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[Gezigten van buitenplaatsen en gebouwen tusschen Utrecht en de Grebbe].Utrecht, I.P. Houtman, [1828-1830]. Oblong 4to. With 2 lithographed index leaves, and 75 full-page lithographed views of estates and gardens in Utrecht (including De Bilt, Zeist, Doorn, Driebergen, Leersum, and Amerongen), protected by a leaf of rice-paper. Contemporary half green morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, marbled paper sides.
[Gezigten van buitenplaatsen en gebouwen tusschen Utrecht en de Grebbe].Utrecht, I.P. Houtman, [1828-1830]. Oblong 4to. With 2 lithographed index leaves, and 75 full-page lithographed views of estates and gardens in Utrecht (including De Bilt, Zeist, Doorn, Driebergen, Leersum, and Amerongen), protected by a leaf of rice-paper. Contemporary half green morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, marbled paper sides.
[MOUROT, Jean François Michel]. · 1803
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[2] ll. + 75 plates.Extremely rare complete set of beautifully lithographed views of country estates and gardens in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Engraved by Dutch artist Jean François Michel Mourot (1803-1847), they show the first veterinary school in Utrecht at...
Secreet-boeck van vele diversche en heerlicke consten in veelderleye materien ...Including: Aenhanghsel van verscheyden sonderlinge secreten, in 't maken, bereyden en bewaren van alderhande wijnen, als ook verwen[!], incten ende 't gene de verruw-konst en schrijf-konst aengaet.Haarlem, Thomas Fonteyn, 1650-1651. 12mo. With a vignette built up from typographic ornaments on the title page, a divisional title page for the appendix, and 2 woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary overlapping vellum, modern endpapers.
Secreet-boeck van vele diversche en heerlicke consten in veelderleye materien ...Including: Aenhanghsel van verscheyden sonderlinge secreten, in 't maken, bereyden en bewaren van alderhande wijnen, als ook verwen[!], incten ende 't gene de verruw-konst en schrijf-konst aengaet.Haarlem, Thomas Fonteyn, 1650-1651. 12mo. With a vignette built up from typographic ornaments on the title page, a divisional title page for the appendix, and 2 woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary overlapping vellum, modern endpapers.
BATTUS, Carolus. · 1500
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
490, [1], [1 blank], 73, [4], [1 blank] pp.Rare popular book with over 1500 "secrets" or interesting recipes and domestic remedies by Carolus Battus (or Carel Baten/Batin, ca. 1540-ca. 1617), a Flemish refugee who from 1588 to 1601 was town physician in Dordrecht. He became es...
Wegwyser door de heerlykheid Roosendaal ofte, de Roosendaalsche vermakelykheden met een geestelyk en zedelyk ooge beschouwt en in digtmaat gestelt. Amsterdam, Gerard van Keulen, 1718. 4to. With an engraved full-page portrait of Johan van Arnhem, lord of Roosendaal by J. Baptist, a plate with his engraved coat-of-arms, a large folding engraved bird's-eye view of the House Roosendaal, and 19 folding engraved views of houses, gardens, fountains, bridges and other buildings in Roosendaal and its surroundings, all designed by B. Elshof and engraved by J. Smit. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf.
Wegwyser door de heerlykheid Roosendaal ofte, de Roosendaalsche vermakelykheden met een geestelyk en zedelyk ooge beschouwt en in digtmaat gestelt. Amsterdam, Gerard van Keulen, 1718. 4to. With an engraved full-page portrait of Johan van Arnhem, lord of Roosendaal by J. Baptist, a plate with his engraved coat-of-arms, a large folding engraved bird's-eye view of the House Roosendaal, and 19 folding engraved views of houses, gardens, fountains, bridges and other buildings in Roosendaal and its surroundings, all designed by B. Elshof and engraved by J. Smit. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf.
