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Les provinciales ou les lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte a un provincial des ses amis, & aux RR. PP. Jesuites: Sur le sujet de la morale, et de la politique de ces peres.Cologne, Pierre de la Vallee [= Amsterdam, Lodewijk & Daniel Elzevier], 1657. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, and several decorated woodcut initials in the text. 19th-century blind-tooled black morocco.

[PASCAL, Blaise]. · 1623

€2,750.00 ($3,031.07 | £2,293.90 | ¥484,080)

[24], 398, [2 blank]; 111, [1 blank] pp.First issue of the first definitive edition, marking a pivotal moment in the work’s history: the first time the Pascal letters were gathered into a single volume with continuous pagination. Issued under the pseudonym “Louis de Montalte” ...

[Drop-title:] United States of America. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Town of Newburyport. ...[Massachusetts, United States of America, in or just before 1830]. Folio. Two identical forms printed on the rectos of a bifolium.

[NEWBURYPORT - BROADSIDE - MASSACHUSETTS].

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

[1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp.The form had to be completed and signed by the authorities of Newburyport, a city ca. 50 km north of Boston at the Atlantic, clearing any vessel trading abroad, especially in the Caribbean (Vera Cruz), by declaring that "there was not in the s...

[Elaborate gilded openwork metal needle case in the form of a miniature book].[The Netherlands?, circa 1700]. 45 x 43 cm. The "boards", as well as the "spine" of the gilded metal case are in an openwork floral design with scrolling foliage with a standing eagle in the centre. One clasp closure in the middle of the front edge. Both "boards" set with 8 small round cabochon agates (diametre: 7 mm).

[NEEDLE CASE].

€3,950.00 ($4,353.72 | £3,294.87 | ¥695,316)

A highly collectible antique sewing tool characterized by its intricate, openwork (or "ajour") design. These miniature cases - often referred to as an etui - were crafted to protect the expensive sewing needles, while showcasing wealth and high craftmanship. The form also make...

Iraq and the Persian Gulf. September 1944. B.R. 524 (restricted) geographical handbook series for official use only.[Oxford,] Naval Intelligence division, 1944. 8vo. With numerous diagrams, reproductions of photographs and maps, including a loose map in the pocket at the back. Publisher's green cloth, gilt title on spine and front cover.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. [MASON, Kenneth, a.o.]. · 1941

€2,750.00 ($3,031.07 | £2,293.90 | ¥484,080)

682 pp.First and only edition of a geographical handbook on Iraq and the Persian Gulf, published on behalf of the Naval Intelligence Division (NID) of the British Admiralty. Written as part of the Geographical Handbook Series of which 58 volumes were written between 1941 and 1...

Het XIIII.de - XVIII.de, boeck van Amadis de Gaule. Uyt de Fransche in onse Nederduytsche Tale over gheset.Amsterdam, Hendrick Barentsz., 1615-1623, 5 parts in 1 vol. 4to. With ornamental woodcut borders and woodcut illustrations on 5 titles. Contemporary vellum, with red painted edges.

[MONTALVO, Garci Rodríguez de]. · 1561

€6,500.00 ($7,164.35 | £5,421.94 | ¥1,144,190)

[8], 166; [2], 145, [2, 3 blank]; 94, [2]; 200, [8]; [8], 402 pp.Rare early Dutch translations of Books 14 to 18 of the Amadis de Gaule, bound together in one volume. Plantin had begun publishing the French Amadis de Gaule in 1561, and had recommended the work for young reade...

[Four Dutch legal manuscripts on parchment].1638-1724. All various sizes. The fourth document with contemporary paper wrappers, sewn through one hole, all but the third document are folded, and all are housed together in a white paper folder.

[MANUSCRIPT - DUTCH - LEGAL]. · 1638

€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)

Group of four 17th- and early 18th-century Dutch legal and administrative manuscripts on parchment, connected with the city of Gorinchem (Gorcum) and the judicial institutions of the County of Holland. The documents illustrate various aspects of civil litigation, municipal adm...

Thirty-five years in the east. Adventures, discoveries, experiments, and historical sketches, relating to the Punjab and Cashmere; in connection with medicine, botany, pharmacy, &c.Calcutta, [published by the "Bangabasi" Office, 1905]. 8vo. With a wood-engraved portrait of the author, a wood-engraved folding map, and 15 wood-engraved plates. Contemporary blind-stamped green cloth.

HONIGBERGER, Johann Martin. · 1795

€2,950.00 ($3,251.51 | £2,460.73 | ¥519,286)

[4], II, XXIX, [1], 214, [2 blank] pp.Rare first Indian edition, printed in Calcutta, of this fascinating illustrated account of the Sikh Empire under Maharajah Ranjit Singh, by Johann Martin Honigberger (1795-1869), Austrian physician and traveller who served as court physici...

