1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Bookblock loose; sl. yellowed. binding rubbed along extremities.
= Spoelder 4. With the letterpress prize, filled out in manuscript to "Cornelio Theodoro Hoije" dated 1814.
- Trifle yellowed; modern owner's entry in ballpoint on title; lacks the large bird's eye view. Vellum severly soiled.
= Spoelder 1. With manuscript schoolprize to Henricus Hooft, dated 1811. Brunet IV, p.1398; Lipsius/ Leitzmann, p.340; cf. Ciogranara 3861 (ed. 1743)
- Without the prize; partly sl. dampst. in lower blank margin. Vellum soiled; gilding sl. rubbed; lacks 3 (of 4) ties.
= Spoelder 2. On the contents: Schweiger p.302; Dibdin II, p.246: "a very elaborate edition (...) and is besides handsomely printed".
AND 1 other schoolprize binding of Utrecht (contemp. vellum, central gilt coat of arms of UTRECHT within gilt border w. armorial cornerpieces on both covers, gilt spine. Spoelder 8. Mediocre copy).
- Without the prize; bookplates on upper pastedown; owner's entry on first free endpaper; sm. hole in (loosening) htitle/ portrait leaf; first ±45 and last ±30 lvs. waterst. in lower (outer) margin. Upper joint splitting.
= Spoelder 4. On the contents: Graesse VI, p.348; Ebert II, 20860; Schweiger p.912: "Gesuchteste Ausg. des Lipsius"; Dibdin II, p.397: "Harwood speaks highly of the magnificence and beauty of the volume, and of the excellent notes of Lipsius: the Bipont editors call it "Edit. rara et nitida"."
classi- Without the prize. Vellum sl. soiled; lacks ties. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Spoelder 1; this edition not in Schweiger.
- Lacks the prize and ties. Two unobtrusively chafed spots on covers; sm. paper ticket at top of spine. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= Spoelder 5. First edition. Ter Meulen/ Diermanse 742; Haitsma Mulier/ v.d. Lem 192. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- Some foxing. Binding sl. chafed and worn; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Spoelder 4; Schweiger p.99.
- Contents partly foxed. Binding with some light scratches on backcover and vague spotting on lower half of frontcover; gilt of part of coat of arms on both covers sl. rubbed off; corners sl. worn.
= Spoelder 4. Biographie universelle VIII, p.268: "(...) Le plus remarquable est son Historia de diis gentium XVII syntagmatibus distincta. Du temps de l'auteur il n'y avait sur la mythologie que l'ouvrage très-imparfait de Boccace: Genealogia deorum. C'est Giraldi qui le premier a traité cette matière à fond, en faisant usage, non-seulement des auteurs grecs et latins, mais encore des inscriptions qu'il a consultées et déchiffrées avec beaucoup de sagacité". L.G. Giraldi (1479-1552), Italian neo-Latinist (cf. Oberlé p.117).
- Without the prize; lacks the engr. title; sl. foxed/ yellowed. Vellum sl. dustsoiled; gilding partly faded; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 5; Schweiger p.300 ("vermehrte Wiederhohlung der Ausg. von Bosius").
AND 3 other vols. all w. the same coat of arms on both covers, 2x 19th cent. full calf, gilt floral border and richly gilt spines w. mor. letterpiece, both 8vo and 1x on 19th cent. black hmor., 4to.
- Without the prize. New endpapers; lacks ties; tear at upper end of spine. = Spoelder 3.
- Without the prize; occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Spine sl. soiled; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 3. On the contents: Schweiger p.738.
- Bookplate Six van Hillegom on upper pastedown; sl. foxed/ yellowed.
= Spoelder 3; Schweiger p.369.
- Without the prize. Lacks ties. Otherwise fine. = Spoelder 5; cf. Brunet VI, 29165.
Schoolprize binding of Den Bosch: full calf w. gilt and blindst. coat of arms of Den Bosch on both covers, richly gilt spine. - ON: Florus, L.A. Epitome Rerum Romanarum. Ibid., idem, 1744, (58),858,(120),39,(1)p., engr. frontisp., fold. map.
- Top of spine chipped; without the prize. = Spoelder 8. Schweiger p.363.
- Libr. stamp on first free endpaper and paper libr. ticket on upper pastedown and frontcover; new endpapers; lacks ties and final free endpaper.
= Spoelder 8. Without the prize.
- Without the prize. Last free endpaper partly cut out; endpapers w. offsetting from turn-ins. Binding sl. rubbed at extremities; corners sl. bumped/ showing; backcover (vaguely) waterstained; lacks tites.
= Spoelder 7.
AND 1 similar schoolprize of Den Bosch, on: M.A. LUCANUS, Pharsalia. Ed. P. Burman (Leyden, 1740, engr. title-vignette, contemp. calf, 4to. Binding rubbed (backcover chafed spots); spine-ends dam.; lacks ties).
- Without the prize; owner's stamp on first free endpaper. Leather label in upper compartment of spine; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 8. On the contents, cf. Brunet IV, p.793 and Graesse V, p.398.
AND 2 other similar schoolprize bindings of DEN BOSCH (12mo. Spoelder 4 and 5. Mediocre copies).
- Without the prize; bookplate on upper pastedown; plates sl. foxed. Gilding on backcover sl. worn; lacks ties.
= Spoelder 1. On the contents: Schweiger p.70.
- Without the prize. Lacks ties.
= Rare schoolprize binding. Spoelder 1; Dibdin II, p.525: "(...) contain[s] the pure text of the editio princeps, and the best notes of all the preceding editors"; Schweiger III, p.1129
- Some sl. occas. foxing; lacks first free endpaper and first blank. Binding sl. soiled (especially backstrip); lacks ties.
= Without the prize. Spoelder 1. Schweiger p.349; Dibdin II, p.3-4: "This is the celebrated Variorum edition, which Mr. Gibbon declares to be "superior to all others, even to that of Havercamp." It is, indeed, a very admirable performance, and contains, besides the treasures of all preceding editions, some excellent notes of Verheyk, various readings of valuable MSS. (...) we may safely pronounce it one of the very best and most elegant productions of the eighteenth century (...)."
- Spine-ends and corners (sl.) worn; joints rubbed.
= Spoelder 4. Schweiger p.408: "Beste u. gesuchteste Ausg. von Bentley".