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Dactyliotheca, seu annulorum sigillarium quorum apud Priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus, ex ferro, aere, argento & auro promptuarii … collectis aliunde & ineditis & editis annulorum figuris auctior; cum explicationibus Jacobi Gronovii.Leiden, Petrus van de Aa, 1695. 2 volumes. 4to. With 2 different engraved allegorical title-pages (reflecting the themes of rings and intaglio-carved gems), 2 letterpress title-pages in red and black with one of Van der Aa’s engraved allegorical devices (Minerva/Athena, books, a cock and Hercules/Heracles, with motto "studio et vigilantia"), a portrait of the author by Jacques de Gheyn with a calligraphic verse by Hugo de Groot below, 138 engraved plates: 196 numbered illustrations of ancient rings with carved gems shown at actual size on 101 engraved plates, and 148 numbered illustrations of carved gems alone on 37 engraved plates). Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine.
Dactyliotheca, seu annulorum sigillarium quorum apud Priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus, ex ferro, aere, argento & auro promptuarii … collectis aliunde & ineditis & editis annulorum figuris auctior; cum explicationibus Jacobi Gronovii.Leiden, Petrus van de Aa, 1695. 2 volumes. 4to. With 2 different engraved allegorical title-pages (reflecting the themes of rings and intaglio-carved gems), 2 letterpress title-pages in red and black with one of Van der Aa’s engraved allegorical devices (Minerva/Athena, books, a cock and Hercules/Heracles, with motto "studio et vigilantia"), a portrait of the author by Jacques de Gheyn with a calligraphic verse by Hugo de Groot below, 138 engraved plates: 196 numbered illustrations of ancient rings with carved gems shown at actual size on 101 engraved plates, and 148 numbered illustrations of carved gems alone on 37 engraved plates). Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine.
GORLAEUS, Abraham. · 1549
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
[22], 28, [16], 16 pp. plus 109 plates; 64, 32 pp. plus 173 plates.The second, much enlarged edition by the Dutch classical scholar Jacobus Gronovius of the first extensive repertory of Greco-Roman rings with intaglio-carved gems by Abraham Gorlaeus (Van Goorle; 1549-1608), wh...
Kort begrijp der oude en nieuwe geographije; zijnde eene beknopte onderwijzinge der land en kaartkennis; verhandeld in een beschrijvinge der geheele vlakte des aardboodems … Met een korte schets, tot kennisse der globe. Deze twede druk, merkelijk verholpen; met … aanwijzing der beste landkaarten …Amsterdam, Nicolaas ten Hoorn, 1711. 8vo. With Ten Hoorn’s woodcut device on the title-page (incorporating a NTH cypher monogram, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum.
Kort begrijp der oude en nieuwe geographije; zijnde eene beknopte onderwijzinge der land en kaartkennis; verhandeld in een beschrijvinge der geheele vlakte des aardboodems … Met een korte schets, tot kennisse der globe. Deze twede druk, merkelijk verholpen; met … aanwijzing der beste landkaarten …Amsterdam, Nicolaas ten Hoorn, 1711. 8vo. With Ten Hoorn’s woodcut device on the title-page (incorporating a NTH cypher monogram, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum.
HUBNER, Johann. · 1693
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[52], 766, [56] pp.Second enlarged edition of the Dutch translation of Johann Hubner’s popular Kurtze Fragen aus der alten und neuen Geographie, first published in Leipzig in 1693, followed by 16 editions during his life. Nicolaas ten Hoorn also published the first edition of ...
Continuatie van klaghte van den ambassadeur van Vranckryck, ende hoe het daer mede gelegen is, volgens de respectieve advijsen van de admiraliteyt, ende van de bewinthebbers van de Oost-Indische Compagnie.[Copy imprint:] “Naer de Copye, 1660.” [1660 or shortly after]. 4to. With Du Thou’s complaint/request in the original French, a Dutch reaction from the admiralty and the VOC’s request to the States General to reject Du Thou’s request. Set in roman and textura types. Modern brown wrappers with a printed label on the front wrapper.
Continuatie van klaghte van den ambassadeur van Vranckryck, ende hoe het daer mede gelegen is, volgens de respectieve advijsen van de admiraliteyt, ende van de bewinthebbers van de Oost-Indische Compagnie.[Copy imprint:] “Naer de Copye, 1660.” [1660 or shortly after]. 4to. With Du Thou’s complaint/request in the original French, a Dutch reaction from the admiralty and the VOC’s request to the States General to reject Du Thou’s request. Set in roman and textura types. Modern brown wrappers with a printed label on the front wrapper.
