A. Asher & Co. B.V.

Geschiedenis van Java ... vertaald, wat betreft de onderwerpen, welke voor Nederland en Indië wetenswaardig zijn, en voorzien van aanteekeningen, tot verbetering, beoordeeling en vervolg van het oorspronkelijke werk, door J.E. de Sturler.The Hague and Amsterdam, Van Cleef, 1836. 8vo. With folding letterpress table. Modern half parchment, gold-tooled spine, gilt upper edge.

RAFFLES, Sir Thomas Stamford and Jacques Eduard de STURLER. · 1781

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

LIV, 244, [1], [3 blank] pp.First and only edition of a revised Dutch translation of a classic on the history of Java by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826). From 1811 to 1816 Raffles was Lieutenant Governor of Java during the British administration of the Dutch colonies f...

Sententie gepronuncieert den 25. januarij 1662, tot Amsterdam iegens Isaac Coeymans, koopman en burger der selver stadt.Rotterdam, Floris Willemsen, 1662. 4to. Disbound.

COYMANS, Isaac. · 1622

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

4 ll.First edition of a pamphlet on the sentence of the Dutch WIC merchant Isaac Coymans (1622-1673), who was convicted in 1662 to six years imprisonment in the Jan Roodenpoortstoren in Amsterdam. In service of the Dutch West Indian Company (WIC), Coymans "collaborated with tw...

Staat der Nederlandsche Oostindische bezittingen, onder het bestuur van der gouverneur-generaal Herman Willem Daendels, ridder, luitenant-generaal, &c. in de jaren 1808-1811.The Hague, (colophon: Hendrik van Teeckelenburgh and the Van Cleef brothers), 1814. 4 volumes. Folio. With a small portrait of Daendels mounted on the half-title of the first volume. Contemporary boards.

DAENDELS, Herman Willem. · 1808

€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)

[6], 128, [1 blank]; [334]; [596]; [488] pp.First and only edition of the account of Herman Willem Daendels’s administration as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1808 to 1811. The first volume is a summary of the four years in which Daendels was governor-general a...

[17 Chinese watercolours made for the export market].[China, first half of the 19th century]. Collection of 17 Chinese watercolours on Asian paper with chain lines, including 3 of birds seated on a branch, 3 of ensembles of fruit and flowers and 5 of fishes (all ca. 30 x 37 .5 cm); 2 further watercolours, each showing 2 branches of flowers and trees in a drawn oval border (ca. 39 x 30 cm); and 4 watercolours of Chinese people posing with objects (ca. 25 x 21 cm). In a modern gold-tooled dark green morocco clam shell box, in contemporary style.

[CHINA - WATERCOLOUR]. · 1820

€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)

Thirteen detailed Chinese watercolours of birds, fruits, flowers, plants and fishes, together with four portraits of Chinese people posing with a pipe, lute, flower and a handheld fan. The drawings in this album show the mixture of the Chinese and European styles that was popu...

Lettre a son excellence monseigneur le Prince de Talleyrand Périgord,... au sujet de la traite des negres.London, Schulze & Dean, 1814. Large 8vo. Contemporary half tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.

WILBERFORCE, William. · 1759

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

[1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 98 pp.First edition of the French translation, published simultaneously with the original English, of an open letter by the famous English abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833), addressed to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Charles...

[Collection of 12 photographs of China, Indonesia, the Hawaiian Islands, California and Egypt].Late 19th century. With 12 albumen prints, ranging in size from ca. 16.5 x 23 cm to 21 x 28 cm.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - HAWAII - CHINA]. [Lai FONG(?), A CHAN, WOODBURY & PAGE, I.W. TABER and Hippolyte ARNOUX]. · 1839

€2,850.00 ($3,141.22 | £2,377.66 | ¥501,612)

Collection of 12 vintage photographs from the late 19th century showing China, Indonesia, the Hawaiian Islands, California and Egypt. Of the 4 photographs of China, 2 show Hong Kong, including one, possibly by the famous Chinese photographer Lai Fong (ca. 1839-1890), showing Q...

Biblia, dat is: de gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de canonijcke boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments.Amsterdam, widow of Paulus Aertsz. van Ravesteyn, 1660. 3 parts in 1 volume. Large folio (45 x 30 cm). With an integral engraved general title-page, 6 double-page engraved maps, including a world map and a plan of Jerusalem, and 96 Bible illustrations published by Frederick de Wit (engraved by Cornelis Danckerts after Matthäus Merian?) on 6 double-page plates. The engraved title-page, devices on the letterpress title-pages, maps, illustrations, and many of the woodcut decorations and initials (including all those on the back of the maps) coloured by a contemporary hand with extensive use of gold. Later (ca. 1800?) blind-tooled calf, 2 pair of brass fastenings. Modern (ca. 1900?) endpapers.

