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Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1768 et 1769, à différentes parties du monde, pour éprouver en mer les horloges marines inventées par M. Ferdinand Berthoud. Première[-seconde] partie, ... Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1773. 2 volumes. Large 4to (27 x 20.5 cm). With 5 numbered folding engraved plates in volume 1 (4 maps of the Atlantic Ocean, the Canaries, the Azores, etc., and 1 plate with topographic diagrams), 1 folding engraved plate with geometrical figures illustrating the determination of latitude[!], and 5 folding letterpress tables in volume 2. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1768 et 1769, à différentes parties du monde, pour éprouver en mer les horloges marines inventées par M. Ferdinand Berthoud. Première[-seconde] partie, ... Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1773. 2 volumes. Large 4to (27 x 20.5 cm). With 5 numbered folding engraved plates in volume 1 (4 maps of the Atlantic Ocean, the Canaries, the Azores, etc., and 1 plate with topographic diagrams), 1 folding engraved plate with geometrical figures illustrating the determination of latitude[!], and 5 folding letterpress tables in volume 2. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
FLEURIEU, Charles Pierre Claret, Count d'Eveux de. · 1738
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
[2], LXXIX, [1 blank], 803, [1 blank]; [2], 622, XL, [2 blank] pp.First edition of an account by Charles Pierre Claret, Count Fleurieu (1738-1810), of the first voyage made to test the chronometers invented by his mentor, Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), designated number 6 and...
Medicea hospes, sive descriptio publicae gratulationis, qua serenissimam, Augustissimamque reginam, Mariam de Medicis, excepit senatus populusque Amstelodamensis.Amsterdam, Joan & Cornelis Blaeu, 1638. Folio (ca. 39.5 x 25 cm). With 17 engraved plates (1 frontispiece, 14 double page, and 2 folding), a woodcut coat-of-arms of the city of Amsterdam on the title-page, two decorated woodcut initials, and a woodcut tailpiece. Contemporary gold-tooled brown morocco, with a laurel wreath in the centre of both boards, set in a double fillet frame.
Medicea hospes, sive descriptio publicae gratulationis, qua serenissimam, Augustissimamque reginam, Mariam de Medicis, excepit senatus populusque Amstelodamensis.Amsterdam, Joan & Cornelis Blaeu, 1638. Folio (ca. 39.5 x 25 cm). With 17 engraved plates (1 frontispiece, 14 double page, and 2 folding), a woodcut coat-of-arms of the city of Amsterdam on the title-page, two decorated woodcut initials, and a woodcut tailpiece. Contemporary gold-tooled brown morocco, with a laurel wreath in the centre of both boards, set in a double fillet frame.
BARLAEUS, Caspar (BAERLE, Kasper van). · 1575
€17,500.00 ($19,288.18 | £14,599.65 | ¥3,080,074)
[12], 62, [2 blank] pp.First edition in Latin of a beautifully illustrated Dutch Royal Entree book, with all of the plates in their first states. Published simultaneously in French and in Latin, it is the first official description of an entrance in the Northern Netherlands, a...
Marie de Medicis, entrant dans Amsterdam: ou histoire de la reception faicte à la reyne mere du roy tres-chrestien, par les bourgmaistres & bourgeoisie de la ville d'Amsterdam.Amsterdam, Joan & Cornelis Blaeu, 1638. Folio (ca. 41 x 28 cm). With 18 engraved plates (1 frontispiece, 14 double page, and 3 folding), a woodcut coat-of-arms of the city of Amsterdam on the title-page, and two decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum, sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints, with the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam in the centre of both boards, set in a double fillet frame with flowers in the corners, the manuscript title on the spine, green closing ties.
Marie de Medicis, entrant dans Amsterdam: ou histoire de la reception faicte à la reyne mere du roy tres-chrestien, par les bourgmaistres & bourgeoisie de la ville d'Amsterdam.Amsterdam, Joan & Cornelis Blaeu, 1638. Folio (ca. 41 x 28 cm). With 18 engraved plates (1 frontispiece, 14 double page, and 3 folding), a woodcut coat-of-arms of the city of Amsterdam on the title-page, and two decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum, sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints, with the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam in the centre of both boards, set in a double fillet frame with flowers in the corners, the manuscript title on the spine, green closing ties.
