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Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays situé dans l'Amerique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et la mer glaciale.Amsterdam, Abraham van Someren, 1698. 12mo. With engraved frontispiece by Caspar Luyken, 2 folding engraved maps and 2 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.
Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays situé dans l'Amerique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et la mer glaciale.Amsterdam, Abraham van Someren, 1698. 12mo. With engraved frontispiece by Caspar Luyken, 2 folding engraved maps and 2 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.
HENNEPIN, Louis. · 1697
€8,000.00 ($8,817.46 | £6,674.13 | ¥1,408,034)
[72], 1-312, [10], 313-506 pp.Second edition of an important account relating of voyages through the largely unexplored interior of northern America, around what is now the U.S.-Canadian border, published one year after the first edition (Utrecht 1697) and with the same engrav...
Tafereelen, geschilderd door Gerard de Lairesse, in de Raadkamer van den Hove van Justitie van Holland, Zeeland, en Westvriesland; ... Les tableaux qui se trouvent a la Haye, dans la Chambre du Conseil de Justice de la Cour d'Holande, de Zelande, & de Westvrise.Amsterdam, printed for Nikolaas Verkolje, 1737. Large folio. With 7 engraved plates illustrating 7 paintings by Larisse at the old provincial Court of Justice in the Binnenhof at The Hague, engraved by Pierre Tamjé and Claude Duflos after drawings by Verkolje. 19th-century half roan, marbled boards.
Tafereelen, geschilderd door Gerard de Lairesse, in de Raadkamer van den Hove van Justitie van Holland, Zeeland, en Westvriesland; ... Les tableaux qui se trouvent a la Haye, dans la Chambre du Conseil de Justice de la Cour d'Holande, de Zelande, & de Westvrise.Amsterdam, printed for Nikolaas Verkolje, 1737. Large folio. With 7 engraved plates illustrating 7 paintings by Larisse at the old provincial Court of Justice in the Binnenhof at The Hague, engraved by Pierre Tamjé and Claude Duflos after drawings by Verkolje. 19th-century half roan, marbled boards.
LAIRESSE, Gerard de. · 1640
€3,250.00 ($3,582.09 | £2,711.36 | ¥572,014)
[4 = title, privilege, explanation] ll.First and only edition of a set of plates illustrating seven paintings by Gerard de Lairesse (1640-1711) in the council room of the former Court of Justice of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland (now called the Lairesse room) in the Binne...
Description des nouveaux jardins de la France et de ses anciens chateaux ... | Description of the modern gardens and ancient castles in France. | Beschreibung der neuen Gärten und alten Schlösser in Frankreich. Paris, Delance, 1808[-1814]. Large folio (50.5 x 35.5 cm). With engraved title-page, engraved map of Northern France, 2 engraved plans, 130 engraved plates with views of gardens on 91 leaves (numbered 1-122 and A-H), and one engraved plate with geological figures. With text in French, English and German. Contemporary green half morocco, gold-tooled spine.
Description des nouveaux jardins de la France et de ses anciens chateaux ... | Description of the modern gardens and ancient castles in France. | Beschreibung der neuen Gärten und alten Schlösser in Frankreich. Paris, Delance, 1808[-1814]. Large folio (50.5 x 35.5 cm). With engraved title-page, engraved map of Northern France, 2 engraved plans, 130 engraved plates with views of gardens on 91 leaves (numbered 1-122 and A-H), and one engraved plate with geological figures. With text in French, English and German. Contemporary green half morocco, gold-tooled spine.
LABORDE, Alexandre de. · 1773
€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)
[6], 226 pp.First edition of a beautifully illustrated work containing descriptions and depictions of 29 French castles and their gardens built in the years just before the Revolution, followed by a more practical consideration of making a picturesque garden. It "is an invalua...
Emblemata politica. In aula magna Curiae Noribergensis depicta quae sacra virtutum suggerunt monita prudenter administrandi fortiterque defendendi Rempublicam.[Nuremberg, Peter Isselburg, 1617]. Small 4to (19 x 14 cm). With an engraved title-page, engraved dedication with the Nuremberg coat of arms and the coat of arms of the eight Nuremberg Senators, and 32 engraved plates with emblems, with engraved captions above and four-line Latin verses below. Modern brown morocco with a large panel on both sides of green imitation reptile skin, encrusted with small gems in centre, chamois endleaves, with matching half morocco chemise and matching half morocco slipcase (Perez-Noriega, 1995).
