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Ornements pour servir aux peintres, & grave[urs].Paris, G. Duchange, 1710. With engraved title-page and 5 (of 6?) engraved plates.With: (2) LEMOYNE, Jean. Ornemens inventez & gravez.Paris, Jean Bairain, 1676. With engraved title-page and 5 engraved plates, and added at the end an engraved plate by Bernard Picart. All plates mounted within passepartout leaves. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. 19th-century half calf.
Ornements pour servir aux peintres, & grave[urs].Paris, G. Duchange, 1710. With engraved title-page and 5 (of 6?) engraved plates.With: (2) LEMOYNE, Jean. Ornemens inventez & gravez.Paris, Jean Bairain, 1676. With engraved title-page and 5 engraved plates, and added at the end an engraved plate by Bernard Picart. All plates mounted within passepartout leaves. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. 19th-century half calf.
LEMOYNE, Jean. · 1638
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
13 ll.Attractive collection of 2 ornamental print series (second and first edition respectively) by the French engraver Jean Lemoyne (1638-1713), who was closely connected to the studio of Jean Bérain (1640-1711). His style was attractive and modern: "...früh in sein Rankenwer...
Plantarum tum patriarum tum exoticarum in Walachria, Zeelandiae insula, nascentium synonymia.Middelburg, Richard Schilders, 1610. 8vo. With 3 woodcut initials, a woodcut vignette on the title page, and a woodcut head- and tailpiece. Contemporary vellum.
Plantarum tum patriarum tum exoticarum in Walachria, Zeelandiae insula, nascentium synonymia.Middelburg, Richard Schilders, 1610. 8vo. With 3 woodcut initials, a woodcut vignette on the title page, and a woodcut head- and tailpiece. Contemporary vellum.
PELLETIER, Caspar. · 1580
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
[1], [1 blank], [14], 398, [2 blank] pp.First edition of this rare flora of Walcheren (Zeeland). Caspar Pelletier (1580-1639) included both common and rare plants, arranged them alphabetically, and listed references and synonymous names by other authors. As a concordance of pl...
Plusieurs pieces maritimes.Paris, "rue St. Jacques aux 2 Piliers d'or" [= Gérard Audran, ca. 1683]. Oblong folio. Series of 6 numbered engraved plates after designs by Van Beecq, including title-page and 5 naval views with captions below. The title-page indicates that the series is engraved by Moyse Jean-Baptiste Fouard, but three of the other plates name Gérard Audran as the engraver.With: (2) POILLY, Nicolas de. Livre de plusieurs navires de guerre et vaisseaux marchands.Paris, Nicolas de Poilly, [ca. 1683?]. Oblong 4to. Series of 6 plates, the first with the title as a caption below and the name and address of De Poilly, the others only note "NDePoilly ex C.P.R.", that is "cum privilegio regis". 2 works in 1 volume. Contemporary calf.
Plusieurs pieces maritimes.Paris, "rue St. Jacques aux 2 Piliers d'or" [= Gérard Audran, ca. 1683]. Oblong folio. Series of 6 numbered engraved plates after designs by Van Beecq, including title-page and 5 naval views with captions below. The title-page indicates that the series is engraved by Moyse Jean-Baptiste Fouard, but three of the other plates name Gérard Audran as the engraver.With: (2) POILLY, Nicolas de. Livre de plusieurs navires de guerre et vaisseaux marchands.Paris, Nicolas de Poilly, [ca. 1683?]. Oblong 4to. Series of 6 plates, the first with the title as a caption below and the name and address of De Poilly, the others only note "NDePoilly ex C.P.R.", that is "cum privilegio regis". 2 works in 1 volume. Contemporary calf.
BEECQ, Jan Karel Donatus van (Jean-Charles-Donat). · 1638
€19,000.00 ($20,941.46 | £15,851.05 | ¥3,344,080)
[12] ll.Ad 1: Third (or second) copy located of an attractive print series by the Dutch marine painter J. van Beecq (1638-1722), a nearly forgotten master who had left the Netherlands when the art market collapsed in the "year of disaster" 1672. He first followed Willem van de...
