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Epigra[m]mata: ac ludicra quedam facilioris muse carmina eruditissimi viro Philippi Beroaldi. Ab Afsefio nuper elucidate et eo ordine difpofita vt maxime fint omnium prima, C Ante domum cuius Martini pendet imag Rocius hec vendit pressa Dionysius.Parijs, Denis Roce, [ca. 1505]. 4to. With a printer's device on the title-page, and 20 decorated woodcut/ metalcut intitials. Later vellum.
Epigra[m]mata: ac ludicra quedam facilioris muse carmina eruditissimi viro Philippi Beroaldi. Ab Afsefio nuper elucidate et eo ordine difpofita vt maxime fint omnium prima, C Ante domum cuius Martini pendet imag Rocius hec vendit pressa Dionysius.Parijs, Denis Roce, [ca. 1505]. 4to. With a printer's device on the title-page, and 20 decorated woodcut/ metalcut intitials. Later vellum.
BEROALDO, Filippo. · 1453
€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)
[30], [1 blank] ll.Very rare work with poetry by Filippo Beroaldo the Elder (1453-1505), one of the leading Italian humanists. The work contains twenty different poems and includes Carmen lugubre, which is considered one of Beroaldo's masterpieces, because he combined all his ...
Relation. Von dem gegenwartigen Zustande des Konigreichs Schweden.With: [MANUSCRIPT - FRENCH]. Journal de L’Ambassade envoyée de la part de S. M.té le Roy de Suède vers le Grand Duc de Moscovie l’an 1684, dressé par un des Gentils-hommes de la Suite.1684-1688. Folio (ca. 30 x 20 cm). The German part is neatly written in a Kurrent script, and the French part in a cursive hand. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, sewn on 7 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the initials "M.F.K" in the centre of the front board, red and black sprinkled edges, green closing ties.
Relation. Von dem gegenwartigen Zustande des Konigreichs Schweden.With: [MANUSCRIPT - FRENCH]. Journal de L’Ambassade envoyée de la part de S. M.té le Roy de Suède vers le Grand Duc de Moscovie l’an 1684, dressé par un des Gentils-hommes de la Suite.1684-1688. Folio (ca. 30 x 20 cm). The German part is neatly written in a Kurrent script, and the French part in a cursive hand. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, sewn on 7 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the initials "M.F.K" in the centre of the front board, red and black sprinkled edges, green closing ties.
[MANUSCRIPT - GERMAN - SWEDISH POLICIES]. · 1656
€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)
167 ll.Remarkable manuscript on the history of Sweden in the 17th century, including the conclusion of the Russo-Swedish War (1656-1658). The work consists of two parts. The first is written in German and contains general descriptions of Sweden, excerpts on its governing struc...
Memorias particulares, ou anecdotes dal'orte de França apontadas por Joze da Cunha Brochádo, notempo em que foi Enviado quela mesma Córte.[Madrid, ca. 1725]. Folio. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, marbled endpapers, red edges with brown speckles.
Memorias particulares, ou anecdotes dal'orte de França apontadas por Joze da Cunha Brochádo, notempo em que foi Enviado quela mesma Córte.[Madrid, ca. 1725]. Folio. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, marbled endpapers, red edges with brown speckles.
CUNHA BROCHADO, José da. · 1643
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[1], [1 blank], 396, [4 blank] pp.Historically important contemporary manuscript with the recollections of a Portuguese diplomat during his stay at the court of king Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715). The manuscript contains the memoirs of José da Cunha Brochado (1651-1733) between 169...
Notes of a three weeks ramble in North Yorkshire and South Durham.[England], [18]61. Folio (28.5 x 23 cm). With numerous lithographs, copper- and steel-engravings, and newspaper clippings mounted on the leaves, a folding map of Russia added between pages 63 and 64, and a blank leaf from the guest book of the Hotel des Boulangers in Bern added between pages 75 and 76. All leaves are blind-ruled. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled blue sheepskin.
