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[Arabic Bedouin].[1935]. One photographic print (ca. 30.5 x 23.5 cm), signed and dated. Mounted on beige cardboard (ca. 33.5 x 25.5 cm), with a gold-coloured border around the photograph. Housed in a clear plastic folder.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAIT]. · 1935

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

[1] photograph.Beautiful large portrait of an Arabic Bedouin, in excellent condition. The work is dated in pencil to the year 1935. The signature is unfortunately unclear.Signed and dated in pencil in the lower right corner of the cardboard ("M Monneto... (?), Été 1935"). The ...

[Lawrence of Arabia].[Ca. 1962]. One glossy photograph (ca. 20 x 26 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA]. · 1962

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Promotional picture for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), the epic adventure drama based on the life of T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Lawrence was a diplomat and an officer in the British army, known for his role during the Arab Revolt (1916-1918) and the Sinai and Palestine campaign (...

Traité de la culture des terres, suivant les principes de M. Tull, Anglois.Paris, Hyppolite-Louis Guerin and Louis-François Delatour, 1753-1761. 6 volumes. 12mo. With 41 folding plates, and a table in the text. Uniformly bound in contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf.

DUHAMEL DE MONCEAU, Henri Louis. · 1680

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

Rare complete set of the enlarged edition of a pioneering work in the field of agriculture, which helped reform agricultural practices in France. The work especially discusses methods for improving the soil's fertility, including better ways to hoe. The folding plates illustra...

[Collection of puzzle postcards relating to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte].[Ca. 1910]. All postcards ca. 9 x 14 cm. With 81 (hand-)coloured or black-and-white (photographic) picture postcards, including 9 duplicates. In a 20th-century ring binder with the title ("Postzegelmapje van Nederland") lettered in gold on the spine and the front, underneath a gold embossed coat-of-arms of the Netherlands. The postcards are loosely inserted in 21 translucent plastic covers.

[PUZZLE POSTCARDS - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE]. · 1769

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

Three remarkable sets of early 20th-century French picture postcards, which form a large image of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) when laid side-by-side. This type of photographic collage is known as "instalment puzzle postcards". The three sets consist of 12, 10...

Almanach impérial pour l’an XIII [= 1804-1805] présente a sa Majesté l’Empereur par Testu.Paris, L.É. Testu, [1804]. Large 8vo (ca. 19.5 x 12 cm). With the engraved coat-of-arms of the First French Empire on the title page and numerous letterpress tables. Contemporary gold-tooled tree marbled calf.

[ALMANAC - FRENCH]. TESTU, Laurent Étienne (publisher). · 1804

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

[16], 832 pp.Attractively bound copy of this interesting French almanac for the year 1804-1805 (‘An XIII’, i.e. year 13 counted from 1792), the period running from 23 September 1804 to 22 September 1805, according to the French Republican calendar, which was used from 1793 to ...

Code civil des français, imprimé sur l’édition originale de l’imprimerie de la République et des lois. Premiere[-seconde] partie.Paris, Louis Courcier; Angoulême, Adrien Marrot; Bordeaux, Thiron and Sigal, 1804. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, with a black morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold, marbled endpapers.

[LAW - FRENCH]. · 1804

€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)

[2], 329, [1 blank]; [4], 268 pp.Very rare early edition (only one copy found in WorldCat) of this famous French civil code published in two volumes in 1804, the year in which also the first edition appeared (Paris, Imprimerie de la République, An XII - 1804). In 1807, its tit...

Zeemans schatkamer, daar in de stuurmans-konst niet alleen als voor deezen beschreeven; maar ook verscheide zaken verbetert en bygevoegt zyn ...Amsterdam, Johannes II van Keulen, 1755. With:(2) De tafelen sinuum, tangentium, en secantium ...Amsterdam, Isaac Swigters, [ca. 1752].2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page, numerous woodcut mathematical figures, tables, decorated initials, and tail-pieces. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript title and author on the spine, red edges.

