1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Velvet sl. rubbed along outer borders; clasps worn. The (probably later) contents of the album consist of approx. 110 twentieth cent. unused blank leaves w. all edges gilt.
- Without contents.
AND 1 similar binding, also without contents.
- Free endpapers loose. Covers and backstrip rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities.
AND 1 other (not related).
- One vol. w. contemp. owner's entry. One vol.w. sm. tear in lid; two vols. (sl.) rubbed.
- Faces in silverwork partly sl. worn.
AND 1 other in an attractive binding: CHRISTELYKE ONDERWYZINGEN EN GEBEDEN (...) (Antw., n.d. (±1780), engr. frontisp., contemp. polished gilt calf w. silver catch and clasp, both covers surrounded on three sides by metal rim, a.e.g.).
- Calligraphed owner's entry on prelim. leaf in pen and ink "A. van Baars". Rubbed spot on frontcover.
= Goldsmith identified as J.W. Spiegeler by the previous owner.
- Vellum sl. rubbed and sl. worn along extremities.
AND 3 others: all late 18th cent. blindst. mor. wallet bindings w. chiselled gold clasps and catches, a.e.g., sm. 8vo (2x)/ 12mo (1x).
- Binding trifle rubbed.
= Attractive anonymous binding.
- Trifle rubbed along extremities.
Early 20th cent. calf binding, both covers w. sunken central blindst. ornament of Christ Enthroned, surrounded by a blindst. cross w. the symbols of the four Evangelists, surrounded by tooled borders and a single gilt filet line, blindst. and giltlettered spine, gilt boardedges, richly gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., kept in contemp. board box w. brass clasp and catch. - ON: Missel du Saint Tabernacle. Turnhout, Établissements Brepols, 1905, (2),401,(1)p., full-p. ills. and richly decorated borders around text by J. and L. BEUZON.
- Trifle rubbed along extremities; box worn.
- Trifle rubbed.
- Lacks ties; binding sl. duststained; gilt partly almost rubbed off.
= Spoelder 3. Schweiger p.1066: "Von den Ausg. d. not. var. die vollständigste u. beste."
AND a schoolprize binding of Amsterdam: C. SALLUSTIUS, Opera, quae extant, omnia (ibid., 1659, engr. title-p., contemp. overlapping vellum w. gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam within double gilt fillet borders on both covers and gilt spine. Num. old annots. on blanks and endpapers; Spoelder 4).
- Without the prize; owner's entries on first free endpaper; trifle foxed. Lacks ties.
= Spoelder 4. On the contents: Schweiger p.1089.
- Without the prize; owner's entry on upper pastedown; owner's stamp on title-p.; a few lvs. (finger)soiled; partly dogeared. Spine sl. worn; corners bumped.
= Spoelder 1. Not in Schweiger.
- First few leaves sl. dogeared; frontisp. lacks lower left blank corner. Backstrip sl. yellowed.
= Spoelder 6; Schweiger p.302.
- Without the prize; htitle w. remnants of prize on inner margin; sl. yellowed.
= Spoelder 1. On the contents: Schweiger p.956; Dibdin p.407.
- Lacks ties; covers stained.
= Spoelder 1. With the letterpress prize, filled out in manuscript to "Theodorum Halfwijk" dated 1785. Schweiger II, p.379: "Nog immer sehr gesuchte Ausgab. u. durch die neueste Bearbeitung nicht entbehrlich gemacht."; Dibdin I, p.341.
AND 1 other similar schoolprize binding of Utrecht (Spoelder 4).
- Without the prize; occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed. Lacks ties. = Spoelder 5; Schweiger p.1068.
- Lacks ties. Contents fine.
= Spoelder 4. With the prize to Nicolaus [van] Heloma, dated 6 July 1814(?). On the contents: Schweiger p.1068; Dibdin II, p.475: "A very useful edition of Westerhovius for young students (...)".