Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

Asia in the making, III, p.484. First embassy of the Dutch East India Company of
Pieter de Goyer and Jakob de Keyser to the court of China in the years 1655-57, describing
all the events during this mission, the country, people, flora & fauna, etc. One
of the very few non-Jesuit sources of the period. It is richly illustrated with large
views of all ports and places visited, starting with Batavia, and with numerous nice
text-engravings illustrating in detail Chinese life in the 17th century. The Paolinxiplate
mentioned in the index is actually only present in the Latin edition. - A very
clean and fine copy.
Tiele 800; Landwehr, VOC, 539; Cat. NHSM I, p.499; Cordier, B.S., p.2344-2345;
Lust 539-541.
122 NIEUWENTYT, Bernard. Het regt gebruik der werelt beschouwingen ter
overtuiginge van ongodisten en ongelovigen aangetoont. 6e druk. Amsterdam,
Adrianus Douci, 1754.
4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt (extremities of spine damaged). With titlepage
printed in red and black with nice emblematic vignette, fine engraved portrait
after Dk. Valkenburg by P. van Gunst, and 28 folding engraved plates. (12),916,(17)
pp. € 450,00
Bernard Nieuwentyt (1654-1718), mathematician and philosopher and burgomaster
of Purmerend, is perhaps best remembered for his controversy with Leibniz; as a
methodologist he was unequaled up to modern times. He was a follower of Descartes
and opponent of Spinoza. In this scientic treatise, his main work, he attacks Spinoza
and his school from a biblical point of view. The plates depict anatomical, physiological,
mathematical, optical and astronomical figures.
Bierens de Haan 3561.
123 OUDEGHERST, Pierre d' Les chroniques et annales de Flandres: contenantes
les heroicques et tresvictorieux exploicts des forestiers, & comtes de Flandres, &
les singularités & choses memorables advenuës audict Flandres, depuis l'an de nostre
Seigneur Jesus Christ VIc. & XX (=620) jusques a l'an 1476. Anvers, Christopher
Plantin, 1571.
18th century mottled calf, gilt fillets round sides and central gilt heraldic supralibros
to frontcover, spine richly gilt, with red morocco title label to spine (1 hinge sl. dam.
but holding; extremities of spine dam.). With woodcut printer's device on title-page
and woodcut initials. (20),340 lvs. € 1.950,00
First edition. - Pierre d'Oudegherst or Oudegherste (1540 - 1592), a Flemish historian,
wrote this history of Flanders (Belgium) from the year 620 to 1476. Plantin was
too busy with the printing of the Polyglot Bible that he had the actual printing of this
book done by his Antwerp colleague, Jan Withagen, using Plantin's type, as shown on
the last leaf of the preliminaries. - A very fine copy.
Voet, Plantin Press, 1841.