Bibliotheca Heinsiana sive catalogus librorum, quos, magno studio, & sumtu, dum viveret, collegit.Leiden, (Abraham Elsevier, for) Johannes de Vivie, (1682). Two parts in one volume. 12mo. With the title page printed in red and black, and a woodcut printer's device. Contemporary marbled calf.

HEINSIUS, Nicolas. · 1620

€2,950.00 ($3,251.51 | £2,460.73 | ¥519,286)

[2], 374, [2 blank]; 286, [2 blank] pp.Reissue under a new title of the celebrated auction catalogue of the library of Nicolas Heinsius (1620-1681), one of the greatest Dutch classical scholars, Neo-Latin poets, and diplomats of the seventeenth century. Containing almost 13,00...

Biblioteca Italiana, o sia, Notizia de' libri rari nella lingua Italiana, divisa in quattro parti principali: cioe’ istoria, poesia, prose, arti e scienze, annessovi tutto il libro dell' Eloquenza Italiana di Mons. Giusto Fontanini col suo ragionamento intorno alla stessa materia. Con tavole copiosissime, e necessarie.Venice, Angiolo Geremia, 1728. 4to. With woodcut historiated initials, head- and tailpieces. 19th-century vellum, gold-tooled spine with a red morocco title-label lettered in gold, red and blue sprinkled edges.

[HAYM, Niccolo Francesco]. · 1726

€850.00 ($936.88 | £709.02 | ¥149,625)

[24], 264 pp.Second edition of this famous pioneering Italian bibliography of rare Italian books on History, Poetry, Prose and Arts & Sciences, by the Italian composer and bibliographer Nicola Francesco Haym. It is known as one of the earliest comprehensive registries of rare ...

Rym-oeffeningen, verdeelt in dry boecken vervattende gedichten van verscheyden stijl en stoffe.Amsterdam, Abraham van Blancken (colophon: Gouda, Willem van der Hoeven), 1659. With: (2) DECKER, Jeremias de. Lof der geldsucht.Amsterdam, Jacobus vander Deyster and Jan Blom, 1687. 2 works in 1 volume, the first work in 3 parts. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut vignette on the title pages of both works, and several decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum over boards.

DECKER, Jeremias de. · 1609

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

[8], 2, [12], 18, [4], 112, [4], 164, [2], "183"[= 185], [1]; [16], 128 pp.First edition of the collected poems by one of the most important poets of the second generation of the Dutch Golden Age. Jeremias de Decker (1609-1666) was a follower of the great poets of the Dutch Go...

Discorso contra la dottrina, et le profetie di Fra Girolamo Savonarola.Venice, Gabriel Giolito, 1548. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and several decorated woodcut initials in the text. Later overlapping vellum.

CATHARINUS, Ambrosius and Girolamo SAVONAROLA. · 1484

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

[8], 100 ll.First edition of the celebrated polemic by the Dominican theologian Ambrosius Catharinus Politi (1484-1553) against the doctrines and prophetic claims of the Florentine preacher Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498). Catharinus had initially been drawn to religious life ...

Histoire et commerce des colonies Angloises, dans l'Amerique septentrionale. Ou l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline, & de la Géorgie.Londres, et se vend a Paris, chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. 12mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, a decorated woodcut initial, a woodcut headpiece and several woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf.

[BUTEL DUMONT, George Marie].

€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)

XXIV, 336 pp.First edition, first issue, of the first extensive French survey of the British colonies in North America, published at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. It describes the geography, population, government, religion, economy and trade of the individual colonie...

Mañanas de la alameda de México. Publícalas para facilitar a las señoritas el estudio de la historia de su país.Mexico, Imprenta de la testamentaria de Valdés, 1835-36. 2 volumes. 4to. With a woodcut a vignette on both titles, 2 lithographed plates of Mexican calendars in the first volume, and a woodcut illustration of a house in the second volume. Contemporary gold-tooled half red morocco.

BUSTAMANTE, Carlos Maria de. · 1774

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

[6], 325, [1 blank]; [4], XIX, 309, [1 blank] pp.First edition of an introduction to the pre-Hispanic history of Mexico by the historian and politician Carlos María de Bustamante (1774-1848). Drawing particularly on the works of Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590) and Francisco ...

Arab States of the Lower Gulf: people, politics, petroleum.Washington D.C., the Middle East institute, 1975. 8vo. With 2 (identical) black and white maps of the States around the Gulf on the endpapers and several infographics in the text. Beige cloth.

