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Antiquariaat De Slegte
Catalogue 37
London International Antiquarian Book Fair
Old & rare – Fine printing - Avant garde & literature
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A pre-Braille printing in embossed type
1. Zangwijzen der Psalmen, bij de Hervormde Kerk in
gebruik, ten dienste van blinden. [Amsterdam, Instituut
voor Blinden], 1817. 113 leaves. 4to. Half parchment,
contemp. Boards, 4 ribbons. Vignet on inner sleeve
„Archief-exemplaar No 9370A J. Brandt & Zoon‟.
* Melodies of the psalms,
rendered in capital letters,
printed in embossed type
for the use of pupils of the
Institute for the Blind at
Amsterdam being trained
as organist.
Very early example of a
book printed for the blind.
I.e. the first to be printed
in the Netherlands after
the idea of printing with
embossed type was
developed up from 1886
on by Valentin Haüy
(1745-1822), founder of
the world‟s first school for
the blind in Paris. He devised a printing system that could be
read with the fingertips. Haüy used ordinary printing type, cast
in reverse, pressing it against the back of the paper to create
embossed Roman letters. The system was improved in 1816 by
Haüy‟s successor at the Paris school, Sebastien Guillié, who
designed a more open design of the round-hand type. While
Haüy had used a copperplate press, Guillié used a common
printing press with two people pulling on the bar to create the
additional pressure needed to emboss paper. In 1824 Louis
Braille developed his braille system, using dots instead of raised
letter types, in 1824. He published a book outlining his dot
system in 1829. The first raised-print books in the United States
appeared no sooner than in 1832. It makes „Zangwijzen der
Psalmen’ one of the first examples of a book printed for the blind
worldwide. Very firm and clean copy. Very rare.
OLD & RARE
2. [LANDO, Ortensio] - Sette libri de cathaloghi a varie
cose appartenenti, non solo antiche, ma anche moderne:
opera utile molto alla historia, et da cui prender si può
materia di favellare d'ogni proposito che ci occorra.
Venice, Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari e fratelli, 1552 [1553]. In16, 567, (1)p. Woodcut printer's vignette on title-page and
on last page, woodcut initials, later vellum with gilt letter
piece, nice marbled edges.
* Occas. sl. foxed; first four lvs. (starting from title-p.) marginal
repairs (1x repaired tear in middle); a few old annotations /
owner's entries/ stamp (on title-page and verso); bibliographical
clipping mounted on first free endpaper. # Author (Milano, ca.
1510 – Napoli, ca. 1558) of many works and translations. Many
were published anonymous or pseudonymous. He is known as
translator of Cicero and made the first Italian translation of
Utopia by Thomas More, published in Venice in 1548. Brunet
III, p.813: "Ces melanges historiques sont curieux, et difficiles a
trouver."; STC British Museum p.377; G. Melzi, Dizionario di
opere anonime e pseudonime di scrittori Italiani (Milan, 1859),
p.62 ("bizzarro scrittore"). Provenance: Library of Gerrit
Komrij. Very rare.
3. AGRICOLA, Georgius - Vom Berghwerck xii. Bücher
dariñ alle Empter / Instrument / Bezeuge unnd alles zü
disem handel gehörig [...].
Basel, Jeronymus
Froben & Niclausen
Bischoff, 1557. Folio in6 / [viii], 491, [xiii] pp.
In 19th century half
calf with marbled
boards, a leather title
ticket and gilt
decoration to the spine.
* Illustrated with 273
woodcuts in the text and
2 woodcut plates, further
decorated with a printer‟s
mark to the title page and
the final page, and
decorated initials. This
copy with cropped
margins, and scattered
marginal annotations in
ink. Pages lxxviii & lxxix
were stuck together (now
loose, damaging the page
and illustration a little), a stain to the illustrations on page
xxxvi-xxxvii. A quite crisp and clean copy in very good
condition. The later spine faded.
# First German edition of Agricola´s famous work on metallurgy
(original title: De re metallica libri xii [12 books on the nature of
metals], 1556). Georgius Agricola (=Georg Pawer, 1494-1555)
was born in Glauchau. His interest in mining began during his
studies of medicine, physics and chemistry, but became poignant
during his appointment as physician in Joachimsthal, a centre of
mining and smelting works. Here, he decided to test theories on
metallurgy and mineralogy. Later he moved from Joachimsthal
to Chemnitz, the epicentre of the German mining industry,
where he could intensify and freely pursue his studies into the
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art of mining. The book is a systematic treatise on state of the art
of mining, detailing the extraction and processing of metal ore.
Agricola also gives information on how to identify ore veins in
the ground and describes prospecting and surveying in great
detail. The woodcut illustrations show numerous uses of the
watermills and winches in mining, among many other technical
details. The rear of the book contains a list of terminology in
German with their Latin translations. This work, building on
Pliny´s Historia Naturalis, has long remained a standard work
in the field of metallurgy. An English translation was published
in 1912, by Herbert Hoover, who would later become the 31st
president of the USA. *P.M.M. 79 / Hoover 18 / Ward &
Carozzi 31 / Dibner 88.
4. AGRICOLA / HOOVER, Herbert Clark & Lou Henry De re metallica Translated from the First Latin Edition of
1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and
Appendices upon de Development of Mining Methods,
Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining
Law from the earliest times to the 16th century.
London, The Mining Magazine, 1912. First English ed.
Folio in-8 / [iv], xxxi, [i], 640, [ii] pp. In original modern
vellum with titling and decoration in black to the spine, in
a clear mylar protective jacket.
* Illustrated with reproductions of all the woodcuts from the first
edition, including the two plates (one of which folding). Probably
printed in an edition of ca. 1500 copies, this copy bears a
stamped number 00217 on the title page. Although Hoover
himself claimed 3000 copies were printed, Cyril Stanley Smith,
in his catalogue of the Hoover collection (De re metallica: The
Herbert Clark Hoover collection of mining & metallurgy), cites a
total of 1476 copies. In very good condition: rear inner hinge
with a tear near the head, cover a little soiled, small damage to
the tail of the spine, scattered smudges in the page margins. All
in all a clean and fresh copy of De re metallica‟s first English
edition COPY WITH A SIGNED TYPESCRIPT LETTER BY
HOOVER. Hoover, who would later become the 31st president
of the USA, was a mining engineer before he entered politics.
The translation was mainly written by Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover,
Herbert‟s wife, who was a former Latin teacher. This copy is
unique in the sense that it contains a signed typescript letter by
Hoover to Mr. Walter Gardner, dated July 12, 1920. The
Hoovers added a preface, introduction (containing biography,
general background to the work, introduction to the work) and
appendices (A: Agricola‟s Works, with bibliography; B: Ancient
authors, a bibliography of works by earlier authors; C: weights
and measures, comparison tables of the old and modern units of
measure) and indices.*Hoover 28.
5. [Scatology] - GOCLENIUS, Rudolph. - Physiologia
crepitus ventris et risus recognita explanata, et iterato
edita (...). Cum Ritu Depositionis Scholasticae. Frankf.
a.M., in Officina Paltheniana, 1607. 12mo. (8), 173, (1)p.,
woodcut printer's mark on title and final page. 19th cent.
