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[Autograph letter, signed, to Aaron Louis Frédéric Regnault, Baron de la Susse].Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey), 27 June 1842. 8vo (18 x 11 cm). Manuscript letter in English, in brown ink on one side of an 8vo double leaf. Signed at the foot by Basil Hall.
[Autograph letter, signed, to Aaron Louis Frédéric Regnault, Baron de la Susse].Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey), 27 June 1842. 8vo (18 x 11 cm). Manuscript letter in English, in brown ink on one side of an 8vo double leaf. Signed at the foot by Basil Hall.
HALL, Basil. · 1815
€850.00 ($936.85 | £709.13 | ¥149,604)
[1], [3 blank] pp.Autograph letter by the Scottish explorer Basil Hall, who made a voyage to the west coast of Korea and China (1815-1817), and voyages to South America (1820-1823) and North America (1827-1828).In the letter Hall thanks the French vice-admiral Aaron Louis Fréd...
[Autograph letter, signed, to Baroness Hyde de Neuville (Anne Marguerite Henriette de Marigny Hyde de Neuville)].[Brest?, ca. 1820/22]. Folded leaf (20.6 x 16.5 cm). In French. 2 1/2 pp. text.
[Autograph letter, signed, to Baroness Hyde de Neuville (Anne Marguerite Henriette de Marigny Hyde de Neuville)].[Brest?, ca. 1820/22]. Folded leaf (20.6 x 16.5 cm). In French. 2 1/2 pp. text.
BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe-Yves-Philippe Potentien, Baron de. · 1849
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
2 1/2 pp. text.Interesting letter from the famous French explorer Hyacinthe de Bougainville to Baroness Hyde de Neuville (died 1849), the wife of Baron Jean-Guillaume Hyde de Neuville (1776 - 1857), French aristocrat, diplomat, and politician.In this letter Bougainville refers...
[Autograph letter, signed, to Max Seiffert(?)].Bilthoven (the house 'Gaudeamus'), 19 November 1926. Doubleleaf (21.5 x 13.5 cm). In German.
[Autograph letter, signed, to Max Seiffert(?)].Bilthoven (the house 'Gaudeamus'), 19 November 1926. Doubleleaf (21.5 x 13.5 cm). In German.
RÖNTGEN, Julius.
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
4 pp.Extensive personal letter by the composer Julius Engelbert Röntgen. The letter is written on all four pages of a double-leaf to a "Lieber Herr Professor" to thank him for sending the "Telemann'schen Duetten", a publication with a for- and afterword by the addressee's son....
Cort begryp der XII. boeken Olympiados. ... Abregé des douze livres Olympiades.Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1579. With 1 engraved plate (portrait of the author), 17 full-page engravings (ca. 16 x 11.5 cm.) by Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert after designs of the monogrammist CVSK and a full-page woodcut of an obelisk at the end, signed with the monogram "HE". With:(2) NOOT, Jan van der. Lofsang van Braband. ... Hymne de Braband. Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1580. With 4 full-page woodcuts (portrait of the author, allegorical illustration, arms of Brabant and the other 16 provinces, and an obelisk).(3) NOOT, Jan van der. Verscheyden poeticsche werken. ... Divers oeuvres poetiques.Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1581. With full-page woodcut portrait of the author, and a full-page woodcut obelisk at the end. 3 works in 1 volume. Folio. All 3 works with text in Dutch and French. Early 18th-century gold-tooled mottled calf.
Cort begryp der XII. boeken Olympiados. ... Abregé des douze livres Olympiades.Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1579. With 1 engraved plate (portrait of the author), 17 full-page engravings (ca. 16 x 11.5 cm.) by Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert after designs of the monogrammist CVSK and a full-page woodcut of an obelisk at the end, signed with the monogram "HE". With:(2) NOOT, Jan van der. Lofsang van Braband. ... Hymne de Braband. Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1580. With 4 full-page woodcuts (portrait of the author, allegorical illustration, arms of Brabant and the other 16 provinces, and an obelisk).(3) NOOT, Jan van der. Verscheyden poeticsche werken. ... Divers oeuvres poetiques.Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1581. With full-page woodcut portrait of the author, and a full-page woodcut obelisk at the end. 3 works in 1 volume. Folio. All 3 works with text in Dutch and French. Early 18th-century gold-tooled mottled calf.
