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GROTIUS, H. De veritate religionis Christianae. Ed. 2a, priore auctior, & emend. Leiden, Maire, 1629. 233, (7) pp. 12°. Cont. vellum. (Sl. browned). -- Id. Poemata. (New enl. ed.). Leyden, Hier. de Vogel, 1639. (6), 535, (5) pp. W. engr. front. 12°. Cont. cf. w. dec. gilt spine & sides, and red label. -- Id. Annales et historiæ de rebus Belgicis. Amst., Ex typ. J. Blaeu, 1658. (16), 567, (25) pp. W. printer's mark on ti. & full-p. engr. portr. of the author. Cont. cf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt back. (Joints partly split, extremities a bit worn/dam., sm stamp on ti., a bit browned/foxed). -- (3). NOTE: Ad 1: Second Maire edition of this popular work, the first one (1627) being the very first Latin edition, also in 12°, which was followed by a Paris edition in the same year. - Ter Meulen/Diermanse 1946; Breukelmans 265. Ad 2: Willems 1636 note ("Assez jolie (…)"); Ter Meulen Diermanse 2. Ad 3: Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 192f; Ter Meulen/Diermanse 744.

HUYGENS, C. Momenta desultoria; poematum ll. XIV. Ed. 2a, multo priore auctior, procur. L. Hugenio. Cum præf. C. Barlæi. The Hague, A. Vlacq, 1655. (76), 423 pp. W. engr. front. (Without portr. as often). - Bound with: C. v. KINSCHOT. Poemata in libros IV. digesta, (…). The Hague, A. Leers, 1685. (20), 216 pp. W. engr. portr. - 2 in 1 vol. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum. (Spine dam., some annot. on v° last leaf of first work, faintly stained in places). NOTE: Ad 1: Second (last), much enlarged edition of Huygens' Latin poetry. - Willems 768; Bibl. Belg. H-108.

GRONINGEN -- SUETONIUS. (XII Caesares). Cur. P. Burmanno, qui & suas adnot. adjecit. Amst., Janssonius v. Waesbergen, 1736. 2 vols. (22), 808; (2), 420-, 202, (6), -421-492, (204) pp. W. engr. front. to the first vol., 2 ti.-engr., 34 engr. plates of coins, medals, etc. and many text-engr. 4°. Beautiful early 19th c. full cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs, green labels, gilt coat of arms of Groningen on all sides, surrounded by gilt dec. borders, & red speckled edges. (W. libr. stamps on ti., libr. num. scratched out, else a fine and clean set). NOTE: Dibdin II, 442-43: "This is a very valuable edition; containing the text of Grævius, and many excellent notes of Burman, with the entire notes of the best preceeding editors, and a selection from the remaining". - Copy with handwritten prize to Petrus Smit de Klemp dated 1835. - Spoelder 586 (Gron. 4).

BIBLIA ITALIANA -- IL NUOVO TESTAMENTO di Iesu Christo Nostro Signore, nuovemente riveduto e ricoretto segundo la verità del testo Greco, e di molte & utili annot. illustr. (Geneva), Heirs of Eustace Vignon, 1596. (8), 856, (32) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. Cont. vellum. (First free endpaper lacks, some incidental wormholes (mostly in margin), a trifle foxed). NOTE: Revised and corrected Geneva edition of Brucioli's version made for the Protestant Italian refugees; the underlying Greek text was probably the one checked by Beza. - Darlow & Moule 5596; EDIT16 5965/66.

BIBLIA NEERLANDICA -- BIBLIA, Dat is: De gantsche heylige Schrift, grondelijck ende trouwelijck verduydtschet: Met verclaringhe duytscher woorden, redenen ende spreucken, ende verscheyden Lectien, die in andere loflicke Oversettinghen ghevonden (…) zijn. Embden, (W. Gailliaert), 15(64)-65. 4 parts in 1 vol. (32), 240; 94, (2 (1 blank)); 84; 109 lvs. W. woodcut printer's device (repeated on other ti.-pp.). Fol. 17th c. blind tooled vellum bind., spine raised in compartments. (Margins trimmed, reinforcements in places (espec. to r° and v° first ti.-p. w. resultant loss of part of the word 'Biblia' and a larger rep. to v° last leaf), ink stain on first ti.-p., stained throughout, traces of use/thumbed, some marginal worm holes in places (occas. affecting text)). NOTE: Second edition of the 'Deux Aes' Bible, first published at Emden in 1561-62 by Gillis van der Erven, translated from Luther's German, but here replacing some of the 1562 edition Germanisms into proper Dutch. This - in fact pirated - edition with 'improvements' was - much to Van der Erven's discontent - published without his approval, so he felt compelled to publish his own improved edition in 1565. The editions are not always clearly distinguished. - Le Long p. 731-2; Darlow & Moule 3293 note; Typ. Batava 565.

