2685 - 3623 OLD and RARE BOOKS
80 3305 Militaria Koehoorn M van
- Title-p. sticking to first blank along hinge; occas. trifle waterst. in (blank) margins.
= Cf. Pollak 10; Jähns p.1385-1389; Pohler III, p.698. First(?) French translation of one of the most important Dutch works on the subject (first published as Nieuwe Vestingbouw in 1685). Minno (or Menno) Koehoorn, the "Dutch Vauban", became General of Artillery (1697) and Lieutenant General of the Infantry of Holland (1695).
80 3306 Militaria Lipsius J 
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; first work sl. yellowed.
= Ad 1: Adams L797; Bibl. Belg. L.424 ("Première édition, tirée à 1500 exemplaires"); Jähns p.561: "Ein besonderes Verdienst erwarb er sich durch die für seine Zeit vortreffliche Abhandlung über die Maschinen der Alten." Ad 2: Adams E1025.
80 3307 Militaria Stevin S 
80 3307 Militaria Stevin S 
- Portrait and plate sl. yellowed.
= Cockle 703; Pollak 58; Sloos 08012; Jähns p.840. Stevin's main works on military engineering. "A native of Bruges, Stevin is known as the "Father" of modern statics (...). Stevin took part in the siege of Jülig in 1610, and used his experience in the formulation of his books. He innovatively bound together castrametation with siege strategy, tactics and fortification design, creating a scientific axis between them. Furthermore, the use of sluices made a virtue out of the excessive water channels of Holland, by placing them at the center of a new national fortification method." (Pollak). From the library of Max Jähns, with his owner's entry on first free endpaper and mounted ticket "Vermächtnis des am 19. September 1900 verstorben Oberstleutnants Dr. Max Jähns" on upper pastedown.
80 3308 Miniature books Het boek der psalmen Nevens de gezangen Bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik 
80 3308 Miniature books Het boek der psalmen Nevens de gezangen Bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik 
80 3308 Miniature books Het boek der psalmen Nevens de gezangen Bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik 
- Upper hinge splitting. Otherwise fine. = Welsh 600. Warranted in pen by J.J. Kessler.
80/3309 Miniature books De CL Psalmen des Propheten Davids en andere Lof sangen 
- Calf sl. dam./ loosening at board edges. = Rare, not in the usual reference works.
80 3310 Montesquieu C L Secondat de 
80 3310 Montesquieu C L Secondat de 
- Both vols. libr. stamp(s) on verso of first htitle and verso and recto of title-p. A fine copy.
= The first Dutch translation of l'Esprit des lois, by E. Luzac with his notes. Very rare.
80 3311 Montesquieu C L Secondat de 
- Spines partly dam., one frontcover loose, one frontcover lacking. = Cf. Camus 122.
80 3312 Montesquieu C L Secondat de 
80 3312 Montesquieu C L Secondat de 
- Lacks the final vol. Three vols. top of spine chipped; first 2 vols. vertical crease in spine. Good set.
= The rare second Dutch translation of l'Esprit des lois. The first Dutch edition was published by E. Luzac as De aart der wetten, 1771-1773.
80 3313 Montesquieu C L Secondat de 
- Binding worn along extremities; contemp. annot. on title ("Legrand 1762").
= Tchemerzine, IV, p. 924; Cohen/de Ricci 725 (attributing the illustration to Sève).
80 3314 Moonen A 
- Vague yellow stain on first few preliminary leaves; sm. owner's entry on title-p. A good/ fine copy.
80 3315 Mostazo F 
80 3315 Mostazo F 
80 3315 Mostazo F 
- Scattered library stamps; sl. waterst. in (blank) margin; final few lvs. sl. dam. in right blank margin. Backstrip sl. dam.; extremities sl. worn.
Corrado, P. Praxis dispensationum apostolicarum, ex solidissimo Romanae Curiae stylo (...). Ibid., idem, 1699, (4),401,(39)p., woodcut title-vignette, later hmor., folio.
- Scattered library stamps; first few lvs. sl. stained/ soiled and strengthened in inner margin. Backstrip loosening; extremities sl. worn.
AND 1 other.
