HATTUM, J. VAN – COLLECTION of 38 Dutch literary works & pubs. (incl. first editions), partly from the property of the author JACOB VAN HATTUM (1900-1981) and/or with a SIGNED DEDICATION by the same (10x). Various sizes, various bindings.

[KAT RAN PRESS] – KNAPP, T. Match in a bottle. Poems [..]. North Andover, Kat Ran Press, 1997, [27 unnumb.] text-pp. With 6 (tinted) plates & 2 full-p. ills. after Kurt Gohde. 4to, orig. red cloth, in a matching red cloth box.

[LUCASSEN, R.] – PONGE, F. Vijf Sapates. [Dutch transl. by P. Meeuse]. [Gent], Ergo Pers, [2001]. With 2 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS by REINIER LUCASSEN. Large 4to, orig. wrappers, in the orig. slipcase.

MALLARME, S. Gedichten. [Dutch transl. by P. Claes]. Amsterdam, [Astèr], 1983, 38,[3] pp. Large 8vo, orig. half-vellum. – ANDRIAN, L. De tuin van de openbaring. [Dutch transl. by A. Verwey & S. George]. [Ed. by M. Stapert-Eggen & F. Ligtvoet]. Ibid., [idem], 1984, 44,[3] pp. Large 8vo, orig. half-vellum. – Added: 8 smaller Dutch works publ. by “Exponent” (1987-1992). (10x)

[MANUSCRIPT] – ACHTERBERG, Gerrit (1905-1962). “Fotografie”. Original AUTOGRAPH SIGNED POEM consisting of a title & 14 lines (Dutch text in black ink, recto only, ca. 19,5 x 13,5 cm.), signed “Gerrit Achterberg”. – IDEM. “Klerk”. Original AUTOGRAPH POEM consisting of a title & 14 lines (Dutch text in blue ink, recto only, ca. 17 x 13,5 cm.). (2x)

[MANUSCRIPT] – BLOEM, J.C. (1887-1966). “Voor deze vertaling moet al de rest wijken: [..]”. Original AUTOGRAPH SIGNED POEM consisting of 8 lines (Dutch text in pencil, recto only, ca. 26,5 x 21 cm., tipped onto a mount), signed “Jacques” and dated “ii. Pinksterbloemplein/ 14 Febr. ‘37” in pencil.

[MANUSCRIPT] – REVE, Gerard (1923-2006). “Sacrament”. Original AUTOGRAPH SIGNED POEM consisting of a title & 15 lines (Dutch text in black ink, recto only, ca. 27,5 x 21,5 cm.), signed “Gerard Reve” and below (in Reve’s handwriting) “Met de kroontjespen uitgeschreven voor/ Angèle Manteau, te Weert, op het/ Feest van Maria van de Rozenkrans, 1974”. Rolled up (together with a small devotional picture) into a small cardboard tube with a ticket of “Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden” addressed to “G.K. van het Reve, Nieuwe Markt 12, Weert”.

[MEDIEVAL LITERATURE] – VORAGINE, J. DE. La Légende Dorée. [French transl. & introd. by T. de Wyzewa]. Paris, Les Arts et le Livre, 1929. 3 Vols.: [4],XXIV,272/ [4],273-576/ [4],577-876,[1] pp. With num. (text-)ills. Small 4to, orig. unif. dec. wrappers, uncut. – HASLINGHUIS, E.J. De duivel in het drama der middeleeuwen. Leiden, 1912, [4],XVI,208 pp. With 5 (fold.) plates & several text-ills. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers (sl. discol.). – KOLB, H. Der Begriff der Minne und das Entstehen der höfischen Lyrik. Tübingen, 1958, [4],432,[4] pp. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers (spine sl. stained/ discol.), partly unopened. – And 6 similar in 7 vols. (partly with annots. in pencil), i.a. by GUIBERT DE NOGENT (“Autobiographie d’un moine du XIIe siècle”, 2003. Ex bibliotheca Michaël Zeeman with his owner’s entry). (12x)