BIBLIA NEERLANDICA -- DEN BIBEL. Tgeheele Oude ende Nieuvve Testame[n]t met grooter naersticheyt naden Latijnsche[n] text gecorrigeert. (…) Met schoone[n] Figueren ghedruckt ende naerstelijck weder oversien. Item oock een schoone zeer profitelijcke Tafel (…) niet ghedruct geweest. (Antwerp, W. Vorsterman, 1542). 3 parts in 1 vol. (14), 196; 166; 102 lvs. W. letterpress ti. to O and NT within border consisting of 4 woodcut illustr. (the one for the NT slightly deviant), 1 fold. woodcut map of the Holy Land (270 x 390 mm), a calendar printed in red & black on 3 pp., c. 250 woodcuts of uneven size in text, partly by Jan Swart, num. decorated woodcut initials and ornaments, and printer's device of two-headed eagle on verso of final page. Fol. Later vellum, spine raised in compartments & gilt dec., black ti. label. (Inner margin of some lvs. reinforced, rep. in places, fold. map. rep. on v°, a bit stained/thumbed throughout, tear in leaf e6 (OT), small hole in inner margin leaf C6 (NT), occasional stains/small defects, but a very good copy). NOTE: Rare, complete copy of the 5th edition of the Vorsterman Bible (first 1528), richly illustrated with an abundancy of fine woodcuts, including the map of the Holy Land after Lucas Cranach. The text follows the Liesvelt Bible, was read by protestants and catholics alike and became a large success. One of the rarest 16th c. bibles. - Den Hollander 73; Belgica Typ. 464 &5201; Darlow & Moule 3285; Poortman I, pp. 92-94; Poortman & Augusteijn, Kaarten in bijbels, pp. 63-65.

BIBLIA NEERLANDICA -- GHEHEELEN BIBEL, Den, Inhoudende het Oude ende Nieuwe Testament, met grooter naersticheyt overghestelt ende ghecorrigeert nae dat Lovensche Latijnsch exemplaer. Loven (=Leuven/Louvain), A.M. Bergaigne, 1553. 2 parts in 1 vol. (6), (444); (98) lvs. W. letterpress ti. within a fine woodcut border, c. 30 decorative woodcut initials, c. 150 woodcuts in text, incl. some repeats, and incl. 1 double-p. and 2 full-p. woodcuts. Fol. Later cf. bind. w. brass clasps and catches. (Margins trimmed (w. some los of image to full-p. woodcuts), a bit browned/thumbed, rep. to v° last leaf, but in excellent condition). NOTE: Revised edition by J. van der Haghen of the authorised Dutch text of 1548 by Nicolaus van Winghe. Van Liesvelt published the first Dutch edition of the Bible in 1526 but his NT was based on the German version of Luther and the OT on the Latin Vulgate. In 1528 Vorsterman published a corrected edition, but the authorities were still not satisfied. Van Winghe was assigned to publish a new Bible, based upon J. Hentenius' edition of the Vulgate (1547). Van der Haghen's revised edition of this Bible was considered the standard Bible till the end of the century (over 17 editions were published). The woodcuts were printed from the blocks used for the 1548 edition (which came from Vorsterman's 1530 Bible), but some are new and are copies from Hans Holbein's 'Icones Historiarum Veteris Testamenti' (1547). The double-p. woodcut depicting the court of the Tabernacle, surrounded by the tents of the Twelve Tribes, the 2 full-p. woodcuts depict the Temple of Salomo and the 'House of Lebanon Forest'. - Belg. Typ. 466; Darlow & Moule 3287 note; Machiels B-440; Poortman I, p. 124-127, 207.

CALVIN, J. Harmonia, dat is, een tsamenstemminghe gemaect vvt de drie evangelisten, namelick, Mattheo, Marco ende Luca. Ouergheset vvtden Lat. by G. Gallinaceum. Hier by zijn geuoecht de handelingen der Apostelen van nieuws ouergesettet by I. Florianum. (Leiden, A. Verschout for:) Antw., J. Troyens, 1582. 2 in 1 vol. (14), 721, (1 blank); 349, (1) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. & sev. initials. Fol. Old cf. w. raised bands & richly dec. gilt back (Top of spine rep., new endpapers, last blank leaf lacks, underl./marginal stripes in red pencil, pencil annot. in upper margin, some marg. waterstains (at the end sl. moulded)). NOTE: First Dutch translation of the 'Harmony upon the three Evangelists' to which are added the Acts of the Apostles and Calvin's Commentary upon the Gospel of St. John (pp. 469-721 of the first part), the latter not announced on the title-page. This voluminous work was produced by the Leiden printer Andries Verschout, whose name is duly mentioned in the impressum at the end. Three different issues of this edition are known: One with the address of Verschout himself and two others with the Antwerp addresses of resp. Nicolaes Soolmans and Jasper Troyens. Except for these adresses, the issues are entirely identical and form part of one and the same edition. - Rare. Index Aurel. 130.194; Typ. Batava 929; Belg. Typ. 540.

(CALVIN, J.). Stoicheiôsis tès Christianôn piseôs (…). Rudimenta fidei Christianæ, sive Catechismus. huic adiunctus nunc est Catechismus alius magis compendiarius. (Geneva, H. Estienne), 1575. 397, (3 blank) pp. W. woodcut printer device on ti. 16°. Mod. cf. w. gilt lettered spine. (Margins cut, inner margin a bit wormholed at the end (sl. affecting text)). NOTE: Calvin's renowned catechism translated into Greek by Henri Estienne. The Greek and Latin texts are found on opposite pages. First printed in 1551 (Greek text only!). The 1563 edition was the first one to comprise Latin text as well. The present edition is noteworthy for containing for the first time the 'Catechismus alius' (pp. 268-313). - Index Aureliensis 130.137; Adams C-1045; Renouard I, 141 no. 2.

CALVIN, J. Vvtlegginghe op alle de sendbrieuen Pauli des Apostels: Ende oock op den Sendbrief tot den Hebreen. Met een schoon register. Embden, 1566. G. vander Erve & W. Gailliart, 1566. (6), 464 [= 462], (16) lvs. W. woodcut ti-vign. Fol. Mod. antique style blind tooled mottled cf. w. raised bands & gilt lettering. (Margins cut, more or less waterstained throughout). NOTE: The first edition of the first Dutch translation of Calvin's commentaries on the epistles of Paul and on the epistle to the Hebrews. Calvin began work on these commentaries in 1539, beginning with Romans (first issued in 1540). In 1551 all parts were completed and were published together with the epistle to the Hebrews: In omnes D. Pauli epistolas, atque etia in epistola ad Hebraeos commentaris luculentissima. Our first Dutch translation was edited by Johannes Dyrkinus (c. 1530-before 1592) and contains a new preface dedicated by Calvin to Simon Grynaeus and a dedication to Unico Manninga. Although Calvin was read early in the Netherlands and had become of importance, Dutch translations did not appear for some time. - Typ. Batava 935; Index Aurel. 130.098.

