- Some sl. offsetting from former opposite lvs.; partly strengthened on verso w. paper tape.
= Extremely rare poster, announcing all activities and festivities that were organized for the exhibition of the Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter Bevordering van Nijverheid, taking place from June till August 1861. "(...) Programma der Feesten van wege de Stad Haarlem te geven (...) Venetiaansch Gondelfeest op het Binnen- en Zuider Buiten-Spaarne, met versierde en later verlichte Booten (...) Groote Militaire Concerten, op de Hofstede Spaarnhove (...) Buitengewoon Orgel-Concert in de St. Bavo of Groote Kerk, met begeleiding van Bazuinen, Trompetten en Pauken (...) Tentoonstelling van Bloemen, Levende Planten en verdere Voortbrengselen van den Tuinbouw (...) Soiree Musicale (...) Cirque Wollschläger met Historische Optogten, Tournooijen, Olympische Spelen, enz. enz., op de Hofstede Spaarnhove (...) Grande Fête de Nuit in de Hertenkamp, Groote Verlichting en Schitterende Illuminatie (...) Groot Kinderfeest (...) Fête Champètre (...) Groote Harddraverij op den Dreef, met Paarden van zessen klaar (...) Volksfeesten in de Hertenkamp. Alles besloten met een prachtig Vuurwerk op het Hazepatersveld aan den Dreef (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIV.
- Contents fine. Corners sl. worn and spine-ends chipped.
= Contains plates of professions (i.a. an orator, a salesman, a hunter, a pianist, a writer, a clerk, a postman and a student) and plates of i.a. a fair and a classroom.
- Soiled; folded.
AND 16 other miscell. sm. broadsides, announcements (death of Hendrik Hilmers, cannoneer of Amsterdam during the 'Bijltjesdag', 1787), and awards (to Willem Maximiliaan van Heun), 16th-19th cent.
- Each vol. owner's stamp on title-p.; occas. trifle foxed. Covers sl. rubbed along extremities.
- Upper hinge broken; first 10 lvs. stained in outer corner(s); occas. (sl.) browned; one page mouldstained; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Joints split(ting); spine-ends sl. worn.
BOUND WITH: Kooten, G. van. Opwekkingsrede (Dordr., P. van Braam, 1814), VIIIp.
- First p. w. owner's annot. and warranted by the author; lower margin trimmed w. author's signature partially cut off.
- All vols. sm. ticket on upper pastedown; foxed. Covers sl. soiled.
= Cf. De Buck 597, listing the 2nd edition.
- Part of cloth loosening on frontcover. Otherwise fine.
= Beautiful album containing images of the wharf Kromhout and its ships constructed up to 1901.
= Extremely detailed study of the 18th cent. warship the 'Delft', which sank off the coast of Scheveningen in 1797 during the naval battle of Camperduin.
Dik, G.C. De Zeven Provinciën. Een poging tot reconstructie, mede aan de hand van de nog bestaande Van de Velde-tekeningen, van 's lands schip De Zeven Provinciën van 80-86 stukken, gebouwd voor de admiraliteit van de Maze in 1665. Ibid., idem, (1993), 212p., 6 loosely inserted fold. plates ("Bouwtekeningen"), num. ills., orig. cl. w. mounted col. plate on frontcover, obl. folio. Hamecher, H. Fünfmast-Vollschiff "Preussen" Königin der See. Der Lebensweg einer Tiefwasserseglers. Kassel, Hamecher, 1993, 379,(18)p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 4 others, i.a. A. LAMBERT, The Last Sailing Battlefleet. Maintaining Naval Mastery 1815-1850 (London, 1991, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
= Text vol. w. nice AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first blank: "Maastricht 17 Maart 1914 [recipient's name erased]. Nuttig is ieder, die zijn levenswerk met blijmoedigheid verrichtende andren gelukkig weet te maken./ Leef alleen in de gedachte van liefde voor allen en gij zult liefde van allen naar u toe trekken. [signature]". Cat. NHSM II, p.765. Fine production.
- Edges foxed, otherwise internally fine. Four vols. backstrips sunned; covers XLVII browned along boardedges.
= XLVII. De reis om de wereld van Joris van Spilbergen 1614-1617 (2 vols.); XLIX. De ontdekkingsreis van Jacob Le Maire en Willem Cornelisz. Schouten in de jaren 1615-1617 (2 vols.); LI. De oudste reizen van de Zeeuwen naar Oost-Indië 1598-1604; LVI. De reis van Mathijs Hendriksz. Quast en Abel Jansz. Tasman ter ontdekking van de Goud- en Zilvereilanden 1639.
- Bookblock loose. Spine-ends sl. dam.; frontcover partly sunned. = Rare.
- Eyepieces (sl.) worn; inside of barrel chambers repaired/ solded; occas. sl. dented.
= The cargo steamer Ystroom was built by Robert Thompson & Sons, Sunderland for the Hollandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij in 1898 and was stranded on Gull Island, St. Mary's Bay (Newfoundland) in 1923.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Some sm. stains on spine.
- Parts 3-5 owner's stamp on (h)title; parts 3 and 5 hinges weak; part 4 p.375-378 loose; part 5 lower pastedown loosening at upper inner margin. Spines part 8 faded.
= Interesting and (near) fine collection of this periodical, that was founded in 1837 and ran until 1926. A list of all issues included is available.
= Scarce.