1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- All vols. contents partly soiled/ (water)stained/ dam.; vol.2 lacks 8 plates. All vols. binding worn/ dam. Not collated. Mediocre set.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311.
- Lacks 24 plates; all vols. w. owner's stamp on (section) title-p.; vols.4, 7 and 8 occas. (sl.) waterst. in blank margin. All vols. backstrip dam.
= Large paper copy. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311.
- A few plates w. sm. tear along central fold, not affecting image; trifle browned. Vol. 1 upper joint starting at top of spine.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 335.
- Occas. sl. foxed, incl. frontisp.; title-p. vol. 2 w. inkstains. Backcovers sl. chafed; vol. 1 top of spine chipped and upper joint starting; vol. 2 inkstain on frontcover.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 336.
- Lacks 1 fold. view and 1 prelim. leaf; sl. fingersoiled.
= Copy w. the often lacking portrait and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED w. 6 double-p. views, incl. 5 views from the rare series of 16 Verscheyde Gesigten van de vermaarde Rievier de buyten Amstel van de Stadt Amsterdam tot het Dorp Ouwerkerk by M. POOL. The first edition. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 331.
- Final leaf dam. and laid down; occas. sl. dampstained in blank margins (not affecting the plates).
= Cf. Cat. NHSM p.136 and Tiele 42.
- Disbound copy, lacking 10 maps/ plates. All plates unfolded and in fine condition.
= No separate atlas vol. traced. Cf. Tiele 42; Cat. NHSM p.136 (2nd Dutch ed. 1749); Howgego A100; Henze I, p.82-83; Borba de Moraes I, p.38-39 and Bosch 199 (French editions); Sabin 1641 (Dutch editions 1754 and 1765); Cox I, p.49 (ed. London, 1740): "This famous and unfortunate expedition, consisting at the start of eight ships, was sent under the command of George Anson at the beginning of the war with Spain, to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America. Seven ships were lost at around Cape Horn and on the coast of Chile and out of 900 men who left England on board more than 600 perished. (...) The primary object of the expedition was not attained, but by the capture of the Manila Galleon near China, Anson and the surviving members of his crew reached England much the richer. (...) Walter's account of the voyage is a model of what such literature should be."
- First work first 3 plates upper or lower margins renewed (?); lvs. sl. browned; first few lvs. sl. loosening and w. repair and waterstain in upper blank margins; second work lvs. browned. Binding (sl.) worn along extremities, outer corners showing.
= Ad 1 Nissen ZBI 2706; Jenkins p. 124f; Ingalls (on the plates) 137; Chavanne a.o. 2786; Holland, p.68 and 553: "German Whaling expedition from Hamburg; April 15-August 21. In his narrative of this voyage, Martens presents a rare published account of an Arctic whaling voyage in the mid-17th century, as well as observations on the natural history of Spitsbergen (...) also contains many general observations on Spitsbergen: its zoology (particularly birds) and botany; descriptions of the whales, walruses, and fishes of Spitsbergen waters; and the manner of whaling at that time" (p.68); Henze III, p.380f: "Dieses kleine Buch öffnete den Spitzbergen-Bereich einer frühen, der Zeit weit vorausgehenden wissenschaftlichen Betrachtung: es steht mithin einzigartig in der Polarliteratur. Als Quelle für die Naturkenntnis jenes Bereichs blieb es unübertroffen bis zum Erscheinen der Berichte Will. Scoresbys (...)". Ad 2. Chavanne a.o. 5620; Bibliographica Groenlandica IX, p.161, no.7; Nissen, ZBI 22023. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Aquatint plate w. repaired tear; some sl. occas. foxing. Backstrip worn/ sl. dam. at extremities; covers sl. rubbed.
= Cat. NHSM p.304f; Chavanne 1436; Holland p.191; Sabin 58860; cf. Arctic Bibliography 13145. The first Dutch translation of the account of Parry's first travel (first ed. London, 1821). Hill 1311: "Entering what has since been called Parry or Viscount Melville Sound in September, he [Parry] reached longitude 110° West, thereby earning a reward of £5,000 that was offered by Parliament to the first ship's company that should attain that meridian". "In northern Hudson Bay, Parry sailed north of Southampton Island instead of south, the route preferred by previous navigators, thus becoming the first to sail to the Frozen Strait. He then confirmed Middleton's discovery of Repulse Bay. In late August, having found no passage through Repulse Bay, he explored the coast of Melville Peninsula north and named, among other features, Haviland Bay, Bushnan and Vansittart islands, Gore Bay, and Lyon and Hoppner inlets." (Holland).