[VOC]. THOU, Jacques Auguste du. · 1660
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
[8] pp.Fifth known copy of the first and only edition known to survive of one in a group of pamphlets concerning a violent conflict with the States General and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on one side and the French King Louis XIV and his ambassador in The Hague (Jacques...
Traitté d’alliance defensive, entre l’Angleterre et les Estats Generaux, conclu le 3. Mars 1678.Cologne [recté: Amsterdam?], "Pierre Marteau", 1680. 4to. With the woodcut English royal arms on the title-page. 19th-century brown paper wrappers.
Traitté d’alliance defensive, entre l’Angleterre et les Estats Generaux, conclu le 3. Mars 1678.Cologne [recté: Amsterdam?], "Pierre Marteau", 1680. 4to. With the woodcut English royal arms on the title-page. 19th-century brown paper wrappers.
[ENGLAND & DUTCH REPUBLIC - TREATY]. · 1678
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
[8] pp.Extremely rare pamphlet with the text - in French - of the Anglo-Dutch defensive alliance of 3 March 1678. In May 1672, French forces had invaded the Dutch Republic and initially seemed to have achieved an overwhelming victory (the so-called “Rampjaar 1672”). England su...
Consideratien tot wederlegginge van de voorstellingen door de Heer Mr. Nicolaes Muys van Holy, opgestelt in zyne Memorie. Om de Negotie van Oost en West Indische actien te beswaren met een impost, ende in zyn nader geschrift van oplossinge van de difficulteiten, die hy segt bye enige gemaakt te zyn, tegens de selve memorie.[1687]. 4to. With a woodcut initial. 19th-century brown paper wrappers.
Consideratien tot wederlegginge van de voorstellingen door de Heer Mr. Nicolaes Muys van Holy, opgestelt in zyne Memorie. Om de Negotie van Oost en West Indische actien te beswaren met een impost, ende in zyn nader geschrift van oplossinge van de difficulteiten, die hy segt bye enige gemaakt te zyn, tegens de selve memorie.[1687]. 4to. With a woodcut initial. 19th-century brown paper wrappers.
[VOC & WIC - TAXATION]. · 1687
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
12 pp.In 1687 Nicolaes Muys van Holy (1654-1717), a member of a famous family from Dordrecht, had proposed taxing and containing gambling with the ‘Actiën’(stocks) of both, the West- and East India Companies, publishing a pamphlet titled Middelen en motieven om het kopen en ve...
Beurze-Stryd, of Saemen-Spraek tusschen Galenus, en Baldus.[The Hague, Meyndert Uytwerf?], 1692. 4to. With a woodcut title vignette. Bound on two modern chords.
Beurze-Stryd, of Saemen-Spraek tusschen Galenus, en Baldus.[The Hague, Meyndert Uytwerf?], 1692. 4to. With a woodcut title vignette. Bound on two modern chords.
[BIDLOO, Govert]. · 1649
€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)
[8], 9-24 pp.One of variant issues of this satirical pamphlet supposedly written by the famous physician (he became a few years later the personal physician of Stadholder/King William III), anatomist, poet and playwright and above all colorful Govert Bidloo (1649-1717).In Febr...
Tractaet tusschen Haer Hoogh Mog. De Heeren Staten Generael der vereenighde Nederlanden, ende de Regeeringe van Algiers.The Hague, Paulus Scheltus, 1713. 4to. With Scheltus's woodcut printer's device on the title-page and with a woodcut initial. Modern brown wrappers with printed title-label pasted on the front side.
Tractaet tusschen Haer Hoogh Mog. De Heeren Staten Generael der vereenighde Nederlanden, ende de Regeeringe van Algiers.The Hague, Paulus Scheltus, 1713. 4to. With Scheltus's woodcut printer's device on the title-page and with a woodcut initial. Modern brown wrappers with printed title-label pasted on the front side.
[ALGIERS - TREATY - STATES GENERAL]. · 1710
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
14, [2] pp.First edition of the text of a treaty between the States General of the Dutch Republic and the government, or the Dey (or Sultan) of Algiers Baba Ali Chaouche who reigned from 1710-1718 (Dey, from the Turkish honorific title dayi, literally meaning uncle, was the ti...