OUTREIN, Johannes d'. · 1636
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
[40], 88 pp.Enlarged and best edition of a collection of laudatory verses in praise of the House of Roosendaal and its beautiful gardens. The house was in those days the property of Johan of Arnhem (1636-1716), and was famous for its grandness and beautiful fountains, bridges,...
Dialogo della pittura. Nel quale si ragiona della dignità di essa pittura, e di tutte le parti necessarie, che a perfetto pittore si acconuengono: con esempi di pittori antichi, & moderni: e nel fine si fa mentione delle virtù e delle opere del divin Titiano.Venice, Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1557. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 2 decorated woodcut initials, a woodcut headpiece, and 2 headpieces built-up from typographical ornaments. Slightly later vellum.
Dialogo della pittura. Nel quale si ragiona della dignità di essa pittura, e di tutte le parti necessarie, che a perfetto pittore si acconuengono: con esempi di pittori antichi, & moderni: e nel fine si fa mentione delle virtù e delle opere del divin Titiano.Venice, Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1557. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 2 decorated woodcut initials, a woodcut headpiece, and 2 headpieces built-up from typographical ornaments. Slightly later vellum.
DOLCE, Lodovico. · 1508
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
60 ll.First edition of Lodovico Dolce's (1508-1568) lively dialogue on painting. The discussion, held between Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) and Giovanni Francesco Fabrini (1516-1580), concentrates on art theory, the relative merits of artists and works of art, as well as the ques...
Van die beweechnisse des herten, tot berouwe der sonde[n]. ...(Colophon:) Antwerp, Symon Cock, 18 August 1546. 8vo. With the title-page in red and black in a framework of thin rules, 6 woodcut decorated initials and 2 vine-leaf ornaments. Set in 3 sizes of textura gothic types. A very interesting Antwerp binding of contemporary panel-stamped calf, each board with the same panel, showing 2 medallion portraits in, the whole surrounded by a floral decorative border, interesting fastenings with cord loops that fasten to bone buttons on leather straps.
Van die beweechnisse des herten, tot berouwe der sonde[n]. ...(Colophon:) Antwerp, Symon Cock, 18 August 1546. 8vo. With the title-page in red and black in a framework of thin rules, 6 woodcut decorated initials and 2 vine-leaf ornaments. Set in 3 sizes of textura gothic types. A very interesting Antwerp binding of contemporary panel-stamped calf, each board with the same panel, showing 2 medallion portraits in, the whole surrounded by a floral decorative border, interesting fastenings with cord loops that fasten to bone buttons on leather straps.
CHRYSOSTOMUS, Johannes (Antonius VAN HEMERT, translator). · 1526
€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)
[131], [1 blank] ll.Rare first and only edition (apparently one of two copies known to include the final quire R, with the Imperial privilege noted on the title-page) of the Dutch translation of devotional tracts and sermons by Johannes Chrysostomus (ca. 347-407), Archbischop ...
T'Wonder-boeck: waer in dat van der wereldt aen versloten gheopenbaert is.[Vianen, printed by Dirck Mullem and distributed via a merchant in Emden, 1584]. 4 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With a half-page engraving of the Lamb of God in part 1, a spectacular full-page engraving of the nude bride of Christ in part 3 (by Hieronymus Wierix) and an engraved landscape with the way to eternal life in the sky in part 3. Blind-tooled calf over wooden boards (ca. 1645), each board in a panel design with three ornamental rolls, 2 brass clasps and catchplates with engraved decoration.
T'Wonder-boeck: waer in dat van der wereldt aen versloten gheopenbaert is.[Vianen, printed by Dirck Mullem and distributed via a merchant in Emden, 1584]. 4 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With a half-page engraving of the Lamb of God in part 1, a spectacular full-page engraving of the nude bride of Christ in part 3 (by Hieronymus Wierix) and an engraved landscape with the way to eternal life in the sky in part 3. Blind-tooled calf over wooden boards (ca. 1645), each board in a panel design with three ornamental rolls, 2 brass clasps and catchplates with engraved decoration.