STANYHURST, G. Veteris hominis per expensa quatuor novissima metamorphosis et novi Genesis. Antwerp, C. Woons, 1661. (32), 338, (8) pp. W. engr. front. and 4 very fine full-p. engrs. by F. Bouttats after Fruitiers. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Free endpapers gone). NOTE: First edition. - BCNI 11798.

CATS, J. Self-stryt, dat is crachtige beweginghe van vlees en gheest, poëtischer wijse verthoont in den persoon ende uytte gheleghentheyt van Joseph, ten tijde hy by Potiphars huys-vrouwe wiert versocht tot overspel. Middelb., H. v.d. Hellen, 1620. (32), 119 pp. W. woodcut ti-vign., engr. front. by F. Schillemans & 3 text-engrs. by P. Serwouters, F. de Jode etc. after A. v.d. Venne. 4°. Cont. vellum. (Upper paste down detached, inner margin ti-p. strengthened, faintly stained in places, a bit browned/foxed). NOTE: Rare first edition. - Mus. Cats. 72; Cats Cat. 144.

ROTGANS, L. Poëzy, van verscheide mengelstoffen. Leeuwarden, F. Halma, 1715. 14, (64), 680 pp. W. engr. front., engr. ti-vign., 1 engr. head- & 2 tailpieces, 45 engr. vign. by Folkema after Houbraken & 2 full-p. engr. to 'Boerekermis'. 4°. Cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. (A bit browned/foxed). NOTE: Good copy of this first collective edition of the miscellaneous poetry. - Fontaine Verwey 144.

(LE SAGE, A.R.). Le diable boiteux. Amst., H. Desbordes, 1707. (8), 238, (4) pp. W. engr. front. 12°. Cont. vellum. (A bit foxed/browned). NOTE: 'Le diable boiteux' is an adaptation of El Diabolo Cojuelo by Luis Velez de Guevara (1579-1644), published in Madrid in 1641, and to whom the book is dedicated. The popularity of the text was such that there were thirteen editions between 1707 and 1711. - Printed in the same year as the first edition.

AMERICA -- (BUTEL DUMONT, G.M.). Histoire et Commerce des Colonies Angloises, dans l'Amérique Septentrionale. Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline, & de la Géorgie. Lond., 1755. xxiv, 336 pp. Sm-8°. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back, red label, & red edges. (Top of spine slightly chipped, upper part h.-title cut out, small stamps on title-p., but a very good copy). NOTE: First edition, published simultaneously at Paris and London. George Marie Butel Dumont, French jurisconsult and publicist, was i.a. secretary to the French embassy in Russia. He wrote several books on the history and commerce of English colonies in North America. - Sabin 9602; Kress 5421; Higgs 1030.

CHINA -- HELMAN, (I.-S.). Abrégé historique des principaux traits de la vie de Confucius. Par., chez l'Auteur & chez M. Ponce, (c. 1785). W. engr. ti. & 24 nice plates depicting lively landscapes, ceremonies, scenes of Confucius' life, etc. after the drawings of the missionary Amiot, all w. accomp. engr. text. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt back. (Outer margin ti. a bit thumbed, a trifle foxed in places, but a fine copy). NOTE: First edition of this illustrated work on the life of Confucius. - Cordier 667; Cohen/De Ricci 479; Lust 729.

JAPAN -- TITSINGH, (I.). Bijzonderheden over Japan behelzende een verslag van de huwelijks plegtigheden, begrafenissen en feesten der Japanezen, De Gedenkschriften der laatste Japansche Keizers en andere merkwaardigheden nopens dat Rijk. 's-Grav., Wed. J. Allart, 1824-25. 2 vols. xvi, 250; (2), 264 pp. W. 2 engr. ti. & 3 (of 4) fold. aquatinted plates, skillfully cold. by hand. Cont. clothbacked brds. (Apart from some minor defects a perfect copy). NOTE: First Dutch edition of a beautifully illustrated work on the Japanese festive ceremonies and customs, written by Isaac Titsingh (1745-1812), i.a. head of the Dutch Factory at Decima for the Dutch East Indian Company. The Dutch edition was translated from the English edition of 1822 which itself was a translation of the French edition of 1819. Lacking unfortunately 1 plate in vol. 1 (opposite p. 58): 'Wedding ceremony with a group of 14 people', but including the beautiful view on Decima. - Lequin, Isaac Titsingh, p. 258; Landwehr, VOC, 538; Alt-Japan-Kat. 1520; Cordier 451.

JAVA -- RAFFLES, Th.S. The history of Java. Lond., printed by Cox and Baylis for Black, Parbury and Allen, and for John Murray, 1817. 2 vols. xlviii, 479; viii, 288, (4), cclx (appendix) pp. W. 64 (of 65) engr. plates. by W. Daniell & several fold. tables. Ocl. (Spines discold. & dam. at ends, cloth dam. at extremities, vol. 1 w. faint waterstaining in first chapter, one p. torn through & repaired w. Japan tape, several smaller tears which do not run into text or images, repaired on v°. w. brown paper, some pp. a bit loose but holding, several plates in vol. 2 w. annot. in ink, some yellowing throughout, fold. map of Java lacks). NOTE: First edition, printed in 900 copies only. Abbey Travel 554; Bastin/Brommer 80-90. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.

