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1001
[Dutch Revolt] - SCRIVERIUS, Petrus -
Beschrivinge van Out Batavien met de antiquiteyten
vandien. Mitsgaders d'afbeeldinge, afcomst ende historie der (...) graven van Hollant, Zeelant
ende Vrieslant etc. [and]
[DUYM, Jacob]
- Corte historische beschryvinge der Nederlandtsche
oorlogen, beginnende vanden aenvang der Nederlandse beroerten tot den Iare 1646 incluys met
de afbeeldinge der gouverneurs en andere crychs-helden. Amsterdam, Broer Jansz, 1646, 2 parts
in 1 vol., 8vo, cont. overl. vellum (stained), [14]-442, 320 pp. (browned and spotted throughout).
Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/250
Enlarged combined reprint of 2 works 1st publ. together in 1606 : "Oudt-Batavien" by the independent
historian P. Scriverius (1576-1660) and an eye-witness account of the Dutch Revolt by the Leiden rhetorician
Jacob Duym (1547-1624). The latter work here with a continuation by Scriverius.
Illustr.
: engr. title,
woodcut arms on part title,
62 half-page woodcut portraits
and numerous woodcut ills in text. Among the
portraits occur those of the Counts of Holland (until Philip II) and of the protagonists of the Dutch Revolt
(incl. William of Orange, Albert & Isabella, Piet Heyn, etc.). Gothic type. Early acquisition note dated
"1662" on front flyleaf.
Ref.
STCN (8). Haitsma Mulier/VdLem, Repert, geschiedschr. 153 & 436c. BN Paris
(1). Not in BL London, NUC, Matagne (Namur).
1002
[Dutch Revolt] - STRADA, Famianus, S.J. -
Histoire de la guerre des Pays-Bas, du R.P.
Famien Strada Romain de la Compagnie de Jesus, traduite par P. Du Ryer. Paris, s.n., 1661,
folio, 2 parts in 1 vol., cont. calf (rubbed, used), gilt orn. spine on 6 raised bands (def. at head &
tail, joints splitting), [22]-586-[2 bl.], 788-[12] pp. (orig. title ?, a2 lacking, corner of a3 torn off
without loss, corner torn off of last index, marg. wormholes in quires 3A-3D, browning, some
minor stains, some marg. tears rep., part of engr. (Spinola) torn and underlaid).
€ 300/400
French trsl. by Du Ryer (1605-1658) of the catholic history of the Dutch Revolt by the Roman Jesuit
Famiano Strada (1572-1649) 1st publ. in 1632.
Present are :
15 engravings
by A. Huberti of sieges (in
detail) and
2 pl. with each 12 portraits.
T.-p. with vign. Libr. stamp.
Ref.
Not in De Backer/Sommervogel.
1003
[Elzevier Press] - BONNEFILLE, Charles -
L'homme irreprochable en sa conversation. Diuisé
en trois parties, en châcune desquelles est traitée la maniere de parler en sorte dans les
compagnies (…). Leiden, J. Elzevier, 1661, 12mo, cont. overl. vellum (endpapers gone), flat
spine, [24]-413-[1] pp. (paper age-toned, occ. spotting, some quires marginally stained). Good
copy.
€ 150/250
Extr. rare pocket courtesy book dealing with polite conversations. "Ce volume, fort bien exécuté, est curieux
et rare" (Willems). Woodcut mark on title. Old name on front flyleaf "De la Rue".
Ref.
Willems 872. Not in
STCN, BL London, BN Paris.
1004
[Elzevier Press] - [DE LAET, Johannes] -
Belgii Confoederati Respublica : seu Gelriae,
Holland, Zeland, Traject. Fris. Transisal. Groning. chorographica politicaque descriptio [comp. J.
de Laet]. Leiden, Elzevier, 1630 [date on engr. title not printed before 1632], 24mo, cont. overl.
vellum, flat spine, [16]-352-[9-3 bl.] pp. (minor spotting). Good copy.
€ 80/120
2nd ed. of this "Elzevier Republics" volume devoted to the Netherlands, compiled by the historian J. De Laet
(1581-1649). Ill. with an engr. title.
Ref.
Willems 326. STCN (i.a. 1 BL London). Tiele 633. Matagne
(Namur) B-201. Haitsma Mulier/VdLem (Repert. geschiedschr.) 283.
1005
[Elzevier Press] - GRAMOND, Gabriel-Barthélémy de -
Historiarum Galliae ab excessu
Henrici IV. libri XVIII (…). Amsterdam, L. Elzevier, 1653, 8vo, cont. blindruled vellum (clasps
gone), flat spine (sm. hole), blue edges, [28]-798-[86] pp. (paper age-toned, blank part of fore-
edge margin of title cut off, lower margin of quires Hh-Kk dampstained). Good copy.
€ 100/150
Only Elzevier ed.
of this continuation of de Thou's history of France by the historian Gramond (1590-1654),
1st publ. Toulouse 1643. It deals with the years following the death of Henri IV (1610). Woodcut mark on
title. Title in red & black. Gilt initials "I.G.D.C.F." on front cover. Cont. ownership entries on title.
Ref.
Willems 1160. STCN (7, i.a. BL London).
1006
[Elzevier Press] - HEINSIUS, Daniel -
Orationes, nunc primum omnes simul, nonnullae etiam
nunc primum editae. Leiden, (H. van Haestens for) L. Elzevier, 1612, 12mo, cont. vellum (sm.
def. to fore-edge sides, endpapers detached), flat spine, [24]-407 (= 405)-[3] pp. (paper age-
toned, title soiled). Good copy.
€ 160/180
1st collected ed.
of the speeches of the Leiden professor of classical languages D. Heinsius (1580-1655), incl.
funeral speeches for J.J. Scaliger and J. Dousa, essays on Greek poetry and philosophy, and a mock eulogy
of the louse. Woodcut mark on title. Title in red and black. Red pencil marks and name on flylvs.
Ref.
STCN
(3). Sellin (Heinsius) 102. Willems 71. Simoni (BL London) H-40.
~ Rouen prize binding with gilt arms of the Parlement de Normandie ~