Stad Briel, Signed (1 results)

2 parts in 1 volume. Presentation copy on large paper of the first and only edition of a topographical and historical description of Den Briel on the island of Voorne, illustrated with large, folding maps. The present copy has been bound by the so-called Stag Bindery (active 1693-1743/1758), the most important bindery in Rotterdam in the 18th century. Several other copies of the work with identical bindings are known. According to Storm van Leeuwen they were commissioned by the publisher and "are undoubtedly presentation copies for members of the Den Briel magistracy or persons connected with them." Cornelis van Alkemade (1654-1737) and his son-in-law Pieter van der Schelling (1691-1751) shared a passion for collecting coins, seals, official documents, autographs and books. Van Alkemade also copied many historical documents. The present work reflects his collection on Den Briel, the city that will always be remembered for being the first to be captured by the Dutch in the 80 Years' War in 1572. Van Alkemade gives the usual historical and geographical description, which describes among other things the successive growth of the polders on the island of Voorne, and chronicles the history of the noble family that governed it. The 3 large folding maps show different parts of Voorne, with coats of arms and embellished cartouches along the borders or in the corners. The maps were executed by H. v.d. Dyck, while three other names are mentioned, including Jan Luyken ("I. Luiken Fecit cum Aqua Forti"), who executed and probably also drew the pictorial decoration. The first map is dated 1701. They are the three general maps from Voorne. Caert-Boeck van alle de Dorpen, en Polders Gelegen inden Lande van Oost ende West Voorne, mitsgaders Over Flacquee Resorteerende onder 't Comptoir der Verpondingen 's Lands van Voorne. The fourth map, depicting the southwestern part of the province of South Holland, is found in the second part. It is a later addition, published by Tirion in Amsterdam in 1748.The present work is especially interesting because it contains the first published text of Jan Matthijsen's famous Rechtsboek of the city of Den Briel. It was probably written between 1400 and 1423, and is one of the oldest and most important sources of for the study of Dutch law, especially in the area of procedural law. The second part of the work comprises a collection of privileges and charters.With the bookplate of Jan Willem Six van Vromade (1872-1936) mounted on the front pastedown, the stamp of H. D. Pfann (dates unknown) below, and remnants of a paper label at the foot. The edges and corners of the boards are scuffed, the joints are cracked, but the structural integrity of the binding is still intact, a tear at the head of the spine, lacking the headband. The end paper have been replaced, leaves are slightly browned and foxed, a brown stain in the lower margin first 60 pages of part 2. Otherwise a large paper copy in good condition.l Donkersloot-de Vrij 247; Van Eeghen Collectie 47; Van Eeghen & V.d. Kellen 473; Nijhoff & V. Hattum 2; STCN 20446403X; cf. Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch decorated bookbinding in the 18th century, vol. IIa, pp. 432-446 (for the binding). Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf by the so-called Stag Bindery in Rotterdam, sewn on 6 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, a black morocco author and title label on the spine lettered in gold, the coat of arms of Den Briel in the centre of both boards, surrounded by two ornamental borders, gold-tooled board edges, mottled edges. With the title page printed in red and black with an engraved printer's device, a double-page plan of Den Briel, 3 folding engraved maps of different parts of Voorne (each ca. 50 x 70.5 cm), and an additional folding map (33 x 38 cm) of the southwestern part of South Holland. Pages: [28], 1-224, [8], 225-376; [8], 1-306, [20] pp.