Notes of a three weeks ramble in North Yorkshire and South Durham.[England], [18]61. Folio (28.5 x 23 cm). With numerous lithographs, copper- and steel-engravings, and newspaper clippings mounted on the leaves, a folding map of Russia added between pages 63 and 64, and a blank leaf from the guest book of the Hotel des Boulangers in Bern added between pages 75 and 76. All leaves are blind-ruled. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled blue sheepskin.
[SMITH, Henry Ecroyd]. · 1823
€4,000.00 ($4,408.73 | £3,337.06 | ¥704,017)
[1], "118" [= 116, final 61 pages blank], [1 blank] pp.Richly illustrated, handwritten journal of British botanist and archaeologist Henry Ecroyd Smith (1823-1889), describing his 3-week trip through North Yorkshire and Durham in the summer of 1861. During this trip, he visite...
Beschryvinge [v]an 't getakelde schip met sijn loopende touwerck. A description of the tackeling belonging to a shipp.Amsterdam, Jacobus Robijn, [c. 1690]. 470 x 380 mm. Large copperplate engraving of ship.
Beschryvinge [v]an 't getakelde schip met sijn loopende touwerck. A description of the tackeling belonging to a shipp.Amsterdam, Jacobus Robijn, [c. 1690]. 470 x 380 mm. Large copperplate engraving of ship.
AVEELE, Johannes Jacobsz van den. · 1650
€8,500.00 ($9,368.55 | £7,091.26 | ¥1,496,036)
A rare broadside in both Dutch and English portrays a three-masted square-rigged ship from the late seventeenth century. This magnificent work was printed by Jacobus Robijn and the engraving by Jan van den Aveelen vividly captures a bustling maritime scene, prominently featuri...
Historis journael van de voyages gedaen met 3 schepen uyt Zeelant naer d'Oost-Indien onder het beleyt van den Commandeur Joris van Spilbergen, sijn eerste reyse. Inden jare 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, als meede beschryvinge vande tweede voyage ghedaen met 12 schepen na d'oost-Indien onder den Admirael Steven vander Hagen.Amsterdam, Joost Hartgers, 1648. 4to. With a relatively large woodcut illustration of two ships on the title-page, a folding engraved plate showing six scenes of Spilbergen's journey and experiences in the East, a woodcut tail-piece, and 2 woodcut decorated initials. Set in textura types with incidental roman and italic. Modern brown calf.
Historis journael van de voyages gedaen met 3 schepen uyt Zeelant naer d'Oost-Indien onder het beleyt van den Commandeur Joris van Spilbergen, sijn eerste reyse. Inden jare 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, als meede beschryvinge vande tweede voyage ghedaen met 12 schepen na d'oost-Indien onder den Admirael Steven vander Hagen.Amsterdam, Joost Hartgers, 1648. 4to. With a relatively large woodcut illustration of two ships on the title-page, a folding engraved plate showing six scenes of Spilbergen's journey and experiences in the East, a woodcut tail-piece, and 2 woodcut decorated initials. Set in textura types with incidental roman and italic. Modern brown calf.
SPILBERGEN, Joris van and Steven van der HAGEN. · 1558
€4,000.00 ($4,408.73 | £3,337.06 | ¥704,017)
96 pp.Account of the famous first voyage to the East Indies by the German naval officer in Dutch service, Joris van Spi(e)lbergen (1558-1620), first published in 1605. Appended are Potanus's description of Java (pp. 57-61) and, with its own drop-title, an account of Steven van...
Verzameling van twaalf Kleefsche outheden en gezichten.Amsterdam, Gerrit Tielenburg, (signed in the plates:) 1758-1762. Large 4to (29 x 23 cm). With 50 leaves showing 46 engravings containing a total of 91 views: 42 leaves with 2 views per leaf, 6 leaves with 2 double page views each, and 1 double page view on 2 leaves. All engraved plates are signed "J. de Beyer del. Paul: van Liender fec [year: between 1758 and 1762]". All views are captioned beneath the illustration, telling the viewer what building, town, or view they are seeing, and some captions even mention the year when the view was captured by De Beyer. Near contemporary (ca. 1778) elaborately gold-tooled red morocco, with a green morocco title-label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled edges and turn-ins, floral decorated paper end leaves, gilt edges.
