1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
76 3015 Pamphlets ordinances etc Sententie uyt ghesproocken ende ghepronuncieert over Iohan van Oldenbarnevelt ghewesen Advocaet vanden Lande van Hollandt ende West Vrieslandt ende geexecuteer
- Final leaf creased. Without binding. = Knuttel 2885; Rahir 1815.
AND 4 others similar, all without binding, i.a. on Gielis van Ledenberch (ibid., 1619. Knuttel 2908; Rahir 1814) and Rombout Hogerbeets (ibid., 1619. Sl. stained. Knuttel 2915; Rahir 1817).
76/3016 Pamphlets ordinances etc Willekeuren ende Ordonnantien opde bedelaers/ vagabunden en Leprosen/ alsoock opde Herbergiers/ Schippers/ Schuytvoerders die de bedelaers logeren/ in
76/3017 Pamphlets ordinances etc Lot of 13 fold broadsides 
= I.a. concerning taxes on playing cards.
76 3018 Pamphlets ordinances etc Lot of ±40 vols 
= I.a. Copie Van een nadere Remonstrantie (...) Van de Heer Adriaen Paets (Rott., 1684. Knuttel 11992); Memorie van de Heer van Diest, Extraordinaris Envoyé van syne Keurvorstelijcke Doorluchtigheyt van Brandenburgh (n.pl., 1684. Knuttel 12083); Consideratien by de Ed. Heeren Burgermeesteren, ende Regeerders der Stadt Dordrecht (Dordr., 1685. Knuttel 12380); J. KRAP, Aan de Landlieden wegens de Onderwaterzetting van de Landerijen (Utr., 1793); Aanspraak gedaan door Joost Romswinckel (...) in de Maare Kerk der Stad Leyden, aan Leydens en Neerlands inwooneren (Leyden, 1795. Knuttel 13334); Notificatie van den Minister van Financien van zijne Majesteit den Koning van Holland, aangaande de aanpeiling en opmeting van de wijnen, buitenlandsche en binnenlandsche brandewijnen enz. (...) (The Hague, 1806); Reglement voor de regering der stad Groningen (Gron., 1815) and Wetten van het Departement der Teekenkunst, in de Maatschappij van Verdiensten, onder de zinspreuk: Felix Meritis (Amst., 1824).
76 3019 Paoli P F 
- Partly sl. waterst. and yellowed; upper hinge nearly broken. Backstrip lacks large portion; vellum wrinkled.
Bonarelli della Rovere, G. Discorsi. Venice, L. Baseggio, 1700, (24),240,(34)p., woodcut printer's mark, contemp. vellum, 12mo. - BOUND WITH: Idem. La filli di Sciro. Favola pastorale. Ancona, Per il Saluioni, 1700, (4),150p., woodcut printer's mark.
- Outer blank margin title-p. cut short; occas. sl. foxed. Backstrip w. sm. dam. spot and traces of ticket.
76 3020 Pascal B 
76 3020 Pascal B 
- Upper endpaper renewed; sl. cramped inner margin between title-p. and first free endpaper; occas. sl. stained and fingersoiled. Binding restored along edges; later letterpiece.
= Tchemerzine V, p.73; Printing and the Mind of Man 152. Counterfeit of the first edition, published in the same year, with the Desprez monogram on the title-p. replaced by the fleuron of the 1657 edition of Pascal's Les Provinciales and the errors in the pagination as given by Tchemerzine.
76 3021 Pascal B 
- Lacks frontisp.; title-p. yellowed; one leaf loosening. Covers stained/ acid-bitten.
= Important work in the conflict between the Jesuits and the Jansenists in the 17th century.
76 3022 Pascal B 
- "Louis de Montalte" crossed out and "Pascal" added in pen and ink on title; first free endpaper loosening; sl. yellowed; 2 final lvs. waterstained. Binding worn along extremities.
= Cf. Tchemerzine IX, p.70; Querard VI, p.614; Graesse V, p.145. First polyglot edition of Pascal's famous satirical work in the form of letters written by Louis de Montalte documenting his encounters with jesuits.
76 3023 Pearsall R 
76 3023 Pearsall R 
- Both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown and sm. owner's entry on first blank; vol. 2 title sl. duststained in inner blank margin and paper over lower pastedown loose. Both vols. paper over covers chafed and letterpiece sl. dam.; vol. 2 lacks paper over backcover.
76 3024 Penn W 
- Corners showing; spine-ends worn; vol. 2 w. contemp. owner's entry on title-p.
