Le Francq van Berkhey, J. Natuurlyke historie van Holland

Amst./ Leyden, Yntema en Tieboel/ P.H. Trap, 1769-1779 and 1805-1811, 9 parts in 11 vols., w. the following engravings: 3 diff. title-vignettes, 1 portr., 1 fold. handcol. map, 100 (fold.) plates (1x handcol, showing a pedigree of cows), 16 fold. letterpress tables, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece. Lacks plate III in part 1. Owner's entries (1948) in pen on free endpapers, some wormholes in blank upper inner corner of part 3,2, margins outer corners bumped, otherwise a very good set, and w. ample margins.

Nissen, ZBI 331; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Coloured Plates 15 (part 1-4/1 only). The unfinished natural history of the district Holland (the history of the flora was never published), dealing with the cultural and social life of its inhabitants and providing a geographical description, including an extensive treatise on horses. The often lacking second half of the work (from vols. 5 onwards) was published quite later by Trap in Leyden, and consists of an extensive treatise on cattle, the building of stalls, the production of cheese etc.