Lot 252
Dutch Trades.- De Middelen van Bestaan, of Ambachten, Konsten en Handwerken, first edition, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates, Amsterdam, G.Roos & J.Weege, 1802.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Dutch Trades.- De Middelen van Bestaan, of Ambachten, Konsten en Handwerken, first edition, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates, a little soiled and stained, shaken and becoming loose, original printed orange boards (dated 1803), uncut, rubbed, spine defective, 8vo, Amsterdam, G.Roos & J.Weege, 1802.
⁂ Very rare children's book of trades and crafts including peat stampers ("turftrappers"), ship's carpenter, mussel seller, doctor/dentist, and cook.
All editions are rare but WorldCat records only one copy of this first edition, in the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam. We have been unable to trace any copies at auction, and only 3 copies of the second or third editions of 1815 and 1816, each with only 4 plates.
Description
Dutch Trades.- De Middelen van Bestaan, of Ambachten, Konsten en Handwerken, first edition, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates, a little soiled and stained, shaken and becoming loose, original printed orange boards (dated 1803), uncut, rubbed, spine defective, 8vo, Amsterdam, G.Roos & J.Weege, 1802.
⁂ Very rare children's book of trades and crafts including peat stampers ("turftrappers"), ship's carpenter, mussel seller, doctor/dentist, and cook.
All editions are rare but WorldCat records only one copy of this first edition, in the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam. We have been unable to trace any copies at auction, and only 3 copies of the second or third editions of 1815 and 1816, each with only 4 plates.
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