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"STREEKTAAL NU" IN: NEDERLANDS VOLKSLEVEN JRG. XXIII, 4. (DEN HAAG, CA. 1975). Wrappers. Illustrated. (125) pp. Good copy. Bookseller reference : 5BEAPK07KV2H |
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'S GRAVENHAGE. (THE HAGUE, CA. 1890.) 8vo. Contemp. dec. cloth. Leporello with 12 photographs of The Hague. 12 pp. Good copy. Bookseller reference : 5AKA602XUOX9 |
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8 suites. Folio. Contemporary half calf with red morocco title label lettered in gold: "Costumes en Couleurs", red painted edges. Two engraved titles, one engraved dedication leaf, and 180 costume plates, all uniformly coloured by hand and most of them heightened with gold (ca. 1750), many within yellow painted frame. Very fine collection of eight very rare suites with in total 180 costume plates, beautifully picturing the costumes of various countries and cities in Europe, the Ottoman Empire, the entire world (including plates of American Indians, Africans, and people from India), and military costumes from France and Hungary. All plates en titles in a beautiful contemporary colouring by hand, many heightened with gold.Apart from the last suite of 20 uncut plates which are somewhat smaller, the other plates are printed on large paper (388 x 245 mm) with broad margins. In the upper margin of the plates the two original prickings to hang out to dry, are still present.The collection consists of the following suites (sometimes bound in a rather confusing order: the numbers between square brackets refer to the sequence in which the plates are bound in):- (1) Title in German and French [149]: <I>Schweitzerisches Trachten-Cabinet oder allerhand Kleidungen, wie man solche in dem ... Canton Zuerich zutragen pflegt / Le Cabinet de toutes les modes d'habits. les quels on porte dans loueable Canton de Suisse, qui s'appelle Zurich</I> (Augsburg, Johann Andreas Pfeffel, ca. 1750): 20 numbered large engraved plates (ca. 300 x 195 mm) of <B><I>Swiss men and women</I></B>: councillors, ministers, burghers, farmers, etc. all places in the city of Zuerich or its surroundings with engraved explanatory texts underneath with references to the buildings depicted, giving a wonderful image of early eighteenth-century Zuerich [4-22, 35].- (2) A suite of 12 unnumbered large engraved plates (ca. 295 x 195 mm) by Jeremias Wolff at Augsburg after the designs of Jacob Andreas Friderich (1683-1751), of men and women of <B><I>Nuernberg</I></B>, with engraved legends in German, Italian and French with city-scapes of Nuernberg in the background (Augsburg, Jer. Wolff, ca. 1720): very interesting plates of a bride, groom, minister, councillor, city officials, a fool ('Pritschen Meister bey dem Schiess Haus'), a versemonger with copper wall plates with mottos sewn onto his clothes, farmers, a woman with her rain cloth standing before the characteristic towers of the Nuernberg city wall, etc. [2-3, 24, 27-34, 38]. Very rare: no other copy could be traced.- (3) A suite of 6 unnumbered large engraved plates (ca. 300 x 192 mm) by Jeremias Wolff at Augsburg of men and women of an unidentified <B><I>German city (Augsburg?)</I></B>, with engraved legends in German, French and Italian (Augsburg, ca. 1720): a girl in winter on her way to church, a burgomaster, midwife, city official, woman in mourning (2x), etc. [1, 23, 25-26, 36-37].- (4) A suite of 14 unnumbered large engraved plates (ca. 300 x 195 mm) by Jeremias Wolff at Augsburg of men and women of <B><I>Strassbourg</I></B>, with engraved legends in German, French and Italian (Augsburg, Jer. Wolff, ca. 1720): a messenger, , minister, bride, groom, women in winter and summer with a huge hat, in mourning, a gardener, city officials, country women, etc. [39-52] . Very rare, no other copy could be traced.- (5) A suite of 24 unnumbered large engraved plates (ca. 300 x 190 mm) by Jeremias Wolff at Augsburg of men and women from <B><I>various parts of the world</I></B> with engraved legends in Latin (Augsburg, Jer. Wolff, ca. 1720): a Hispanus, Helvetius, Polonus, Hungarus, Russus, Moscovita, Persicus, Arabs, Samojedus (Siberian), Guinensis, Tartarus, Aegyptus (with two 'pyramids'), Japo (Japanese), Barbarus (North African), Aethiops, Peruvianus (Indian), Brasilianus (Indian), Incola Floridae (Indian from Florida), Ambianaeus, Guineae incola (inhabitant of Guinea), Malabaricus (India), Abysinus (North African), Graecus, Tur Bookseller reference : 85GD7C01U79O |
