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Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, contextum ex probatioribus orientis lexicographis. Accedit index Latinus copiosissimus, qui lexici Latino-Arabici vicem explere possit.Leiden and Amsterdam, Bonaventura & Abraham Elsevier [= Johannes & Daniël Elsevier] and Johannes Janssonius, 1653. Folio (36 x 23.5 cm). With a large publisher's device on the title page, the title is printed in red and black. The text is set in roman and Arabic type in two columns per page. Further with woodcut decorated initials and woodcut decorated head- and tailpieces. Contemporary mottled calf with the title lettered in gold on the gold-tooled spine.

GOLIUS, Jacobus. · 1452

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

[1], [1 blank], [10], 16 pp.; 17-"2922" cols. [= 17-2920 cols. = 1452 pp.]; 40 pp.First edition - the Elzevier and Janssonius issue - of Golius's ground-breaking Arabic lexicon, which remained the most important dictionary in European Arabic studies until Freytag's dictionary...

The interpreter in the Arabic and English Languages, consisting of nouns, epithets (or adjectives), verbs & afterwards some compendious examples.Ca. 1830s. 4to (21.5 x 27 cm). With 2 folding tables, 17 lines to the page, written in red and black ink. Contemporary navy blue morocco, with the title lettered in gold on spine, marbled endpapers.

[ARABIC & ENGLISH VOCABULARY AND PHRASE BOOK]. · 1881

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

[6], 237, 238-266, [10] pp.A unique, handwritten vocabulary and phrasebook of English and Arabic from the first half of the 19th century. This meticulously prepared manuscript is written in the fashion of a printed book, opening with a title page and ending with an index of to...

Eerste pylaar der algemene mathesis of wis-kunde, of de arithmetica ...Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda, 1758. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved folding plate after the last page, a small woodcut vignette on the title-page, a woodcut headpiece at the start of the work, two decorated woodcut initials, and numerous mathematical figures in the text. The title-page is printed in red and black, the work includes a divisional title-page for part 2. Contemporary(?) gold-tooled half brown calf, with remnants of a dark brown morocco title-label on the spine, brown sprinkled paper sides.

KNOOP, Johann Hermann. · 1700

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

[16], 498; [2], 503-976 [= 473] pp.Exceptionally rare first and only edition of a Dutch mathematical work by the versatile Johann Hermann Knoop (1700-1796). The work, which was specifically written for students, focusses exclusively on arithmetic, because that is the basis for...

Leis extravagantes collegidas e relatadas pelo licenciado Duarte Nunez do liam per mandado do muito alto & muito poderoso Rei Dom Sebastiam nosso Senhor.Including: NUNEZ DO LEÃO, Duarte. Annotacões sobre as ordenacões dos cinquo livros.Lisbon, Antonio Gonçalvez, 1569. Folio. With the woodcut coat-of-arms of King Sebastião on the title-page and the divisional title-page of the second work, 6 large historiated woodcut initials, and numerous small decorated woodcut initials. Later vellum, with the manuscript title in Gothic script on the spine, red sprinkled edges.

NUNEZ DO LEÃO, Duarte. · 1512

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

[4], 218, [16]; 8 ll.First edition of a rare and highly important work on Portuguese law, written by an influential 16th-century judge. It contains a vast repository of laws not included in the Manueline ordinances, which were in force from 1512 until 1603. The present work wa...

Histoire de Nicolas I. Roy du Paraguai, et Empereur des Mamelus.Saint Paul [= São Paulo, but the work was likely printed somewhere in Western Europe], 1756. 8vo. With a typographical ornament on the title-page. Contemporary brown paste paper wrappers.

[PARAGUAY - KING NICOLAS I]. · 1710

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

88 pp.First or second edition of a rare biography of the mythical Spaniard Nicolas Rubiuni (1710-?), the "first king of Paraguay" and "emperor of the Mamelukes (Mamelucos) of São Paulo". It was the first time that the Bandeirantes (settlers) of Pirintinga served as the theme f...

Histoire de Georges Castriot, surnommé Scanderbeg, Roy d'Albanie.Paris, G. Chaudiere, 1597. 8vo. With 2 full-page engraved portraits (of Scanderbeg and Mahomet II), numerous decorated woodcut initials and woodcut headpieces, a woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Early 19th-century gold- and blind-tooled brown calf.