JORIS, David. · 1551
€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)
[9 of 10], 125, [3]; [5 of 6], 164, [2]; [4], 50, [2]; [2], 34, [1], [1 blank] ll.Second edition of David Joris's famous Wonderboeck (Book of miracles), extensively revised and enlarged by the author in 1551 but not printed until almost thirty years after his death. One of the...
I Giuochi numerici fatti arcani palesati.Venice, Giovanni Battista Locatelli, 1788. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 57 figures depicting conjuring tricks on 16 engraved full-page plates, and many printed tables and figures in the text. Modern half vellum.
I Giuochi numerici fatti arcani palesati.Venice, Giovanni Battista Locatelli, 1788. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 57 figures depicting conjuring tricks on 16 engraved full-page plates, and many printed tables and figures in the text. Modern half vellum.
ALBERTI, Giuseppe Francesco Antonio. · 1712
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
156 pp.Scarce collection of mathematical puzzles, magic tricks, and illusions, including an illustrated section on sleight-of-hand conjuring. The work starts with a study of unusual arithmetic equations and puzzles, before discussing magic tricks and illusions, including card ...
Verhandelinge van de opvoedinge en ziekten der kinderen. Vertoonende op wat wyse de kinderen gezond konnen blyven, en ziek zijnde, bequamelyk konnen herstelt werden. Zeer nodig voor alle huyshoudende lieden.Amsterdam, Hieronymus Sweerts, 1684. 8vo. With an engraved title page showing a hospital scene and 19 figures on 6 engraved plates. Near contemporary vellum.
Verhandelinge van de opvoedinge en ziekten der kinderen. Vertoonende op wat wyse de kinderen gezond konnen blyven, en ziek zijnde, bequamelyk konnen herstelt werden. Zeer nodig voor alle huyshoudende lieden.Amsterdam, Hieronymus Sweerts, 1684. 8vo. With an engraved title page showing a hospital scene and 19 figures on 6 engraved plates. Near contemporary vellum.
BLANKAART, Steven. · 1650
€8,500.00 ($9,368.55 | £7,091.26 | ¥1,496,036)
[8], 332, [20] pp.Rare first and only early edition (here with the dedication in the rarer first of two settings) of one of the first medical books on raising and educating children and especially on paediatrics. Intended for parents, it offers advice and instructions for trea...
Voyage autour du monde, pendant les anneés 1790, 1791 et 1792, par Étienne Marchand, précédé d'une introduction historique; auquel on a joint des recerches sur les terres Australes de Drake, et un examen critique du voyage de Roggeween. Paris, De l'imprimerie de la République, [1798-1800]. 6 volumes: 5 text volumes and 1 atlas. Large 8vo (23 x 15 cm) and 4to atlas. With 3 folding tables with vocabulary in 3rd volume and 15 engraved maps and 1 engraved plate in atlas volume. Contemporary light brown calf, gold-tooled spine gilt with star and flower pattern and 2 red morocco title labels, gold-tooled ornamental borders on the boards, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges (COURTEVAL).
Voyage autour du monde, pendant les anneés 1790, 1791 et 1792, par Étienne Marchand, précédé d'une introduction historique; auquel on a joint des recerches sur les terres Australes de Drake, et un examen critique du voyage de Roggeween. Paris, De l'imprimerie de la République, [1798-1800]. 6 volumes: 5 text volumes and 1 atlas. Large 8vo (23 x 15 cm) and 4to atlas. With 3 folding tables with vocabulary in 3rd volume and 15 engraved maps and 1 engraved plate in atlas volume. Contemporary light brown calf, gold-tooled spine gilt with star and flower pattern and 2 red morocco title labels, gold-tooled ornamental borders on the boards, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges (COURTEVAL).