Giltlett. halfmar. by Trioullier Succ. de Petit-Simier, t.e.g.,
Cut sl. short in upper margin, occas. sl. affecting the running
title; title-p. soiled/ sl. stained w. sm. owner's entry, and w.
contemp. annots. on verso. Binding rubbed/ sl. worn at
extremities; top of spine chipped. # Bibliotheca Scatologica 123,
w. extensive commentary; Gay/ Lemonnyer II, p.732; Krivatsy
4838, Hirsch II, p.582f. "(...) Cette savante dissertation est
traitée de main de maître, et l'on peut dire, sans exagération, que
le sujet grandit et s'ennoblit sous la plume de Goclenius. (...)
Enfin les musiciens et les physiciens trouveront peut-être des
idées neuves dans le paragraphe où l'auteur compare les
variations du son suivant la capacité de l'instrument qui le
produit. On peut dire que Goclenius étudie son sujet ab ovo (...).
Cette dissertation et celle du pseudonyme Sclopetarius (...) sont
ce qui a été écrit de plus remarquable sur le sujet qui nous
occupe. Bien qu'égales en importance, elles brillent par des
qualités toutes différentes, et elles se complèment l'une autre.
Sclopetarius marche d'un pas régulier dans la voie didactique, et
suit le terre-à-terre de l'école; c'est l'homme de la méthode, le
classique du genre. Goclenius dédaigne ses sentiers battus; il
faut à son imagination des espaces nouveaux, il aime l'imprévu;
c'est un novateur audacieux. Le premier étudie patiemment; il
dépouille les travaux de ses devanciers, il observe
minutieusement et classe avec exactitude. La deuxième invente;
il découvre des rapports inconnus, il résume. L'un agit en
anatomiste, en micrographe, en analyste patiente et habile (...).
L'autre se pose en historien (...). L'un est l'alpha, l'autre
l'omega de la matière, et tous deux ils forment le nec plus ultra
de ce que pourront jamais inspirer de plus ingénieux les soupirs
abdominaux (...)" (Bibl. Scat. p.49f). Provenance: Library of
Gerrit Komrij.
6. GYLLIUS, Petrus [GILLES, Pierre] : De Bosporo
Thracio libri III. Lugduni Batavorum [=Leiden]:
Elzevirios, 1632. 16mo. 379, [v] pp. With an engraved title
by C.C. Duysend with a view of the Bosporus. In
contemporary full vellum with the title ms. to spine. Two
metal clasps on leather bands. * In near fine condition, the
cover a little soiled, one of the pins in which the clasps close
lacking. Gilles was sent to the Levant by Francis I, and is often
seen as the father of Byzantine archaeology. In this work he
details the antiquities of Constantinople.
7. [Helvetica] - SPRECHERUS, F(ortunatus) (v. Berneck) Rhetia, ubi eius verus situs, politia, bella foedera, et alia
memorabilia accuratissime describuntur. Leyden, Ex
Officina Elzeviriana, 1633. 6 x 11 cm. 424 pages, (7). Bound
in 18th century red morocco with double gilt paneled
covers, both panels consisting of 3 fillet lines, inner panel
with floral corner stamps, ribbed gilt spine. With an
engraved title. All edges gilt. * Very good in a fine binding.
Describes the history and actual state of Rhetia or Graubünden.
With an 18th century armorial bookplate. Repeats the Basel 1617
edition entitled Pallas Rhaetica, as the running title still has it.
Cf. Willems 392; Berghman 1766; Rahir 379.
8. CLUVERII, Philippi - Introductionis in universam
geographiam tam veterem quam noveam libri VI.
Accessit P. Bertii Brevarium orbis terrarium. Leyden,
Apud Elzevirios. (B. and A. Elzevier), 1641. 2 parts in 1
volume. 12mo, 6 x 11 cm. 352; 70, (9)pp. Bound in
contemporary overlapping vellum. Engraved title, a
folded table. * “Phillip Clüver (1580-1622) was a German
geographer, a principle figure in the revival of geographic
learning in Europe and the founder of historical geography.
After becoming a soldier and then traveling throughout most of
Europe, Clüver , in 1615, settled in Leiden, where he was
appointed geographus academicus (“academic geographer”) the
following year, with an annual stipend. He approached
geography through history and classical authors. The most
important among his works is „Introductio in Universam
Geographiam‟ (1624: “Introduction to Universal Geography”).
The first of its six volumes deals with the Earth in general, but it
is the remaining five on with his reputation rests. They contain
short descriptions of countries and stress human and historical
considerations. The Introductio remained a standard work
throughout the mid-18th century.” (Encycl. Br.) Prov.: The
Elzevier Collection of the late Dr. J.J.W.R. Van Dijck. / Library
of Boudewijn Buch
9. MILTON, John - Pro populo Anglicano defensio,
contra claudii anonymi, alias Salmasii defensionem
Regiam. London, Typis Du Gardianis (= Amsterdam, L.
Elzevier), 1651. 7 x 13 cm. (42), 330 pp. Bound in
contemporary overlapping vellum. Heraldic woodcut titlevignette. * Some quires partly water-stained in the outer blank
margin. John Milton (1608-1674) was one of the greatest poets
of the English language. He was also a noted historian, scholar,
pamphleteer and civil servant for the Parliamentarians and the
Puritan Commonwealth. He is best known for Paradise Lost,
which is generally regarded as the greatest epic poem in the
English language. Milton‟s prose works, however, are also
important as a valuable interpretation of the Puritan Revolution,
and they have their place in modern histories of political and
religious thought (…) In 1651 his Latin Defense of the People of
England appeared. Charles II, in exile, had engaged Claudius
Salmasius (Claude de Saumaise), the most eminent of classical
scholars, to arraign the regicides (Defensio Regia Pro Carolo I,
1649). Milton was less effective in legal argument than in
discrediting Salmasius by personal abuse; like some other
crusaders he tended to see opponents as monstrous enemies of a
sacred cause who must be destroyed by any means.” (Encycl.
Br.) The Defensio has been described as “the best apology ever
offered for bringing kings to the block” (Gillet). A rare edition.
Provenance: The Elzevier Coll. of the late Dr. J.J.W.R. Van
Dijck. / Libr. of Boudewijn Buch.
10. VIRGILIUS MARO - Opera – Amsterdam, Ludovici
Elzevier, 1658. 6 x 12 cm. 359 pp.. Bound in 19th century
crushed brown morocco by Gruel with a gilt-lettered
ribbed spine, gilt fillet lines on edges, gilt inside dentelles
and marbled end-papers . All edges gilt. Engraved titlepage and a woodcut printer‟s mark at the end.
* The book is occasionally foxed. But a fine, attractively bound
copy. “Virgil (70 BC. -19BC.) also spelled Vergil, in full Publius
Vergilius Maro, was a Roman poet, best known for his national
epic the Aeneid. Cf. Willems 2126, note; Berghman 2173
("Edition rare, de 359pp., non decrite dans Willems"); Rahir
1270; Copinger 4952; not in Schweiger. According to Rahir it is
exceptional that Louis is mentioned on the title page without his
brother Daniel. Provenance: The Elzevier Collection of the late
Dr. J.J.W.R. Van Dijck. / Library of Boudewijn Buch.
11. PASCAL, Blaise - Pensées de M. Pascal sur la
Religion et sur quelques autres sujets qui ont esté
trouvées aprés sa mort parmy ses papiers.
Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1670, 2nd ed. 12mo. [lxxii], 365,
[xxiii] pp. Modern vellum. In good condition, the pages
somewhat grubby and with sometimes ragged edges, the
occasional small tear, but without damage to the text.