ANTHONY, John Duke. · 1971

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)

X, 273, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of a thorough description of the history of the nine Arab states of the Lower Gulf, that gained independence in 1971, just four years before the publication of this book. The author has managed to discuss the individual politics of e...

Arabism and Peace. [and title in Arabic on back wrapper].Damascus, Syria, Ibn Zeydoun Printing Shop, 1951. 4to. Original green (faded to brown) printed paper wrappers with the English title on one wrapper and the Arabic title on the other, staple bound.

ALLAWERDI, Michael (Miha'il Halil ALLAH WIRDI). · 1951

€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)

8, [4], 8 pp.A scarce bilingual pamphlet trying to connect music theory to global pacifistic politics and international harmony by the Syrian musicologist Allawerdi, published in the year he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951 for his efforts to advance world peace...

Les marques de fabrique Françaises. Sauvegarde du producteur français.Paris, Nélaton & Cie., 1876 (Preface dated 31 December 1875). Oblong folio. With 93 full-page lithographed plates with product logos, several leaves with chromolithographed product labels mounted onto the page. Contemporary gold- and blind-stamped red cloth by Charles Magnier.

[TRADEMARKS - FRANCE]. · 1857

€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)

[10], 93 ll.First edition of a rare work documenting the trademarks, labels, and commercial packaging of French household products of the late 19th century. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of registered marks and product labels, it offers a detailed record of French ...

De wonderlyke in- om- en weder-keering, van veel genadelooze zielen, tot den levendigen Godt.Amsterdam, Johannes Rotterdam, 1750. 4to. With a woodcut device on the title page. Later red pebble-grained cloth.

[THYMEN, G. J. and Andreas KLINK]. · 1875

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

6, [2] pp.First and only edition of this pamphlet describing religious developments in the countryside of Drenthe, The Netherlands, and surrounding regions. The present work reports a period of intense religious activity in various villages, including Hoogeveen, Vries, Meppel,...

Application de la perspective linéaire aux arts du dessin, ouvrage posthume, mis au jour par Chapuis.Paris, Paul Renouard for Mesdames Thibault, Jules Renouard, Bance ainé & Carilian Goeury, 1827. Folio. With a full page engraved portrait, an engraved frontispiece (bound after p. 168), and 53 full page, numbered, engraved plates. 19th-century gold- and blind tooled brown half calf.

THIBAULT, Jean Thomas. · 1757

€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)

XV, [1 blank], 168 pp.First complete edition of a treatise on linear perspective, with numerous practical examples. According to Vagnetti, the author's vast knowledge and experience clearly shines through on the pages, as the work teaches everything known about linear perspect...

Reis in het Noordoostelijke Siberie, en op de IJszee en den Noordoostelijken oceaan. Uit de Hooguitsche vertaling van Johann Heinrich Busse overgezet door N. Messchaert.Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1808. 2 volumes. 8vo. With large folding map showing the northeastern part of Siberia and the northwest coast of the United States (ca. 47 x 78 cm) engraved by C. van Baarsel, 15 plates (10 folding engraved plates, 5 full-page hand-coloured aquatint plates), and 1 folding table. Contemporary boards covered with marbled paper, uncut, in box.

SARYCHEV, Gavriil Andreevich. · 1763

€5,750.00 ($6,337.69 | £4,796.33 | ¥1,012,168)

[2], XXXII, 190; X [= VIII], 334 pp.First and only edition of the Dutch translation of this important exploration through the northeast of Siberia, the Frozen Ocean and the Northeast Ocean by Gavriil Andreevich Sarychev (1763-1831), illustrated with maps, views and hand-colour...

'tLeven ende vrome daden vande doorluchtige Griecsche ende Romeynsche mannen, met haar figuren. ende nu int corte begrepen, ende in Latijn gestelt, door Darius Tibertus. hier by is gevoecht tleven vande excellente Veltheeren, door Aemilius Probus beschreven, ende van andere mannen, die in de naestvolgende sijde gestelt zijn: met sommige nieuwe vergelijkingen, die nu eerst in tlicht zijn wtgecomen.Leiden, Jan Claesz. van Dorp, 1601. 8vo. With a woodcut medaillion portrait of Plutarchus on the title-page, and 56 woodcut medallion portraits in the text. 19th-century gold-tooled tree-marbled boards, with an orange title label on the spine, lettered in gold, blue sprinkled edges.

PLUTARCH; Darius TIBERTUS and Marten EVERART (translators).

€2,000.00 ($2,204.41 | £1,668.29 | ¥352,058)

[16], 834, [13], [1 blank] pp.First edition of the first Dutch translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by Marten Everart from the abridged Latin version of Darius Tibertus. Besides Plutarch's biographies of eminent Greek and Roman statesmen and military leaders, t...