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Relacion verdadera de la entrada que hizo la armada del Frances en compania de la del Olandes, en la embocadura del puerto del real presidio y ciudad de la Coruña ...1639. Folio (19.3 x 29 cm). Two unbound sheets, housed in a plastic folder.
Relacion verdadera de la entrada que hizo la armada del Frances en compania de la del Olandes, en la embocadura del puerto del real presidio y ciudad de la Coruña ...1639. Folio (19.3 x 29 cm). Two unbound sheets, housed in a plastic folder.
SANTANS Y TAPIA, Juan. · 1639
€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)
[2] ll.Broadsheet recording the sudden appearance of a powerful Franco-Dutch fleet off the Galician coast in June 1639 and the resolute measures taken by Spanish forces to defend the strategic harbour of A Coruña. Written by Juan de Santans y Tapia (17th century), who served i...
Woerden, in slagtmaand MDCCCXIII. Met afbeeldingen.The Hague, Johannes Allart, 1814. 8vo. With an engraved title page with vignette by R. Vinkeles and 8 full-page engraved plates by Willem van Senus after Jan Willem Pieneman. Contemporary gold-tooled red straight-grained morocco.
Woerden, in slagtmaand MDCCCXIII. Met afbeeldingen.The Hague, Johannes Allart, 1814. 8vo. With an engraved title page with vignette by R. Vinkeles and 8 full-page engraved plates by Willem van Senus after Jan Willem Pieneman. Contemporary gold-tooled red straight-grained morocco.
MEULMAN, Jan. · 1813
€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)
VIII, 491, [1 blank] pp.First edition of an eyewitness account of the massacre at Woerden on the night of 23 to 24 November 1813. Following the collapse of Napoleonic rule in the Netherlands, the inhabitants of Woerden openly celebrated the return of the House of Orange. In re...
Histoire des guerres de Flandre depuis le commencement jusques a la fin … Traduicte d’Italien en Francois et augmentee … Avec une brieve narration de l’ancienne Histoire de Flandre ...Paris, Sebastien Chappelet, 1618. 4to. With an engraved allegorical title page by Jaspar Isaac and several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut headpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers.
Histoire des guerres de Flandre depuis le commencement jusques a la fin … Traduicte d’Italien en Francois et augmentee … Avec une brieve narration de l’ancienne Histoire de Flandre ...Paris, Sebastien Chappelet, 1618. 4to. With an engraved allegorical title page by Jaspar Isaac and several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut headpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers.
LANARIO, Francesco and Michel BAUDIER (translator). · 1589
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
[64], 202, [21], [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of the French translation by Michel Baudier (ca. 1589-1645) of this popular concise history of the first phase of the Dutch Revolt against Spain, written by the Italian humanist and officer in the Spanish army Francesco Lanario ...
Leydens wee en zegepraal (1573-1574).Leiden, P. van Santen (printed by P. W. M. Trap), 1874. Large 8vo. With a tinted lithographed frontispiece, three folding lithographed maps and views, and a full-page lithographed plate. Contemporary gold-tooled half brown morocco, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine, brown buckram sides, red sprinkled edges, decorative paper endpapers.
Leydens wee en zegepraal (1573-1574).Leiden, P. van Santen (printed by P. W. M. Trap), 1874. Large 8vo. With a tinted lithographed frontispiece, three folding lithographed maps and views, and a full-page lithographed plate. Contemporary gold-tooled half brown morocco, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine, brown buckram sides, red sprinkled edges, decorative paper endpapers.
HOFDIJK, Willem Jacobsz. · 1573
€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)
[6], 248 pp.First edition of this illustrated history of the siege and relief of Leiden in 1573-1574 by the Dutch writer and historian Willem Jacobsz. Hofdijk (1816-1888). Hofdijk recounts the Spanish siege of the city and its relief by the Sea Beggars on 3 October 1574. The w...
Journael ofte een ware ende kort verhael van ’t veermaerde belegh van de Stadt Breda, door het kloeck-moedich, ende victorieus beleydt van Syne Hoogheydt de Prins van Orangien &c.Delft, printed for and sold by Henricus Hondius, The Hague, 1638. 4to. With a large folding map of the city of Breda and surroundings during the siege in 1637, with an explanatory text pasted to the bottom margin. Interleaved copy. Early 19th-century gold-tooled red straight-grained morocco.