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Sm. 8vo. Orig. boards. (18, 34 blank) lvs., written in ink, in a readable schoolish hand. Travel journal by a young person, nicely written in a readable school-hand, presenting a day by day account of a summer holiday trip from The Hague to Cleves, by way of Utrecht and Gelderland, and back again, undertaken with the parents in the summer of 1838. The first entry dates from Friday July 27, 1838, and the last from Monday, September 3, 1838. The diary was probably kept to oblige the parents since all entries are rather short, and except for the main data of the trip the child seems not have found much to tell. In Cleves is noted: 'went with Papa to walk in the mountains'. Fine copy. Bookseller reference : 4960 |
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Sm. 8vo. Orig. boards. (18, 34 blank) lvs., written in ink, in a readable schoolish hand. Travel journal by a young person, nicely written in a readable school-hand, presenting a day by day account of a summer holiday trip from The Hague to Cleves, by way of Utrecht and Gelderland, and back again, undertaken with the parents in the summer of 1838. The first entry dates from Friday July 27, 1838, and the last from Monday, September 3, 1838. The diary was probably kept to oblige the parents since all entries are rather short, and except for the main data of the trip the child seems not have found much to tell. In Cleves is noted: 'went with Papa to walk in the mountains'. Fine copy. Bookseller reference : 4960 |
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(<B>MAPS FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL GRAMMAR).</B> EDINBURGH, FOR ALEXANDER KINCAID, 1790). Modern half grey calf, with old title-label mounted on spine. With 33 folding engraved maps, by McIntyre, T. Conder, and some by J. Fraser after A. Kincaid. 1 leaf with manuscript index. Atlas, consisting of a collection of maps, taken from a "Geographical Grammar" published at Edinburgh in 1790, as is to be gathered from the vaguely visible offprint of the original text on verso of the first world map. Most maps, more or less, have vague offprints of the lettering of the original text on the facing pages, but it is mostly on the back of the maps. Still, in spite of the removing of the text, the present atlas is an interesting and nice pocket-atlas, and probably complete. It contains maps of the World, the Strait of Magellan, a spherical globe, Ancient Asia, the Roman Empire, the world as known to the Ancients, Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Scotland, England & Wales, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany & The Netherlands, Poland & Prussia, Spain & Portugal, Italy, European Turkey & Hungary, Ancient Greece, Asia, the travels of Jesus, the East Indies, Hindostan, Africa, Palestine or Holy Land, North America, South America, the West Indies, New Holland or Australia, the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere, and 3 small spheres with their mathematical projections. All maps of the contemporary world are stated to be designed after the latest discoveries, the maps of the hemispheres showing the routes and dates of the latest voyages. Good copy. Bookseller reference : 5567 |
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Folio. 18th century marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt. With numerous large white woodcut initials with Janot's thistle, 2 large black initials, each repeated, and 14 woodcuts within 2- or 4-part woodcut borders in text. (5), 150 lvs. The third folio edition of the first book, unfortunately lacking the title-page. The colophon reads: "imprime' a' Paris par Estienne Groulleau, pour luy, Ian Longis, & Vincent Sertenas, Libraires", and is dated 1548. All initials are filled in, mostly with Janot's white alphabet, especially designed for the Amadis, and include 2 fine large black ones, both present twice, one a large T against a field of fleurs-de-lys, and the other with a seated God the Father holding a globe. Good copy, with the bookplate of Charles Moncorge'.- (Binding professionally restored, with new matching backcover; some sl. traces of use). STC French p. 12; this ed. not in Adams Vaganay, Amadis en Francais, Livre I, B Harvard, French, 18 (Book 1, printed for Longis); Index Aureliensis 104244. Bookseller reference : 787 |