*Both Brunet and
Graesse give a 1670
edition with 365 pages
of main text as the
second edition of the
Pensées. Tchemerzine
delves a little deeper into
the matter,
acknowledging two
contrefaçon (pirated)
editions. The present
edition is not the first
pirated edition, as that
edition supposedly has
errors in pagination
which do not occur in
this edition. However,
we think the present is
not the second pirated
edition either.
Tchemerzine remarks:
"Une autre contrafaçon
sous la même date
[1670], avec collation identique, a un titre un peu différent. Le
monogramme de G. Desprez y est remplacé par le fleuron des
Provinciales, éd. in-4 de 1657 [Tchemerzine V 62]." Although
the title page of our edition does not bear the monogramme of
Desprez, neither does it bear the fleuron of the mentioned edition
(although another fleuron is present). Curiously, also, the
privilege is dated "le 2. Ianvier 1679", which is odd at least, for
an edition supposedly published in 1670. Also, the privilege
(with corrections on the verso) is in the rear of the book as
opposed to the front. *Tchemerzine 1977, V 71, *Brunet IV
398; *Graesse V 146.
12. THOMAS A KEMPIS - De imitatione Christi Libri
quatuor. Amstelodami [Amsterdam], Ex officina
Elzeviriana, 1679. 12mo. 8 x 13 cm. 261 pp. Bound in 18th
century blue morocco with a double gilt border round the
sides, a gilt spine and raised bands. All edges hilt and gilt
inside dentelles. With engr. title.
* There are two small contemporary annotations on the titlepage. A fine copy, nicely bound. “Thomas A Kempis
(1379/1380-1471) whose original name was Thomas Hemerken,
was a Christian theologian and the probable author of De
Imitatione Christi (Imitation of Christ), a devotional book that,
with the exception of the Bible, has been the most influential
work in Christian literature. (…) Thomas joined the
Windesheim congregation at Agnietenberg monastery, where he
remained almost continually for over 70 years. He devoted his
life to copying manuscripts and to directing novices. Although
the authorship is in dispute, he probably wrote the Imitation.
Remarkable for its simple language and style, it emphasizes the
spiritual rather than the materialistic life, affirms the rewards of
being Christ-centered and supports Communion as a means to
strengthen faith. His writings offer possibly the best
representation of the devotio moderna (a religious movement
created by Gerhard Groote, founder of the Brethren of the
Common Life) that made religion intelligible and practicable for
the „modern‟ attitude arising in the Netherlands at the end of the
14th century.” (Encycl. Br.) Provenance: The Elzevier
Collection of the late Dr. J.J.W.R. Van Dijck. / Library of
Boudewijn Buch.
13. CELLARIUS, Christophorus - Notitia Orbis antiqui,
sive geographia plenior ab Ortu Rerumpublicarum ad
Constantinorum tempora Orbis terrarum faciem
declarans. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Gleditsch, 1701-„06. 3 parts in
2 vols. 4to. / [xviii], 1332, [lxiv]; [xvi], 890, [ii], 254, [lxii]
pp. Contemporary full overlapping vellum with gilt titling
to the spine. With, in volume 1, an engraved frontispiece,
20 double-page maps, a double-page chart, and
decoration. In volume 2, another 12 double-page maps and
one folding. In very good condition, an unmarred and
bright copy. Not in Brunet. For the 1731-‟32 edition cf.
Brunet I 1724; Sabin 11655. * Cellarius (Christoph Keller –
1638/1707) was a German classical scholar. His “Universal
History” helped popularise the division of history into AncientMedieval-Modern. After Keller, this division into three main
blocks became the standard. Here offered is the first edition of
Cellarius‟ atlas of the ancient world.
14. ALLARD, Carel, a.o. L’art de batir les
vaisseaux et d’en
perfectionner la
construction, de les garnir
de leur apparaux, les
mettre en funin, les
manœuvrer, &c. Avec La
coupe d’un vaisseaux du
premier rang, les Devis
du plusieurs fortes de
Vaisseaux, les outils &
machines des ateliers de
construction, les
instruments de
mathématique servans à
la navigation, leurs
descriptions & figures;
diverses listes & tables concernant la construction,
l’équipement &c. 2 vol.. Amsterdam, chez David Mortier.
1719. 4to. (4) 82 pages ; (1) 94 pages. 2 vol. bound in one, in
full calf, with a skillfully restored spine with raised bans
and gilt decorative stripes, with a contrasting morocco
letter-piece, also gilt-lettered. New endpapers. * Volume one
in two parts, (tome I) with one folded plate, one decorative
printer‟s mark depicting Desiderius Erasmus on the title-page,
and one text-illustration. (tome II), also with a decorative
printer‟s mark depicting Desiderius Erasmus on the title-page, 4
folded plates, 15 full-page plates and 35 text-illustrations
(complete).
Volume two : Les pavillons ou bannières que la plupart des
nation aborent en mer, comme sont ceux d’Angleterre,
d’Ecosse et d’Irlande, des provinces unies du Pais-bas, de
l’Espagne, du Portugal, de l’Italie, de France, dus
Dannemarc, de la Suède, de la Pologne, de Prusse, de
l’Allemagne, de Moscovie, de Turquie, de Barbarie, et des
Indes Orientales, &c. Amsterdam, chez David Mortier. 1718.
4to. (1) 24 pages and 90 plates with flags (12). Thus with 6
leaves of Table at end (often lacking) with catchword on verso of
final plate, This is the first French edition. Originally published
in Dutch as Allard, C. - Nieuwe Hollandsche Scheepsbouw.
1695. In spite of repairs a very good copy.
15. SYLVEYRA, M. de - El Macabeo. Poemo Heroyco.
Madrid, Francisco Martinez Abad, 1731. 2nd ed., (14),
611p. Contemp. vellum.
* Some occas. foxing (mainly in upper margin); upper hinge
widening. Lacks ties. # Second edition (first published Naples
1638) of this heroic poem
inspired by the story of Judas
Maccabeus (167-160 BCE),
written by the Spanish poet
Miguel de Silveyra (ca. 15761636). Provenance: Library of
Gerrit Komrij.
16. [Satire] – [LISCOW, C. L.]
- Vitrea Fracta, Oder des
Ritters Robert Clifton
Schreiben an einen gelehrten
Samojeden, betreffend die
seltsamen und
nachdencklichen Figuren,
welche Derselbe den 13. Jan.
st. v. An. 1732. auf einer gefrornen Fenster-Scheibe
wahrgenommen. Frankfurt und Leipsig, n.p., 1732. Small
8vo., etched frontisp. 46 p., later boards.
* Sl. yellowed/ browned; sm. hole in frontisp.; a few contemp.
scribblings/ underlinings. Christian Ludwig Liscow (17011760), considered the first German satirist of the Enlightenment,
who "verlachte mit treffendem Spott die geschmacklose
hochmutige Schulweisheit der Gelehrten, die fanatische
Orthodoxie der Geistlichkeit und die kriechende Schmeichelei der
Furstendiener" (Goed. V,1, p.35), directs this writing against
the theologician and physician Heinrich Jacob Sivers, who had
recently published a somewhat farfetched and rashly published
theory on the supposed existence of musical notes on stones
which he had found along the Ostsee coast. In the parody Vitrea
Fracta Liscow, employing the 'Sieverian method', claims to have
discovered a knight's writings to a learned dog in the ice flowers
on a window pane. Liscow's literary qualities have been
considered quite equal to those of the important 18th century
poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
17. ALBINUS, Bernardi Siegfried [=WEISSENLÖW,
Weiss von] - Historia Musculorum Hominis.
