"Cosmographei" (Basel 1550 and later). Title in red & black. Ownership entry on endpaper "ex biblioth.
Cronburgensi 1700".
Ref.
Guicc. Illustr., pp. 32-33, 4.
734
[Netherlands - Amsterdam] - WAGENAAR, Jan -
Amsterdam in zyne opkomst, aanwas,
geschiedenissen, voorregten, koophandel, gebouwen, kerkenstaat, schoolen, schutterye, gilden en
regeeringe. Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion (- Yntema & Tieboel), 1760-1767, 3 vol., folio, recased half
leather, marb. paper on covers (rubbed, sl. faded), old spines on 6 raised bands (splitting joints;
def. esp. at head & tail), front.-[10]-xxiv-743-[1 bl.], 552, [2]-565-[1] pp. (1st quires misbound,
p. xvii double, minor spotting & staining). Good copy.
€ 450/600
1st edition
of Wagenaar's famous historical description of Amsterdam. The book was produced in 13 parts to
be bound in 3 volumes.
With 80 engr. ills
:
frontisp. by R. Vinkeles
after C. Ploos van Amstel,
author's
portrait by J. Houbraken
after Buys &
78
(of 79)
full-page and folding maps, plans, views
showing abbeys,
churches, entrance gates, etc. Titles in red & black with title vign.
Ref.
Haitsma Mulier/Van der Lem 507i.
STCN. Bn-Opale plus. BL London.
735
[Netherlands - Gelderland] - PONTANUS, Johannes Isacius -
XIV. Boeken van de Geldersse
geschiedenissen, Van 't begin af vervolghd tot aen de afzweeringh des Konincx van Spanien,
waer van 't eerste Deel verhandeld de Land-beschrijvingh. Getrocken meerendeels uyt de
Latynsse werken van den Heer Ioh. Isacus Pontanus; doch doorgaens veranderd, verbeterd, ende
met meer dan drie honderd nieuwe hoofd-stucken, en andere noodelyke byvoeghsels (...)
[translated from the Latin, corrected and enlarged by A. van Slichtenhorst]. Arnhem, J. van
Biesen, 1654, folio, cont. mottled calf (sl. bumped corners), gilt spine (bands, head & tail sl.
rubbed), red title label, speckled edges, 2 parts in 1 vol., [8]-116-[4], 596-[24] pp. (plates
trimmed to border with some sm. losses, splitt. folds partly rep.). Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1400/1600
With French engr. title, folding map (38 x 50 cm) of Gelderland by W. Blaeu and
20 double page maps and
city maps
by Nicolaas van Geelkerken partly minimized after Pontanus, numerous woodcut coats-of-arms in
text. Book I dedicated to "Ridderschap en steden-gesandten" and book 6 dedicated to "Willem den tienden".
Mod. bookpl. J.H. van der Pol.
736
[Netherlands - Utrecht] - LUTGERS, Petrus Josephus -
Gezigten in de omstreken van
Utrecht, opgedragen aan H.M. de Koningin der Nederlanden, naar de natuur geteekend en op
steen gebragt. Met geschiedkundige aanteekeningen van W.J. Hofdijk. [The Hague, J.D.
Steuerwald], 1869, folio, quarter leather (faded), gilt spine (sl. def. at head & tail), [8]-xviii pp.
(foxing on plates). Good copy.
€ 1300/1500
Rare 1st compl. edition
of a collection of
87 lithogr. plates
with views on manors and stately homes in
Utrecht and surroundings, designed and lithographed by the painter and draughtsman
P. J. Lutgers
(1808-
1874), and printed by J.D. Steuerwald. The Dutch romantic poet W.J. Hofdijk (1816-1888) wrote the texts to
the plates. Title vign. showing the ruins of the castle at Wijk bij Duurstede. Bookpl. H.H. Jonkers
737
[Netherlands - Vlaardingen] - Handvesten, octroyen, privilegien en regten, aan de stede
Vlaardingen,
zoo by de Graaven, als by de Staaten, van Holland en Westvriesland vergunt of
bevestigt (...). Utrecht, Schoonhoven, Johannes van Utrecht, 1775, folio, half leather (covers
rubbed, corners bumped), gilt spine (joints splitting, head defect.), [10]-486, clii, 18 pp. (sm.
marg. repairs, marg. waterstains). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 900/1000
2nd ed. (1st : The Hague, 1772) of this rare description of Vlaardingen with
1 folding city map
(c'fold rep.),
1 portret
and
9 (of 10)
engr.
city views (a few sl. splitt. c'folds, some foxing). With in the text engr. of the
most important coats-of-arms. Incorporates as usual :
Hoogvliet, Arnold
- Eerkroon voor de stede
Vlaerdinge. The Hague, Johannes Gaillard, 1771. Title in red and black with engr. coat-of-arms.
Ref.
STCN.
738
[Netherlands - XVII Provinces] - Nieuw en beknopt kaart-boekje, vertoonende de XVII.
Nederlandse Provintien
(...). Deventer, J. de Lat, 1741, 4to agenda, boards (def., rubbed,
splitting joints), [16] pp. (browned, some marg. waterstains, loss on lower part of general map
and last pl., loss of 1/4 of map 12, some folds underlaid and repaired, some maps loose, some
stains). Still good copy.
€ 600/800
Contains 2 quires A : one in Dutch and one in French with the title in French. On both t.-p. small engr. With
25 orig. coloured plates
: 22 maps and 3 tables of distances The last 2 pls are joined together.
Ref.
STCN.
739
[Netherlands] - ROBIDE VAN DER AA, Christianus, Petrus, Eliza -
Oud-Nederland in de
uit vroegere dagen, overgeblevene burgen en kasteelen geschetst en afgebeeld. Nijmegen, C.A.
Vieweg, 1846, 2 vols, 8vo, cont. quarter leather (sl. rubbed), gilt flat spine (sl. rubbed, esp. joints,