LAVARDIN, Jacques de. · 1405

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

[20], 447, [13] ll.Rare French edition of a famous biography of the national hero of Albania, Georg Kastriota or Castriota, known as Skanderbeg (1405-1468). He became a national hero in Albania as he had been the leader in the struggle with, and the wars against, the Ottoman E...

Extraits des historiens Arabes, relatifs aux guerres des croisades, ouvrage formant, d'après les écrivains Musulmans, un récit suivi des guerres saintes ...[Paris], Imprimerie Royale, 8vo. Contemporary dark green half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine, marbled endpapers.

REINAUD, Joseph Toussaint. · 1795

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

XLVIII, 582 pp.First edition of a work on Islamic texts on the Christian crusades, by the French orientalist Joseph Toussaint Reinaud (1795-1867). It gives a French translation of numerous texts and extracts relating to the crusades originally written in Arabic from the 11th t...

Aviso de Cazadores y Caça.Madrid, Pedro Madrigal, 1593. With: (2) [bound before ad 1] NUÑEZ DE AVENDAÑO, Pedro. De exequendis mandatis regnum Hispaniae, quae rectoribus civitatum dantur, & hodie continentur in titulo.Madris, Pedro Madrigal, 1593.2 works in 1 volume. Folio (27 x 18.5 cm). With the woodcut printer's device on the title page of ad 1, and two decorated woodcut initials. Further with the woodcut coat of arms of Habsburg Spain on the title page of ad 2, numerous decorated woodcut initials, a woodcut headpiece at the start of the work, and headpieces made up of typographical ornaments in the first few chapters. Later limp vellum, sewn on 2 vellum tapes laces through the joints, with the manuscript title on the spine, remnants of ties.

NUÑEZ DE AVENDAÑO, Pedro. · 1593

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

[8], "555" [= 553], [1], [2 blank], [40]; 34 pp.Exceedingly scarce work on the chase and falconry, one of the earliest and most important of those written in Spanish; the work focuses on the laws of hawking and hunting in 16th-century Spain. It was the first Castilian printed ...

[Costumes Portugueses].[Lisbon, ca. 1850]. Folio. With 46 contemporary hand coloured numbered lithographs showing Portuguese dress. Contemporary gold-tooled, quarter green buckram, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, green (pseudo-) marbled paper sides.

[PALHARES, João]. · 1819

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

46 ll.First edition of this fine set of lithographs by João Palhares (1819-1891), illustrating costumes and professions of Portugal in the 19th century. This is the largest collection of plates by Palhares that has been recorded. Other examples known contain 40 plates, as esta...

Allerneuester Geographisch und Topographischer Schau-Platz, von Africa und Ost-Indien.Nuremberg, C. Tetschner, 1744. Oblong folio (31 x 36.5 cm). With 115 numbered engraved maps and plates, an engraved frontispiece, and an engraved title page. Contemporary vellum, with the author and title lettered in gold on the spine, red edges.

HEYDT, Johann Wolffgang. · 1702

€17,500.00 ($19,288.18 | £14,599.65 | ¥3,080,074)

[24], 345, [4] pp.First, complete edition of an exceptional work showing the ports and bases of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Asia and Africa. It is one of the finest executed and illustrated publications of a voyage from Europe to the East Indies. The work is illustra...

Catalogus omnium animalium testaceorum.(Colophon:) Geneva, ex typographica Haer. Cramer & Fratrum Philibert, 1746. 4to. With a headpiece made up of typographical ornaments on the first page. Later brown paper wrappers, with the manuscript title and author on the front wrapper in a semi-opaque protective coated paper dust jacket.

SCALI, Pietro Paolo. · 1707

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

43, [1] pp.First edition of a very rare catalogue of the molluscs in the collection of Pietro Paolo Scali (dates unknown). The work mentions hundreds of different specimens, each with a short description. The specimens are divided in three classes, namely turbinate univalves, ...

Du commerce des Europeens avec les Indes, par la Mer Rouge et par l'Egypte.Paris, Dugour et Durant, an VII [= 1799]. 8vo. With a very large, folding map showing the fastest route from France to India (via the Mediterranean, Egypt, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean), 7 folding tables, and a woodcut illustration at the head of the first chapter. Contemporary dark blue paper wrappers, protected by a semi-opaque coated paper dust jacket.