Leidae Batavorum [=Leiden]: Theodorum Haak &
Henricum Mulhovium, 1734. First edition. 4to. 696 pp.
With 4 double-page engraved anatomical plates of the
muscles in the hand drawn and engraved by Jan
Wandelaar. Later half
vellum with marbled boards,
the title in ms. to the spine.
* A fair copy, library ticket to
the spine, spine discoloured, the
spine ends lightly damaged, the
boards scuffed, board edges
worn. Several old ownership
entries on the ffeps. Bookblock
tight, but with several quite
browned pages and marginal
foxing. "The plates contained in
this work were drawn and
engraved by Wandelaer, as we
learn from Albinus' preface.
The plates themselves do not
bear his name. They represent
the hand of a man of particularly beautiful build, in life-size,
with all the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones. There are
four finished plates, each one accompanied by an outline-plate
upon which the reference letters are engraved. Both the drawing
and the engraving are done most excellently" # Choulant,
History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration , p. 280. This
copy with some interesting ms. annotations in the contents.
20. [Atlas] - DU CAILLE, L.A. - Etrennes géographiques
1760. Paris, Ballard, 1760. Frontispiece and engraved title,
1f. „Avertissement‟, 2f. „Catalogue des cartes‟, 26 doublepage partly
coloured maps.
In-16de.
* Original leather
binding a bit
worn, corners
bumped. First
edition.
Charming
allegorical
frontispiece and
26 maps by LA
Du Caille. Nice
copy.
18. [Satire – France] - KRINELBOL (= Claude Prosper
Jolyot de CRÉBILLON Fils) - Les amours de Zeokinizul,
roi des Kofirans. Ouvrage traduit de l’Arabe.
Amsterdam, n.publ., 1746. (8), 135p., modern gilt blue mor.
by INVICTA LIVRO.
* Sl. foxed. # Zeokinizul is an anagram for Louis-Quinze.
Satirical work on the reign of king Louis XV of France. One
divisional title: "Projet pour la reduction des Derviches,
Santons, Faquirs & autre vermine Kofirane, augrand avantage
de la religion de Suefi, & du Roiaume des Kofirans."
Provenance: Library of Gerrit Komrij.
19. [Scatology] - [LECORVAISIER, P.-L.] - L'esclavage
rompu; ou la societe des franc-peteurs. Porde-polis, A
l'Enseigne du Zephire- Artillerie, 1756. XX, 76p. Large
12mo, contemp. calf w. gilt spine.
* Slighly foxed. Binding rubbed, repaired area on backcover. #
Bibliothec
a
Scatologic
a 89. A
most
serious
history of
this
society of
'frank
farters',
including
their
statutes
and an
account of
their
assemblies, dedicated to Monsieur le Comte de Vent Sec et
Bruyant, Seigneur de Pet-en-Ville. The society was supposedly
founded in Caen in 1742, to promote 'la liberte dans l'usage des
pets' and to fight against the tyranny of its adversaries who
considered farting indecent. "Je pense", says one of the founders,
"que l'on devroit peter aussi tranquillement que l'on tousse, que
l'on eternue; & que, pour peu que l'on mit d'art & de methode a
peter, non-seulement il n'y auroit point d'indecence, mais qu'au
contraire il y auroit beaucoup d'utilite." The fifth chapter is
indeed dedicated 'a celebrer les avantages & l'utilite du pet'.
"Les Franc-Peteurs (...) petent souvent, & se promettent de peter
beaucoup & avec assurance; (...) ils croyent enfin d'etre obliges
de montrer le pet dans toute sa gloire & son eclat". The original
edition appeared with the title "Zephyre-Artillerie”. Provenance:
Library of Gerrit Komrij.
21. RÖSEL, August Johan - De Natuurlyke Historie der
Insecten. Voorzien met naar ’t Leven getekende en
gekoleurde Plaaten.
Haarlem & Amsterdam: C.H. Bohn & H. de Wit (later: H.
Gartman), ca. 1765. 8 banden 4to. xliv, 280; [iv], 281-568,
[viii]; [xii], 252; [iv], 253-580, [viii]; [iv], 266; [viii], 267-573
[vi]; [xii], xxxii, 220; xxvi, 260 pp. Half roan with marbled
boards.
The volumes contain varying numbers of plates, for a total
of 358 handcoloured engravings of insects and parts of
insects. 358 engravings on 288 sheets, 3 frontispieces and a
portrait of the author. 3 of the plates folding. All the
engravings, except the portrait in volume 1, are
handcoloured. The engravings are astounding: with vivid
colouring and sharp lines.
The marbled boards are possibly slightly later, and
resemble the pattern of „tree calf‟. The spines of all
volumes cracked, the leather brittle. Inside, the books are
in quite good condition, with some thumbed margins.
Binding of vol. 1 weak, but intact. Gatherings 3S (vol. 2)
and F (vol. 7) loose. Dampstain to the tail margins of
volume 2 & 6, never damaging plates or text. Some pencil
notes in the margins.
Many descriptions of species made by Carl von Linné are
based on the descriptions given by Rösel. Rösel was a
gifted painter of miniatures and portraits in his training at
the Art Academy of Nuremberg. During recovery from
disease, he
discovered
a work by
Maria
Sybilla
Merian,
Metamorp
hosis
insectorum
Surinamen
sium,
which gave
Rösel the
idea to
make a
similar
book for
German
fauna
22. [Hysterics –
Neurosciences Psychiatry] POMME, P. fils Traite des affections
vaporeuses des deux
sexes, ou maladies
nerveuses,
vulgairement
appelees maux de
nerfs./ Reponse aux
objections de l’auteur
des mémoires de
Trévoux / Réponse
aux réflexions
critiques d’un
anonyme sur le traité
des vapeurs. Par M.
Brun, Médecin à
Pignans en Provence.
Lyon, Benoit Duplain,
1765. 2nd edition
[augmented]. 3 parts
in 1 vol., XXIV; V-XIX, (5), 484; 37p. Private gilt marbled
hcalf w. mor. letterpiece by INVICTA LIVRO.
* Some wormholes (repaired w. thin Japanese). Fine copy. #
Wellcome IV, p. 412; Hirsch-H. IV, p. 605. Important work for
Pomme‟s observations on hysterics. To be considered as the first
serious clinical study leading to the birth of modern psychiatry.
The first edition appeared in 1763, a third in 1771. Provenance:
Library of Gerrit Komrij.
23. [South America] - CHARLEVOIX, [Pierre] - The
History of Paraguay. Containing amongst many other
New, Curious, and Interesting Particulars of that
Country, a full and authentic Account of the
Establishments formed there by the Jesuits, from among
the Savage Natives, in the very Centre of Barbarism,
Establishments allowed to have realized the Sublime
Ideas of Fenelon, Sir Thomas More and Plato. Dublin, P.
& W Wilson, H. Saunders et al., 1769. 2 Vol. 13 x 21 cm.
VII, (1), 463; VIII, 415 pp. Bound in contemporary uniform
calf with a gilt spine and 2 contrasting morocco letterpieces. * First English (Irish) edition. The first edition (in
French) was published in Paris, 1757. Pierre Francois Xavier de
Charlevoix was a French Jesuit traveller and historian, often
distinguished as the first historian of New France, which then
occupied much of North America known to Europeans.. The
covers are partly chafed, but restored. Prov.: Boudewijn Buch.
