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De Philippi Melanchthonis ortu, totius vitae curriculo et morte, implicata rerum memorabilium temporis illius hominumque mentione atque indicio, cum expositionis serie cohaerentium.Leipzig, (colophon: Ernst Voegelin, 1566). Large 8vo (19.5 x 12 cm). With woodcut printer's device on title-page. Contemporary pigskin, richly blind-tooled in a panel design, monogrammed and dated "I.V.S | 1566", by the Swabian bookbinder Wolfconrad Schwickart.
De Philippi Melanchthonis ortu, totius vitae curriculo et morte, implicata rerum memorabilium temporis illius hominumque mentione atque indicio, cum expositionis serie cohaerentium.Leipzig, (colophon: Ernst Voegelin, 1566). Large 8vo (19.5 x 12 cm). With woodcut printer's device on title-page. Contemporary pigskin, richly blind-tooled in a panel design, monogrammed and dated "I.V.S | 1566", by the Swabian bookbinder Wolfconrad Schwickart.
CAMERARIUS, Joachim. · 1497
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[20], 423[=424], [2 blank], [18] pp.First edition of an important biography of the German philosopher and theologian of the Protestant Reformation Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), who worked closely with Martin Luther. It was written by Melanchthon's close friend Joachim Camer...
Chasses anciennes d'après les manuscrits des XIV & XVe siècles.Paris, Charles Motte, 1837. Imperial folio (ca. 41 x 55 cm). With 12 numbered lithographed plates. Plates loose in original lithographed portfolio.
Chasses anciennes d'après les manuscrits des XIV & XVe siècles.Paris, Charles Motte, 1837. Imperial folio (ca. 41 x 55 cm). With 12 numbered lithographed plates. Plates loose in original lithographed portfolio.
AUBRY, Charles. · 1822
€1,800.00 ($1,983.93 | £1,501.68 | ¥316,808)
Beautiful series with 12 lithographs depicting hunting scenes by the French lithographer Charles Aubry, who was known for his hunting and military scenes. Depicted are scenes with boar hunting, deer hunting, wolf hunting wolves, foxhunting, hunting with dogs and falconry. Also...
Erinnerungen an die Feldzüge der K. K. Oester. Armee in Italien in den Jahren 1848-49.Munich, Cotta, [1851]. Royal oblong folio (62.5 x 45.5 cm). With tinted lithographed title, dedication leaf to Radetzky, preface and 24 lithographed plates. With 24 ll. of explanatory text printed on blue paper. Plates loose in a contemporary red cloth slipcase with a silk lining.
Erinnerungen an die Feldzüge der K. K. Oester. Armee in Italien in den Jahren 1848-49.Munich, Cotta, [1851]. Royal oblong folio (62.5 x 45.5 cm). With tinted lithographed title, dedication leaf to Radetzky, preface and 24 lithographed plates. With 24 ll. of explanatory text printed on blue paper. Plates loose in a contemporary red cloth slipcase with a silk lining.
ADAM, [Eugen and Franz]. · 1848
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
[24] ll.First edition of a monumental commemorative work to mark the campaigns of the Austrian army in Italy during the years 1848-49. The plates, lithographed by Ernst and Franz Adam and printed by Julius Adam, depict the street riots, assaults, cavalry battles, and sieges ne...
Executie van een Sneker vaertuyg, genaemt een kof, gevoert by Pieter Martensz. Hollander, op den 28 november, 1698. [Amsterdam, 1698]. Half-sheet (ca. 33 x 21 cm).
Executie van een Sneker vaertuyg, genaemt een kof, gevoert by Pieter Martensz. Hollander, op den 28 november, 1698. [Amsterdam, 1698]. Half-sheet (ca. 33 x 21 cm).
