[Convolute] (1) Facsimile's van onuitgegeven brieven en andere belangrijke stukken

van beroemde mannen. Utr., J.P. Houtman, n.d. (1829-1830), 6 instalments, each w. 6 or 7 (fold.) lithogr. facs. of letters (partly with facsimile of orig. transcriptions), contemp. gilt half calf w. orig. lithogr brown paper frontwr. with facs. indexes preserved, folio size.

Rare complete set. The index of the first instalment indicates that 3 letters are from the collection of G.J. Beeldsnijder at Utrecht. See (3) below. Added at the end of our convolute is a series of mounted (a few now loose) facsimiles and careful manuscript copies of letters/ signatures, one mounted on a bifolium with extensive text in pen signed "13 Janvier 1844 door mij G.J. Beeldsnijder van Voshol", others with names of the authors (1x with longer annotation) in pen in the hand of Beeldsnijder. Perhaps, the convolute originates from Beeldsnijder's library. Bound with: (2) W. Dorow. Facsimile von Handschriften berühmter Männer und Frauen aus der Sammlung des Herausgebers. Bekannt gemacht und mit historischen Erläuterungen begleitet. Berlin, L. Sachse, 1836-1838, 4 instalments (= all published), w. letterpress text-p., 4 lithogr. double title-portraits, and 114 facs. of letters on plates, orig. letterpress frontwr. preserved. Rare complete set, apparently no copies in NCC. And bound with: (3) A.J.R. Natan (ed.). Facsimilés van handschriften van beroemden mannen, uit de verzameling van G.J. Beeldsnijder, vrijheer van Voshol en de Vrije-Ness (...). Facsimiles von Handschriften berühmter Männer (...). Met historische ophelderingen uitgegeven door A.J.R. Natan. (Eerste aflevering = all published). Utr., printed by C.A. Spin for Robert Natan, 1837, title and text in Dutch and German and w. transcriptions, (6),II,9,(2) p., w. 8 facs. plates. Rare. According to a "Berigt van den uitgever", 2 more instalments were planned, but the were never published. And bound with: (4) Autographs of the Sovereigns of England (...)./ Eminent characters (...) of England (14th cent. to ca 1840), 6 large fold. lithogr. plates (1x bound in in two parts) (a few w. tears). Ad convolute: Occas. foxed; sm. tears in top of spine. Unique and very useful collection of rare facsimiles of important people. Ad 1: Includes facsimile letters by Erasmus, Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Christiaan Huygens, Frederik Hendrik of Orange Nassau, H. Boerhaave, the brothers De Witt, Cats and Linneus. Ad 2: Includes facsimile manuscripts by Beethoven, Blücher, Chamisso, Fichte, Forster, Gneisenau, Hegel, Herder, Humboldt, Kant, Kleist, Klopstock, Lessing, Pückler-Muskau, Rousseau and Wieland; Ad 3: Facsimiles of letters by Hugo Grotius, Michiel de Ruiter, J.C.K. van Speijk, J.K. Lavater, Willem Frederik, Theodorus Beza, D.H. baron van Chassé and G.W. von Leibnitz. (total 1 vol.)