La perfezione e i difetti del cavallo.Florence, Giuseppe Allegrini for the Stamperia Imperiale, 1753. Folio. With an engraved title-page (with a variant of the title in French), a woodcut vignette on the title-page, the typographical title-page is printed in red and black, 22 full-page engraved plates, showing horses in several positions in 119 figures, and 1 folding engraved plate depicting a horse in full. Contemporary vellum, with the title lettered in gold within a small gold-tooled frame on the spine, blue edges.
La perfezione e i difetti del cavallo.Florence, Giuseppe Allegrini for the Stamperia Imperiale, 1753. Folio. With an engraved title-page (with a variant of the title in French), a woodcut vignette on the title-page, the typographical title-page is printed in red and black, 22 full-page engraved plates, showing horses in several positions in 119 figures, and 1 folding engraved plate depicting a horse in full. Contemporary vellum, with the title lettered in gold within a small gold-tooled frame on the spine, blue edges.
EISENBERG, Friedrich Wilhelm Baron d'. · 1685
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[4], CXLIII, [1 blank] pp.Very rare first edition of this beautiful work on the use of the rein with horses by Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron Rais d'Eisenberg (ca. 1685-ca. 1764) who was one of the most famous horse-aficionados of his time. Eisenberg depicts several aspects of the h...
Traité général des chasses a courre et a tir; contenant des principes sûrs pour la propagation du gibier, et la destruction des animaux nuisibles; ...et enfin l'histoire naturelle des animaux qui se trouvent en France, et la manière de les chasser; suivi d'un vocabulaire explicatif des termes usités par les chasseurs, et des nouvelles fanfares que l'on sonne en chasse.Paris, Audot, 1822.With: (2) [M. KRESZ]. Traité des chasses aux pièges. Supplément au traité général de toutes les chasses. Contenant. La description de tous les pièges, et la manière de prendre les lièvres et lapins, et les diverses espèces d'oiseaux qui se trouvent en France.Paris, Audot, 1822. 2 works, each in 2 volumes. 8vo. Ad 1 with 20 engravings and 16 aquatints (1 folding) by Susemihl, showing shotguns, sporting dogs and hunting scenes with the dogs, and 12 engraved pages at the end of vol. 1 containing the music for “33” [= 32] short calls, fanfares and other tunes associated with the hunt. Ad 2 with 58 engravings and 2 aquatints by Susemihl, showing several animal traps and birds. Both works bound in contemporary half calf.
Traité général des chasses a courre et a tir; contenant des principes sûrs pour la propagation du gibier, et la destruction des animaux nuisibles; ...et enfin l'histoire naturelle des animaux qui se trouvent en France, et la manière de les chasser; suivi d'un vocabulaire explicatif des termes usités par les chasseurs, et des nouvelles fanfares que l'on sonne en chasse.Paris, Audot, 1822.With: (2) [M. KRESZ]. Traité des chasses aux pièges. Supplément au traité général de toutes les chasses. Contenant. La description de tous les pièges, et la manière de prendre les lièvres et lapins, et les diverses espèces d'oiseaux qui se trouvent en France.Paris, Audot, 1822. 2 works, each in 2 volumes. 8vo. Ad 1 with 20 engravings and 16 aquatints (1 folding) by Susemihl, showing shotguns, sporting dogs and hunting scenes with the dogs, and 12 engraved pages at the end of vol. 1 containing the music for “33” [= 32] short calls, fanfares and other tunes associated with the hunt. Ad 2 with 58 engravings and 2 aquatints by Susemihl, showing several animal traps and birds. Both works bound in contemporary half calf.
JOURDAIN, François Xavier Félix. · 1822
€4,250.00 ($4,684.27 | £3,545.63 | ¥748,018)
[4], XIV, 311; [3]; [4], 24, 323, [3]; VII, [1], 192; [4], 24, 175, [1 blank] pp.First edition of two extensive French manuals on shooting, coursing and animal traps with attractive hunting illustrations, published at the beginning of the 19th century. The first work by Franço...
Complete Original Edition of the surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen, in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Aetna, into the South Sea. Also, an account of a voyage into the Moon and Dog Star ... A sequel, containing his expedition into Africa... humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce.London, R.S. Kirby, 1819. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. With a hand-coloured portrait of Baron Munchhausen as a frontispiece, and 27 hand-coloured engraved plates, including 8 folding. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, bound by Wallis (stamp on verso of first flyleaf). Kept in a marbled paper (and brown calf fore edge) slip case.