Verzameling van twaalf Kleefsche outheden en gezichten.Amsterdam, Gerrit Tielenburg, (signed in the plates:) 1758-1762. Large 4to (29 x 23 cm). With 50 leaves showing 46 engravings containing a total of 91 views: 42 leaves with 2 views per leaf, 6 leaves with 2 double page views each, and 1 double page view on 2 leaves. All engraved plates are signed "J. de Beyer del. Paul: van Liender fec [year: between 1758 and 1762]". All views are captioned beneath the illustration, telling the viewer what building, town, or view they are seeing, and some captions even mention the year when the view was captured by De Beyer. Near contemporary (ca. 1778) elaborately gold-tooled red morocco, with a green morocco title-label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled edges and turn-ins, floral decorated paper end leaves, gilt edges.
[KLEEFSCHE OUTHEEDEN - VIEWS]. BEIJER, Jan de (draughtsman) and Paulus van LIENDER (engraver). · 1758
€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)
[1], [1 blank] pp. and 50 leaves showing 91 engraved views.Splendidly bound, incredibly rare collection of views of the castles, houses, churches and towns surrounding the city of Kleve in present-day Germany near the Dutch border at Arnhem and Nijmegen. Here in their first ed...
War scenes of the Chinese Revolution book 1.Shanghai, Commercial Press, Limited, [1912?]. Oblong 8vo (15 x 22.5 cm). 160 black-and-white photographs, all protected by tissue paper guards. Original publisher's orange-brown pictorial cloth, marbled endpapers.
War scenes of the Chinese Revolution book 1.Shanghai, Commercial Press, Limited, [1912?]. Oblong 8vo (15 x 22.5 cm). 160 black-and-white photographs, all protected by tissue paper guards. Original publisher's orange-brown pictorial cloth, marbled endpapers.
[CHINA - PHOTOGRAPHY - CHINESE REVOLUTION]. · 1911
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[1], [1 blank], 40; 40; 40; 40, [2 blank] pp.First and only edition of a very rare work with photographic illustrations of the Chinese Revolution of 1911, with captions in Chinese and English. It was published specifically for circulation in the West and consists of 14 parts. ...
[Makbet = Macbeth in Ottoman Turkish].Cairo, Egypt, Kütübhane-i Içtihad, 1909. 8vo. With practically all text set in Arabic type. Half maroon cloth and brown decorated paper sides.
[Makbet = Macbeth in Ottoman Turkish].Cairo, Egypt, Kütübhane-i Içtihad, 1909. 8vo. With practically all text set in Arabic type. Half maroon cloth and brown decorated paper sides.
SHAKESPEARE, William and Abdullah CEVDET (translator). · 1869
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[5], 153, [2] pp.This extremely rare work marks the inaugural translation of Macbeth into the Ottoman language, also known as Osmanli. The translator behind this milestone was Abdullah Cevdet (1869 - 1932), an Ottoman medical practitioner with Kurdish roots. The work - printed...
Nueva descripcion geographica del imperio Ruso, en particular y en general de todas las provincias que componen aquel dilatado imperio, con muchas noticias historicas antiguas y modernas.Valencia, Francisco Burguete, 1780. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. With a woodcut printer’s device on both title-pages (of part 1 and part 2) and two decorated initials (one at the start of each part). Contemporary vellum with ink-lettering to spine.
Nueva descripcion geographica del imperio Ruso, en particular y en general de todas las provincias que componen aquel dilatado imperio, con muchas noticias historicas antiguas y modernas.Valencia, Francisco Burguete, 1780. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. With a woodcut printer’s device on both title-pages (of part 1 and part 2) and two decorated initials (one at the start of each part). Contemporary vellum with ink-lettering to spine.
STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von and Josef Vicente TOMÁS Y CATALÁ (translator). · 1730
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
[28], 188; [8], 237, [1] pp.The first edition of the earliest Spanish publication featuring Russian exploration voyages. It is a relatively rare geographical work on Russia and Northern Asia. The book's title page mentions that the book has been translated from French, without...