JORNANDES. Histoire generale des Goths. Trad. (p. J.-B. Drouet de Maupertuy). Par., C. Barbin, 1603 (=1703!). (12), xxviii, (20), 287 pp. 12°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back & red label. (Extremities slightly worn, name entry on ti-p., some minor browning/foxing in places, else a good copy). NOTE: Jornandes, also written Jordanes or Jordanis, was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat, who turned his hand to history later in life. While he also wrote "Romana" about the history of Rome, his best-known work is this work ("Getica"), written in Constantinople about AD 551. It is the only extant classical work dealing with the early history of the Goths. - First edition of this translation and the only copy we could trace with the 6 lvs. dedication (compare the copy in UB Leiden, BNP, and the NUC-copies (3)). - Brunet VI, 23001; Graesse III, 479.

LAVATER, J.C. An das Direktorium der französischen Republik. Schweiz, (=Leipzig, P.P. Wolf), 1798. 31 pp. - Bound (in dif. size) after: Id. Broederlyke brieven, aan verscheiden jonge heeren. Uit het Hoogduitsch. The Hague, I. v. Cleef, 1783. - 2 in 1 vol. Cont. cf. w. floral dec. on spine and sides. (Spine ends chipped, stained/soiled in places). NOTE: Ad 1: First edition of Lavater's small protest against the occupation of Switzerland by the French revolutionary troops. Inserted/pasted in at the back are 6 'Assignats' (=a monetary instrument, an order to pay, used during the time of the French Revolution, and the French Revolutionary Wars).

JUSTINIANUS -- CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS. (Ed. F. Duarenus & L. Russardus). Digestorum seu pandectarum (I-VII), Codices (VIII-XIX) (&) Index (XII). Antw., Ex Off. Chr. Plantini, 1567. 10 (of 12) in 7 vols. Uniformly bound in fine 18th c. full cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt backs & red labels. (A few marg. wormholes, old owner's entries (partly scratched out), on ti-pp., some annot. in an old hand on free endpapers, a few tiny wormholes, margins a bit stained in places, sl. browned). NOTE: First Plantin edition of the Corpus Iuris Civilis with the complete Digests/Pandects and Codex. Volume five of the Digests (Books XXVIII-XXXVI) present (no title page) but from a different edition (by J. Pacius, Geneva, E. Vignon d'Arras, 1580, fol. 729-1076). - Extremely rare. Voet 1034 (I, II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX & XII); Adams J-516, 584, 585, 613.

ALIBERT, J.-L. Nosologie naturelle, ou les maladies du corps humain distribuées par familles. Tom. 1 (=all published). Paris, Caille & Ravier, 1817. (6), lxxxviii, 616 pp. W. 24 cold. engr. plates. Fol. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back. (Spine skilfully restored, a bit foxing in places). NOTE: Rare first edition of this ambitious and luxurious publication of which only the first volume appeared. With this work Alibert intended to describe the diseases of the human body classified by the name of the organ from which they originate. This first (& only) volume describes 10 families: Gastroses - Enteroses - Choloses - Uroses - Pneumonoses - Angioses - Leucoses - Adenoses - Ethmoplecoses - Blennoses. Alibert was chief physician at the Saint-Louis Hospital (1768-1837), first ordinary physician of King Charles X and founder of the French school of dermatology. - Cf. Waller 358 (3rd ed. 1838).

ALMELOVEEN, Th.J. ab. Inventa Nov-Antiqua. Id est brevis Enarratio Ortus & Progressus Artis Medicae; ac praecipue de Inventis vulgo novis, aut nuperrime in ea repertis. Subjicitur eiusdem Rerum Inventarum Onomasticon. Amst., Janssonius-Waesbergius, 1684. 2 in 1 vol. (32), 249, (7); (6), 85 pp. W. engr. front. 12°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Bookplate on upper paste down, faint marg. dampstain). NOTE: First edition of one of the earliest surveys of the history of medicine, following by a glossary of miscellaneous discoveries and inventions. Krivatsy 232; Waller 12506; Lindeboom 20ff.

GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS -- DEVENTER, H. v. Operationes chirurgicae novum lumen exhibentium obstetricantibus. Leiden, A. Dyckhuizen, 1701. (8), 274, (3) pp. W. engr. author portr., frontispiece w. anatomical vignette border & 38 figs. on 35 (partly fold.) plates. 4°. Modern hcf. w. red label & marbled boards. (Some yellowing). NOTE: First latin edition. Waller 2423; cf. G-M 6253 (on the Dutch ed., Leiden 1701).

GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS -- JACOBS, (J.B.). Vroedkundige Oeffenschool, vervattende in een klein bestek meerderendeels alles, 't geen tot deze Konst eenige betrekking heeft, de Geneeskunde uitgezonderd, uitgegeeven bij wijze van Lessen. Ghent, J.F. van Schueren, 1784. W. 21 engr. plates, (incl. 2 fold.). 4°. Cont. h. mor. (Dust stains on the french title, carrying over a bit to the title-p, some stains & yellowing, but otherwise a good, soundly bound copy). NOTE: First edition of a richly illustrated manual for midwives, describing how to help women during 'normal' pregnancy and childbirth, excepting specific medical care. The large engraved plates clearly illustrate what is taught in the book. - BMN I, p. 338; Vander Haeghen 6510.