Complete Original Edition of the surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen, in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Aetna, into the South Sea. Also, an account of a voyage into the Moon and Dog Star ... A sequel, containing his expedition into Africa... humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce.London, R.S. Kirby, 1819. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. With a hand-coloured portrait of Baron Munchhausen as a frontispiece, and 27 hand-coloured engraved plates, including 8 folding. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, bound by Wallis (stamp on verso of first flyleaf). Kept in a marbled paper (and brown calf fore edge) slip case.
[RASPE, Rudolf Erich]. · 1736
€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)
XII, 179, [1] pp.Beautifully bound later English edition of The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736-1794), first published in Oxford in 1786. Raspe was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, and is best known for his present collection of ...
Expeditio Mauritiana Flandrica, cum exercitu potentissimorum D.D. Ordinum unitarum Nederlandiae provinciarum. Anno 1600. 2. julii.Gouda, Jasper Tournay, 1615. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints.
Expeditio Mauritiana Flandrica, cum exercitu potentissimorum D.D. Ordinum unitarum Nederlandiae provinciarum. Anno 1600. 2. julii.Gouda, Jasper Tournay, 1615. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints.
NEOMAGUS, Arnoldus Gerardi. · 1600
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[8], 60 pp.Extremely rare first edition of an account of the famous battle near Nieuwpoort on the Flemish coast, one of the few open field battles of the Eighty Years' War. It was fought on the 2nd of July 1600 during the military campaign under the command of the Dutch stadth...
Le theatre moral de la vie humaine, representée en plus de cent tableaux divers, tirez du poëte Horace ... et expliquez en autant de discours moraux par le sieur de Gomberville. Avec la table du philosophe cebes. Brussels, François Foppens, 1672. Folio. With engraved illustration on title page, engraved author’s portrait, 103 engraved emblems by Pierre Daret after Otto Vaenius, and an engraved folding plate. 18th-century gold-tooled tree calf.
Le theatre moral de la vie humaine, representée en plus de cent tableaux divers, tirez du poëte Horace ... et expliquez en autant de discours moraux par le sieur de Gomberville. Avec la table du philosophe cebes. Brussels, François Foppens, 1672. Folio. With engraved illustration on title page, engraved author’s portrait, 103 engraved emblems by Pierre Daret after Otto Vaenius, and an engraved folding plate. 18th-century gold-tooled tree calf.
VAENIUS, Otto (Otto van VEEN). · 1669
€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)
XI, [5], 211, [1] pp.Attractive copy of a splendidly illustrated edition combining Otto Vaenius's Quinti Horatii Flacci Emblemata and Le Roy Sieur de Gomberville's La doctrine des Moeurs, tiree de la philosophie des Stoiques..... Pierre Daret had made the emblems in De Gomberv...
Zedighe sinne-belden ghetrocken uit den on-gheschreven boeck van den aerdt der schepselen, met korte aen-merckinghen, op de deughden ende de sonden oft dat tot de selve verweckt, verdeelt in twee deelen.Antwerp, Joannes van Soest, 1694. 8vo. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece and 100 finely engraved half-page emblems, all by Gaspar Bouttats. Further with 3 woodcut tailpieces, three woodcur decorated initials (1 series) and an occasional decoration built up from typographic ornaments Contemporary mottled tanned sheepskin.
Zedighe sinne-belden ghetrocken uit den on-gheschreven boeck van den aerdt der schepselen, met korte aen-merckinghen, op de deughden ende de sonden oft dat tot de selve verweckt, verdeelt in twee deelen.Antwerp, Joannes van Soest, 1694. 8vo. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece and 100 finely engraved half-page emblems, all by Gaspar Bouttats. Further with 3 woodcut tailpieces, three woodcur decorated initials (1 series) and an occasional decoration built up from typographic ornaments Contemporary mottled tanned sheepskin.
CASTRO, Joannes à (Jean van der BORCHT). · 1694
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
[24], 316, [10], [2 blank] pp.First and only edition of an educational emblem book by Johannes à Castro, or Jean van der Borcht, poet and Franciscan at Antwerp. According to the preface our author was 73 years old when he wrote the present work. He also states that he based al...
