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[Coster, Laurens Jansz.]. Ampzing, S. Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland (...) mitsgaders Petri Scriverii Laure-kranz voor Laurens Koster van Haerlem, eerste vinder vande boek-druckerye. Haarlem, A. Rooman, 1628, 2 parts in 1 vol., (88),520,(6); 4,124p., engr. frontisp. by T. MATHAM, 17 (double-p.) engr. plans/ views/ plates by/ after W.O. AKERSLOOT and J. VAN DE VELDE II, engr. portr. of Laurens Jansz. Coster by J. VAN DE VELDE II, 1 extra woodcut portrait of Laurens Jansz. Coster, 2 ident. woodcut printer's marks to both parts, contemp. gilt hcalf w. burgundy mor. letterpiece, sm. 4to.
- Most plates taken from another copy (sl. smaller and attached to later stubs); some plates w. (closed) tears; occas. (water)stained/ foxed. Top of spine frayed/ sl. worn.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 6; Ekama 120; Hollstein XXXIII, 391 and 417-427 (Van de Velde); Hollstein XXIII, 2 and 3 (P.J. Saenredam); McMurtrie, The invention of printing 848; Bigmore/ Wyman I, 8 and II, 326; not in Carter/ Vervliet. Important work for it being the main early source for Laurens Jansz. Coster as inventor of the art of printing and for its typography with the alternating use of roman, gothic and civilité types. Our copy with an extra tipped-in woodcut full-length portrait of Laurens Jansz. Coster (taken from H. DE GROOT, Inleydinghe tot de Hollandsche rechts-gheleerdheydt (Haarlem, 1641). The book is also valued for being one of the finest Dutch town descriptions with beautiful etchings by Jan van de Velde II. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
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[Coster, Laurens Jansz.]. Ampzing, S. Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland (...) mitsgaders Petri Scriverii Laure-kranz voor Laurens Koster van Haerlem, eerste vinder vande boek-druckerye. Haarlem, A. Rooman, 1628, 2 parts in 1 vol., (88),520,(6); 4,124p., engr. frontisp. by T. MATHAM, 17 (double-p.) engr. plans/ views/ plates by/ after W.O. AKERSLOOT and J. VAN DE VELDE II, engr. portr. of Laurens Jansz. Coster by J. VAN DE VELDE II, 1 extra woodcut portrait of Laurens Jansz. Coster, 2 ident. woodcut printer's marks to both parts, contemp. gilt hcalf w. burgundy mor. letterpiece, sm. 4to.
- Most plates taken from another copy (sl. smaller and attached to later stubs); some plates w. (closed) tears; occas. (water)stained/ foxed. Top of spine frayed/ sl. worn.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 6; Ekama 120; Hollstein XXXIII, 391 and 417-427 (Van de Velde); Hollstein XXIII, 2 and 3 (P.J. Saenredam); McMurtrie, The invention of printing 848; Bigmore/ Wyman I, 8 and II, 326; not in Carter/ Vervliet. Important work for it being the main early source for Laurens Jansz. Coster as inventor of the art of printing and for its typography with the alternating use of roman, gothic and civilité types. Our copy with an extra tipped-in woodcut full-length portrait of Laurens Jansz. Coster (taken from H. DE GROOT, Inleydinghe tot de Hollandsche rechts-gheleerdheydt (Haarlem, 1641). The book is also valued for being one of the finest Dutch town descriptions with beautiful etchings by Jan van de Velde II. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
