A. Asher & Co. B.V.

Naerder bedenckingen, over de zee-vaerdt, coophandel ende neeringhe, als mede de versekeringhe vanden staet deser vereenichde landen, inde teghenwoordighe vrede-handelinghe met den Coninck van Spangnien ende de aerts-hertoghen.[Amsterdam], 1608 Small 4to (18.5 x 14 cm). With a woodcut arabesque ornament on the title-page and 1 woodcut decorated initial letter. Modern pink paper wrappers.

[USSELINCX, Willem]. · 1441

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

[36] pp.First and only(?) edition of one of the most important and best argued pamphlets on the Dutch in America, written to promote the establishment of the West India Company and to warn of the dangers and disadvantages of making peace with Spain. Usselincx's writings "are m...

Apotheek van het Koninglyk Genootschap der Geneesheeren te Edinburg.Rotterdam, Reinier Arrenberg, 1774. 8vo. Contemporary red half sheepskin, marbled paper sides.

[EDINBURGH - PHARMACOPOEIA - ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS]. · 1699

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

VI, [5], [1 blank], "184" [= 182], [46] pp.Rare first edition of the Dutch translation of the standard pharmacopoeia of Edinburgh, first published in 1699 as Pharmacopoea Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis. The present translation was based on the sixth edition of 1774. It...

Genuina exposição do tremendo marasmo politico em que cahio Portugal, com desenganada indicação dos unicos remedios apropriados a' sua cura radical... Tomo I [-II].Lisbon, Imprensa Nacional, 1834. 2 volumes bound as 1. 4to. With lithographed frontispiece, and a small woodcut Portuguese royal coat of arms on title-page of each part. Contemporary half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.

DULAC, Antonio Maximino. · 1768

€2,800.00 ($3,086.11 | £2,335.94 | ¥492,812)

VIII, 219, [1 blank], [4]; 206, [6] pp.Rare first and only edition, in Portuguese, of a monograph on Portugal's political and economical decline, in two volumes, by Antonio Maximino Dulac (1768-1850). The author examines the historical, political, agricultural and economic bac...

A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by the Egyptians; with remarks on the funeral ceremonies of different nations, and observations on the mummies of the Canary Islands, of the ancient Peruvians, Burman priests, &c.London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman (back of title-page and colophon: printed by P.P. Thoms), 1834. 4to. With 13 numbered lithographed plates (the first used as frontispiece), including 3 fully and 1 partly coloured by a contemporary hand, of which 2 highlighted in gold. Contemporary half calf, restored and rebacked with parts of the original backstrip laid down, with new tooling and title-label on spine, cloth sides, later endpapers.

PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph. · 1851

€3,000.00 ($3,306.55 | £2,502.80 | ¥528,013)

XXI, [1 blank], 264, [1], [1 blank] pp.First edition of "the historic cornerstone of the study [of mummification] in English. For the time at which it appeared, the work was a monumental undertaking. Based on scholarly research and practical experience, Pettigrew's work was a ...

Victorien der Nederl. Geoct. O. Compagnie op het Koninkryck van Macasser door den Ed. heer C. Speelman.[Amsterdam?, 1669]. Engraved view (40 x 54.5 cm), with two battle scenes on top, flanked by portraits of Speelman and Radjah Palacca, with in the centre a laurel wreath with the monogram of the VOC, surrounded by Mars and Mercury, and a banderole with the title; and with letterpress text below the view (11 x 54.5 cm), including two poems by the famous Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel and numbered keys referring to the plate. Framed (75 x 81 cm).

HOOGHE, Romeyn de. · 1666

€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)

A magnificent engraving, in its second state, depicting the victory of the Dutch East India Company over the Kingdom of Makassar. It shows the victories of Cornelis Speelman and his ally, Radjah Palacca, King of the Bougainese, in the years 1666 to 1669, with their portraits t...

Bagneres de Luchon et ses environs.Paris, Charles Boivin; Pau, Auguste Bassy, [ca. 1850]. Oblong folio (26.5 x 37.5 cm). With a lithographed title-page with a hand-coloured vignette, and 29 numbered lithographed plates, all coloured by hand and some double-page (including 1 folding out vertically) or folding panoramas. All plates mounted on thick wove paper with letterpress captions. Contemporary gold- and blind-blocked dark green cloth, gilt edges.

PETIT, Victor Jean-Baptiste. · 1817

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

Attractive colour-plate book depicting the spa towns of Bagnères-de-Luchon, an area in the Pyrenees of southern France, adjacent to Spain. The illustrations show waterfalls, lakes, mountains, valleys, glaciers and some villages, each with a caption below the image and sometime...

Germaniae compendium tria continens imperii collegia forumdemque insignia et sessiones ut et circulorum divisiones una cum suis annotationibus. | Kort begryp van Duytsland, desselfs ryx collegien hunne zittingen en wapens, kreitsverdelingen, en aantekeningen daar op.Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, [1707]. Engraved chart (50 x 57) on a single sheet of paper (52.5 x 61 cm), coloured by a contemporary hand, depicting various coats of arms and including a small map (15.5 x 15.5 cm) of Germany.

