Lot n° 1453

ZILLESEN, Cornelis Beschryving van den watersnood van ‘t jaar MDCCXCIX. in verscheidene gedeelten van ons vaderland door ysverstoppingen veroorzaakt.  1800 J. Allart, 8vo, cont. quarter leather (rubbed), gilt spine on 5 raised bands, xvi-6-364-[4]...

Estimation : 250 / 350
Adjudication : 200 €
Description
pp. (tear in map). Very good copy.
Description of the flood disaster of 1799 by the Dutch official Zillesen (1736-1828). Engr. ills : large folding map (rivers), 7 folding views by Vinkeles and Brouwer; table. With a list of subscribers. Bookseller’s ticket D.J.P. Storm Lotz, Rotterdam, (1830-1918). Ref. STCN (i.a. BL). We join : Beverwyck, J. van – ’t Begin van Hollant in Dordrecht. Mitsgaders der eerste stede beschrijvinge, regeringe, ende regeerders: als oock de gedenckwaerdighste geschiedenissen aldaer gevallen. Dordrecht, J. Goris, 1640, 4to, cont. gilt vellum, [8]-360 pp. (lacking pp. 307-310, 313-320; somewhat soiled and dampstained). Uncommon history of Dordrecht by the humanist physician J. van Beverwijck (1594-1647). Woodcut ills : mark, headpiece with view of Dordrecht, 28 (of?) coat-of-arms in text. Ref. STCN (i.a. BL). Nijhoff/Van Hattum 28. (2 vol.)
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