MARCHAND, Étienne and Charles Pierre Claret de FLEURIEU. · 1800
€27,500.00 ($30,310.00 | £22,942.32 | ¥4,840,116)
[4], VIII, CCI, [3], 294, [2]; VII, [1], 529, [1]; [2], VIII, 474, [2]; VIII, 494, [2]; XII, 559, [5]; [2], VIII, 158, [2] pp.A renowned account of the first French commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest, under command of Étienne Marchand. The main objective of the voyage ...
Traité sur la peinture pour en apprendre la teorie, & se perfectionner dans la pratique.Toulouse, Widow of J. Pech, and A. Pech, 1699. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page, 4 full-page engraved allegorical plates after A. Rivatz, the first dated 1694, and 8 engravings showing perspecive, 2 of which are full-page. Further with large flowered and emblematic woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf.
Traité sur la peinture pour en apprendre la teorie, & se perfectionner dans la pratique.Toulouse, Widow of J. Pech, and A. Pech, 1699. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page, 4 full-page engraved allegorical plates after A. Rivatz, the first dated 1694, and 8 engravings showing perspecive, 2 of which are full-page. Further with large flowered and emblematic woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf.
DUPUY DU GREZ, Bernard. · 1639
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[20], 396 pp.Rare first edition of this manual on the theory of baroque painting, composition and colours, by Bernard Dupuy du Grez (1639-1720), a celebrated Toulouse scholar. After his education and a Grand Tour in Italy, Dupuy de Grez became a lawyer at the parlement of Toul...
d'Amboinsche rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryvinge van aleerhande zoo weeke als harde schaalvisschen, te weete raare krabben, kreeften, en diergelyke zeedieren, als mede allerhande hoorntjes en schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche zee vindt: daar benevens zommigen mineraalen, gesteenten, en soorten van aarde, die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende eilanden gevonden worden.Amsterdam, Jan Roman de jonge, 1741. Royal folio (44 x 27.5 cm). With an engraved title page, the letterpress title in red and black, with an engraved device, an engraved author's portrait, 60 engraved plates, and 5 engraved vignettes. Contemporary red half roan (sheepskin).
d'Amboinsche rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryvinge van aleerhande zoo weeke als harde schaalvisschen, te weete raare krabben, kreeften, en diergelyke zeedieren, als mede allerhande hoorntjes en schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche zee vindt: daar benevens zommigen mineraalen, gesteenten, en soorten van aarde, die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende eilanden gevonden worden.Amsterdam, Jan Roman de jonge, 1741. Royal folio (44 x 27.5 cm). With an engraved title page, the letterpress title in red and black, with an engraved device, an engraved author's portrait, 60 engraved plates, and 5 engraved vignettes. Contemporary red half roan (sheepskin).
RUMPHIUS, Georg Everhard. · 1652
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[24], 340, [43], [1 blank] pp.Second edition, in the original Dutch, of a monumental and splendidly illustrated account of Ambonese and other East Indian marine specimens excluding vertebrate fish, apparently drawn in the year of the death of the owner, Rumphius. The 60 large ...
Reis door de Republiek van Columbia, in het jaar 1823; ... Uit het Fransch vertaald door A. Bruggemans.Dordrecht, Blussé and Van Braam, 1825. 2 volumes bound as 1. 8vo. With 6 lithographed plates (1 bound as frontispiece). Contemporary brown half roan, gold-tooled spine.
Reis door de Republiek van Columbia, in het jaar 1823; ... Uit het Fransch vertaald door A. Bruggemans.Dordrecht, Blussé and Van Braam, 1825. 2 volumes bound as 1. 8vo. With 6 lithographed plates (1 bound as frontispiece). Contemporary brown half roan, gold-tooled spine.
MOLLIEN, Gaspard Théodore. · 1796
€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)
XVI, 283; VIII, 274 pp.Very rare first edition of the Dutch translation of a travelogue through the Republic of Colombia by Gaspard Théodore Mollien (1796-1872). The author starts with describing his journey from France to Bogota, sailing along the American coasts. In Colombia...
