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Histoire généalogique de la noblesse des Païs-Bas, ou histoire de Cambray, et du Cambresis, contenant ce qui s’y est passé sous les empereurs, & les rois de France & d’Espagne …Leiden, for the author, 1668 (part titles: 1663-1664). 4 parts in 2 volumes. 4to. With the general title of both volumes printed in red and black, with a hand coloured coat of arms on the verso, a large folding engraved map of North-West France, a hand coloured large folding plate of Cambrai nobles with their coats of arms, and 27 hand coloured coats of arms of 21 families (22 full-page, 5 half-page). 18th-century gold-tooled marbled polished calf.

CARPENTIER, Jean-Baptiste le. · 1663

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

[16], 534; 344, [1], [1 blank]; [2], 345-1110; 99, [25] pp.Exceptionally rare complete second issue of a historical and genealogical work on the history and noble families of the region around the city Cambrai (Kamerijk) in North-western France (Nord and Pas-de-Calais), beauti...

[Photo album of Jerusalem].[Jerusalem?, late 19th century]. Ca. 20 x 15 cm. With 20 albumen prints (each ca. 5.5 x 8.5 cm). Later black shark (?) leather.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - JERUSALEM].

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

[10] ll.Portable album with twenty late 19th-century photographs of various locations in Jerusalem, primarily the Western Wall, the al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Mosque of Omar. The carte-de-visite size images are beautifully sharp and clear, with rich tonal quality. They depict bot...

Journal et Correspondance, Septembre 1817 à Février 1819. [Narrative of a failed trade mission to Vietnam and India]. [India and other places, 1817-1819]. 4to (ca. 18 x 22 cm). French manuscript on laid paper. Contemporary half vellum.

MÉNIOLLE, François Valentin. · 1792

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

95, [ca. 78 blank] ll.The journal and first-person account of a French trade mission to "Cochinchine" (Ðàng Trong, today southern Vietnam) by the young traveller François Valentin Méniolle (1792-1841). The nephew of the bishop of Adran, Méniolle does not keep his journal like ...

[Four stamps designed by T. E. Lawrence for the Arab Revolt, with a signed handwritten note in the hand of King George V of England].[1916 CE =] 1334 H. Folio (21.5 x 27.5 cm). With the letterhead of Mohamed El-Chafai Bomboatman, a stamp dealer in Port Said. Four stamps pasted down, and handwritten signed note.

[LAWRENCE, T. E]. · 1888

€15,000.00 ($16,532.73 | £12,513.99 | ¥2,640,063)

1 p.An extraordinary document presenting examples of four stamps designed by T. E. Lawrence for the Arab Revolt, sent directly to His Majesty King George V, who has noted in his own hand: "These stamps are the new issue since the Sherif of Mecca has been on our side", signed s...

Cours d’hippiatrique, ou Traité complet de la médecine des chevaux, orne de soixante & cinq planches gravées avec soin. Paris, Pierre Poiré, 1772. Large folio (ca. 51 x 35 cm). With 65 (mostly numbered) engravings, including 2 frontispieces, 56 hand-coloured plates (including 19 folding), and 7 engraved headpieces. Further with an engraved title vignette and an engraved armorial head piece on the dedication leaf. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.

LAFOSSE, Philippe-Étienne. · 1738

€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)

[6], XI, [1], XVII, [1], 402, VI, [2 blank] pp.First edition of this remarkable book on horse anatomy: the famous "Veterinary Course, or Complete Treatise on Equine Medicine", the principal work of the French veterinarian Philippe-Étienne Lafosse (1738-1820). Lafosse had consi...

The universal merchant: containing the rationale of commerce, in theory and practice; an enquiry into the nature and genius of banks, their power, use, influence and efficacy ...London, C. Say for W. Owen, 1753. 4to (21.5 x 28.3 cm). Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf.

MAGENS, Nicolas. · 1697

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

[6], XXII, 131, [5] pp.First edition of one of the earliest books to define modern banking in English, used as an important reference work by Adam Smith during the research for and writing of The Wealth of Nations, especially regarding the estimates of the precious metals impo...

Collecção dos breves Pontificios e leys regias, que forao expedidos, e publicadas desde o anno de 1741, sobre a liberdade das pessoas, bens e commercio dos Indios do Brasil ...[Lisbon], Secretaria de estado, [1759]. Folio (21.3 x 30.5 cm). With al large woodcut vignette showing the Portuguese coat of arms on the title page (and on one of the divisional title pages), and with woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled endpapers.

