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<B>HISTORIE, EEN SCHOONE-,</B> van de verduldige Helena van Constantinopelen, Een konings dogter, die 27 jaaren agter land doolde, in groote armoede brood biddende. Zeer plaizant om te leezen. Deventer, J.H. de Lange, 1804.
Rare chapbook of the "Patient Helena", published by the famous publishing house of schoolbooks and chapbooks, De Lange at Deventer. In the Northern Netherlands the story of "Helena of Constantinople" was mostly published separately, whereas in the Southern Netherlands the story was mostly published as part of a larger collection of tales about women characters, under the title "Vrouwen Peerle" (Female Pearls). The story was based on the French by Jehan Wauquelin, dating from 1448. The book is printed in Gothic type, and the woodcuts obviously came from various sources, probably chosen at random from De Lange's large stock of woodblocks.
Used but acceptable copy of a rare chapbook, with old owner's ms. entry: Berendt Spijkerbosch on title and last leaf.- (Frayed at edges; last leaf sl. dam.; large brown stain at corners of 4 lvs.; sl. browned throughout).
Sale<I> Cat. Coll. Buisman</I> 911; this edition not elsewhere found recorded; cf. <I>Boekenoogen </I>18028-18038 (ed. from 1673-ca.1870, incl. 4 Deventer-ed., one by Jan de Lange, 1775, two by P. de Lange, ca. 1840-1860, and one by Wed. P. de Lange, ca. 1870); Muller 696-704 (ed. from 1684-ca.1840, incl one Deventer ed., by P. de Lange, ca. 1840); Waller 746-751 (ed. from 1789-ca.1840, incl. one Deventer ed., by P. de Lange, ca. 1840); <I>Cat. Van Rijn</I> 972 (Deventer ed. P. de Lange, ca. 1840); <I>KLKL</I> 113 (lists only one ed., Amst., Broer Jansz., 1640); De Vries 129 (idem, Amst., S.& W. Koene, 1804); Sale <I>Cat. J.L. Beijers,</I> Jan. 1959 (Coll. Versnel), 338 (Amst. ed. of 1800).

4to. Old wrappers. With a fine woodcut on title showing Helena standing in the hall of a castle with a cat sitting on the tiles, and 7 large and small woodcuts in text, some within woodcut borders. 24 pp.

[SW: Dutch; Popular Books; Schoolbooks; Chapbooks; Literature; Turkey]

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<B>HISTORIE, EEN SCHOONE-,</B> van de edele Jan van Parys, koning van Frankrijk: die, door zyn groote vroomheid, geschiktheid en subtielheid, verkreeg en trouwde de dochter van den koning van Spanjen, dewelke ondertrouwd was met den koning van Engeland, zeer aangenaam om te lezen. Amsterdam, S. & W. Koene, (ca. 1800).
Dutch chapbook containing the popular adaptation of the French romance of chivalry. The book is nicely illustrated with popular woodcuts showing knights duelling, battle scenes, executions, musicians playing, etc. As usual they were taken at random from old stock. A comical example of the arbitrariness by which the woodcuts for this kind of books were chosen is offered by the woodcut on title of the present chapbook: it shows the Dutch Prince of Orange, Frederik Hendrik, at the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.
Good copy.
Waller 755; Muller 687; De Vries 130; Sale <I>Cat. Coll. Buisman</I> 912; Van den Bergh p. 45 ff.; cf. <I>Boekenoogen</I> L 18160 (Amst. ed. by d'Erve vander Putte & Bastiaan Boekhout, ca. 1780)<I>; Cat. Van Rijn</I> 973 (Antwerp ed. by J. Thys, ca. 1820); Van Heurck, <I>Voyage</I>, 37-42 (Flemish ed. only); no edition in KLKL, or Scheepers.

4to. Wrappers. With woodcut on title, and 7 half-page woodcuts in text. (48) pp.

[SW: Dutch; Popular Books; Chapbooks; Romances of Chivalry; 19th Century]

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Vries, Herman de: Random objectivations. Villanuova sul Clisi, Edizioni Amodulo 1972.
Erschien in einer Auflage von 1000 Exemplaren. - Auswahl von Arbeiten aus den Skizzenbüchern. - Mit einem Text von de Vries in Deutsch.

112 einseitig bedruckt Bl. Mit 110 ganzseitigen meist s/w. Illustrationen. Originalbroschur. 24x27 cm.

[SW: Künstlerbücher, Deutsch,]

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Gerd de Vries: Hanne Darboven ArT RANDOM, Kyoto -Japan / S. Kagaku / 1990,
schönes Expl.

1. Auflage, 23,2 x 30,9 cm / 51 S. / zahlr. Abb. (s/w u. farbig ), Hardcover , Schutzumschlag: nein; 1. Auflage,,

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