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Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d’el origen descendencia y succession de los reyes de Persia, y de Harmuz, y de un viage hecho por el mismo autor dende la India oriental hasta Italia por tierra.Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen, 1610. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. 18th-century quarter calf over marbled boards.
Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d’el origen descendencia y succession de los reyes de Persia, y de Harmuz, y de un viage hecho por el mismo autor dende la India oriental hasta Italia por tierra.Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen, 1610. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. 18th-century quarter calf over marbled boards.
TEIXEIRA, Pedro, [Mir KHWAND and Turan SHAH]. · 1563
€48,000.00 ($52,905.94 | £40,038.96 | ¥8,449,404)
[8], 384, [8], "115" [= 215], [17] pp.First edition of a "history of the kings of Persia compiled from the Persian histories of Mir Khwand and Turan Shah" (Howgego), in the original Spanish, by the Portuguese merchant adventurer Pedro Teixeira (1563-1645?). It is one of the ea...
Opera. De naturalium effectuum admirandorum causis, seu de incantationibus liber. item de fato: libero arbitrio: praedestinatione: providentia dei, libri V. In quibus difficillima capita & quaestiones theologicae & philosophicae ex sana orthodoxae fidei doctrina explicantur ... Basel, Heinrich Petri, (colophon:) March 1567. 8vo. With the woodcut printer’s device of Petri on the verso of the last leaf, several woodcut historiated initials throughout. 17th-century overlapping vellum.
Opera. De naturalium effectuum admirandorum causis, seu de incantationibus liber. item de fato: libero arbitrio: praedestinatione: providentia dei, libri V. In quibus difficillima capita & quaestiones theologicae & philosophicae ex sana orthodoxae fidei doctrina explicantur ... Basel, Heinrich Petri, (colophon:) March 1567. 8vo. With the woodcut printer’s device of Petri on the verso of the last leaf, several woodcut historiated initials throughout. 17th-century overlapping vellum.
POMPONAZZI, Pietro · 1520
€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)
[60], 1015, [1] pp.Rare edition containing the first appearance in print of Pomponazzi's Libri quinque de fato, de libero arbitrio, et de praedestinatione ("Five Books on Fate, Free Will, and Predestination"), together with the De naturalium effectuum admirandorum causis ("On ...
Las continuas vitorias que ha tenido el Serenissimo, y Potentissimo Vladislao Quarto Rey de Polonia, Suecia, & y las capitulaciones que admitio para la paz perpetua entre los Moscovitas, y su Reyno de Polonia en este año de 1634.Madrid, Alonso Martin (de Balboa), 1634. Folio (28 x 20 cm). Decorated paper wrappers.
Las continuas vitorias que ha tenido el Serenissimo, y Potentissimo Vladislao Quarto Rey de Polonia, Suecia, & y las capitulaciones que admitio para la paz perpetua entre los Moscovitas, y su Reyno de Polonia en este año de 1634.Madrid, Alonso Martin (de Balboa), 1634. Folio (28 x 20 cm). Decorated paper wrappers.
[POLISH-OTTOMAN WAR OF 1633-1634].
€1,750.00 ($1,928.86 | £1,459.75 | ¥308,051)
[4] pp.First edition of a remarkable relation, full of political and anti-Ottoman content, of the victories obtained in battle by the King of Poland: particularly, the engagements against Abasa Baxa, sent by the Ottoman ruler to invade Poland with a force of 3000[?] Ottoman so...
[34 photographic prints of Egypt, Jerusalem and Turkey].[1880-1900]. With 34 albumen prints (various sizes), of which most signed and captioned in French in the negative, several with a manuscript caption in the lower margin. The photographs are mounted on cardstock or in a passe-partout, the two largest photographs are mounted on opposite sides of the same sheet of thick cardboard.
[34 photographic prints of Egypt, Jerusalem and Turkey].[1880-1900]. With 34 albumen prints (various sizes), of which most signed and captioned in French in the negative, several with a manuscript caption in the lower margin. The photographs are mounted on cardstock or in a passe-partout, the two largest photographs are mounted on opposite sides of the same sheet of thick cardboard.
[PHOTOGRAPHY - PALESTINE - EGYPT].
€6,500.00 ($7,164.35 | £5,421.94 | ¥1,144,190)
Collection of 34 loose albumen photographs of Egypt and Palestine, with one view of Istanbul, by some of the leading commercial photographers active in the Middle East during the late nineteenth century. The collection includes twelve photographs by Félix Bonfils, six by Anton...
Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver beschryvingen. Icones plantarum officinalium cum earum descriptionibus.Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp and son, "1794" [= 1796] - 1800 (or 1801). 6 volumes. 8vo. With a wood-engraved vignette on the title page of each volume and 600 numbered full-page engraved plates (100 in each volume), all coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver beschryvingen. Icones plantarum officinalium cum earum descriptionibus.Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp and son, "1794" [= 1796] - 1800 (or 1801). 6 volumes. 8vo. With a wood-engraved vignette on the title page of each volume and 600 numbered full-page engraved plates (100 in each volume), all coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
[OSKAMP, Dirk Leonard, Maarten HOUTTUYN and Carl KRAUSS]. · 1739
€6,950.00 ($7,660.34 | £5,797.31 | ¥1,223,403)
[1], [1 blank], XVI, 102, [4]; [8], 101, [1 blank], [4]; [4], 101, [1 blank]; [4], II, [2], 100, [4]; [8],100, [2]; [1], [1 blank], IV, [1], [1 blank],1-36, 1-101, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of the Dutch adaptation of Johannes Zorn's (1739-1799) celebrated Icones plan...
Beschrijvinge der stadt Leyden. Inhoudende ’t begin, den voortgang, ende den wasdom der selver: … In desen tweeden druck, boven vele vermeerderingen, vergroot met een derde deel, inhoudende den staet ende regeringe der stad Leyden …Leiden, printed by Jan Jansz. van Dorp for Andries Jansz. Cloeting (Delft) and Abraham Commelin (Leiden), 1641. 3 parts in one volume. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page depicting the coat of arms of Leiden within an oval banderol inscribed ‘Haec libertatis ergo’. The work contains a folding engraved plan of Leiden, after Jan Pietersz. Dou, with a profile view of the city above, two folding engraved maps of Leiden and its surroundingsAlso included are 6 folding double-page plates engraved by Willem de Haen for the first edition of 1614 (usually not present in the second edition), depicting various scenes from the siege and relief of Leiden. Each plate is framed by curious allegorical half-figures of partly nude men or women standing on pedestals.Contemporary vellum.
Beschrijvinge der stadt Leyden. Inhoudende ’t begin, den voortgang, ende den wasdom der selver: … In desen tweeden druck, boven vele vermeerderingen, vergroot met een derde deel, inhoudende den staet ende regeringe der stad Leyden …Leiden, printed by Jan Jansz. van Dorp for Andries Jansz. Cloeting (Delft) and Abraham Commelin (Leiden), 1641. 3 parts in one volume. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page depicting the coat of arms of Leiden within an oval banderol inscribed ‘Haec libertatis ergo’. The work contains a folding engraved plan of Leiden, after Jan Pietersz. Dou, with a profile view of the city above, two folding engraved maps of Leiden and its surroundingsAlso included are 6 folding double-page plates engraved by Willem de Haen for the first edition of 1614 (usually not present in the second edition), depicting various scenes from the siege and relief of Leiden. Each plate is framed by curious allegorical half-figures of partly nude men or women standing on pedestals.Contemporary vellum.
ORLERS, Jan Janszoon. · 1570
€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)
[32], 380 [= 378]; [379]-[576]; [577]-738, [13] pp.Second, enlarged, and best edition of this important history and description of the city of Leiden by the Dutch historian, bookseller, and magistrate Jan Janszoon Orlers (1570-1646). For this edition Orlers added an entirely n...
Franklin's CIA maps of the Middle East Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates the Persian Gulf and Iraq.King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA, Franklin Maps, [after 1986 (and probably before 1991)]. Ca. 87.5 x 114 cm. Three maps printed in colour on one large sheet of paper: one large overview map of the Middle East (also showing parts of the Soviet Union, North Africa, and Turkey) on one side, and the "title page" with two smaller maps - one of Iraq and one of the countries around the Persian Gulf - on the other side. Folded.
Franklin's CIA maps of the Middle East Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates the Persian Gulf and Iraq.King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA, Franklin Maps, [after 1986 (and probably before 1991)]. Ca. 87.5 x 114 cm. Three maps printed in colour on one large sheet of paper: one large overview map of the Middle East (also showing parts of the Soviet Union, North Africa, and Turkey) on one side, and the "title page" with two smaller maps - one of Iraq and one of the countries around the Persian Gulf - on the other side. Folded.
[MAPS - MIDDLE EAST - CIA]. · 1972
€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)
Colourful declassified CIA map of the Middle East, probably depicting the situation between January 1972, when the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was founded, and 21 August 1974, when the Treaty of Jeddah was signed. On the present map the UAE still shares a direct border with Qat...