VEUR, Adriaan Teunisz. van. · 1621

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

[4], 326, [16]; [256] pp.An extremely rare edition of a very popular manual on the art of navigation, based on 17th and early 18th century manuals by authors and mathematicians like Klaas Hendricksz. Gietermaker (1621-1667) and Klaas de Vries (dates unknown, an Amsterdam mathe...

Emblemata, ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium. Eiusdem aenigmatum libellus, ad D. Arnoldum Rosenbergum.Including: JUNIUS, Hadrianus. Aenigmatum libellus, ad vivum clarissimum, Arnoldum Rosenbergum jurisconsultum.Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1565 (colophon: 15 May 1565). 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo (ca. 17 x 11 cm). With Plantin's woodcut printer's device on both title-pages, 57 woodcut emblems by Geeraard Jansen van Kampen and Arnout Nicolai after Geoffroy Ballin and Peeter Huys. The text of the entire first work and the title-page of the second work are set within a decorative frame built up from typographical ornaments. Further with two woodcut decorated initials. Splendid late 19th-century elaborately gold-tooled red morocco bound by a French book binder named Allô, possibly Paul Charles Allô (1824-1890) and signed “Allo” in the lower turn-in of the front board. With the title lettered in gold on the gold-tooled spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn ins, gilt edges.

JUNIUS, Hadrianus. · 1511

€8,500.00 ($9,368.55 | £7,091.26 | ¥1,496,036)

149, [3]; [1], [1 blank], [13], [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition in the first state of a famous 16th-century emblem book by the Dutch humanist and physician Hadrianus Junius (1511-1575). The present copy is a beautiful example of the first state of Junius' work, with D8v left b...

D.O.M.A. Alchymia ... recognita, emendata, et aucta, tum dogmatibus & experimentis non-nullis ...Frankfurt am Main, printed by Johannes Saur for Peter Kopf, "1506" [= 1606]. 3 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved title page, ca. 200 woodcut illustrations (3 full-page, the others in the text), a woodcut printer's device on the divisional title pages of parts 2 and 3, numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces, and woodcut decorated initials. Modern blind-tooled speckled brown calf.

LIBAVIUS, Andreas. · 1555

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

[20], "196" [= 176], [12]; [10], 402; 192, [8] pp.Second enlarged edition of the first systematic chemistry textbook, richly illustrated with nearly 200 woodcut illustrations. It was written by Andreas Libavius (ca. 1555-1616), one of the founders of chemical analysis, and is ...

De re metallica libri XII. Quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissime describuntur ... Quibus accesserunt hâc ultimâ editione, tractatus ejusdem argumenti, ab eodem conscripti, sequentes. De animantibus subterraneis ... De ortu & causis subterraneorum ... De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra ... De natura fossilium ... De veteribus & novis metallis ... Bermannus sive de re metallica, dialogus ...Basel, Emanuel König, 1657. Folio (ca. 34.5 x 20.5 cm). With a woodcut illustration on the title page (identical to the one printed on p. 176), 2 folding woodcut plates (one depicting a sundial) and 289 woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text, including 68 almost full-page. Contemporary sprinkled calf.

AGRICOLA, Georgius. · 1494

€6,850.00 ($7,549.95 | £5,714.72 | ¥1,205,629)

[1], [1 blank], [3], [3 blank], [8], 708, [58], [2 blank], [32] pp.Scarce fourth and final Latin edition of a fundamental work on mining and metallurgy by the German scholar Georgius Agricola (or Georg Bauer, 1494-1555), who is generally considered to be the founder of geology...

Myrothecium spagiricum; sive pharmacopoea chymica, occultis naturae arcanis, ex Hermeticorum medicorum scrinijs depromptis abundè illustrata...Toulouse, Pierre Bosc, 1646. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and the divisional title page of part two, 9 woodcut headpieces, 4 headpieces built up from typographical ornaments, a woodcut tailpiece, and numerous decorated woodcut initials. 20th-century blind-tooled brown morocco.