Uyterste wille van een moeder aan haar toekomende kind, toegeeigent aan de volmaaktste huysmoeder. Den Tweden Druk. [With extensive verses and other additions by Adriaan SPINNEKER].Together in a single edition with: HOUTE, Soetgen van den. Uyterste wille, dewelk sy hare kinderen David, Betgen en Tanneken, tot een memorie en voor het alderbeste goet heeft nagelaten, en heeft dat met haren dood bevestigt, tot Gent in Vlaenderen. [With several educational verses by Gezine BRIT].SPINNEKER, Adriaan. Morgen- en avondgezangen, gebedswijze berijmt.Amsterdam, Jacobus van Nieuweveen, 1699. 3 works plus additional verses in 1 volume. Small 8vo. A single edition, containing three main works, each with its own title-page with Van Nieuweveen’s imprint (the first undated, the others 1699) and with all engravings on integral leaves (frontispiece and 16 nearly full-page emblematic engravings by Jan Luyken and 6 smaller emblematic engravings plus 2 small engravings of Hope and Faith, some possibly by Jan Luyken). The first work with a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, an engraved figure of Faith (with cross and book) on the title-page, and 7 nearly full-page engraved emblems; the second with an engraved figure of Hope (with anchor and bird) on the title-page, a nearly full-page engraved portrait of the author writing in her prison cell, 2 nearly full-page engraved emblems and 4 smaller emblematic engravings in the main text, and 6 nearly full-page engraved emblems and 2 smaller ones accompanying the added verses; and a woodcut vase of flowers on title-page of the third work. Further with several woodcut tailpieces and decorated initials. Contemporary vellum.
Uyterste wille van een moeder aan haar toekomende kind, toegeeigent aan de volmaaktste huysmoeder. Den Tweden Druk. [With extensive verses and other additions by Adriaan SPINNEKER].Together in a single edition with: HOUTE, Soetgen van den. Uyterste wille, dewelk sy hare kinderen David, Betgen en Tanneken, tot een memorie en voor het alderbeste goet heeft nagelaten, en heeft dat met haren dood bevestigt, tot Gent in Vlaenderen. [With several educational verses by Gezine BRIT].SPINNEKER, Adriaan. Morgen- en avondgezangen, gebedswijze berijmt.Amsterdam, Jacobus van Nieuweveen, 1699. 3 works plus additional verses in 1 volume. Small 8vo. A single edition, containing three main works, each with its own title-page with Van Nieuweveen’s imprint (the first undated, the others 1699) and with all engravings on integral leaves (frontispiece and 16 nearly full-page emblematic engravings by Jan Luyken and 6 smaller emblematic engravings plus 2 small engravings of Hope and Faith, some possibly by Jan Luyken). The first work with a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, an engraved figure of Faith (with cross and book) on the title-page, and 7 nearly full-page engraved emblems; the second with an engraved figure of Hope (with anchor and bird) on the title-page, a nearly full-page engraved portrait of the author writing in her prison cell, 2 nearly full-page engraved emblems and 4 smaller emblematic engravings in the main text, and 6 nearly full-page engraved emblems and 2 smaller ones accompanying the added verses; and a woodcut vase of flowers on title-page of the third work. Further with several woodcut tailpieces and decorated initials. Contemporary vellum.
[JOCELIN, Elizabeth Brook]. · 1669
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[8], "259" [= 267], [1, 4 blank] pp.First illustrated edition in any language of Jocelin’s famous Legacie, intended for children and adults, with 25 beautiful engravings, mostly made for this edition by Jan Luyken, and the first edition to supplement the Legacie with an earlie...
Emblemata moralia.Berlin, Johann Michael Rudiger, Ulrich Liebpert, 1697. Small 4to. With a large engraved device on the title page, 100 finely engraved circular emblems by J.C. Schott. 18th-century blind-tooled mottled sheepskin.
Emblemata moralia.Berlin, Johann Michael Rudiger, Ulrich Liebpert, 1697. Small 4to. With a large engraved device on the title page, 100 finely engraved circular emblems by J.C. Schott. 18th-century blind-tooled mottled sheepskin.
BORJA, Juan de. · 1581
€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)
[6], 201, [1 blank] pp.First Latin edition of a Spanish emblem book, translated by Ludovicus Camerarius, first published in Spanish at Prague in 1581. Each of the 100 moralistic emblems appears on a recto with a 2-line verse below it and a motto and Latin prose explanation on ...
