1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- With an extra leaf bound in at the front showing a silhouette drawing accompanied by freemasonry symbols. The freemasonry "loge" in Amsterdam is called La Charité. A few stains in lower inner margin. Fine copy.
= Rare (early) edition. Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer 224; Wolfstieg IV, 10092. The greater part by the editor J.S. van Esveldt-Holtrop, with a substantial contribution by J. Kinker. Hanou p.16: "In 1806 komt een nieuw liedboek uit, het Gezangenboek voor Vrijmetselaaren. Daarin staan minstens 17 liederen van Jan Kinker, een schrijver en filosoof die een jaar eerder lid was geworden van de Broederschap. In één daarvan, getiteld 'Aan afreizende Broeders', worden de broeders vergeleken met bijen die vanuit hun korf overal in de wereld - de wereld - honing garen."
- Trifle foxed. Otherwise fine.
= De Buck 2226: "Friesche kronieken uit de 16e eeuw, waarvan de belangrijkste de kroniek van Sicke Benninghe."; Herwijnen 248 (first part only). All published. Contains: Sicke Beninga, Chronicke der Vriescher Landen, en der stadt Groningen; Sybe Jarichs, Corte Cronyck, tracteerende van de hercomste der Vreesen, ende oer Vryheyt; "Eens onbekenden schryvers", Cleyne Cronica van de Groninger Omlanden and Tjalling Aykema, Cronyxke van de Ommelanden.
- Occas. sl. foxed; new endpapers; final few lvs. of first part sl. waterstained in lower blank margin. Rebacked w. modern mor.; covers sl. rubbed.
= Cf. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 156a; cf. Willems 110 (6th decade). The main work by the first rector of the university of Groningen, comprising six decades of history of Friesland, published between 1596 and 1607. These two parts concern the first two decades. "Avant Emmius, les annales de la Frise n'étaient qu'un tissu de fables et légendes. (...) Emmius entreprit de reconstruire l'histoire de son pays natal sur des bases solides. Comme il arrive toujours en pareil cas, ses idées rencontrèrent une vive opposition" (Willems).
- Bookplates on upper pastedown; stamp on first free endpaper and second blank; occas. sl. foxed/ stained; stains on first free endpaper. Covers trifle rubbed; stain on frontcover.
= Comprehensive documentation on the famous incest case against Onno Zwier van Haren (1711-1779), politician and close friend of William IV. Comprises i.a. ''Extract uit het Register der Resolutien van de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden'' (1761, 7p.); ''Aan den Hove van Vriesland'' (1761, 3p.); ''Memorie en Rapport van de Heer O. Z. van Haren aan de Staten van Friesland'' (1761, 2p.); ''Aan den Hove van Friesland'' (n.d., 3p.); ''Tweede Deductie voor Jr. Onno Zwier van Haren'' (1762, 50,(18)p.) and ''Derde Deductie voor Jr. Onno Zwier van Haren'' (1762, 27p.).
- Owner's stamp ("V. Engelshofen") and number on title-p.; 2 bookplates on upper pastedown. Hinges sl. weak; lacks ties; upper joint repaired; covers a few sm. wormholes. Still a good copy.
= Adams K13; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 269; Bodel Nijenhuis 2577; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 158: "Oudste der gedrukte bronnen van de beschrijving en geschiedenis van Friesland, waarin op blz. 122 en volgende ook eene beschrijving van Leeuwarden voorkomt, vermoedelijk geschreven in 1574."
- Sl. yellowed. Spine-ends and joint sl. worn.
= Warranted by the author on verso of title. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 347a; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 209.
- Final ±20 lvs. browned/ waterst. in blank margins; large bookplate on upper pastedown. Calf over backcover dam./ scorched at fore edge; joints splitting; top of spine restored; one clasp loose.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 429a.
- Later endpapers; a few (marginal) waterstains; libr. stamp "Friesch Genootschap" on htitle. Frontcover sl. stained; libr. ticket on spine and on frontcover.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 289.
- Lacks the 4 fold. maps and plans, 2 textleaves (the htitle(?) and the final index leaf); engr. title dam.; preliminary leaves and a few leaves of the first 50 numb. leaves frayed/ sl. dam./ (water)stained (1 leaf also loose); part of the index frayed/ sl. dam. (occas. w. loss of some text) and waterstained. Covers rubbed and corners worn; tear in leather at foot of spine.
= Despite the defects, a desirable copy of this work, which is rarely found in contemporary handcolouring. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 523c; Carasso-Kok 98 and 224; De Wind p.555-557. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- A few lvs. waterst. in upper margin. Backstrip partly worn away.
= Landwehr 56; Bibl. Gastronomica 1; Waller 4: "In Jan. 1804 ontving Aaltje een brief van zekeren kok, waarmede zij bij een "Mevrouw van de Keizersgracht" gediend en "menig fleschje wijn", geleegd had, die haar zijn hulp aanbood voor een nieuwe bewerking, welke in Juni 1804 gereed kwam. Sedert verschenen nog vele herdrukken". The very rare first edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Without the two plates; title-p. sl. soiled; a few quires vaguely waterstained.
= Bibl. Gastr. 3159; cf. Horn/ Arndt 345-346; Landwehr 31,5: "Apart uitgegeven als supplement op De Volmaakte Hollandsche Keukenmeid (...)". Warranted by the publisher.
- Without the 3rd vol. (containing 2 plates); some usual foxing; occas. sl. browned. Both vols. sl. rubbed.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Oberlé, Fastes 485; Cagle 1075; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Simon, Vicaire, Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking.
- Frontcover sl. stained and wrinkled; backstrip sl. dam. at spine-ends. Otherwise fine.
= Landwehr 62,4; Ferro 15d. A very popular cookery book: between 1827-1879 16 editions were published.
- Lacks 2 lvs. (Y1 and Y8); sl. waterst. at the end; final leaf browned. Binding rubbed.
= Bibliotheca Gastronomica 7129; Landwehr 49,2; Ferro 84b.
- Sl. yellowed copy (some plates not yellowed). Binding worn/ sl. dam.; frontcover loose(ning).
- Partly yellowed. = Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 312B; Dekkers p.103.
- Partly trifle/ sl. foxed. Corners sl. bumped. A fine copy.
= Hedendaagsche Historie, of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volkeren XIII. Contains nice profiles of Arnhem, Bommel and Tiel.
- Sl. foxed/ browned. Joints split(ting); frontcover holding on cords; lacks sm. portions of spine-ends.
- Lacks vol.2. One plate trifle browned/ frayed in portion of outer margin (strengthened on verso). Upper outer corner of frontcover of vol.1 restored; spine-ends of vol.3 restored; both vols. backcover sl. scratched.
= Six (occas. 5) coats of arms remained blank in all copies. An additional part without plates was published in 1772/ 1781. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.