A. Asher & Co. B.V.

A narrative of the expedition to Holland in the autumn of the year 1799.London, for G.G. and J. Robinson (colophon: printed by S. Hamilton, Fleet Street), 1800. Large 4to. With a double-page engraved map of North Holland and 7 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf.

WALSH, Edward. · 1799

€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)

[2], ii, 164 pp.Rare first edition of an illustrated account of the Anglo-Russian invasion of North Holland in August 1799. In the so-called Helder Expedition, Russian and English troops attempted to restore the stadholderate to the House of Orange and liberate the Low Countri...

Costumes de Hollande.(ca. 1800). (ca. 28.2 x 20.1 cm). Green sheepskin with gilt single fillet and blind tooled decorative panel on boards.

[COSTUMES - NETHERLANDS]. · 1765

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

[24] pp.An attractive and finely preserved anonymous album containing 24 original watercolour drawings depicting men and women in traditional Dutch dress and regional costumes. Each drawing is executed on paper bearing the watermark of J. Honig & Zoonen (active 1765-1836), pla...

Relacion verdadera de la extraordinaria tormenta que ha tenido la armade Olandesa, y Inglesa, que estava sobre Dunquerque, y de como los nuestros le tomaron, y destruyeron toda su pescaria, y otros varios successos.Lisbon, Pedro Craesbeeck, 1625. Folio. Not bound.

[CÁDIZ EXPEDITION]. · 1625

€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)

[3], [1 blank] pp.Rare Spanish propagandistic news publication emphasizing the success of the Spanish fleet against the English and Dutch during the Anglo-Spanish and Eighty Years' War, discussing the heavy losses of the Anglo-Dutch fleet on their way to Cádiz in 1625. In 1624...

Verdadeira, e exacta noticia dos progressos de Thamas Kouli Khan Schach da Persia no imperio do Gram Mogôr, escrita na lingua Persiana em Delhy em 21. de Abril de 1739. e mandada a Roma por Mons. Voulton. Acrecentada com outras chegadas por varias partes, com hum mapa do thesouro do Gram Mogôr levado a Hispahan pelo mesmo Schach. Dadas á luz na lingua Portugueza.Lisbon, Antonio Correa Lemos, 1740. 4to (19.5 x 14 cm). With woodcut decorations. Modern half red goatskin morocco.

[VOULTON, Monsieur de?]. · 1739

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

19, [1 blank] pp.First Portuguese edition of a detailed description of the Shah of Persia's military campaign against the South Asian Mughal Empire. According to the title, the account was first written in Persian in Delhi, present-day northern India, in 1739 before being sent...

Relacam da celebre embaixada, que o Principe dos Bezancudos mandou ao Schach da Persia, Tha'mas Kouli-khan, para o conciliar seu Aliado temendo o seu poder; e se fez esta funçao em 8 de Junho deste presente anno de 1744. com huma breve noticia dos Bezancudos, e seu Paiz.Lisbon, Pedro Ferreira, 1744. 4to (19.5 x 13.5 cm). With a printer's device on the title-page. Modern half red morocco.

[PERSIA - ANONYMOUS]. · 1688

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

8 pp., with 28 additional blank, modern leaves.First and only Portuguese edition of an account of the embassy sent by the Prince of Bezancudos, a tribe located between Persia and Tartary, to the Shah of Persia. The Prince (or Chief) was afraid of Persia's emperor and the speed...

Oran conquistado ou relacam histórica, em que se dà noticia desta Praça, da sua conquista, e da sua perda, e restauraçaõ, colhida de varios avizos, e dedicada ao excellentissimo senhor D. Domingos Capecelatro, Marquez de Capecelatro, filho dos excellentissimos Duques de Siano, do Conselho de Sua Magestade Catholica na sua Camara de Indias, e seu Embayxador na Corte de Portugal.Lisbon, Pedro Ferreira, 1732. With: (2) MASCARENHAS, Jose Freire Monterroio. Oran conquistado, e defendido, relaçam historica em que se referem diariamente os successos militares, que tem havido depois da conquista desta Praça, no seu territorio, ate a Armada Real del Rey Catholico se recolher aos portos de Hespanha. Parte II.Lisbon, Pedro Ferreira, 1733.2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a full-page woodcut map of Oran and surrounding forts, a letterpress siege plan representing troops with typographic ornaments. Half mottled calf (ca. 1785?), gold-tooled red morocco spine label.