NOOT, Jan van der. · 1539
€35,000.00 ($38,576.37 | £29,199.31 | ¥6,160,148)
[14], 87, [1]; [8], 33, [4]; [40] pp. plus 1 plate.Ad 1: Rare first edition in the original Dutch (a German translation appeared in the same year at Cologne) of one of the most important poetical works by the Dutch Renaissance poet Jan (Baptist) van der Noot (ca.1539-ca.1595) ...
Hints on the management of hawks ... to which is added practical falconry, chapters historical and descriptive.London, Horace Cox, 1898. 8vo. With 11 plates and 42 illustrations in text. Original publisher's green cloth.
Hints on the management of hawks ... to which is added practical falconry, chapters historical and descriptive.London, Horace Cox, 1898. 8vo. With 11 plates and 42 illustrations in text. Original publisher's green cloth.
HARTING, James Edmund.
€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)
VII, 268 pp.Second edition of Harting's manual on falconry and hawking, together with a historical description of practical falconry. For the present edition the author revised the original text and made considerable additions, also adding new illustrations. The plates show a...
[Panoramic photograph overlooking Mazatlán].[Mexico, ca. 1880-1900]. Albumen print (ca. 17 x 71 cm) in 3 parts with photographer's credit in white in the negative, mat mount. Pasted on heavily spotted and browned contemporary wove paper.
[Panoramic photograph overlooking Mazatlán].[Mexico, ca. 1880-1900]. Albumen print (ca. 17 x 71 cm) in 3 parts with photographer's credit in white in the negative, mat mount. Pasted on heavily spotted and browned contemporary wove paper.
[PHOTOGRAPHY - MEXICO]. GONZALEZ, F.M.
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
Fine panorama of Mazatlán, on the Pacific coast of Mexico showing the historical centre and harbour. By the mid-19th century a large group of immigrants had arrived, developing Mazatlán into a thriving commercial seaport, importing equipment for the nearby gold and silver mine...
Reis door de Vereenigde Staten van Noord-Amerika in de jaren 1824 en 1825 door den generaal Lafayette.Zutphen, W.J. Thieme, 1831. 2 volumes. 8vo. With lithographed portrait of Lafayette for frontispiece to volume 1. Contemporary boards with pasted title-label on spine, uncut.
Reis door de Vereenigde Staten van Noord-Amerika in de jaren 1824 en 1825 door den generaal Lafayette.Zutphen, W.J. Thieme, 1831. 2 volumes. 8vo. With lithographed portrait of Lafayette for frontispiece to volume 1. Contemporary boards with pasted title-label on spine, uncut.
LEVASSEUR, Auguste. · 1824
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
8, 254, [1, 1 blank]; [1, 1 blank], 223, [1 blank] pp.Only Dutch translation of Levasseur's account, containing the journal of general Lafayette 1824-1825 Farewell Tour of all 24 United States. ''With its panoramic view of the young country - its burgeoning cities and towns, i...
[Autograph letter, signed, to ''Monsieur''].
[Autograph letter, signed, to ''Monsieur''].
[BOREEL, G.]. · 1852
€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)
1 p. text.Letter by one of the members of the Dutch noble family Boreel, possibly Jacob Willem Gustaaf Boreel (1852-1937). In this letter to a hitherto unknown 'Monsieur' the writer asks the addressee whether he could recommend to 'Madame' the writer's oldest son for the post ...
Malerische Reise durch einen großen Theil der Schweiz vor und nach der Revolution. Jena, H.W.Ch. Seidler, 1805. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece with 4 medallion portraits, engraved title-page with the title on a rock in an alpine scene, 54 numbered engraved plates (1 folding) and 2 folding leaves with built-up letterpress music. With the 4 costume plates hand-coloured. Later 19th-century half cloth.
Malerische Reise durch einen großen Theil der Schweiz vor und nach der Revolution. Jena, H.W.Ch. Seidler, 1805. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece with 4 medallion portraits, engraved title-page with the title on a rock in an alpine scene, 54 numbered engraved plates (1 folding) and 2 folding leaves with built-up letterpress music. With the 4 costume plates hand-coloured. Later 19th-century half cloth.
[REICHARD, Heinrich August O.].
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
XVI, 414, [2] pp.First edition of an attractively illustrated account of a journey through Switzerland. The work includes 4 costume plates (2 showing military uniforms, with flags), a description of Balmat and Paccard's first ascent of Mont Blanc, as well as many fine views by...
