[With hand-coloured maps] Beschryving van de stad Brielle, en den Lande van Voorn,

behelzende, I. De Beschryving zelf, van de Stad Briele, en den Lande van Voorn enz. II. De Historie, Genealogie en Successie van de Heeren, en Vrouwen (...). III. De Politike Regering, nevens de Regten (...). IV. De Privilegien, Octroyen (...). Te samen gesteld, en beschreven door Kornelis van Alkemade, en (...) vermeerderd door Mr. P. van der Schelling. Rotterdam, P. Losel, 1729, 2 vols. in one binding, (28), 224,(8),225-376; (8),306,(20) p., with antiquely hand-coloured folding engraved map of Brielle and with 3 fine antiquely hand-coloured large folding maps (50.5 x 70.5 cm.) by Jan Luiken, I. Stemmers and H. van Dyck after A. Steyaart, contemporary blindstamped parchment, folio.

Good copy with small defects: folding plates with tanned traces of earlier tape restorations on tears in folds, tape replaced by harmless repair strips on verso; reinforced behind inner hinge, front outer hinge slightly torn and some smaller defects. Copies with such fine hand-coloured maps are rare; the two copies at present offered online have uncoloured maps. With the heraldic ex libris of Frederik Ouwerling (1883-1960) whose large library was came up for auction at Beijers in 1961 and 1962 (our copy was sold in October 1961, for the sum of fl. 86,-). Ouwerling's motto was: "Vita sine libris mors est." See https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Ouwerling. Also with note in pencil by Ouwerling: "Gekregen van Aug. Sassen bij mijn eerste bezoek aan hem op 8 dec. 1912 [sign.]." On this August Sassen, see: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Hendrik_Sassen.