2194 - 2498 OLD and RARE BOOKS from the library of P.J. Buijnsters and L. Buijnsters-Smets
- First frontisp. strengthened along inner margin on recto; hinges broken but holding on cords; bookblock shaken.
= Scheepers II, 1078; not in Waller, Muller, De Vries.
- Owner's stamp on title-p.; occas. sl. browned as usual (affecting a few maps and plates), nevertheless contents fine. Binding fine apart from some worn spots along margins and sl. split upper joint.
= The second revised and best edition (first 1668). Tiele 298; Gay 219; Mendelssohn II, p.119. The first large general description of the African continent. The work is based on the early accounts of the Portuguese and Spanish explorers, the English works by Purchass and Jarrick, the journals and descriptions of Dutch navigators like Van Noort, Van Neck, Linschoten, Spilbergen, but especially on unpublished reports and eye-witness accounts of Dutch merchants, visitors and soldiers. Very detailed on the West Coast, where the Dutch ivory-, gold- and slave-trade flourished and on Angola (Luanda was captured by a WIC fleet in 1647). On the settlement on the Cape only a cursory note is found, while the surrounding tribes are described in remarkable detail. The second part, devoted to the African islands, from Malta to Madagascar, includes an ample account of the French colonization of the latter. The work is famous for its splendid detailed maps and plates, i.a. engraved after drawings by Reinier Noomsz (Zeeman). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.
- Trifle yellowed. Otherwise a fine copy in a good binding.
= Rare complete copy of the first Dutch edition of Mungo Park's classic Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa (London, 1799). Cox I, p.394f; Henze IV, p.14; Kainbacher II, p.168; Gay 2788; Howgego P21: "In 1794 Park offered his services to the African Association, the intention being to follow the route pioneered by Daniel Houghton across West Africa in an attempt to reach the River Niger. (...) His offer was accepted and it was decided to recruit fifty more men to act as his escort. (...) Park eventually left Pisania (2.12.95) with an English-speaking Mandingo guide called Johnson, a slave called Demba, a horse and two asses, food supply for two days, an umbrella, a sextant, a compass, a thermometer and four firearms. (...) He reached Sego (= Segou) on the River Niger on 20.7.96, where he was at last able to confirm that the river flowed towards the east. (...) [He] arrived back at Pisania on 10.6.97 (...). Warmly received in London, Park spent the next year writing his immensely popular Travels in the Interior of Africa (1799) (...)."
- A few plates w. sm. tears along fold. Backstrips sl. worn.
= Tiele 1001; Cox I, p.377; Nissen, ZBI 3841. Both vols. with title of the first Dutch edition of 1773, but with collation of the ed. Amst., 1780. The first (English) edition was published in 1738, four years after Shaw's return from Africa. Howgego S92: "English scholar, natural historian and traveller (1692-1751). (...) After receiving holy orders, Shaw was appointed chaplain to the English factory in Algiers. He held the post for twelve years, then travelled for three years across North Africa, passing through Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, and continuing into Palestine and Syria."
- Bookplate and owner's stamp of A.P.M. de Kluijs on upper pastedown and first free endpaper
= The first and only Dutch edition. Tiele 1103; Nissen ZBI, 4157 and Hunt 445; Blackmer sale 329 (French edition, 1717) and Atabey 959-961 (various editions). "Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was one of the greatest botanists of his time, discovering many new plant species during his travels in the Levant." (Blackmer). "The botanist Pitton de Tournefort set out for the Levant in 1700 on a mission for Louis XIV. He was accompanied by the artist Claude Aubriet, whose drawings were engraved for the work, and by the doctor Gundelsheimer. The party travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago and Crete, continuing on to Constantinople and Asia Minor, then overland to Persia, returning to Paris in 1702." (Atabey).
- Binding rubbed/ (sl.) worn. = The Children's World of Learning 2450; cf. Waller 137 (year 1801 and later).
