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[Autograph letters, signed, to several recipients, mostly military colleagues and government officials].Paris, 1815-1839. 8vo (mostly ca. 19 x 13 cm). 10 signed autograph letters in French, plus a draft for another, written in ink on laid and wove paper, 3 with their red wax seals or parts of seals (2 more with traces of former seals), and 6 with recipients' addresses.

TRUGUET, Comte Laurent Jean François. · 1752

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

[24] ll. incl. 2 blanks.Interesting collection of autograph signed letters containing notes on personal, political and maritime matters, written by the French Grand Admiral Comte Laurent Jean François Truguet (10 January 1752-26 December 1839), knight of the Grand-Cross of the...

Maison de plaisir de Soestdijk, vue du coté du jardin.Amsterdam, F. Buffa et fils, [1830-1850]. Framed (61,5 x 75,5 cm).

KRUYFF, Cornelis de & Frederik Christiaan BIERWEILER. · 1650

€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)

Hand-coloured aquatint view of the royal palace of Soestdijk. Originally built as a country estate in the 1650s, Soestdijk became the property of the Dutch-British king William III and his heirs before becoming a royal palace under King Louis Bonaparte. In 1815 the palace was ...

Vue du Pavillon de Harlem, prise vis à vis du bois.Amsterdam, F. Buffa et fils, [1830-1850]. Framed (61,5 x 75,5 cm).

KRUYFF, Cornelis de & Frederik Christiaan BIERWEILER. · 1735

€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)

Hand-coloured aquatint view of the royal palace Paviljoen Welgelegen near Haarlem, originally built for the banker Henry Hope (1735-1811). The building was converted into a palace under King Louis Bonaparte and later become the property of the Dutch royal family and used as th...

... presenteeren (uyt der hand) te verkoopen, een extraordinary welbezeylt galjoot-schip, genaamt De Maria: is in 't jaar 1711 nieuw uytgehaalt,... en tegenwoordigh in de Nieuwe Zyds Waal, agter de Oude Stads Herbergh, is leggende. Amsterdam, Karel van Rijschooten II, [ca. 1750]. Half-sheet (ca. 32.5 x 21 cm). Tipped onto a piece of paperboard.

BONTEKONINGH, Joannes and Dirk (brokers). · 1750

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

A rare and possibly unique poster with a detailed inventory of equipment, advertising a sale to be held in Amsterdam (ca. 1750) of the galleon (galjoot) De Maria and equipment such as the anchors, the complete ship's gear, galley contents and sea chests.A few minor tears, good...

[Collection of 14 signed, mostly autograph letters].Toulon, 1842-1849. 8vo and 4to. Letters in black and brown ink on paper (11 with the "prefecture maritime" letterhead), 1 with its original envelope and 3 originally folded, addressed and sealed for posting without an envelope.

[AUTOGRAPH]. BAUDIN, Charles. · 1792

€11,500.00 ($12,675.09 | £9,594.06 | ¥2,024,049)

Collection of 14 signed letters, all but 3 autographs, written by Charles Baudin (1792-1854) and dated 1842-1849, when he served as Maritime Prefect at Toulon. He was one of the leading naval figures of the 19th century, whose naval service, mostly as Vice Admiral, began under...

[Autograph letter, signed, to Louis-Marie Bajot].Rochefort, 31 August 1818. Double-leaf (31.3 x 20 cm). In French. 2 pp. text.

[AUTOGRAPH]. ROUSSIN, Admiral Albin Reine. · 1818

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

2 pp. text.A letter by Admiral Baron Albin Reine Roussin, dated "Rochefort 21st of August 1818", to Louis-Marie Bajot (1775-1854), the inspector-general of the libraries of the Ministry of the French Navy and editor of the Annales maritimes & coloniales.Roussin discusses an ar...

Les negotiations de monsieur le President Jeannin.Paris, Pierre Petit, 1656. Folio. With an engraved vignette on the title page, a full-page portrait of Jeannin R. Nanteuil, several decorated woodcut initials, several woodcut head- and tailpieces. Early 18th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf.

JEANNIN, Pierre. · 1540

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

[12], 757, [11] pp.First edition of the important documents and letters by Pierre Jeannin (1540-1622) on the negotiations between Spain and the Dutch Republic which would end in the "Twelve Year's Truce" of 1609. Jeannin played an important part as the French ambassador in The...

Woody landscap with a road and huts.[Haarlem?, after 1838]. 18 x 23,5 cm. Pen and brown ink and black wash, mounted on cardboard. Signed "G.P. Westenberg. f" in the lower left.