Sermam que fez o R. P. Bertolameu Guerreiro da Companhia de Iesu, nas exequias do anno que se fizerao...Lisbon, Mathias Rodrigues, [1632]. 4to. With the woodcut coat of arms of Duke Theodosius II on the title page, two woodcut initials and an ornamental head-piece. Plain paper wrappers with a small label on the front wrapper.
Sermam que fez o R. P. Bertolameu Guerreiro da Companhia de Iesu, nas exequias do anno que se fizerao...Lisbon, Mathias Rodrigues, [1632]. 4to. With the woodcut coat of arms of Duke Theodosius II on the title page, two woodcut initials and an ornamental head-piece. Plain paper wrappers with a small label on the front wrapper.
GUERREIRO, Bartolomeo. · 1568
€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)
[4], 28 ll.A rare sermon honouring Theodosius II, duke of Braganza (1568-1630), two years after his passing. Theodosius II, the father of King João IV, is mostly known for his courage. In 1578, when he was just 10 years old, King Sebastião (1554-1578) asked him to accompany hi...
Iphigénia tragédia de João Racine. Traduzida em verso portuguez, e offerecida como uma prova da mais sincera gratidão.Rio de Janeiro, Impressão règia, 1816. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Contemporary blue-grey wrappers.
Iphigénia tragédia de João Racine. Traduzida em verso portuguez, e offerecida como uma prova da mais sincera gratidão.Rio de Janeiro, Impressão règia, 1816. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Contemporary blue-grey wrappers.
RACINE, Jean and Antonio José de Lima LEITÃO (translator). · 1639
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[8], 53, [3 blank] pp.First and only translation of Jean Racine's (1639-1699) famous play in Portuguese, here in its first Brazilian edition. Iphigénie, as the play was called in French, was incredibly popular when it was first produced. Strongly based on the original play by ...
Der französische Robinson. Oder außerordentliche Schicksale des französichen Kaptain Viaud nach seinen eigenen Berichten. Aus dem französischen.Prague, Johann Herrl, 1795. 8vo. Contemporary blind-tooled half calf, red speckled paper sides.
Der französische Robinson. Oder außerordentliche Schicksale des französichen Kaptain Viaud nach seinen eigenen Berichten. Aus dem französischen.Prague, Johann Herrl, 1795. 8vo. Contemporary blind-tooled half calf, red speckled paper sides.
[ROBINSONADE]. [Captain Pierre VIAUD]. · 1770
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
122 pp.Rare first and only edition of the abridged German translation of Neufrage et aventures de m. Pierre Viaud (originally published in 1770). The original French edition was written and published using the original accounts of Pierre Viaud (1725-after 1770?) by the French ...
Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier...Amsterdam, Christoffel Cunradus, 1671. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved title page by Romeyn de Hooghe, 112 full-page engraved plates, 1 folding double-page engraved plate and 7 small engraved plates printed on smaller strips of paper. With a small woodcut ornamental vignette on the title page, woodcut decorated initials and woodcut ornamental tailpieces. Near contemporary (18th-century?) elaborately blind-tooled vellum, sewn on five supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine, with a manuscript title in the second (of six) compartment on the spine, later brown leather ties.
Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier...Amsterdam, Christoffel Cunradus, 1671. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved title page by Romeyn de Hooghe, 112 full-page engraved plates, 1 folding double-page engraved plate and 7 small engraved plates printed on smaller strips of paper. With a small woodcut ornamental vignette on the title page, woodcut decorated initials and woodcut ornamental tailpieces. Near contemporary (18th-century?) elaborately blind-tooled vellum, sewn on five supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine, with a manuscript title in the second (of six) compartment on the spine, later brown leather ties.
WITSEN, Nicolaes. · 1641
€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)
[16], 516, 40, [4] pp.Extremely rare issue of the first edition of Witsen's incredibly influential work on 17th-century Dutch shipbuilding techniques and styles. The other issue appeared in the same year with the impressum of C. Commelijn and J. Appelaer, instead of C. Cunradu...
L'Égypte et la Nubie. Grand album monumental, historique, architectural...Paris, André Palmieri & Émile Béchard, 1887. Large folio (45.5 x 63 cm). With 150 collotype photographic plates, all signed, numbered and captioned in the wide margins of each plate. The half title-page and divisional half title-page for the explanation of the plates are printed in red , the typographical title-page shows a small vignette of an Egyptian mask. Loose leaves.