[BIBLE - DUTCH]. · 1619

€45,000.00 ($49,598.19 | £37,541.97 | ¥7,920,190)

[20], 302, [2], 149; 164, [10]; [2], 66 ll.Extra-illustrated and hand-coloured large folio edition of the Dutch Statenbijbel (States Bible), the translation officially authorized by the Dutch Reformed Church and published with a privilege from the States General of the Dutch R...

Les khouan. De la constitution des ordres religieux musulmans en Algérie.Algiers, A. Bourget, August 1859. 8vo. Contemporary red half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.

BROSSELARD, Charles. · 1816

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

36 pp.First edition of a work on the khouan, the brothers of Islamic "religious orders" in Algeria, written by Charles Brosselard (1816-1889). He describes the origin, hierarchy, organization and (initiation) rituals of seven influential Sufi brotherhoods. "A work of great lea...

Al-Mufassal, opus de re grammatica Arabicum.Oslo, W.C. Fabritius, 1859. 8vo. Near contemporary cloth with title in gold on spine, covered with protective plastic.

AL-ZAMAKHSHARI and Jens Peter BROCH. · 1819

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

229, [5] pp.First edition of Jens Peter Broch's dissertation on al-Zamakhshari's Al-Mufassal (Arabic grammar), and the first book with Arabic type printed in Norway. The Persian scholar Al-Zamakhshari (1075-1144) was one of the most important commentators on the Arabic languag...

An history of Muhammedanism: comprising the life and character of the Arabian prophet, and succinct accounts of the empires founded by the Muhammedan arms: an inquiry into the theology, morality, laws, literature, and usages of the Muselmans, and a view of the present state and extent of the Muhammedan religion.London, Printed for Black, Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, booksellers (back of title-page: printed by Cox and Baylis), 1818. 8vo. Contemporary red half sheepskin.

MILLS, Charles. · 1788

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

[2], XXI, [1 blank], 484, [12 blank] pp.Corrected and enlarged second edition, in the original English, of an important work on Islam by the English historian Charles Mills (1788-1826). "At the time of its publication it was proclaimed to be the only complete authority on 'Muh...

Verzámeling van uitgekórene zin-spreuken, en zinnebeeldige print-vercieringen, eertyds, op bevel van den aller doorlugtigsten Keizer der Russen, Peter Alexis, of the Gróte, getékent en gesnéden ...Haarlem, Johannes Marshoorn, 1743. 4to. With engraved frontispiece by J. Mulder and 840 numbered circular emblems on 140 full-page engravings in text, the facing pages to the left with captions in Dutch, short proverbial phrases in Latin, French and German, and two-line verses in Dutch by Van den Burg. 19th-century half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.

BURG, Hermanus van den. · 1705

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

[8], 281, [1 blank], [10] pp.First and only edition of Van den Burg's revised edition of the first Russian emblem book. The original emblem book was published in the Netherlands in 1705 as Symbola et Emblemata, with captions in Russian, German, Dutch, etc. It was published as ...

Les oeuvres du medecin charitable.Paris, Jean Gesselin, 1634. 8vo. With engraved title-page. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.

[GUIBERT (GUYBERT), Philbert]. · 1634

€850.00 ($936.85 | £709.13 | ¥149,604)

[22], [2 blank], “718”[=710], [2], 24 pp.Only copy located of the Gesselin issue of the 1634 edition of a remarkably popular collection of medical texts by the French physician Philibert Guibert (1579?-1633) (and others). As indicated by the title, Guibert wrote these "charita...

Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankrijk, Engeland en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX.[Amsterdam], 1720. Folio (ca. 39 x 25.5 cm). With the title-page printed in red and black and 76 engraved plates, mostly double-page and several are larger folding sheets, including several maps, the plate with the complete set of 52 playing cards, and an extra copy of plate 18 (Muller) loosely inserted at the front of the work. Contemporary elaboratly gold-tooled mottled calf, sewn on 6 supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine and with the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, marbled edges, bound by the so-called Double Drawer Handle Bindery in Amsterdam (between 1720 and 1742? - Storm van Leeuwen)

[TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID]. LAW, John (subject). · 1719

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

[1], [1 blank], 25, [1], 52, "31" [= 29), [1 blank], 8, 10 pp. and engraved ll.A famous collection of texts and plates satirizing the Englishman John Law, his Mississippi Company, and the international land and trading speculation in worthless shares of the South Sea Bubble of...