Der Islam einst und jetzt. Monographien zur Weltgeschichte 32.Bielefeld and Leipzig, Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1914. Folio. With a folding map of the Islamic caliphates before 945 and the Ottoman Empire, 4 full-page colour plates, and numerous black and white photographs in the text. Original gold-stamped half blue and half white cloth.
Der Islam einst und jetzt. Monographien zur Weltgeschichte 32.Bielefeld and Leipzig, Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1914. Folio. With a folding map of the Islamic caliphates before 945 and the Ottoman Empire, 4 full-page colour plates, and numerous black and white photographs in the text. Original gold-stamped half blue and half white cloth.
MANN, Traugott. · 1857
€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)
[5], 159, [3] pp.First and only edition of a history of Islam, with a remarkable handwritten note by the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936). Published as volume 32 of the series Monographien zur Weltgeschichte, the work gives an overview of the history o...
[Portfolio with photographic prints of landmarks in Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt].1898. With 32 albumen prints (ca. 18.5 x 25.7 cm and ca. 23.5 x 27.7 cm) mounted on cardstock, most signed and captioned in French the negative, a German manuscript caption in red ink below. Contemporary portfolio, half green morocco and dark blue pebble-grained cloth sides, with "Orient-Reise 1898" and "H. B." stamped in gold on the front board, lined with floral paper, green closing ties.
[Portfolio with photographic prints of landmarks in Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt].1898. With 32 albumen prints (ca. 18.5 x 25.7 cm and ca. 23.5 x 27.7 cm) mounted on cardstock, most signed and captioned in French the negative, a German manuscript caption in red ink below. Contemporary portfolio, half green morocco and dark blue pebble-grained cloth sides, with "Orient-Reise 1898" and "H. B." stamped in gold on the front board, lined with floral paper, green closing ties.
IRANIAN, Mihran; Maison BONFILS; ZANGAKI BROTHERS & AMERICAN COLONY PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT. · 1898
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
Collection of 32 albumen photographs of Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt, assembled by a German traveller who took part in an organised journey accompanying Kaiser Wilhelm II's state visit to the Ottoman Empire in 1898. Preserved in a portfolio with the title "Orient-Reise 1898. H...
Nosce te ipsum, vel anatomicum vivum, oder: kurz gefastes doch richtig gestelltes anatomisches werck ... auff begehren zum andernmahl zum druck befördert.Frankfurt and Leipzig, Hieronymus Philipp Ritschel, [1720]. Folio. With the title printed in red and black, engraved author's portrait on the title page, and 4 engraved anatomical plates with movable parts by Johann Heinrich Werner. Later half vellum, and marbled sides.
Nosce te ipsum, vel anatomicum vivum, oder: kurz gefastes doch richtig gestelltes anatomisches werck ... auff begehren zum andernmahl zum druck befördert.Frankfurt and Leipzig, Hieronymus Philipp Ritschel, [1720]. Folio. With the title printed in red and black, engraved author's portrait on the title page, and 4 engraved anatomical plates with movable parts by Johann Heinrich Werner. Later half vellum, and marbled sides.
HELLWIG, Christoph von. · 1663
€2,250.00 ($2,479.97 | £1,876.83 | ¥396,066)
[8], 42 pp.Second edition of Christoph von Hellwig's (1663-1721) popular anatomical atlas, edited by his son Theodorus Andreas Hellwig. First published in 1716, the work enjoyed considerable success as an accessible guide to human anatomy, with a third edition appearing in 174...
Zodiacus Christianus locupletatus: seu signa XII. divinae praedestinationis; totidem symbolis explicata.Munich, Melchior Segen, 1631. 12mo. With an engraved title page and 12 full-page engraved emblems by Raphael Sadeler. Contemporary vellum with two brass clasps, blue edges.
Zodiacus Christianus locupletatus: seu signa XII. divinae praedestinationis; totidem symbolis explicata.Munich, Melchior Segen, 1631. 12mo. With an engraved title page and 12 full-page engraved emblems by Raphael Sadeler. Contemporary vellum with two brass clasps, blue edges.
DREXEL, Jeremias and Raphael SADELER (engraver). · 1581
€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)
[19], 1-124, 127-183 pp.Revised and enlarged edition of one of the most attractive emblem books by the Jesuit author Jeremias Drexel (1581-1638). Born in Augsburg and active for most of his career in Munich, Drexel was among the most celebrated Catholic devotional writers of t...
