[Floods] Geschiedkundig verslag der dijkbreuken en overstroomingen,

langs de rivieren in het koninkrijk Holland voorgevallen in louwmaand 1809. Opgemaakt en uitgegeven op last en met approbatie van zijne excellentie den minister van eerdienst en binnenlandsche zaken [by H. Ewijk]. Amsterdam, J. Allart & J. Ruys, 1809, 2 text volumes and 1 atlas. Text volumes: VII,(1),LX,324,(2); (4),353,(1) p., with 6 folding tables in the first volume and many tables in the text in the second volume, plain contemporary uniform cardboard with paper letterpiece. Atlas: folding letterpress title page, handcoloured, large folding overview map by A. Zurcher (46 x 86 cm.), 6 smaller, folding, engraved maps, 8 folding, engraved views by R. Vinkeles after C. van Hardenberg, 1 folding profile and two folding handcoloured plates of bones (all plates present as per binder's index in text volume 1), contemporary half leather, 4to.

Text volumes slightly worn on spine, good and untrimmed copies; atlas waterstained and foxed/ soiled; leather across top hinge broken. Text volumes and atlas with the heraldic ex libris of Frederik Ouwerling (1883-1960) whose extensive library was auctioned off in 1961 and 1962 at Beijers. Ouwerling's personal motto was: "Vita sine libris mors est." For more on him, see: https://tinyurl.com/yanxpfou.