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[Al-Kalim al-nawabigh]. Anthologia sententiarum Arabicarum. Cum scholiis Zamachsjarii.Leiden, Jean Le Mair (colophon: printed by Daniel van Damme), 1772. 4to. With the large engraved arms of Willem V, Prince of Orange, above the dedication.Vellum, manuscript spine title.

ZAMAKHSHARI, Abu al-Quasim Mahmud ibn Umar (Hendrik Albert SCHULTENS, editor). · 1749

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

[20], 171, [1] pp.First edition, in the original Arabic with a Latin translation on the facing pages, of a famous collection of Arabic proverbs by the Persian-born scholar Zamakhshari (1075-1144), edited and translated by Hendrik Albert Schultens (1749-1793), professor of orie...

The Arabick alphabet...Newcastle, printed by S[arah]. Hodgson, 1809. Large 12mo. 20th-century half calf, marbled sides, with a blind-tooled roll where the calf covering (including the corners) meets the marbled paper, gold fillets on the smooth spine, black morocco spine label with the title in large gold capitals running up the spine, lettered in gold. With 22 sturdy blank leaves at the end and the bookbinder’s ticket of “Period Binders, Bath”.

[BURGESS, Thomas]. · 1756

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

V, [3], 20 pp.Rare first and only edition of an introduction to Arabic intended for students of Hebrew. As the author writes in his dedication to the Rev. John Frederick Usko, “The object of the following pages is to put the Hebrew student in possession of just so much Arabick...

Il Falconiere.Venice, Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With engraved frontispiece, title vignette, portrait and 9 engraved vignettes, some with falconry themes. Contemporary vellum.

THOU, Jacques-Auguste de. · 1553

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

[34], 50, [18], 223 pp.First Italian edition of a poem about falconry, in hexameters, here including the Latin original and another instructional poem by P.A. Bargeo. "First and best Italian edition of de Thou’s famous Latin poem on hawking with an Italian translation" (Schwer...

Précis de Fauconnerie [...] suivi de l’Éducation du Cormoran. Niort, L. Clouzot, 1887. 8vo. With 4 black and white lithographed plates. Contemporary red morocco-backed cloth.

SOURBETS, Georges; Camille de SAINT-MARC. · 1853

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

[3], [1 blank], 123, [1] pp.Rare first and only edition, one of only 150 copies, of "a neat summary of nearly all that is necessary to be known in order to tame, train, and fly a hawk successfully" (Harting). Two years before the present publication another manual for hawking ...

Traité de fauconnerie.Leiden & Düsseldorf, Arnz & Co., 1844-1853. Elephant folio (55.5 × 73.5 cm). Tinted lithographed title-page with a pictorial border comprising 11 scenes of hawking by J. B. Sonderland, 2 hand-coloured lithographed plates of falconry equipment by Portman and Von Wouw, and 10 (of 12) hand-coloured lithographed plates of hawks by Wendel after Joseph Wolf (8 mounted on paperboard). Stored loosely in the original publisher’s cloth-backed printed boards.

SCHLEGEL, Hermann & VERSTER VAN WULVERHORST, Abraham Henrik. · 1815

€75,000.00 ($82,663.65 | £62,569.95 | ¥13,200,316)

[4], 90, VI, [2] pp.First and only edition of a superb work, the finest work on falconry that has ever been produced both on account of the beauty of the plates and general accuracy of the text. The lifesize illustrations of the birds are by far the finest ever produced in any...

La fauconnerie au Moyen Age et dans les temps modernes. Recherches historiques, didactiques et naturelles.Paris, Auguste Ghio, 1879. 8vo. With half-title and errata leaf. Contemporary gold-tooled half morocco, with the original publisher’s printed wrappers bound in at the end.

MAGAUD D’AUBUSSON, Louis. · 1827

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

[8], 272 pp.Good association copy of the first and only edition of a "work which no student of the history of falconry should neglect" (Harting). The author argues that people in the Middle Ages particularly honoured the falcon as the star of the hunt. He goes into the Medieva...

Latham’s faulconry, or the faulcons lure and cure: in two books the first concerning the ordering and training up of all hawks in generall; especially the haggard faulcon-gentle.Including: New and second book of faulconry.London, printed by Richard Hodgkinson for Thomas Rooks, 1658. 2 parts in 1 volume. Small 8vo. With woodcut frontispiece of "The Haggard Faulcon", second title with woodcut vignette of a gentleman riding his horse with his hawk on his arm. Second part with woodcuts in text, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials. 19th century gold-tooled calf, marbled endpapers.

LATHAM, Simon. · 1649

€28,000.00 ($30,861.10 | £23,359.45 | ¥4,928,118)

[34], 176; [24], 144, [8] pp.The third (first handy pocket-sized) edition of two books on falconry by Simon Latham (d. 1649?), first published in 1614 and 1618 respectively. The first edition of part 1 was dedicated to Sir Thomas Monson, Master Falconer to James I, and the pre...