[AUCTION POSTER - SHIP]. TOLL, Wynand and Jan Leendertsz. TIMMERMAN (brokers). · 1698
€700.00 ($771.53 | £583.99 | ¥123,203)
Unrecorded 17th-century poster announcing the auction of a (koff) ship originating from Sneek, complete with ropes, sails, cook's equipment. etc., which previously sailed under the command of Pieter Martensz. Hollander. The ship was auctioned on 28 November 1698 at the Nieuwez...
[Autograph letter, signed, revealing his work for deaf mutes to a critic].[Paris], 20th June 1825[?]. 1 leaf (20 x 12.6 cm). In French.
[Autograph letter, signed, revealing his work for deaf mutes to a critic].[Paris], 20th June 1825[?]. 1 leaf (20 x 12.6 cm). In French.
ABEL-RÉMUSAT, Jean Pierre. · 1788
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
[1] p. text.Autograph letter by the French sinologist and physician Jean Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788-1832), member of Conseil de Perfectionnement des Sourds et Muets ("Counsel for the Development of the deaf mutes") since 1824. In the letter Abel-Rémusat humbly reveals his work ...
[Proof impressions of illustrations for Alphonse Daudet's Fromont jeune et Risler aîné]. [Paris, 1885]. Folio (35 x 29 cm). Proofs of 12 engraved plates in many different states, giving 73 prints in total, engraved by Jules Massard and Eugène Abot after Emilé Bayard (image size 10.7 x 7.3 cm; plate size 19 x 14 cm). Contemporary half goatskin morocco.
[Proof impressions of illustrations for Alphonse Daudet's Fromont jeune et Risler aîné]. [Paris, 1885]. Folio (35 x 29 cm). Proofs of 12 engraved plates in many different states, giving 73 prints in total, engraved by Jules Massard and Eugène Abot after Emilé Bayard (image size 10.7 x 7.3 cm; plate size 19 x 14 cm). Contemporary half goatskin morocco.
BAYARD, Émile. · 1837
€4,750.00 ($5,235.36 | £3,962.76 | ¥836,020)
An extensive collection of proof impressions of all 12 illustrations drawn by Émile Bayard (1837-1891) and engraved by Jules Massard (1848?-1891?) and Eugène Michel Joseph Abot (1836-1894) for the 1885 edition of Alphonse Daudet's Fromont jeune et Risler aîné. Moeurs parisienn...
The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Aegypt, by the Saracens: containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, and Othman, the immediate successors of Mahomet, giving an account of their most remarkable battles, sieges, &c. ...London, for R. Knaplock, J. Sprint, R. Smith and J. Round, 1708. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf with gold-stamped red label to gilt spine, leading edges gilt, red sprinkled edges.
The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Aegypt, by the Saracens: containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, and Othman, the immediate successors of Mahomet, giving an account of their most remarkable battles, sieges, &c. ...London, for R. Knaplock, J. Sprint, R. Smith and J. Round, 1708. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf with gold-stamped red label to gilt spine, leading edges gilt, red sprinkled edges.
OCKLEY, Simon. · 1678
€1,800.00 ($1,983.93 | £1,501.68 | ¥316,808)
XXIV, [4], 391, [1 blank], [19], [1 blank] pp.First edition of the author's most famous work. The orientalist Simon Ockley (1678-1720) was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He became fellow of Jesus College and vicar of Swavesey, and in 1711 was appointed professor of Ar...
Nineteen years travels through the most eminent places in the habitable world.London, for John Wright & Thomas Passinger, 1682. 8vo. With a folding woodcut frontispiece and 6 folding woodcut plates and 1 woodcut in the text. 19th-century dark brown sheepskin, sewn on 3 recessed cords, brown spine label, Stormont on shell marbled endpapers.
Nineteen years travels through the most eminent places in the habitable world.London, for John Wright & Thomas Passinger, 1682. 8vo. With a folding woodcut frontispiece and 6 folding woodcut plates and 1 woodcut in the text. 19th-century dark brown sheepskin, sewn on 3 recessed cords, brown spine label, Stormont on shell marbled endpapers.