24. [Surinam] – FERMIN, Philippe – Description
générale, historique et physique de la colonie de
Surinam, contenant ce qu’il y a de plus curieux & de plus
remarquable, touchant sa situation, ses rivieres, ses
forteresses; son gouvernement & sa police; avec le
moeurs & les usages des habitants naturels dus pais, &
des Européens qui y sont établis, ainsi que des
eclairciffements sur l’oeconomie générale des esclaves
negres, sur les plantations & leurs produits, les arbres
fruitiers, les plantes médécinales, & toutes les diverses
especes d’animaux qu’on y trouve. – Amsterdam, E. van
Harrevelt, 1769. 2 volumes. (24), 252; (4), 352 pages.
Illustrated. Bound in modern uniform gilt-lettered half
calf. * First edition (a Dutch edition was published one year
later.) Complete with the large folded engraved map (54 x 41 cm)
by A. Lavaux and 3 folded plates, i.a. the „beestenmolen‟ and the
„tentboot‟. The book is slightly browned and has library stamps
in the blank corner of both the title-pages. Fermin (1729-1813), a
Dutch physician, did spent 8 years in Surinam. The book has a
part on the history of the colony, describes the problem of
fugitive slaves, the ineffective government and the poor
discipline among the military.
25. [West Indies] - HARTSINCK, J.J. - Beschryving van
Guiana, of de Wilde Kust, in Zuid-America, Betreffende
de Aardrykskunde en Historie des Lands, de Zeeden en
Gewoontes der Inwooners, de Dieren, Vogels, Visschen,
Boomen en Gewassen, als mede de eerste Ontdekking
dier Kust, de Bezittingen der Spanjaarden, Franschen en
Portugeezen en voornaamlyk de Volkplantingenden der
Nederlanderen, als Essequebo, Demerary, Berbice,
Suriname en derzelver Rivieren (…). Waarby komt eene
Verhandeling over den Aart en de Gewoontes der NegerSlaaven. Amsterdam, G. Tielenburg, 1770, 2 volumes in
one. 22 x 26 cm. (12), (4), 520 pages; (2); 521-926 pages, (15).
Bound in modern calf, antique style. Illustrated with an
engraved frontispiece portrait, 5 folded maps, 3 plans (1
folded), 5 plates (1 folded). * The book is slightly browned as
usual. Cf. Sabin 30712; Tiele 457; Rouffaer/Muller p.621; Cat.
NHSM 281 ; Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 2560. “This description
of Guiana or the Wild Coast of South America, it‟s geography,
history, inhabitants, animals, with an account of its discovery
and the colonies of the Spaniards, French, Portuguese is said by
Mr. Warden to be „by far the best work ever published on the
countries described.‟ Jan Jacob Hartsinck (1716-1779) was an
official of the admiralty in Amsterdam and a member of the
Zeeland academy of sciences; Later he became Director of the
West India Company. He was a man of very high standing, who
had access to all the authorities” (Sabin). He had ready access to
many documents now long lost, including an account of the
rebellion in Surinam (1763-1764) in which the colony had lost
almost half of its black and perhaps an even larger percentage of
its white population. Prov.: Boudewijn Buch.
26. [Snuff tobacco - Practical medicine] - VLOERS, M. Cogitata de lacte dulci et pulvere tabaci. / Pensees sur le
lait doux et le tabac en poudre. Antwerpiae / Anvers, Ex
Typographia / De l‟Imprimerie C. M. Spanoghe, 1783. 115,
[1] p. Original publisher‟s paper wrappers.
* Rare first and only edition of this Latin/French bilingual work
on the medical properties of milk and snuff tobacco. With Latin
and French text on facing pages, The Latin printed in a roman
type and the French in an italic. Contains two „treatises‟, the
first arguing against the claim that fresh milk is the cause of
bowel problems, and stating instead that milk is easily digestible,
followed by a listing of the many medical attributes of milk. The
second „essay‟ (p. 76-116) discusses the effects of the use of snuff.
“The unpleasant reactions to the use of snuff, such as sneezing,
sniffing and snorting, indicate that it is an unhealthy, unclean
habit […] So snuff should only be employed with caution, and
should rarely be prescribed by physicians.” Wrappers and spine
damaged, but
interior fresh,
uncut; the treatise
on Snuff even
unopened. Ms
inscription at first
free endpaper: „ad
usum Norberti De
Vos Gand Ecl.
Abb. Affligem
1814‟.
27. [Practical
medicine] BACHERADT,
Henri [Heinrich]
- Dissertation
pratique sur le
scorbut pour
l'usage des
Chirurgiens de
l'Armée & de la
Flotte Impériale
Russe traduite
de l'Allemand
sur l'original du
Dr. Henri Bacheradt, conseiller actuel de la Cour &
Premier Medecin de la Flotte Imperiale. Reval, de
l'imprimerie d'Iversen & Fehmer, 1787. 88 pp., original
publisher‟s paper wrappers. * Translated by DESBOUT. The
German edition was published in Saint-Petersbourg in 1786.
Paper wrappers partly detached.
* Jackson, who was in the West Indies between 1774 and 1778,
wos told by a ship‟s captain about the good results that were
made by giving cold baths to typhus patients. He tried that out
on the first cases he encountered, and also made some important
observations and discoveries about that disease. Later in his life
he became a doctor in Leiden.
29. [Russia] - BRETON, M. - La Russie, ou moeurs, usages
et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet
empire.
Paris: Nepveu, 1813. First edition. [xxxii], 163, [xiii]; [iv],
186, 2; [iv], 188, 2; [iv], 196, 2; [iv], 192, 2; [iv], 198, 2 pp. 6
vols. 12mo. Each volume with a (part folding) engraved
frontispiece, and several copper engraved plates. A total of
105 plates and 6 frontispieces, makes a total of 111
engraved plates. In cont. marbled wrappers. *Brunet I, 1226
/ 27736, *Colas 436.
30. SPURZHEIM, G. - Observations sur la Phraenologie
ou la Connaissance de l'Homme Moral et Intellectuel,
fondée sur les Fonctions du Système Nerveux.
Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1818. 8vo. [iv], xxiv, 372 pp. Full
cloth. With an engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates
in the rear. In good condition, a library ticket to the tail of
the spine, the corners a little worn, the tail of the spine
chipped. slightly foxed in the margin throughout.
28. [Medicine] - JACKSON, Robert - A treatise on the
fevers of Jamaica, with some observations on the
intermitting fever of America, and an appendix,
containing some
hints on the
means of
preserving the
health of
soldiers in hot
climats.
Philadelphia, R.
Campbell, 1795.
2 parts in one
vol. 10 x 17 cm.
(12), 276, (19), (+
4 publisher‟s
cat.). Bound in
modern gilt calf
in antique style,
with a
contrasting giltlettered morocco
letter-piece.
Endpapers
browned at
edges.
31. [Biblical scenery] - AMORIE VAN DER HOEVEN,
Abraham des - Bijbelsche landschappen, naar
afbeeldingen op de plaats zelve vervaardigd, met
bijgevoegde tafereelen. Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck,
[1836]-1838-1839. 2 vols., 8vo. (8), VIII, (6), 96; (16), 96 pp.
First edition. Contemporary half calf, decorated spines.
Two engraved frontispieces, 96 full-page steel-engraved
plates, incl. the frontispieces, by W. Finden after the
drawings by a.o. C. Stanfield, J.M.W. Turner and J.D.