L'Égypte et la Nubie. Grand album monumental, historique, architectural...Paris, André Palmieri & Émile Béchard, 1887. Large folio (45.5 x 63 cm). With 150 collotype photographic plates, all signed, numbered and captioned in the wide margins of each plate. The half title-page and divisional half title-page for the explanation of the plates are printed in red , the typographical title-page shows a small vignette of an Egyptian mask. Loose leaves.
BÉCHARD, Émile. · 1878
€35,000.00 ($38,576.37 | £29,199.31 | ¥6,160,148)
23, [1 blank], [3 (numbered [175]-177)], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. and 150 plates.Grand collection of collotype photographic plates of monuments, views and other scenes in Egypt and Nubia by the French photographer Émile Béchard. Each of the 150 plates is a...
Historie der Sevarambes. Volkeren die een gedeelte van het darde vast-land bewoonen, gemeenlijk Zuid-land genaamd...Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn, 1682. 4 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an engraved title-page by Jan Luiken (dated 1683), 16 engraved plates (including 4 signed by J. vanden Aveele), some decorated woodcut initials, ornamental woodcut tailpieces and three divisional title-pages for parts 2-4. Contemporary vellum.
Historie der Sevarambes. Volkeren die een gedeelte van het darde vast-land bewoonen, gemeenlijk Zuid-land genaamd...Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn, 1682. 4 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an engraved title-page by Jan Luiken (dated 1683), 16 engraved plates (including 4 signed by J. vanden Aveele), some decorated woodcut initials, ornamental woodcut tailpieces and three divisional title-pages for parts 2-4. Contemporary vellum.
VAIRASSE D’ALLAIS, Denis and Gerard van BROEKHUIZEN (translator). · 1656
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [12], 253, [1 blank]; 96 pp.Very rare, the first fully illustrated edition of this seventeenth-century imaginary voyage to western Australia, based on the story of the wreck of the VOC ship Vergulde Draeck in 1656. The plates are thus early - if...
Gedenkwaardige beschryving, van de achtjarige en zeer avontuurlyke reise van Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe van Hoorn, gedaan na Oost-Indien, bevattende vele wonderlyke en gevaarlyke zaken, my op dezelve reise wedervaren. Ook is hier bygevoegt een verhaal van Dirk Albertz. Raven, kommandeur op 't schip Spitsbergen, gedestineert na Groenland.Amsterdam, Barend Koene, [ca. 1820]. 4to. With a half-page woodcut portrait of Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe with the city of Hoorn in the background, 7 (near) half-page woodcut illustrations in the text and a small (typographic) floral tailpiece on the last page. The text of the Bontekoe story is set in Gothic type in two columns, while the tale of Dirk Albertz. Raven is set in a single column in Roman type. Modern half vellum.
Gedenkwaardige beschryving, van de achtjarige en zeer avontuurlyke reise van Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe van Hoorn, gedaan na Oost-Indien, bevattende vele wonderlyke en gevaarlyke zaken, my op dezelve reise wedervaren. Ook is hier bygevoegt een verhaal van Dirk Albertz. Raven, kommandeur op 't schip Spitsbergen, gedestineert na Groenland.Amsterdam, Barend Koene, [ca. 1820]. 4to. With a half-page woodcut portrait of Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe with the city of Hoorn in the background, 7 (near) half-page woodcut illustrations in the text and a small (typographic) floral tailpiece on the last page. The text of the Bontekoe story is set in Gothic type in two columns, while the tale of Dirk Albertz. Raven is set in a single column in Roman type. Modern half vellum.
BONTEKOE van HOORN, Willem Ysbrantsz. · 1587
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
64 pp.Chapbook-edition of the famous voyage by the famous Dutch VOC skipper and merchant Willem Ysbrantsz. Bontekoe (1587-1657), including the account of the voyage undertaken by another Dutch skipper and later commander in the whaling industry Dirk Albertsz. Raven (ca. 1589-a...
