< Back

The preliminaries of a thesis magnificently bound for the author

BERCKEL, Willem Wendilius van.
Disputatio juridica inauguralis, de legibus. Quam annuente Deo ter opt. max. ex auctoritate magnifici rectoris, D. Alberti Schultens ... nec non amplissimi Senatus academici consensu & nobilissimae facultatis Juridicae decreto, pro gradu doctoratus summisque in utroque jure honoribus & privilegiis ritè ac legitimè consequendis; eruditorum examini submittit Wilhelmus Wendilius van Berckel, Rotterodamo Batavus. Ad  diem 11. decembris 1739. hora logoque solitis.

Engraved allegorical title-page with printed text by F. van Bleyswijck, with the author's coat-of-arms at the top.

Engraved allegorical title-page with printed text by F. van Bleyswijck, with the author's coat-of-arms at the top.



Leiden, Abraham Kallewier, 1739. 4to. Contemporary green velvet binding with a 3-cm ornamental filigree border of golden thread along the edges of both covers, marbled endpapers, g.e.; kept in a contemporary slipcase covered with pink, brown, green and orange 'Buntpapier'. Engraved allegorical title-page with printed text by F. van Bleyswijck, with the author's coat-of-arms at the top. (5 blank lvs.), 2 lvs. (=A1-2 (title and dedication), (6 silk leaves), 7 lvs. (G4, H1-4, and I1-2: laudatory poems).

Presentation copy for the author in an exceptional binding of the preliminaries of the juridical doctorate thesis of Willem Wendelius van Berckel, (1718-1789), later schout (sheriff or bailiff) van Kralingen, magistrate (secretary) of Rotterdam, and member of the Bataafsch Genootschap. He married Antonia Emilia Roosmale (1719-1786) and the couple belonged to the Rotterdam high society. Their daughter married in 1778 the nobleman J.B. Bichon Visch.
The preliminaries of the dissertation which was defended on 11 December 1739, consist of the title, the dedication to his father Engelbertus van Berckel, his brother-in-law Jacobus van der Mandere, Diderik van Hogendorp, Isaac Elsevier, Gysbrecht van Hogendorp, Adriaan Roosmale and Johannes Wesselius. At the end are the laudatory poems in Latin, French and Dutch by S. de Monchy, Leonard Patyn, F. d'A., Gerardus Noest, and two anonymous poems. The text of the dissertation itself: lvs. A3-4, B1-G3 (= 25 lvs.) not present, and replaced in this copy by 6 lvs. of silk.

Fine copy.

Related Subjects: Bindings  Law  Leyden  Universities 

Add to Shopping cart
€ 950,00

Prices in EUROS (€), shipping and BTW/VAT extra.

< Back

Terms of sale

All items are offered subject to prior sale. Prices are nett and in (€) EURO. VAT/BTW, postage, and insurance are not included. 

Free shipping for orders over € 2,500.  EU customers: if applicable, please quote your VAT number when placing orders.

Preferred mode of payment: by credit card through our secure online payment service, which is facilitated by Ogone. If you wish to make other arrangements, please contact us. Terms of sale

E-mail this to a friend







This is a captcha-picture. It is used to prevent mass-access by robots. (see: www.captcha.net)

Type the characters that you see in the box (5 characters). The code can include characters 0..9 and A..F.*

  


Antiquariaat FORUM B.V.
Tuurdijk 16
3997 MS t Goy-Houten,
The Netherlands
Phone: (+31) (0)30 601 1955
Fax: (+31) (0)30 601 1813
E-mail: info@forumrarebooks.com
Web: http://www.forumrarebooks.com