FROMENT, Dominique. · 1869

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

[2], XIV, 211, [1 blank] pp.Very rare work about the trade of European countries, especially France, with Egypt and India. It discusses many different goods and their prices, in multiple currencies, the weights and measurements used in Egypt, and offers advice to French trader...

[Mushroom album].[France, after 1910].Comprising: (1) ROLLAND, Léon. Prospectus [for the] Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique.Paris, Paul Klincksieck, 1908.(2) [PERIODICAL]. L'ami du Médécin.Paris, March, April, May, July, and August 1909.(3) [BENARDIN, Ch.]. Les champignons. [Extrait de Soixante champignons comestibles, Fascicules V-VI and IX-XIII]. [Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and Raon-l’Étape, M. Weick and Papeteries des chatelles, ca. 1903?].(4) [WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS - MUSHROOMS]. [Eight leaves containing original watercolour drawings of mushrooms].(5) [MANUSCRIPT - FRENCH - M.C. COOKE]. Les champignons. [Extract from Bibliothèque scientifique internationale, tome XV]. [in/after 1882]. 5 works in 1 volume, the second in 5 issues. Ca. 25 x 19.5 cm. Ad 1 with 4 colour-printed plates designed by A. Bessin and engraved by Lassus, ad 2 with 10 colour-printed plates (2 per issue) and some black and white illustrations in the text. Contemporary half white goat leather, marbled paper sides, end papers with a printed marbled design. Ad 2 with the original blue printed paper wrappers bound in.

[MUSHROOMS - FUNGI]. · 1909

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

[2] + 4 plates after ad 3; [2], “17-64”[= 48] & "81-112" [= 32] + [16 (wrappers)], [2]; [28]; [8, interleaved with translucent paper]; [12], [2 blank], [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [4 blank] pp.A remarkable album on mainly French, but also Swiss and Belgian mushrooms, with ...

Les genealogies et anciennes descentes des Forestiers et Comtes de Flandre, avec brieves descriptions de leurs vies et gestes le tout recueilly des plus veritables, approvees et anciennes croniques et annales qui se trouvent...Antwerp, (colophon: Andre Bax for) Pierre Balthasar (also known as Pieter Balten), [1580]. Folio. With an engraved title-page, a full-page engraved plate with the dedication, a full-page engraved plate showing the coats-of-arms of the Foresters of Flanders and the counts of Flanders and a map of Flanders, a full-page engraving showing verse below an allegorical scene of death, 40 full-page engraved portraits of the Foresters and Counts of Flanders, 30 small coats-of-arms in the text, and numerous woodcut decorated initials. All illustrations (except for the initials) are expertly coloured by hand. Contemporary parchment, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints, with remnants of green closing ties.

MARTIN, Cornelis and Pieter BALTEN (illustrator and publisher). · 1459

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

[6], 119, [2], [1 blank] pp.Rare, beautifully illustrated and contemporary hand coloured copy containing the biographies and portraits of the rulers of Flanders since the 9th century CE. The work details the genealogy of the Counts of Flanders, supposedly - according to the so...

Le cuisinier moderne, qui apprend à donner toutes sortes de repas, en gras & en maigre, d’une manière plus délicate que ce qui en a été écrit jusqu’à present; divisé en cinq volumes (...)The Hague, for the author ["Aux dépens de l’auteur"], 1742. 5 parts in 3 volumes. 8vo. With the title page of each part printed in red and black, 13 large folding engraved plates, of which 1 has been printed on 4 attached leaves and is exceptionally large (ca. 28 x 150 cm), 5 folding printed text-leaves, and a woodcut armorial headpiece. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 (vols. 1 and 2) or 4 (vol. 3) supports laced through the joints, red edges.

LA CHAPELLE, Vincent. · 1690

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

[12], 261, [1 blank], [15]; [4], 258, [14]; [4], 288, [16]; [4], 313, [1 blank], [20]; [10], 346, [13] pp.Complete set of the famous cookery book by Vincent La Chapelle (1690/1703-1745), which strongly influenced the cuisine of the British aristocracy. Insisting on a rupture w...