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100 JAHRE EISENBAHN IN DEN " FLIEGENDEN BLAETTERN". MUENCHEN, VERLAG BRAUN & SCHNEIDER, CA. 1935. Original wrappers. Illustrated. 140 pp. Bookseller reference : 59FB7CXVUPZ7 |
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1950-1959. AMSTERDAM 20 FOTOGRAFEN. 20 PHOTOGRAPHERS. AMSTERDAM, (1985). Wrappers. Illustrated. (Ca. 100 pp.). Fine copy. Bookseller reference : 77IEH95121CS |
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12mo. Blue boards, gilt spine and covers, marbled endpapers. 87 pp. Exhibition catalogue with descriptions of contemporary French 19th century paintings and sculpture and earlier paintings and sculptures held at at the Museum Palais de Luxembourg, 24th of April 1818. The Galerie Royal de Luxembourg, built on behalf of Maria de Medicis, is famous for its Galerie de Rubens with the historical paintings, glorifying the life of Maria de Medici. In 1750 it became the first public museum for paintings in France showing the public the old masters from the Royal collection. In 1818 works by contemporary and living artists, like Delacroix, Ingres and David were exhibited next to their predecessors. At the beginning of the catalogue information is provided for the the visitor on the opening hours. Fine copy.- (Library paper label pasted on top of spine). Bookseller reference : 82FF4AGQ81MQ |
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<B>'T HUIS KOSTVERLOOREN.</B> (NO PLACE, CA. 1740). 165 x 212 mm. Washed pen and ink drawing (in black and brownish ink) of the house Kostverloren. Original washed pen and ink drawing by a professional eighteenth-century artist, with a view of the manor house 'T Huis Kostverloren' (caption in an eighteenth-century hand at the top of the drawing), also called Ruijschenstein or Brillenburg, situated along the river Amstel just outside Amsterdam. This manor was founded in 1420. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was a source of inspiration for many artists, including Beerstraten and Rembrandt, who has drawn the house several times. In 1650 the house was severely damaged by fire but it was restored in the '60 of the seventeenth century: the tower was restored and the house pulled down to be rebuilt on lower foundations. In 1822 the house was sold for demolition. Fine drawing.- (Some foxing). Cf. I.H. van Eeghen, <I>Rembrand aan de Amstel</I> (Amsterdam 1969). Bookseller reference : 91MGUB7YLZSD |
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<B>(ACROBATS).</B> DEVENTER, J. DE LANGE, (CA. 1830). Catchpenny print. Folio. Large woodcut illustrating various circus acts of acrobats, rather crudely touched with blue and brown colours. Popular catchpenny print of acrobats, including rope-dancers and jugglers, published by J. de Lange Junior, active in Deventer between 1822 and 1849. The print is numbered 37, and the block probably came from the stock of J. de Lange Senior, who had started the firm in about 1750. The print was published by J. de Lange under no. 103 as well, and it was also published with text in the Frisian language. Acrobats and traveling performers with trained animals belonged to the oldest subjects for catchpenny prints, and according to De Meyer, rope-dancers came first. The oldest catchpenny print of a street performance of some dozen rope-dancers was anonymously published in Amsterdam in the early seventeenth century. Good copy. De Meyer p. 199, De Lange cat. 37; Cat. Volks- en Kinderprenten van De Lange p. 21; on the subject, see De Meyer p. 560 ff. Bookseller reference : 19557 |
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<B>(AMBACHTEN</B>, BEDRIJVEN EN VERMAKEN). SNEEK, F. HOLTKAMP, (CA. 1815). Catchpenny print. Folio. With 20 small woodcuts between black-lined borders, depicting a variety of trades and professions, like a printer, postman, grocer, parson, soldier, sailor, fruit seller, fish woman, etc., also incl. some classical gods, like Bacchus and Ceres, fun at the fair, etc., each woodcut with title underneath and all coloured by thumb with red and yellow. Nice print, but rather crudely coloured, produced by J. Noman in Zaltbommel with the address of one of his retailers, F. Holtkamp in Sneek. Noman had taken over the blocks from W.G. van de Sande & Co. in Amsterdam, where the print was also numbered 19, but where it had bilingual text, Dutch and French. Noman left out the French text as well as the title. The title quoted above is taken from De Meyer's catalogue of W.G. van de Sande & Co. The print is also known with the address of Noman, dated 1815. Good copy.- (Some sl. defects to fold in the middle; sl. frayed at edges). De Meyer p. 61 and Noman cat. 19; cf. De Meyer, Van de Sande cat. 19; Cat. Van Rijn 1286 (with Noman's address). Bookseller reference : 19243 |