Journael ofte een ware ende kort verhael van ’t veermaerde belegh van de Stadt Breda, door het kloeck-moedich, ende victorieus beleydt van Syne Hoogheydt de Prins van Orangien &c.Delft, printed for and sold by Henricus Hondius, The Hague, 1638. 4to. With a large folding map of the city of Breda and surroundings during the siege in 1637, with an explanatory text pasted to the bottom margin. Interleaved copy. Early 19th-century gold-tooled red straight-grained morocco.
HEXHAM, Henry. · 1584
€1,950.00 ($2,149.30 | £1,626.58 | ¥343,257)
[8], 55, [1 blank], "14" [= 20] pp.Very rare first and only edition in Dutch of an eyewitness account of the siege and capture of Breda by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647), in 1637. Breda had been captured by the Spanish army under Ambrogio Spinola (1569-1630) in ...
Oorsprong en voortgang der Neder-landtscher beroerten ende ellendicheden. Waerin vertoont worden de voornaemste tyrannijen, moorderijen, ende andere onmenschelijcke wreetheden, die onder het ghebiedt van Philips de II coninck van Spaengien, door zijne stad-houders in 'twerck ghestelt zijn, gheduyrende dese Nederlantsche troublen ende oorlogen... [Leiden, Hendrik Lodewijksz. van Haestens], 1616. 4to. With an engraved vignette on the title page, 16 engraved oval portraits (15 full-page, 1 half-page), a full-page engraved plate in the text, and 2 double-page engraved plates. The title page has been printed in red and black. Contemporary overlapping vellum.
Oorsprong en voortgang der Neder-landtscher beroerten ende ellendicheden. Waerin vertoont worden de voornaemste tyrannijen, moorderijen, ende andere onmenschelijcke wreetheden, die onder het ghebiedt van Philips de II coninck van Spaengien, door zijne stad-houders in 'twerck ghestelt zijn, gheduyrende dese Nederlantsche troublen ende oorlogen... [Leiden, Hendrik Lodewijksz. van Haestens], 1616. 4to. With an engraved vignette on the title page, 16 engraved oval portraits (15 full-page, 1 half-page), a full-page engraved plate in the text, and 2 double-page engraved plates. The title page has been printed in red and black. Contemporary overlapping vellum.
[GYSIUS, Johannes]. · 1555
€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)
[8], 411, [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of this illustrated history of the Dutch Revolt, covering the period from the accession of Philip II in 1555 to 1598. Written from a strongly anti-Spanish perspective, the work describes the wars and political events alongside the exec...
De bello civili Belgico libri VI.Basel, Conrad Waldkirch, 1586. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page and at the end of the work, 7 decorated woodcut initials, 5 tailpieces and 1 headpiece made up of typographical ornaments. (Near-) contemporary overlapping vellum with the manuscript title on the spine, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints.
De bello civili Belgico libri VI.Basel, Conrad Waldkirch, 1586. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page and at the end of the work, 7 decorated woodcut initials, 5 tailpieces and 1 headpiece made up of typographical ornaments. (Near-) contemporary overlapping vellum with the manuscript title on the spine, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints.
DINOTH, Richard. · 1566
€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)
[8], 456, [8] pp.First edition of one of the earliest accounts of the Dutch Revolt (ca. 1566/1568-1648), written when it was still ongoing. The author, Richard Dinoth (1540-1586), was particularly interested in the subject because he himself was a Huegenot who had fled to Base...
Oorsprongk, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandsche oorlogen, beroerten, en borgerlyke oneenigheden ... in XXXVII boeken, en IV stukken verdeelt … voorts met een byvoeghsel van authentyke stukken en nieuwe registers vermeerdert.Amsterdam, the widow of Joannes van Someren, Abraham Wolfgangh, Hendrick and Dirck Boom, 1679-1684. 9 parts in 4 volumes (with the index "Algemeene blad-wyser" by Abraham van Poot published in 1684 in volume IV). Folio (ca. 39.5 x 23.5 cm). With 4 identical frontispieces, 5 identical woodcut publisher’s marks, the title of volume I is printed in red and black, 4 identical portraits of the author, 36 full-page engraved portraits, and 40 double-page plates. Uniform contemporary blind-tooled vellum, both panelled boards with large blind-stamped ornament in the centre, ribbed spines with manuscript title in black ink, sprinkled edges, remnants of green ties.