Almanach ten dienste der zeelieden voor het jaar 1788.Including:(2) Over het bepalen der lengte op zee door de afstanden van de maan tot de zon, of vaste sterren, ...(3) Van tafelen, ten dienste der zeelieden, en voor al ter bevordering van het bepaalen der lengte op zee, door de afstanden van de maan tot de zon, of de vaste sterren; ...Amsterdam, Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1787-1788. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With three title pages with woodcut printer's device, mathematical figures in the text, letterpress tables, and 4 large printed folding tables. Contemporary half vellum.
Almanach ten dienste der zeelieden voor het jaar 1788.Including:(2) Over het bepalen der lengte op zee door de afstanden van de maan tot de zon, of vaste sterren, ...(3) Van tafelen, ten dienste der zeelieden, en voor al ter bevordering van het bepaalen der lengte op zee, door de afstanden van de maan tot de zon, of de vaste sterren; ...Amsterdam, Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1787-1788. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With three title pages with woodcut printer's device, mathematical figures in the text, letterpress tables, and 4 large printed folding tables. Contemporary half vellum.
SWINDEN, Jan Hendrik van, Pieter NIEUWLAND and Gerard HULST VAN KEULEN. · 1760
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
XXX, 108, 87, [1]; XXIII, 136; [4], 30, [2], 60 pp.First edition of an almanac for the use of seamen, in three parts, published by order of the board of the Amsterdam Admiralty by the Committee for the establishment of longitude at sea and the improvement of nautical charts, i...
Reize naar de baai van Hudson, ter ontdekkinge van eenen Noord-wester doortogt, gedaan in de jaaren 1746. en 1747.Leiden, Elie Luzac jun., 1750. 8vo. With large folding engraved map (18 x 44.5 cm), and 9 engraved plates, mostly folding by N. van Frankendaal, with captions in French and Dutch. Contemporary red half roan.
Reize naar de baai van Hudson, ter ontdekkinge van eenen Noord-wester doortogt, gedaan in de jaaren 1746. en 1747.Leiden, Elie Luzac jun., 1750. 8vo. With large folding engraved map (18 x 44.5 cm), and 9 engraved plates, mostly folding by N. van Frankendaal, with captions in French and Dutch. Contemporary red half roan.
ELLIS, Henry. · 1746
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
XXXII, 440 pp.First and only Dutch edition of a description of the voyage of the ships Dobbs and California under the command of the captains Moor and Smith to Hudson Bay in Canada (1746-1747), where they unsuccessfully sought a North-West passage, first published in English i...
Les forces de l' Europe, ou description des principales villes; avec leurs fortifications. ... Premiere partie[-dixième partie].Paris, "chez l'auteur" [= Nicolas de Fer, a false imprint], 1695-1696 [printed in Amsterdam, for Pieter Mortier, 1695-ca. 1702].With: (2) FER, Nicolas de. Costes de France, sur l' ocean & sur la Mer Mediterranée &c. avec leurs fortifications. ... Tome I[-II].Paris, "Nicolas de Fer" [a false imprint], 1695. [printed in Amsterdam, for Pieter Mortier]. 2 works in 12 parts or volumes, bound as 1. Oblong 1mo (30 x 37 cm). Ad 1 with 10 letterpress title pages in red and black for the 10 parts; 5 engraved titles for parts 1-5 (that for part 5 repeating that for part 2); plus 234 beautifully engraved plates (a few folding) with 366 maps and views of fortified cities. Ad 2 with an engraved title page, 2 letterpress title pages in red and black and 40 engraved plates (including 2 folding), labelled A-S in part 1 and T-Oo in part 2. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, sewn on 5 cords, gold-tooled spine with the title in the 2nd of 6 compartments.