BENEDICT XIV (Pope), CLEMENT XIII (Pope), King JOSÉ I of Portugal. · 1758

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

[2], 4, [4], 12, 4, [2], 34, 8, 7, [1 blank], 8, 6, 7, [1 blank], 12, [16], 27, [25], 32, 48, 6, 6 pp.A publication of 21 Portuguese documents, plus 1 handwritten addition, detailing the first stages of the expulsion of The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits. Publ...

Ontmoetingen op eene reis met het schip Briton, naar het eiland Pitcairn, bevattende eene belangrijke schets van den tegenwoordigen toestand der Brazilien en van Spaansch Amerika.Dordrecht, Blussé and Van Braam, 1819. 8vo. Contemporary gold-tooled half brown calf, with a red leather title label on the spine lettered in gold, sprinkled paper sides.

SHILLIBEER, John. · 1789

€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)

VI, [2], 180 pp.First Dutch edition of a fascinating account of the voyage of the HMS Briton to Brazil and the Pitcairn Islands, including some noteworthy details about the mutiny of the HMS Bounty in 1789. Unbeknownst at the time, the survivors of the mutiny had settled on Pi...

[Translation: The caravan. Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The first Arab Muslim astronaut].Dammam, Aramco and Fiat public relations department, September/October 1985. Ca. 28 x 22 cm. With numerous illustrations and photographs. The magazine is completey written in Arabic. Original publisher's printed wrappers.

[SPACE UAE]. · 1956

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

48 pp.Very rare issue of the Caravan, largely devoted to Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud (1956), who was both the first Arab and the first muslim in space. The long article, which was written shortly after Sultan bin Salman's space mission, offers fascinating informati...

[Plan of an Arabic library].[Dubai?], 1975. Ca. 75 x 105 cm. One large printed plan. Folding.

[GROUNDPLAN - LIBRARY - DUBAI]. · 1975

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

[1] l.Large, folding architectural plan for a library in the United Arab Emirates, designed by Tahmat al Din Ashraf (dates unknown). The plan is dated 1975 and was most likely meant for Dubai. Dubai is now a large, cosmopolitan city, but was a small village of traders and fish...

Treaty between Her Majesty the Queen of England and the Sultan of Johanna for the suppression of the slave trade.Johanna (Anjouan), 1845. Ca. 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Original paper wrappers.

[TREATY - SLAVE TRADE]. · 1819

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

5, [1 blank] pp.Historically important treaty between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1819-1901) and Sultan Selim (dates unknown) of Johanna, present-day Anjouan, for the suppression of the slave trade. The treaty was concluded in November 18...

The special gazette for Zanzibar.[Zanzibar], Saturday, 9 December, 1911. Ca. 34 x 21.5 cm. With the coat of arms of the United Kingdom printed on the front.

[PROCLAMATION - ZANZIBAR]. · 1884

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

4 pp.Rare proclamation announcing the abdication of Sayid Ali Bin Hamud (1884-1918), the 8th Sultan of Zanzibar, because of ill health. His appointed successor was Sir Khalifa Bin Harub (1879-1960), who would be one of the last sultans of the country. The proclamation is print...

[The Blue Souk in Sharjah].[Sharjah, 1980]. Ca. 19.5 x 29 cm. One photograph. Housed in a clear plastic folder, with a piece of cardboard for protection.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - SHARJAH]. · 1978

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

1 photograph.Beautiful glossy press photograph of the Souk al-Markazi, or Blue Souk, in Sharjah. The impressive building was designed by British architects Michael Lyle & Partners, and completed in 1978. Meant to ressemble a traditional bazaar, it is one of the most iconic bui...

[Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum].[Late 20th or early 21st century]. Ca. 23 x 13.5 cm. One painting. The leaf is placed on top of a black cardstock with a gold painted border around the edge.

[PAINTED PEEPAL LEAF]. · 1912

€1,800.00 ($1,983.93 | £1,501.68 | ¥316,808)

[1] leaf.Beautiful portrait of Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912-1990), the founder of the United Arab Emirates, handpainted on a dried peepal leaf. It is delicately painted and clearly recognisable. Sheikh Rashid was the vice president and second prime minister of the ...

Tabulae motuum coelestium perpetuae ... Middelburg, Zacharias Roman (colophon: Leiden, Willem Christiaens van der Boxe), 1632. 3 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved title page, an engraved full-page portrait of the author, a divisional title page for the tables with a small woodcut figure representing the solar system as a vignette, a folding letterpress table (all within collation). Further with numerous figures and tables in the text, several woodcut decorated initials, and woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary overlapping vellum.