SCHLÜTER, C.A. Gründlicher Unterricht von Hütte-Werken (…) nebst einem vollständigem Probier-Buch. Braunschweig, F.W. Meyer, 1738. (10), 612, (32), 198, (13) pp. W. 58 fold. plates & 1 engr. dedication p. Fol. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides, uncut. (1 cut in spine, ties lacking, 1 tie-hole torn, some (water)staining on the first pp., some plates (water)stained on the upper margin, lacks the frontispiece). NOTE: First edition of this seminal work on mining and metallurgy. - Duveen p. 534; Hoover 725.

ATLASES -- SCHOTANUS À STERRINGA, B. Uitbeeldinge der Heerlijkheit Friesland. Zoo in 't algemeen als in haare 30 bijzondere Grietenijen. (Leeuw.), Fr. Halma, 1718. (2) lvs. W. fine engr. allegorical front. by Folkema, full-p. engr. coat of arms of Friesland, 2 full-p. dedicatory engr. consisting of coats of arms (i.a. of noble Frisian families), and 39 engr. double-p. maps, of which 2 extra large, all superbly cold. by a cont. hand. Lge-fol. Late 19th c. h. marbled cf. w. simili reptile print covers. NOTE: Second revised and enlarged edition of the first atlas of the Dutch province of Friesland, the pictorial decoration of 22 of the maps being executed by the brothers Jan and Caspar Luyken. All the maps and plates magnificently coloured by hand. With printed table of content laid down on inside front cover, every map also with small printed index label on v°-sides. - Koeman III, Schot2.

BACH -- FORKEL, J.N. Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke. Für patriotische Verehrer echter musikalischer Kunst. Lpz., Hoffmeister und Kühnel, 1802. x, 69 pp. W. engr. front. portr. of Bach by Fr.W. Nettling and 1 leaf w. musical scores (r° and v°). 4°. Cont. brds. (Libr. tickets removed from binding, stamp on title ("Kunst & Musik-Handlung G. Ebner, Stuttgart") and another erased, a bit stained in places, but a very clean copy). NOTE: First edition of this important first study of the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). For this study on Bach, the organ player and music researcher Johann Forkel (1749-1818) obtained information from his sons. Forkel is generally regarded as among the founders of modern musicology. Complete and rather scarce.

ECONOMICS -- BENTHAM, J. Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the terms of Pecuniary Bargains. In a series of letters to a friend. To which is added, a letter to Adam Smith, on the Discouragements opposed by the above Restraints to the Progress of Inventive Industry. Dublin, D. Williams (etc.), 1788. (6), 232 pp. Cont. cf. (Rebacked, some sm. dam. to bind., corners worn, name entry on ti., margins faintly waterstained in places, sl. browned). NOTE: Rare second edition (First Irish edition). - Goldsmith 13615; Kress B.1368.

EMBLEM BOOKS -- BOCCHI, A. Symbolicarum quaestionum, de universo genere, quas serio ludebat, libri quinque. Bologna, Soc. Typ. Bononiensis, 1574. (48), ccclvii, (1) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark & 151 charming (nearly full-p.) engr. emblems. Sm-4°. Fine later cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt spine & brown label. (Joints partly cracked, upper part first free endpaper and ti-p. faintly stained, lower blank margin E3 repaired, else a fine and clean copy). NOTE: For this second edition of Bocchi's influential emblem book Giulio Bonasone's original engravings were entirely re-cut by Agostino Carracci. - Landwehr, Romanic Emblems, 163: "Some of the emblems derive from Colonna's Hypnerotomachia, 1499 e.g. emblem I and CXLVII. The portrait of Bocchi is emblem no. II." - Adams B-2195; Praz 276.

EMBLEM BOOKS -- CATS, J. Spiegel vanden ouden ende nieuwen tijdt, bestaende uyt spreeck-woorden ende sin-spreucken. 's-Grav., I. Burchoorn, 1632. 3 in 1 vol. (18), 168; 104; 160, 56, 24, 16 pp. W. engr. ti. & 127 text-engrs. by A. Matham, (a.o.) after A. v.d. Venne. 4°. Cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. (Bind. sl. warped, margins cut, outer margin faintly stained at the end, sl. browned). NOTE: Rare first edition. Fine take on proverbs, not only Dutch, but from all over Europe. - Landwehr, Emblem Bks., 146; Mus. Cats. 152.

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- CLERK, J. Krijgskunde ter zee, of zee-tacticq, systematisch en historisch onderzocht. Uit het Engelsch vert. & met een aanhangsel d. J.W. de Winter. Amst., W. Holtrop, 1806. 4 parts in 2 vols. W. tog. 55 fold. plates. 4° (not equal in size). Cont. hcf. w. red labels. Not uniformly bound, libr. stamps on ti-pp., else a fine set). NOTE: First & only Dutch edition of an older standard work on naval tactics. The English edition appeared London, 1790-'98. - Extremely rare. Cat. NHSM p. 926.

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- COOK, J. Reize rondom de waereld. Vert. d. J.D. Pasteur. Leyden, (etc.), Honkoop, Allart & v. Cleef, 1795-1809. Tog. 14 vols. incl. index by W. Chevallerau & clamshell box. W. engr. portr. of the author, 13 ti.-vign., 52 fold. maps, 134 (fold.) fine engr. views, etc. by A. & J.S. Klauber & C. v. Baersel, (5 lge-fold. maps loose in box). Fine cont. h. red roan w. dec. gilt backs & green labels, uncut & matching clamshell box. (Binds. skilfully restored, A few plates w. glue remnants on v° (show through a bit on r°), but altog. a very nice and complete set). NOTE: The first collected edition in Dutch, probably based on the German ed. of 1781, with a short biography of James Cook added. The first three volumes contain the life of Cook and Cook's first voyage from 1768-1771 after the account by J. Hawkesworth. Vols. 4 -7 contain Cook's second voyage from 1772-1775 after Cook's own account with notes from the Journal by G. Forster, and vols. 8 -13 contain Cook's third and last voyage from 1776-1778, after the accounts by and J. King & himself. This set with the large folding map of the world (nr. 26). - Tiele 268; NHSM 1, 140.