WESTENBERG, George Pieter. · 1791

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

Pen and ink drawing of a scenic woody landscape with two huts, a cart, a walker and two persons and a dog near the huts. The landscape and clouds are drawn with a certain flair but the small people, clearly of less importance than the landscape, are less convincing.The drawing...

[King Charles II of Spain]. Brussels, Jean Leonard, [ca. 1685]. 60×50 cm. Allegorical portrait of King Charles II of Spainas a Roman Emperor, with a globe showing the Americas, numerous allegorical figures and classical gods, his arms on the wall in the background and his crowned CC II monogram on a staff with a banner. Framed, in a passe partout.

HOOGHE, Romeyn de. · 1645

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

Allegorical etching and engraving by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), especially rare in its present first state, depicting King Charles II of Spain(1661-1700) in Imperial Roman armour, perhaps based on the statue of the Emperor Trajan. It was meant to suggest that his American c...

Vernieuwde Kaart van Noordholland en Westfriesland, benevens het voornaamste gedeelte van Rhynland, en daar aan grenzende Landen.Amsterdam, Yntema & Tieboel, 1778. (92 x 68 cm). Large hand-coloured engraved map on 2 sheets, decorated with arms, figures and products from the regions shown, and with the title at the foot. Framed.

BEELDSNIJDER, Joost Jansz. · 1575

€7,250.00 ($7,990.82 | £6,048.43 | ¥1,276,031)

A large engraved map of what is now North Holland, showing its situation largely as it was in 1575, but with some revisions made in 1608. It is the most detailed map to show this region before the major drainage projects that began early in the seventeenth century. At a scale ...

Johannis Uytenbogaerts leven, kerckelijcke bedieninghe ende zedighe verantwoordingh ... Tweeden druck, daer eenige stucken van nieuws by gedaen zijn, ende alles dat nodigh was, uyt het Latijnsch ende Fransch overgheset.[No place, no publisher], 1646. 4to. With an engraved portrait of the author by Wilhelm Delff after Michiel van Mierevelt, with a 6-line verse by Caspar Barlaeus underneath. Contemporary vellum.

UYTENBOGAERT (WTENBOGAERT), Johannes. · 1557

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

[40], 451, [3], [2 blank] pp.Second, enlarged edition of the autobiography of the influential Remonstrant leader Johannes Wtenbogaert (1557-1644), one of the most eloquent preachers of his age. Wtenbogaert begins with his return to his native Utrecht in 1584, after having stud...

Principia philosopiae.Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1650.With:(2) DESCARTES, René. Specimina philosopiae: seu dissertatio de methodo rectè regendae rationis, & veritatis in scientiis investigandae: dioptrice, et meteora. Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1650.(3) DESCARTES, René. Passiones animae. Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1650.3 works in 1 volume. 4to. With 3 title pages, each with Elzevier’s woodcut Athena and tree device (Rahir M19), ads 1 and 2 with numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, ad 1 with a woodcut tailpiece (Rahir fleuron 102) and all three with a few woodcut decorated initials (2 series). Sprinkled calf (old boards rebound on 4 recessed cords with a blind-tooled spine, a spine label, and new endpapers ca. 1800?).

DESCARTES, René. · 1644

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

[40], “302” [= 292]; [16], 316; [24], 98, [6] pp.Third edition of the Principia in the original Latin, bound with the associated third Latin editions of the two supplementary works, the three published in matching format and layout in the year of the author’s death by Louis El...

Verhael van de eerste schip-vaert der Hollandische ende Zeeusche schepen, door 't Way-gat, by Noorden Noorwegen, Moscovien ende Tartarien, na de coninckrijcken Cathay ende China. Met drie schepen, uyt Texel gezeylt in den jare 1594. Hier achter is by-ghevoeght de beschrijvinghe van de landen Siberia, Samoyeda, ende Tingoesa. Seer vreemt en vermaackelijck om lesen.Amsterdam, Joost Hartgers, 1648. 4to. With a woodcut illustration on the title page, a double-page plate with 6 illustrations, including fights with bears and the "Behouden huis" on Nova Zembla, and a woodcut initial. Old marbled wrappers.

VEER, Gerrit de (et al.). · 1594

€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)

[2], 57, [1 blank] pp.Early edition of a classic account of the three earliest Dutch exploration voyages (1594, 1595, 1596) in search of a northeast passage to China, by Willem Barentsz. Two of the voyages were in company with Jan Huygen van Linschoten. Gerrit de Veer, the aut...

England's safety: or, a bridle to the French King. