Art, Architecture & Photography / Music, Theatre & Dance

HOOFT, Pieter Corneliszoon and Jacob vander BURGH (ed.). Gedichten.
Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1636.
With: (2) HOOFT, Pieter Corneliszoon. Henrik de Gróte. Zijn leven en bedrijf. Naerder overzien, ende vermeerdert.
Amsterdam, Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1638. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page of each work, an engraved portrait of Pieter Dirkszoon Hasselaer in the text, and 30 engraved emblems by Christoffel le Blon in ad 1, a full-page engraved portrait of Hendrik de Grote in ad 2, and several decorated woodcut initials, head-, and tailpieces in both works. Contemporary vellum. [2 blank], [6], "464" [= 460]; [8], 203, [5] pp. Full description

HOUWAERT, Johan Baptista [recté: MOL, Jacob de, Colyn KEYART and “SMEECKEN” (Jan SMEKEN?)]. Den handel der amoureusheyt inhoudende vier poetische spelen, 1. Van Aeneas ende Dido. 2. Narcissus ende Echo. 3. Mars ende Venus. 4. Leander ende Hero. Poetelijck geinventeert ende rethorijckelijck ghecomponeert.
Rotterdam, Jan van Waesberghe III, 1621. 4 parts in one volume. 8vo. With an engraved ornamental title-page with the title in an oval cartouche and 4 roundels in the corners with scenes from the four plays; 4 full-page engraved plates with similar scenes, one in the preliminaries of each play. Contemporary calf, spine richly gold-tooled in compartments with red title label lettered in gold, gold-tooled board edges. 237 ll. Full description

[HUGO, Victor]. [Théatre. Gravures sur soie].
[Paris, J. Lemmonyer, G. Richard and Cie, E. Testard, between 1885-1895]. 4to (ca. 27 x 24.5 cm). With 30 full-page engravings on silk. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn ins, marbled end papers. Bound by the French bookbinder Louis Guétant (1848-1936), signed in the bottom turn in of the front board. [30] silk ll. Full description

HUYGENS, Constantijn. Ses boecken van de ledige uren, zijnde ghedichten van verscheyden talen, stijlen, ende stoffen. - Otiorum libri sex. Poëmata varij sermonis, styli, argumenti.
Haarlem, Hans Passchiers van Wesbusch, 1641. Oblong 16mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, sewn on 2 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript title on the spine. [2], 543, [1] pp. Full description

IDELSOHN, Abraham Zvi. Songs of the Yemenite Jews. Collected and edited with an introduction. Thesaurus of Oriental Hebrew melodies.
Jerusalem; Berlin; Vienna, Benjamin Harz Verlag, 1922-1925. 2 works in 3 volumes. With musical scores throughout.
With: (2) DELITZSCH, Franz. Physiologie und Musik in ihrer Bedeutung für die Grammatik, besonders die Hebräische. Mit physikalischen Abbildungen und einer musikalischen Beilage.
[Leipzig, Dörffling, 1868].
The first volume in contemporary black morocco with the title lettered in gold on the front board and spine, the second volume in contemporary grey cloth, with the title lettered in black on the front and spine, ad 2 in the original publisher's printed wrappers. XII, 47, [3], 117, [1]; IX [1], 140; 47 [1] pp. Full description

LA BORDE, Jean-Benjamin de. Essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne.
Including: Mémoires sur les proportions musicales, le genre énamonique des Grecs et celui des modernes ... Supplément a l'essai sur la musique.
Paris, printed by Denys Pierres and sold by Eugène Onfroy, 1780-1781. 4 volumes. 4to. With 463 engraved plates (including several folding), 3 folding letterpress tables, an engraved vignette on each title page, letterpress music notes, and numerous engraved head- and tailpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled calf. Full description

MALIBRAN, Maria. [Autograph letter, signed, from Maria Malibran to Mr. Colladon].
Norwich, 23 September [1830]. 4to. Written in ink on paper. Disbound. Gilt edges. 4 pp. Full description

MARMONTEL, Jean François and Pieter PIJPERS. Zemire en Azor, zangspel. Met konstwerken en balletten. Gevolgd naar het Fransche.
Amsterdam, Jan Helders, Abraham Mars, 1783. 8vo. With an engraved title page including a vignette by H.L. Meyling, a letterpress title page with an emblematic engraved vignette by Reinier Vinkeles. Extra added in this copy are an additional letterpress title page, also dated "1783", but with a portrait of Pieter Pijpers engraved by Theodorus Koning dated 1789, accompanied by the letterpress explanatory leaf with a poem "Op myne afbeelding door Theodorus Koning", dated 1789, signed by Pijpers in brown ink. Further with 3 extra added engraved plates (2 full-page and 1 half-page), plus 1 repeated in an earlier state with no lettering, depicting scenes from the play by various Dutch artists (A. Fokke, H.L. Myling, W. Immink, A. Hulk Jacobsz), 1 dated 1784. And finally with 6 engraved plates by various French artists, made for the original French edition. The engraved title is richly coloured and highlighted with gold (incl. the lettering) by a contemporary hand. The 6 French plates are splendidly coloured and highlighted with gold and gum arabic by a contemporary hand. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine with one brown and a green morocco title label lettered in gold and fleurons in the remaining compartments, sprinkled paper sides. [16], 76, [2] pp. Full description

[MOLENAAR, Jan Miense (attributed), after Adriaen BROUWER]. [Tavern scene with five farmers singing and making music].
[Ca. 1635-1640]. Painting: 25.2 x 20.7 cm.; grame 39.5 x 34.5 x 5 cm. Painting, oil on oak panel with bevelled edges. In a richly modelled gilt frame. Full description

NOMSZ, Johannes. [A choice collection of 6 original plays written by Johannes Nomsz and 10 plays of French playwrights - Racine, Corneille, Voltaire and others - together with other texts highly interesting for the history of the Amsterdam stage, and Nomszs historical work on the life of Mohammed in 2 volumes].
Amsterdam, Izaak Duim, Johannes Smit, David Klippink, widow of David Klippink, Hendrik Gartman, Johannes Smit, heirs of David Klippink, 1764-1780. 16 plays, 3 essays and 1 biography bound in 11 volumes. 8vo. With two portraits of Nomsz by Reinier Vinkeles (vol. I) and J. Houbraken (vol. IX), a portrait of Mohammed by J. Houbraken (vol. I) and 14 frontispieces by the best engravers of the time: Jan Punt, Reinier Vinkeles, Simon Fokke, P. Tanjé and Th. Koning. Uniform contemporary vellum with a blind-tooled centrepiece and cornerpieces on each board, manuscript titles on spines. [8], 76; [8], 64; [8], 56; 14; 62; [8], 54; 12, [74]; [4], 54; [12], 74; [6], 71; [8], 71; [6], 58; [12], 78; [6], 112; [8], 82, [2]; 35; [4], 88, [2]; 43; [10], 113; [10], 67; [12], 73, [2]; XXVI, 182; [4], 190 pp. Full description