Emblemata amoris.Augsburg, 1622-1631, (colophon first volume: Augsburg, printed by Luca Schultes, for the engraver Raphael Custos, 1623). 2 volumes bound as 1. Small 4to. With 2 engraved title pages, each with the title in a large scrollwork cartouche and the arms of the dedicatee, Philipp Heinhofer or Hainhofer, 50 numbered oval emblems in rectangles (8.5 x 12 cm) in the first volume. The second volume has, besides the engraved title page, 23 wholly engraved leaves, each with an emblem (9.5 x 10.5 cm) with the German motto above, a Latin distich below, and below that a 4-line German verse. The emblem pages in both volumes are printed on the rectos only except for the colophon on the back of the last emblem in volume 1. 17th-century sheepskin parchment.
Emblemata amoris.Augsburg, 1622-1631, (colophon first volume: Augsburg, printed by Luca Schultes, for the engraver Raphael Custos, 1623). 2 volumes bound as 1. Small 4to. With 2 engraved title pages, each with the title in a large scrollwork cartouche and the arms of the dedicatee, Philipp Heinhofer or Hainhofer, 50 numbered oval emblems in rectangles (8.5 x 12 cm) in the first volume. The second volume has, besides the engraved title page, 23 wholly engraved leaves, each with an emblem (9.5 x 10.5 cm) with the German motto above, a Latin distich below, and below that a 4-line German verse. The emblem pages in both volumes are printed on the rectos only except for the colophon on the back of the last emblem in volume 1. 17th-century sheepskin parchment.
CUSTOS, Raphael. · 1590
€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)
[6], 50; [24] ll. including the engraved title pages and 23 engraved emblem leaves.Beautiful German emblem book (volume 1 with verses in German and Latin, volume 2 in German with Latin distichs), with large love emblems engraved by Raphael Custos (1590-1664) after the Amorum e...
Cocus bonus ofte geestelijcke sinne-beelden ende godtvruchtighe uyt-legginghen op alle de gereetschappen van den kock. Bruges, Franciscus Beernaerts, [between 1739 and 1762].With:(2) CROON, Petrus. Cocus Bonus. Tweede deel, ofte geestelycke bemerckingen op de tafel ende spysen maeltyt. Bruges, Widow of P.J. Vincent, [between 1731 and 1769]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Ad 1: with an engraved portrait of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614-1662) mounted on the verso of the second flyleaf as a frontispiece. Further with a woodcut ornament on the title page and some woodcut head- and tailpieces. Ad 2: with a woodcut ornament on the title page and a headpiece built up from typographic ornaments. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine with a black title label lettered in gold, simple blind-tooled fillets on the boards, red sprinkled edges.
Cocus bonus ofte geestelijcke sinne-beelden ende godtvruchtighe uyt-legginghen op alle de gereetschappen van den kock. Bruges, Franciscus Beernaerts, [between 1739 and 1762].With:(2) CROON, Petrus. Cocus Bonus. Tweede deel, ofte geestelycke bemerckingen op de tafel ende spysen maeltyt. Bruges, Widow of P.J. Vincent, [between 1731 and 1769]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Ad 1: with an engraved portrait of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614-1662) mounted on the verso of the second flyleaf as a frontispiece. Further with a woodcut ornament on the title page and some woodcut head- and tailpieces. Ad 2: with a woodcut ornament on the title page and a headpiece built up from typographic ornaments. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine with a black title label lettered in gold, simple blind-tooled fillets on the boards, red sprinkled edges.
CROON, Petrus. · 1634
€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)
[1], [1 blank], [18], 207, [1]; "314" [= 312] pp.Rare 18th-century edition of a curious moralistic work by Petrus Croon (1634-1682) who was a Regular Canon of St. Martin ("prieuré du Trone de Sainte-Marie à Saint-Martin") at Louvain, belonging to the Congregation of Windesheim...
Der plauische Grund bei Dresden, mit Hinsicht auf Naturgeschichte und schöne Gartenkunst.Nuremberg, Frauenholzischen Kunsthandlung, 1799. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. The first part with a fine large folding engraved map and 16 full engraved plates of the "Plauische Grund" between Dresden and Tharand, the second part with 1 folding and 7 full-page hand-coloured engraved plates, illustrating profiles and geological structures of the region and insects. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt.
Der plauische Grund bei Dresden, mit Hinsicht auf Naturgeschichte und schöne Gartenkunst.Nuremberg, Frauenholzischen Kunsthandlung, 1799. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. The first part with a fine large folding engraved map and 16 full engraved plates of the "Plauische Grund" between Dresden and Tharand, the second part with 1 folding and 7 full-page hand-coloured engraved plates, illustrating profiles and geological structures of the region and insects. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt.
BECKER, Wilhelm Gottlieb (editor). · 1751
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
XII, 128; [4], 120 pp.Rare work on landscape gardening, this copy complete with the usually lacking part on natural history. "Meisterwerk der Dresdner Landschaftskunst des späten 18. Jahrhunderts" (Lanck.-Oehler). Twelve of the very fine views of the first part are made after ...
