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Ein Besuch in der Rijks-Normaalschool voor teekenonderwijzers. (Reichsnormalschule für Zeichenlehrer) zu Amsterdam.(No pl., no publ., ca. 1891). 8vo. With 4 photolithographs by Roeloffzen & Hübner, Amsterdam. Contemporary three quarter red morocco.

JOST, W.

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

36 pp.Offprint of an interesting article by the drawing-teacher W. Jost with his observations made during a visit to the Art academy, school for drawing teachers, in Amsterdam and Jost's meeting with the director W. Molkenboer, now the Rijksacademie. The article was first publ...

Neu-eröffnete Hof- Kriegs- und Reit-Schul, das ist: gründlicher Bericht della Cavalleria, oder von allen, was zur Reuterey gehörig und einem Cavalier davon zu wissen gebühret, ...Nürnberg, Paul Lochner, 1729. 6 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With engraved frontispiece, engraved plate with the elaborately quartered coat-of-arms of the dedicatee, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and 61 engraved illustration plates (9 double-page, and many with 2 half-page illustrations per plate). 19th-century gold- and blind-tooled diced light brown calf, gold-tooled spine.

LÖHNEISEN (LÖHNEYSS), Georg Engelhard. · 1609

€15,000.00 ($16,532.73 | £12,513.99 | ¥2,640,063)

[30], 66; 96; 114; 136; 144; 104, [8 (of 10)] pp.Sumptuous third edition, extensively revised and edited by the riding master Valintin Trichter, of Löhneisen's celebrated Della cavalleria, first published in 1609-1610, whose second half revised and expanded his 1588 Von Zeumen...

Les ordonnances[,] statutes, & edictz, que lEmpereur Charles cinquies. de ce nom, tousjours auguste, a faict publier en la ville de Bruxelles ...Brussels, Marck Martens; Antwerp, “en l[‘]escu dArtoys, sur le Pont de Chambre” [= the printing office of Jacob van Liesvelt], [privilege dated from Brussels, 7 October 1540]. 4° (20.5 × 15 cm). Title-page with an elaborate large woodcut showing the Imperial coat-of-arms. 20th-century half sheepskin parchment, boards covered with 2 leaves from Froben & Petri’s 2° Latin Bible, Basel, 1498, red edges.

[CHARLES V, Emperor]. · 1540

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

[20] pp.Very rare first edition of the ordinances, statutes and edicts issued by Charles V at Brussels on 4 October 1540, partly new, partly confirming a number of earlier ordinances, etc. on trade customs, contracts and monopolies, money and currency, merchants from abroad, t...

Seylen in 't ys, en soeken na de walvis. | La navigation dans la glace, et chercher du baleine.| Il veleggiare nel ghiaccio, & cercare del baleno. | Das Seeglen ins Eiß, und suchen des Wallfisches.Augsburg, Georg Balthasar Probst, [ca. 1745]. Etched print (plate size: 31 x 42 cm) on watermarked laid paper (32 x 45 cm).

[WHALING]. · 1673

€700.00 ($771.53 | £583.99 | ¥123,203)

First state of a large print of a whale hunting scene in the first half of the 18th century, with the title below in Dutch, French, Italian and German. It shows ships sailing through the (Greenland) ice, whale boats giving chase, a harpooned whale and two polar bears on an ice...

Het gelukkig ongeval. Bly-eindend treurspel.Amsterdam, Heirs of J. Lescailje en Dirk Rank, 1721. With:(2) [WETSTEIN, George]. Erik, Prins van Zweden. Treurspel. Amsterdam, Heirs of J. Lescailje and Dirk Rank, 1722.(3) [WETSTEIN, George]. Gustavus Adolphus. Koning van Zweden, beschermer der Duitsche vryheit. Oorlogspel.Amsterdam, Heirs of J. Lescailje and Dirk Rank, 1723. 3 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Each work with an engraved frontispiece, the original preliminary ink drawing for the frontispiece, protected by tissue paper guards, and an engraved device on the title page. Contemporary gold-tooled olive morocco, with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine lettered, bound by the so-called Fleur-de-Lis Bindery (The Hague 1729-ca. 1756; Storm van Leeuwen, IIA, pp. 110-117). With the coat of arms of Aaron de Joseph de Pinto in the centre of both boards, tooled onto a red morocco inlay of the same shape, surrounded by richly ornamental borders with the crowned monogram of De Pinto (ADJP) in the corners, the same monogram repeated in 5 of the 6 compartments on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.

