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Excursion artistique en Dalmatie et au Monténégro.Paris, printed by Dubuisson & Co., 1860. Folio. With 12 full-page tinted lithographed views. Contemporary red half morocco with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine, fleurons on the spine, chemical marbled sides, brown sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers.

PELERIN, Charles.

€3,250.00 ($3,582.17 | £2,710.97 | ¥572,095)

30, [2 blank] pp.First edition of a rare and beautifully illustrated account of a journey through Dalmatia and Montenegro, documenting the Roman remains and picturesque landscapes of the eastern Adriatic. Published at a time when the eastern Adriatic was still little known to ...

[18th-century manuscript in French, concerning King Louis XVI and a dictionary of old French].[France?, second half of the 18th century]. Folio (ca. 36.5 x 23 cm). French manuscript on paper, written in a neat 18th-century hand in brown and black ink, 26-28 lines to the page. Repurposed vellum from a 17th-century manuscript, with the manuscript title "Miscellanea" on the front board and the spine, and 2 pairs of cloth ties.

[MANUSCRIPT - FRENCH]. · 1761

€1,750.00 ($1,928.86 | £1,459.75 | ¥308,051)

267, [2], [1 blank] pp.An extensive French manuscript compiled in the intellectually charged decades of the later 18th-century. Rather than forming a coherent treatise, the present work constitutes a personal anthology of extracts, reflections and copied texts spanning politic...

Opus quadragesimale ... in civitate Nan[n]eten[si] fuit per eu[m]dem publice declamatum ac nuper Parisius impressum.Paris, [André Bocard for Jean Petit], (colophon: 1 february 1506; note to the reader: 1507). 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With Petit's printer's device on the title page and several decorated woodcut initials in the text, the work is printed in two columns.18th-century gold-tooled marbled calf.

MAILLARD, Olivier. · 1430

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

102, [22] ll.First edition of 55 sermons delivered at Nantes by the famous Franciscan preacher Olivier Maillard (ca. 1430-1502). In his sermons Maillard chastises all classes of society, attacking the vices and abuses he encountered among rich and poor alike. His language is a...

Verdades eternas, confirmadas con la Sagrada Escritura, y expuestas en decimas castellanas para conservarlas facilmente en la memoria.Mexico, Heirs of Joseph de Jauregui, 1794. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With a full-page engraving of San Ignacio de Loyola by Aguera and several woodcut borders and tailpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf.

LOZANO, Francisco Xavier. · 1721

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

XIV, 168; 172, [1] pp.Rare poetical work combining Catholic theology with a mnemonic method of instruction. It explains Catholic doctrinal principles using Spanish décimas (ten-line stanzas) to make them easier to memorise. Each page is arranged in two columns, with the poems ...

Van den heuschen burgerlycken ommegangh ... waer in een yeder onderwesen ende gheleert werdt, hoe hy hem met allerley lieden, heusch, beleeft, geschickt, behoorlijck ende aenghenaem, sal hebben te draghen.Alkmaar, Jacob de Meester and Gomes van Triere, 1603. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on title-page, with some woodcut initials, and headpieces. Contemporary overlapping vellum.

GUAZZO, Stefano and Gomes van TRIERE (translator). · 1530

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

[8], 439, [21], [1 blank] pp; [47 blank] ll.Rare first and only Dutch Edition of Stefano Guazzo’s (1530-1593) important work on courtesy and manners, translated into Dutch by Gomes van Triere of Mechelen, who was residing in Amsterdam at the time. This first Dutch edition was ...

Zinspelende gedigjes, op de geestige printjes ge-etst door Pieter de Mare, na de teekeningen van mejuffrouw Christina Chalon.Leiden, Frans de Does, 1779. 4to. With an engraved portrait of the author and 32 etched illustrations by Pieter de Mare after Christina Chalon. Splendid contemporary (late 18th-century) gold-tooled red morocco, with a smooth spine, bound by the so-called Second Dissertation Bindery (Leiden ca. 1780-ca. 1794; Storm van Leeuwen IIA, pp. 350-358). Both boards show two gold-tooled connected floral frames (all the same roll) with 4 corner pieces on the inside of the inner frame and a large lozenge shaped centrepiece built up from multiple impressions of 3 different floral stamps. Further with a gold-tooled spine and board edges, marbled endpapers.

FRANCQ VAN BERKHEY, Johannes le. · 1748

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

32 pp.Rare and beautiful picture book for children based on a collection of drawings by Christina Chalon (1748-1808). They were made in the style of Adriaan van Ostade, and most drawings relate to children, showing children walking with their parents, being carried by grown-up...