La fauconnerie ancienne et moderne.Paris, Hachette, 1862. 8vo. With numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Original publisher’s printed wrappers bound in.

CHENU, Jean Charles; Marc Athanase Parfait OEillet DES MURS. · 1862

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

176 pp.First edition of an excellent falconry manual that supplements the second volume of Leçons élémentaires sur l’histoire naturelle des oiseaux (1862) by the same author. The book describes the different types of falcons and goshawks and ends with an alphabetical list of f...

Petit traite´ de fauconnerie ou se trouvent les termes de cette espe`ce de chasse, avec la manie`re de bien tenir, soiguer et traiter les oiseaux, la connaissance des viandes qui leur sont propres, les maladies et accidents qui leur surviennent, la manie`re de les panser …Paris, Librarie Pairault, 1885. 8vo. Later half morocco, gold-stamped spine, with the original publisher’s printed wrappers bound in.

GAFFET, Antone, Sieur de la Brifardie`re (Pierre Clement de CHAPPEVILLE, ed.). · 1742

€4,800.00 ($5,290.47 | £4,004.48 | ¥844,820)

26, [2] pp.Very rare first and only edition, one of 150 copies: "tire´ a` cent cinquante exemplaires sur papier de Hollande", of an edited extract by Pierre Clement de Chappeville of Nouveau traite´ de ve´nerie by Antone Gaffet (Paris, 1742). P.C. de Chappeville was a “gentilh...

Falconry in the valley of the Indus.London, Van Voorst, 1852. 8vo. With a tinted lithographed frontispiece, 3 plates and with an 8-page publisher’s catalogue at the end. Original publisher's cloth.

BURTON, Sir Richard Francis. · 1821

€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)

[16], 107, [1]; 8 pp.First edition with an inscription by the author, of a "well written" (Harting) work on traditional falconry in India and Pakistan, by the great British orientalist and explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). After finishing his education at Oxford...

A treatise of modern faulconry: to which is prefixed, from authors not generally known, an introduction, shewing the practice of faulconry in certain remote times and countries.Edinburgh, Balfour & Smellie for the author, 1773. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece depicting a falconer. Contemporary half calf.

CAMPBELL, James. · 1773

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

IV, 264 pp.First edition of a manual for the art of falconry, explained "in a plain and simple manner" (Edinburgh magazine and review). The author, James Campbell, was falconer to the Earl of Eglington. He here discusses many aspects of falconry in many chapters, covering diff...

Schipbreuk van het Fregat Medusa, op deszelfs togt naar de Senegal, in het jaar 1816. Of volledig berigt van de merkwaardige voorvallen op het vlot, in de woestijn Sahara, te Str. Louis, en in het leger bij Daccard, benevens eenige landhuishoudkundige berigten nopens de westelijk kust van Afrika, van Kaap Blank tot aan den mond van de Gambia. Met eene afbeelding van het vlot.Haarlem, widow of A. Loosjes, 1818. 8vo. With a plate showing the raft (18.5 x 9.5 cm) with the caption: “Honderd en vijftig menschen zochten hun behoud op deze machine, slechts vijftien vonden redding na een lijden van dertien dagen”. Gold-tooled red morocco.

SAVIGNY, J.B.H. & Alexander CORRÉARD. · 1817

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

[8], 168 pp.First and only edition of the Dutch translation of an eye-witness account of the disaster that befell the frigate Méduse one of the most infamous shipwrecks of the age of sailing ships. It was also one of the worst examples of leadership in history, where panic dro...

Falconry in the British Isles.London, John van Voorst, 1873. 4to. With 3 additional original watercolours by the illustrator, William Brodrick, highlighted with gum arabic. And with 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates after William Brodrick, some highlighted with gum arabic. Contemporary half green morocco, gold-tooled spine.

SALVIN, Francis Henry (William BRODRICK, illustrator). · 1814

€35,000.00 ($38,576.37 | £29,199.31 | ¥6,160,148)

[10], 171, [1] pp.Second edition, revised and enlarged: the best edition of this handsome work. The present copy, with an impeccable provenance, is enriched by the inclusion of 3 fine original watercolours by the eminent William Brodrick (1814-88), falconer, taxidermist, physi...

Press lists of old records in the Punjab Secretariat - Volume VII. - North-West Frontier Agency. Correspondence with Government, 1840-1845. Lahore, printed by the superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, 1915. 1 volume bound as 2. Folio. With an addendum slip facing p. 197. Brown calf, with “Book 1” and “Book 2” in gold on the spines.

[PUNJAB-BRITISH SECRETARIAT]. · 1840

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

[2?], 993 pp.A rare and extraordinary snapshot of the North-West Frontier of British India (now parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan) between 1840 and 1845, the period of the First Anglo-Afghan War. It comprises abstracts of official correspondence written during the perio...

