2685 - 3623 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Partly (sl.) browned/ foxed (the plates hardly affected). Vellum duststained.
= Tiele 630; Willems 571; Asher 22; Sabin 38556; Alden and Landis II, p.444; Borba de Moraes I, p.452 (erroneously 14 plates). The very rare first and only edition of this basic source for the history of the Dutch West India Company. "In this work the Company's operations, especially in Brazil, are described with meticulous detail." (Klooster, The Dutch in the Americas 1600-1800, p.45). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.
- New endpapers; library and cancellation stamp of the Library of Congress Washington on title; occas. foxed and sl. browned; title waterstained. Skilfully restored binding; lower joint starting.
= Tiele 630; Willems 571; Asher 22; Sabin 38556; Alden and Landis II, p.444; Borba de Moraes I, p.452 (erroneously 14 plates). The very rare first and only edition of this basic source for the history of the Dutch West India Company. "In this work the Company's operations, especially in Brazil, are described with meticulous detail." (Klooster, The Dutch in the Americas 1600-1800, p.45). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.
- New endpapers (first free endpaper loose); parts of illustrations, portraits, plates and maps touched with yellow and/ or red/ pink watercolour in first part; general map w. splitting in some folds; outer margins of plates and maps cut short. Rebacked w. modern calf and mor. letterpiece; lower corners showing.
= From the collection of C.G. Littell w. his gilt mor. bookplate on upper pastedown. Tiele 763; Sabin 50086; Howes M733; Church 613; Alden/ Landis III, p.302; Borba de Moraes 586; Asher 14: "The description of New Netherland contained in Montanus does not pretend to be an original work; but whether is has been in part borrowed from books no longer to be found (...), or whether the author has consulted M.S. authorities, - there are some among the things that he mentions for which he is the first, if not the only source." Including views of "Porto Rico", "De Stadt St. Martin", "Truxillo", "Cusco", "Mauritiopoli" and "Nova Mexico" and maps of "Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur", "Aestiuarium Insularum alias Barmudas", "Virginiae partis australis et Floridae", "Insulae Americanae" and "Chili". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.
- Fold. plate w. repaired tear in inner margin; bookplate on upper pastedown; vellum of backcover loosening at turn-ins. Vellum sl. warped.
= Tiele 192; cat. NHSM p.268; Sabin 57160; Alden/ Landis V, p.271; Müller, Kaffee 160; cf. Kress 2597. The first Dutch edition of Oldmixon's The British empire in America (London, 1708) and the only edition to which is added the treatise on coffee with the three illustrations of the coffee-plant. The first part deals with the eastern states of the USA from Hudson-Bay to Carolina (with 5 maps), the second part with the Caribbean (with 3 maps). One of the maps (North America) shows California as an island (McLaughlin 200). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 19; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 44.
AND 1 other: W.F.N. VAN ROOTSELAAR, Amersfoort, 777-1580 (Amersfoort, 1878, 2 vols., fold. plan and 3 plates, sl. later unif. hvellum. Lacks the map).
- Corners sl. bumped, otherwise a fine copy.
= First Dutch edition of this fine Dutch Royal Entry book, commemorating the visit of Maria de Medicis to Amsterdam, 31 August-5 September 1638, with beautiful views of Amsterdam by Salomon Saverij and Pieter Nolpe, including the splendid large folding plate of "Admiraalzeilen op het IJ" and two fine prints of the not yet filled-in Rokin: "Watergevecht" and "Spiegelgevecht". Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 110; Snoep, Praal en propaganda p.39-76; Hollstein XXIV, 144 (Saverij) and XIV, 86-94 (Nolpe); F.M. 1793. Without the loosely inserted print depicting the four burgomasters of Amsterdam by J. Suyderhoef, very often lacking but according to Frederik Muller not belonging to this work: "zoo houd ik mij vast overtuigd, dat deze plaat geen deel van het werk uitmaakt en er niet in behoort" (Fred. Muller).