BARLAEUS, Caspar (BAERLE, Kasper van). · 1575
€15,000.00 ($16,532.73 | £12,513.99 | ¥2,640,063)
97, [1 blank] pp.Superb large paper copy of the first edition in French of a beautifully illustrated Dutch Royal Entree book, with the extremely rare plate of the four burgomasters included. Published simultaneously in French and in Latin, it is the first official description ...
Philologemata abstrusa de pollice: in quibus singularia animadversa vom Diebes-Daüme, et manu: item de patibulo, virgula Mercuriali, alruna, esu casei magico &c. Gerrae profanorum refutatae, cum revelata origine vera et admiranda superstitionum; et virga critica castigata habentur aliquot loca ambigua primaria celeberrimorum grammaticorum.Leipzig, Elias Fiebig; printed in Zagan (now in Poland) by Johann Ockel, 1677. Small 4to (19.5 x 16 cm). With a woodcut illustration on title-page showing a hand with turned up thumb, and one woodcut in text (p. 195) showing a hand divided into alphabetical compartments. 18th-century vellum.
Philologemata abstrusa de pollice: in quibus singularia animadversa vom Diebes-Daüme, et manu: item de patibulo, virgula Mercuriali, alruna, esu casei magico &c. Gerrae profanorum refutatae, cum revelata origine vera et admiranda superstitionum; et virga critica castigata habentur aliquot loca ambigua primaria celeberrimorum grammaticorum.Leipzig, Elias Fiebig; printed in Zagan (now in Poland) by Johann Ockel, 1677. Small 4to (19.5 x 16 cm). With a woodcut illustration on title-page showing a hand with turned up thumb, and one woodcut in text (p. 195) showing a hand divided into alphabetical compartments. 18th-century vellum.
PRAETORIUS, Johann. · 1630
€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)
216 pp.First and only edition of a curious collection of material on the history of superstition by the prolific and versatile, but later unjustly overlooked author, Johann Praetorius, the partly Latinized name of Hans Schultze (1630-1680). "Praetorius had an open eye and a sh...
De creatione problemata XXX: cum summariis singulorum problematum, & indice locorum Scripturae, quae hoc opere explicantur.Amsterdam, the author, 1635.With: (2) MENASSEH Ben Israel. De resurrectione mortuorum libri III. Quibus animae immortalitas & corporis resurrectio contra Zaducaeos comprobatur: caussae item miraculosae resurrectionis exponuntur: deque judicio extremo, & mundi instauratione agitur...Amsterdam, the author, 1636. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary calf, rebacked, with the original backstrip laid down.
De creatione problemata XXX: cum summariis singulorum problematum, & indice locorum Scripturae, quae hoc opere explicantur.Amsterdam, the author, 1635.With: (2) MENASSEH Ben Israel. De resurrectione mortuorum libri III. Quibus animae immortalitas & corporis resurrectio contra Zaducaeos comprobatur: caussae item miraculosae resurrectionis exponuntur: deque judicio extremo, & mundi instauratione agitur...Amsterdam, the author, 1636. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary calf, rebacked, with the original backstrip laid down.
MENASSEH Ben Israel. · 1604
€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)
[16], 156, [2], [2 blank]; [40], 346, [6] pp.Ad 1: First edition of a work on God's creation of Earth, by the well-known Portuguese rabbi, writer and printer Menasseh Ben Israel (1604-1657), who established the first Jewish printing office in the Netherlands. The work presents...
Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën.Dordrecht, etc., J. van Braam, etc., 1724-1726. Folio. 5 parts in 8 vols. Engr. frontispiece, folding engr. portrait, engr. dedication, 8 folding tables, 289 engr. plates , 2 extra double-page engr. plates. Modern half calf.
Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën.Dordrecht, etc., J. van Braam, etc., 1724-1726. Folio. 5 parts in 8 vols. Engr. frontispiece, folding engr. portrait, engr. dedication, 8 folding tables, 289 engr. plates , 2 extra double-page engr. plates. Modern half calf.
