Les Delices De La Hollande

Parival, J. de: Les Delices de la Hollande, reveus, corriges & Augmentes de nouveau par Francois Savinien d'Alquie, Lequel y a adjouste tout ce qui s'est passe de plus considerable depuis l'an 1661, jusques a l'an 1669, avec un traite particulier des delices du pais. Amsterdam, Jean de Ravestein, 1669.
Neue, erweiterte Ausgabe des erstmals 1651 aufgelegten und bis ins 20. Jhds. immer wieder neu verlegten Werks. Willems 1824; Berghman 1839; Berghman Suppl. 485; Rahir 2410.

Derniere Edition. 12°, (12), 489, (3) S., Frontisp.., 1 dpls. Karte von Holland, 12 dpls. Stadtpläne (u.a. Amsterdam, Leiden, Haarlem, Delft, Rotterdam, Horn, Den Haag), 1 mehr gef. Stich v. Amsterdam sowie eine gest. Schlittschuhszene, einige Stiche eng beschn. Roter Lederbd. d. 19. Jhds. mit Goldbord. und reicher Rückverg., auf beiden Deckeln blindgepr. u. verg. Wappen des Comte Joseph de Lagonde (dessen ExLibris auch auf der RSeite des fr. Vors.), Goldschnitt, kl. Einriss an den oberen Gelenken, ansonsten ein tadelloser luxuriöser Bd. aus der Bibliothek v. Ulco Proost (ExLibris auf fl. Vors.). Engr. frontisp., 1 double-p. map, 12 fold./ double-p. plans, 1 fold. profile of Amsterdam, 1 full-p. skating plate, 19th cent. richly gilt red mor. Cuzin, both covers w. central coat of arms of Comte Joseph de Lagonde (with his engr. bookplate on first free endpaper) and triple fillet border, richly gilt ribbed spine, boardedges and inside dentelles. A few maps cut on the platemark/ borderline at outer margins. Upper joint splitting. Otherwise a fine, luxuriously bound copy. From the library of Ulco Proost, with his bookplate on free endpaper.

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Parival, J. de. Les delices de la Hollande. Avec un traite du Gouvernement, et un Abrege de ce qui s'est passe de plus memorable jusques a l'an de grace 1660. Ouvrage reveu, corrige, change & fort augmante par J. de Parival,
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Leiden, Pierre Didier, 1662. 13 x 8 cm. Hardcover. Parchment. (8), 424 pag. Name on titlepage. First 5 leaves slightly with wormholes, else a NEAR FINE COPY

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PARIVAL, Jean Nicolas DE. Les Delices de la Hollande, reveus, corriges & Augmentes de nouveau par Francois Savinien d'Alquie, Lequel y a adjouste tout ce qui s'est passe de plus considerable depuis l'an 1661, jusques a l'an 1669, avec un traite particulier des delices du pais. Derniere Edition. Amsterdam, Jean de Ravestein, 1669.
New enlarged edition of this popular traveller's guide for the Netherlands, first published at Leiden in 1651. Jean Nicolas De Parival (1605-1669), born in Verdun, came to the Netherlands in 1624, where he stayed for 26 years. He taught French at Leyden and published also books on French grammar and conversation. The present work was a success and was republished many times until late in the 18th century.
Fine copy of a very charming edition.
Tiele 846; Willems 1824; NUC lists one copy.

12mo. Contemporary vellum. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, folding engraved map, engraved plate of the pleasures of a Dutch winter, and 13 folding plans of the main Dutch towns. (12), 489, (3) pp.

[SW: Netherlands; Belgicana; Europe; Cartography]

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PARIVAL, Jean Nicolas DE. Les Delices de la Hollande, Oeuvre Panegirique, avec un traite du Gouvernement, et un abrege de ce qui s'est passe de plus memorable jusques a l'an de grace 1650. Leiden, Pierre Leffen, 1651.
Rare first edition of this popular and very successful cultural history of Holland, also to be used as a traveller's guide by Jean Nicolas de Parival (1605-1669). The author, born in Verdun, came to the Netherlands in 1624, where he stayed for 26 years. Apart from being a wine-merchant, he also taught French at Leyden - both Dutch and foreign students and Leiden citizen followed his lessons. He published also books on French grammar and conversation.More than a short history of Holland, the present work is a kind of 'cultural history' of Holland offering pleasant reading on the customs and morals of the province, largely based, as Parival mentions in his preface, on the works of Boxhorn, Strada and Pontanus, but on the other hand containing much 'faits divers' not found elsewhere. There are chapters on traffic, the trade, religions, government, nobility, the important cities, history, etc. The work was a precursor of a new genre consisting of series of books on the 'Delices' of other countries. It was a great success: more than 16 editions appeared till the second half of the eighteenth century. In 1661 a Dutch translation was published in Amsterdam: <I>De vermaeckelijckheden van Holland</I>.Our copy has <B><I>an interesting provenance</I></B>. On the title the nineteenth-century owner 'A. Horn' has entered his name, making himself known on the facing fly-leaf as 'Docteur Aubert H(orn), 50 Rue de Moscou, Paris, who has bought the book on 28 October 1898. He added also a note on the red wax seal on the title: 'Cachet de Pologne', being probably the seal of a Polish nobleman (studying in Leiden ca. 1650?). The coat-of-arms is divided in seven fields: two riders on horseback, two crosswise flags, two crowns and a powder horn in the middle.
Fine copy, with red wax seal on title and manuscript ownership's signature in ink 'A. Horn'.
Tiele 842, note; Willems 866, note;<I> NNBW</I> VII, cols. 938-40.

12mo. Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine. Title printed in red & black, with woodcut printer's device on title. (12), 266, (6) pp.

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