[WETSTEIN, George]. · 1695

€16,500.00 ($18,186.00 | £13,765.39 | ¥2,904,070)

88; 83; 87 pp.Beautiful copy of the first and only editions of three plays written for the Amsterdam Theatre, bound with the original preliminary drawings for the frontispieces. The first is by Abraham Zeeman (1695-1754), the second by Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759), and the third ...

Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique.Paris, Leroy (colophon vol. 2: printed by Lottin l'aîné & Lottin), 1790. 2 volumes. 8vo. With the publisher's woodcut device on each title-page, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding engraved views and 9 numbered engraved plates (7 costume figures of indigenous Africans and 2 illustrations of giraffes).With the 9 numbered plates coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary half calf, richly gold-tooled flat spines.

LE VAILLANT, François. · 1753

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

XXIV, 383; 403 pp.First edition (in octavo: a quarto edition appeared simultaneously) of Le Vaillant's account of his first expedition into the interior of South Africa. Le Vaillant (1753-1824) embarked on a first excursion on 18 December 1781, advancing as far as the Great Fi...

Christiandad del Japon, y dilatada persecucion que padecio. Memorias sacras, de los martyres de las ilustres religiones de Santo Domingo, San Francisco, Compañia de Jesus; ...Madrid, Francisco Sanz, 1698. Folio (31 x 22 cm). With the title in a frame of vine-leaf ornaments and 2 woodcut armorial headpieces plus 1 repeat. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment, later lettered spine-title.

SICARDO, José (Joseph). · 1643

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

[16], 448 [= 450], [13], [1 blank] pp.Rare first and only edition of an important, comprehensive and influential history of the almost always disastrous Christian missions to Japan, by José Sicardo (1643-1715), mostly an account of the European and native Japanese Christian ma...

South Sea whale fishery. A representation of the ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Island of Bouro - with their boats & crew in the various process of fishing, shewing the manner the spermacetti whales are caught, also the method of cutting them into the ship, & boiling the oil upon deck.London, W.J. Huggins, January 1, 1825. Aquatint (plate size: 44 x 56.5 cm), printed on unwatermarked wove paper (50.5 x 61.5 cm).

HIGGINS, William John. · 1781

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

Second issue(?) of a striking aquatint by Thomas Sutherland after a painting by the celebrated marine painter William John Huggins (1781-1845), original a sailor by trade. The spectacular scene shows the British whalers Amelia Wilson and Castor off Buru, Indonesia, with a dyin...

Het koddig en vermakelyk leven van Louwtje van Zevenhuizen, of het schermschool der huislieden, vervat in twee deelen. Waar agter gevoegt is de Afrikaansche en Aziaansche weg-wijzer, ...Rotterdam, Pieter de Vries, 1752. 4 parts in 2 volumes, bound as 1. 8vo. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, a letterpress general title-page, 4 part-titles. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine.

SPAAN, Gerrit van. · 1704

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

[20], 483 pp.Second edition, by the printer-publisher of the 1704 first edition, of a rare coarse satire whose title can be translated as, "The comical and entertaining life of Louwtje Zevenhuizen, or the family fencing school." The two volumes of the "fencing school" are foll...

Waffenhandlung von den Röhren, Mußqueten und Spiessen. Gestalt nach der Ordnung deß ... Herrn Moritzen, Printzen zu Uranien, ... Maniement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquetz, & piques.Frankfurt, Wilhelm Hoffmann, 1609. 3 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With the letterpress title within engraved border (including the imprint), and 3 series of 42, 43 and 32 full-page numbered woodcuts, showing exercises with the arquebus, musket and pike. Contemporary vellum, rebacked.

GHEYN, Jacob II de. · 2057

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

[3], [1 blank], [43], [1 blank], [44], [36] ll.Rare first edition published in Germany, with woodcuts instead of engravings, of a military manual known in English as The exercise of arms, it was written and illustrated by Jacques de Gheyn and quickly became a famous pictorial ...