Emblemata politica. In aula magna Curiae Noribergensis depicta quae sacra virtutum suggerunt monita prudenter administrandi fortiterque defendendi Rempublicam.[Nuremberg, Peter Isselburg, 1617]. Small 4to (19 x 14 cm). With an engraved title-page, engraved dedication with the Nuremberg coat of arms and the coat of arms of the eight Nuremberg Senators, and 32 engraved plates with emblems, with engraved captions above and four-line Latin verses below. Modern brown morocco with a large panel on both sides of green imitation reptile skin, encrusted with small gems in centre, chamois endleaves, with matching half morocco chemise and matching half morocco slipcase (Perez-Noriega, 1995).
ISSELBURG, Peter and Georg REMUS. · 1580
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
[5] ll. of text.First edition of a political emblem book with engravings by Peter Isselburg (1580-ca. 1630) and published directly from the artist's workshop. After the title-page and the leaf with the coats of arms, are five letterpress text leaves, explaining the origin and ...
Bybel, dat is, de gansche H. Schrift, vervattende alle de kanonyke boeken des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments.Gorinchem, Nicolas Goetzee, 1748. 2 volumes. Large folio. With engraved allegorical frontispiece by J. Punt after J. de Wit, large engraved vignette by J. Punt on title, 12 double-page folding engraved maps by W.A. Bachine, including a plan of Jerusalem, and 61 double-page engraved plates by Jan Luyken, including 2 with four half-page illustrations to one plate, and extra mounted on endpapers of both volumes 8 half-page engraved bible-illustrations by G. de Jode, all richly coloured by hand. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, spines ribbed and richly gilt in a fine light flower design, with broad richly ornamental gilt borders and elegant gilt inner-panel with large gilt flowers at the four corners and large flowered gilt central ornaments.
Bybel, dat is, de gansche H. Schrift, vervattende alle de kanonyke boeken des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments.Gorinchem, Nicolas Goetzee, 1748. 2 volumes. Large folio. With engraved allegorical frontispiece by J. Punt after J. de Wit, large engraved vignette by J. Punt on title, 12 double-page folding engraved maps by W.A. Bachine, including a plan of Jerusalem, and 61 double-page engraved plates by Jan Luyken, including 2 with four half-page illustrations to one plate, and extra mounted on endpapers of both volumes 8 half-page engraved bible-illustrations by G. de Jode, all richly coloured by hand. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, spines ribbed and richly gilt in a fine light flower design, with broad richly ornamental gilt borders and elegant gilt inner-panel with large gilt flowers at the four corners and large flowered gilt central ornaments.
[BIBLE - DUTCH]. · 1637
€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)
[12], 19, [3], 342, [2], 151; [4], 12, 172, [4], 77 ll.Edition by Nicolas Goetzee of the Dutch Staten Bijbel (States’ Bible, the authorized translation first published in 1637), newly illustrated with 12 folding double-page maps, each map accompanied by a folding double-page l...
Le mercure indien, ou, Le tresor des Indes.Paris, Robert Chevillon, 1667. Small 8vo. With an engraved coat of arms on the title pages. Later vellum.
Le mercure indien, ou, Le tresor des Indes.Paris, Robert Chevillon, 1667. Small 8vo. With an engraved coat of arms on the title pages. Later vellum.
[ROSNEL, Pierre de].
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
[16], 64; [16], 176 pp.First edition of a "much esteemed and sought work" on precious metals, mining and gems, by a French goldsmith. Divided in two parts, the first part "is a mining & metallurgical treatise in which gold, silver, and mercury are described in respect to their...
Relation de la Campagne de Flandre, et du Siege de Namur, en l'année 1695.The Hague, Henry van Bulderen, 1696. Folio. With the title-page in red and black, with 4 folding engraved maps and plans of the Namur region and of the fortifications of the city of Namur (plate size ca. 58 x 44 cm), by Nicolaas Visscher II (= Claes Claesz. Visscher (1618-1709)) after designs by Ottmar Elliger the younger, a large arabesque tailpiece on the title-page and a different one at the end, and one woodcut decorated initial. Contemporary half roan (sheepskin).
Relation de la Campagne de Flandre, et du Siege de Namur, en l'année 1695.The Hague, Henry van Bulderen, 1696. Folio. With the title-page in red and black, with 4 folding engraved maps and plans of the Namur region and of the fortifications of the city of Namur (plate size ca. 58 x 44 cm), by Nicolaas Visscher II (= Claes Claesz. Visscher (1618-1709)) after designs by Ottmar Elliger the younger, a large arabesque tailpiece on the title-page and a different one at the end, and one woodcut decorated initial. Contemporary half roan (sheepskin).
