the handcolouring as usual. Flaps of portfolio strengthened/ repaired on hinges.

= One of the longest panoramas ever published. Splendid publication that shows the grandeur of Wellingtons state funeral procession with more than 10,000 marchers, from every regiment of the British Army, as well as officers representing the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army of the East India Company. From the library of the English collector and designer Pickford Waller with his bookplate on upper pastedown. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.

- Each vol. w. bookplate on upper pastedown. One vol. w. remnant of paper label on spine; spine-ends occas. chipped.

- Binding trifle worn along spine.

= BNK 1635: "Door Allart bedoeld als een literaire Muzenalmanak voor de rijpere jeugd; niet specifiek voor kinderen." Rare.

- Slipcase sl. darkened and soiled. = Rare, not in Grand-Carteret.

- Bound with 4 modern board lvs. in the centre; trifle yellowed. Vellum cracked on upper joint; 1 catch dam.

= Apart from the almanac, this copy contains the rare "'t Gemeene best der fraaije dwergen, die niemands oogen zullen tergen, maar daar 't gezicht, dat kunst bemint, een wezendlyk vermaak in vindt" (w. 15 woodcut ills. of caricatural dwarves, i.a. "Angenietje Tapgraag", "Idiotus Pedantus", "Naerstige Neeltje" and "Winandus Windzak") and "Korte Kronyk, Beginnende van den Jare 1711" (woodcut title-vignette). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.

- Lacks one plate (frontisp.?), the other plates loosely inserted.

= Bondy p.55: "Amongst the almanacs printed in the Netherlands, the very finely produced De Kleine Tijdwijzer, of Jufferlijke Almanach is outstandingly attractive." Cf. The Children's World of Learning 2663 (1792); Welsh 4158-4160 (1783, 1791 and 1795); Jacobsen Jensen 1273 (1783, 1787 and 1790); not in Spielmann. Two other copies traced (sold in our rooms in 1999 and 2007). Very nice, partly amorous plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.

- Lacks 3 plates (no.49, 50 and 68); sl. fingersoiled. Binding worn.

= Bodel/ Nijenhuis 1473; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 104.

- Lacks the view "Amsterdam van 't Y aan te zien" and 1 other plate. Sl. foxed/ dustsoiled; occas. w. vague marginal waterstain; 1 plate dam. in blank margins. Spine-ends (sl.) dam.; paper over covers rubbed.

= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 68. The second edition (first 1693-94) of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar.

- Lacks 15 plates; partly sl. yellowed (incl. some of the plates, possibly taken from another copy); frontisp. bound in vol. 2. Bindings sl. worn and chafed; corners showing.

= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 68. The second edition (first 1693-94) of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar.

- Final lvs. vol. 5 sl. mouldy in lower corner; occas. trifle foxed.

= Rare, complete copy. Buijnsters, BNK 1087 (27 plates only); Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 315.

- Mediocre copy: first and final few leaves foxed/ dampstained; one plate sl. foxed. Frontcover loose; backcover loosening; backstrip lacking.

= Large paper copy.

- Most plates w. strengthened/ extended fore-edge margin; plan inkstained; panorama strengthened on folds and trifle foxed; upper hinge broken. Vellum fingersoiled.

= Rare edition. Cf. Bodel/ Nijenhuis 1455; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 92 note.