77/1956 Verhandelingen uitgegeeven door de Hollandsche Maatschappye der weetenschappen te Haarlem. Vol. IX (part 3)-XVI and XIX-XXIII. Haarlem, J. Bosch, 23 parts in 16 vols., 1767-1786, engr. title, num. (fold.) plates., contemp. unif. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece (6x)/ contemp. hvellum (10x).

- Occas. sl. mouldy/ stained/ dogeared. Calf vols. pastedowns detached/ dam.; vol. XIII hinges broken; first and last leaf loosening (reattached w. tape). Hvellum vols. ex library set (ticket/ stamp on htitle); vol. XX lacks 1 plate; vol. XXII lower hinge splitting. All bindings (sl.) worn/ dam.; 5 vols. lack letterpiece.

= Various subjects, i.a. treatises on the speed of the wind, on the use and abuse of someone else's ignorance, on the brains of fish and a description of the 'Haarlem mermaid'. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.