LITHGOW, William. · 1582
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[8], 481, [7] pp.Third complete edition (the first under the present title) of a classic account of three voyages by the Scotsman William Lithgow (1582-1645?), mostly on foot, from Rome to Greece, Crete, Turkey, Cyprus, the Holy Land, Egypt and Malta, continental Europe and No...
Rudimenta linguae arabicae. Florilegium sententiarum arabicarum ut et clavim dialectorum ac praesertim arabicae adjecit Alb. Schultens. Editio altera, aucta indicibus.Leiden, S. & J. Luchtmans & Jean le Mair, 1770. 4to. With engraved publisher's device on title-page. Contemporary half calf.
Rudimenta linguae arabicae. Florilegium sententiarum arabicarum ut et clavim dialectorum ac praesertim arabicae adjecit Alb. Schultens. Editio altera, aucta indicibus.Leiden, S. & J. Luchtmans & Jean le Mair, 1770. 4to. With engraved publisher's device on title-page. Contemporary half calf.
ERPENIUS (VAN ERPE), Thomas. · 1584
€850.00 ($936.85 | £709.13 | ¥149,604)
[6], 374, [174] pp.Fifth, enlarged edition of the groundbreaking introduction to the Arabic language by Thomas Erpenius (1584-1624), the first professor of Arabic at Leiden University. He printed and published the first edition himself in 1620, one of the earliest major works ...
[The circumcision of Christ].[Amsterdam?], 1714. Washed pen and ink drawing (32.5 x 21.3 cm), signed and dated in the lower left ("B. Picart, 1714"). Tipped onto later paperboard with a painted frame.
[The circumcision of Christ].[Amsterdam?], 1714. Washed pen and ink drawing (32.5 x 21.3 cm), signed and dated in the lower left ("B. Picart, 1714"). Tipped onto later paperboard with a painted frame.
PICART, Bernard. · 1673
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
Exquisite and detailed drawing by Bernard Picart (1673-1733) of the circumcision of the infant Jesus, beautifully composed and with dramatic lighting. Picart was a celebrated French (Huguenot) artist who came to Amsterdam in 1711, where he lived and worked until his death in 1...
Beschryving der stad Oudewater; waarin aangetoont word der zelver herkomst uit het Uitrechtsche Bisdom, overgang tot de Graaflykheid van Holland en haare gemaakte onafscheidbaarheid van de zelve, ...Including:-Handvesten, privilegien, octroyen, placaaten en ordonnantien; mitsgaders keuren, giften, resolutien, en andere voorname stukken, de stad Oudewater betreffende.-Oude en nieuwe keuren der stad Oudewater.-Ordonnantie en instructie, voor schepenen commissarissen der stede Oudewater, ... Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1747. 4to. With title in red and black with engraved vignette with the arms of Oudewater supported by lions, in a decorative cartouche with vines, full-page engraved dedication to the 4 burgomasters and governors of Delft, including the author's father (with their arms and the crowned arms of Oudewater, Delft and Alkmaar), 2 engraved maps and 5 views of Oudewater (all folding), 2 engraved numismatic illustrations in text. Contemporary vellum.
Beschryving der stad Oudewater; waarin aangetoont word der zelver herkomst uit het Uitrechtsche Bisdom, overgang tot de Graaflykheid van Holland en haare gemaakte onafscheidbaarheid van de zelve, ...Including:-Handvesten, privilegien, octroyen, placaaten en ordonnantien; mitsgaders keuren, giften, resolutien, en andere voorname stukken, de stad Oudewater betreffende.-Oude en nieuwe keuren der stad Oudewater.-Ordonnantie en instructie, voor schepenen commissarissen der stede Oudewater, ... Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1747. 4to. With title in red and black with engraved vignette with the arms of Oudewater supported by lions, in a decorative cartouche with vines, full-page engraved dedication to the 4 burgomasters and governors of Delft, including the author's father (with their arms and the crowned arms of Oudewater, Delft and Alkmaar), 2 engraved maps and 5 views of Oudewater (all folding), 2 engraved numismatic illustrations in text. Contemporary vellum.