Meteorologia Philosophico-Politica, das ist: Philosophische und Politische Beschreib- und Erklärung der Meteorischen, oder in der obern Lufft erzeugten Dinge ...Augsburg, Peter Detleffsen for Jeremiae Wolffen, 1712. Folio. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A.M. Wolffgang after Wolfgang Josephus Kadoriza and 83 large engraved circular emblems in text with motto above and various verses in text, all after designs by Kadoriza. Contemporary calf, richly gold-tooled spine with orange label, red sprinkled edges.
Meteorologia Philosophico-Politica, das ist: Philosophische und Politische Beschreib- und Erklärung der Meteorischen, oder in der obern Lufft erzeugten Dinge ...Augsburg, Peter Detleffsen for Jeremiae Wolffen, 1712. Folio. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A.M. Wolffgang after Wolfgang Josephus Kadoriza and 83 large engraved circular emblems in text with motto above and various verses in text, all after designs by Kadoriza. Contemporary calf, richly gold-tooled spine with orange label, red sprinkled edges.
REINZER, Franz. · 1661
€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)
[4], 424, [4] pp.First German translation of a beautiful instructive emblem book by the Jesuit Reinzer (1661-1708), curiously mixing science and philosophical politics, including moral lessons. Quotations from scientists and classical philosophers accompany beautiful emblems w...
Emblesmes royales a Louis le Grand.Paris, Claude Barbin, 1673. 8vo. With 60 numbered half-page engraved emblems and one unnumbered emblem on extra inserted leaf. Modern marbled boards.
Emblesmes royales a Louis le Grand.Paris, Claude Barbin, 1673. 8vo. With 60 numbered half-page engraved emblems and one unnumbered emblem on extra inserted leaf. Modern marbled boards.
MARTINET, Jean.
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
[10 (of 12)], 219, [3] pp.First and only edition of an emblem book devoted to the Sun-King Louis XIV of France. The book is nicely produced with a woodcut vignette on title, little woodcut initials, large woodcut tail-pieces, and with borders built up out of ornamental cast fl...
Het masker vande wereldt afgetrokken.Antwerp, widow and heirs of Jan Cnobbaerts, [1646]. 4to. With engraved title page by Antony van der Does and 13 engraved emblems and 8 engravings in text by Frederic Bouttats. 18th-century half calf.
Het masker vande wereldt afgetrokken.Antwerp, widow and heirs of Jan Cnobbaerts, [1646]. 4to. With engraved title page by Antony van der Does and 13 engraved emblems and 8 engravings in text by Frederic Bouttats. 18th-century half calf.
POIRTERS, Adriaan. · 1605
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[24], 320 pp.Very rare third impression of the first edition of an emblem book by the Dutch Jesuit Adriaan Poirters (1605-1674). It is often presented as a third edition of Ydelheyd des werelds, another emblem book by the same author, first published in 1645, but it differs co...
Heilig-Epistolischer Bericht, Licht, Geleit und Freud. Das ist: emblematische Fürstellung, der heiligen sonn- und festtäglichen Episteln.Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endter and the heirs of Wolffgang der Jüngere, 1663. With: (2) DILHERR, Johann Michael. Augen- und Hertzens-Lust. Das ist Emblematische Fürstellung der Sonn- und Festtäglichen Evangelien. Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endter and the heirs of Wolffgang der Jüngere, 1661. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Ad 1: with an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut printer's device, and 85 large engraved emblems by M. Küsell after G. Strauch. Further with numerous woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Ad 2: with an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut printer's device, and 91 large engraved emblems by M. Küsell after G. Strauch. Contemporary calf with the coat of arms of the Nürnberg patrician family Holzschuher Von und Zu Haszlach stamped in gold in the centre of each board, gold-tooled spine, gilt edges, floral chintz end papers.
