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Spadacrene ou dissertation physique sur les Eaux de Spa.The Hague, P. Paupie, 1739. 8vo. Title printed in red and black, with woodcut title-vignette, initials and ornamental head- and tailpieces. Red paper over boards, paper piece with the number "2956" on the spine.

HEERS, Henri de. · 1570

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

[14], 252, [6] pp.Late (last?) edition of one of the better known works on hydrotherapy and the therapeutic use of mineral waters, concentrating on the baths of Spa, known already in Roman times and iconic for the history of the wide spread phenomenon of ‘Taking the waters’, ‘...

Proeve eener voorstelling van het dierlijk magnetismus als geneesmiddel. Uit het Hoogduitsch met eenige bijvoegselen door F. van der Breggen.Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, 1812. 8vo. With an engraved title-page including an allegorical scene engraved by W. van Senus showing Asklepios and Hypnos chasing Death away from a sick man. Modern half vellum, marbled sides, new endpapers.

KLUGE, Carl Alexander Ferdinant (F. VAN DER BREGGEN, transl.). · 1811

€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)

[4], 551, 50 pp.First edition of the Dutch translation of Kluge’s important work Versuch einer Darstellung des animalischen Magnetismus als Heilmittel (1811), which the Dutch expert in the field, Joost Vijselaar, calls Kluge's magnum opus. It gives a complete and systematic ov...

Chemia rationalis rationibus philosophicis, observationibus medicis, debitis dosibus, &c. illustrata, cum indice capitum, medicamentorum, eorumque dosium. Accedit Praxis chymiatrica rationalis, demonstrans qua in re singularum partium consistat operatio, per quam causam tollatur, & per quænam remedia (utpote chymicalia vegetabilibus justa methodo mixta) possit restitui. Cum triplici indice. Uno capitum, altero remediorum, tertio simplicium, ad calcem adjecto. Leiden, Jacobus Mocquee, 1687. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With woodcut title vignettes, initials, and head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum, blue sprinkled edges.

P.T. Med. Doct. [= Carolus de MAETS?]. · 1687

€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)

[4], 168, [8]; [2], 154, [22] pp.First issue of the first (and only Latin) edition of a scarce medical work on medicaments and recipes (part 1) and the various illnesses (part 2). The work was published in Leiden in 1687 and reprinted in 1690. While the author was a medical do...

Prijsverhandeling over de vraag, voorgesteld door het geneeskundig genootschap, onder de zinspreuk Servandis civibus, in hoe verre zou men, by gebrek aan de apotheek, uit kelder en keuken de vereischte geneesmiddelen, ook tegen de zwaarste ziekten en kwaalen, zo uit- als inwendig, kunnen bekomen; mits uitzonderende de volgende middelen, kina, kwik, opium, staal, delfzuren, rhabarber en ipecacoanna?Amsterdam, Petrus Conradi, 1789. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled paper sides, brown morocco spine label lettered in gold.

THOMASSEN A THUESSINK, Evert Jan. · 1789

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

266 pp.Answer to a question of the yearly prize contest, offered in 1789 by the Amsterdam ‘Geneeskundig Genootschap’ (Medical Society) operating under the motto ‘Servadis civibus’: weather there would possibly be more simple, cheaper and local medicaments, even for severe dise...

Copie van een brief van Joh. Matthias Luthers bisschop in Sweden aen de koningh van Sweden inde welcke hy Sijn Majesteyt versoeckt, de Kerckelijcke eendracht onder de evangelische, te willen promoveren. Uyt het Latijn over gheset.1656. 4to. Modern boards.

MATTHIAS, Johannes (Johannes Matthiae Gothus). · 1592

€650.00 ($716.42 | £542.27 | ¥114,403)

8 pp.Rare first and only edition of this influential plea for evangelical union in Sweden.Johannes Matthiae Gothus (1592-1670) was a Swedish Lutheran Bishop and an Uppsala University professor, the rector of the Collegium illustrious in Stockholm (1626-1629) and the most emine...