FABRE, Pierre Jean. · 1642

€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)

448, [22], [2 blank] pp.Exceptionally scarce work on spagyric medicine, with the often missing second part included. It is known that Isaac Newton (1642-1726/27) owned a copy of it, as Pierre Jean Fabre (1588-1658) was one of his favourite alchemical authors. The work, and esp...

De Zoroastre Bactriano, Hermete Trismegisto, Sanchoniathone Phoenicio, eorumque, scriptis, & aliis, contra Mosaicae scripturae antiquitatem ...Nürnberg, Michael Endter, 1661. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With 6 decorated woodcut initials, 7 headpieces built up from typographical ornaments, and 5 tailpieces (2 built up from typographical ornaments, 3 woodcuts). Contemporary overlapping vellum.

URSINUS, Johannes Heinrich and Christophorus ARNOLDUS. · 1608

€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)

[16], 240; 71, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of an important work of Hermeticism, which analyses the works of Hermes Trismegistus, Zoroaster, and Sanchuniathon, and compares them to the Mosaic scriptures. Caillet calls it an "Ouvrage d'érudition catholique", but the work...

Opera ea quae ad adinventam ab ipso artem universalem, scientiarum artium que omnium brevi compendio, firmaq[ue] menmoria apprehendendarum, locupletissimaq[ue] vel oratione ex tempore pertractandarum, pertinent.Strasbourg, sold by the heirs of Lazarus Zetzner, 1617. With: (2) ALSTED, Johann Heinrich. Clavis artis Lullianae, et verae logices ...Strasbourg, sold by the heirs of Lazarus Zetzner, 1633.2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With 3 folding letterpress tables, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, a decorated woodcut initial at the start of each chapter, and a woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript title on the spine.

LULL, Ramon. · 1646

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

[16], 1109, [39], [2 blank]; [8], 182; [1], [1 blank] pp.Scarce edition of the first Latin compilation of the works of Ramon Lull (ca. 1232-1315), together with the most important commentaries on his ideas. This compilation was almost solely responsible for the spread of Lulli...

Uraltes Chymisches Werk.Including: [IDEM]. Donum dei Samuelis Baruch, des Juden Rabbi.Leipzig, Lankischens Buchhandlung, 1760. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, 15 numbered full-page engravings, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, woodcut decorated initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces at the beginning and end of each part. Modern silver- and blind-tooled greenish-brown leather with a red morocco title label lettered in silver on the spine, red edges.

ABRAHAM ELEAZAR, Rabbi, [Julius Gervasius von SCHWARZBURG (attributed)]. · 1418

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

[1], [1 blank], [26], 122, [14], [1], [1 blank], [10]; [1], [1 blank], 104, [12] pp.Second, enlarged edition of a scarce alchemical work, supposedly copied from the manuscript from which Nicolas Flamel (1340-1418) learned the art of alchemy. The beautifully illustrated work di...

Dreyfaches Hermetisches Kleeblat.Including:(1) NUISEMENT, Clovis Hesteau de. Tractat von dem waaren geheimen Saltz der Philosophorum, und von dem allgemeinem Geist der Welt.(2) NORTON, Samuel. Mercurius redivivus ...; Catholicon physicorum ...; Venus vitriolata, in elixir conversa ...; Elixir seu medicina vitae ...; Saturnus saturatus dissolutus & coelo restitutus ...; Metamorphosis lapidum ignobilium in gemmas quasdam pretiosas ...; Alchymiae complementum, et perfectio ...; Ein Tractätlein welches von den Philosophischen Schrifften handlet ...(3) FICINO, Marsilio. Büchlein vom Stein der Weisen ...Nürnberg, Michael and Johann Friderich Endter, 1667. 8vo. With an engraved title page and 16 full-page engravings. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints, a (faded) manuscript shelf mark ("313") at the foot of the spine.

MONTE CUBITI, Vigilantus de (pseudonym of translator). · 1433

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

[1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [15], [1 blank], [4], 448, [32] pp.First edition of a scarce compilation of important alchemical tracts, containing the first known edition of a work attributed to Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) about the philosopher's stone. The other tracts were ...