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<B>(ANIMAL PICTURE BOOK</B> THE NETHERLANDS, CA. 1800). Sm.8vo. Contemp. blind wrappers. With 8 full-page engraved plates of animals, all nicely coloured by hand. (16) pp. Children's picture book with beautiful full-page pictures of animals, all plates accompanied by one leaf of text in verse and in prose. The first plate is titled: "Het Zwyn" (The Pig), with a nice picture of a pig coloured in yellow and brown, standing on yellow and green grass, accompanied by a poem starting with the line: "Gulzig, vuil en traag is 't zwijn" (Greedy, dirty and slow is the pig), and warning the children never to be like one! Further depicted are a bull, a sheep with her lamb, a cow, a goat, and some curious animals, like "De Lemmus en de Getulus", explained to the children as a sort of rabbit and a sort of squirrel, "De Aquaticus en de Philander", a sort of tortoise known to Plinius, and a sort of ape, but both not known to Buffon as stated in the accompanying text, and finally "De Gulzo of Veelvraat", described as a very greedy sort of dog, living in the woods of Germany. All in all a most charming and rather curious picture book, seemingly published as such, without any title or publisher's address. It could have been intended as a children's colouring book, but then our child must have coloured it under guidance with much care. The size is ca. 10 x 16 cm. Good copy of a rare anonymous item. Bookseller reference : 6653 |
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4to. Contemporary calf, gilt ruling on sides. Full-page engraving with coat-of-arms of the bishop on verso of title, 6 engraved emblems in cartouches, followed by 6 engraved emblems illustrating the various details of Bishop Van den Bosch's coat-of-arms and his virtues, each accompanied by his coat-of-arms (repeated from the verso of title) on facing pages, last leaf with music scores of the song 'Plausus musicus convivalis', woodcut vignette on its verso. (37) lvs. (collation: A-I4, (K)2-1). Very rare first and only edition of a work in honour of Charles van den Bosch (1597-1665) on the occasion of his consecration as bishop of Bruges, edited by the Jesuit College at Bruges. On 23 July 1651 (die Apollinaris) two bishops were consecrated in Bruges: Charles van den Bosch as bishop of Bruges and Andreas Cruesen as bishop of Roermond. Van den Bosch was the ninth bishop of the diocese of Bruges which was established in 1560. The consecration took place in the see of the bishop, the Cathedral of St. Donaas at Bruges. At the time the famous Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel was in Bruges and he wrote a poem on this consecration: 'Bisschoppelijcke Staetsi Der E. Heeren Karolus en Andreas, gewyt tot Bisschoppen Van Brugge en Roermont', published as a broadsheet in 1651 (Unger: <I>Bibliographie</I>, nr. 485). This occasional publication includes laudatory poems and emblems, glorifying Bruges, the bishop's virtues and other persons:p. 3-6: Elegy on the consecration of Charles van den Bosch as the ninth bishop of Bruges in 1651.p. 7-9: Congratulation.p. 10-13: Emblem and ode on the Cathedral of St. Donatianus at Bruges, the cathedral in which Van den Bosch was consecrated.p. 14-17: Emblem and ode on the famous Bruges relic with the blood of Christ.p. 18-21: Emblem and ode 'in erroribus ac vitiis arguendis intrepidam ...D. Chrysostomi libertatem'.p. 22-25: Emblem and elegy on D. Eligius, 'Flandorum inter primos apostolus'.p. 26-29: Emblem and ode on Bonifacius.p. 30-33: Emblem and elegy on Carolus Borromaeus.p. 34-47: 6 Emblems on the coat-of-arms of Charles van den Bosc: 'In gentilitia eius insignia lusus hieroglyphicus': p. 34-5: introduction; p. 36-7: emblem 'Ad crucem & lilia. Perfectio status episcopalis'; p. 38-9: emblem 'Ad crucem & lilia. Doctrina apostolica' (emblem with <B>map of Bruges and environment</B>); p. 