[KINSCHOT, Gaspar Rudolph van]. · 1704
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
XVI, "600" [= 604], 14, [1], [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of a detailed account of the topography and history of Oudewater, including transcripts of ordinances, charters and privileges, compiled and drawn up by the city's bailiff Gaspar Rudolph van Kinschot (1704-1748)....
Plan du campement de l'armée des alliees campée a Corbay depuis le 19 Juin au 7 Juliet l'an 1696.[Belgium?, ca. 1696]. Manuscript plan on paper (38 x 48 cm) in ink and bright watercolour. With the title in a wreath at the head, a large panel at the foot with keys identifying the camps of the various troops, and two smaller panels at the head, with keys to the villages and other locations, and a general overview map.
Plan du campement de l'armée des alliees campée a Corbay depuis le 19 Juin au 7 Juliet l'an 1696.[Belgium?, ca. 1696]. Manuscript plan on paper (38 x 48 cm) in ink and bright watercolour. With the title in a wreath at the head, a large panel at the foot with keys identifying the camps of the various troops, and two smaller panels at the head, with keys to the villages and other locations, and a general overview map.
[MAP - MILITARY - LOW COUNTRIES - KORBEEK]. · 1696
€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)
Contemporary manuscript plan of the camps of the allied troops fighting against France during the Nine Years' War, in the vicinity of Korbeek (Corbais), near Waver, Belgium, between 19 June and 7 July 1696. These troops were part of the Grand Alliance, the European-wide coalit...
Zee-clio, of gedichten in 's lants vloot gemaeckt in de jaren 1672, en 1673. Amsterdam, Carel Allard, [ca. 1673]. 4to. With the woodcut device of the Amsterdam admiralty on the title page (Dutch garden guarded by a lion holding two anchors), 3 woodcut decorated initials (1 series). Modern half calf, marbled sides.
Zee-clio, of gedichten in 's lants vloot gemaeckt in de jaren 1672, en 1673. Amsterdam, Carel Allard, [ca. 1673]. 4to. With the woodcut device of the Amsterdam admiralty on the title page (Dutch garden guarded by a lion holding two anchors), 3 woodcut decorated initials (1 series). Modern half calf, marbled sides.
COOPMAN, Ocke Jeyes. · 1672
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
62, [2] pp.First and only edition of a collection of verse poems and songs about Dutch naval heroes and battles from the first years of the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678) written by Ocke Jeyes Coopman. It includes poems about Willem Joseph van Ghent, Isaac Sweers, Volckert Schra...
Memorie der levens-middelen en der selver prysen, soo als die ten dienste der Armée door den edelen achtbaaren raad der stad Maastricht getaxeert zyn, voor den tyd van drie weeken te beginnen met dato den 25. july 1746.[Maastricht, 23 July 1746]. Folded half-sheet (36 x 44 cm).
Memorie der levens-middelen en der selver prysen, soo als die ten dienste der Armée door den edelen achtbaaren raad der stad Maastricht getaxeert zyn, voor den tyd van drie weeken te beginnen met dato den 25. july 1746.[Maastricht, 23 July 1746]. Folded half-sheet (36 x 44 cm).
[ORDINANCE - MAASTRICHT].
€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)
Unrecorded ordinance issuing the merchants of Maastricht to sell provisions at fixed prices to the military troops stationed near the city for a period of three weeks. The provisions included liquor, meat, rice, cheese etc. Because of the War of the Austrian Succession, severa...