… De pygmaeis, tractatus historico-philologicus quem divinâ affulgente gratiâ concensu inclytae facultatis philosophicae sub praesidio viri amplissimi Dn. Johannis Bilberg … d. 28 Maii ... M.DCLXXXI. publicè disputandum offert ...Stockholm, Johan Georg Eberdt, [1681]. 8vo. Modern marbled paper over boards with printed spine label.

JERNFELD, Crispin. · 1681

€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)

[18], 110 pp.Rare first and only edition of Crispin Jernfeld’s doctoral thesis on pygmies, defended on 28 May 1681 under the presidency of prof. Johannes Bildberg (1646-1717), Prof. of Mathematics since 1677 at the University of Uppsala. Crispin Jernfeld (1660-1695) became Pro...

Dagboek eener ontdekkingsreis naar de Noorderpoolstreken, met de schepen Zijner Grootbrittanische Majesteit Hecla en Griper, in de jaren 1819 en 1820. Uit het Engelsch naar den vierden verbeterden druk door J. Lehman de Lehnsfeld.Dordrecht, Blussé and Van Braam, 1822. 8vo. With a folding map of the Northwest Territories or Nonavut (Canada), including the Melville Island, and 2 engravings in the text of a musk ox and an Eskimo. Modern sprinkled orange paper over thin boards with a modern spine label with printed title.

FISHER, Alexander (J. LEHMAN DE LEHNSFELD, transl.). · 1819

€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)

[4], 364 pp.The rare first edition of Johannes Lehman de Lehnsfeld’s Dutch translation of the fourth enlarged edition of Fisher’s English travel journal: A journal of a voyage of discovery to the Arctic regions, in His Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, in the Years 1819 & 1820...

Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI. afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. ...Amsterdam, Jan Steven van Esveld-Holtrop, [ca. 1810?]. Oblong 8vo. With 67 engraved plates in various styles (the last 6 folding) and 1 engraved plate tipped in on a blank page. Plate sizes vary. Slightly later half calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled sides.

[PRINT ALBUM]. · 1830

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

IV pp. text plus 76 plates.Very rare drawing manual with exceptionally fine landscape prints mostly by renowned 17th-century old masters. The confirmed artists of the prints are: Jan van Almeloveen, Cornelis Danckerts (I), Pieter de Molijn, Nicolas Perelle, Gillis van Scheynde...

[Album with photographs of the Tirah Expedition].Including:- Key [manuscript identifying sitters in 1 photograph in the album]. 2 loose leaves.- [Manuscript list of captions to 10 photographs in the album]. 1 leaf.Kirkee (Pune, India), Sappers and Miners' Press, [1898]. Folio album (40 x 33 cm). A photo album with 53 photographic prints on 12 paperboard leaves, hinged to stubs with 3 cords. Including 9 large albumen prints from 21 x 26.5 cm to 13.5 x 29 cm, 43 gelatin silver prints from 12 x 18 cm. to 9 x 10.5 cm., and a loosely inserted large albumen print 21 x 28.5 cm on a similar paperboard support. Contemporary cloth with closing straps. Manuscripts loosely inserted in the album.(2) PARK, Superintendent. 1898. Catalogue of photographs by Sergeant A.J. Clarke R.E. taken during Tirah Expedition, 1897-1898. [Kirkee (Pune, India), Sappers and Miners' Press, 1898]. Small folio (22 x 14.5 cm), [4] pp. With a lithographed title-page. Loosely inserted in the album.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - INDIA]. [W. RAHN (photographer).] · 1897

€8,750.00 ($9,644.09 | £7,299.83 | ¥1,540,037)

Collection of photographs taken by a British Indian Army officer who served in the Peshawar Column during the Tirah Expedition in the Northwest Frontier of India from June 1897 to April 1898, including a manuscript “Key” that identifies seven British officers that are in the f...

Nederlandsch India, in haaren tegenwoordigen toestand beschouwd; of waar en gronding berigt van haare regeering, derzelver bestier en handelingen; haare bezittingen; haare militie; haar kwijnenden handel, zeevaart, enz.Batavia [= Amsterdam?], [1780?]. 8vo. With a decoration on the title page, headpiece and factotum all built up from rococo typographic ornaments. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers.