40-1: emblem 'Ad crucem. Sollicitudo episcopalis'; p. 42-3: emblem 'Ad crucem & liliaa in aureo fundo'; p. 44-5: emblem 'Ad crucem separantem lilia a' floribus mespuli. In discernendo prudentia'; p. 46-7: emblem 'Ad crucem. Fortitudo'.p. 48: Chronogram, referring to '1651'.p. 49-60: Text and poem on the father Petrus van den Bosch (1557-1614), the father of Charles van den Bosch.p. 61-65: Ode on Andreas Cruesen (1591-1666) who was consecreted as the fourth bishop of Roermond at the same day as Charles van den Bosch.p. 66-67: Ode on Antonius Triest (1577-1657), bishop of Ghent (1620-1657), who had been the fifth bishop of Bruges from 1616-1620.p. 68-69: Ode on Gaspar Nemius (1588-1667), bishop of Antwerp.p. 70-71: Ode on Jacobus de la Torre (1608-1661), vicar apostolic of the Dutch mission and titular bishop of Efese, living in Brussels.p. 72-73: 'Plausus musicus convivalis': poem, with musical scores, sung during the official dinner on the occasion of the consecration.<B><I></I></B><B><I>Our copy has a very interesting provenance</I></B>: it was presented by bishop Charles van den Bosch himself to Andreas van Bogaerde (1609-1652) who was alderman in Bruges at the time: 'Hoc premium datum Andree van Bogaerde ... a perillustri ...Carolo vanden Bosch ... Gymnasium Collegii Societatis Jesu 1651'. In 1858 the copy was sold at the auction Vervisch (lot 2508) and was later in the possession of the bibliophile Charles van der Elst. Good copy, with ex-libris of Charles van der Elst pasted on inside front cover and monogram 'VA' in ink, Ms. ownership's entry in ink dated 1651 on inside front cover (see above), and annotation on insid Bookseller reference : A4BFBI7YDX9D |
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<B>(CANTONESE-ENGLISH MERCANTILE VOCABULARY). MANUSCRIPT.</B> (SOUTH-CHINA OR SINGAPORE, CA. 1860). 12mo. (5,5 x 11,5 cm). Bound in Chinese manner in leporello with original blue boards, preserved in original Chinese blue cloth slipcase with remnants of paper label on frontcover. (88) lvs. Interesting manuscript vocabulary with ca. 400 entries of English and Chinese words arranged A-O, with Chinese characters and the phonetic equivalent. A number of words relate to trading and commerce, starting with the word 'Age' and ending with 'Opium'. The manuscript begins with a table of conversion of English and Chinese weights. Good copy.- (Small wormhole affecting a few lvs.; binding edges sl. rubbed). Bookseller reference : A3QBU723SY47 |
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<B>(CARICATURES</B> ON THE NEW EDUCATION ACT OF 1885. NO PLACE, 1885). 16 full-page carricatures printed in sepia, versos blank, on the New Education Act of 1885, signed V. (16 ) lvs. Separate quire with well designed and inventive caricatures on the new Education Act, intended to end the "school-war" which had divided Dutch politics since the beginning of obligatory primary education. The law now treated schools of all religious communities on equal footing as the public schools; but it did not however, end the war, as the struggle went on, now for equal subsidization by the Government. The artist probably was Alexander Ver Huell (1822-1897), a popular cartonist at the time. He studied in Leyden and became famous for his caricatures on students' life, which he published under the pseudonym O. Veralby. Later he lived in Arnhem. (No wrappers, with small ms. dedication in blue pencil on first blank). Cf. Thieme-Becker 18, p. 55. Bookseller reference : 19116 |
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Folio. Contemporary red morocco, gilt floral border with a gilt Dutch lion holding a sword in its right and the 7 arrows in its left paw in the center on both covers, spine gilt in compartments, gilt binding edges, marbled endpapers.(Tweede Stadhouderlijke binderij). 115 lvs. An 18th century manuscript copy of the famous <I>Generale Instructie</I>, or General Instruction for the Governor General and his advisory boards at Batavia, compiled by the commanders (the 'Heeren XVII') of the Dutch East India Company and issued in Amsterdam, on the 26th of April 1650. The present General Instruction replaced the earlier Instructions of 1609, 1617 and 1632. These (Points and Articles), <I>Pointen ende Articulen</I>, as laid down in this <I>Instruction </I>remained in force till the end of the company's rule and it's final dissolution in the year 1798 and form an indispensable source of information for the history of the Dutch presence in the Dutch East Indies (present Indonesia). Pp. 63-84 deal with the trade with Japan and the Philippines.The present <I>Generale Instructie</I> as well as the previous ones, have been published by P. Meijer, in his <I>Verzameling van Instructien, Ordonanncien en Reglementen voor de Regering van Nederlandsch Indie</I>. (Batavia 1848), pp. 71-116. The texts of the previous Instructions are on pp. 1-70 (photocopies of this <I>Verzameling ...