Vervolg der leerzaame zinnebeelden, spiegel der boetvaardigheid en genade en eenige stichtelyke gezangen.Haarlem, Jan Bosch, 1758. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With engraved frontispiece, engraving on the title page, 30 engraved emblems in text (ca. 10 x 12.5 cm) by Vincent vander Vinne in the first part, and 4 engraved emblems in text (10 x 12.5 cm) by Jan Caspar Philips in the second part. Contemporary marbled wrappers.

SPINNIKER, Adriaan. · 1678

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

[8], XII, 144, [2], 90 pp.First and only edition of an emblem book by Adriaan Spinniker (1678-1745). It is an independent continuation of Spinniker's Leerzaame Zinnebeelden (Haarlem, 1714) which contained 50 emblems by Vincent van de Vinne (1686-1742), the grandson of the famo...

't Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyzer, Alkmaarder en Purmerender liede-boek. Vercierd met veel mooye bruylofts-liedekens en gesangen.Amsterdam, Joannes Kannewet, [3rd quarter of the 18th century]. With: [SONGBOOK]. 't Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyzer, Alkmaarder, Edammer en Purmerender liede-boek, zijnde een vervolg op 't voorgaande, verciert met verscheyde nieuwe en aangenaame bruylofts-liedekens en snaakze gezangen.Amsterdam, Joannes Kannewet, [3rd quarter of the 18th century]. 2 works in 1 volume. 32mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page of both parts, a full-page woodcut illustration in ad 1, and a decorated woodcut initial in each part. Slightly later gold-tooled red morocco.

[SONGBOOK].

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

312, [8]; 312, [8] pp.Largest edition of one of the most popular Dutch songbooks of the 18th century, containing songs for weddings, funerals, and other events where people traditionally sang together. Songbooks such as these are also known as mopsjes. This name is probably re...

Missione al Gran Mogor del P. Ridolfo Aquaviva della Compagnia di Giesu, Sua vita e morte, e d'altri quattro compagni uccisi in odio della fede in Salsete di Goa.Roma, Per il Varesi, 1663. 8vo. Contemp. vellum.

BARTOLI, Danielle. · 1608

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

218, (2) pp.Rare first edition of an important work on the Jesuit missionary activities in Goa by the Jesuit Daniello Bartoli (1608 - 1685). Bartoli was historian of the Jesuits. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1623 . He remained in Italy where he gained distinction as a pr...

La Hollande en 12 feuilles. Paris, Jean Dezauche, 1790. Published on 12 sheets, numbered as 48 quarter-sheets. An engraved wall map of the Netherlands (excluding Zeeland), with the main title in a large cartouche at upper left, the Latin title at upper right. Many cities and coastlines, and a few other features, highlighted in colour. Cut, mounted on cloth and folded, in 4 contemporary gold-tooled green morocco boxes.

[MAP - NETHERLANDS]. [LE ROUGE, George-Louis]. · 1796

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

Third state of the first map of the Netherlands on such a large scale, mostly about 1:105,000, but with some eastern regions squeezed in at about 1:140,000. Fully assembled it has an image area of about 231 x 152 cm. Then as now, foreigners used the name "Holland" to refer to ...

Introduction à l'histoire naturelle et à la géographie physique de l' Espagne; traduit de l'original espagnol de Guillaume Bowles, par le vicomte de Flavigny. Paris, L. Cellot & Jombert, 1776. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, gold-tooled spine

BOWLES, William. · 1705

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

XII, 516 pp.Very rare first edition of the French translation of a work on the natural history and geography of Spain and Spanish America by William Bowles. A large part is devoted to mining and the geological resources of Spain and its colonies. Bowles (1705-1780) was born in...

De onvermoeide speelmakker, of volledige verzameling van nuttige en aangename spelen, uitspanningen, ligchaamsoefeningen en andere bezigheden, zoowel in huis, als in de open lucht voor jongens en meisjes. Versierd en opgehelderd door eene menigte fraaije houtsneêfiguren.Gouda, G.B. van Goor, [1853]. 8vo. With numerous wood engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled blue-green morocco, with a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold, on both boards a single fillet frame with cornerpieces, gilt edges.