Le cuisinier moderne, qui aprend à donner toutes sortes de repas, en gras & en maigre, d’une manière plus délicate que ce qui en a été écrit jusqu’à present ...The Hague, printed by Antoine de Groot for Antoine van Dole ["aux dépens de l’auteur"], 1736. 4 volumes bound as 2. 8vo. With the title pages printed in red and black, a series of 7 (large) folding engraved plates (numbered I-VII in the plate) depicting table settings for 12 to 100 "couverts" and 4 folding printed text-leaves (numbered I-VII on recto and verso) with descriptions of the menues for the various diners, 4 folding engraved plates depicting various silver plates ("Modelle des plats") & 3 silver table showpieces for the various courses, and 1 woodcut armorial head-piece (on the dedication to Stadtholder William IV in part 1). Uniform contemporary half mottled calf, sprinkled paper sides, gold-tooled spine with greenish-blue and brown morocco title-labels lettered in gold, red sprinkled edges.

CHAPELLE, Vincent la. · 1735

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

[1], [1 blank], [4], 261, [1 blank], [15], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 258, [14]; [1], [1 blank], 288, [16], [1], [1 blank], 313, [1 blank], [20] pp.Complete set of the first French edition (dated either 1735 or 1736 on the title pages) of the famous cook book by Vincent la Cha...

Opus Merlini Cocaii poetae mantuani macaronicorum.Amsterdam [or possibly printed in Naples?], Abraham van Someren, 1692. 8vo. With a full-page engraved portrait of the author as a frontispiece, 26 engraved illustrations in the text (ca. 6 x 5 cm), a woodcut floral vignette on the title page, woodcut decorated initials, and woodcut floral and ornamental tailpieces. Early 19th-century elaborately gold-tooled black morocco, with a floral frame on both boards, detailed floral designs in the compartments on the spine and the title, year of publication, and name of the binder lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.

[FOLENGO, Teofilo]. · 1483

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

[30], 419, [4], [1 blank] pp.Remarkable work by one of the principal practitioners of Italian Macaronic verse, sumptuously bound by a renowned French binder. It relates the adventures of Baldo, a fictitious hero, in 25 macaroni or cantos. Together they tell of Baldo's encounte...

Souvenirs de Jérusalem. Album dessiné par M. le contre-amiral Pâris ...Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, [1862]. Large folio (ca. 64 x 49 cm). With an etched and coloured vignette plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre mounted on the title-page and 14 lithographs, including 12 printed in colour, by Albert Adam, Charles claude Bachelier, Hubert Clerget, Charles Fichot, and Jules Gaildrau after François-Edmond Pâris. Stored loosely, as issued, in the original paper wrapper showing the title and in a modern half brown cloth portfolio.

PÂRIS, François-Edmond. · 1861

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

[4] pp. and 14 lithographed plates.Elaborate album of lithographs based on drawings by Vice Admiral François-Edmond Pâris from a visit to the Holy City in 1861. The album follows Pâris' itinerary as described by him in the introductory text. Leading his squadron from Jaffa to ...

Taboada curiosa, novamente reformada, e augmentada ...Lisbon, Domingos Rodrigues, 1747. 4to. With the engraved coat-of-arms of the dedicatee Alexandre Metello de Sousa Menezes at the start of the dedication, 4 woodcut decorated initials, a woodcut headpiece at the start of each chapter, a headpiece made up of typographical ornaments at the start of the prologue, and 2 woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary vellum, red spotted edges.

GARRIDO, João Antonio. · 1687

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

[18], 182 pp.Very rare merchant's guide. This popular handbook gives rates of exchange for many European currencies, rules for basic math, instructions on bookkeeping for companies, and a number of lists, including notable items for the numbers 1-12, religious orders in chrono...

[Vocabularium Italico-Arabicum]. Arabic-Italian dictionary.[Probably Egypt, ca. 1770]. 4to (ca. 17 x 22 cm). Arabic and Italian manuscript on paper, 19 lines per extensum, paginated throughout from right to left. Near-contemporary brown leather with a blind-stamped oriental rosette as a center piece and similar style corner pieces on both boards, a (partial) manuscript title label on the spine.

[MANUSCRIPT - ARABIC - DICTIONARY]. · 1738

€18,000.00 ($19,839.28 | £15,016.79 | ¥3,168,076)

494 pp.Manuscript dictionary comprising some 9,000 Arabic terms and their Italian translations. It was formerly owned by the German oriental scholar and Franciscan priest Arsenius Rehm (1738-1808), who lived in Cairo between 1769 and 1776, building a large collection of manusc...