1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Without the prize; occas. sl. foxed; owner's annot. on final free endpaper. Binding sl. soiled; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 4. On the contents: Schweiger p.1068; Dibdin II, p.475: "A very useful edition of Westerhovius for young students (...)".
- Without the prize; occas. sl. foxed/ browned.
= Spoelder 5; Schweiger p.812; Graesse V, p.349.
- Without the prize; upper joint split; title-p. and p.31 w. owner's entry/ stamps. Upper joint splitting; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 7. On the contents: Dibdin II, p.525: "(...) contain[s] the pure text of the editio princeps, and the best notes of all the preceding editors"; Schweiger p.1129.
- Sm. stamp on title and last page; endpapers dustsoiled; last few lvs. vague waterst. in upper margin. Binding soiled; ties worn.
= Spoelder 7. With the prize to "Theodorum Halswijk", dated 1784. On the contents: Schweiger p. 611.
- Contents sl. waterstained. Lacks ties; covers trifle (dust)stained.
= Spoelder 7 (or 4).
- Without the prize; occas. sl. foxed/ browned; sl. warped. Vellum soiled; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 7. On the contents: Schweiger p.302; Dibdin II, p.246: "a very elaborate edition (...) and is besides handsomely printed".
AND 1 other identical schoolprize binding of Amersfoort (sm. 8vo. Vellum soiled; lacks ties).
- Libr. stamps on title-p.; first part partly waterstained in (blank) margins. Vellum dustsoiled.
= Spoelder 1. With the prize awarded to Guilielmus de Vicq in 1687 bound in opposite title-p. On the contents: Schweiger p.1002.
AND one other schoolprize binding of Amsterdam in mediocre/ poor condition: contemp. calf w. gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam with gilt vegetal border on both covers, gilt backstrip, folio (on: J. GYSIUS, De historie de Martelaren (...) (Amst., J.J. Schipper, 1671, num. ills. Lacks at least one leaf; several leaves dam./ strengthened in margin; backstrip loosening; covers worn. Sold w.a.f.).
- Without the prize; later owner's annots. on upper pastedown, first free endpaper and scattered throughout; occas. sl. foxed. Lacks ties.
= Spoelder 10.
- Without the prize. Contents fine. Covers sl. duststained.
= Close resemblance to Spoelder 1-7 but this variant not in Spoelder. Rare Amsterdam schoolprize binding.
AND 1 other schoolprize binding of AMSTERDAM in contemp. gilt vellum (poor condition).
- Lacks ties. Fine copy. = Spoelder 9. With manuscript dedication on first free endpaper.
AND 1 other Amsterdam schoolprize binding on: I.J.G. SCHELLERUS, Lexicon Latino-Belgicum auctorum classicorum. Ed. D. Ruhnkenius (Leyden, 1799, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. gilt vellum w. coat of arms of Amsterdam within double gilt floral borders w. incorporated sm. coat of arms of Amsterdam and w. Amsterdam coat of arms corner fleurons in inner border, thick 4to. Sl. foxed copy; both title-p. sl. frayed, loosening and sl. creased. Spoelder 10).
- Without the prize. Sl. foxed. Upper hinge broken; lacks ties. = Spoelder 13.
AND 2 other schoolprize bindings of AMSTERDAM, both in contemp. gilt vellum (poor condition).
- Sl./ trifle foxed. Lacks ties.
= Spoelder 12. Letterpress schoolprize awarded to "Arnoldus Abraham Stuart" by the rector W.J. Zillesen of the Latin School on 28 September 1821. With a SIGNED manuscript Latin poem in pen and ink by W.J. Zillesen tipped onto recto of first free endpaper. Schweiger I, 95.
- Without the prize. Fine copy. = Spoelder 10.
Schoolprize binding of Amsterdam: contemp. vellum, both covers w. gilt central coat of arms of AMSTERDAM within lozenge shaped border and w. gilttooled border along sides w. gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam in corners and gilt spine w. gilt lozenge shaped ornaments incorporating the coat of arms of Amsterdam on spine. - ON: Sedulius, C. Carminis Paschalis libri V. et Hymni duo. Ed. C. Barthius, C. Cellarius a.o. Leeuwarden, H.A. de Chalmot, 1761, (42),304p. - BOUND WITH: Arntzenius, H.J. Icti specimen observationum. Ibid., idem, 1761, (8),104p.
- Without the prize; a few leaves sl. yellowed. Lacks ties; sm. stain on frontcover. Good/ fine copy.
= Spoelder 14.
- Occas. sl. foxed, otherwise a fine copy, with the prize to "Cornelius Jac. Arnoldus den Tex", dated 1839, bound in at front.
= Spoelder 12.
- Contents fine. Vertical crease in vellum over both covers (w. sm. dam. spot on backcover); covers sl. (dust)stained.
= Spoelder 12; Graesse III, p.255; Schweiger p.139: "Neue Recens. nach Mscr. mit d. brauchbarsten Noten der frühern Erklärer. Die gelehrten Commentare von Valck. u. Wesseling werden s. geschätzt".
- Without the prize. Sl. foxed. Ties lacking. Otherwise fine. = Spoelder 13.
AND 2 other similar vols., both contemp. vellum w. gilt coat of arms of AMSTERDAM (Spoelder 13) on both covers within gilt border w. floral decoration and tiny coat of arms on both covers, 1x w. sm. coat of arms in corners, giltlettered spine and sm. blindst. coat of arms in each compartment, both large 8vo (both w. some defects).
- Occas. trifle foxed; one leaf misbound. Binding sl. duststained; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 12. With the letterpress prize awarded to "Lano van 's Gravenweerd", dated 27 March 1807. Schweiger p.231.
- Without the prize; owner's entry in pen and ink on verso first free endpaper; map of America partly torn. Gilding of medallion frontcover partly worn off.
= Cf. De prijs is het bewijs 45; BNK 1135; Van Veen sale, part 2, 297. The maps depicting the world and the 4 continents. BNK mentions 6 maps, but the printed index calls for 5 maps.
- Fine copy.
= With the letterpress prize ("Derde eerprijs") w. calligr. entries bound in at front presented to "C. Dijkman (...) 14de Julij, 1803". BNK 574; Van Rijn 328; Bibelebontse Berg p.199f; Caljé-van Gulik 439 (1st ed., 1779); cf. De prijs is het bewijs 45. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- With the bookplate of Bob Luza on upper pastedown. Sl. rubbed; upper joint starting at spine-ends; backcover sl. chafed.
= With the letterpress prize w. woodcut ill. of the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, filled out in manuscript to "J.H. (last name crossed out)" dated 7 July 1825. Cf. De prijs is het bewijs 45.