Traité de commerce, navigation & marine, fait, conclu & arrêté a Versailles le 21 Decembre de l’an 1739, entre sa Majesté Tres-Chretienne, & les Seigneurs Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies du Pais-Bas.The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus, 1740 4to. With the woodcut printer's device of Scheltus and a woodcut initial. 19th-century brown wrappers.
Traité de commerce, navigation & marine, fait, conclu & arrêté a Versailles le 21 Decembre de l’an 1739, entre sa Majesté Tres-Chretienne, & les Seigneurs Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies du Pais-Bas.The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus, 1740 4to. With the woodcut printer's device of Scheltus and a woodcut initial. 19th-century brown wrappers.
[TREATY - FRANCE & THE DUTCH REPUBLIC]. · 1713
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
43 pp.First edition of the renewed treaty, originally concluded on 11 April 1713 in the framework of the Peace of Utrecht, simultaneously published in Paris, L’Imprimerie Royale, 1740, while the Dutch text was printed in the same year by the same printer Scheltus (Knuttel, 171...
Tractaat van commercie, navigatie en marine gemaakt, geslooten en vastgestelt to Versailles den 21 December 1739. Tusschen Syne Majesteit van Vrankryk, en de Heeren Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden.The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus, 1740. 4to. With the woodcut printer's device of Scheltus and a woodcut initial.19th-century brown wrappers.
Tractaat van commercie, navigatie en marine gemaakt, geslooten en vastgestelt to Versailles den 21 December 1739. Tusschen Syne Majesteit van Vrankryk, en de Heeren Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden.The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus, 1740. 4to. With the woodcut printer's device of Scheltus and a woodcut initial.19th-century brown wrappers.
[FRANCE & THE DUTCH REPUBLIC - TREATY]. · 1713
€225.00 ($247.99 | £187.71 | ¥39,601)
43 pp.First edition of the renewed treaty, originally concluded on 11 April 1713 in the framework of the Peace of Utrecht, simultaneously published in Paris, L’Imprimerie Royale, 1740, while the French text was also printed in the same year by the same printer Scheltus (Knutte...
Kort verhaal van d’oproer der Chineesen, op het eiland Java, dog voornamentlyk wegens de stad Batavia, voorgevallen in de maand October des jaers 1740.[Amsterdam?, 1741]. 4to. 19th-century brown wrappers.
Kort verhaal van d’oproer der Chineesen, op het eiland Java, dog voornamentlyk wegens de stad Batavia, voorgevallen in de maand October des jaers 1740.[Amsterdam?, 1741]. 4to. 19th-century brown wrappers.
[PAMPHLET - BATAVIA]. · 1740
€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)
8 pp.Very rare first and only edition of a short but very detailed eyewitness account of one of the most violent and terrible events in Dutch colonial history: the pogrom in which Dutch soldiers and native collaborators killed ethnic Chinese residents of the city of Batavia (n...
[Manuscript diary and drawing of his voyage to India].[Onboard the ship from Portsmouth to Madras, India, 1835]. 4to. With a half-page pen drawing on p. 168 and a loosely inserted full-page drawing (16.5 x 22 cm) by Baldwin of a mausoleum in India. 20th-century grey paper over boards.
[Manuscript diary and drawing of his voyage to India].[Onboard the ship from Portsmouth to Madras, India, 1835]. 4to. With a half-page pen drawing on p. 168 and a loosely inserted full-page drawing (16.5 x 22 cm) by Baldwin of a mausoleum in India. 20th-century grey paper over boards.
[AUTOGRAPH]. BALDWIN, John Timins. · 1891
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[4] ll.; 189 pp.An amusing, unpretentious and therefore all the more lively and interesting diary meant for his wife Barbara Baldwin (née Moore Campbell; † 1891) and his friends, by the Scottish Captain John Timins Baldwin (1805-Sholopore 1846), an officer in the Royal Artille...
Anthropological observations in South Arabia.[offprint from:] Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 42 (1932). Large 8vo. With 2 plates (XI-XII) from photographs: (1) two views on the landscapes of the Sands of Dakara and the Qara Mountains, Arabia; (2) 12 portraits of members of the various tribes of Southern Arabia/Jemen. Blue wrappers with printed title label on the front cover.