Les forces de l' Europe, ou description des principales villes; avec leurs fortifications. ... Premiere partie[-dixième partie].Paris, "chez l'auteur" [= Nicolas de Fer, a false imprint], 1695-1696 [printed in Amsterdam, for Pieter Mortier, 1695-ca. 1702].With: (2) FER, Nicolas de. Costes de France, sur l' ocean & sur la Mer Mediterranée &c. avec leurs fortifications. ... Tome I[-II].Paris, "Nicolas de Fer" [a false imprint], 1695. [printed in Amsterdam, for Pieter Mortier]. 2 works in 12 parts or volumes, bound as 1. Oblong 1mo (30 x 37 cm). Ad 1 with 10 letterpress title pages in red and black for the 10 parts; 5 engraved titles for parts 1-5 (that for part 5 repeating that for part 2); plus 234 beautifully engraved plates (a few folding) with 366 maps and views of fortified cities. Ad 2 with an engraved title page, 2 letterpress title pages in red and black and 40 engraved plates (including 2 folding), labelled A-S in part 1 and T-Oo in part 2. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, sewn on 5 cords, gold-tooled spine with the title in the 2nd of 6 compartments.
FER, Nicolas de. · 1661
€17,500.00 ($19,288.18 | £14,599.65 | ¥3,080,074)
Splendid atlas of fortifications of the cities of Europe (plus Malta and some other Mediterranean sites), combined with a maritime atlas of the French coasts, published by Pieter Mortier (1661-1711). Both are based on the similar publications of Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) and ...
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773.London, William Bowyer and John Nichols for J. Nourse, 1774. Large 4to. With 15 large double-page and larger folding engraved plates, and many letterpress tables in the text. Contemporary tree calf, gold-tooled board edges, rebacked soon after with a richly gold-tooled spine with globes and numerous floral stamps, red morocco spine-label.
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773.London, William Bowyer and John Nichols for J. Nourse, 1774. Large 4to. With 15 large double-page and larger folding engraved plates, and many letterpress tables in the text. Contemporary tree calf, gold-tooled board edges, rebacked soon after with a richly gold-tooled spine with globes and numerous floral stamps, red morocco spine-label.
PHIPPS, Constantine John. · 1773
€4,000.00 ($4,408.73 | £3,337.06 | ¥704,017)
VIII, 253 pp.First edition of Phipps's account of his expedition to the Arctic. The expedition with the ships Racehorse and Carcass sailed north by way of the Shetlands, reaching the coast of Spitsbergen on 29 June 1773. They passed Magdalena Hoek in early July, but were unabl...
Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, esq. the British consul. Comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning Bashaw, his family, and other persons of distinction; also, an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks. London, Henry Colburn, 1817. Large 4to. Engraved coloured frontispiece of Sidy Hassan, late Bey of Tripoli, folding engraved map (220 x 390 mm) of the regencies of Tripoli and Tunis, signed "Neele scuplt. Strand", 6 full-page plates of the Triumphal Arch of Tripoli, Arabs recreating in the desert, a Bedouin woman, officers of the Grand Seraglio, a guard of Tripoli, and an Egyptian puppet- shew, all engraved by Hoovell & Son and beautifully coloured by hand. Contemporary calf, spine with title lettered in gold, gilt fillet border on covers, marbled edges.
Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, esq. the British consul. Comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning Bashaw, his family, and other persons of distinction; also, an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks. London, Henry Colburn, 1817. Large 4to. Engraved coloured frontispiece of Sidy Hassan, late Bey of Tripoli, folding engraved map (220 x 390 mm) of the regencies of Tripoli and Tunis, signed "Neele scuplt. Strand", 6 full-page plates of the Triumphal Arch of Tripoli, Arabs recreating in the desert, a Bedouin woman, officers of the Grand Seraglio, a guard of Tripoli, and an Egyptian puppet- shew, all engraved by Hoovell & Son and beautifully coloured by hand. Contemporary calf, spine with title lettered in gold, gilt fillet border on covers, marbled edges.