Harding, picturing biblical locations in the Holy Land: the
Death Sea, Ararat, Sinai, Jordan, Babylon, Bethlehem,
Nazareth, Hebron, Petra, Libanon, Baalbec, Sidon, Patmos,
Nile, etc. Complete with a dedication the artist‟s wife (2
pp. in vol. I) dated 27 Februarij 1837, and to the Princess
Royal, Anna Paulowna (the sister of Tsar Alexander of
Russia and wife of the later King William II of the
Netherlands), (6 pp. in vol. II) dated Amsterdam, 19den
October 1839, and a list of subscribers. * The work was
originally published in 24 issues of 4 plates, from 1836 till 1838.
Each plate with a description of one or two pages. Some
browning and foxing throughout, mostly in margins.
birds to life. These magnificent plates show why the Frères
Pacquet were so renowned as book illustrators. Nissen IVB 540
*Wood 341. . In very good condition, the spine a little sunned,
the edges a bit worn, the text quite foxed throughout, the plates
mostly unmarred.
33. [Scatology] Gras et Maigre,
ou Nouveau
Merdia-PissaFoirillyala.
Veritable Code
et Art des
Chieurs, Pisseux
et Foireux, leur
Indiquant, tant
dans Paris que
dans les
Departements,
tous les lieux et
cabinets ou ils
pourront faire
proprement
leurs cas.
Termine par une
reclamation des
dames de Paris,
et une
ordonnance de
l'inspecteur de la grande voirie. Ouvrage propre a plus
d'un usage. "A Etronopolis, Chez Titi, Maitre-Vidangeur a
la Tinette; Et chez les Marchands de Nouveautes du PalaisRoyal", n.d. [= Alvares, 1860]. (2), 106p. 12mo., contemp.
gilt halfmor.
* Some foxing. Otherwise a very good copy, with bookplate
("Joseph Boudrie de St. Pierre") on upper pastedown. # Gay/
Lemonnyer II, p.433. Gay identifies the publisher/author as
"Terry, fameux editeur du Palais-Royale", who serves up his
matter here in various shapes and sizes, and forms -- verse,
anecdotes, instructional sketches, etc., to serious devotees of the
art. Includes a scholarly treatise on "l'Art de Chier", a lengthy
poem by the same title and pieces such as "L'Etron en Pain de
Sucre". Provenance: Library of Gerrit Komrij.
34. BIARD, F. – Deux années au Brésil. Ouvrage illustré
de 180 vignettes dessinées par E. RIOU d’après les
croquis de M. Biard. Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie,
1862. 8vo, (iv) 680 p. Two maps, one folding. 180
illustrations. Contemp. halfleather binding.
* First edition. Biard travelled through Espirito Santo and up to
the River Amazon by way of the coastal cities. He published the
account of this journey in the magazine, Le tour du monde. In
1862 he assembled it into one volume, illustrated by Riou from
his own sketches' (Borba de Moraes).
32. [Ornithology] - LEMAIRE, C.L. - Histoire Naturelle
des Oiseaux Exotiques.
Paris, Pauquet & Debure, 1836. First edition. 8vo. [ii], 156,
[plates] pp. Contemporary half morocco with marbled
boards, five raised bands to the spine, a rept. gilt design of
a bird to five of the compartments, the title gilt lettered
direct to the spine. Illustrated with 80 handcoloured steel
engravings, each with tissue guard. The plates are engraved by
Pauquet. While the plates are engraved with care and loving
detail, the vibrant and bright colouring truly brings the depicted
35. PARRY, Jones Captain S.H. – My journey round the
world via Ceylon, New Zealand, Australia, Torres Straits,
China, Japan, and the United States. London, Hurst and
Blackett, 1881. 2 volumes. 13 x 18 cm, (10) 312 pages, (10)
295 pages + 18 p. advertisements. Uniform red cloth, blind
stamped front and back, and gilt-lettered on the spine.
* With bookplates in both the volumes of Comte du Chambord.
Some pages slightly foxed, one adv. Clipped. Good copy.
FINE PRINTING
36. [Ricketts] - SHAKESPEARE,
William – The passionate pilgrim
and the songs in Shakespeare’s
plays. Edited by Sturge Moore.
London, [Vale Press], 1896. Blue paper
backed boards with paper title labels
to spine and front board. 310 copies. *
Printed at the Ballantyne Press. One of the earliest works issued
by Charles Ricketts's Vale Press. It is the first to include a table
of contents. One ill. and a border designed by Ricketts. Top of
spine a bit hurt, minor faults to boards. Ex-libris.
37. La Jeunesse Inalterable et la Vie Eternelle. Conte
populaire traduit litteralement du Romain, ouvrage orné
de 67 eaux-fortes. Traduction de William Ritter.
Illustrations de M.A.J. Bauer. Décorations de G.W.
DIJSSELHOF. Préface de Arsène Alexandre. Amsterdam,
Scheltema & Holkema, 1897. 50 p., original vellum with
wood-engraved title in gilt on upper cover, bound as a
block book, t.e.g., others uncut. Decorative lithographed
Art nouveau endpapers by Dijsselhof. 250 copies * Copy
n°131 from an edition limited to 250 (probably only 150 or 180
were issued), printed by Mouton & Cie. The Hague. 19 etched
illustrations by M.A.J.Bauer, 4 full-page, 48 etched borders by
G.W. Dijsselhof. Very fine in original vellum.
38. BOULENGER, Jacques – De la Walse au Tango. A
l'Enseigne du Masque d'Or, 1920. 4to. Illustrated with 7
colour plates and 63 reproduced engravings in the text.
Original wrappers. 100 numbered copies.
* Colour plates by Sem [=G. Goursat], Drian, Domergue, Guy
Arnoux, Cappiello, De Goyon and Ha-Louze. Printed in an
edition of 1100 copies by Devambiez. Ref: Monod 1754.
39. JONSON, Ben – A croppe of kisses. Selected lyrics of
Ben Jonson chosen, with an appreciation, by John Wallis.
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. 19 x 31 cm., 48
p, (3),(3, blank). Bound in full morocco. One of 50
numbered copies on specially watermarked Batchelor
hand-made paper, out of a total of 250 copies.
* The title pages printed in red,
green and yellow. Initial letters printed in blue, red and green.
Publisher‟s full red crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
The front cover is stamped in gilt with the Golden Cockerel
device, the spine is lettered and stamped in gilt in compartments.
Gilt-ruled turn-ins, top edge gilt, others uncut. Binding a bit
hurt. Nice copy.
40. POWYS, Llewelyn – The Book of Days. Thoughts
from his philosophy selected by J. Wallis. Printed, with
an introduction by Llewely Powys and twelve etchings
by Elizabeth CORSELLIS. London, The Golden Cockerel
Press, 1937. 24 x 34 cm. 85 p., contemporary quarter
morocco by Zaehnsdorf. 300 numbered copies.
* Tipped-in bookplate. Pertelote 118.
41. [Derain] – ANACREON - Odes anacréontiques.
Traduction de Lecomte de Lisle. Lithographies originales
de ANDRE DERAIN. Paris, Le Cercle Lyonnais du Livre,
1953. 28 x 19cm, 102p., loose as issued in original slipcase.
200 numbered copies. 50 lithographs by Derain printed by
Atelier Mourlot. This copy (unnumbered) printed for “Les
Archives de la Société”. Last illustrated book by Derain
published during his lifetime. Cf. Monod, n° 237.
AVANT GARDE &
LITERATURE
42. [Appel] - CLAUS, Hugo &
APPEL, Karel - De Blijde en
Onvoorziene Week. (De
Hand-reeks nummer 1) Parijs,
z.u. (Hugo Claus & Karel
Appel), 1950. 16pp, original
illustrated wrappers,
handcoloured ill. by Appel.