80 3316 Moubach A 
80 3316 Moubach A 
80 3316 Moubach A 
80 3316 Moubach A 
80 3316 Moubach A 
80 3316 Moubach A 
- Untrimmed set; occas. sl. yellowed; 1 vol. w. a few plates sl. waterst. in upper (blank) margin; contents otherwise fine and clean. Bindings worn; paper over covers chafed/ worn off.
= Rubens p.1103-1215, 1244-1273; Sabin 62600 (praising the engravings). One of the main sources documenting the history of religion, with extensive descriptions of the Jewish and Roman Catholic faith (incl. the activities of the inquisition), Greek-Orthodox and Protestant churches, Quakers, Anabaptism, Freemasonry, Islam, Buddhism, Chinese and Persian religions, American and African creeds etc. The first vol. i.a. dealing with the rites and customs of the Dutch Jewry in the 17th and 18th century, with fine plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXX.
80 3317 Muncker P 
80 3317 Muncker P 
80 3317 Muncker P 
- A few lvs. with (contemp.) underlining and sm. annots. in pen and ink. A fine copy.
= First edition of this work on the various calendar calculations by different people of classical antiquity (Egyptians, Hewbrews, Greek and Romans) by the Dutch philologist and mathematician Philipp Muncker (c. 1652-1682). It also deals with the calculations by Pope Gregory XIII and exams the intercalary days and months in more detail, including the Roman month of Mercedonius. Muncker cites numerous authors along the way, including Censorinus, Cicero, Giglio Giraldi, Bartholomew Keckermann, Macrobius, Paulus Manutius, Ovid, Plutarch, Joseph Scaliger, and Jacques Auguste de Thou. It also contains sections on the calendar reform from the Julian to the Gregorian system.
80 3318 Music Aristoxenus Nicomachus and Alypius 
- Title-p. doubled; heraldic bookplate and auction catalogue clipping on upper pastedown; occas. trifle yellowed. A fine copy.
= Scheurleer I, p.102; Willems 106; Rahir 83; Schweiger p.67; Hoffman I, p.375. Very rare ediiton of these ancient treatises on musical theory. Aristoxenus' Elementa Harmonica, which has been only partly preserved, is considered the oldest surviving work on the subject.
BOUND WITH: Philostratus. Epistolae. Ed. J. Meursius. Ibid., idem, 1616, 24p., woodcut title-vignette.
= Willems 115; Rahir 91; Hoffman III, p.80; not in Schweiger.
80 3319 Music Burney C 
- Occas. sl. foxed. = Lowndes I, 325; MGG I,495.
80 3320 Music Ditters von Dittersdorf K 
- Sm. portion of upper outer corner of first free endpaper cut off; later owner's entry on first free endpaper; a few scattered vague pencil marks in blank margin; sm. receding brown stain in outer margin of preliminary leaves. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Dittersdorf's autobiography as dictated to his son.
80 3321 Music Hess J 
- "N.52" in red pen and ink on title. Backstrip for the larger part worn off.
= RISM B VI1, p. 410; Eitner V, p.132f; Scheurleer I, p.336. Joachim Hess was organist and carillon player in Gouda and Maassluis. Extremely rare first and only edition of this work.
80 3322 Music Iperen J van 
80 3322 Music Iperen J van 
- Contents fine. Spine-ends and joints trifle worn; corners showing. = Cat. Scheurleer p.176.
80 3323 Music Rousseau J J 
- Stamp on title-p.; trifle foxed. Covers waterst.; joints splitting.
= Published in the same year as the first (4to) edition. Eitner VIII,336: "Trotzdem [Rousseau] nie ernsthafte Musikstudien gemacht hatte (...) hing er dennoch der Musik leidenschaftlich an." Rousseau composed a very successful small opera "Le devin du village".
80 3324 Netherlands Aa C van der 
80 3324 Netherlands Aa C van der 
80 3324 Netherlands Aa C van der 
- Corners sl. rubbed. Otherwise a very fine clean and complete copy.
= Provenance: E. Sherard Kennedy (Walton House, Brompton) (bookplate on upper pastedown);' Cat. NHSM p.319, Tiele 3. The second edition, enlarged with views of Batavia and Onrust. The first edition (without text) was published in 1802. Comprises beautiful views in strong impressions of the harbours of i.a. Amsterdam (2x), Rotterdam (2x), Texel, Edam, Middelburg and Hoorn and the 2 often lacking plates depicting whaling and herring fishery. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXI.