BEKKER,BALTHASAR / SLUIS,JACOB VAN(bewerkt)

Bekkeriana. Balthasar Bekker biografisch en bibliografisch.

Fryske Akademy Leeuwarden,1994. 118,34pp. Ingenaaid. Register.

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BEKKER, Balthasar.

De betoverde weereld, zynde een grondig ondersoek van 't gemeen gevoelen aangaande de geesten, derselver aart en vermogen, bewind en bedryf: als ook 't gene de menschen door derselver kraght en gemeenschap doen. In vier boeken ondernomen.Amsterdam, Daniel van den Dalen, 1691-1693. With the woodcut printer's device of Daniel van den Dalen on the title-page of each book (part) and a full-page woodcut of the Oldenburg Horn.With: (2) BEKKER, Balthasar. Ondersoek van de betekeninge der kometen, by gelegenheid van de gene die in de jaren 1680. 1681. en 1682. geschenen hebben.Including: Berigt aangaande 't uitvinden der lengte van Oost en West, voorgegeven van Liewe Willems Graaf.Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1692. 4to. 2 works in 1 volume, the first work in 4 parts. With a woodcut on the title-page, depicting a group of people doing astronomical research.2 works in 1 volume, the first work in 4 parts. 4to. Contemporary calf, blind-ruled frames on the boards.

[18], 138, [2]; [8], 262, [2]; [8], 188, [4]; [6], 277, [3]; [8], 102, [18] pp.The second editions of two works written by the famous Balthasar Bekker (1634-1698), best known for his “indecent” work De betoverde weereld. Bekker was a Dutch reformed pastor and theologian, born in Friesland in 1634, who studied at Franeker and who preached in Amsterdam from 1679 to his death in 1698. Although De betoverde weereld brought Bekker fame, it also sparked a major scandal, causing him many difficulties. Many people voiced their disapproval in numerous pamphlets and in 1692 Bekker was removed from his office in Amsterdam by the synod of Alkmaar, because of heterodoxy.In De betoverde weereld Bekker attempted to prove that the devil is unable to exercise any influence upon the destiny of mankind. By using Cartesian thought, Bekker concludes that the common notion of the devil having power in the natural world should be seen as a remnant of pagan religion and as superstition. This hypothesis relegated all stories of sorcery, witchcraft, ghosts and phantoms to the realm of fancy. Our copy also includes a part of 32 pages called the Naakte uitbeeldinge, also issued separately, bound at the beginning of the third book. The Naakte uitbeeldinge contains a survey of the whole work.De betoverde weereld is here bound with the enlarged 1692 edition of Bekker’s treatise on comets and their meaning, a work of him that caused less polemical problems. It was first published in 1683 by Hero Nauta in Leeuwarden, but was reprinted in 1692. The work was reprinted by two different printers: one by Nauta in Leeuwarden, but also - as our copy - by the Amsterdam printer Jan ten Hoorn. In this treatise, Bekker takes a clear position against the apocalyptical meaning of comets. Although this work wasn’t as controversial as Bekker’s De betoverde weereld, it shows the sceptical character of the Amsterdam preacher who never took the “truth” as it was told him for granted. Both works therefore form part of 17th-century Dutch religious and scientific history, mirroring the views and opinions of people on these subjects.With the certifying signatures of Bekker at the end of the preface of every part of his Betoverde weereld and an owner's inscription on the last endleaf dated 9 May 1712. Without the frontispiece portrait of Bekker included in some copies. Binding worn around the edges, slightly water stained throughout, some minor stains not affecting the text, but otherwise in good condition.l Ad 1: Coumont B40.2; Hoogendoorn BEKB03.2; Van der Linde 16, 17, 19, 20; cf. Crowe, p. 41; Knuttel, Verboden boeken 53 (1691 8vo edition), p. X; Thorndike VIII, p. 583. Ad 2: Hoogendoorn BEKB02.3.1; Van der Linde 3 (note); cf. Van Sluis, 'Balthasar Bekker in 1683: kometen, reizen en de vroege verlichting', in: De Achttiende Eeuw (1998), pp. 125-139.

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BEKKER, Balthasar.

De betoverde weereld, zynde een grondig ondersoek van't gemeen gevoelen aangaande de geesten, deselver aart en vermogen, bewind en bedrijf; als ook't gene de menschen door derselver kraght en gemeenschap doen. In vier boeken ondernomen.