VALENTIJN, François. · 1642
€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)
Together ca. 3500 pp.Rare complete set of the most extensive geographical and historical description of the whole area the Dutch V.O.C. had taken into possession or had gained a foothold in: the East Indies, parts of China, Japan, parts of the Near East, and the Cape of Good H...
La divina settimana: tradotta di rima Francese in verso sciolto Italiano.Tours, Giametto Metaieri (Jamet Mettayer), 1592. 12mo. With the title with in a border, built up from cast fleurons, and some woodcut initials and headpieces. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.
La divina settimana: tradotta di rima Francese in verso sciolto Italiano.Tours, Giametto Metaieri (Jamet Mettayer), 1592. 12mo. With the title with in a border, built up from cast fleurons, and some woodcut initials and headpieces. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.
[DU BARTAS, Guillaume de Salluste]. · 1578
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[6], 152 ll.First edition of the Italian translation by Ferrante Guisone of Du Bartas's world-famous La Sepmaine, ou création du monde (1578), an epic poem on the creation of the world, divided into seven parts, for each of the seven days of creation. Guillaume de Salluste du ...
Droomboek, met deszelfs uytlegging, waer in, uyt natuerlyke oorzaeken der oude philosoophen en waerzeggers, verklaert en uyt geleyd worden alle droomen oft nagt-gezigten, die den mensch (als hy slaept) voor-komen mogen. Waer uyt dat men zyn geluk of ongeluk vernemen kan, zonder eenige vermindering der kragt Gods.Amsterdam, the widow of Gysbert de Groot, [ca. 1695] Small 8vo. With a popular woodcut illustration of a sleeping man on the title page, and a woodcut headpiece on the first text page. Preserved in modern orange wrappers, with a print of the title page mounted on the front wrapper.
Droomboek, met deszelfs uytlegging, waer in, uyt natuerlyke oorzaeken der oude philosoophen en waerzeggers, verklaert en uyt geleyd worden alle droomen oft nagt-gezigten, die den mensch (als hy slaept) voor-komen mogen. Waer uyt dat men zyn geluk of ongeluk vernemen kan, zonder eenige vermindering der kragt Gods.Amsterdam, the widow of Gysbert de Groot, [ca. 1695] Small 8vo. With a popular woodcut illustration of a sleeping man on the title page, and a woodcut headpiece on the first text page. Preserved in modern orange wrappers, with a print of the title page mounted on the front wrapper.
[CHAPBOOK - PROGNOSTICATIONS - Daldanius ARTEMIDORUS]. · 1645
€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)
36 pp.Unrecorded edition of a Dutch chapbook on the prophetic meaning of various symbols and situations encountered in dreams. For example, according to the text, dreaming about fishing nets means that it is going to rain, and dreaming about walking in a forest means the dream...
Ein newe und schöne Art der vollkommenen Visierkunst: derengleichen hiebevor niemaln in keiner Spraach gesehen worden ...Frankfurt am Main, printed by Palthenius for Jonas Rosa, 1603. 4to. With numerous tables and several woodcut diagrams and figures in text. Modern overlapping vellum.
Ein newe und schöne Art der vollkommenen Visierkunst: derengleichen hiebevor niemaln in keiner Spraach gesehen worden ...Frankfurt am Main, printed by Palthenius for Jonas Rosa, 1603. 4to. With numerous tables and several woodcut diagrams and figures in text. Modern overlapping vellum.
BEYER, Johann Hartmann. · 1563
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[12], 68, 191 [1 blank], [38] pp.First German edition of an important treatise on solid geometry by the Frankfurt physician and mathematician Johann Hartmann Beyer (1563-1625). It includes calculations of exact or approximate volumes of solid figures such as glasses, buckets a...