Anthropological observations in South Arabia.[offprint from:] Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 42 (1932). Large 8vo. With 2 plates (XI-XII) from photographs: (1) two views on the landscapes of the Sands of Dakara and the Qara Mountains, Arabia; (2) 12 portraits of members of the various tribes of Southern Arabia/Jemen. Blue wrappers with printed title label on the front cover.
THOMAS, Bertram. · 1892
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
83-108 pp.One of the important scholarly anthropological studies on the original inhabitants of the southern Arabic Peninsula/Jemen by the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (the sand desert encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula), ...
General Rigby, Zanzibar and the slave trade with journals, dispatches, etc.London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1935. 8vo. With a folding "Rough sketch-map to illustrate General Rigby’s career in H.M. Service’" (ca. 25 x 29 cm) and the half-page coat-of-arms of Rigby on p. [5]. Original publisher's blue cloth with a blind-stamped centrepiece on the front board and the title in gold on the spine, covered with the original blue publisher's paper wrappers, protected by a plastic wrapper.
General Rigby, Zanzibar and the slave trade with journals, dispatches, etc.London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1935. 8vo. With a folding "Rough sketch-map to illustrate General Rigby’s career in H.M. Service’" (ca. 25 x 29 cm) and the half-page coat-of-arms of Rigby on p. [5]. Original publisher's blue cloth with a blind-stamped centrepiece on the front board and the title in gold on the spine, covered with the original blue publisher's paper wrappers, protected by a plastic wrapper.
RIGBY, Colonel Christopher Palmer; Lilian M. RUSSELL-RIGBY (ed.). · 1820
€475.00 ($523.54 | £396.28 | ¥83,602)
[10], 15-404, [4] pp.Original edition of this highly interesting edition of the diary of Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885), British Consul on Zanzibar, recording his strenuous attempts to put a stop to the business of slavery in the Sultanate, and his success in sec...
[A series of 15 magnificent color-printed plates of the most impressive Dutch palaces of the Stadtholders: Het Loo (Apeldoorn), Huis ten Bosch (The Hague), Honselaarsdijk (near Naaltwijk) and Sorgvliet (The Hague).]Amsterdam, Petrus Schenck, ca. 1695. 4to (20 x 24.5 cm). 15 (from a series of 25) colour-printed plates (plate size ca. 13 x 17 cm). Loose leaves.
[A series of 15 magnificent color-printed plates of the most impressive Dutch palaces of the Stadtholders: Het Loo (Apeldoorn), Huis ten Bosch (The Hague), Honselaarsdijk (near Naaltwijk) and Sorgvliet (The Hague).]Amsterdam, Petrus Schenck, ca. 1695. 4to (20 x 24.5 cm). 15 (from a series of 25) colour-printed plates (plate size ca. 13 x 17 cm). Loose leaves.
CALL, Jan van; Petrus SCHENCK. · 1695
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
Magnificent and rare colour-printed print series, the second part of the Admirandorum quadruplex spectaculum, published by Schenk ca. 1695.The prints are the result of an early experiment with multi-colour printing using a technique patented by Jan Teyler in Nijmegen, though i...
Souvenirs d’un voyage dans l’Inde execute de 1834 a 1839. Ouvrage enrichi de trente-cinq planches.Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie & Langlois et Leclercq (facing title-page: printed by Béthune et Plon), 1843. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 8vo. With engraved title-vignette signed by A. Vien, 8 lithographed plates in the first part by V. Dolet showing Ile Bourbon, Pondichéry, Malacca, Chase au tigre, Madras, a bivouac and Chûte de la Rivière de Gutpurba; 27 numbered full-page engraved plates in the natural history part by Forget, Annedouche, Sebin, Mme. Douliot, Bourgeois, Giraud, Davesne and Dumesnil after Jean Gabriel Prêtre, Delahaye, Mme Bury and Vaillant of mammals, birds, insects and butterflies, 24 of which are exquisitely coloured by hand by “Gérard”. Also with one folded map (43 x 44 cm) of the world (except for the America’s) with Delesset’s journey marked, coloured in outline and printed by Kaeppelin, Paris. Half calf, decorated paper sides.