MASCARENHAS, Jose Freire Monterroio. · 1732

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

20, [3], [1 blank]; 16 pp.First and only editions of two rare Portuguese pamphlets describing the preparations for and the proceedings of the 1732 siege of Oran by the Spanish. The second was clearly designed to match the first, it calls itself “parte II” and they are often bo...

Noticia da destruiçam da Armada Argelina, que foya Turquia buscar soccoro para sitiar Oran por mar, e terra.Lisbon, Pedro Ferreira, 1733. 4to. Disbound

[MASCARENHAS, Jose Freire de Monterroyo]. · 1732

€850.00 ($936.85 | £709.13 | ¥149,604)

8 (p. 2 blank), [2 blank] pp.First and only edition of a rare Portuguese pamphlet describing the failed attempt of the Algerians, with the help of the Ottoman Empire, of defending the city of Oran during a siege of the city by the Spanish in 1732. In the text, the focus lies o...

Missive ofte placcaet van den coninck van Spangien ghesonden aenden hartoch van Lerma, aengaende het bannen ende verjaghen van de Moriscos, dat zijn de oude landtsaten vant coninckrijck van Valencien in Spangien.Enkhuizen, Jacob Lenaertsz Meyn, 1609. 4to. With an ornamental woodcut title vignette and a woodcut initial. Modern marbled paper over boards, new endpapers.

PHILIP III, King of Spain (Jan Huygen van LINSCHOTEN, translator). · 1563

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

[3] ll.First edition of the Dutch translation by Jan Hughen van Linschoten (ca. 1563-1611) of a proclamation decreed on 9 April 1609 by King Philip III of Spain (1578-1621), ordering the Duke of Lerma, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas (1552/53 - 1625), to expel the Moriscos...

Zee-journael, ofte autentijcq verhael, uyt d'annotatien van de heeren haer hoogh-mogende volmachtighde inde vloot, der doorluchtighste geunieerde Republique, en andere schriften, aengaende al het ghepasseerde, 't zedert 't vertreck van de vloot uyt Spanjaerts-gat na de Noort, tot het wederkeeren voor Goeree, met alle voorvallen in zee, ontmoetingen, ghevecht in Noorwegen, tempeesten, en wat in 't generael en particulier voorgevallen en geschiedt is, van den 13 juny tot den 6 octob. 1665.[Amsterdam?, Jacobus Venckel?], 1665. 4to. With an ornamental woodcut title-vignette. Contemporary half vellum, marbled sides.

[SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR - BATTLE OF VÅGEN - VOC]. · 1665

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

35, [1 blank] pp.Rare pamphlet written by an anonymous author, discussing the fascinating Battle of Vågen, the main port area of neutral Bergen in Norway, in August 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667), including its background and aftermath. The Second Anglo-Dut...

The boys' life of colonel Lawrence.London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., undated [c. 1930?]. 8vo. With 31 illustrations on 16 leaves; the first of the entrance to the lost city (Petra) through a narrow gorge functions as a frontispiece. Red cloth.

THOMAS, Lowell. · 1888

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

285, [1] pp.This biography of Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was written by Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) and was intended for younger readers. Thomas gives a somewhat romanticised and popularised description of Lawrence's early lif...

Sententien van den hoogen scheeps-krijghs-raede, jegens de capiteynen Govert vander Weppelen, Simon Holthuysen, Anthony vander Lith en Cornelis vander Hoeven. Gepronuncieert den vierden Mey, 1695.The Hague, Paulus Scheltus, 1695. 4to. With woodcut vignette and woodcut initials. Modern grey and purple marbled paper wrappers.