Elucidarius poeticus continens historias poeticas, fabulas, insulas, regiones, urbes, fluvios, montesq[ue] insigniores, atq[ue] huiusmodi alia, omnib[us] adolescentibus in poesi versantibus oppidoquam necessarius, ...Cologne, Eucharius Cervicornus (colophon: Godefried Hittorp), July 1529. With: (2) FREUDENBERG, Aethon Johann von. De abusu & impostura medicantiu[m] libellus perquam utilis jucundusq[ue] omnibus, quibus cum medicis erit negocium.Marburg, Eucharius Cervicornus, 1538. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Ad 1: with the title in an elaborate woodcut architectural border with the Cologne coat of arms in the head, the death of Cleopatra in the foot (flanked by roundel profile heads of a king and queen), further figures in the right and left sides (one labelled “Dionisius”) and 3 putti, one holding a shield with a monogram or mark, perhaps of the artist or woodblock cutter. Set in roman types with 8 and 14 mm roman capitals used as initials. Ad 2: with 1 woodcut decorated initial (white on black with floral decoration) and a vine-leaf ornament (Vervliet 7). Set in roman type with the dedication in an Aldine-style italic and with occasional words in Greek. Sheepskin parchment (ca. 1700?), sewn on 4 supports, red edges, first title lettered in ink in the second spine compartment.
Elucidarius poeticus continens historias poeticas, fabulas, insulas, regiones, urbes, fluvios, montesq[ue] insigniores, atq[ue] huiusmodi alia, omnib[us] adolescentibus in poesi versantibus oppidoquam necessarius, ...Cologne, Eucharius Cervicornus (colophon: Godefried Hittorp), July 1529. With: (2) FREUDENBERG, Aethon Johann von. De abusu & impostura medicantiu[m] libellus perquam utilis jucundusq[ue] omnibus, quibus cum medicis erit negocium.Marburg, Eucharius Cervicornus, 1538. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Ad 1: with the title in an elaborate woodcut architectural border with the Cologne coat of arms in the head, the death of Cleopatra in the foot (flanked by roundel profile heads of a king and queen), further figures in the right and left sides (one labelled “Dionisius”) and 3 putti, one holding a shield with a monogram or mark, perhaps of the artist or woodblock cutter. Set in roman types with 8 and 14 mm roman capitals used as initials. Ad 2: with 1 woodcut decorated initial (white on black with floral decoration) and a vine-leaf ornament (Vervliet 7). Set in roman type with the dedication in an Aldine-style italic and with occasional words in Greek. Sheepskin parchment (ca. 1700?), sewn on 4 supports, red edges, first title lettered in ink in the second spine compartment.
TORRENTINUS, Hermannus. · 1529
€10,000.00 ($11,021.82 | £8,342.66 | ¥1,760,042)
[85], [1 blank]; [23] ll.Ad 1: A rare 1529 Cologne edition, in the original Latin, of the most important and influential early encyclopaedia or dictionary of classical history, geography and mythology, including the author’s preface to the first edition of 1498. It gives conci...
Monumenta Paderbornensia ex historia Romana, Francicâ, Saxonicâ eruta et novis inscriptionibus, notis, ac figuris illustrata.Including: [HORRION, Jean]. Panegyricus die natali Academiæ Theodorianæ Paderbornensis. Amsterdam, Daniel Elsevier, 1672. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 2 engraved frontispieces by L. Visscher, an engraved author's portrait by A. Blotelingh, an engraved portrait of Theodor Fürstenberg, 3 double-page engraved maps, 2 double-page engraved plates, and 27 full-page etched illustrations in the text by Romeyn de Hooghe and others after I. G. Rudolphi. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum,
Monumenta Paderbornensia ex historia Romana, Francicâ, Saxonicâ eruta et novis inscriptionibus, notis, ac figuris illustrata.Including: [HORRION, Jean]. Panegyricus die natali Academiæ Theodorianæ Paderbornensis. Amsterdam, Daniel Elsevier, 1672. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 2 engraved frontispieces by L. Visscher, an engraved author's portrait by A. Blotelingh, an engraved portrait of Theodor Fürstenberg, 3 double-page engraved maps, 2 double-page engraved plates, and 27 full-page etched illustrations in the text by Romeyn de Hooghe and others after I. G. Rudolphi. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum,
[FÜRSTENBERG, Ferdinand von]. · 1626
€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)
[56], 337, [19]; [16], 134, [6] pp.Second edition, "splendidement executé" (Willems), of an important history of Paderborn, beautifully illustrated with etched views by Romeyn de Hooghe. It was written by Ferdinand von Fürstenberg (1626-1683), Prince-Bishop of Paderborn, and f...