Souvenirs d’un voyage dans l’Inde execute de 1834 a 1839. Ouvrage enrichi de trente-cinq planches.Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie & Langlois et Leclercq (facing title-page: printed by Béthune et Plon), 1843. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 8vo. With engraved title-vignette signed by A. Vien, 8 lithographed plates in the first part by V. Dolet showing Ile Bourbon, Pondichéry, Malacca, Chase au tigre, Madras, a bivouac and Chûte de la Rivière de Gutpurba; 27 numbered full-page engraved plates in the natural history part by Forget, Annedouche, Sebin, Mme. Douliot, Bourgeois, Giraud, Davesne and Dumesnil after Jean Gabriel Prêtre, Delahaye, Mme Bury and Vaillant of mammals, birds, insects and butterflies, 24 of which are exquisitely coloured by hand by “Gérard”. Also with one folded map (43 x 44 cm) of the world (except for the America’s) with Delesset’s journey marked, coloured in outline and printed by Kaeppelin, Paris. Half calf, decorated paper sides.
DELESSERT, Adolphe. · 1809
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[6], III, 134; [4], 107 pp.First and only edition of the memories of Adolphe François Delessert (1809-1869) of his voyage to India. The first part is devoted to the voyage, and the second part, which is the most important, is devoted to the natural history of India, and contai...
Voyage d’Alger aux Ziban l’ancienne Zebe en 1847. Avec vues des principales oasis et de quelques monuments du Tell, en deça des Aurès, et un portrait du dernier Bey de Constantine. Atlas.Algeria, Imprimerie du Gouvernement, 1850. Oblong 4to. With 35 plates, namely a portrait of Hadj Hamed (or Ahmet Bey ben Mohammed sherif, the last Bey of Constantine; 1784-ca. 1850), and 34 views of various parts, cities and Roman remains in Algeria (Constantine), Half black morocco, brown cloth sides, gold-tooled spine.
Voyage d’Alger aux Ziban l’ancienne Zebe en 1847. Avec vues des principales oasis et de quelques monuments du Tell, en deça des Aurès, et un portrait du dernier Bey de Constantine. Atlas.Algeria, Imprimerie du Gouvernement, 1850. Oblong 4to. With 35 plates, namely a portrait of Hadj Hamed (or Ahmet Bey ben Mohammed sherif, the last Bey of Constantine; 1784-ca. 1850), and 34 views of various parts, cities and Roman remains in Algeria (Constantine), Half black morocco, brown cloth sides, gold-tooled spine.
GUYON, Jean Louis Geneviève. · 1852
€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)
[4] pp.First and only edition of a rare series of 34 views plus a portrait, showing the most important oases and their houses, mosques and other buildings, such as El Kantara, El Outaia, Biskara (5), Zaouia, Toouda, Sidi-Okba (6), Saâda, M’Lili, Ourlad, Tolga, Marabout, El Bor...
C. Julii Caesaris Dictatoris triumphi de Gallia, Aegypto, Ponto, Africa, Hispania, quinquies eodem mense triumphantis; omnium, qui unquam fuere, Ducum, Regum Bellica virtute praestantissimi.Rome, Domenico de Rossi, 1692. With an engraved allegorical title-print showing Minerva on a throne pointing towards a medallion with Caesar's profile, and 9 engraved prints by Robert van Audenaerde after Andrea Mantegna's paintings, showing the triumphal military parade celebrating Caesar's victory in the Gallic Wars. Each is numbered at the lower right and captioned below with an engraved description. The 10 prints are preserved in a paperboard folder covered with half green cloth and green marbled sides (ca. 57 x 47 cm).
C. Julii Caesaris Dictatoris triumphi de Gallia, Aegypto, Ponto, Africa, Hispania, quinquies eodem mense triumphantis; omnium, qui unquam fuere, Ducum, Regum Bellica virtute praestantissimi.Rome, Domenico de Rossi, 1692. With an engraved allegorical title-print showing Minerva on a throne pointing towards a medallion with Caesar's profile, and 9 engraved prints by Robert van Audenaerde after Andrea Mantegna's paintings, showing the triumphal military parade celebrating Caesar's victory in the Gallic Wars. Each is numbered at the lower right and captioned below with an engraved description. The 10 prints are preserved in a paperboard folder covered with half green cloth and green marbled sides (ca. 57 x 47 cm).