[TRONCHIN DE BREUIL, Jean]. · 1695
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
61, [1 blank) pp.First edition of the account of the battles near Namur against the French by William III of Orange, who married Mary, Queen of England. William took Namur with an army of English, Dutch, and Germans after a siege of 57 days on 26 August 1695. Also included is ...
A tour through Paris, illustrated with twenty-one coloured plates, accompanied with descriptive letter-press.London, William Sams, [ca. 1825]. Folio. With 21 beautifully coloured aquatint plates showing vivid scenes of life in Paris. Contemporary gold-tooled half red sheepskin.
A tour through Paris, illustrated with twenty-one coloured plates, accompanied with descriptive letter-press.London, William Sams, [ca. 1825]. Folio. With 21 beautifully coloured aquatint plates showing vivid scenes of life in Paris. Contemporary gold-tooled half red sheepskin.
SAMS, William (publisher). · 1822
€4,000.00 ($4,408.73 | £3,337.06 | ¥704,017)
[21] ll. letterpress leaves (title page and explanatory text) and 21 plates interleaved with 19 blank ll.Very beautiful aquatint picture book of Paris, with titles to the plates like "Les Voitures of Versailles", "The Blind man of the Pont des Arts", "Dancers on Stilts in the ...
Souvenirs historiques et pittoresques du nord de la France, ou Collection des plus belles vues et des plus beaux monumens, de cette partie de la France.Paris, Dondey-Dupré, père et fils, 1830. Super Royal 4to (34.5 x 27 cm). With a letterpress half-title, title-page, 4-page letterpress introductory letter from Hédouin (dated 14 August) and 25 somewhat irregularly numbered, finely lithographed plates (mostly in landscape orientation with image size ca. 14.5 x 20 cm but the largest in portrait orientation 23.5 x 18 cm), printed on thin so-called “China” paper and mounted on blank leaves, each with a view of a site in northern France, by Pierre Langlumé after various artists, each followed by a letterpress account of the site. Modern half calf over contemporary boards with shell on shell marbled sides.
Souvenirs historiques et pittoresques du nord de la France, ou Collection des plus belles vues et des plus beaux monumens, de cette partie de la France.Paris, Dondey-Dupré, père et fils, 1830. Super Royal 4to (34.5 x 27 cm). With a letterpress half-title, title-page, 4-page letterpress introductory letter from Hédouin (dated 14 August) and 25 somewhat irregularly numbered, finely lithographed plates (mostly in landscape orientation with image size ca. 14.5 x 20 cm but the largest in portrait orientation 23.5 x 18 cm), printed on thin so-called “China” paper and mounted on blank leaves, each with a view of a site in northern France, by Pierre Langlumé after various artists, each followed by a letterpress account of the site. Modern half calf over contemporary boards with shell on shell marbled sides.
HÉDOUIN, Pierre. · 1790
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[56] pp.Beautifully lithographed book of views (landscapes, architectural views, seascapes and ruins) of northern France, including Boulogne, Calais, Montreuil, Hesdin, Bapaume, St. Pol, Arras, Wissant, St. Omer, the harbour of Ambleteuse, the Castles of Camblin, Créqui, Holla...
Teatro del Belgio ò sia descritione delle diecisette provincie del medesimo; con le piante delle città, e fortezze principali; da chi al presente possesse; come, in qual modo, & in qual tempo acquistate.Vienna, Michael Thurnmayer, 1673. Folio. With engraved frontispiece with the coat-of-arms of all Seventeen Provinces, engraved military scene on the title-page, folding engraved map of the Low Countries, 2 folding engraved views of a sea-battle and an army crossing the Rhine, and 120 double-page engraved fortification plans. Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.
Teatro del Belgio ò sia descritione delle diecisette provincie del medesimo; con le piante delle città, e fortezze principali; da chi al presente possesse; come, in qual modo, & in qual tempo acquistate.Vienna, Michael Thurnmayer, 1673. Folio. With engraved frontispiece with the coat-of-arms of all Seventeen Provinces, engraved military scene on the title-page, folding engraved map of the Low Countries, 2 folding engraved views of a sea-battle and an army crossing the Rhine, and 120 double-page engraved fortification plans. Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.
GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo. · 1606
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
[14], 148, [6] pp. textItalian edition, Thurnmayer issue (one of two simultaneous issues), of a fortification atlas of the Low Countries, published in the same year in German as Schau-platz desz Niederlandes. The 120 plans are well engraved and show the fortifications of all i...
Plans et journaux des sieges de la derniere guerre de Flandres.Strasbourg, Melchior Pauschinger, 1750. 4to. With 25 folding engraved maps with some hand-coloured details, and several, often repeated, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine.
Plans et journaux des sieges de la derniere guerre de Flandres.Strasbourg, Melchior Pauschinger, 1750. 4to. With 25 folding engraved maps with some hand-coloured details, and several, often repeated, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine.
[FUNCK, Jakob and Marc Guérard d'ILLENS]. · 1740
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
[8], 113, [1 blank] pp.First edition, one of the two simultaneously published issues, of a richly illustrated account of sieges of Flemish towns during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). The two authors, Jakob Funck and Marc Guérard d'Illens, both captain in the F...
Kronyka Nowa O Narodu Tureckem, na dwa Djili rozdelena.Prague, Daniel Adam, 1594. 2 volumes bound as 1. Small 4to (19.5 x 15.5 cm). With the title-page of volume 1 printed in red and black, and the colophon with large woodcut printer's device; the 2nd volume with woodcut ornament on the title-page, and the colophon with a woodcut vignette. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, with 2 leather straps with brass clasps (later).
Kronyka Nowa O Narodu Tureckem, na dwa Djili rozdelena.Prague, Daniel Adam, 1594. 2 volumes bound as 1. Small 4to (19.5 x 15.5 cm). With the title-page of volume 1 printed in red and black, and the colophon with large woodcut printer's device; the 2nd volume with woodcut ornament on the title-page, and the colophon with a woodcut vignette. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, with 2 leather straps with brass clasps (later).
LEUNCLAVIUS, Joannes. · 1550
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[12], 448, [27], [3 blank]; [1], [1 blank], [14], 385, [18], [1 blank] pp.Extremely rare first Czech edition of a famous Turkish chronicle, translated after the German by Jan Kocin. The text was based on a 16th-century Turkish manuscript by Muhammed ibn Hasanjan, called Saaded...
[Collection of an illustrated manuscript diary, and travel journals, including some views and photographs of Russia and Germany].[The Netherlands, 1824-1911]. Manuscript on paper in Dutch. Preserved in a card-board box (27 x 23.5 x 7 cm), covered with marbled paper.
[Collection of an illustrated manuscript diary, and travel journals, including some views and photographs of Russia and Germany].[The Netherlands, 1824-1911]. Manuscript on paper in Dutch. Preserved in a card-board box (27 x 23.5 x 7 cm), covered with marbled paper.
TROMP, C.H. · 1824
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
Rare and interesting collection of travel manuscripts and documents, consisting of personal memories and descriptions of voyages undertaken by C.H. Tromp (1824 - ca. 1911) from Woudsend, Friesland, to Russia and Germany, often nicely illustrated and with some views and photogr...
Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne par Fernand Cortez.Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1730. 2 volumes. 12mo. With 14 engraved maps, views and plates (12 folding). Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.
Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne par Fernand Cortez.Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1730. 2 volumes. 12mo. With 14 engraved maps, views and plates (12 folding). Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.
SOLÍS Y RIBADENEYRA, Antonio de. · 1610
€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)
[32], 606, [26]; [12], 560, [22] pp.Fourth(?) edition of the French translation of the famous Historia de la Conquista de Mexico by the gifted Spanish historian Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra (1610-1686), originally published in Madrid in 1684. Renowned for his historical know...
Het regt gebruik der werelt beschouwingen, ter overtuiginge van ongodisten en ongelovigen aangetoont.Amsterdam, Joannes Pauli, 1740. Large 4to. With title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, portrait of the author, and 28 engraved folding plates. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.
Het regt gebruik der werelt beschouwingen, ter overtuiginge van ongodisten en ongelovigen aangetoont.Amsterdam, Joannes Pauli, 1740. Large 4to. With title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, portrait of the author, and 28 engraved folding plates. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.
NIEUWENTYT, Bernard.
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
[8], 916, [18] pp.The sixth corrected edition of this comprehensive argument for the existence of God based on the purposefulness of nature. Nieuwentyt wanted to convince atheists and unbelievers (notably Spinozists) of the existence of God by describing the intricacies and la...
