2685 - 3623 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Two fold. plates strengthened on fold. A fine copy. = Rare edition. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 119.
- Lacks 1 plate. One plate sl. waterst. Spine-ends dam.; extremities sl. worn. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 120.
- Map cut sl. short in margins; title-p. w. tear; first and final lvs. sl. stained in lower blank margin; occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed; owner's stamp on upper pastedown. Lacks ties. Good copy in a fine vellum binding. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.
- Without vol. 2 and 3, but with all the plates in fine condition. Hinges broken (but holding on cords); 1 textleaf loose; occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed/ browned. Binding worn (roan almost entirely worn off).
WITH: Vervolg van de handvesten (...)/ Tweede vervolg van de handvesten (...) der stad Amsterdam: voortgezet tot in het Jaar 1777. Amst., Wed. S. Schouten en Zoon/ P. Schouten, 1755/ 1778, 2 vols., (4),151,(8); (46),280,(40)p., 2 ident. engr. title-vign., bound unif. w. the preceding.
- Bindings worn; contents fine.
- Plates yellowed; chip in right margin title-p.
= F.M. 2301. The first rare edition of this fire fighting classic, introducing the hose-pump. The spectacular plates show the artistic talents of Van der Heide Senior, who was not only a wellknown painter, but also a gifted inventor. The book describes and illustrates several fires in Amsterdam during 1652-1684, and the implements used before and after the introduction of the author's new hose-pump. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVI.
- Sm. repairs on verso; margins caption partly trimmed.
= Rare. On the disturbances and plunderings in Amsterdam as part of the so-called tenants revolt (Pachtersoproer) of 1748. These uprisings started in Groningen, then Friesland and were transferred to Amsterdam. They were mostly directed against the high taxes and subsequent prices, but also against the existence of venal offices. One of the precursors of the Batavian revolution. Hanging from the windows of the Waag are the bodies of Piet van Dort and Marretje Arents. F.M. 3938a.
- Page numbering occas. erratic, but complete; soiled/ waterstained in upper margin; bookplates (i.a. of R. Cordes) on upper pastedown.
= BMN I, p.38: "Het 1e dl. bevat 35, het 2e dl. 9 twist- en spotschriften over de in 1731 afgezette overlieden van het chirurgijns-gilde te Amsterdam." Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVII.
- Closed tear in fold. view; sl. yellowed. Rebound in sl. oversized vellum binding. = D'Ailly 63.
- Occas. sl. dampstained in blank margin. Vellum sl. warped. = Rare.
- Receding waterstains in (blank) margins. Spine-ends restored (top lacks portion); covers sl. rubbed/ stained.
= Bound by A. van Rossum, hof-boekbinder (ticket on upper pastedown). Spoelder 10.
- Two annots. on pastedowns. A fine copy. = Dekkers p.147 (2nd ed. 1656 only).
- Sm. libr. stamp on dedic. leaf; outer blank edge sl. stained throughout.
= Hollstein 1098-1197. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVII.
- - Vol. 2 lacks as usual p.181-182; one plate loose; vol. 2 occas. sl. yellowed/ agetoned. Bindings sl. worn; corners showing (vol. 2 sl. worse).
= LARGE PAPER and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED copy w. 30 additional plates. As often without the fourth volume published 21 years after the third volume. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311.
- Vol. 2 lacks as usual p.181-182; partly textlvs. (sl.) browned/ foxed, especially in the first vol. 't Verheugd Amsterdam without the plates, text only. Boards rubbed.
= Large paper copy. Ad.1: Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311. As often without the fourth volume published 21 years after the third volume.
- Vol. 2 lacks as usual p.181-182. Occas. sl. foxed; 1 plate loose. Bindings sl. worn/ rubbed. A good/ fine set.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311. As often without the fourth volume published 21 years after the third volume.
- Vol. 2 lacks as usual p.181-182. All vols. (sl.) foxed throughout (incl. plates); 1 frontisp. w. vertical fold; a few plates/ (text)lvs. waterst./ dam.; 1 plate w. closed marginal tears. Vol.3 volume-piece dam.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311. As often without the fourth volume published 21 years after the third volume.
- Lacks 42 plates. Vol. 2 lacks as usual p.181-182. Bindings worn/ rubbed; paper over covers chafed; top of spines chipped. Sold w.a.f.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311. As often without the fourth volume published 21 years after the third volume.
- Endpapers w. bookplate and owner's entries; occas. sl. (water)stained/ soiled. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends chipped.
= With (Dutch and French) prize to P.J. Duijskens (Amst., 1810).
- Lvs. (sl.) fingersoiled; two plates w. sm. tear.
= Bodel Nijenhuis 1467; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 516 ("wordt vaak toegeschreven aan de drukker van het werk"). Basically a very early city guide.
- Without the portrait, as often; lacks 2 fold. plates; 1 fold. view w. large tear, nevertheless a good copy. Binding (sl.) worn; lacks letterpiece.
= Large paper copy. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 332.
Idem. Amstellandsche Arkadia. Amst., A. van Huyssteen, 1737, 1st ed., 2 vols., (16),400; (2),327,(9)p., engr. frontisp., 2 identical title-vignettes, 8 (of 12) fold. views by J.C. PHILIPS and J. PUNT after C. PRONK and A. DE HAEN, 1 fold. table, both bound unif. with the above.
- Second work lacks 4 plates. Bindings (sl.) worn; letterpieces dam./ lacking.
= Large paper copy. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 335.