AUDENAERDE, Robert van, after Andrea MANTEGNA. · 1430
€4,950.00 ($5,455.80 | £4,129.62 | ¥871,221)
[1], 9 engraved ll.Complete series of 9 engraved prints by Robert van Audenaerde after Andrea Mantegna's paintings of Caesar’s triumphs, preceded by the title-print, commissioned by Cardinal Panciatico, with his arms at the foot of the title-print. Mantegna (1430/31-1506) crea...
[The acts of mercy, including the Last Judgement].Antwerp, Adriaen Collaert (7 plates with the Acts of Mercy) & Johannes Galle (the Last Judgement), ca. 1580-1588. Folio (7 of 8 plates trimmed). 8 engravings (ca. 17.5 x 20.5 cm) on laid paper by Crispijn de Passe I (the elder) after Maarten de Vos with the central scene framed by an exquisite ornamental border showing crafts, tools and scenes relating to the subject. All engravings captioned with engraved Latin text in a cartouche below the images. Loose prints.
[The acts of mercy, including the Last Judgement].Antwerp, Adriaen Collaert (7 plates with the Acts of Mercy) & Johannes Galle (the Last Judgement), ca. 1580-1588. Folio (7 of 8 plates trimmed). 8 engravings (ca. 17.5 x 20.5 cm) on laid paper by Crispijn de Passe I (the elder) after Maarten de Vos with the central scene framed by an exquisite ornamental border showing crafts, tools and scenes relating to the subject. All engravings captioned with engraved Latin text in a cartouche below the images. Loose prints.
PASSE, Crispijn de (the elder) [after Maarten de VOS]. · 1564
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
Complete series of the Acts of Mercy, including the plate of the Last Judgement, engraved by the engraver, illustrator and publisher Crispijn de Passe I (ca. 1564-1637) after Maarten de Vos (1532-1603), one of the most prolific and influential print designers of his generation...
[Bears].[Amsterdam], Nicolaas I Visscher, 1664. Oblong 4to. 16 engravings (ca. 10.5 x 13.5 cm) depicting bears in various poses. Loose prints.
[Bears].[Amsterdam], Nicolaas I Visscher, 1664. Oblong 4to. 16 engravings (ca. 10.5 x 13.5 cm) depicting bears in various poses. Loose prints.
BYE, Marcus de (after Marcus GHEERAERTS). · 1638
€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)
[16] ll.Complete set of all 16 engravings of Marcus de Bye’s bear print series, depicting bears in various poses, here in its third state. Marcus de Bye (sometimes spelt De Bie or De Bije; 1638/39-1688) was a German painter and engraver known especially for his prints of anima...
Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores, ex Antonii Canal tabulis XXXVIII.Venice, Joannem Baptistam Pasquali, 1742. 3 parts in 1 volume. Oblong folio (ca. 36.5 x 52.5 cm). With 3 letterpress title pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes by Visentini, the original engraved title page for the first series (Prospectus Magni Canali), a double portrait of Canaletto and Visentini by Visentini after Giovanni Battista Piazetta and and XIV, XII and XII numbered engraved prints with familiar views based upon 38 paintings by Canaletto, engraved by Visentini, showing the Grand Canal, public buildings, renowned places in Venice and regatta scenes. Contemporary half morocco, brown paper sides, manuscript title(?) and two old shelfmarks on the spine.
Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores, ex Antonii Canal tabulis XXXVIII.Venice, Joannem Baptistam Pasquali, 1742. 3 parts in 1 volume. Oblong folio (ca. 36.5 x 52.5 cm). With 3 letterpress title pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes by Visentini, the original engraved title page for the first series (Prospectus Magni Canali), a double portrait of Canaletto and Visentini by Visentini after Giovanni Battista Piazetta and and XIV, XII and XII numbered engraved prints with familiar views based upon 38 paintings by Canaletto, engraved by Visentini, showing the Grand Canal, public buildings, renowned places in Venice and regatta scenes. Contemporary half morocco, brown paper sides, manuscript title(?) and two old shelfmarks on the spine.
[CANALETTO]. VISENTINI, Antonio. · 1673
€45,000.00 ($49,598.19 | £37,541.97 | ¥7,920,190)
[8]; [1]; [1] ll. plus the part-title, double portrait and XIV, XII, XII prints.First complete edition of a series of engraved views of Venice by Visentini after Canaletto's paintings, which were in the collection of the book collector, patron of the arts and British Consul of...