't Begin, midden en eynde der zee-rooveryen, van den alder-fameusten zee-roover, Claes G. Compaen, van Oostzanen in Kennemer-landt. Vervattende sijn wonderlijcke vreemde en lands schadelijcke drijf-tochten. Waer in vertoont wordt, hoe hy met weyningh schepen de zee onveyligh gemaeckt, een ongelooflijcke buyt, en groot getal van schepen van alle landen gerooft ende afgeloopen heeftAmsterdam, widow of Gijsbert de Groot, 1697. 8vo. With a large woodcut illustration of a Dutch merchant ship on the title page, three woodcut illustrations in the text (including 1 repeat of the title page illustration), and one large decorated woodcut initial. Later greyish-brown wrappers.
't Begin, midden en eynde der zee-rooveryen, van den alder-fameusten zee-roover, Claes G. Compaen, van Oostzanen in Kennemer-landt. Vervattende sijn wonderlijcke vreemde en lands schadelijcke drijf-tochten. Waer in vertoont wordt, hoe hy met weyningh schepen de zee onveyligh gemaeckt, een ongelooflijcke buyt, en groot getal van schepen van alle landen gerooft ende afgeloopen heeftAmsterdam, widow of Gijsbert de Groot, 1697. 8vo. With a large woodcut illustration of a Dutch merchant ship on the title page, three woodcut illustrations in the text (including 1 repeat of the title page illustration), and one large decorated woodcut initial. Later greyish-brown wrappers.
[MARITIME HISTORY - PIRACY - CLAES COMPAEN]. · 1587
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[1], [1 blank], [4], 42 pp.Very rare 17th-century edition, in the original Dutch, of the history of the famous Dutch privateer Claes Compaen (1587-1660). He was born at Oostzaan in the Netherlands and started his career as a merchant, but soon became undoubtedly the most darin...
De kluizenaar; of de weergalooze rampen, en verwonderenswaerdige gevallen van Filip Quarll, Engelschman.Rotterdam, Jan Daniel Beman, 1728. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, signed by Collan, a folding map of Quarll's island, and a folding plate of the shipwreck. The title page is printed in red and black and shows a small woodcut ornamental vignette, the work includes headpieces built up from typographic material, woodcut ornamental tailpieces, and woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary half tanned sheepskin, sprinkled paper sides, and a red paper label on the spine.
De kluizenaar; of de weergalooze rampen, en verwonderenswaerdige gevallen van Filip Quarll, Engelschman.Rotterdam, Jan Daniel Beman, 1728. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, signed by Collan, a folding map of Quarll's island, and a folding plate of the shipwreck. The title page is printed in red and black and shows a small woodcut ornamental vignette, the work includes headpieces built up from typographic material, woodcut ornamental tailpieces, and woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary half tanned sheepskin, sprinkled paper sides, and a red paper label on the spine.
[LONGUEVILLE, Peter]. · 1727
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
[16], 292, 189, [1] pp.The rare first edition of the Dutch translation of The Hermit: Or, the Unparalleled Sufferings And Surprising Adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, which was originally published in London in 1727. It is a derivative of Robinson Crusoe and recounts Quarll's s...
't Afgerukt Mom-aansight Der Tooverye ...Amsterdam, J. Rieuwertz, 1659. Small 8vo. WIth a woodcut title-vignette showing a witch on a broomstick leaving a house through the chimney (4.3 x 5.2 cm), 13 etched full-page illustrations on 8 plates by Salomon Savry. Contemporary overlapping vellum.
't Afgerukt Mom-aansight Der Tooverye ...Amsterdam, J. Rieuwertz, 1659. Small 8vo. WIth a woodcut title-vignette showing a witch on a broomstick leaving a house through the chimney (4.3 x 5.2 cm), 13 etched full-page illustrations on 8 plates by Salomon Savry. Contemporary overlapping vellum.
PALINGH, Abraham. · 1542
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[16], 429, [19] pp.An exceptionally rare first edition of a book focusing on the subjects of witchcraft, sorcery, demonology, and black magic. The author passionately expresses his dissatisfaction with the brutalities inflicted upon individuals accused of being witches, using ...