[HERALDIC CHART - GERMANY]. SCHENK, Pieter. · 1660

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Engraved chart listing the noble families and clergy of Germany, published by the Amsterdam publisher Pieter Schenk (1660-1718). The chart includes 15 large coats of arms of kings, bishops, dukes and counts, 20 smaller coats of arms of 10 abbots and 10 abbesses and 23 of bisho...

Plan of the attack by Lord Nelson, on the combined fleet, October 21st 1805.London, printed by J. Smeeton for Robert Dodd, November 1805. Aquatint plan (26.5 x 36.5 cm) coloured by a contemporary hand on a broadsheet (66 x 44 cm), with letterpress text below. Framed (85 x 60 cm).

DODD, Robert. · 1805

€2,800.00 ($3,086.11 | £2,335.94 | ¥492,812)

Very well-preserved broadsheet commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), including an attractive hand-coloured aquatint illustrating the commencement of the battle, where the British fleet led by Admiral Lord Nelson approaches the combines French and Spanish fle...

Historische en geographische tafel om te leren een kort begrip vande landen en staaten in Europa haar grootheyt, besitting en alles dat tot onderricht der liefhebbers van de landbeschryvinge dienen kan.Amsterdam, Cornelis Danckerts II, [ca. 1703-1705]. Engraved chart (47.5 x 57 cm) printed on a single sheet of paper (51.5 x 61 cm), partly hand-coloured, including several coats of arms, with an added title in German engraved just above the image.

[HERALDIC CHART - EUROPE]. [SPECHT, Caspar]. · 1654

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Engraved chart listing several facts of different European countries, compiled by Caspar Specht (ca. 1654-1710). For Portugal, for example, it mentions its six provinces, acreage and income, that it has 3 dioceses, 13 bishops, 3 universities, 5 dukes, 30 counts, 7 margraves, a...

Historische en geographische tafel om te leren een kort begrip vande landen en staaten in Europa haar grootheyd, besitting en alles dat tot onderricht der liefhebbers van de landbeschryvinge dienen kan.Amsterdam, Reinier and Joshua Ottens, [before 1750]. Engraved chart (47.5 x 57 cm) printed on a single sheet of paper (51.5 x 64 cm), coloured by hand, including several coats of arms.

[HERALDIC CHART - EUROPE]. SPECHT, Caspar. · 1654

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Engraved chart listing several facts of different European countries, compiled by Caspar Specht (ca. 1654-1710). For Portugal, for example, it mentions its six provinces, acreage and income, that it has 3 dioceses, 13 bishops, 3 universities, 5 dukes, 30 counts, 7 margraves, a...

Accuratissima Germaniae tabula.Amsterdam, Justus Dankerts, [before 1701]. Engraved map (48.5 x 57.5 cm) on a sheet of laid paper (51.5 x 61 cm), coloured in outline in a contemporary hand, with the title in an illustrated cartouche at the upper left, and a scale at the lower right (ca. 1:2,400,000).

[MAP - CENTRAL EUROPE]. DANCKERTS, Justus. · 1635

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Engraved map of central Europe by the cartographer Justus Danckerts (1635-1701). It shows present-day Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands in its totality, with large parts of Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland and even small parts of Croatia, Denmar...

A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.London, the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1962-1976. 3 volumes (of 5). Original publisher's dark blue cloth (29.5 x 21 cm).

[WELLCOME HISTORICAL MEDICAL LIBRARY]. · 1641

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

XV, 407; XI, 540; XVI, 565 pp.First 3 volumes of the catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Library, London. The first volume deals with books published before 1641, the second and third with books published from 1641 till 1850, continuing till the letter L.In very good co...

Geschichte der Pharmazie.Berlin, Julius Springer, 1904. Contemporary brown cloth (24.5 x 16.5 cm).

SCHELENZ, Hermann. · 1848

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

IX, [3], 934, [6] pp.First edition, in the original German, of a pharmaceutical history by the German apothecary Hermann Schelenz (1848-1922). His "voluminous history of pharmacy presents such a treasury of information that the [present] original edition was reprinted after mo...

[Collection of 13 aquatint views of Amsterdam].Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, [ca. 1826]. Oblong 4to (21 x 25 cm). With 13 sepia aquatint plates (image size ca. 15.5 x 19 cm). Contemporary green boards.

[MAASKAMP, Evert (publisher)]. · 1812

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

[13] ll.Charming collection of 13 sepia aquatint plates with views of Amsterdam, published by Evert Maaskamp. They include the Royal Palace (interior and exterior), the stained glass windows of the Oude Kerk, a theatre, a concert at the Felix Meritis and several views of Amste...