LANSBERGE, Johan Philip. · 1561

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

79, [1 blank]; 180, [1 folding leaf]; 186, [5], [1 blank] pp.First edition of the astronomical tables by Johan Philip Lansberge (or Philippus Lansbergius, 1561-1632), one of the most famous mathematicians and astronomers of the Dutch Republic during its Golden Age. His tables ...

D'erven Stichters comptoir almanach, op ’t schrikkel-jaar onses heeren Jesu Christi, 1788 ...Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichter, [1788]. 4to. With the title page and 23 calendar pages printed in red and black, a half-page woodcut vignette (depicting Father Time pointing at an armillary sphere) by Hendrik Numan on the title page and 12 half-page woodcut illustrations for the 12 months (each ca. 7 x 11 cm) by Hendrik Numan, nearly all signed in the block (including two dated "1779"). Contemporary gold-tooled brown mottled calf, bound by the so-called Acorn-and-Foliage Tool Bindery in Amsterdam (Storm van Leeuwen). Both boards show the large gold-tooled monogram of the Amsterdam chamber of the VOC as a centre piece sandwiched between the gold-tooled date "Anno 1788", all within a gold-tooled floral frame with floral corner pieces in the inside corners.

DAM, Meyndert Dirksz. van. · 1788

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

[16] ll. interleaved with 24 blank (except for manuscript annotations) ll.Popular Dutch almanac for the year 1788 in a remarkable contemporary Dutch East India Company (VOC) binding. The work was bound by the so-called Acorn-and-Foliage Tool Bindery (Storm van Leeuwen) and sho...

Architecture peinture et sculpture de la maison de ville d'Amsterdam, representée en CIX. Figures en taille-douce.Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1719. Royal folio. With a title-page in red and black with an engraved device (a portrait of Erasmus in an elaborate cartouche with allegorical figures), and 124 engraved architectural and sculptural illustrations on 109 numbered plates (6 double-page, 103 full-page). Contemporary quarter brown sheepskin.

[CAMPEN, Jacob van, Hubert QUELLINUS and Jacob VENNEKOOL]. · 1595

€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)

22 pp. + 109 platesFirst French edition of Van Campen's famous description of the Amsterdam City Hall (the present day Royal Palace), with more than a hundred plates of the architectural features and sculptures of the building, including ground plans, elevations, and sections ...

Bloemkundig woordenboek bevattende eene beschrijving van meer dan 2200 gewassen, (waaronder 170 van de mooiste heiden) zoo boomen, heesters als planten...Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp & zoon, [1821]. 8vo. Contemporary red sprinkled paper wrappers, with a printed paper title-label on the spine.

[BOTANY - HORTICULTURE]. · 1860

€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)

[2], L, 521, [1 blank] pp.First edition of this extensive work on the cultivation and multiplication of plants and trees, accompanied by an introduction which explains the basics of horticulture. The work discusses hundreds of plants in alphabetical order, and gives important ...

Handleiding tot de plant- en kruidkunde, benevens eene beschrijving der boomen, planten, heesters, kruiden, varens, mossen, bolen en grasplanten.Amsterdam, Lodewyk van Es, [late 18th or early 19th century]. 14 volumes. 8vo. With 105 hand-coloured folding engraved plates. Contemporary blue wrappers.

LINNAEUS, Carl and Martinus HOUTTUYN. · 1767

€4,750.00 ($5,235.36 | £3,962.76 | ¥836,020)

Very rare, complete set of a famous Dutch work on natural history, with 105 beautiful hand-coloured plates. The work is generally based on the 12th edition of Carl Linnaeus' Systema naturae (1767), but has been enlarged by the Dutch naturalist Maarten Houttuyn (1720-1798) to s...

Nederlandsch bloemwerk. Door een gezelschap geleerden.Amsterdam, J.B. Elwe, 1794. 4to. With 54 contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates of flowers, including an engraved title page signed by Paul Theodor van Brussel and Hendrik Leffert Myling. (Near-) contemporary gold-tooled half calf.

[NEDERLANDSCH BLOEMWERK]. · 1767

€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)

[2 blank], [6], 128, [3], [1 blank] pp.First edition of a splendid Dutch flower book with 54 vividly hand-coloured plates of flowers, which have been very well preserved. The work clearly demonstrates the superiority of Dutch horticulture at the time. According to Hunt, the pl...