Mitsgaders der zelver Voorrechten, Regeeringsvorm, en droevige Lotgevallen van aloude tyden af tot nu toe beschreven, uit de Oudheid bewezen en met de nodige Bewysstukken bevestigt. Als mede de Handvesten, Privilegien en Octroyen, [..]. Te Delft, Gedrukt by Reinier Boitet [..]”, 1747, XVI,600,[15 index] pp. With engraved title-vignette, full-p. engraved dedication by J.C. Philips, 2 double-p. engraved bird’s-eye plans (of which 1 fold.), 4 (of 5) double-p. engraved views (by F. van Bleyswyck & J. van der Spyk after H. de Winter) & a few engraved text-ills. Large 4to (ca. 24 x 18 cm.), 18th-cent. mottled calf, gilt ribbed spine with red morocco letterpiece, marbled edges.
¶ Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 159. Bodel Nijenhuis 1343. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 269a. First & only edition (printed on LARGE PAPER) of a topographical & historical description of Oudewater by the Dutch lawyer Gaspar Rudolph van Kinschot (1704-1748). With MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATION by the brother of the author ROELAND VAN KINSCHOT (1712-1747) in black ink on second free end-paper: “Gifte door mijn Broeder den Secretaris van Kinschot, aan mij gedaan, den 14. Oc[to]ber 1746 [signed] R. van Kinschot”. ¶ Lacks 1 engraving by I. Besoet (“De Kerk te Oudewater aan de Zuidzyde te zien”). Binding partly rubbed/ worn, spine-ends sl. dam./ chipped. Sl. foxed/ browned, but nevertheless in good condition.
Hamerprijs: € 500