Oorsprongk, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandsche oorlogen, beroerten, en borgerlyke oneenigheden ... in XXXVII boeken, en IV stukken verdeelt … voorts met een byvoeghsel van authentyke stukken en nieuwe registers vermeerdert.Amsterdam, the widow of Joannes van Someren, Abraham Wolfgangh, Hendrick and Dirck Boom, 1679-1684. 9 parts in 4 volumes (with the index "Algemeene blad-wyser" by Abraham van Poot published in 1684 in volume IV). Folio (ca. 39.5 x 23.5 cm). With 4 identical frontispieces, 5 identical woodcut publisher’s marks, the title of volume I is printed in red and black, 4 identical portraits of the author, 36 full-page engraved portraits, and 40 double-page plates. Uniform contemporary blind-tooled vellum, both panelled boards with large blind-stamped ornament in the centre, ribbed spines with manuscript title in black ink, sprinkled edges, remnants of green ties.
BOR, Pieter Christiaenszoon. · 1555
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
Volume I: [36], 1006, [2], [188]; volume II: [16], 1-232, 235-242, 241-672, 679-994, [128]; volume III: [16], 1-532, [6], 529-623, 626-627, 626-690, 693-[896], [28]; volume IV: [8], 1-419, 432-[512], 517-[692], [4], 14, 16, [184] pp.The most detailed and complete edition of Pi...
Nederlandsche oorloghen, beroerten, ende borgerlijcke oneenicheyden ...Leiden, Govert Basson, Amsterdam, Michiel Colijn, 1621-1634. 5 parts in 6 volumes. Folio (33.5 x 22 cm). With 5 engraved allegorical title pages, 39 double-page engraved plates, 41 full-page engraved portraits, a full-page map of the Seventeen Province, 158 half-page illustrations, 13 half-page portraits, 10 smaller portraits, and a woodcut illustration. An additional 19th-century portrait of the author is mounted on the final flyleaf. Uniform 17th-century (ca. 1680) vellum, a blind tooled centre-piece on each side, gold-tooled spines with two black leather title labels lettered in gold, red edges, green closing ties.
Nederlandsche oorloghen, beroerten, ende borgerlijcke oneenicheyden ...Leiden, Govert Basson, Amsterdam, Michiel Colijn, 1621-1634. 5 parts in 6 volumes. Folio (33.5 x 22 cm). With 5 engraved allegorical title pages, 39 double-page engraved plates, 41 full-page engraved portraits, a full-page map of the Seventeen Province, 158 half-page illustrations, 13 half-page portraits, 10 smaller portraits, and a woodcut illustration. An additional 19th-century portrait of the author is mounted on the final flyleaf. Uniform 17th-century (ca. 1680) vellum, a blind tooled centre-piece on each side, gold-tooled spines with two black leather title labels lettered in gold, red edges, green closing ties.
BOR, Pieter Christiaenszoon. · 1600
€4,750.00 ($5,235.48 | £3,962.19 | ¥836,139)
[6], 350, 193; 126, 230, 48, 48, 60; [12], 73, 91, 120, 102; [6], 103, 118, 63, 63, 1, 33, [59]; [11], 56, 48, [2], 78, 90, [4], 126; [12], 100, 83, 69, 66, 69, [18] ll.First complete edition of perhaps the most important contemporary standard work on the crucial years till 16...
Historisch verhael inhoudende sekere notable explooten van oorloge in de Nederlanden, sedert het oprechten van de companien der heeren gouverneurs ende ritmeesteren van Paulus ende Marcelis Bax.Breda, Isaac Schilders, 1615. 4to. With a richly engraved allegorical title with portraits of Paulus and Marcelis Bax on horseback, a decorated woodcut initial, and a woodcut headpiece. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf, sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the title lettered in gold on the spine, red sprinkled edges.
Historisch verhael inhoudende sekere notable explooten van oorloge in de Nederlanden, sedert het oprechten van de companien der heeren gouverneurs ende ritmeesteren van Paulus ende Marcelis Bax.Breda, Isaac Schilders, 1615. 4to. With a richly engraved allegorical title with portraits of Paulus and Marcelis Bax on horseback, a decorated woodcut initial, and a woodcut headpiece. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf, sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the title lettered in gold on the spine, red sprinkled edges.
BASELIUS, Jacobus. · 1606
€1,850.00 ($2,039.08 | £1,543.17 | ¥325,654)
[8], 149, [3 blank] pp.Rare first edition of this posthumously published history of the wars in the Low Countries. Dedicated to Prince Maurice of Orange, it gives a detailed account of notable military exploits during the Dutch Revolt, concentrating on the campaigns of the bro...