</I> added). For more information on the <I>Generale Instructie</I> of 1650 see o.a. Boxer, C.R. <I>The Dutch Seaborne Empire, 1600-1800</I> (1965), pp. 92-5. Fine copy.- (Outer margin of the first leaf strengthened). J. Storm van Leeuwen, <I>De achttiende-eeuwse Haagse boekband</I>, p. 456 & p. 430 plate B. Bookseller reference : 76SG51WCCH2U |
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Folio. 31x43cm. Broadsheet. Rare broadsheet printed in Haiti, at Cap-Francais (or Cap-Haitien, Cap-Hardy, or Cap-Henry), at the north coast of the island, with an announcement by the French public council of the island to levy a tax of absence, penalizing the property owners of the city of Cap(-Francais), who left the Colony and leaving their houses unoccupied. This decree was issued under command of the French colonial authorities, Rochanbeau, general chef and, Fontaine, secretary general, and Voisin, maritime and colonial inspector, just a month before the decisive defeat of the French army by Dessalines, 18th November 1803. Dessalines became Haiti's first ruler after their declaration of Independence 1 January 1804. Good copy.- (Edges sl. frayed; some spotting). Deschamps,<I> L'Imprimerie hors l'Europe</I>, 35-36 on Pierre Roux, printer at Haiti. Bookseller reference : 944ALGRPK7OL |
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<B>(HERBAL).</B> MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER. (NETHERLANDS), 1878-1879. Folio. Contemp. half cloth portfolio. With 43 separate lvs. with pen drawings of herbs, plants and flowers of the field, all nicely watercoloured, with title, date and signature "v.d. A." added in manuscript, 3 similar drawings in pencil, also watercoloured, double-page watercolour of grasses, unsigned, 4 smaller field sketches in pencil, and 2 pen drawings in brown ink, one showing a cross-section of a live sponge, and the other a small and charming caricature of a gentleman in city clothes smelling a flower and standing between animated plants and flowers. Rare collection of a very neatly executed manuscript herbal, with all the plants very carefully, finely and most accurately drawn and coloured by hand. The herbs are often accompanied by small plant details and all have some manuscript explanatory text, and are signed and dated with the initials "v.d. A." This was probably a gentleman from Zeeland, because one plate mentions: "naar een ex. uit het bosch bij Domburg" (after a specimen found in the woods near Domburg). Only one of the drawings is dated 1893, all others 1878 or 1879, often including also the month in which the herb was found. The names of the plants are added in Latin and other observations added in Dutch. The handwriting is in brown ink, clear and well readable. Good copy, with bookstamps of Dr. L.J. van der Harst, Utrecht, on front cover and inner blank wrappers. Bookseller reference : 6420 |
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Size per leaf unfolded 134x 79 cm. Preserved in a slipcase. Manuscript on two folded leaves of vellum with attached printed document filled out in manuscript, with blindstamepd paper seal attached. Very interesting document for the history of Jamaica. It is the will of Joseph Barnes (d. 6 May 1829 at Kingston, Jamaica), who had property in Cumberland Pen on Jamaica. As executors of the will are mentioned: Joseph's brother Thomas Barnes to whom a part of the property in Cumberland Pen had descended (with John Sutton Williams as his attorney) and Barthlomew Ibbott Williams residing at Jamaica, and Alexander Evans and John Lynch at London. The will was registered and officially endorsed in London on 9 November 1831 in the name and with the seals of William the Archbishop of Canterbury. The will lists as Joseph Barnes's heirs among others Bettey Stalker (widow of William Stalker and sister of Joseph Barnes) and Joseph's 'dearly beloved daughter' Charlotte Hannah Barnes. It is the latter who inherits another part of her father's property on Jamaica: '... all that land ... which is situated to the northward and eastward of the house in which I now reside situated on the Rock Ffort or Great Wind Road in the parish of Kingston with the appurtenances thereunto'. Another part of his property was 'in the parish of Saint Catharina in the County of Middlesex and island of Jamaica commonly called and known by the name of Cumberland Penn together with all and every negro and other slaves thereunto belonging ...'