[INDONESIA - INDIA - SRI LANKA]. · 1780

€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)

80 pp.First edition of an economic survey of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) trading posts and possessions in Asia. As might be expected it centres on Indonesia, but also discusses the activities of the Dutch in other places at length: Ceylon, "one of the main possessions";...

A treaty for the composing of differences, restraining of depredations, and establishing of peace in America, between the crowns of Great Britain and Spain. - Concluded at Madrid the 8/18th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1670. Translated out of Latin.[London], in the Savoy, printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker [= Thomas Newcombe], printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1670. Small 4to. With a woodcut factotum and decorative bands built up from typographic ornaments (the crowned rose, harp, leak - depicted by a fleur-de-lis - and thistle representing England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland). Sewn.

[ENGLAND & SPAIN - TREATY OF MADRID]. [Gaspar de BRACAMONTE] and William GODOLPHIN. · 1670

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

[1], [1 blank], 11, [1] pp.English translation of the Treaty of Madrid, dated 1670, also called the Godolphin Treaty, between England and Spain. Adopted in July 1670 and ratified on 28 September, it officially ended the so-called Anglo-Spanish War (1654-1660) in the Caribbean....

Lettre à M.S.D., membre du parlement, sur l'intérêt de l'Europe, au salut des colonies de l'Amérique.London, Thomas Baylis, Joseph de Boffe, A. Dulau & co., 1797. 8vo. Marbled paper wrappers.

MALOUET, Pierre-Victor. · 1750

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

[4], 36 pp.Letter by the French colonialist and plantation owner Pierre Victor Malouet (1750-1814) to a French(?) member of the parliament, which he wrote as "deputy of the colony of Saint-Domingue". Saint-Domingue (now called Haiti) was a former French colony, until its indep...

[Collection of 33 Paris fashion photographs from the 1910s].Paris, Henri Manuel, [ca. 1910/20]. 33 albumen prints , 3 oval (ca. 19 x 15 cm) and 30 rectangular (ca. 27 x 16 cm), including 5 duplicates (with tint variations). The faces on two of the photographs are lightly tinted. Each photograph is mounted on a sheet of paper and signed in pencil "Henri Manuel Paris". Three photographs are also signed in the plate.

MANUEL, Henri. · 1910

€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)

Collection of early fashion photographs by the renowned Parisian photographer Henri Manuel. Each shows a model before a studio background (showing a columned hall or various outdoor settings). Taken in the 1910s, the photographs show the changing fashions of the era: orientali...

Alegasaõ juridica, na qual se mostra que saõ do padroado da coroa, e naõ da Ordem militar de Cristo, as igrejas, dignidades, e beneficios dos bispados do Cabo de Bojador para o sul, em que se compreendem os bispados de Cabo Verde, S. Thomé, Angola, Brazil, India até á China. Oferecida a Sua Alteza Principe do Brazil regente de Portugal.Lisbon, Antonio Rodrigues Galhardo, 1804. 4to. With a woodcut coat of arms of Portugal on title-page. Contemporary, elaborately gold-tooled red morocco, with the coat of arms of Portugal on the front and back board, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.

AZEREDO COUTINHO, José Joaquim da Cunha de. · 1742

€8,500.00 ($9,368.55 | £7,091.26 | ¥1,496,036)

82, [2] pp.Rare and attractively bound controversial work by the Brazilian bishop José Joaquim da Cunha de Azeredo Coutinho (1742-1821), stationed at Pernambuco (Olinda, Brazil) and author of several polemic works against the Portuguese government. In the present one he challe...

A narrative of the sufferings of James Bristow, belonging to the Bengal artillery, during ten years captivity with Hyder Ally and Tippoo Saheb.London, J. Murray, 1793. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf.