Historie, ende het leven van den aldermachtichsten ende victorieusten keyser Caerle de Vijfde van dien name. Inden welcken niet alleen beschreven en zijn de hooge ende seer vrome daden vanden selven Prince, maer oock de merckelijckste saken die over alle de werelt/ insonderheyt inde Oost ende West-Indyen geschiet zijn. Eerstmael in Italiaensche tale beschreven.Amsterdam, Jacob Pietersz. Paets [printed by Isaac Jansz. Canin in Dordrecht?], 1610. Folio. With the engraved architectural frame on the title-page signed with a BD monogram (Baptista van Doetecum?) and 16 full-page and 2 smaller engraved portraits of contemporary lords and rulers by Nicolaes de Clerck (1569/70-1623). Contemporary vellum.
Historie, ende het leven van den aldermachtichsten ende victorieusten keyser Caerle de Vijfde van dien name. Inden welcken niet alleen beschreven en zijn de hooge ende seer vrome daden vanden selven Prince, maer oock de merckelijckste saken die over alle de werelt/ insonderheyt inde Oost ende West-Indyen geschiet zijn. Eerstmael in Italiaensche tale beschreven.Amsterdam, Jacob Pietersz. Paets [printed by Isaac Jansz. Canin in Dordrecht?], 1610. Folio. With the engraved architectural frame on the title-page signed with a BD monogram (Baptista van Doetecum?) and 16 full-page and 2 smaller engraved portraits of contemporary lords and rulers by Nicolaes de Clerck (1569/70-1623). Contemporary vellum.
ULLOA, Alfonso de. · 1500
€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)
[2], 221, [9] ll.Rare second Dutch edition of the first biography of the Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), originally published in Italian in Venice, 1560. The first Dutch edition was published at Antwerp in 1570. The present second Dutch edition of 1610 appeared in three issues:...
Tableaux de la Suisse, ou voyage pittoresque fait dans les treize cantons et états alliés du corps Helvétique.With: QUÉTANT, François Antoine. Table analytique et raisonnée des Tableaux de la Suisse.Paris, Lamy, 1784-1786, 1788. 5 volumes. Imperial folio (55 x 35.5 cm). With 1 engraved title-page (with a view with obelisk) and 4 letterpress title-pages (3 with a woodcut French royal arms and 1 with a different woodcut), 2 engraved vignettes, 7 engraved maps and plans, 332 engraved views, 6 engraved plates with medals and coins, 10 engraved plates with 63 portraits and 1 engraving in text. Lacking the engraved frontispiece after Moreau and the unnumbered map of Switzerland. Uniform contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spines with red and black labels, sprinkled-paper sides.
Tableaux de la Suisse, ou voyage pittoresque fait dans les treize cantons et états alliés du corps Helvétique.With: QUÉTANT, François Antoine. Table analytique et raisonnée des Tableaux de la Suisse.Paris, Lamy, 1784-1786, 1788. 5 volumes. Imperial folio (55 x 35.5 cm). With 1 engraved title-page (with a view with obelisk) and 4 letterpress title-pages (3 with a woodcut French royal arms and 1 with a different woodcut), 2 engraved vignettes, 7 engraved maps and plans, 332 engraved views, 6 engraved plates with medals and coins, 10 engraved plates with 63 portraits and 1 engraving in text. Lacking the engraved frontispiece after Moreau and the unnumbered map of Switzerland. Uniform contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spines with red and black labels, sprinkled-paper sides.
ZURLAUBEN, Béat Fidèle Antoine Baron de and Jean Benjamin LABORDE. · 1788
€26,500.00 ($29,208.49 | £22,104.84 | ¥4,664,775)
[5], [1 blank], LXXXIV, [1], [1 blank], 134; [3], [1 blank], 135-368, LXVI, [5], [1 blank]; [4], 322; [1], [1 blank], 323-578, 8; [3], [1 blank], II, 129, [1 blank] pp.One of the most important and sumptuously illustrated topographical works on Switzerland, with emphasis on th...
The history of North Carolina.Philadelphia, Thomas Dobson, 1812. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a folding engraved map of the state of North Carolina. Contemporary marbled calf, with the supralibros of the Signet Library in the centre of both boards, brown sprinkled edges.
