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Haarlem 'prize binding' with work celebrating the invention of printing in that city

SEIZ, Joannes Christianus.
Annus tertius saecularis inventae artis typographicae, sive brevis historica enarratio de inventione noblissimae artis typographicae, in qua ostenditur, quo tempore, à quo & ubi locorum ea primum fuerit inventa ...

With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with four Latin verses by Petrus Scriverius underneath (dated 1741), engraved vignette on title (also dated 1741) and engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication, all by A. van der Laan; 4 full-page engraved plates showing the statue of Laurens Jansz. Koster by A. van der Laan (1740), and three plates with memorial medals; and a folding engraved view of Haarlem, showing Coster's house, by H. Spilman. Added and mounted on the verso of the half-title is the engraved portrait of Coster by J. van Velde after the painting by Jacob van Campen with the four lines of Latin poetry by Petrus Scriverius.

With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with four Latin verses by Petrus Scriverius underneath (dated 1741), engraved vignette on title (also dated 1741) and engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication, all by A. van der Laan; 4 full-page engraved plates showing the statue of Laurens Jansz. Koster by A. van der Laan (1740), and three plates with memorial medals; and a folding engraved view of Haarlem, showing Coster's house, by H. Spilman. Added and mounted on the verso of the half-title is the engraved portrait of Coster by J. van Velde after the painting by Jacob van Campen with the four lines of Latin poetry by Petrus Scriverius.

With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with four Latin verses by Petrus Scriverius underneath (dated 1741), engraved vignette on title (also dated 1741) and engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication, all by A. van der Laan; 4 full-page engraved plates showing the statue of Laurens Jansz. Koster by A. van der Laan (1740), and three plates with memorial medals; and a folding engraved view of Haarlem, showing Coster's house, by H. Spilman. Added and mounted on the verso of the half-title is the engraved portrait of Coster by J. van Velde after the painting by Jacob van Campen with the four lines of Latin poetry by Petrus Scriverius.

With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with four Latin verses by Petrus Scriverius underneath (dated 1741), engraved vignette on title (also dated 1741) and engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication, all by A. van der Laan; 4 full-page engraved plates showing the statue of Laurens Jansz. Koster by A. van der Laan (1740), and three plates with memorial medals; and a folding engraved view of Haarlem, showing Coster's house, by H. Spilman. Added and mounted on the verso of the half-title is the engraved portrait of Coster by J. van Velde after the painting by Jacob van Campen with the four lines of Latin poetry by Petrus Scriverius.

With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with four Latin verses by Petrus Scriverius underneath (dated 1741), engraved vignette on title (also dated 1741) and engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication, all by A. van der Laan; 4 full-page engraved plates showing the statue of Laurens Jansz. Koster by A. van der Laan (1740), and three plates with memorial medals; and a folding engraved view of Haarlem, showing Coster's house, by H. Spilman. Added and mounted on the verso of the half-title is the engraved portrait of Coster by J. van Velde after the painting by Jacob van Campen with the four lines of Latin poetry by Petrus Scriverius.



Haarlem, Isaac et Joannes Enschede, (1742). 8vo. 'Prize binding' from Haarlem: contemporary vellum, richly gilt with two borders, centre-pieces and in the centre of both sides the Haarlem virgin in arms with the coat of arms of Haarlem; spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label lettered in gold: 'Ars typogr. a L. Kostero inventa'; inner dentelles; gilt edges. With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with four Latin verses by Petrus Scriverius underneath (dated 1741), engraved vignette on title (also dated 1741) and engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication, all by A. van der Laan; 4 full-page engraved plates showing the statue of Laurens Jansz. Koster by A. van der Laan (1740), and three plates with memorial medals; and a folding engraved view of Haarlem, showing Coster's house, by H. Spilman. Added and mounted on the verso of the half-title is the engraved portrait of Coster by J. van Velde after the painting by Jacob van Campen with the four lines of Latin poetry by Petrus Scriverius. XXIV, 248, 14 pp.

Rare original and only edition of the Latin translation of Seiz's work celebrating the third centenary of the invention of  printing at Haarlem by Laurens Jansz. Coster, originally written and published in Dutch.
The work is dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury by the printers Isaac and Joannes Enschede. After the dedication, which is dated Haarlem 31 March 1742, there are poems on the invention of printing by Laurens Jansz. Coster, by Hugo Grotius (1611), Petrus Scriverius and Pieter Langendyk.
Seiz wrote his work mainly to remove the doubts that were rising in the beginning  of the eighteenth century as to the claim of Coster from Haarlem, being the real inventor of printing. Seiz undertook to furnish a true and rational account of the invention, bringing forward an entirely new chronology, which - in fact alas! - is to be attributed totally to an imagination disordered by national pride. This rare book is nevertheless very important for the history of printing as it shows the ardor and enthousiasm with which the case of the place where printing with movable types was invented was pursued.
Of course this was a very suitable book for the Haarlem Latin School and the Haarlem authorities to present to the best pupils of the year and to let it be bound in their 'prize binding'. An interesting point is that the stamp with the Haarlem coat of arms and the motto 'Vicit vim virtus' which is used on this binding, is unknown to Spoelder, the author of the reference work on Dutch 'Prize-bindings'.

Good copy.- (Binding stained; with contemp. ms. notes and additions in brown ink in a small regular hand on last endpapers)
Bigmore & Wyman, Bibliogr. of printing, I, p. 334-6 (with extensive note); cf. J. Spoelder, Prijsboeken op de Latijnse school (2000), p. 588-92 (Haarlem); the Centr. Cat. mentions only one other copy in a Dutch Publ. or Univ. library.

Related Subjects: Armorial Bindings  Book History  Engravings  Haarlem  Printing  Typography 

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