Heilig-Epistolischer Bericht, Licht, Geleit und Freud. Das ist: emblematische Fürstellung, der heiligen sonn- und festtäglichen Episteln.Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endter and the heirs of Wolffgang der Jüngere, 1663. With: (2) DILHERR, Johann Michael. Augen- und Hertzens-Lust. Das ist Emblematische Fürstellung der Sonn- und Festtäglichen Evangelien. Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endter and the heirs of Wolffgang der Jüngere, 1661. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Ad 1: with an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut printer's device, and 85 large engraved emblems by M. Küsell after G. Strauch. Further with numerous woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Ad 2: with an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut printer's device, and 91 large engraved emblems by M. Küsell after G. Strauch. Contemporary calf with the coat of arms of the Nürnberg patrician family Holzschuher Von und Zu Haszlach stamped in gold in the centre of each board, gold-tooled spine, gilt edges, floral chintz end papers.
DILHERR, Johann Michael. · 1604
€11,500.00 ($12,675.09 | £9,594.06 | ¥2,024,049)
[8 blank], [30], 631, [33]; [8], 234, [4], 235-365, [31], [8 blank] pp.Remarkable association copy of two religious emblem books, written by the Nuremberg theological professor and minister of the Sebaldskirche, Johann Michael Dilherr (1604-1669), printed in Nuremberg. Here to...
[Album amicorum of a Miss van Boetzelaer (?)].Heerenveen, 1831-1849. Oblong 4to. Manuscript with many contributions in French and English, a single contribution in Dutch and a four-line verse in German, mainly written in the same hand, probably of the owner of this album. With 45 mounted or occasionally loosely inserted drawings, paintings and prints in various formats, some coloured by contemporary hands. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled brown morocco, each board richly decorated with frames and an oblong lozenge-shaped centrepiece, gilt edges.
[Album amicorum of a Miss van Boetzelaer (?)].Heerenveen, 1831-1849. Oblong 4to. Manuscript with many contributions in French and English, a single contribution in Dutch and a four-line verse in German, mainly written in the same hand, probably of the owner of this album. With 45 mounted or occasionally loosely inserted drawings, paintings and prints in various formats, some coloured by contemporary hands. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled brown morocco, each board richly decorated with frames and an oblong lozenge-shaped centrepiece, gilt edges.
[ALBUM AMICORUM & SCRAPBOOK - THE NETHERLANDS]. · 1815
€3,850.00 ($4,243.40 | £3,211.92 | ¥677,616)
[96] ll.A beautiful example of a richly decorated and illustrated album amicorum, a book of poetry and a scrapbook in one. Alba amicorum were a popular and pleasant pastime at this time, as the first sentence of the album immediately makes clear: "Albums are all the rage, and ...
Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840 to Nov. 1841.London, Henry Colburn, 1843. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a folding map of the Canton river, folding map with the routes of the H.M.S. Sulphur, large world chart also showing the route of the Sulphur, 19 steel-engraved views and several illustrations in text. Gold-tooled blue sheepskin, shell-marbled sides. Rebacked. In modern slipcase.
Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840 to Nov. 1841.London, Henry Colburn, 1843. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a folding map of the Canton river, folding map with the routes of the H.M.S. Sulphur, large world chart also showing the route of the Sulphur, 19 steel-engraved views and several illustrations in text. Gold-tooled blue sheepskin, shell-marbled sides. Rebacked. In modern slipcase.
BELCHER, Edward. · 1799
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
XXII, 387; VI, 474 pp.First edition of an account of the voyage around the world by Captain Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877), commander of the Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842. Belcher was ordered to follow the trans-Pacific route from South America to England. During the voy...
Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with a narrative of a residence in China.London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (back of title-page: J.B. Nichols and son), 1830. 2 volumes. 12mo. With two hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces by J. Clarck. Contemporary boards.
Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with a narrative of a residence in China.London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (back of title-page: J.B. Nichols and son), 1830. 2 volumes. 12mo. With two hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces by J. Clarck. Contemporary boards.
DOBELL, Peter. · 1772
€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)
IX, [1 blank], 351, [1]; X, 341, [1 blank], [2] pp.First edition of a travel account by the Irish-born adventurer in Russian service, Peter Dobell (1772-1852). "Dobell arrived in Kamtchatka by sea in 1812, … This journal records his personal observations of the manners, custom...
Fundamemta[!] arithmetica et geometrica cum eorundem usu. In varii problematis, geometricis, partim solo linearum, ductu, partim per numeros irrationales, & tabulas sinuum, & algebram solutis.Including: CEULEN, Ludolf van. Variorum problematum libri 4. ...Leiden, Joost van Colster [printed at least in part by Joris Abrahamsz. van der Marsce], 1615. 4to. With numerous woodcut diagrams and other mathematical figures in text. Contemporary vellum.