BOUND WITH: (Nolpe, P.). Beschrivinge vande blyde inkoomste, Rechten van Zeege-bogen en ander toestel op de Welkoomste van Haare Majesteyt van Groot-Britanien, Vrankryk, en Ierland. Tot Amsterdam, Den 20 May, 1642. Amst., N. van Ravesteyn for the author, 1642, (8),36p., 10 (of 11) (double-p.) etchings by P. NOLPE after P. POTTER a.o.
- Lacks 1 plate (the large folding plate of the cavalcade nearing Sloterdijk); the final 2 plates cut to the plate mark and sl. yellowed in outer margin; the final plate sl. waterstained in outer margin. Otherwise fine.
= Hollstein 162-173; Landwehr 111. F.M. 1863: "Deze 10 (ongenumm.) voorstellingen (...) komen ook voor in het zeer zeldzame, anonieme werk den graveur P. Nolpe: "Beschrivinge v. de Blijde inkoomste [of Queen Henriette Mary] (...)". Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.
- Last few lvs. w. sm. wornholes in lower blank margin; lvs. occas. sl. browned/ foxed. Binding (sl.) worn/ rubbed along extremities; lower joint splitting at foot of spine.
= Fine Dutch Royal Entry book, relating the visit of Maria de Medicis to Amsterdam, 31 August-5 September 1638, with beautiful views of Amsterdam by Salomon Saverij and Pieter Nolpe, including the splendid large folding plate of "Admiraalzeilen op het IJ" and two fine prints of the not yet filled-in Rokin: "Watergevecht" and "Spiegelgevecht". Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 110; Snoep, Praal en propaganda p.39-76; Hollstein XXIV, 144 (Saverij) and XIV, 86-94 (Nolpe); F.M. 1793. With the print depicting the four burgomasters of Amsterdam by J. Suyderhoef, very often lacking: "zoo houd ik mij vast overtuigd, dat deze plaat geen deel van het werk uitmaakt en er niet in behoort" (Fred. Muller).
- Sl. waterst. (sl. affecting the frontisp.); 3 bookplates on verso frontwr.
= Rare poem in 404 alexandrines, in which the poet Abraham Louis Barbaz describes his walk through Amsterdam.
AND 1 other.
- Bookplate on verso frontwr. Fine copy.
AND ±15 other (sm.) 19th-cent. publications concerning Amsterdam, incl. ordinances, regulations, instructions and requests.
- Ad 1: Complete and including the two large pediment-plates from the extra bound vol. Yellowed/ sl browned (mainly the text part). Ad 2: Lacks 9 plates, etched title-pages, text-pages, the portrait and 1 index leaf.
= Ad 1: The first edition of this splendid work illustrating the full glory of the Amsterdam townhall was published by D. Danckerts in 1661. Fowler 77; Kat. Orn. Berlin 2234. Plate O1 and O2 "De Grondt en Vloer vande Groote Burger Sael" shows one of the earliest of very few printed records of Tasman's voyages, and the source of Thévenot's famous map of Australia. The marble mosaic floor of the central Burgerzaal featured a world map in two spheres showing the latest discoveries of the Dutch East India Company. The floor was soon worn out to be replaced by plain marble. The printed record, depicted on one double-p. and one full page plate, is the only extant printed record. On the map: Shirley 423. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.
Ad 2: The first edition (with 4 plates less) was published by De Wit in 1661/ 1665. Kat. Orn. Berlin 4211; Hollstein 5, the second state (of 3).
- Upper pastedowns detached; portionof first free endpaper of first vol. cut off; otherwise contents w. minor imperfections; plates are strong dark impressions. Ties damaged; vellum sl. soiled. A (very) fine copy.
= The first edition of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 66/ 67. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.
- Partly sl. wormholed (sl. affecting 6 plates); occas. sl. waterst./ soiled in (blank) margin (sl. affecting frontisp.); some plates and textlvs. repaired w. paper tape on verso. Otherwise a good copy.