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- M(AREES), P. (d)e. Beschrijvinghe ende Historische verhael vant Gout koninckrijck van Guinea, anders de Gout-custe de Mina genaemt leggende in het deel van Africa met haren gelooven, opinien, handelinghen, manieren, talen, (etc.). Amst., Michiel Colijn, 1617. W. lge. engr. on the ti. & 20 engr. (19 full-p.). Sm-8°-obl. Mod. vellum 'spitselband'. (New endpapers, 5 lvs. (1E1, 1G1, 1K4, 1L1 and 2C1) bound up in photostat in a professional manner (incl. 1 text ill.), rep. to margins in places, outer right margin ti.-p. remargined, a bit browned/soiled throughout). NOTE: Second edition of a work that offers one of the earliest descriptions of what now is Ghana. In addition to a description of the region, the author also described the local rituals of the inhabitants. De Marees took a sociological approach to this. For example, he describes their family structures, religion, culture and the like. Since the author was on a trading trip, he also devotes several chapters to the local economy and trade. He also writes a lot about native fauna and flora. The intriguing plates are similar to the ones occurring in the first edition (1602). - Tiele 716; Cat Muller, Journaux, 150-1. Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.

PHILOSOPHY -- LE GRAND, A. Institutio philosophiæ, secundum principia domini Renati Descartes: nova methodo adornata & explicata. Lond., J. Martyn, 1672. (22), 470, (1) pp. W. 1 text-engr. Sm-8°. Cont. blind tooled cf. (Some scribbling on paste downs and free endpapers, small annotations in outer upper and lower margin of ti.-p., else a good and clean copy). NOTE: First edition. Intended as a treatment of the general nature of things according to Descartes's principles.

PHILOSOPHY -- (SPINOZA, B. de). Traitté des ceremonies superstitieuses des juifs tant anciens que modernes. Amst., J. Smith, 1678. (14), 531, (31), 30 pp. 12°. Cont. mottled cf. w. dec. gilt back & red label. (Spine ends dam., joints (partly) split (front side loosening), first 8 lvs. of preface lack). NOTE: First French edition of the Tractatus theologico-politicus, translated by G. de Saint-Glain. The French translation was published at the time with three different title-pages (each with a different title and a different address), as the first Latin edition was banned almost immediately after publication in 1670. This edition is also important because of the second part, which consists of Spinoza's Remarques Curieuses, et necessaires pour l'Intelligence de ce Livre. These annotations were made by Spinoza a few months before his death in 1677 and are here published for the first time. Rare. - Linde 12; Cat. Wolf Coll. 372. Cf. Printing and the Mind of Man 153.

PHYSIOGNOMY -- LAVATER, J.C. Over de physiognomie. Amst., Allart, 1781-84. 4 vols. W. 4 ti.-vign., (3 identical), 1 engr. portr. of the author, 41 full-p. engr. & 382 smaller engr. in the text, incl. sev. silhouets. Cont. hcf. extra w. dec. gilt backs & red labels. (W. stamps on free endpapers). NOTE: Vol. 1 in 2nd ed. - The very charming engravings are skillfully executed by J. R. Schillenberg, R. Brichet, a.m.o. The text was selected by Lavater himself from parts of the monumental German first edition, and translated into Dutch by J.W. v.d. Haar. - Fine set. BMN II, 39.

RICHER, A. Théatre du monde, ou, par des exemples tirés des auteurs anciens et modernes, les vertus & les vices sont mis en opposition. Par., (a.o.) Defer de Maisonneuve, 1775-1788. 4 vols. W. 20 engr. plates after Moreau le jeune & Marillier. Cont. marbled cf. w. richly dec. gilt backs, brown labels, sides ruled in gilt & gilt dec. board edges. NOTE: Volumes 1 and 2 in first edition. Compilation of stories about love and friendship in all its varieties. - Brunet IV, 31829.

A(ITZEMA), L. v. Herstelde leeuw, of discours, over 't gepasseerde in de Vereenichde Nederlanden in 't Jaer 1650 & 1651. The Hague, J. Veely, 1652. (24), 615, (7) pp. W. engr. front. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Lower (inner) margin stained, small stamp on ti.). NOTE: Account, w. official documents, of the attack of stadtholder William II on Amsterdam, of his death and of the subsequent changes in government. - First edition. Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 7b; Knuttel, Verb. boeken, 10.

EGMOND -- LEYDEN, J. v. Kronyk van Egmond, of jaarboeken der vorstelyke abten van Egmond. Vert. d. K. v. Herk, overgezien, vervolgt, en met de vert. der grafschriften verrykt, d. G. Kempher. Alkmaar, S. v. Hoolwerf, 1732. (36), 283 pp. W. fold. dedic. engr. & 2 engr. plates. 4°. Cont. blind tooled vellum. NOTE: Fine copy of this first edition. - Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 155b.

