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(Bensdorp, K.F.) Kermis-tafreeltjes, in geëtste Kunstplaatjes, op boert- en ernstigen dichttrant beschreven. Tot nut en vermaak voor kinderen van allerlei ouderdom. Dordrecht, A. Blussé & Zoon, n.d. (ca.1794), (first edition by this publisher), 24p., title vignet, 8 fine handcoloured copper-engraving, typographic head and tailpieces, original printed wrappers, title within floral boarders, publishers list at back cover, small 8vo.

€ 1000
Fine copy of a rare handcoloured edition, shows all kind of attractions of a Dutch fair. Contents: Lyraman, Lady Dancer, Juggler, Street singer, Dancing Dogs, Gingerbread stall, Magician and a Magic Lantern performance. BNK 1452, (KB 1090 H91, incomplete copy, 20p.); Arrenberg p.302, Huiskamp K21 and Forum VII, 3711, all the 3rd ed. of 1810.

  
   

Lewis Carroll - Rie Cramer. Alice's avonturen in Wonderland. Opnieuw verteld door M.C. van Oven-Van Doorn. 's-Grav., G.B. Van Goor Zn., 1st illustrated edition by RIE CRAMER with the rare dust-jacket, (1934), 51p., 6 colour plates and 6 full-page bl/w. and text-ills., decorated clothbacked boards in colour, 22,7x18,5cm. First free endpaper owners entry, slight discolouring and faint fold, dust-jacket very slight wear, occasional faint foxing, small closed tear in lower margin of page 35.

€ 340
Fine copy of a rare Alice by the famous Dutch illustrator Rie Cramer.

  
   

Nederlandsch-Indische Leesplankje - Dutch East-Indies primer reading-board Cornelis Jetses - Hoogeveen. Gron., Wolters-Noorthoff, (1917), original wooden board, three mounted colour paper strips, 21x30,5cm. Top edge of the board and illustration slightly dam./chipped, three pieces of the illustrations chipped-off, not affecting the pictures.

€ 2800
Extremely rare teaching device used for the Dutch children in the Dutch East-Indies. In 1908 Hoogeveen issued an adaptation of his first board of 1900 for use in the Dutch East-Indies schools with the entry's; 'Roos, Neef, Gat etc., not yet with the illustrations of Jetses. Our board is the important one designed by the famous illustrator Jetses. The Dutch method by Ligthart and Scheepstra, comprising of 6 vols., was introduced in 1910 and used up till the sixties as the main method for teaching young children to read. Added: volume 5 of the reading books by A.F.Ph. Mann, 'Van vier kinderen', 1930, 5th ed.

  
   

Java. Prentenboek voor de Nederlandsch-Indische Jeugd. Tweede bundel. By 'Een Oost-Indisch Oudgast'. Batavia, v. Haren Noman & Kolff. Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, 1859, First edition, (VI),142p., 29 handcoloured engravings gommées, gilt cloth. Spine and boardedges discoloured, extrimities slightly dam., owners entry on first endpaper.

€ 800
Very rare Dutch East-Indies children's book with beautiful plates depicting all kind of professions and people from that period. D. Buur 0030 mentions a first edition with b/w. illustrations and a reprint in the same year with colour plates but under a different title then this copy?

  
   

Louis Wain. De Avonturen van Jan Kater. Gratis Reclame. Sana onovertroffen plantenboter. 45 cent per carton van 1/2 K.G. No place, publ., date (ca.1930), (10)p., 4 pages w. 2 ills. in one colour and 4 pages w. 2 ills. in colour, glazed limp boards in colour, 4to, 17,7x18,5cm. Right front topcorner small cut/ nick, strenghtened w. tape. Rare LouisWain for advertising use. Good/ fine.

€ 170

  
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