Basilica chymica oder alchymistisch königlich Kleynod: ein philosophisch durch sein selbst eigne Erfahrung confirmirte und bestättigte Beschreibung und Gebrauch der aller fürtrefflichsten chimischen Artzneyen so auss dem Liecht der Gnaden und Natur genommen in sich begreiffent. Beneben angehengtem seinem newen Tractat von den innerlichen Signaturn oder Zeichen der Dinge.Frankfurt am Main, printed by Caspar Rötel for Gottfried Tampach, [1629]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to (ca. 21.5 x 16.5 cm). With a richly engraved title page designed by Aegidius Sadeler, with circular alchemical diagrams at the top and below (the one below surrounded by alchemical equipment) and portraits of 6 famous alchemists in oval scrollwork cartouches (3 on either side), further with 5 small woodcut illustrations in the text (depicting alchemical instruments). All text is set within a printed single or double fillet frame. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.

CROLL, Oswald. · 1563

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

[8], 248, [15], [1 blank]; 72, [7], [1 blank] pp.Rare fourth edition of an anonymous German translation of the most important work by the German chemist, alchemist, and physician Oswald Croll (or Crollius, ca. 1563-1609). The Basilica chymica is considered the standard work on...

De iudiciis nativitatum libri tres ... Item praefatio D. Philippi Melanthonis ...Nuremberg, Johann vom Berg and Ulrich Neuber, 1545. Folio (ca. 29 x 19.5 cm). With a woodcut headpiece and vignette on the title page, a large woodcut printer's device with the Latin motto “Hic est filius meus dilectus: in quo mihi bene complacitu est” on the verso of the last leaf. Further with numerous envelope horoscope diagrams, letterpress tables (incorporating the signs of the zodiac), and decorated woodcut initials in the text. Modern gold-tooled sprinkled leather.

SCHÖNER, Johannes. · 1477

€28,000.00 ($30,861.10 | £23,359.45 | ¥4,928,118)

[8], CLII ll.Rare first and only edition in Latin of the main astronomical and astrological work written by the German polymath Johannes Schöner (1477-1547) concerning the judgements of nativities and the method of finding the ascendant at birth. In 1543, Copernicus’ ground-br...

Essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne.Including: Mémoires sur les proportions musicales, le genre énamonique des Grecs et celui des modernes ... Supplément a l'essai sur la musique.Paris, printed by Denys Pierres and sold by Eugène Onfroy, 1780-1781. 4 volumes. 4to. With 463 engraved plates (including several folding), 3 folding letterpress tables, an engraved vignette on each title page, letterpress music notes, and numerous engraved head- and tailpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled calf.

LA BORDE, Jean-Benjamin de. · 1734

€14,000.00 ($15,430.55 | £11,679.72 | ¥2,464,059)

Very rare first edition of a wide-ranging account of music, finely illustrated and including complete compositions by Claude le Jeune, Lassus, Ronsard and several others. It "remains an extremely valuable source of information on 18th-century music, as well as that of earlier ...

[Collection of thirteen press photographs].[1930s]. With 13 gelatin silver prints (various sizes). Housed in a brown kraft paper envelope.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - SAUDI ARABIA]. · 1930

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

[13] photographs.A collection of thirteen press photographs from the 1930s, showing Saudi Arabian leaders during diplomatic visits to Europe. The beautifully sharp and clear photographs give a good impressions of what these events must have been like at the time. Most of the p...

[Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte].[Early 20th century]. Ca. 15 x 9.5 x 6 cm (base ca. 4.5 x 4.5 cm). Patinated bronze portrait bust.

[PORTRAIT BUST - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE]. · 1769

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

Attractive portrait bust of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), dressed in a jacket with two medals on his left chest. The bronze bust is raised on a circular socle with a square base on which the name ‘Napoleon’ is impressed.A tiny hole on the back of the left ...