Fundamemta[!] arithmetica et geometrica cum eorundem usu. In varii problematis, geometricis, partim solo linearum, ductu, partim per numeros irrationales, & tabulas sinuum, & algebram solutis.Including: CEULEN, Ludolf van. Variorum problematum libri 4. ...Leiden, Joost van Colster [printed at least in part by Joris Abrahamsz. van der Marsce], 1615. 4to. With numerous woodcut diagrams and other mathematical figures in text. Contemporary vellum.
CEULEN, Ludolf van. · 1539
€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)
[4], "269" [= 271], [1 blank] pp.First Latin edition of two important mathematical treatises by Ludolf van Ceulen (1539-1610) both translated by Van Ceulen's pupil, Willebrord Snell (1580-1626). There are at least three and perhaps more issues of the present edition. Apparentl...
Catalogue d'une très-belle collection de tableaux, dessins encadrés, médailles, bronzes, ivoires, marbres et objets d'art, délaissés par M. Jacques Rottier, avocat et amateur distingué a Gand.Ghent, D.J. Vanderhaeghen, 1834. With folding engraved plate as frontispiece.With: (2) VAN ROTTERDAM. Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise et Italienne délaissés par Mr. Van Rotterdam.Ghent, widow of L. De Busscher-Braeckman, 1835. (3) BALLIN, H. Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande et Hollandaise délaissés par feu le notaire H. Ballin à Gand. Antwerp, H.P. Vanderhey, 1838. With an engraved plate loosely inserted. (4) MAES, Marie. Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande et Hollandaise délaissés par feu Marie Maes. Ghent, F.E. Gyselynck, 1837. (5) VRANCKEN, Petrus Jacobus Franciscus. Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise et Française délaissés par Mr. P.J.F. Vrancken à Lokeren. Antwerp, H.P. Vander Hey, 1838. With 3 illustrations on 2 engraved plates. (6) SCHAMP D'AVESCHOOT, Jean. Catalogue des tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise, Italienne, Française et Espagnole, qui composent la magnifique galerie délaissée par M. Schamp d'Aveschoot. Ghent, Librairie Générale de H. Hoste, 1840. 6 catalogues in 1 volume. 8vo. Interleaved. Contemporary half tanned sheepskin.
Catalogue d'une très-belle collection de tableaux, dessins encadrés, médailles, bronzes, ivoires, marbres et objets d'art, délaissés par M. Jacques Rottier, avocat et amateur distingué a Gand.Ghent, D.J. Vanderhaeghen, 1834. With folding engraved plate as frontispiece.With: (2) VAN ROTTERDAM. Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise et Italienne délaissés par Mr. Van Rotterdam.Ghent, widow of L. De Busscher-Braeckman, 1835. (3) BALLIN, H. Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande et Hollandaise délaissés par feu le notaire H. Ballin à Gand. Antwerp, H.P. Vanderhey, 1838. With an engraved plate loosely inserted. (4) MAES, Marie. Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande et Hollandaise délaissés par feu Marie Maes. Ghent, F.E. Gyselynck, 1837. (5) VRANCKEN, Petrus Jacobus Franciscus. Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise et Française délaissés par Mr. P.J.F. Vrancken à Lokeren. Antwerp, H.P. Vander Hey, 1838. With 3 illustrations on 2 engraved plates. (6) SCHAMP D'AVESCHOOT, Jean. Catalogue des tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise, Italienne, Française et Espagnole, qui composent la magnifique galerie délaissée par M. Schamp d'Aveschoot. Ghent, Librairie Générale de H. Hoste, 1840. 6 catalogues in 1 volume. 8vo. Interleaved. Contemporary half tanned sheepskin.
ROTTIER, Jacques.
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[2], 30; [2], III, 68; 32; 36; VI, [2], 48; XX, 109 pp.Six very rare auction catalogues of the art collections of 19th-century Belgian connoisseurs, including Jacques Rottier, Jean-Charles Van Rotterdam, H. Ballin, Marie Maes, P.J.F. Vrancken and Jean Schamp D'Aveschoot, prima...