76 3025 Persia Olearius A 
- Lacks one plate; sl. yellowed and fingersoiled; occas. (vaguely) waterst. Vellum sl. wrinkled and soiled.
= Cox I, p.248; Hill 1257; Henze III, p.638f (listing the first edition published in Schleswig, 1647); Cat. NHSM p.133; cf. Atabey 884; Wing O269. First Dutch edition of a famous travel account written by A. Olearius (Ölschläger) while he accompanied the mission sent by the Duke of Holstein to the King of Persia in 1633-39 as secretary. During his travels Olearius collected much valuable information on Russian customs and tradition.
76 3026 Persia and Italy Bizzarri P 
- (Partly heavily) browned and foxed almost throughout.
= Ad 1: Schwab, Bibliographie de la Perse 47. Ad 2: Brunet I, p.398. First Latin edition of this important work (first publ. in Italian in Venice, 1476).
76 3027 Pestalozzi H 
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; a few leaves sl. (ink)stained; sm. drawing in pen and ink on final textpage. Backstrip and corners (sl.) worn; covers rubbed.
76 3028 Pindar P = J Wolcot 
- Ttile-pages and final lvs. of the final 2 works waterst.; a few scattered library stamps at the beginning. Binding sl. rubbed; paper over frontcover lacks a few portions.
= Collection of works by this English satirist and poet. "Wolcot had already achieved some success in a Supplicating Epistle to the Reviewers (1778), and after his settlement in London he threw off with marvellous rapidity a succession of pungent satires. George III was his favourite subject of ridicule (...)" (Encycl. Brit. 28, p.769).
76 3029 Placette J la 
76 3029 Placette J la 
- Lower hinge broken; partly sl. waterstained in lower blank margin; paper over lower pastedown loose. Backcover discol.
= Rare.
d'Outrein, J. De ziels-opheffing Van een Godvrugtig bidder en dankzegger, tot Jehovah (..). Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1725), (14),532,(20)p., engr. title by A. HOUBRAKEN, contemp vellum.
- Bookblock loose(ning); waterstained in lower (blank)margin. Backcover soiled.
76/3030 Plantin Het Nieuwe Testament ons Heeren Iesu Christi 
- Lacks 2 lvs. (p.279-282); sl. yellowed/ fingersoiled and (water)stained. Binding sl. worn and dam. along edges.
= Voet 717. Reprint of the 1571 edition.
76 3031 Plevier J 
76 3031 Plevier J 
- First vol. upper joint starting and lower corner frontcover showing; 2nd vol. top of spine restored.
AND 1 other: BIBLIA DAT IS DE GANTSCHE H. SCHRIFTURE (...) (Haarlem, 1782, engr. title-p., contemp. blindst. ("Kerk Ontvanger. Groede") mor. w. 2 brass clasps and catches, 4to. Contents partly loose(ning); upper joint split).
76 3032 Poland Jolli J G 
- Mounted 19th cent. armorial bookplate on upper pastedown. Extremities of binding rubbed/ worn.
76 3033 Polignac M de 
76 3033 Polignac M de 
76 3033 Polignac M de 
- Hinges weak. Backstrip for the larger part worn off; binding worn.
= First edition of this poem by Polignac (1661-1742) in which he refuted the ancient materialism of Lucretius (De rerum natura) and Epicurus, and that of his contemporary P. Bayle, and demonstrated the existence of God, the supernatural world and the immortality of the soul. Brunet IV, p.777; Graesse V, p.388; Quérard VII, p.249.
76 3034 Polo M Venetus M P 
- Third part lacks final 2 pages.; 4th part lacks final 4 pages.; waterstained in lower outer corner throughout (just touching text); fingersoiled; bookblock loose. Vellum darkened and stained/ soiled.
= Tiele 872; M. Keyser, Glazemaker 1682-1982, no.77. Very rare first Dutch edition of Marco Polo's travels, bound with another extremely rare first Dutch edition of travels (see below). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIX.
BOUND WITH: Chardin, J. Dagverhaal Der Reis Van den Ridder Chardyn Na Persien en Oost-Indien, Door de Swarte zee en Colchis. Dutch transl. G. van Broekhuizen. Ibid., S. van de Jouwer, 1687, (10),436,(12)p., 12 (of 15) (fold.) plates.
- Lacks engr. frontisp., portrait, fold. map, 2 plates and 2 outer parts of the "Kachan" plates; first ±15 lvs. severely frayed, occas. affecting text; sl fingersoiled.
= Tiele 238; cat. NHSM p.134; Henze I, p.557ff. Sold w.a.f.