TULLY, [Richard]. · 1783
€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)
XIII, [2], 376 pp.Second edition of this collection of letters on Tripoli, containing valuable information on the court of the Bashaw of Tripoli, being one of the few accounts made publicly known of the private manners of this African despot. The letters were written by Miss T...
[Set of 11 works by Jan Luyken].Amsterdam, widow of P. Arentz, and Kornelis vander Sys, 1708 - 1718 (10 vols.); Haarlem, C.H. Bohn, 1767 (1 vol.). 11 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary uniform half calf, richly gold-tooled spines (10 vols.), the 1767 in slightly different half calf, apparently made to match the earlier ones.
[Set of 11 works by Jan Luyken].Amsterdam, widow of P. Arentz, and Kornelis vander Sys, 1708 - 1718 (10 vols.); Haarlem, C.H. Bohn, 1767 (1 vol.). 11 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary uniform half calf, richly gold-tooled spines (10 vols.), the 1767 in slightly different half calf, apparently made to match the earlier ones.
LUYKEN, Jan (and Caspar). · 1649
€12,000.00 ($13,226.18 | £10,011.19 | ¥2,112,051)
Attractive set of 11 works of the famous Dutch poet, artist and engraver Jan Luyken (1649-1712). Luyken, like Saint Augustine, had led a rather frivolous life when young, which he said helped him to vividly depict the dangers and temptations of a worldly life. Most of the work...
Verhael in forme van journael, van de reys ende 't vertoeven van den seer doorluchtige ende machtige prins Carel de II, Koning van Groot Britannien, &c. Welcke hy in Hollandt gedaen heeft, zedert den 25 Mey, tot den 2 Junij 1660.The Hague, Adrian Vlack, 1660. Folio. With the engraved coat-of-arms of Charles II on the title page, an engraved folding portrait of Charles II, 6 double-page engraved plates, an engraved headpiece, and two decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints, modern green closing ties.
Verhael in forme van journael, van de reys ende 't vertoeven van den seer doorluchtige ende machtige prins Carel de II, Koning van Groot Britannien, &c. Welcke hy in Hollandt gedaen heeft, zedert den 25 Mey, tot den 2 Junij 1660.The Hague, Adrian Vlack, 1660. Folio. With the engraved coat-of-arms of Charles II on the title page, an engraved folding portrait of Charles II, 6 double-page engraved plates, an engraved headpiece, and two decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints, modern green closing ties.
[WICQUEFORT, Abraham de]. · 1630
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[4], "124" [=126], [6] pp.First edition of a beautifully illustrated account of Charles II of England's (1630-1685) travels through the Netherlands, on his way to regain the English Crown. The splendid plates in the present copy are in their first states, and the portrait of C...
Album Palliere. Escenas Americanas. Reduccion de cuadros, aquarelles y bosquejos. Buenos Aires, Fusoni brothers, [1864?]. Oblong Royal folio (32.5 x 52 cm). With lithographed title-page and 52 tinted lithographed plates (image size mostly about 19 x 32 cm), lithographed by J. Pelvilain after designs by Juan Léon Palliere. Contemporary, gold-tooled green morocco.
Album Palliere. Escenas Americanas. Reduccion de cuadros, aquarelles y bosquejos. Buenos Aires, Fusoni brothers, [1864?]. Oblong Royal folio (32.5 x 52 cm). With lithographed title-page and 52 tinted lithographed plates (image size mostly about 19 x 32 cm), lithographed by J. Pelvilain after designs by Juan Léon Palliere. Contemporary, gold-tooled green morocco.
PALLIERE, Jean Léon.
€39,500.00 ($43,536.19 | £32,953.51 | ¥6,952,167)
Lithographic title-page plus 52 plates.Very rare and beautiful album containing 52 tinted lithographs of South American scenes with interior and exterior views showing people (of European, indigenous American and African ancestry), buildings, animals and landscapes in Argentin...