Almanach der Musen en Gratiën, aan vriendschap, liefde en kunst gewijd. 1815. Amst., E. Maaskamp, (1814), (16),107,(2)p., (stipple-)engr. frontisp., title-p. and 6 plates, contemp. plain boards, 12mo.
- Occas. sl. (finger)soiled. Covers sl. rubbed. = Waller 95; The Children's World of Learning 2373.
- Trifle spotted; sl. cut short in upper margin, occas. affecting page number. Spine creased and dam. at top.
= Waller 141 (year 1801 and further); The Children's World of Learning 2457.
- All plates w. (nearly invisible) waterstain in upper centre, mainly in blank margin but occas. affecting image. Joints splitting.
= Very rare, no copies in NCC.
= Small leaflet inserted w. annot. in contemp. hand: "Het spijt mij dat mijn vriend, bij de aanhaaling van die Frases Blad: 85 na Andere, niet gedagt heeft om Psalm XVI.4. Mij dunkt dat nú zoo openbaar geworden Monster moest in geen Christelijk boek, dat in des geest des Evangelius (zie pag 84.) geschreeven is, genoemt of gedagt worden! men moest schrikken hunne naamen op de lippe te noemen, veel min ten voorbeelde te stellen". These remarks concern Voltaire. From the collection of H.A. Höweler with his bookplate on upper pastedown. Buijnsters 43.
- Joints starting at top of spine. Contents fine.
= With an extensive ms. annot. by D.F. van Alphen, Van Alphen's son, on first and final 2 blank lvs. mentioning that he received this volume as a gift from his father. Buijnsters 12.
Idem. Digtkundige verhandelingen. Ibid., G.T. van Paddenburg etc., 1782, 1st ed., (4),240,CC,(2)p., contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Rubbed along extremities. = Buijnsters 24.
Idem and Kasteele, P.L. van. Stigtelijke mengelpoëzy. Ibid., Wed. J. van Terveen & zoon, 1782, 1st ed., (2),368p., sl. later hcalf w. mor. letterpiece (Buijnsters 22). - AND 6 others in 7 vols. by/ on the same, i.a. H. VAN ALPHEN, Kleine bijdragen, tot bevordering van wetenschap en deugd (...) (The Hague, 1796, contemp. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces) and (H.W. TYDEMAN and J.T. BODEL NIJENHUIS), Lofrede op Mr. Hieronymus van Alphen (n.pl., n.d. (1859), contemp. gilt red boards).
- Some sl. occas. thumbing/ soiled.
= BNK 1409, 1421 and 1425; Lust en Leering p.46; Buijnsters 14, 15 and 23. "Alle 18e-eeuwse geautoriseerde uitgaven die bij de firma Terveen verschenen, waren ongeïllustreerd." (Buijnsters 14). "Voor elk van de 24 gedichtjes [of Proeve (...)] werd echter kort na verschijnen een prent gegraveerd door J. Punt en N. van der Meer Jr. naar tekening van Jacobus Buijs. Deze prentjes werden vervolgens in sets van acht of zes stuks, voorzien van een bedrukte omslag, afzonderlijk uitgegeven door Johannes Allart te Amsterdam (...). Een en ander heeft de weg geopend tot eindeloze bibliografische verwarring. In de praktijk kunnen diverse staten van tekst en illustraties door elkaar lopen, al naar gelang de toenmalige bezitter beide in één band liet verenigen." (BNK 1406).
WITH: Zes kunstplaaten, behoorende tot de Proeve van Kleine Gedichten voor Kinderen, door Mr. H. van Alphen. Tweede Stukje. No.3. Amst., J. Allart, 1781, 6 engr. plates, loose as issued in orig. letterpress wr., sm. 8vo.
= BNK 1443.