Amsterdam, Daniel van den Dalen, 1691 - 1693.4 volumes in 1. 4to. Later green calf. With printer's woodcut device on titlepages and large woodcut depicting the Oldenburg Horn (without the portrait as often).First edition. - The impact of Bekker's book, The Bewitched World, was a seminal work in the undermining of superstition, an early and powerful blow against the authority of the Bible, a significant instrument for the weakening of the Church's hold on men's beliefs, and a primary contributor to the liberation of thought across northern Europe. It caused a major scandal and in 1692 Bekker was removed from his office in Amsterdam by the synod of Alkmaar, because of heterodoxy. - (Age-browned).

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Bekker, Balthasar:

Die Bezauberte Welt Oder eine gründliche Untersuchung des Allgemeinen Aberglaubens - Das andere Buch von der bezauberten Welt, drittes Buch worinnen die gemeine Meynung betreffend die Menschen die man dafür hält dass sie mit dem Teufel umgehen, Das vierte Buch worinnen der Beweis welcher aus der Erfahrung genommenvon Grund aus untersucht wird, Beigebunden: Henr. Alathaei - J. C. Wagenseil, J.C. Bedencken - Eylfertiges Antwort-Schreiben 1737 ........ 5 Bände in einem Buch. Betreffend / Die Arth und das Vermögen / Gewalt und Wirckung des Satans und der bösen Geister über den Menschen.

Amsterdam, bey Daniel van Dahlen, 1693. Deutsche Erstauflage, EA 144, 270, 195, 308, 63 Seiten Gr. 8°, Pergament rundum Rotschnitt, gestochene Titelvignette, erste Seite unten kleine Fehlstelle am Eck ( nicht im Text ) Einband begriffen und etwas fleckig, Buchrücken unten etwas angeplatzt, im Satzspiegel etwas gedunkelt, kleiner BEsitzerstempel am Vorsatzblatt, sonst guter Zustand

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Bekker, Balthasar.

Le monde enchante: ou, Examen des communs sentimens touchant les esprits, leur nature, leur pouvoir, leur administration, & leurs operations. Et touchant les efets que les hommes sont capables de produire par leur communication & leur vertu, ...

A Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Rotterdam, libraire sur le Vygendam, 1694, 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. Four volumes. I: [lxviii]ff. 387, [v]pp.; II: [xii]ff. 733, [vii]pp.; III: [xviii]ff. 484, [iv]pp.; IV: [xvi]ff. 727, [ix]pp. [last leaf blank]. I: *8, **12-******12, A12-Q12, R4; II: *12, A12-Z12, AA12-FF12; III: *12, **6, A12-U12, X4; IV:*12, **4, A12-Z12, AA12-GG12, HH8. Final leaf of volume one is the errata. Includes indexes. Volumes 2-4 have special title-pages. Contemporary mottled calf, repaired. All edges gilt. Volune one has metalcut frontispiece portrait of the author and six plates in volume four. From the library of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, with her bookplate in each volume. This item may not be in the catalogue compiled by Charles James Stewart, "A Catalogue of the Library collected by Miss Richardson Currer at Eshton Hall, Craven, Yorkshire." Caillet 915; Graesse, Bibliotheca Magica 62; Cornell, Witchcraft 42. Good.

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Bekker, Balthasar

Remonstrantie in de Eerw. Synode van Noord-Holland, jegenwoordig vergaderd tot Alkmaar, ingediend by ofte van wegen Balthasar Bekker, S.S. Th. Dr. ende predikant te Amsterdam, op den 5-8-1692.

4°, modern linnen band, 8 pag. C1739

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Binet, Benjamin (B.***); (Balthasar Bekker).

Idée generale de la theologie payenne, Servant de Refutation au Systeme de Mr. Bekker. Touchant L'existence & l'Operation des demons. Ou Traitté Historique des Dieux du Paganisme.

Amsterdam, Jean du Fresne, 1699. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. Pp. x, 217. Shoulder notes in petit font. HARDCOVER, bound in somewhat later marbled boards, plain spine bit rubbed at end, manuscript lettering-piece in early hand, gutter margin of last leaf cracked; few small brown spots, one bit more evident. A lovely copy in a very good condition, ample-margined, preserved in the original state. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. First published in Delft, 1696, under the title "Traité historique des dieux et des demons du paganisme". It was aimed against Balthasar Bekker's "Betooverde Weereld". H-2 OUT .

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