Methodus de conscribendis epistolis, ... secundum veram artis rationem tradita. Eiusdem. Epitome praeceptionum de paranda copia verborum & rerum, per quaestiones: item de novem speciebus argumentationum rhetoricarum, rem omnem breviter explicans. Accessit Christophori Hegendorphini Epistolas conscribendi methodus.Cologne, heirs of Arnold Birckmann, 1570. Small 8vo (15.5 x 10.5 cm). With Birckmann's birch tree and hen device on the title page, 3 woodcut initials (with a head in profile, St George and the dragon, and lions), and a tailpiece built up from cast fleurons. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment, sewn on 3 leather thongs, spine lettered in ink; traces of thong ties.
Methodus de conscribendis epistolis, ... secundum veram artis rationem tradita. Eiusdem. Epitome praeceptionum de paranda copia verborum & rerum, per quaestiones: item de novem speciebus argumentationum rhetoricarum, rem omnem breviter explicans. Accessit Christophori Hegendorphini Epistolas conscribendi methodus.Cologne, heirs of Arnold Birckmann, 1570. Small 8vo (15.5 x 10.5 cm). With Birckmann's birch tree and hen device on the title page, 3 woodcut initials (with a head in profile, St George and the dragon, and lions), and a tailpiece built up from cast fleurons. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment, sewn on 3 leather thongs, spine lettered in ink; traces of thong ties.
MACROPEDIUS, Georgius. · 1487
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[2], "123" [= 125] ll.The second Cologne edition of two of the most important sixteenth-century textbooks on the art of letter writing, by Macropedius (along with two smaller works) and Hegendorf, often published together. Georgius Macropedius or Joris van Lancvelt (1487-1558)...
Histoire naturelle et mythologique de l'ibis.Paris, Allais, 1805. 8vo. With 6 engraved plates, including 3 folding, designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet. Contemporary half red morocco.
Histoire naturelle et mythologique de l'ibis.Paris, Allais, 1805. 8vo. With 6 engraved plates, including 3 folding, designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet. Contemporary half red morocco.
SAVIGNY, Marie Jules-César Lelorgue de. · 1777
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
XIV, 224 pp.First edition of the natural and mythological history of the ibis, illustrated with beautifully engraved designs. The author, Marie Jules-César Lelorgue de Savigny (1777-1851), gives an account of the black and white ibis, their mythical position in ancient Egypt w...
Natuurlyk toverboek, behelzende de verbaazendste geheimen van natuur en konst, opgehelderd met plaaten.Amsterdam, Johannes Allart; Harlingen, Volkert van der Plaats, 1791-1794. 8 parts in 4 volumes. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece by P.H. Jonxis after J. Buys in the first volume, and 12 engraved plates (including 9 folding), each depicting several figures and 1 including 4 lines of engraved music (round-headed notes on a 5-line staff). Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spines.
Natuurlyk toverboek, behelzende de verbaazendste geheimen van natuur en konst, opgehelderd met plaaten.Amsterdam, Johannes Allart; Harlingen, Volkert van der Plaats, 1791-1794. 8 parts in 4 volumes. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece by P.H. Jonxis after J. Buys in the first volume, and 12 engraved plates (including 9 folding), each depicting several figures and 1 including 4 lines of engraved music (round-headed notes on a 5-line staff). Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spines.
DECREMPS, Henri. · 1900
€4,800.00 ($5,290.47 | £4,004.48 | ¥844,820)
[2], 174 [1], [1 blank]; 104; [2], 159, [1]; 176; [2], 164; 123, [1 blank]; [2], 130; 243, [1 blank] pp.First edition of a Dutch encyclopedic textbook on the art of conjuring, anonymously published in 4 volumes over 4 years. The book contains information on "white magic", base...