[GAMES & PASTIMES].

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

X, 282 pp.Rare first edition of a book on conjuring, magic, games, and pastimes for young boys and girls. It contains both in- and outdoor games, games to measure strength and speed, swimming, gymnastics, ice-skating, dancing, music, fencing, fishing, and catching and preservi...

Sententia dell' Eccelso Conseglio di Diece. Contra Anzolo Badoer cavalier. | Sententie vanden Hoogen Raedt van de Thiene. Teghens Anzolo Badoer ridder.The Hague, Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw, 1612. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on title-page, 2 woodcut decorated initials (2 series, both arabesque). With the Italian text in italic, the Dutch text in textura and with incidental roman. Sewn in later plain paper wrapper.

[VENICE - COUNCIL OF TEN]. · 1612

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

[15], [1 blank] pp.First bilingual (Italian and Dutch) edition of a sentence pronounced by the government of the Venetian Republic (the Consiglio dei Dieci or Council of Ten) on 21 April 1612, declaring Anzolo Badoer (in absentia) a traitor, stripping him of his knighthood, co...

Omnia opera Angeli Politiani, et alia quaedam lectu digna, quorum nomina in sequenti indice vedere licet.Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1498. Folio. Early 18th-century (?) polished calf, spine richly gilt in compartments with red morocco title label, both sides with triple gilt fillets along the edges and large gilt oval coat-of-arms in the centre, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. The coat of arms is of Henri-Louis Loménie, comte de Brienne (1658-1743), son of Louis Henry Loménie de Brienne.

POLIZIANO, Angelo. · 1454

€39,500.00 ($43,536.19 | £32,953.51 | ¥6,952,167)

[452] ll.The Opera omnia of Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494), one of the great Florentine humanists and tutor to Lorenzo de 'Medici's children, printed by the most famous printer and publisher of its time: Aldus Manutius at Venice. According to Renouard, the great bibliographer of...

[Natuurkundige beschryving eener uitmuntende verzameling van zeldsaame gedierten, bestaande in Oost- en Westindische viervoetige dieren, vogelen en slangen, weleer leevend voorhanden geweest zynde, buiten Den Haag, op het Kleine Loo van Z.D.H. den prins van Oranje-Nassau].Amsterdam, P. Meijer (parts 1- 14 and 29-31) and heirs of P. Meijer and G. Warnars (parts 15-20), 1766-1787. 31 parts in 1 volume. 4to (26.5 x 20.5 cm). With 33 hand-coloured engraved plates and 1 uncoloured folding engraved plate. 19th-century black half morocco, gold-tooled spine.

VOSMAER, Arnout. · 1804

€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)

15; 8; 8; 12; 22; 8; 9; 6; 7; 7; 7; 10; 8; 20; 12; 6; 6; 6; 10; 10; 6; 6; 8; 8; 23; 15; 12; 14; 14; 44; 12 pp.A collection of 31 separately published descriptions of exotic animals kept in the menagerie of prince William V. The animals were imported form the East and West Indi...

Pictores, statuarii, architecti, latomi, et quicunque principum magnificorumque virorum memoriae aeternae inservitis, adeste: et hunc libellum varias Coenotaphiorum, tumulorum, et mortuorum formas typis elegantissimis in aere exaratus comprehendentem inspicite, emite, utimini: et ingeniose manui Ioannis Vredemanni, qui has excogitavit, bene favete, e valete.(Antwerp, Philipp Galle, 1563). Oblong 4to. With engraved title with border decorated with trophies of death, on a hatched background, with four lines of Latin poetry (different from the Cock edition): "Effigies, tumulos, monumenta et symbola cernes, etc.", and 22 (out of 26) engraved plates (ca. 170x215 mm) of tombs and funeral monuments. Two plates from other series added. 19th century pigskin.

VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Johannes (Hans). · 1527

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

First edition, second issue, with the altered publisher's address, of this important series of engraved designs for tombs and funerary monuments by the brothers Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum, after designs by the renowned Dutch painter, architect, designer, and engineer Hans ...