La Russie, ou moeurs, usages, et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet empire.Paris, Nepveu, 1813. 6 volumes. 12mo or 18mo. With 111 mostly engraved plates (4 folding facing title-pages of volumes 1-4). Contemporary half calf, gilt spine, uniformly bound.
La Russie, ou moeurs, usages, et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet empire.Paris, Nepveu, 1813. 6 volumes. 12mo or 18mo. With 111 mostly engraved plates (4 folding facing title-pages of volumes 1-4). Contemporary half calf, gilt spine, uniformly bound.
BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph. · 1816
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
First edition (the only edition in the original French) of Breton de la Martinières picturesque representations of the dress, customs and manners of the inhabitants of the Russian empire. With numerous plates showing views of Moscow and the Kremlin, the Palace of Petrowski, in...
Notice sur les etablissements Français de l'oceanie.[Paris, Alcan-Lévy, ca. 1900]. With 11 half-tone reproductions of photographs and a map in text. With: (2) VIGNÉRAS, Sylvain. Notice sur la Cöte Française des Somalis. Paris, Paul Dupont, 1900. With a folding lithographed map and 26 half-tone reproductions of photographs in text. 8vo. 2 works in 1 volume (ad 2 bound before ad 1). Contemporary black half sheepskin.
Notice sur les etablissements Français de l'oceanie.[Paris, Alcan-Lévy, ca. 1900]. With 11 half-tone reproductions of photographs and a map in text. With: (2) VIGNÉRAS, Sylvain. Notice sur la Cöte Française des Somalis. Paris, Paul Dupont, 1900. With a folding lithographed map and 26 half-tone reproductions of photographs in text. 8vo. 2 works in 1 volume (ad 2 bound before ad 1). Contemporary black half sheepskin.
[LEMASSON, Henry]. · 1900
€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)
127, [1 blank]; 85, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp.Two works published on occasion of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the first by Lemasson on the French Polynesian colony and the second by Vignéras on French Somaliland. Both illustrated with reproductions of photographs. Th...
Reis in het Noordoostelijke Siberie, en op de IJszee en den Noordoostelijken oceaan.Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1808. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a large folding engraved map by C. van Baarsel after Sarychev, 10 engraved folding plates, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates and a folding table. Contemporary half sheepskin.
Reis in het Noordoostelijke Siberie, en op de IJszee en den Noordoostelijken oceaan.Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1808. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a large folding engraved map by C. van Baarsel after Sarychev, 10 engraved folding plates, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates and a folding table. Contemporary half sheepskin.
SARYCHEV, Gavriil Andreevich. · 1785
€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)
[2], XXII, 190; X [=VIII], 334 pp.First and only edition of the Dutch translation of Captain Sarychev's account of the Russian geographic and scientific expedition through eastern Siberia and the North Pacific (1785-1793) under the command of Joseph Billings. It's one of the f...
Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis non illae quidem Romanae, sed totius fere orbis summo studio ac maximis impensis Terra Marique conquistae feliciter incipiunt.Ingolstadt, Petrus Apianus, 1534. Folio (21 x 29.5 cm). With title-page printed in red and black, large emblematic woodcut after Albrecht Dürer (hand-coloured and highlighted with gold ca. 1730), woodcut coat of arms of Raimund Fugger (hand-coloured and highlighted with gold), 184 woodcut illustrations and 7 large woodcut initials. Nearly every page framed by 4 woodcut decorative border strips (several varieties). Contemporary vellum.
Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis non illae quidem Romanae, sed totius fere orbis summo studio ac maximis impensis Terra Marique conquistae feliciter incipiunt.Ingolstadt, Petrus Apianus, 1534. Folio (21 x 29.5 cm). With title-page printed in red and black, large emblematic woodcut after Albrecht Dürer (hand-coloured and highlighted with gold ca. 1730), woodcut coat of arms of Raimund Fugger (hand-coloured and highlighted with gold), 184 woodcut illustrations and 7 large woodcut initials. Nearly every page framed by 4 woodcut decorative border strips (several varieties). Contemporary vellum.
APIANUS, Petrus. · 1495
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
[40], CCCCCXII, [8] pp.First and only edition. Printed at the expense of the banker Raimund Fugger, this work presents classical inscriptions and statues collected all over Europe (including many in Fugger's own collection). The text is based on earlier studies by Peutinger, P...
Relação completa da campanha da Russia em 1812.Lisbon, widow of Neves and sons, 1818. 2 volumes bound as 1. 4to. With 2 folding engraved plates (ca. 26 x 41 and 24 x 33.5 cm). Contemporary tree calf, gold-tooled spine.