The history of North Carolina.Philadelphia, Thomas Dobson, 1812. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a folding engraved map of the state of North Carolina. Contemporary marbled calf, with the supralibros of the Signet Library in the centre of both boards, brown sprinkled edges.
WILLIAMSON, Hugh. · 1735
€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)
XIX, [1 blank], 289, [1 blank]; VIII, 289, [1 blank] pp.First edition of the first general history of North Carolina by Hugh Williamson (1735-1819), one of the state's delegates to the Constitutional Convention and a signatory to the United States Constitution. Based largely o...
[Two views of Great Yarmouth bridge and harbour].[Yarmouth], 6 December 1797. With 2 watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 18 cm), with manuscript captions in French.
[Two views of Great Yarmouth bridge and harbour].[Yarmouth], 6 December 1797. With 2 watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 18 cm), with manuscript captions in French.
[WATERCOLOURS - ENGLAND]. · 1797
€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)
Two original watercolours of Great Yarmouth, drawn in December 1797 by an unidentified French officer during his travels through England, the Netherlands and Germany. The first gives a broad view across the harbour towards the town, crowded with sailing vessels, and records th...
[View of Dover].[Dover], 12 August 1792. Ca. 11.4 x 18 cm.
[View of Dover].[Dover], 12 August 1792. Ca. 11.4 x 18 cm.
[WATERCOLOUR - ENGLAND]. · 1792
€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)
Original watercolour with a view of Dover harbour and Dover Castle, drawn by a French military officer shortly after his arrival in England on 12 August 1792. The view looks across the harbour, with sailing vessels in the foreground and the town and imposing castle beyond. The...
Recueil des statues, groupes, fontaines, termes, vases, et autres magnifiques ornements du chateau & parc de Versailles. Avec les explications en François, Latin, Italien & Hollandois.The Hague, Rutgert Alberts, 1724. 4to (23.5 x 20 cm). With the title printed in red and black, fine engraved allegorical frontispiece by Jan van Vianen, large folding engraved plan of the town and the castle of Versailles, and 218 finely engraved numbered plates, 5 of which are folding by several artists such as P. le Gros, Garnier, I. la Clerion, N. Coustous, Cornu, and more, all after the designs by Simon Thomassin, illustrating the garden sculpture at Versailles. Contemporary marbled calf.
Recueil des statues, groupes, fontaines, termes, vases, et autres magnifiques ornements du chateau & parc de Versailles. Avec les explications en François, Latin, Italien & Hollandois.The Hague, Rutgert Alberts, 1724. 4to (23.5 x 20 cm). With the title printed in red and black, fine engraved allegorical frontispiece by Jan van Vianen, large folding engraved plan of the town and the castle of Versailles, and 218 finely engraved numbered plates, 5 of which are folding by several artists such as P. le Gros, Garnier, I. la Clerion, N. Coustous, Cornu, and more, all after the designs by Simon Thomassin, illustrating the garden sculpture at Versailles. Contemporary marbled calf.
THOMASSIN, Simon. · 1653
€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)
59 pp.Second issue of the third edition on large paper of the beautifully illustrated guide to the Palace of Versailles by Simon Thomassin (1653-1732), depicting the statues, ornaments, gardens, and fountains of Louis XIV's (1638-1715) celebrated royal residence.A renowned Par...
Verhaal der merkwaardigste gebeurtenissen die plaats gehad hebben in- en nabij Leipzig, onmiddelijk voor, gedurende, en na de veelvuldige bloedige gevechten tusschen de geallieerde legers en de Franschen, van den 14den tot den 19den October 1813. Door een ooggetuige te boek gesteld, verrijkt door een zeer onderhoudend bijvoegsel. Uit het Engelsch en Hoogduitsch vertaald.Rotterdam, bij de Wed. Locke en Zoon, 1814. Large 8vo. Contemporary marbled paper over hard boards.
Verhaal der merkwaardigste gebeurtenissen die plaats gehad hebben in- en nabij Leipzig, onmiddelijk voor, gedurende, en na de veelvuldige bloedige gevechten tusschen de geallieerde legers en de Franschen, van den 14den tot den 19den October 1813. Door een ooggetuige te boek gesteld, verrijkt door een zeer onderhoudend bijvoegsel. Uit het Engelsch en Hoogduitsch vertaald.Rotterdam, bij de Wed. Locke en Zoon, 1814. Large 8vo. Contemporary marbled paper over hard boards.