[MARITIME HISTORY - PIRACY - BATTLE OF TEXEL]. · 1694

€850.00 ($936.85 | £709.13 | ¥149,604)

14, [2 blank] pp.First and only edition of this pamphlet, discussing the condemnation of 4 Dutch captains for their cowardly conduct in the Battle of Texel on 29 June 1694 against the French privateer Jan Baert (1650-1702). They are Govert van der Weppelen, Simon Holthuysen, A...

Castella et prætoria nobilium Brabantiæ, coenobiaque celebriora, ad vivum delineata, in quatuor partes divisa: complectentes agrum Lovaniensem, Bruxellensem, Antverpiensem, et Sylvæ-Ducensem. Cum brevi eorundem descriptione, & gentilitiis toparcharum insignibus | Chateaux et maisons de campagne des gentilhommes du Brabant ... | Kasteelen en heeren huysen der edelen van Brabant ... Leiden, Peter van der Aa, 1699.With: (2) [ROY, Jacob le]. L'erection de toutes les terres, seigneuries, & familles titrees du Brabant. Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1699. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved frontispiece to part 1, 2 engraved title vignettes, 2 full-page engraved dedicatory plates, 1 engraved headpiece, vol. 1 with 211 engravings (4 folding maps, 1 folding plan, 14 folding plates, and 192 views in the text); vol. 2 with 1 folding map and 7 engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary sprinkled quarter calf, sewn on 8 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold, sprinkled paper sides, red and blue sprinkled edges.

ROY, Jacob le. · 1633

€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)

[6], 143, [4], 108 ll.Enlarged edition of a famous and extensively illustrated work on the duchy of Brabant, including Louvain, Brussels, Antwerp and 's-Hertogenbosch and their surroundings by the historiographer Jacob le Roy (1633-1719). This rare work contains maps, plans an...

Angelo's pic nic with twenty-four illustrations from contemporary drawings and prints in the collection of Joseph Grego with a prefatory note on the Angelo family.London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co Ltd., 1905. 2 vols. Large-8vo. With a frontispiece in vol. 1 and 110 illustrations mounted on separate leaves. Red cloth.

ANGELO, Henry and Rev. Charles SWYNNERTON. · 1834

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

XXXVII, [1], 122; [2], 123-267 (=145), [1] pp.A limited (1 of 500 copies), extra illustrated, 2 volume edition of Henry Angelo's Pic Nic. The present work is a new edition of Angelo's pic nic; or, table talk, including numerous recollections of public characters, who have figu...

The reminiscences of Henry Angelo ...London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1904. 4 volumes. Large 8vo (27.5 x 19 cm). The "extra illustrated" edition with 350 illustrations on 345 leaves; many illustrations are printed in colour.. Red cloth, with a gold-blocked image of Robineau's depiction of the celebrated fencing match between the Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Chevalier d'Eon in 1787 on the front board and gold lettering on spine, top edges gilt.

ANGELO, Henry, Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN and Hamilton LAVERS-SMITH. · 1756

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

XVI, 202; [2], 203-438, [2]; XXVI, 192; [2], 193-447, [1] pp.A limited (1000 copies), "extra illustrated", 4 volume edition of Henry Angelo's Reminiscences or memoirs. Henry Charles William Angelo (1756-1835) was an English fencing master and the son of the Italian fencing ma...

Akte van kaveling van Eijerland, (eiland Texel.) verdeeld in zes hoofddeelen. [The Netherlands], 1840. Folio. With the large folding map (87 x 74.5 cm) of Eijerland with hand-coloured in outline. Half beige leather, marbled paper sides.

[WADDEN ISLANDS - TEXEL] · 1835

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

[1], [1 blank],128 pp.Very rare work on the history of the Dutch Wadden Islands of Texel. In 1835, the marshes between Eierland and Texel, two separate islands at the time, were drained and poldered by Nicolas Joseph de Cock, to use the land for agricultural purposes. This uni...