Opticae libri quatuor ex voto Petri Rami novissimo Fridericum Risnerum per ejusdem in mathematicis adjutorem olim conscripti, ...Kassel, Wilhelm Wessel (sold by Johann Berner in Frankfurt), 1615. 4to. With numerous optical, astronomical and mathematical woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials, and headpieces built up from cast fleurons. 18th-century tan calf, gold-tooled double fillets, re-backed in sheepskin.
Opticae libri quatuor ex voto Petri Rami novissimo Fridericum Risnerum per ejusdem in mathematicis adjutorem olim conscripti, ...Kassel, Wilhelm Wessel (sold by Johann Berner in Frankfurt), 1615. 4to. With numerous optical, astronomical and mathematical woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials, and headpieces built up from cast fleurons. 18th-century tan calf, gold-tooled double fillets, re-backed in sheepskin.
RISNER, Friedrich. · 1533
€19,500.00 ($21,492.55 | £16,268.19 | ¥3,432,082)
[20], 259, [1 blank] pp.Rare work on optics and mathematics by Friedrich Risner (1533-1580), apprentice and colleague of Peter Ramus, the famous anti-Aristotelian humanist and educational reformer. The first edition appeared in 1606.Risner's mathematical abilities were highly ...
De chirurgie, ende alle de opera, ofte wercken. (...) Noch is op het nieuws hier by ghevoeght de beschrijvinghe der deelen des menschelijcken lichaems, in 't Latijn beschreven door D. Joh. Fernelium: ende in 't Nederduyts overgeset door D. Sebastiaen Egbertsz.Amsterdam, Gerrit Willemsz, 1649. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With a large woodcut vignette on the title page, more than 300 woodcut illustrations in the text, and several woodcut initials, the title is printed in red and black. The illustrations originate from the 1582 first edition. Including: FERNELLI, Johannes. Beschryvinghe der deelen des menschelijcken lichaems. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum over wooden boards.
De chirurgie, ende alle de opera, ofte wercken. (...) Noch is op het nieuws hier by ghevoeght de beschrijvinghe der deelen des menschelijcken lichaems, in 't Latijn beschreven door D. Joh. Fernelium: ende in 't Nederduyts overgeset door D. Sebastiaen Egbertsz.Amsterdam, Gerrit Willemsz, 1649. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With a large woodcut vignette on the title page, more than 300 woodcut illustrations in the text, and several woodcut initials, the title is printed in red and black. The illustrations originate from the 1582 first edition. Including: FERNELLI, Johannes. Beschryvinghe der deelen des menschelijcken lichaems. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum over wooden boards.
PARÉ, Ambrosius. · 1517
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
[16], 940, [12]; 42, [2] pp.Dutch edition of the collected works of the famous French surgeon Ambrosius Paré (1517-1590), great renovator of surgery in France, who also profoundly influenced the practice of surgery throughout Europe. Paré is especially remembered for his aband...
De arithmetische en geometrische fondamenten. Met het ghebruyck van dien in veele verscheydene constighe questien, soo geometrice door linien, als arithmetice door irrationale ghetallen, oock door den regel coss, ende de tafelen finuum ghesolveert.Leiden, Joost van Colster and Jacob Marcus (colophon: printed by Ulderick Cornelisz. Honthorst and Joris Abramsz.), 1615. Folio. With engraved portrait of Van Ceulen on the title page, by Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, woodcut borders, decorated woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and numerous woodcut geometrical figures in the text. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript author and title on the spine, remains of ties.
De arithmetische en geometrische fondamenten. Met het ghebruyck van dien in veele verscheydene constighe questien, soo geometrice door linien, als arithmetice door irrationale ghetallen, oock door den regel coss, ende de tafelen finuum ghesolveert.Leiden, Joost van Colster and Jacob Marcus (colophon: printed by Ulderick Cornelisz. Honthorst and Joris Abramsz.), 1615. Folio. With engraved portrait of Van Ceulen on the title page, by Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, woodcut borders, decorated woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and numerous woodcut geometrical figures in the text. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript author and title on the spine, remains of ties.