Vinkeles, R. (1741-1816). (Illustrations for Kleine Gedichten voor Kinderen). Series of 67 (incl. 1 duplicate) engravings, each ±7,5x5 cm., PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS, loose w. an engr. portr. of Van Alphen by P. VELYN on chine collé, together in modern clamshell box.
- A few prints sl. yellowed or soiled; all prints later numb., titled and w. "Vinkeles" in pencil in blank margins. Rare complete series of PROOFS.
= BNK p.224 (note to the section "Uitgaven van de platen"): "Toen de 66 koperplaten door intensief gebruik danig waren afgesleten, heeft Reinier Vinkeles ze opnieuw gegraveerd (...). Bij de verzameluitgave van 1787 werden deze prenten samengevoegd met boven- en onderschriften in staande letter." On the portrait of Van Alphen: Buijnsters p.370, Iconografie 7: "bestemd voor de uitgave van Kleine Gedichten voor Kinderen, Utrecht 1821 (de z.g. "Van Alphen met de hoedjes")." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.
- Some sl. foxing. Frontcover 2 sm. rubbed spots; backcover darkened along fore-edge; backstrip worn. A fine, attractively bound copy.
= All published. Buijnsters 34.
- A few leaves trifle foxed in margin. Corners sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.
- First blank w. contemp. ms. index of the contents. Fine copy.
= Arnoud van Halen, a Dutch artist, painted and collected a collection of over 200 portraits of poets. The collection was later bought by Michiel de Roode and Arnoude de Jonghe. Both expanded the collection with another 111 portraits. The work above is a poetic homage to Michiel de Roode and his collection. In 1811 the collection of 350 pieces was auctioned and 77 of them were bought by the Rijksmuseum. The work also contains the bylaws of the society Kunst Wordt Door Arbeid Verkreegen.
- Boards sl. dustsoiled. = Nice artist's manual.
- Lower margin frontwrapper chipped; backstrip for the larger part worn off. = Rare.
De verfdoos. Een kleurboek. Amst., J.G. Robbers. n.d., (10) lvs., 20 (10x col.) lithogr. ills., orig. chromolithogr. wr. in the shape of a paintbox, 4to.
= Rare.
AND 13 other children's drawing books, mainly Dutch language, i.a. 3 vols. of NIEUW TEEKEN-KLEURBOEK (publ. by J. Vlieger, Amst.) and KLEURBOEK VOOR HET JONGE VOLKJE. DIEREN (n.pl., n.d., 8 lvs. w. ills., recto only, orig. lithogr. wr., obl. 4to).
- Sm. owner's stamps on prelim. lvs.; bookblock shaken.
Verlooij, P.J. Calligraphische Voorbeelden ten dienste van Schilders, Steenhouwers, Lithographen, Bouwkundigen enz. in 32 Genres. Rott., D. Bolle, n.d. (±1900), 16 lvs. w. different types of alphabets and ciphers "1"-"10", orig. col. lithogr. wr., obl. large 8vo.
- Spine strengthened. Wrappers worn.
AND 4 other artists' manuals.
- Spine pasted over w. contemp. paper and split; wrappers sl. chipped.
= Very rare, only one copy in NCC.
AND 7 miscell. drawing/ colouring books for children, all (partly) used, i.a. ETUDES POUR LA COULEUR/ OEFENINGEN VOOR KLEUR (...) III/ VI (n.pl., n.d. (±1870), 2 vols., 4 handcol. lithogr. example plates and 4 (col.) colouring plates, orig. unif. lithogr. wr., obl. 8vo. Spines sl. dam.) and KLEURBOEKJE no.1/ no.3 (Amst., n.d. (±1880), 2 vols., each w. 4 diff. pairs of lithogr. plates (1x col., 1x uncol.), orig. unif. col. lithogr. wr., 12mo).
- A few drawings on the leaves w. tracing paper filled in w. pencil. Binding restored w. new spine, backcover and new endpapers; 2 sm. pieces of tape on frontcover.
= Rare, only 2 copies in NCC.