Canon medicinae [= al-Qanun].Lyon, Jean Trechsel & Johann Klein, 24 December 1498. 2 volumes. Folio (ca. 31 × 42 cm). With a diagrammatic woodcut. Contemporary blind- and gold-tooled calf over wooden boards, sewn on 4 double supports, one volume with 2 brass clasps (and traces on the other volume).

IBN SINA (AVICENNA). · 1498

€125,000.00 ($137,772.75 | £104,283.25 | ¥22,000,528)

379; 357 ll.Important 1498 edition of the complete volumes 2 and 3 (of 4), comprising the complete book III, of the greatest monument of Islamic medicine, al-Qanun written in Arabic by Ibn Sina (ca. 980-1037), known in the West as Avicenna, and translated into Latin by Gherard...

[Life-size photograph of the Fra Mauro map of the world].Venice, Carlo Naya, ca. 1871. Hand-coloured photograph, ca. 223 × 223 cm. Mounted and framed.

[FRA MAURO Mappa Mundi – Carlo NAYA]. · 1450

€280,000.00 ($308,610.96 | £233,594.48 | ¥49,281,182)

A life-sized, hand-coloured photograph of the famous world map made around 1450 by Fra Mauro, the greatest medieval map of the world and the largest surviving European map of such an early date: an astonishing accomplishment of art history, cartography and photography. Perhaps...

Het nieuw’ vermeerdert natuerlyck Tover-Boeck of Speel-Toneel der konsten. Bevattende aenstrent 2000 naturelycke Toover-konsten en potsen, soo uyt de Goochel-tas als kaert-spel en terelingh: van de mathesis, van schryven, inckten, verven, schilderen, vergulden, verlacken, …, als mede allen slagh van vuurwercken … Den X. druck.Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn (sold by Emanuel de Grieck, Brussels), 1715. 8vo. Title-page in red and black, with an engraved frontispiece containing 5 compartments showing tricks by Harrewijn after the frontispieces in the original editions by Jan van Hoorn in Amsterdam, 57 charming woodcuts illustrating the various tricks in the text (7 full-page in the last section on fireworks). Contemporary vellum, blind-tooled with a centrepiece on both sides.

WITGEEST, Simon [= Willem GOEREE?]. · 1715

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

[10], 518, [40] pp.The 1715 edition (nominally the 10th but (possibly the 11th) of a very popular Dutch conjuring book that had been published for the first time by Jan ten Hoorn in Amsterdam in 1679 and frequently augmented in many, editions far into the 18th century. The pre...

Het natuurlyk tover-boek, of ’t nieuw speel-toneel der konsten; verhandelende vijf hondert natuurlijke tover-konsten, so uyt de gogel-tas, als kaaertspelen, mathematische konsten … Mitsgaders een tractaat van het blanket-werck … wateren, poederen, en balsemen … om het aensicht, hals en handen, wit en sagt te maken.Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1684. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece in 5 compartments showing magic tricks, and 40 small woodcuts illustrating the various magic tricks in the text. Contemporary vellum, with the manuscript title on the spine.

WITGEEST, Simon [= Willem GOEREE?]. · 1679

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

[8], 512, [24] pp.Rare second edition of a very popular Dutch conjuring book, first published (also by Jan ten Hoorn in Amsterdam) in 1679. It went through many further editions, sometimes augmented, far into the 18th century. The edition of 1698 mentions 1600 magic tricks (to...

New Outlook Middle East Monthly [15 issues].Tel Aviv, Tatzpiot Ltd (under auspices of Jewish-Arab Institute at Givat Haviva), 1984-1985. Original wrappers, staplebound.

SHUR, Chaim. · 1984

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Various pagination.15 issues of the magazine, a complete run for the period between January 1984 and December 1985.All with worn wrappers and address labels on front cover, some with annotations, vol, 27 no. 5/6 with annotation on front cover, vol. 27/28 no. 12/1 with some pag...

Recueil de diverses pièces, servans à l’histoire de Henry III Roy de France wet de Pologne dont les tiltres se trouvent en la page suivante.Cologne [= Leiden?] Pierre du Marteau [= Jean Elzevier?], 1662. 12mo. 19th-century gold-tooled brown morocco in 17th-century style, each board with the coat-of-arms of Henri III in the centre (the azure represented by black), in a frame of double fillets with corner pieces, gold-tooled spine with the monogram of Henry III in the compartments, gilt edges.

[FRENCH COURT]. · 1660

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

468 pp.One of the earliest (fourth?) and rarest editions, with a false imprint (but probably the second edition by the original publisher), of an infamous collection of memoires or reputed memoires from the reign of King Henri III of France, and an uncommonly ferocious satire ...