Incitamentum & adiumentum. Dat is Opweckinge ende aanleydinge, tot het uytvinden van bequaame middelen en gronden om de zee-dycken, in Hollandt en West-Vrieslandt, tegens het soo dickwils doorbreecken en geduyrig afspoelen beter, als tot nog toe te beschermen en te bevreyden. Amsterdam, Paulus Matthijsz., 1702. With: (2a) [LISTINGH, Nicolaas]. Incitamentum & Adiumentum Secundum, dat is een tweede opwecking en aanleiding tot (...) van de oude magteloose Muyder-Zeedyk (...) nu ontdekt en wederlegt door N.L.Amsterdam, 1705.(2b) [LISTINGH, Nicolaas]. Na brief. Amsterdam, August 25, 1704. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 10 large folding engraved plates on dykes and dyke construction. Contemporary vellum

[LISTINGH, Nicolaas]. · 1702

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

[6], 86; 40, 4 pp.First edition of a rare work on dyke construction, illustrating the continuing battle of the Dutch against the sea. On April 5 1702, the dyke between Amsterdam and Muiden was breached, flooding the lands east of Amsterdam for the umpteenth time. Lawyer and no...

Zur Geschichte des Petraïschen Arabiens und seiner Bewohner.[Berlin, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences], 8 July 1824. 4to. Never bound.

RITTER, Carl. · 1779

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

189-223, [1 blank] pp.Cultural anthropological-historical lecture on the history of Arabia Petrea (also known as Rome's Arabian Province) and its population by the German historian and geographer Carl Ritter (1779-1859). This lecture was published as part of the Abhandlungen d...

Neder-landtschen Mercurius oft waerachtich verhael vande geschiedenissen van Nederlandt, ende oock van Duytschlandt, Spaengien, Italien, Vrankrijck ende Turckijen. Sedert den iare 1620. tot 1625. Brussel, Ian van Meerbeeck, 1625. 3 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an engraved vignette on the title page. 19th-century quarter brown calf, with a brown paper title label on the spine, lettered in gold, marbled paper sides.

MEERBEECK, Adriaen van. · 1620

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

[8], 156; [4], 192; [4], 40, 18, 73, [1 blank], 8, [16] pp.Rare first and only edition of a contemporary chronicle of the years 1620-1625 comprising multiple European countries: Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Turkey, and the Low Countries. It was written by the author and tran...

Syrie centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques publiées avec traduction et commentaire.Paris, J. Baudry, 1868. Folio With 16 plates reproducing inscriptions, plates 1-4, 6, 7, 12, 14 and 15 are engravings and plates 5, 8-11, 13 and 16 are lithographs. All are after drawings by Melchior de Vogüé and all except no. 12 were engraved or lithographed by E. Roussaux and printed by J. Grandjean in Paris. Plate no. 12 was engraved by L. Dardel and printed by Lamoureux in Paris. With additional illustrations in the text and parts of the text in Hebrew, Arabic, and Greek type. Modern half calf, marbled boards, silver lettering on spine.

VOGÜÉ, Melchior de. · 1861

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

[4], II, [2], 132 pp.Numerous inscriptions, mostly in Aramaic, can or could be found at the historical and archaeological sites in Syria and further south in the Middle East; for example, in places such as Palmyra and the Hauran region in Syria and the historical Nabatean King...

Palestine and Transjordan. Geographical handbook series.(colophon:) Oxford, University Press, December 1943. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 8vo. With 1 large folding map stored in a pocket on the back board of the communications of Palestine (air fields and landing grounds, railways, roads and sea plane moorings), 2 other folding maps (geological map of Palestine; map of Haifa Harbour), 1 double-page plan of the church of Holy Sepulchre and 58 other figures in the text. Also with 154 half-tone photographs, inserted on separate leaves and all numbered and captioned. Original publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettering on front board and spine.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. · 1939

€1,000.00 ($1,102.18 | £834.27 | ¥176,004)

XV, 621, [1 blank] pp.One of the limited official copies of the first published edition of a geographical handbook on Palestine and Transjordan (now Jordan). It was published as part of the British Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook series (also known as the "Ad...