Tableaux des costumes, moeurs, coutumes et vues, de la Nord-Hollande, de Zaandam, Broek, Alkmaar, Assendelft et de l'Île de Marken.Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, [ca. 1826]. Oblong 4to (22.5 x 29 cm). With an engraved map of North Holland by C.H. Koning on title-page and 11 engraved plates, mostly engraved by Willem van Senus after Hendrik Greeven, all protected by tissue guards. Contemporary boards; preserved in a modern cloth clamshell box.

GREEVEN, Hendrik. · 1770

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

[2] ll. + 10 plates.Very rare work with 12 engraved plates displaying architecture and inhabitants of the Dutch province North Holland, engraved by Willem van Senus (ca. 1770-1851), all but one after designs by Hendrik Greeven (1787-1854). The work was published by Evert Maask...

De gli habiti antichi, et moderni di diverse parti del mondo, libri due, ..., & con discorsi da lui dichiarati.Venice, Damiano Zenaro, 1590. 8vo (19 x 12 x 4.5 cm). With an elaborately decorated woodcut scrollwork border on the title page (incorporating 4 costume figures for the 4 continents, Zenaro’s salamander device and the coat of arms of the dedicatee, Count Pietro Montalbano), a divisional title with a 4-piece woodcut border, an emblematic woodcut medallion, 5 full-page woodcut views of Venice, 413 full-page woodcut costume figures from around the world (each in a 4-piece woodcut border), ca. 35 woodcut decorated initials plus hundreds of repeats (3 series, the main one covering nearly the complete alphabet with a few letters in more than one version). 19th-century gold-tooled red morocco (Paris, ca. 1865), signed in the front turn-in “HARDY-MENNIL”, each board with the crowned and supported arms of the Prince d’Essling above crossed branches (oak and palm) in the centre and a stylised flower (thistle? Queen Anne’s lace?), the monogram "AM" (for André Masséna, Prince d’Essling).

VECELLIO, Cesare. · 1664

€15,000.00 ($16,532.73 | £12,513.99 | ¥2,640,063)

[24], 499, [1 blank] ll.First edition, in the original Italian, of a famous early work on ancient and modern costumes, with hundred of woodcuts. This edition shows the fine woodcuts at their freshest, revealing many details of the costumes. The third edition (1664) attributes ...

Vervarelyke schip-breuk van 't Oost-Indisch jacht Ter Schelling, onder het landt van Bengale; ... beneffens een bondige beschryving der Koningryken van Arrakan, Bengale, Martavan, Tanassery, … Den vyfden druk doorgaens met platen verciert.Harderwijk, Jan Rampen, 1722. 4to. With 18 woodcut illustrations plus 1 repeat. Modern half vellum.

HEYDEN (HEIDEN), Frans Jansz. van der. · 1661

€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)

96 pp.Extremely rare fifth edition, the second illustrated with woodcuts, of a popular account of the story of the East Indiaman Ter Schelling, which was wrecked off the coast of Bengal. The author, a member of the crew, kept a journal of his experiences, and the 18 woodcuts i...

Merkwaardige gezigten, gebouwen, monumenten en standbeelden in de noordelijke provintien van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. | Vues remarquables, edifices, monumens et statues dans les provinces septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas.Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, 1816. Oblong 8vo. With an engraved illustration on the title page and 37 sepia aquatints by Ludwig Portman after Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, Franciscus Aandreas Milatz, and Cornelius Overman. Contemporary gold-tooled dark blue boards.

[MAASKAMP, Evert (editor)]. · 1769

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

[40] ll. + 37 plates.Fine copy of the first edition, one of three simultaneously published issues, of a touristic series of aquatint views of the Netherlands, published by Evert Maaskamp (1769-1834). It contains 37 sepia aquatints, showing architecture (including the Royal Pal...

Ontwerp van een onkostbaar en zeker middel, om de Westvriesche zeedyken... te stellen buiten eenig gevaar van doorbrake...Amsterdam, heirs of Johannes Ratelband and company and Hendrik de Leth, 1733. Folio. With 2 folding engraved plates, including a map of North-Holland. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers, preserved in a blue cloth chemise.

LAKENMAN, Seger. · 1732

€1,875.00 ($2,066.59 | £1,564.25 | ¥330,008)

[4], 23, [1] pp.First and only edition of a brief treatise by Seger Lakenman on reinforcing the dikes of West-Friesland, now the northern part of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. The dikes were dangerously weakened because "sea worms" were voraciously eating t...

Der Sclavenhandel [!]. La vente d'Esclaves.[No place, ca. 1800]. 27 x 40 cm. Aquatint in contemporary hand colour, engraved by "J. L. T." after "J. R. P."

[SLAVE TRADE].

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

Three partly exposed women before a large tent, being advertised and inspected by several men dressed in fine oriental garb. On the left is another woman whose price is under discussion, while the background shows date palms and two dromedaries.Rather severe water stains and a...