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LOT 615
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[Library catalogues/typography] Two titles: (1) Catalogi duo instructissimae bibliothecae

quae est in suprema Frisiorum curaquorum prior totus est alphabeticus, sine ulla materiarum distinctione alter per capita, secundum diversas materias dispositus est. Leeuwarden, J. Seydel, 1776, 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),271,(1); 98 p., contemp. boards, folio.

Very good, untrimmed copy; paper over spine/ joints splitting. Scarce catalogue of the Court Library of Friesland, listing over 1300 titles. This library still exists intact in Leeuwarden, Friesland; (2) Extract uit de Resolutien van de Edele Mogende Heeren Raaden van Staate der Vereenigde Nederlanden. Donderdag den 28 Augusti 1777. Haarlem, J. Enschedé en Zoonen, 1778, (71) p., with numerous facsimile signatures, contemp. chintz boards, folio. Covers loosening, 1 leaf loose. Warranted in pen by J. van Hees at the end. A beautiful early facsimile printing achievement by Johannes Enschedé en Zoonen, commisioned by the Dutch government, in which important official documents from 6 December 1578 to 13 July 1579 (on the Union of Utrecht) are republished using the original printing types of Aelbert Hendricxz from 1578. All the original manuscript signatures are reproduced with stunning accuracy. (total 2)

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