Relação completa da campanha da Russia em 1812.Lisbon, widow of Neves and sons, 1818. 2 volumes bound as 1. 4to. With 2 folding engraved plates (ca. 26 x 41 and 24 x 33.5 cm). Contemporary tree calf, gold-tooled spine.
LABAUME, Eugene. · 1783
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[10], IV, 237, [1]; 234 pp.Very rare first edition of the Portuguese translation of an account of Napoleon's Russian campaign by Eugène Labaume (1783-1849), who served as a lieutenant-colonel in Napoleon's army. His narrative is an important eye-witness account of Napoleon's c...
Super Leviticum in sensu litterali nova et hactenus abscondita a se edita commentaria. (Colophon: Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, 1529). With title-page printed in red and black with a large woodcut containing the coats of arms of the Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain) and two bishops (the author and perhaps a relative), leaf 2 with a woodcut of the author writing at his desk, with his arms, and a woodcut initial with the other bishop's arms inside the letter, the arms in the initial and some lines of text printed in red. Printed in two columns. With: (2) TOSTATUS, Alfonso. Opus super Deuteronomium.(Colophon: Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, 1528). With title-page printed in red and black, leaf 1 with a woodcut of the author writing at his desk, with his arms (not the same woodcut as in ad 1), and a woodcut initial with the other bishop's arms as in ad 1. Printed in two columns. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Contemporary blind- and gold-tooled tanned sheepskin over wooden boards; each board in a panel design with 2 (on the back board 3) different vine rolls, rules, and on the front board a central medaillon depicting Bathsheba kneeling before King David playing his harp, and a half dozen separate stamps, with author and title at the head, "Thostati Super Leviti et Deuteronomy" and the binding date MDXXXII (1532); blind-tooled spine, remnants of brass anchor plates on the back board (for straps?), catch plates on the front board lacking.
Super Leviticum in sensu litterali nova et hactenus abscondita a se edita commentaria. (Colophon: Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, 1529). With title-page printed in red and black with a large woodcut containing the coats of arms of the Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain) and two bishops (the author and perhaps a relative), leaf 2 with a woodcut of the author writing at his desk, with his arms, and a woodcut initial with the other bishop's arms inside the letter, the arms in the initial and some lines of text printed in red. Printed in two columns. With: (2) TOSTATUS, Alfonso. Opus super Deuteronomium.(Colophon: Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, 1528). With title-page printed in red and black, leaf 1 with a woodcut of the author writing at his desk, with his arms (not the same woodcut as in ad 1), and a woodcut initial with the other bishop's arms as in ad 1. Printed in two columns. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Contemporary blind- and gold-tooled tanned sheepskin over wooden boards; each board in a panel design with 2 (on the back board 3) different vine rolls, rules, and on the front board a central medaillon depicting Bathsheba kneeling before King David playing his harp, and a half dozen separate stamps, with author and title at the head, "Thostati Super Leviti et Deuteronomy" and the binding date MDXXXII (1532); blind-tooled spine, remnants of brass anchor plates on the back board (for straps?), catch plates on the front board lacking.
TOSTATUS (TOSTADO DE MADRIGAL), Alfonso. · 1400
€35,000.00 ($38,576.37 | £29,199.31 | ¥6,160,148)
249, [1 blank]; [1], 120 ll.Splendid humanist medallion binding made in Krakow by Stanislaus, called the "Master of the Medallion", containing two early Venetian editions of biblical commentaries on Leviticus and Deuteronomy by the Spanish theologian Alfonso Tostatus (1400-145...
Geschiedenis van den oorlog, in de jaren 1812-1815. Amsterdam, C. & H. Timmer, 1816-1819. 8 parts in 4 volumes. 8vo. Each volume with an engraved vignette showing a different scene from the Northern Liberation War, by P. Velijn. Contemporary half calf.
Geschiedenis van den oorlog, in de jaren 1812-1815. Amsterdam, C. & H. Timmer, 1816-1819. 8 parts in 4 volumes. 8vo. Each volume with an engraved vignette showing a different scene from the Northern Liberation War, by P. Velijn. Contemporary half calf.
VENTURINI, Karl Heinrich Georg (Martinus Gerardus ENGELMAN, transl.). · 1812
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
[2], IV, 313; [4], 310; [2], 342; [4], 346; [2], 312; [4], 318; [2], 334; [4], 333 pp.First and only Dutch edition of an important historical work on the Napoleonic wars in Russia, Germany, France and the Netherlands during the years 1812-1815, translated by Martinus Gerardus ...