Beemsterlants caerte... [with a second title at the head:] Ware afbeeldinge vande bedyckte Beemster-landen... M.DC.XLIIII.Amsterdam, 1644 [reprinted ca. 1769?]. And:(2) [FLORISZ. VAN BERCKENRODE, Balthasar] and Daniel van BREEN. Beemsterlants caerte…Amsterdam, 1658. Engraved map (43.5 x 58 cm). (3) [MAP - NETHERLANDS - BEEMSTER]. Beemster landts kaarte, aenwijsende de hoogte vande ringhdyck. Als mede de diepte vande tocht & wech slooten.[Amsterdam(?), ca. 1696]. (4-5) DORLAND, C. [2 maps of the Beemster].Amsterdam, Tresling & Co., March 1908.(6) [MAP - NETHERLANDS - BEEMSTER]. Waterschap de Beemster.February 1970, updated to 1979. Large map (64 x 50 cm).Collection of 6 maps (the first in 6 sheets). Engraved map in 6 sheets (each 56 x 44 cm). With the main title in a large cartouche at right, the statement about its production and a scale of Rijnland rods in a pedestal at the foot, a Latin verse in praise of the Beemster polder by Caspar van Baerle at lower right, a compass rose at upper right, and the arms of Beemster at the head. Bound in modern cloth (57.5 x 47 cm).
Beemsterlants caerte... [with a second title at the head:] Ware afbeeldinge vande bedyckte Beemster-landen... M.DC.XLIIII.Amsterdam, 1644 [reprinted ca. 1769?]. And:(2) [FLORISZ. VAN BERCKENRODE, Balthasar] and Daniel van BREEN. Beemsterlants caerte…Amsterdam, 1658. Engraved map (43.5 x 58 cm). (3) [MAP - NETHERLANDS - BEEMSTER]. Beemster landts kaarte, aenwijsende de hoogte vande ringhdyck. Als mede de diepte vande tocht & wech slooten.[Amsterdam(?), ca. 1696]. (4-5) DORLAND, C. [2 maps of the Beemster].Amsterdam, Tresling & Co., March 1908.(6) [MAP - NETHERLANDS - BEEMSTER]. Waterschap de Beemster.February 1970, updated to 1979. Large map (64 x 50 cm).Collection of 6 maps (the first in 6 sheets). Engraved map in 6 sheets (each 56 x 44 cm). With the main title in a large cartouche at right, the statement about its production and a scale of Rijnland rods in a pedestal at the foot, a Latin verse in praise of the Beemster polder by Caspar van Baerle at lower right, a compass rose at upper right, and the arms of Beemster at the head. Bound in modern cloth (57.5 x 47 cm).
[MAP - NETHERLANDS - BEEMSTER]. FLORISZ. VAN BERCKENRODE, Balthasar and Daniel van BREEN. · 1607
€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)
Interesting collection of maps of the Beemster polder, which in the 16th century was an eight by nine kilometre inland sea north of Amsterdam. Its reclamation in the years 1607 to 1612, financed largely by the Dutch East India Company, was one of the most ambitious of the earl...
Plan de Gertruidenberg et de l'attaque de cette place par les Français. N. L'attaque a été commencée le 22 nivose an 3me. Rép. (11 janvier 1795) et la garnison s'est rendue prisonnière de guerre le 29 nivose (18 janvier 95 vieux stile).[Netherlands, ca. 1800]. Manuscript fortification plan (49 x 61.6 cm) on paper in ink and green and red watercolour. With large frame in the bottom left with keys to important locations, including the locations of the troops during the attack. Signed "Vu Dejean".
Plan de Gertruidenberg et de l'attaque de cette place par les Français. N. L'attaque a été commencée le 22 nivose an 3me. Rép. (11 janvier 1795) et la garnison s'est rendue prisonnière de guerre le 29 nivose (18 janvier 95 vieux stile).[Netherlands, ca. 1800]. Manuscript fortification plan (49 x 61.6 cm) on paper in ink and green and red watercolour. With large frame in the bottom left with keys to important locations, including the locations of the troops during the attack. Signed "Vu Dejean".