BRISTOW, James. · 1792

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

VI, 210 pp.Rare first London edition of the autobiography of an East India Company private who was captured by the forces of Hyder Ali and remained a prisoner for nearly ten years, first printed in Kolkata (Calcutta) in 1792. The forces of Mysore were the greatest Indian milit...

Verklaring van het monument voor de Remonstranten.[ca. 1825]. Plano (27.4 x 34.5 cm). Manuscript text in ink on paper with 2 drawn borders in red, text in 3 colums, caligraphic title.

[PROTESTANT REMONSTRANTS]. · 1414

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

[1] leaf.Manuscript copy of the printed explanatory text belonging to a historical print commemorating the fortunes and early history of the Remonstrants, engraved by G. Kitzen, Rotterdam, after the design of the publisher J. Jelgerhuis Rz., at Delft, who published the plate i...

Justitie van Carel den Stouten, Hert[og]: van Bourg[ondië]: etc. Grave van Holl[and]: Zel[and]: etc. over seker gouv[erneur]: in Zelant.[Amsterdam?], Joachim Bormeester, [ca. 1690]. Oblong 1mo (full sheet) broadside (41 x 50.5 cm). An engraved print with extensive engraved texts in Dutch, the central scene (33.5 x 31 cm) flanked by 6 smaller scenes, with the title above the central scene (in roman capitals with I and V for UJ and U), 5 lines of verse (a couplet in 1 line followed by a 4-line verse) below each smaller scene and the story in prose in the foot of the engraving. Hand-coloured and highlighted in gold.

[CHARLES THE BOLD]. · 1433

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

A very rare print presenting an episode in the life of Charles the Bold (le Téméraire; Carel de Stoute; 1433-1477), the fourth Duke of Burgundy from the House of Valois, who also ruled large parts of the Northern Netherlands and Zeeland. The smaller scenes, three on each side,...

Justitie van Willem de Goede Grave van Holl[and]. etc. over de[n] Bailju van Zuyt-Hollant.Amsterdam, Hugo Allard the elder, [ca. 1660/80?]. Broadside (40 x 50.5 cm). An engraved print with extensive engraved texts in Dutch, the central scene (33.5 x 30.5 cm) flanked by 6 smaller scenes, with the title above the central scene, 2 verse couplets below each smaller scene and the story in prose in the foot of the engraving.

[WILLIAM III, Count of Holland]. [SILLEMANS, Experiens?]. · 1652

€495.00 ($545.58 | £412.96 | ¥87,122)

A very rare (Muller) print presenting an episode in the life of Willem de Goede (William the Good), Count of Holland, in 1336, passing a just judgement in favour of a poor farmer against the rich bailiff of Holland, resulting in the bailiff’s execution. Although no other state...

[Tweede basuyne. en ‘t boosdoens heylige wraeck-spiegel …].[Netherlands, Hendrick Hondius (I), 1623]. Broadside (51 x 26.5 cm). Two separate leaves, one with the engraving (plate size 14 x 17.5 cm) and the other with letterpress verses (37 x 26.5 cm), originally assembled to form a single broadside. The leaf with the engraving lacking the letterpress heading with the title and the letterpress psalm in 2 columns that flanked the engraving. Mounted on a paper support. With a second copy of the text leaf loosely inserted.

HONDIUS, Hendrick (I). · 1623

€650.00 ($716.42 | £542.27 | ¥114,403)

An engraved view of the first round of executions of conspirators in the attempted assassination of the Dutch stadtholder, Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, planned for 7 February 1623. The letterpress leaf originally mounted below the engraving contains a long verse in two col...

Vertoninghe der tegenwoordighe stant int vrye-Nederlandt.[The Netherlands], 1618. (ca. 22 x 29,5 cm). Engraved print on paper. In passe-partout.

[SWANENBURG, Isaac Claesz. van (after); DOLENDO, Zacharias?]. · 1574

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

Rare allegorical print, perhaps by Zacharias Dolendo: “Exposition of the present state of the free Netherlands”, a satire against the Remonstrants and supporting Prince Maurits’s suppression of them, presented as their failed attempt to undo the unanimity within the Republic o...