Amstelredam.[Antwerp], Pieter Bast, 1599. Large engraved panorama on 2 sheets (ca. 27 x 76 cm as assembled). Framed.
Amstelredam.[Antwerp], Pieter Bast, 1599. Large engraved panorama on 2 sheets (ca. 27 x 76 cm as assembled). Framed.
[VIEW - NETHERLANDS - AMSTERDAM]. BAST, Pieter. · 1611
€49,500.00 ($54,558.01 | £41,296.17 | ¥8,712,209)
Rare first state of a 16th-century view of Amsterdam as seen from the inlet known as the IJ made by Pieter Bast, a Dutch engraver from Antwerp best known for his city map of Amsterdam and this view. "In its amplitude and the sheer audacity of the presentation, this engraving i...
Beschryvinge van de heerlyckheydt van Frieslandt tusschen 't Flie end de Lauwers. [Franeker], Johannes Wellens, [1664]. Folio. With engraved title-page, full-page engraved coat of arms of the province of Friesland, and 46 engraved maps and plans (4 large folding maps, 31 double-page maps and 11 double-page city plans) by Jacob van Meurs after Bernardus Schotanus à Sterringa. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.
Beschryvinge van de heerlyckheydt van Frieslandt tusschen 't Flie end de Lauwers. [Franeker], Johannes Wellens, [1664]. Folio. With engraved title-page, full-page engraved coat of arms of the province of Friesland, and 46 engraved maps and plans (4 large folding maps, 31 double-page maps and 11 double-page city plans) by Jacob van Meurs after Bernardus Schotanus à Sterringa. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.
[SCHOTANUS, Christiaan]. · 1655
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
[8], 280, [1], [1 blank] pp.Greatly expanded and revised second edition of Schotanus's classic description of Friesland and the Frisian people. The first edition was published in 1655, without engravings, as beschryvinge ende chronijck vande heerlickheydt van Frieslandt and in...
Jacinthe double. Hyacinthus orientalis L. from: [Fleurs Dessinées d'Après Nature,… Recueil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux élèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures].[Paris, 1799-1801]. Folio. Stipple engraved plate, printed in colour à la poupée and finished by hand, of a Common Hyacinth, Garden Hyacinth or Dutch Hyacinth with at the left a blue hyacinth without leaves, right a lilac hyacinth with leaves. Signed 'P.F. Le Grand sculp.' Framed.
Jacinthe double. Hyacinthus orientalis L. from: [Fleurs Dessinées d'Après Nature,… Recueil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux élèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures].[Paris, 1799-1801]. Folio. Stipple engraved plate, printed in colour à la poupée and finished by hand, of a Common Hyacinth, Garden Hyacinth or Dutch Hyacinth with at the left a blue hyacinth without leaves, right a lilac hyacinth with leaves. Signed 'P.F. Le Grand sculp.' Framed.
SPAENDONCK, Gerard van. · 1746
€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)
A fine colour printed illustration of a Common Hyacinth, Garden Hyacinth or Dutch Hyacinth from one of the rarest of the great flower books, by Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822), a proponent of the Dutch school of floral painting. After his arrival in Paris in 1770, he introdu...
Mufle de veau. Antirrhinum majus. L. [From: Fleurs dessinées d'après nature,… Recueil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux élèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures].[Paris, 1799-1801]. Stipple engraving on unwatermarked wove paper (54.5 x 36.5 cm), printed in colour à la poupée and finished by hand, of a Antirrhinum majus showing a branched stem with flowers in various stages, signed "P.F. Le Grand sculp." In passepartout.
Mufle de veau. Antirrhinum majus. L. [From: Fleurs dessinées d'après nature,… Recueil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux élèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures].[Paris, 1799-1801]. Stipple engraving on unwatermarked wove paper (54.5 x 36.5 cm), printed in colour à la poupée and finished by hand, of a Antirrhinum majus showing a branched stem with flowers in various stages, signed "P.F. Le Grand sculp." In passepartout.
SPAENDONCK, Gerard van. · 1746
€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)
Magnificent illustration of a Antirrhinum majus, commonly known as snapdragon, printed in colour and delicately finished by hand. This colourful flowering plant is native to the Mediterranean region and the Arabian Peninsula. It is originally part of a series of flower prints...