One of 200 numbered and
signed copies. * Zeven gedichten van Hugo Claus met zeven
handgekleurde tekeningen van Karel Appel. Colofon: “Dit eerste
nummer van de Hand-reeks in de COBRA-bibliotheek (...) werd
te Parijs gedrukt in December 1950 volgens een Fotocopy
systeem naar de met de hand geschreven tekst en tekeningen”.
Signed by Appel and Claus. cf. Slagter, 34.
43. BRETON, André – De
l’humour noire. Paris, G.L.M.,
1937. 18,7 x 13,7 cm. (32), stapled
in original (orange coloured)
wrappers. * Text on wrappers :
"Exposition internationale Paris
1937. Classe II. Groupe I. André
Breton parlera de l' humour noir à la
Comédie des Champs-Elysées le
samedi 9 octobre à 16h15". Cover
illustration by Tanguy. The first and
last four pages announcements of
speeches and of books from G.L.M.
The 24 pages in the middle constitute Breton's‟De l'humour
noir‟, including a collage by Breton. Copy on vélin,
unnumbered. Fine copy, small defects at extremeties.
44. BRETON, André – Arcane
17. Paris, Biro Editeur, 2008. 2
vol. in original clamshell box.
Facsimile edition. 100 (90 + X)
numbered copies. Contains a
facsimile of the original manuscript
+ Henri Béhar – D‟un poème-objet.
Transcription. André Breton –
Arcane 17 (texte intégral). One of
90 copies signed by the daughter of
Andre Breton, with the facsimile of
the manuscript. As new.
45. BROODTHAERS, Marcel - Mon Livre d’Ogre. Suite
de récits poétiques. Frontispice original de Serge
Vandercam. Ostende, à l‟Enseigne de l‟Arquebuse du
Silence, 1957. 4to, 44 pp.,
original wrappers. 183
numbered copies. One of
150 copies on Velin, with
the loosely inserted
frontispiece by
VANDERCAM. First
published poetry collection
by Broodthaers. # Marcel
Broodthaers - Complete
Graphic Work and Books,
1989, no.26, p. 74-75. This
copy uncut, near mint.
Rear wrappers very
slightly spotted.
46. CHOPIN, Henri / BAL, Eduard – Ecarts de Bal.
Anvers, Guy Schraenen, 1975. Oblong, 4to. Unpag. [12
plates]. Of this edition 15 copies (+3 Not for sale), were
made entirely by hand. Artist‟s book. Each page with cutout shapes, and folded paper airplanes by Bal, pasted on
the remaining paper. The first page with a manuscript text
by Henri Chopin. Original wrapper, under a tranparant
vinyl cover.
* This copy
5/15 with a
signed
dedication by
Bal to Jo
Verbrugghen
(Flemish
writer and
occasional
publisher,
1931-2006)
in the
colophon,
and signed
again below
the manuscript text, as well as below the limitation statement.
Also signed by Henri Chopin below the manuscript text.
47. COCTEAU, Jean – O.l.s. 1p., 22,5 x 12 cm. No date.
48. [Corneille - Alechinsky] - Liliom. Ces cinq projets
d'affiche qui vous racontent l'histoire de Liliom ont été
dessinés et gravés par Serge Creuz, Poucette, Alechinsky,
Michel Olyff et Corneille. [Bruxelles], Theatre
d'Aujourd'hui, 1948. 16p. Original wrappers, stapled.
Printed in 500 numbered copies. * 5 tipped-in coloured
linocuts. Linocut vignettes and typography by Corneille
[Hannoset]. Not in
Riviere (Alechinsky)
or Donkersloot
(Corneille).
49. HEMINGWAY,
Ernest – A farewell
to arms. New York,
Charles Scribner‟s
Sons, 1929. [10], 355,
[3, blank] p.
Original black cloth,
gold paper labels
ruled and lettered in
black on front cover
and spine, in
original first issue
dust jacket.
* First trade edition,
first issue. Publisher‟s
seal on copyright page, whitout legal disclaimer on p. [x]...
First issue dust jacket with the name Catherine Barkley,
misspelled 'Katharine Barclay' on the front flap. Very fine, d.j.
very good, not price clipped, some small cracks on head and foot
of spine. A very fine and clean copy.
50. JORN, Asger : Held og Hasard. Dolk og Guitar.
Silkeborg, Privattryk, 1952. Illustr. with 79 linocuts by Jorn.
96 pp., half linnen, original boards mounted with original
coloured lino-cut by
Jorn. 109 [?]
numbered and
signed copies. One of
25 copies of series
„A‟.
Series „A‟, copy no. 9
signed by Jorn on
imitated hand-made
paper. Copy of the
first series of the first
edition of the first
book written and
illustrated by Asger
Jorn.
Asger Jorn (19141973) was the central
figure in the Cobra
movement around
1948. From May to November 1951 he was hospitalized in
the Silkeborg Sanatorium where he was confined to bed
with pulmonary tuberculosis. During his stay there he
wrote this treatise on aesthetics („Risk and Change‟) and
had it printed by himself (in co-operation with the
hospital‟s typographer Johs. Gregeren) on a small handpress, a fact which calls for the numerous typographical
irregularities (as the colophon states „handtrykt pa en
korrekturpresse, hvilken udforelse forklarer de mange
unregelmaessigheder‟).
Acccording to the colophon 109 copies were printed in 3
different variants: series „A‟: 25 copies on imitated
handmade paper, series „E‟: 60 copies on unglazed paper
and series „B‟: 24 copies on glazed paper. It seems to be the
case that all 3 "variants" are printed on the same type of
paper. # cf. Werkverzeichnis Druckgraphik, 123 (& pp. 7292). Fine copy, nearly mint, only lower corner a little hurt.
51. [Multiple] - KIVLAND, Sharon – Mes Tendresses.
London, Book Works, 1995. A limited edit. multiple, 9
copies made in 3 different editions of 3. „Mes Tendresses‟
is part of a group of works concerning the ambiguous and
ambivalent manifestations of love. Each piece is placed in
a box with an embossed cover and is lined with crushed
velvet. Inside a chrome magnifying glass is engraved with
an endearment: Mon Amour, Mon Coeur, Mon Ame.
Three are lined in grey, three in pink, three in blue, so each
is unique though part of an edition. The enlarging glass of
the magnifying glass has been removed and instead 10
mm glass inserted. The glass becomes ineffective under the
spell of an amorous gaze. This copy lined in grey and
etched over with „Mon Ame‟. - € 595,52. MILLER, Henry – A.l.s. to Michel Noij. Dated
12/12/54. Postcard photograph b/w. Signed and dated ‘Big
Sur, California – 1952’. 13.7 x 8.6 cm. “Le photo portrait
était intéressant. Ceci (sur dos) pourrait peut-être vous
amuser. Henry Miller”.
53. PICABIA, Francis - La Loi d'Accommodation chez les
Borgnes. "Sursum Corda" (Film en 3 parties.) Paris,
Editions Th. Briant, 1928. 38pp., original illustrated
wrappers, in original cardboard slipcase, b/w illustrations
by Picabia. One of 35 numbered copies on "Hollande van
Gelder". * Uncut, nice and clean copy, except for a slightly
discoloured spot on wrappers. Second paper after 15 copies on
Japan Impérial. Total edition of 350 numbered copies. First
edition. With a coloured drawing by Picabia on frontwrappers.