. Good copy.- (A sm. piece of the paper seal broken off but still present). Bookseller reference : 81BG1DS4YAJS |
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<B>(MOPPENTROMMEL, DE-).</B> (NO PLACE, 1850). Sm.4to. Modern blind wrappers. With 32 lithographed illustrations, printed in white against black, each accompanied by a short anecdote. 32 pp. Charmingly illustrated collection of jokes and funny anecdotes, with the illustrations printed like photograph negatives, with everything one expects to be printed in black left blank and the other way around as well, with everything one expects to be left blank printed in black. The contents seem to be complete, with the pages numbered continuously, but the title or wrappers with the title are lacking. A card is inserted, containing a record of the book by a previous owner, describing the book as: "De Moppentrommel, 1850", and noting that the book was bought from Bouwman in Utrecht in 1938 for ten cents. Such collections of jokes were very popular at the time to entertain people at parties or to tell during the long winter evenings at home. Good copy, with the bookplate of Ernest van Aelst on inside front cover. Bookseller reference : 17400 |
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<B>(PICTURE-BOOK </B>ON CHILDREN'S GAMES. NO PLACE, CA. 1840). Oblong sm.8vo. Orig. boards, with 2 lithographed illustrations depicting children's games on front cover, nicely coloured by hand. With 16 illustrations of children's games on 8 lithographed plates, versos blank. Charming picture book on children's games, without text or title, depicting sixteen different games. The two games on front cover are repeated inside. Games shown are flying a kite, playing at skittles, ice skating, playing the guitar, hunting, several ball and throwing games, a ball and stick game similar to golf, seesaw, spinning a top, throwing snowballs, etc. Our picture book was probably published as it is here, entirely anonymous, and without any text, but a variant edition also existed in which the plates were folded showing one game on each plate with text in verse bound inbetween, describing each game. All text-pages and one plate of this small variant is here loosely inserted as well. Our copy also has a charming four-part gilt and coloured border, contemporary mounted on front cover. The size of our picture book is ca. 16 x 10 cm., and the leaves of the smaller variant copy measure 8 x 10 cm. Good copy, with ms. note in pencil on first endpaper: "Zie het kleine groene boekje voor de versjes hierbij" (look at the small green book for the accompanying verse).- (Some child's drawings on inside covers; sl. thumbed). Bookseller reference : 6634 |
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<B>(PRENTENBOEK, HET NUTTIGE-</B>. LEYDEN, D. NOOTHOVEN VAN GOOR, 1858). Folio. 22 lithographed plates, all devoted to a special subject of natural history or natural science with a large illustration in centre and several smaller illustrations nicely arranged around it, all with titles underneath, and all beautifully coloured by hand. Extremely rare set of loose prints, intended to illustrate the instructive children's picture book: <I>Het Nuttige Prentenboek, waarin De Spelende Jeugd, door fraaije platen en bijschriften en onderhoudende vertellingen, geleid wordt tot opmerken en nadenken Over Allerlei Dingen Uit het Dierenrijk, de Plantenwereld, het Delfstoffelijke en de bewerktuigde Natuur, En hoe de menschen dat alles tot hun nut, gemak en voordeel weten aan te wenden</I>. In the book the lithographs were bound in between the text as double-page plates, but they were also sold separately, both as sets and individually. Here all prints are unfolded, and without any trace of earlier binding. Present here are 22 of the original 