BURMAN Pieter - ( Petrus Burmannus Secundus ) - Charles van HULTHEM ( provenance ) :
Reference : 32072
Lugduni Batavorum ( Leiden ), Corn. van Hoogeveen, 1774, in-4°, title with engraved vignette (N. v.d. Meer J.) + (24)nn pp (dedications) + 502 pp, contemporary half leather with marbled boards, headcap damaged, corners bumped and worn, boards a bit soiled and worn, ex-library copy with small stamp on title. On the first paste down a nice engraved ex-libris of '' Charles van Hulthem '', with an inventory date or number in ink underneath (1819). On title and verso title small cancellation stamp of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique (dated 1861). Interesting provenance. Van Hulthem's library of over 30.000 volumes was bought en bloc by the young Belgian Royal Library. This book was sold in 1861as a double.