2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Some foxing; vol. 2 partly sl. waterst. Vol. 1 frontcover partly discol. and lacks portion of vol. piece.
Deschamps, J.B. Voyage pittoresques de la Flandre et du Brabant, avec des Reflexions relativement aux Arts & quelques Gravures, augmentée de la Vie des plusieurs Peintres Flamands, Rubens, Van Dyck, de Crayer, & plusieurs autres. Amst./ Brussels, J. Moris, 1772, 405,(11)p., contemp. calf.
- Title-p. torn out (portion remaining); sl. yellowed and fingersoiled. Binding worn; upper joint splitting.
ADDED 1 other: (P.C.) CHOMPRÉ, Dictionnaire abrégé de la Fable (Paris, n.d. (±1800), contemp. hcalf, 12mo. Title-p. loose).
- Frontisp. loose and margins trimmed; plates sl. browned/ (finger)soiled in blank margins; one plate w. brown stain on verso
= Kat. Orn. Berlin 5305. Instruction and examples for i.a. artists to make (calligraphed) initials.
- All vols. (sl.) foxed/ soiled; most lvs. dogeared. Covers sl. creased/ soiled; corners sl. frayed.
= In total 4 parts were published. Not in Kunst op Schrift.
- First few lvs. sl. foxed. Paper over frontcover sl. dam. in lower corner. A good/ fine copy.
= Part 1 in second edition, the other parts in first edition. Kunst op schrift 692 (part 2) and cf. 862-863 (parts 2-3, 2nd ed. 1775). Very rare and comprehensive book of secrets with hundreds of recipes, 3 indices.
- Sl. (finger)soiled; upper hinge weak. Joints splitting; covers rubbed.
= Kunst op schrift 1100 note. Rare.
- Wr. foxed and duststained; backstrip dam. Otherwise fine.
= Lipperheide Gb 46; Colas 2312; Hiler p.699. The plates, engraved after designs by J. Perkois and J.H. Prins, depicting tavern scenes, beggars, costumes, professions, such as male and female fish mongers, a wigmaker, a Jewish pedlar. A rare Dutch variant of a "Cries" book, meant as an exercise book for young artists. Not in Kunst op Schrift.
- Rebacked, w. use of the orig. mor. letterpiece; upper hinge repaired; contemp. owner's entry on title-p.; sl. browned.
= Translation of Orlandi's "Abecedario Pittorico", much enlarged with i.a. the history and practise of engraving and the essay "An Idea of a Fine Collection of Prints".
- Lacks frontisp.; new endpapers.
= Kunst op schrift 376; not in Arntzen/ Rainwater. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
- Without the often lacking 4th vol. published in 1769. Contemp. annots. and owner's entry on prelim. lvs. ("Register der Portrets und Küpferstiche"); yellowed. Bindings worn/ rubbed along extremities; vols. 2 and 3 binding coloured over w. dark-brown/ near-black wax/ polish (covering the original gilt on spine).
= Kunst op schrift 243-245; Arntzen/ Rainwater H129.
- Without the 1st and the often lacking 4th vol. (published in 1769); both vols. hinges widening; occas. sl. (vaguely) waterst. Bindings rubbed, mostly on backstrips; spine-ends dam., guilding worn off.
= Kunst op schrift 243-245; Arntzen/ Rainwater H129.
- Fine copy w. the following minor defects: small old annot. in pen and ink on title-p.; a few lvs. w. small marginal waterstain; a few lvs. vaguely foxed. Binding partly (heavily) rubbed; a few wormholes in backstrip; lacks one of the small, pinlike catches.
= Cordier, Japan p.59; Alt-Japan Katalog 13; De Backer/ Sommervogel V, p.294; Streit IV, 956 (for part 3). The first two parts are the second edition of the first history of the Jesuit involvement in Asia (first published Dillingen, 1571); part 2 contains the 40 most important Jesuit letters from Japan (1548-1464, by i.a. Paulus Japonicus, Franciscus Xaverius, Cosmus Turrianus, Gaspar Vilela and Aloisius Frois, the one from 1548 (by Paulus Japonicus) being the first Latin-language Jesuit letter from Japan ever); the third part is an update containing letters of 1568-1570, first published in this edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIX.
- Lacks 1 plate (depicting trees) in the second part; blank outer margin of the frontisp. renewed and a repaired tear; index leaves and title-p. of second part browned.
= Landwehr, VOC 544; Tiele 304; Cordier, Sinica 2348 and 27; Lipperheide Le4; Lust 507. The first edition, describing the 2nd and 3rd embassies of the VOC to China, with accounts of the events on Formosa and a description of China. The second part in second issue with the 4 folding plates with reproductions of Chinese illustrations, always lacking in the first issue. The plates and illustrations show a great variety of (large) town views, architecture, customs, natural history etc.
- A few plates/ maps sl. frayed or w. some marginal tears.
= Contains nice maps of India and Ceylon and a profile view of Kochin.
- Lacks htitle; yellowed; (finger)soiled; partly (water)stained; one fold. plate lacks right section; new endpapers; frontisp. margins trimmed, laid down and reattached. Rebacked w. use of part of the original backstrip.
= Landwehr, VOC 283; Cat. NHSM I,174; Tiele 990. The first edition, with the fine plates after Schouten himself: "Ze zijn door S. in Indië geteekend en hebben meer locale waarde dan de meeste illustraties van reisjournalen in dezen tijd." (Tiele). One of the finest old sources on the Dutch East Indies. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIX.
- A few sl. foxed spots, otherwise a very fine copy.
= Tiele 991; Rouffaer/ Muller p.55; Mendelssohn II, p.279; Landwehr VOC, 285. Modernised edition of Wouter Schouten's popular voyage to the Dutch East Indies, the first with the maps (Java, Ambon, Ceylon, nautical world map), the plates newly etched/ engraved by C. Decker. Howgego S66: "Schouten was an observant traveller who explored inland into the environs of nearly every port-of-call, sometimes by himself or with a small group of comrades. His narrative, full of anecdotes as well as information gleaned about countries he had not visited, became particularly popular with readers in the eighteenth century, when it was republished in no fewer than seven editions." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXX.
- Sl. foxed; all maps w. old manuscript number and title on verso. Frontcover loose(ning); backstrip partly worn away.
- Curiously folded copy. Endpapers loose; all maps frayed and dustsoiled along edges; some maps w. (mostly sm.) marginal tears or tears on folds. Vellum soiled.
= Koeman Bac 1. Contains 2 worldmaps, maps of i.a. India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Africa, Europe, Iberian peninsula, France, Italy, Great Britain and America. Without the appendix with 23 single-leaf maps referring to America. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXX.
- Maps duststained along fore-edge. Paper over boards sl. rubbed/ sl. worn; corners worn; spine-ends trifle worn. Good/ fine copy.
= Koeman I, Bac 1.
- Lacks the fold. map "Imperii Caroli Magni"; title-p. w. repaired/ restored blank margins; otherwise contents near fine w. occas. sl. spotting/ fingersoiling/ fraying; later endpapers. Binding formerly also contained the following, second part of vol. 2 (Spain; not present in this copy); sl. dam./ restored along extremities; covers (sl.) stained.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 2:213.2M (and title-p. 2:22A); Koeman I, Bl 17. The first part of the second vol. of Blaeu's atlas, concerning France. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.
- Text lvs. browned; maps sl. browned; some maps w. glue stains on verso; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding rubbed, corner showing.
= Very rare. The titles probably refers to the Austrian War of Succession (1740-1749). Koeman II, Cle 1; Phillips 5178. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.