HOOGHE, R. de. Spiegel van staat des Vereenigde Nederlands. Waar in de Macht en 't Vry Bestier, Van yder der Zeven Verbonde Provincien en haar byzondere Steeden, Zo in Rechten als Regeeringen werd ontvouwd. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1706-07. 2 vols. (16), 480, 55, 143, 44, (4); (20), 335, 339, (8) pp. W. 2 dif. etched fronts., 2 etched headpieces & 16 fold. etchings by R. de Hooghe. 4°. Fine cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt backs. (A bit browned/foxed in places). NOTE: First and only edition of an important work on the history and political constitution of the Dutch Republic, strikingly illustrated by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708). Part II is of particular interest because of its chapters dealing with the Vereenigde Oost- & West Indische Compagnie, The Surinaamsche- & Groenlandsche Compagnie, the trade on the Levant and the herring fishery. - Landwehr, RdH, 103; Hollstein IX, 737-752.

LEIDEN -- ORLERS, J.J. Beschrijvinge der Stadt Leyden. 2e dr. Leyden, (etc.), A.J. Cloeting & A. Commelijn, 1641. 3 parts in 1 vol. (30), 738, (14) pp. W. 1 fold. plan of Leiden & 2 fold. engr. depict. the Spanish siege & later relief of the town, 11 engr. views in text. 4°. Cont. vellum. (Vellum split on upper joint, but binding firm, some unobtrusive traces of use). NOTE: Extra plates: 6 fold. plates (slightly worn, 1 loose) depicting the hardships of the population and their relief, taken from the first edition, 11 engr. views and 20 engr. portraits. From the library of J.W. Six and w. his bookplate.

TEMPLE, W. Aenmerckingen over de Vereenighde Nederlandtsche Provintien. Over-geset naer den 2den dr., door den Autheur verb. en verm. Amst., "Na de Copye (…) voor de Weduwe van Joseph Bruyningh", n.d. (1673?). (6), 90 pp. 4°. Mod. cl. NOTE: Important observations on 'the Dutch' by an Englishman in The Hague. Scarce first edition in Dutch. From the library of professor Izaäk Johannes ('Ieb') Brugmans and w. his bookplate. - Schoneveld 597; Knuttel 11008.

WITT -- HOEVEN, E. v.d. Leeven en dood der (...) gebroeders Cornelis de Witt en Johan de Witt. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1705. 2 parts in 1 vol. (16), 302; 440, (16) pp. W. engr. front. by R. de Hooghe, 2 engr. portrs. & 1 fold. engr. (rep. on v°). 4°. Cont. vellum. (Inner margin first lvs. strengthened, a bit browned/foxed). NOTE: First edition. - Landwehr, R. de H., 101; Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 232a; Nierop p. 279.

EGYPT - SUDAN -- VERNER, W. Sketches in the Soudan. Lond., R.H. Porter, 1885. (4), 4, (4) pp., (39) lvs. with one-sided text, lithogr. ti., lithogr. cold. map & 37 tinted lithogr. plates by J.G. Keulemans after Verner, & at the end 2 pp. w. publisher's advertisements. Fol.-obl. Or. h. vellum w. printed front cover. (Bottom of spine torn, sides a bit stained and worn along edges, last 8 lvs. waterstained in upper margin). NOTE: The first edition of this highly successful account of a military expedition in the area, based on the diaries of the author and illustrated with fine lithos after his locally produced drawings.

JAPAN -- HOFFMANN, J.J. & L. SERRURIER. Japansch-Nederlandsch woordenboek. Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1881-1892. 3 vols. xi, 188; (4), 76, (2 blank); vi, (104) pp. Wrps. (=vol.1) & or. printed wrps. (=vols. 2-3). (Wrps. vol. 3 sl. dam., sl. browned). NOTE: The very rare first and only edition. - All published. Cordier p. 502.

PTOLEMAEUS - COSMOGRAPHIA -- COLLECTION of all the original maps from the 'Cosmographia', Rome, 1490 edition. 27 double-p. maps, loose, all with central vertical fold. (All maps restored/cleaned (i.a. vertical folds skilfully strengthened on v°, remargined in places, marginal splits closed), the left outer half of world map partly skilfully remargined and w. few scale numbers and some lines in the world map skilfully redone in ink by a later hand, throughout small markings added in ink in places, a bit thumbed/soiled/brown spots in places, some small ms. annotations in an old hand in places (e.g. on first Asia map), but altog. in fine condition). NOTE: Maps from the 5th incunable edition of Ptolemy's famous 'Cosmographia', being the 4th edition with maps, and the 3rd edition with copper-engravings. Comprising 10 maps of Europe, including the famous map of the 'world' (Shirley 4), 4 maps of Africa, and 12 maps of Asia. The first printed edition of the 'Cosmography', including maps, was published in 1477 in Bologna. The first Rome edition was issued by Arnold Buckinck on 10 October 1478. Later editions were reissued on 4 November 1490 by Petrus de Turre. In 1490 the plates were still in excellent condition, having the original sharpness and quality. Watermark in our maps reveal a cardinal's hat, which indicates that these maps derive from the 1490 Rome edition (cf. on the 'Cosmographia' editions: R. Peerlings, F. Laurentius & J. v.d. Bovenkamp, Quaerendo, vol. 47, nr. 3-4, (2017), p. 315 and also (at length): https://www.berlinghieri.eu by R. Peerlings and F. Laurentius).

STRADA, F. -- COLLECTION of 15 engraved historical scenes from the 80 Years War. Taken from Strada's 'De Bello Belgico'. (First half 17th c.). 8 engravings from the large edition & 7 from a smaller one. c. 330 x 460 mm (paper size) & c. 235 x 275 mm (paper size). (Sl. browned/foxed in places).

MULTATULI (=E. Douwes Dekker). Max Havelaar, of de koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Mij. Amst., J. de Ruyter, 1860. 2 in 1 vol. (6), 212; (4), 185 pp. Cont. brown cl. (Spine ends a bit worn/slightly dam., annotation on v° first free endpaper ("Boekbezit Willem Horsman"), but a very good copy). NOTE: Loosely added: the original death notice of Mimi Hamminck Schepel (1839-1930), wife of Multatuli, dated 25 Sept. 1930. Addressed to Willem Horsman. First edition. - De Mare 195.