[SHOBERL, Frederic]. · 1813
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
[1], [1 blank], 146, [1], [1 blank] pp.First (and only) Dutch edition of Frederic Shoberl's Narrative of the most remarkable events which occured in and near Leipzig, before, during, and subsequent to, the sanguinary series of engagements between the allied armies and the Fren...
Histoire de l'etat present de l'empire Ottoman: contenant les maximes politiques des Turcs; les principaux points de la religion Mahometane, ses sectes, ses héresies, & ses diverses sortes de religieux; leur discipline militaire, avec une supputation exacte de leurs forces par mer & par terre & du revenu de l'etat.Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1670. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece, 18 engraved folding plates, and 1 woodcut illustration of a turban in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco.
Histoire de l'etat present de l'empire Ottoman: contenant les maximes politiques des Turcs; les principaux points de la religion Mahometane, ses sectes, ses héresies, & ses diverses sortes de religieux; leur discipline militaire, avec une supputation exacte de leurs forces par mer & par terre & du revenu de l'etat.Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1670. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece, 18 engraved folding plates, and 1 woodcut illustration of a turban in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco.
RYCAUT, Paul and Pierre BRIOT (translator). · 1408
€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)
498, [6] pp.Second French edition of Paul Rycaut's highly influential Present state of the Ottoman Empire, one of the most important and comprehensive seventeenth-century European accounts of the Ottoman Empire. Based on both written sources and Rycaut's own observations, the ...
Castella et prætoria nobilium Brabantiæ,...in quatuor partes divisa, complectentes agrum Lovaniensem, Bruxellensem, Antwerpiensem, et Sylvæ-Ducensem.Antwerp, for the author, 1697. 4 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved allegorical title page, a letterpress title page with the engraved coat of arms of Spain, 3 double-page engraved maps of Brabant (2) and Antwerp (1), 214 engraved and/or etched plates (including engravings and etchings by Philibert and Gaspar Bouttats, Lucas Vorsterman and Wenceslaus Hollar), one engraving in text on page 8 of part one. 19th-century polished mottled gold-tooled calf, yellow painted edges.
Castella et prætoria nobilium Brabantiæ,...in quatuor partes divisa, complectentes agrum Lovaniensem, Bruxellensem, Antwerpiensem, et Sylvæ-Ducensem.Antwerp, for the author, 1697. 4 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved allegorical title page, a letterpress title page with the engraved coat of arms of Spain, 3 double-page engraved maps of Brabant (2) and Antwerp (1), 214 engraved and/or etched plates (including engravings and etchings by Philibert and Gaspar Bouttats, Lucas Vorsterman and Wenceslaus Hollar), one engraving in text on page 8 of part one. 19th-century polished mottled gold-tooled calf, yellow painted edges.
ROY, Jacob le. · 1633
€6,000.00 ($6,613.24 | £5,004.87 | ¥1,056,176)
[4 (half-title and engraved title page)], 8; 4; 4; 4; pp.Very rare third enlarged and best edition of this famous and extensively illustrated work on the duchy of Brabant, including Louvain, Brussels, Antwerp and 's-Hertogenbosch and their surroundings by the historiographer J...
[Photograph of Sri Lanka's first hospital].Jaffna, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), [ca. 1893]. Photograph (10 x 14.6 cm.) on card (10.6 x 16.3 cm). Photograph (Albumen print) mounted on board (106 x162 mm), gilt edges, round corners. Advertisement of the photographer S.W. Lawton on verso, with a lady standing next to a late-19th-century camera, with the text: “Additional copies or enlargements of this Photograph can always be had”, produced by Adams & Co, London.
[Photograph of Sri Lanka's first hospital].Jaffna, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), [ca. 1893]. Photograph (10 x 14.6 cm.) on card (10.6 x 16.3 cm). Photograph (Albumen print) mounted on board (106 x162 mm), gilt edges, round corners. Advertisement of the photographer S.W. Lawton on verso, with a lady standing next to a late-19th-century camera, with the text: “Additional copies or enlargements of this Photograph can always be had”, produced by Adams & Co, London.
[PHOTOGRAPHY - SRI LANKA - HOSPITAL]. · 1822
€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)
Very interesting photograph of the first medical school in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The image shows the ruins of the clinical school founded by Samuel Fisk Green (1822-1884), a Massachusetts-born missionary in 1847 in Manipay in the Jaffna district, ca. 12 km. northwest of Jaffna. ...