25 instructive prints, attractively depicting the use of all sorts of natural resources, including production processes, scientific and technical devices, resulting products, etc., all prints nicely and carefully coloured by hand, and here arranged alphabetically as follows: <B>a. BOEKDRUKKERIJ</B>. Depicting the work in a printing office, with a view of a printing office in centre and numerous illustrations relating to the process of printing, all nicely coloured by hand. <B>b. DRIE RIJKEN DER NATURE, DE-</B>. With six rows of illustrations, depicting the "Three Realms of Nature", the first three devoted to the animal world, the next two to the vegetable world, and the last row devoted to the mineral world of nature, all with titles underneath and all beautifully coloured by hand. <B>c. GLAS EN AARDEWERK</B>. Depicting a china factory in centre and numerous illustrations around it, showing the tools and products of the manufacture of glass and porcelain, including a view of a potter's workshop and a lime-kiln, all with titles underneath and all beautifully coloured by hand. <B>d. HENNEP EN VLAS EN WAT ER ZOOAL VAN VOORTKOMT</B>. With a large view in centre of a hemp- and flax-field, surrounded by numerous illustrations of the processing of hemp and flax and the various products made from it, like a ropery, a linen-weaver's shop, etc. all with titles underneath and all beautifully coloured by hand. <B>e. HOUT, HET-</B>. With numerous illustrations of wood-working shops and their wooden products, like a carpenter's, a wooden shoe maker's, a cartwright's, a cooper's, etc., all with titles and finely coloured. <B>f. KOORN, HET-</B>. With a large central view of a farmer's family resting during the harvest of corn, surrounded by numerous illustrations of the processing of corn and the various corn products, including a birthday cake at a children's party, all with titles and all beautifully coloured by hand. <B>g. LICHT EN DE KLEUREN, HET-</B>. Depicting the colour spectrum over the whole height of the sheet with illustrations along both sides in corresponding colours, all with titles underneath and all finely coloured by hand. <B>h. MUNTEN, MATEN EN GEWIGTEN</B>. With a large central illustration of a grocery store and numerous illustrations relating to coins, measures and weights nicely arranged around it, all with titles underneath and all beautifully coloured by hand. <B>i. NATUURKUNDE</B>. Depicting scientific phenomena and experiments, like electricity, magnetism, the magic lantern, the refraction of light by glass and by liquids, gravitation, distilling, etc., all with titles underneath, and all nicely coloured by hand. <B>j. NEDERLANDS ZEE- EN LANDMAGT</B>. With two central illustrations, one of a sea-battle and the other of a battle of the cavalry, surrounded by numerous illustrations of the uniforms of the Dutch Navy and Army, including some fine views of warships, all with titles underneath and all beautifully coloured by hand. <B>k. PAARD, HET</B>-. With a fine larg Bookseller reference : 6585 |
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<B>(TEXTILES SAMPLE BOOK).</B> SAISON 1923-1924. FOULARDS. (FRANCE, CA. 1923). Oblong 4to. Contemporary black cloth, with gilt title, decoration and gilt initials S. A. on front cover. With 609 beautifully coloured cloth samples (cotton/ wool?) pasted in: of which 46 numbered cloth designs,with each time one large sample measuring ca. 21 x 22 cm, and on the opposite page 8 samples measuring 5 x 10,5 cm being mostly the large one in black and white, (the eight smaller ones in vivid colours (navy, red, blue, ochre, pink, green, gold, silver) with the same design in white), and 10 numbered multi-coloured designs (no. 1300-1309) each with 16 small samples and 2 large samples, in even more vibrant colours, and the last intricate design no. 1310 with 14 small and 2 large samples. Interesting French textiles sample book with fashionable fabrics for womens clothes (scarfs and shawls) from the (summer) season 1923-1924. On the front cover there are two gilt initials of probably the company: '' S.A.'' and a goat reclining on rocks. On the first page a typescript note (notice) is pasted in, describing the fabric and its treatments. Good copy.- (One large sample missing, top and below of spine dam.). Bookseller reference : 869F61ON9B88 |
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