MICKIEWICZ, A.[B]. “Nederlandse bewerkingen van enkele gedichten van Adam Mickiewicz”. Orig. cyclostyled typescript consisting of a front-wrapper[=title] with tipped-in photograph and 21 numb. leaves (ca. 29 x 20,5 cm., recto only, in a ringbinder) containing 8 Dutch translations (i.a. by Hella Haasse, Hendrik de Vries & Theun de Vries) of (long) poems by the Polish poet Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (1798-1855). – AND: a collection of 14 printed ephemera (incl. 2 autograph & 4 typescript letters by Siegfried van Praag (1899-2002) addressed to Prof. Mr. J.A. van Hamel, dated 1955) concerning the “Comité Mickiewicz-herdenking 1855-1955”. (15x)

MULISCH, H. De vogels. Drie balladen. – Tegenlicht. – De taal is een ei. [2nd ed.]. – Wat poëzie is. Een leerdicht. [2nd ed.]. Amsterdam, Athenaeum – Polak & Van Gennep, 1974-1979. Tog. 4 vols. Orig. cloth with dust-wr. (1x) & orig. wr. – And 3 similar by Harry Mulisch. (7x)

NOORD-BRABANT IN PROZA, POËZIE EN PRENTEN. [Nos. 0, 5, 7-9, 11-12 & 14-22]. ’s-Hertogenbosch, Het Noordbrabants Genootschap, 1991-1995. 16 (of 25) Parts of the series. With 16 orig. graphics or photographs (numb. & signed by the artists). 4to, orig. unif. wrappers, in a cardboard box. (16x)

NOORD-HOLLAND IN PROZA, POËZIE EN PRENTEN. [Nos.] 0-70 [&] Inhoudsopgave. [Haarlem], Stichting Culturele Raad Noord-Holland, 1990-1993, 72 parts (incl. index). With 72 orig. silk-screens. Large 8vo, orig. unif. wrappers, in 3 orig. boxes. (72x)

REVE, G. De Grote Taart. Amstelveen, [AMO], 1991, [27 unnumb.] pp. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers, uncut.

[ROLAND HOLST, A.]. Helena’s inkeer. Een fragment. [Tweede druk]. [Amsterdam, A.A. Balkema], 1944, 12,[1] pp. 4to, orig. wrappers (sl. soiled).

[STOLS, A.A.M.] – VALERY, P. Le retour de Hollande. Descartes & Rembrandt. Maestricht, A.A.M. Stols, 1926, 26,[3] pp. With woodcut frontisp.-portrait (of the author) by J. Franken Pzn. Small 4to, orig. wrappers, uncut. – IDEM. De terugreis uit Holland. [Dutch transl. & introd. by A.A.M. Stols]. Ibid., idem, 1926, 21,[1] pp. Orig. wrappers, uncut. – And 1 similar (“Hommage des écrivains étrangers à Paul Valéry”, 1927. One of 50 numb. copies printed on “Pannekoek”. Front-wr. sl. stained). (3x)

[STOLS, A.A.M.] – VALERY, P. Villon et Verlaine. Maestricht, A.A.M. Stols [for The Halcyon Press], 1937, 34,[2] pp. Large 4to, late 20th-cent. half-vellum (orig. wr. pres.). – IDEM. Discours sur Émile Verhaeren. Nouv. éd. Bruxelles & Maestricht, idem, 1928, 24,[3] pp. 4to, orig. wrappers, uncut. (2x)

WERUMEUS BUNING, J.W.F. Maria Lecina en een ontmoeting met vreemde gevolgen. Te Brussel, A. Manteau, 1945, [2],72,[3] pp. Orig. wrappers (sl. discol.), unopened.

[EROTICA] – [VORBERG, G.] [ed.]. Die Erotik der Antike in Kleinkunst und Keramik. [München, G. Müller, 1921], consisting of a title-leaf, index-leaf and 113 hélio-engr. plates. Small folio, loose as issued in the orig. box.

[BOTANY] – [ORCHIDS] – SCHULZE, M. Die Orchidaceen Deutschlands, Deutsch-Oesterreichs und der Schweiz. Gera-Untermhaus, F.E. Köhler, [1892-]1894. With steel-engr. portrait (of H.G. Reichenbach), 95 col. lithogr. plates (dep. various orchids) & 1 monochrome lithogr. plate. Large 8vo, loose as issued in a contemp. portfolio.