KUNERA PERS -- LEOPOLD, J.H. Oostersch. Verzen naar Perzische en Arabische dichters. ('s-Grav., Kunera Pers, 1922). 23, (5) pp. Sm-4°. Or. limp vellum w. gilt-lettered spine. In (a bit dam.) slipcase. NOTE: First edition printed in red, blue and black with the 'Disteltype' by L. Pissarro in 70 numbered copies only. First publication of the Kunera Pers and fourth publication of the 'Vereeniging der Vijftig'. - Cat. De Zilverdistel (1925) nr. 18 & 19 (!).

PRINS, A. De heilige tocht. Bezorgd door P.C. Boutens. (Bruges, E. Verbeke for P.C. Boutens, The Hague). 1912. (2), 181, (2) pp. 4°. Or. full limp vellum w. overl. sides, gilt lettering & silk ties, uncut. In slipcase. NOTE: First complete edition, printed in black and red on handmade paper in 72 copies (#49).

ZILVERDISTEL -- LEOPOLD, J.H. Cheops. (The Hague), 1916. 12, (2) pp., blank. 4°. Or. limp vellum w. gilt thistle on front side and gilt lettering on spine. (First free endpaper w. a few faint brown humidity stains, some very light foxing (as usual) in places, but a very good copy in a clean binding). (Vereeniging der Vijftig, 1). NOTE: Printed by J.F. van Royen in the type designed specially for the first Dutch private press De Zilverdistel by S.H. de Roos, the Zilvertype. Printed in a limited edition of 70 copies of which 50 were for sale; this is number 15/50. Zilverdistel 13.

ZILVERDISTEL -- VERWEY, A. Het eigen rijk. 's-Grav., De Zilverdistel, 1912. 144 pp. 4°. Beautiful full blue mor. w. raised bands & silver lettering, uncut, or. cover bound with. In matching h. mor. slipcase. NOTE: First edition. Printed in 100 numb. copies (#5) on the handpress of Enschedé w. the 17th cent. type of Hendrik Claesz. under supervision of J.F. v. Royen. Zilverdistel 4.

MAUPASSANT, G. de. Des vers. Par., 1884. W. front.-portr. by P. Le Rat. Cont. h. mor. extra, t.e.g. Printed in 100 numb. copies, signed and numb. by the publisher. -- A. MAUROIS. Fragment d'un journal. (1931). Owrps. One of 212 Roman numb. copies. W. author's autograph dedication. -- P. VERLAINE. Invectives. Par., 1896. Cl. (Tear in half ti.). Cl. First edition. -- G. DUHAMEL. Les livres du bonheur. Par., 1950. Cont. h. mor. W. author's autograph dedication. -- (4).

VIGO, Edgardo Antonio (1928-2004). Xilografías. Cinco obras originales. Buenos Aires, Ed. Galerá Siglo XX, (1966). W. 3 text-lvs. & 5 two-coloured woodcuts, all signed & numb. in pencil. Lge-fol. Loose as issued in or. printed wrappers. (Wrps. & first text-leaf sl. skimmed by silverfish). NOTE: Printed in a limited and numbered edition of 50 (#24) copies. With artist's autograph dedication to J. Lechner, dated 31st July 1968.

GOLDIN, Nan. The ballad of sexual dependency. N.Y., Aperture, 1986. Prof. ill. 4°. Ohcl. w. dust-j. (One leaf creased). NOTE: Goldin's pivotal artists' book featuring a then new kind of intimate diaristic photography, recording her life and the lives of her friends. - First edition. Parr & Badger II, 39.

LANE, L.C. The surgery of the head and neck. (1st ed.). (San Francisco, publ. by the author, 1896). xiii, 1180 pp. Ocl. NOTE: Walker 1323; Rutkow OT63: "This massive compendium is the first American textbook on head and neck surgery (…) The first edition is rather scarce (…)".

NEUROLOGY -- DEJERINE, J. L'hérédité dans les maladies du système nerveux. Paris, Asselin & Houzeau, 1886. xv, (1), 293 pp. W. 70 tables (5 folding). Mod. red h. mor. w. or. front cover bound in. (Some minor foxing, a few tiny marg. wormholes at the beginning). NOTE: Jules Dejerine (1849-1917) was successively chief of clinics at Bicêtre, professor of history of medicine and clinical medicine in the Paris Faculty, and clinical chief at the Salpêtrière. - First edition. Kolle III, 133-42; Heirs of Hippocrates 2114.

PAVLOV, I.P. Dvadtsatiletnii opyt ob'ektivnogo izucheniia vysshei nervnoi deiatel'nosti (povedeniia) zhivotnykh.[Twenty years' Experience in the objective Study of the higher Nervous Activity (Behaviour) of Animals]. Moscow & Petrograd, Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo, 1923. 244 pp. (Russian text). Or. red lettered black cloth. (Lower joint broken, binding loose & extremities a bit worn/dam., inside a bit tanned). NOTE: First edition of this important and rare Russian compilation of Pavlov's works on the behavior of animals, including dogs.

ROGER, J.L. Traité des effets de la musique sur le corps humain. Trad. du latin, et augm. de notes. Paris, 1803. (4), 352 pp. Mod. hcl. w. marbled sides & edges. NOTE: G & M 6631.01: "The first significant work on music and medicine. The best edition is the French translation by E. Sainte-Marie, augmented with 96 pp. of notes, 1803."