DEJEAN, Jean-François-Aimé. · 1795
€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)
Interesting manuscript map of the fortifications of Geertruidenberg and the attack by the French Revolutionary Army between 11 and 18 January 1795. Signed for approval by Jean-François-Aimé Dejean (1749-1824), a French engineer and commander in the Army of the North, who in 18...
La Capelle. [France(?), ca. 1690]. Pen and brown ink drawing, with blue washes on paper (10 x 30 cm) with title at the head.
La Capelle. [France(?), ca. 1690]. Pen and brown ink drawing, with blue washes on paper (10 x 30 cm) with title at the head.
[LA CAPELLE]. · 1655
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
17th-century drawing giving a bird's eye view of the fortified French town La Capelle (Aisne). Probably after the similar view published in Mathaeus Merian's Topographia Galliae (1655-1661).In very good condition.
Amsterdam.[Amsterdam], Reinier and Josua Ottens, [ca. 1730]. Large engraved panorama on 4 sheets (ca. 42 x 218 cm as assembled). With title in banner at top centre, arms of the city at top right, city seal at top left and the primary locations with captions. Mounted and framed.
Amsterdam.[Amsterdam], Reinier and Josua Ottens, [ca. 1730]. Large engraved panorama on 4 sheets (ca. 42 x 218 cm as assembled). With title in banner at top centre, arms of the city at top right, city seal at top left and the primary locations with captions. Mounted and framed.
[VIEW - NETHERLANDS - AMSTERDAM]. OTTENS, Reinier and Josua OTTENS. · 1730
€48,500.00 ($53,455.83 | £40,461.90 | ¥8,536,205)
Rare large engraved view of Amsterdam as seen from the inlet known as the IJ published by Reinier and Josua Ottens ca. 1730, with numerous ships on the IJ. It's the last state of the view by Jacob Savry published in 1647 and partly updated, including the changes made by Vissch...
Waarnemingen omtrent de horzel-maskers, welke in de maag van het paard huisvesten.Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, 1834. 4to. With 6 hand-coloured engraved plates (1 folding) by D. Sluyter after H. van Oort. Contemporary stiff grey wrappers.
Waarnemingen omtrent de horzel-maskers, welke in de maag van het paard huisvesten.Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, 1834. 4to. With 6 hand-coloured engraved plates (1 folding) by D. Sluyter after H. van Oort. Contemporary stiff grey wrappers.
NUMAN, Alexander. · 1780
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[2], 143, [1 blank] pp.Rare separate issue of Numan's detailed and beautifully illustrated study of the larvae of the equine botfly (family Oestridae), an internal parasite of horses. The author, Alexander Numan (1780-1852) discusses the different species of botfly found in th...
The tales of the Genii; or the delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar.London, printed for G. and T. Wilkie, 1786. 2 volumes. 12mo. With 2 letterpress title-pages and 14 engraved plates (including the 2 frontispieces) illustrating the various tales. Near contemporary, uniform calf (ca. 1800?), gold-tooled smooth spines in 6 fields, with a green (title) and red (volume) label in the 2nd and 4th fields, gold-tooled board edges, blind-tooled turn-ins.
The tales of the Genii; or the delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar.London, printed for G. and T. Wilkie, 1786. 2 volumes. 12mo. With 2 letterpress title-pages and 14 engraved plates (including the 2 frontispieces) illustrating the various tales. Near contemporary, uniform calf (ca. 1800?), gold-tooled smooth spines in 6 fields, with a green (title) and red (volume) label in the 2nd and 4th fields, gold-tooled board edges, blind-tooled turn-ins.
MORELL, Charles (pseudonym of James Kenneth RIDLEY). · 1764
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
xxxvi, 285, [3 blank]; [1], [1 blank], 338 pp. plus 2 frontispieces and 12 other plates.Rare edition of a series of stories based on those of the Arabian nights, first published in 1764 and written by James Kenneth Ridley (1736-1765) but issued under the pen name "Sir Charles ...