= The first edition of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 66/ 67; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 116.
- With an extra plate by J. LUIKEN (w. unobtrusive large repaired tear). A few lvs. w. a sm. tear in lower blank margin. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 68. The second edition (first 1693-94) of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar.
- Fine and clean copy despite the following (minor) defects: outer edge of engr. frontisp. strengthened w. Japanese; upper joint starting.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 75.
- Modern annot. in ballpoint on htitle.
- Lacks frontisp. and 2 plates. Plan and 3 fold. plates with (sm.) dam./ repaired spots; 1 plate loose; sl. soiled throughout; bookplate on upper pastedown. Backstrip sl. worn.
= Bodel/ Nijenhuis 1455; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 95 calls for 10 plates.
AND an incomplete copy of (T. VAN DOMSELAER), Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, Haar eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyze der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant (ibid., idem, 1665, engr. frontisp., 2 (of 7) double-p. plates, num. textills., 19th-cent. hleather, 4to. Lacks the plan, 5 plates and several indexp. Defective copy, sold w.a.f.).
- First 4 lvs. outer margin strengthened w. paper and (glue)stained; lacks upper pastedown; hinges weak (upper hinge strengthened w. tape).
= Rare early edition, published in the same year as the first (Amst., M.W. Doornik, 1662). Bodel/ Nijenhuis 1455; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 95 note.
- Five plates browned/ yellowed; plates partly sl. stained in blank margins; textpages partly dam./ frayed; some plates and textpages loose(ning). Bindings rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 11. "De Atlas van Fouquet is ongetwijfeld de fraaiste serie afbeeldingen die van Amsterdam bestaan. In afwijking van de vroeger verschenen series staat bij Fouquet het afbeelden van de schilderachtigste punten van de stad op den voorgrond. Hoewel zijn prenten bijna alle op de traditioneele wijze genoemd zijn naar de torens, de poorten, de kerken en de andere groote gebouwen die er op zijn voorgesteld, zijn zij echter zoo op te vatten, dat zij het stadsgedeelte weergeven, dat het genoemde gebouw omgeeft. Op die wijze verschaft de Atlas van Fouquet een wandeling door de straten en langs de grachten van het Amsterdam der XVIIIe eeuw, het Amsterdam dat nog in ongerept bezit was van haar monumentale gebouwen en huizen, en den stratenaanleg uit het bloeitijdperk; hierbij werd ook in het oog gehouden het zoo pittoreske straatbeeld dier dagen weer te geven." (Cat. Oud-Amsterdam, F. Muller, 1912).
- Apart from the following minor defects, a very fine copy with the plates in strong impressions: the handcol. plate cut shorter (possibly from another copy?). Both vols. spines restored.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 11. "De Atlas van Fouquet is ongetwijfeld de fraaiste serie afbeeldingen die van Amsterdam bestaan. In afwijking van de vroeger verschenen series staat bij Fouquet het afbeelden van de schilderachtigste punten van de stad op den voorgrond. Hoewel zijn prenten bijna alle op de traditioneele wijze genoemd zijn naar de torens, de poorten, de kerken en de andere groote gebouwen die er op zijn voorgesteld, zijn zij echter zoo op te vatten, dat zij het stadsgedeelte weergeven, dat het genoemde gebouw omgeeft. Op die wijze verschaft de Atlas van Fouquet een wandeling door de straten en langs de grachten van het Amsterdam der XVIIIe eeuw, het Amsterdam dat nog in ongerept bezit was van haar monumentale gebouwen en huizen, en den stratenaanleg uit het bloeitijdperk; hierbij werd ook in het oog gehouden het zoo pittoreske straatbeeld dier dagen weer te geven." (Cat. Oud-Amsterdam, F. Muller, 1912). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.
- Frontisp. reattached to later endpapers; title-p. nearly loose; some plates and pages w. annots. in blank margin; sm. burnt spot in upper right corner of endpapers and in a few lvs. at end in blank margin.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 107. First published in 1736.