KNIBBE, David. De Leere der Gereformeerde kerk, volgens de order van de Heydekbergse Katechismus: verklaart, bevestigt, en tot oeffening der Godfaligheyd toegepast. [48], 600pp., woodcut device on the title-page. Tear to blank margin of R4, paper flaw to lower gutter margin of Z6, and some old waterstaining mainly to the lower margins. Full contemporary vellum, covers dusty and mellowed, and with some slight wear to the joints and corners. Scarce. 8vo. Tot Leyden, by Felix Lopez, Boekverkooper, over de Academie. 1689. A pencil note on the inner front boards notes, “found at Graspan near Carolina, Transvaal, on Col. Benson’s Column. S.A. War, 1902.” George Elliott Benson serving with the Royal Regiment of Artillery was killed in South Africa 30th October 1901. At the end of October 1901 on a day of mist and rain, Benson and his men were caught in a trap. They fought grimly but had no chance. Of 280 men resisting a much large force of Boers, 66 were killed and 165 were wounded. Benson was wounded three times and died in camp next day. Kitchener had lost one of his cleverest and best commanders. David Knibbe (1639–1701), pastor of Leiden.