De settanta due interpreti, scrittor greco.Florence, Lorenzo Torrentino, 1550. 8vo (17.4 x 10.5 cm). With a woodcut device on the title page, and 2 woodcut decorated initials. 17th-century vellum.
De settanta due interpreti, scrittor greco.Florence, Lorenzo Torrentino, 1550. 8vo (17.4 x 10.5 cm). With a woodcut device on the title page, and 2 woodcut decorated initials. 17th-century vellum.
ARISTEAS, Pseudo and Lodovico DOMENICHI (translator). · 1515
€2,750.00 ($3,031.07 | £2,293.90 | ¥484,080)
142 pp.First edition of Lodovico Domenichi’s (1515-1564) Italian translation of the Letter of Aristeas, printed in Florence by Lorenzo Torrentino in 1550, and published more than a decade before the Greek editio princeps of 1561. The Letter of Aristeas, attributed to the Alexa...
Sun and flare.Dharan, Saudi Arabia, Arabian American Oil Company, 1959. Folio (ca. 35.5 x 25 cm). With black-and-white photographic illustrations throughout. loosely included at the back is a calendar for the year 1960 (and 1379-1380 AH) captioned "Happy 1960 from the staff of Sun and Flare 1960/1379,80" and marked on the calendar are non-work Tuesdays. Publisher's gold- and blind-stamped pebble-grained black cloth.
Sun and flare.Dharan, Saudi Arabia, Arabian American Oil Company, 1959. Folio (ca. 35.5 x 25 cm). With black-and-white photographic illustrations throughout. loosely included at the back is a calendar for the year 1960 (and 1379-1380 AH) captioned "Happy 1960 from the staff of Sun and Flare 1960/1379,80" and marked on the calendar are non-work Tuesdays. Publisher's gold- and blind-stamped pebble-grained black cloth.
[ARAMCO]. · 1959
€1,750.00 ($1,928.86 | £1,459.75 | ¥308,051)
Special, nicely bound edition of all 1959 issues of Aramco's in-house weekly newspaper, published and bound together for presentation as a New Year's gift - presumably for Aramco staff and associates. The newspaper issues and especially the present New Year's edition are all v...
[Two watercolours of Winterspüren].[Winterspüren], 20 May and 11 July 1797. With two watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm), with manuscript captions in French.
[Two watercolours of Winterspüren].[Winterspüren], 20 May and 11 July 1797. With two watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm), with manuscript captions in French.
[WATERCOLOURS - GERMANY - WINTERSPÜREN]. · 1797
€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)
Two original watercolours of Winterspüren in southern Germany, drawn in May and July 1797 by an unidentified French officer serving with the Army of Condé. One gives a panoramic view of the village and its hilly surroundings, while the other shows the main street, with the chu...
[Three watercolours of Orsingen and its inhabitants].[Orsingen, southern Germany], 15-18 May 1797. With three watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm), with manuscript captions in French.
[Three watercolours of Orsingen and its inhabitants].[Orsingen, southern Germany], 15-18 May 1797. With three watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm), with manuscript captions in French.
[WATERCOLOURS - GERMANY - ORSINGEN]. · 1797
€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)
Three original watercolours recording Orsingen, near Stockach in southern Germany, and its inhabitants in May 1797, drawn by an unidentified French officer serving with the Army of Condé. During his stay in the village, the artist lodged with the local priest, and the watercol...
[Four views on the city and waters of Bertrich].[Bertrich, Germany, July and August 1792]. With 4 watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm), with manuscript captions in French.
[Four views on the city and waters of Bertrich].[Bertrich, Germany, July and August 1792]. With 4 watercolours (each ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm), with manuscript captions in French.
[WATERCOLOURS - GERMANY - BERTRICH].
€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)
Four original watercolours with views on the German village Bertrich, an ancient vulcanic hill, the warm spring and its surroundings, situated in the Eiffel between Aachen and Trier, along the river Mosel. The village is famous for its thermal baths, and spas, fed by warms spr...
[Watercolour view of Chateau de Langenstein].[Southern Germany], 15 May 1797. Ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm.
[Watercolour view of Chateau de Langenstein].[Southern Germany], 15 May 1797. Ca. 11.5 x 17.5 cm.
[WATERCOLOUR - CHATEAU DE LANGENSTEIN]. · 1797
€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)
Original watercolour with a view of Langenstein Castle near Stockach in southern Germany, drawn on 15 May 1797 by an unidentified French officer serving with the Army of Condé. The castle is shown standing prominently on a wooded hill, with mounted figures travelling along the...