- Vellum sl. soiled.
= Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as bookill. 9. (listing the first ed. 1671).
- Interleaved copy, partly w. extensive contemp. annots.; lacks pastedowns.
= De Backer/ Sommervogel I, p.111. Rare edition.
- Lacks 3 plates; sl. foxed. Binding extremities worn/ rubbed.
= Contains plates depicting i.a. the Kaaba and a coffee-plant.
- Lacks plate 22 and the description of plates 1-3; three plates waterstained, otherwise fine.
= Kat. Orn. Berlin 3951. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXX.
- Joints split, backstrip mounted on spine. Good copy.
- Hinges weak; bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's stamp on title; sl. (finger)soiled throughout; occas. sl. inkstained; 1 plate w. sm. hole; one plate w. 2 tears in lower blank margin. Boards worn; paper on backcover partly torn off; vellum soiled.
= Hoogendoorn BosbS01, 20; Bierens de Haan 511.
- Lacks 2 plates showing the tympanum (no. 9 and 13); a few plates (incl. title-p.) sl. yellowed; owner's stamps on upper endpaper of "Dr. Carl Rohrbach Gotha" and "Eberhard". Contents otherwise fine. Corners sl. worn; spine-ends chipped; a few rubbed spots on covers.
= Interesting provenance: the library of the abbey of Gandersheim, with a manuscript statement of donation by the abbess of Gandersheim, Elisabet Ernestine Antoinette von Sachsen-Meiningen, to the Abbey library with her engr. bookplate (engr. by Martin Tyroff) below on the upper pastedown: "Je destine ce livre à la chambre d'Architecture à ma Maison de Brunshausen le 16. de dec. 1727 Elisabet Ernestine Antoinette Ab. D.G.D.V. SM[?]". Also with a manuscript dedication by a certain C.F. de Bronsart on the first free endpaper, dated "à Gandersheim Le 14. Decem.: 1727.", stating that he had offered the work as a birthday present to the Abbess (C.F. de Bronsart is known to have donated another work to the Abbess on her birthday in 1730, but we could not further identify him/ her). The following is a quote from the data of the the online reconstruction of the library of the Gandersheim Abbey (see: https://bibliotheksrekonstruktion.hab.de/gandersheim/gandersheim.xml), in which both the copy that we offer here and the name of C.F. de Bronsart are recorded:
"Die Bibliothek wurde von Fürstäbtissin Elisabeth Ernestine Antonie von Sachsen-Meiningen (1681-1766) mit Unterstützung ihres Haushofmeisters Johann Anton Kroll von Freyen (1666-1749) durch Ankauf auf dem internationalen Buchmarkt sowie durch teils erbetene Schenkungen geschaffen. Die Bibliothek befand sich in einem prächtig ausgestatteten Raum im Nordflügel des Abteigebäudes. Bücher, Graphikmappen und Münzsammlung waren in 11 Schränken und drei Kommoden systematisch geordnet untergebracht. Die Stiftsbibliothek umfasst etwa 1000 Titel in 1400 Bänden. In der Sammlung befanden sich auch Buchbestände aus der Sommerresidenz der Fürstäbtissin in Brunshausen. Diese Bände waren einheitlich in Leder gebunden und teilweise mit dem goldenen Stiftswappen und dem Exlibris der Äbtissin versehen. Widmungen weisen auf die jeweiligen Stifter hin. Nach der Aufhebung des Stiftes 1810 wurden wesentliche Teile der Bibliothek von Karoline Ulrike Amalie von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld nach Coburg gebracht wo sie bis heute in der Landesbibliothek und den Kunstsammlungen erhalten sind. Die ebenfalls von Elisabeth Ernestine Antonie gegründete, in der Stiftskirche aufgestellte Stiftskirchenbibliothek befindet sich heute als Depositum im Predigerseminar Braunschweig." The abbey was dissolved in 1810.
Despite the missing plates, an attractive copy of this famous work on the Amsterdam municipal building designed by Jacob van Campen and built between 1648 and 1655. Kat. Orn. Berlin 2235. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXX.
- Lacks vol. 1; almost all leaves reattached on later stubs. Bookblock loosening; contents also loosening.
= Willems 553; Rahir 547.
- Wrapper sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine. = Van Herwijnen 814. Scarce.
- Sm. stamp on title. Paper over spine partly worn off. = Gouda Quint p.198. Rare.