Nauwkeurige afbeelding der lijk-statie van haare doorluchtige hoogheid Maria Louisa, geboren Princesse van Hessen-Kassel, douairière van Johan Willem Friso, Prins van Orange en Nassau ...[Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda, 1765]. Oblong folio. With an engraved coat-of-arms as a headpiece, and 22 full-page engraved plates by Rienk Jelgerhuis. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf.

FERWERDA, Abraham and Rienk JELGERHUIS (engraver). · 1688

€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)

[10] pp.A rare first and only edition of this finely illustrated funeral publication, published on the occasion of the solemn obsequies of Maria Louisa of Hesse-Kassel (1688-1765), Princess Consort of Orange as the wife of Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711). She served as regent d...

The Spanish pretensions fairly discussed.London, printed by George Bigg, sold by P. Elmsly and J. Stockdale, [1790]. 8vo. Disbound, kept in a plastic folder.

DALRYMPLE, Alexander. · 1737

€7,500.00 ($8,266.55 | £6,256.09 | ¥1,320,219)

19, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of this rare political tract by the Scottish geographer, hydrographer, and publisher Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808), written at the height of Anglo-Spanish tensions over territorial sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest. In this work, Da...

De rebus nuper in Italia gestis libri octo.Nuremberg, Johann Petreius, 1532. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and several decorated woodcut initials in the text. 19th-century gold-tooled mottled calf.

CAPELLA, Galeazzo Flavio. · 1521

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

75, [1 blank] ll.Important contemporary account of the Italian Wars of 1521-1530 by Galeazzo Flavio Capella (1487-1537), a diplomat and minister in the service of Francesco II Sforza (1495-1535), Duke of Milan, who was closely involved in the events he describes. The work deal...

Voyage de découvertes dans la partie septentrionale de l'Océan Pacifique, fait par le capitaine W.R. Broughton, commandant la corvette de S.M.B. la Providence et sa conserve, pendant les années 1795, 1796, 1797 et 1798; dans lequel il a parcouru et visité la côte d'Asie, depuis le 35° degré nord, jusqu'au 52°; l'île d'Insu, ordinairement appelée Jesso; les côtes Nord, Est et Sud du Japon; les îles de Likeujo et autres îles voisines, ainsi que la côte de Corée.Paris, Dentu, 1807. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a large folding engraved map of the North-East coast of Asia and Japan, a folding engraved map of the islands Likeujo and Madjicosemah, 4 large folding engraved plates with plans and views of harbours and coastlines in Japan, Taiwan, and China, and a full-page engraved plate showing the costumes of Volcan's Bay. Contemporary gold-tooled tree-marbled calf.

BROUGHTON, William Robert. · 1757

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

[6], XXXII, 243, [3]; [4], 341, [1] pp.First edition of the French translation of the account of an important expedition to the North Pacific, one of the most important ever made to the northwest coast of America. It was undertaken on the orders of the British Admiralty in ord...

Panorama van Utrecht vervaardigd in het etablissement van P.W. van de Weijer.Utrecht, widow of Herfkens and son, [1859]. Narrow oblong 8vo (ca. 8.5 x 19 cm). With 32 chromolithographed views, each measuring 7.5 x 18 cm. Contemporary blind stamped red cloth.

BOS, Jan and Pieter Wilhelmus van de WEIJER. · 1832

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

First edition of a leporello consisting of 32 coloured lithographs by Jan Bos (1832-1897), together forming a continuous panoramic view of the city of Utrecht. The panorama shows the outer canal that surrounds the city centre. It starts at the former Wittevrouwenpoort and show...

Colloquia et dictionariolum septem linguarum, Belgicae, Anglicae, Tevtonicae, Latinae, Italicae, Hispanicae, Gallicae. ... Colloques ou dialogues, avec un dictionaire en sept language, Flamen, Anglois, Allemat, Latin, Italien, Espaignol & Francois, ... Colloquien of t samensprekingen, met eenen vocabulaer in seven spraken, Neerduytsch, Engelsen, Hoochduytsch, Latijn, Italiens, Spaens, ende Fransois, van nieu verbetert ende vermeerdert van vier colloquien, seer nut ende profitelik tot der coopmanschap, reyse, ende anderen handelinghen.Liège, Henricus Hovius, 1610. Oblong 16mo in 8s (9 x 12 cm). Contemporary sheepskin parchment.

BERLAIMONT, Noël de. · 1610

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

[400] pp.Rare 1610 Liège edition of one of the most successful and remarkable multilingual phrasebooks of all time. The colloquia and dictionary offered its readers handy phrases in seven languages: Flemish, English, German Latin, French, Spanish and Italian, printed in that o...

Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from drawings by Captn. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards F.R.S. Member of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne.London, Robert Jennings, 1826. Large folio. With 62 steel-engraved plates, frontispiece and tail-piece included. Each plate is present two times, in different states. All plates are after drawings by the author engraved by among others W.R. Smith, E. Finden, R. Wallis, W. Woolnoth, and others. Contemporary half red morocco.

BATTY, Robert. · 1789

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

[189] ll.Fine plate book illustrated with a steel-engraved frontispiece, 60 full-page steel engravings, and a steel-engraved tail-piece. Each plate is accompanied by descriptive text in both English and French and is issued in 2 different versions, offering alternate impressio...

Hollandiae comitum historia et icones. Cum selectis scholiis ad lectoris lucem eiusdem Barlandi Caroli Burgundiae Ducis vita. Item Ultraiectensium episcoporum catalogus & resgestae. Eiusdem argumenti libellus Gerardo Noviomago auctore.Frankfurt, Johann Wechel for Sigmund Feyerabend, 1585. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With a woodcut portrait of Gertrude of Saxony on the title page (repeated on p. 25), a woodcut printer's device of Feyerabend on the divisional title page of part 2, a variant of his printer's device on the verso of the last page, 37 half-page woodcut portraits by Jost Amman (all except the first three accompanied by their coats of arms), several decorated woodcut initials, and head- and tailpieces. With: (2) BARLANDUS, Hadrianus. Traiectensium episcoporum catalogus et eorum res gestae.Frankfurt am Main, Johann Wechel for Sigmund Feyerabend, 1585. 17th-century vellum.

BARLANDUS, Hadrianus. · 1539

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

[16], "393" [=391], [1 blank]; 109, [1] pp.First edition of Barlandus's history of the counts of Holland and Zeeland to include the fine woodcut portraits by the celebrated Swiss-German artist Jost Amman (1539-1591). The work presents the counts in chronological order, beginni...

[Watercolour view of Sulzburg].[Sulzburg, southern Germany], November 1796. Ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm.

[WATERCOLOUR - SULZBURG]. · 1797

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

Original watercolour with a view of Sulzburg in southern Germany, drawn in 1797 by an unidentified French officer serving with the Army of Condé. The town is shown in its mountainous surroundings, with houses, inhabitants, and soldiers in the foreground. In the extensive manus...

[Collection of nine watercolour military scenes].[France and Germany, 1795-1797]. With 9 watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm), all captioned in French.

[WATERCOLOURS - MILITARY]. · 1795

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

Remarkable collection of nine contemporary watercolours recording the campaigns of the French émigré Army of Condé along the Rhine in 1795-1797, likely drawn by an unidentified officer serving with the army. The watercolours depict camps, inspections, troop movements and battl...

[Three watercolours of Badenweiler Castle and its surroundings].1796-1797. With three watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 17.7 cm), with manuscript captions in French.

[WATERCOLOURS - GERMANY - BADENWEILER CASTLE]. · 1796

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)

Three original watercolours with views of the town of Badenweiler, near Strasbourg, drawn by an unidentified French officer serving with the Army of Condé. They show Badenweiler Castle, a map of the town and its surroundings, and a plan of the Roman baths, which are among the ...

[View of the ruins of the castle of Limbourg].[Limbourg], 13 May 1796. Ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm.

[WATERCOLOUR - LIMBURG]. · 1796

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

Original watercolour showing the ruins of the castle of Limbourg and the troops stationed below, drawn on 13 May 1796 by an unidentified French officer serving with the Army of Condé. In the extensive manuscript caption, the artist records visiting a military post at the castl...

View of the castle Furstenberg. [Fürstenberg Castle near Hüfingen, Germany, 1796]. Ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm. Watercolour.

[WATERCOLOUR - GERMANY]. · 1796

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

Original watercolour with a view of Fürstenberg Castle and the ruins Burg Fürstenberg near Hüfingen in Germany, the nearby military camp at Gutmadingen, and the Danube River in the background. The soldiers made camp at Gutmadingen for two months from 18th July 1796. It was dra...

[View of a house in the Black Forest].5 May 1797. Ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm.

[WATERCOLOUR - BLACK FOREST]. · 1797

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

Original watercolour showing a house in the Black Forest near Löffingen, where the artist stayed on 5 May 1797, drawn by an unidentified French officer serving with the Army of Condé. The isolated building is shown amid the mountainous landscape, with several figures travellin...