El Virrey de las provincias del Rio de la Plata a los habitantes de este ciudad.Montevideo (Uruguay), 31 August 1811. Oblong 1mo (whole sheet) broadside (31 x 43 cm). Preserved in a half morocco clamshell box.
El Virrey de las provincias del Rio de la Plata a los habitantes de este ciudad.Montevideo (Uruguay), 31 August 1811. Oblong 1mo (whole sheet) broadside (31 x 43 cm). Preserved in a half morocco clamshell box.
ELÍO, Francisco Javier de. · 1767
€3,350.00 ($3,692.31 | £2,794.79 | ¥589,614)
[1], [1 blank] pp.Second known copy of one of the earliest Montevideo imprints, published by Francisco Javier de Elío (1767-1822), the last viceroy of Rio de la Plata, urging the inhabitants of the town to remain loyal to Spain, which they did until 1814 when they surrendered ...
Acusacion pronunciada ante el Tribunal de Jurados de Lima contra el "Alcance al Mercurio Peruano" publicado por D. Carlos Rodriguez, y denunciado por el Gran Maríscal del Peru D. Bernardo O'Higgins.Lima, imprenta de Masias, 1833. 4to. 20th-century marbled boards.
Acusacion pronunciada ante el Tribunal de Jurados de Lima contra el "Alcance al Mercurio Peruano" publicado por D. Carlos Rodriguez, y denunciado por el Gran Maríscal del Peru D. Bernardo O'Higgins.Lima, imprenta de Masias, 1833. 4to. 20th-century marbled boards.
ASCENCIO, Juan [=José Joaquin de MORA]. · 1778
€850.00 ($936.85 | £709.13 | ¥149,604)
[2], VIII, 133, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of a defence of the former Supreme Director of Chile Bernardo O'Higgins (1778-1842) against the accusations presented in an article in a Peruvian newspaper. In this article in the Mercurio Peruano, published in Lima in 1833, ...
Voyages et découvertes faites par les Russes le long de côtes de la Mer Glaciale et sur l'Océan Oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amérique. On y a joint l'histoire du fleuve Amur et des pays adjacens.Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1766. 2 volumes. 12mo. With a large folding engraved map of the Russian Far East, from Novaya Zemlya to Kamchatka, with parts of Japan and North America. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
Voyages et découvertes faites par les Russes le long de côtes de la Mer Glaciale et sur l'Océan Oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amérique. On y a joint l'histoire du fleuve Amur et des pays adjacens.Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1766. 2 volumes. 12mo. With a large folding engraved map of the Russian Far East, from Novaya Zemlya to Kamchatka, with parts of Japan and North America. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
MÜLLER, Gerhard Friedrich. · 1681
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
X, [2], 388; IV, 207, [25] pp.First French edition of the best and most important contemporary account of the discoveries of Vitus Bering (1681-1741) and Alexei Chirikof (1703-1748) in North-east Asia and along the North-west coast of America. It describes Bering's first and s...
Essais historiques sur l'Inde, précédés d'un journal de voyages et d'une description géographique de la Côte de Coromandel.Paris, Herissant, 1769. 12mo. With 3 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt.
Essais historiques sur l'Inde, précédés d'un journal de voyages et d'une description géographique de la Côte de Coromandel.Paris, Herissant, 1769. 12mo. With 3 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt.
LA FLOTTE, M. de. · 1774
€600.00 ($661.31 | £500.56 | ¥105,603)
[4], 360, [12] pp.Rare first edition of an interesting description of a voyage to India and the coast of Coromandel. The plates represent Brama, the God of the Indians, the tower of a pagoda, and a man playing the flute to his dancing snakes. A new edition was published in 177...
De situ orbis Hermolai Barbari fideliter emendatus. [Venice], (colophon: printed by Albertino da Vercelli, 14 May 1502). Small 4to (20.5 x 15.5 cm). With printed guide letters left for manuscript initials (not filled in). Gold-tooled red half sheepskin (ca. 1820?).
De situ orbis Hermolai Barbari fideliter emendatus. [Venice], (colophon: printed by Albertino da Vercelli, 14 May 1502). Small 4to (20.5 x 15.5 cm). With printed guide letters left for manuscript initials (not filled in). Gold-tooled red half sheepskin (ca. 1820?).
MELA, Pomponius. · 1502
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
XXIIII ll.Rare 1502 edition, the third in the best and most important early recension of Pomponius Mela's description of the world, written ca. AD 43, the earliest surviving geographical work in Latin and one of Pliny's most important sources, perhaps the most important for ge...