Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £100 |
VAN ALPHEN, Hieronymous (1746-1803). Kleine Gedichten voor Kinderen. Utrecht: Bij de Wed. J. van Terveen en Zoon, 1787 [?but later]. Small 8vo (124 x 72mm). Half title, engraved portrait of the author, title with engraved allegorical vignette, signed by the publisher at the foot of the last page of the preface, 66 engraved plates (some mainly marginal spotting or staining, a few text leaves cropped or shaved, one signature detached). Contemporary calf gilt, spine with red morocco lettering-piece, gilt edges, marbled endpapers ([?]skilfully rebacked, extremities rubbed). Provenance: publisher's/bookseller's label on front pastedown. Hesselink & Kerssemakers The Children's World of Learning 407; Huiskamp A130. With Miniatuur-Almanak, voor het Schrikkeljaar (Utrecht, 1836, 49 x 35mm., title with woodcut ornament, 2 woodcut plates, contemporary green morocco gilt). (2)