CEULEN, Ludolf van. · 1540
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[4], 271, [1 blank] pp.First edition of the second of the two major mathematical works by Ludolf van Ceulen (1540-1610), published five years after his death, with a preface by his widow, Adriana Symons. The work deals with the foundations of arithmetic and geometry, explainin...
Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. De la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l'embouchure & le cours de la riviere de Missicipi, nommée à présent la rivière de Saint Louis, que traverse la Louisiane. Où on voit l'histoire tragique de sa mort, & plusieurs choses curieuses du nouveau monde.Paris, Estienne Robinot, 1713. 12mo. With a large folding engraved map. Contemporary calf.
Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. De la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l'embouchure & le cours de la riviere de Missicipi, nommée à présent la rivière de Saint Louis, que traverse la Louisiane. Où on voit l'histoire tragique de sa mort, & plusieurs choses curieuses du nouveau monde.Paris, Estienne Robinot, 1713. 12mo. With a large folding engraved map. Contemporary calf.
JOUTEL, Henri (Monsieur DE MICHEL, ed.). · 1687
€10,000.00 ($11,021.82 | £8,342.66 | ¥1,760,042)
XXXIV, 386 pp.Extremely rare first edition of the journal of the last voyage made by De La Salle to America and the Gulf of Mexico to explore the Mississippi River and Louisiana. The expedition turned out tragically, for De La Salle was murdered by his own men during the journ...
Schat der gesontheyt. Tweede druck; Met veersen verçiert door Iacob Cats.Dordrecht, Hendrick van Esch for Matthias Havius, 1638. 2 parts in 1 volume. Small 8vo. With engraved frontispiece behind the typographical title page, 2 full-page engraved frontispieces for books 1 and 2 of the first part, and 25 engraved illustrations in text by C. van Queboren after J. Hessels. Contemporary overlapping vellum.
Schat der gesontheyt. Tweede druck; Met veersen verçiert door Iacob Cats.Dordrecht, Hendrick van Esch for Matthias Havius, 1638. 2 parts in 1 volume. Small 8vo. With engraved frontispiece behind the typographical title page, 2 full-page engraved frontispieces for books 1 and 2 of the first part, and 25 engraved illustrations in text by C. van Queboren after J. Hessels. Contemporary overlapping vellum.
BEVERWIJCK, Johannes van.
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
[1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [12], 778 pp.Second enlarged edition of this immensely famous, popular and extensive medical handbook, written both for physicians and the general public. It surely is the first complete guide to health written in Dutch. The book is based on the...
[Puzzle game of filling in the heads and parts of the costumes of a king, a young lady in a green dress, and a young man in a yellow and green outfit].[Paris], R. Lacouchin, [ca. 1840]. 3 puzzles. 19.5 x 13 cm. With 3 finely lithographed plates mounted on 3 thick green paperboard cards. The lithographs are framed with a gold-coloured ornamental border. The images on the cards are all beautifully hand coloured and the 3 cards depict respectively a crowned king in ornate robes, a beautiful young lady in a green dress, and a young man (or possibly a court jester?) in an extravagant yellow and green outfit. Each card has 6 large circular movable pieces to be removed or inserted as the game demands in various circumstances.
[Puzzle game of filling in the heads and parts of the costumes of a king, a young lady in a green dress, and a young man in a yellow and green outfit].[Paris], R. Lacouchin, [ca. 1840]. 3 puzzles. 19.5 x 13 cm. With 3 finely lithographed plates mounted on 3 thick green paperboard cards. The lithographs are framed with a gold-coloured ornamental border. The images on the cards are all beautifully hand coloured and the 3 cards depict respectively a crowned king in ornate robes, a beautiful young lady in a green dress, and a young man (or possibly a court jester?) in an extravagant yellow and green outfit. Each card has 6 large circular movable pieces to be removed or inserted as the game demands in various circumstances.
[GAME - PUZZLE - KING AND COURTIERS - FRANCE].
€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)
Three beautiful and complete puzzle cards with round, movable pieces, for example for a game of metamorphosis or lotto. While no rules are present or other specific indications given, the cards with their beautiful, coloured illustrations are quite intriguing by themselves.The...