54. [Photography] - SCHIFFERLI, Christoph - The
Japanese Box. Facsimile reprint of six rare photographic
publications of the Provoke era.
Paris: Editions 7L, 2001. 7 vols. in wrappers, together in
black lacquer box. Included are the first three issues if
Provoke (Provoke 1-3) and three books that were inspired
by it: Bye, Bye Photography Dear by (Daido Moriyama);
Sentimental Journey (Nobuyoshi Araki) & For a Language
to Come (Takuma Nakahira). The seventh volume contains
editor's notes and translations of the texts. Concept and
design by Karl Lagerfeld and Gerhard Steidl. Seven
volumes held together in Japanese paper, bound with two
rubber bands with the title printed on them, the whole
contained in a black lacquer box with two metal latches.
1500 copies, each copy was hand numbered on a bookplate
affixed to the inside of the lid of the box. Each volume in
wrappers, in fine condition. The paper covering the set of
books with tears, otherwise fine. The books here reprinted,
were originally printed in a small print runs (1000 copies), and
were (in the editor‟s words): "an artistic and philosophic
manifesto, reacting to the upheavals of the late sixties. The
participating photographers, among them Daido Moriyama
searched for a radically new photographic language, as is
reflected in the title of their books: titles like Moriyama's Bye,
Bye Photography Dear, and Nakahira's For a Language to
Come; publications that were turning points in postwar Japanese
photography.”
55. [Symbolism] - PLOWERT, J. (= Paul Adam ] - Petit
Glossaire pour servir a l'intelligence des auteurs
decadents et symbolistes. Paris, Vanier, 1888. (2), III, (1),
98, (1)p. Original wrappers, printed on vergé de Hollande.
* A few lvs. (sl.) spotted/ foxed. A good copy. Edited in
collaboration with a.o. Félix Fénéon. Quotations from Mallarmé,
Laforgue, Verlaine, Rimbaud, etc. Prov. Libr. of Gerrit Komrij. 56. [Original manuscript] - VAN DOESBURG, Theo –
‘Verrukking’ [Delight]. Unpublished poem, [1915]. 2
pages, 49 lines. Signed by Theo van Doesburg and
dedicated to A. Kok,
Tilburg‟.
Hitherto untraced poem by
De Stijl-founder Theo van
Doesburg, dedicated to his
friend and De Stijlcompanion Anthony Kok.
Formerly known only by
it‟s title, as referred to in a
postcard from Agnita Feis
and a letter by Van
Doesburg to Kok. On 25
October 1915 Van
Doesburg wrote to Antony
Kok: “Strange that your
feelings about „Delight‟
are different from mine. It is a poem inspired by my own
breath.” Mentioned „not traced‟ in Van Doesburg‟s Oeuvre
catalogue as number L126, dated ca. 25 October 1915. # Cf.
Hoek – Theo Van Doesburg Oeuvre catalogue, p. 653.
„Oorlog‟ [War] - A unique copy
bringing together Theo van Doesburg,
his wife Agnita Feis and De Stijlcompagnon Anthony Kok.
57. FEIS, H. - Oorlog. Verzen in
Staccato.
N.pl., n. publ., n.d. [1915]. (13) p.,
orig. lithographed wrappers in
black and red by Theo Van
Doesburg. 200 copies.
This copy numbered in pencil
„200‟ and dedicated in
handwriting „Aan mijn vriend A[ntony]Kok‟ [to my friend
A. Kok]. With Anthony Kok‟s printed ex-libris, a typical
De Stijl-letter-design by Van Doesburg, printed in red,
pasted in. The extremely scarce, sole poetry collection by Agnita
Feis ("A.H. Feijs" on the first page). Feis (1881-1944), was the
first wife of Theo van Doesburg. Printed for the author by „De
Avondpost‟ in The Hague. Very good copy of this fragile
item, faintly spotted throughout. # Theo van Doesburg Oeuvre catalogue, no. 439
58. [Warhol] – FINKELSTEIN, Nat – Andy Warhol.
Antwerpen, Ronny Van de Velde, 1989. 65 numb. and
signed copies.
* Multiple in metal box including 9 b/w photographs (40x30
cm), one b/w photo (22x15 cm), one repetition of 10 photos on
linen (160x80 com), one photo screened on canvas, black and
silver, a videotape, colour, sound 8 min. All copies signed by
Finkelstein. Title screened on a metal plate in green and black.
This copy 3/50.
59. COBRA No. 1-7 and 10 [All published]
Bulletin pour la coordination des investigations
artistiques, lien souple des groupes experimentaux
Danois (Høst), Belge (Surréaliste- Révolutionaire),
Hollandais (Reflex). Copenhague, […]
* All published (no.8/9 was never issued). Extremely rare,
complete series of this famous international Cobra periodical.
With the “unissued” 5th number. (This number is mostly
lacking due to the fact that editor C.O. Götz could not pay the
printer and only got a few copies to dispatch.)
No. 1. Cobra. Bulletin pour la coordination des investigations
artistiques, lien souple des groupes experimentaux Danois
(Høst), Belge (Surréaliste- Révolutionaire), Hollandais (Reflex).
Copenhague, 1949. 24pages. With full-page coloured lithographs
by A. Jorn, E. Jacobsen, E. Bille and C.-H. Pedersen, an original
coloured lithograph wrapper by A. Jorn/ E. Jacobseb/ C.-H.
Pedersen, folio.
No. 2. Cobra. Bulletin pour la coordination des investigations
artistiques (...). Brussels, 1949, 8 pages. With an original linocut
wrapper by Pol Bury,
[No. 3]. Cobra. Bulletin pour la coordination des invesitagions
artistiques (...). Brussels, 1949, 28 pages (wrappers included).
The lithograph wrapper is by P. Alechinsky.
No. 4. Cobra. Organe du front international des artistes
experimentaux d'avant-garde. Numéro Hollandais. Amsterdam,
1949. 26 pages (2) (wrapper included), 4 plates with children‟s
drawings. In original wrappers, With the loosely inserted
addenda: "Exposition internationale d'art experimental (...)
Amsterdam" 4 pages, printed on blue paper and "Catalogue" , 1
folded leaf, recto only 2 pages, printed on yellow paper.
[No. 5]. Cobra. Organ der
"Internationale des artistes
experimentaux". 1.Deutsche
Ausgabe. Hannover, 1950. 28
pages. With original woodcut
illustrations. by O. Hoffmann and
M. Olyff, - With the tipped in
textleaf by A. Jorn on yellow stock
and the original lithograph by
Pierre Alechinsky.
No. 6. Cobra. Revue bimestrielle
de l'internationale dees artistes
experimentaux. Brussels, 1950. 25
pages(3). With 4 lithographic
plates by P. Alechinsky, Pol Bury,
Jan Cox and L. Van Lint and the
loosely inserted „supplement‟:
original lithograph by Anders
Osterlin printed on blue stock. In
original wrappers by Van Roy.
No.7. Cobra. Revue internationale
de l'art experimental. Brussels,
1950, 26 pages (2), 2 plates by J.
Cox and A. Jorn, In original
wrappers.
[Nos. 8-9. Not published]
No.10. Cobra. Revue
internationale de l'art
experimental. Liège, 1951, 23
pages(1). In original wrappers,
# Slagter IV (p.36-40), cf. reprint:
Cobra, Jean-Michel Place, 1980. A
very fine set. No. 6 signed on
wrappers by author/artist
collaborator Hugo Claus. All in a
clamshell box.

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