[Mountainous landscape with Middle Eastern and classical Roman ruins, 6 shepherds with their flocks, several figures riding dromedaries and one riding a donkey, (date?) palms, lakes, etc.]. [Palestine?, ca. 1910?]. An enormous panoramic view drawn in coloured gouaches on a single, continuous roll of paper (70 x 583 cm), the drawing running to the edges of the paper.

[VIEW - MIDDLE EAST].

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

A panoramic view of what appears to be a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape, with spectacular mountains in the background, a body of water near each end, and a wide variety of buildings and ruins, some clearly classical Roman and others Middle Eastern. The combination of classic...

Types et caractères Russes.Paris, Capelle (back of half-title: Corbeil), 1847. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary dark green half sheepskin.

GOLOVINE, Ivan (Ivan Gavrilovic GOLOVIN). · 1816

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

XVI, 391, [1]; [4], 387, [1] pp.First edition of a critical political work on Russia by Ivan Golovine (1816-1890), a Russian exile living in England, France, Germany and eventually the United States. It includes several short stories, "the subjects which are principally politi...

Iok en ernst: dat is; Allerlei deftige hofredenen, quinkslagen, boerteryen, raadsels, spreuken, vragen, antwoorden, gelikenissen; en al wat dien gelijkvormigh met de naam van apophtegmata verstaan wordt. … 't Eerste deel [all published].Amsterdam, Jacob Lescaille, 1644. 4to. With engraved vignette on title-page. Contemporary vellum, traces of ties.

BRUNE, Johan de, the younger. · 1588

€850.00 ($936.85 | £709.13 | ¥149,604)

[8], 352 pp.First edition of the first and only volume of a collection of apophthegmata aptly titled Jok en ernst ("Jest and earnest"), by the cousin of Johan de Brune, the elder (1588-1658), who is now better known, but in his heyday less popular than his younger namesake. It...

Clipperfregatschip met hulpstoomvermogen "Utrecht", kapitein A. Hoogenstraten.London, William Foster, 1869. Double-tinted lithograph, finished in colour (ca. 48 x 66.5 cm) in a passepartout and framed (ca. 67.5 x 88.5 cm).

[PRINT]. DUTTON, Thomas Goldsworth. · 1868

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

Rare portrait of the ship Utrecht, a full-rigged clipper with auxiliary power and screw propellers, built in 1868 for the firm of Van Zeylen & Decker in Rotterdam and capable of carrying 2009 tons. During the subsequent years, the ship made several voyages between Rotterdam an...

[Trompe-l'oeil drawing of country maps on a decorated background, titled:] Ciels Saint-Vincent.[France?], August 1888. Brown and black ink, watercolour, chalk and gold paint on paper, mounted on several laminated sheets of paper (69.5 x 52.5 cm).

[DRAWING - TROMPE-L'OEIL - MAPS].

€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)

Charming trompe-l'oeil of maps of European countries, on a decorated background, somewhat reminiscent of a church ceiling. It contains a French inscription "to my beloved parents", which together with some inconsistencies in the use of perspective, suggest a young French artis...

Campagne de circumnavigation de la frégate l'Artémise, pendant les annéees 1837, 1838, 1839 et 1840, ... Tome premier[-sixième]. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1841-1854. 6 volumes. 8vo. With 2 large folding engraved maps and 31 steel-engraved views. With the maps coloured in outline or partly coloured, and with the routes indicated and coloured. Contemporary boards, covered with the publisher's original green printed paper.

LAPLACE, Cyrille Pierre Théodore. · 1837

€16,000.00 ($17,634.91 | £13,348.26 | ¥2,816,068)

XXXIX, [1 blank], 343, [1 blank], [3], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], 467, [1 blank], [3], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], 548, [1], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], 464, [3], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], III, [1 blank], 542, [2]; [3], [1 blank], 400 pp.First and only complete edition, contain...

Ph. Fr. von Siebold's letzte Reise nach Japan 1859-1862 ... von seinem ältesten Sohne.Berlin, Kisak Tamai, 1903. 8vo (22.5 x 14 cm). With the title page in Japanese and German, 2 half-tone plates showing photographic portraits of Philip von Siebold (1 with his son Alexander) and 3 photographic views in the text. Original publisher's printed cloth-covered paper wrappers, with publisher's advertisements printed on the pastedowns.

SIEBOLD, Alexander Freiherr von. · 1859

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

IX, [1], 130, [4], [2 blank] pp.Rare first edition of the account of Siebold's second and final journey to, and stay in, Japan, from 1859 till 1861, written by his eldest son, Alexander von Siebold (1846-1911), who accompanied his father Philip Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) on...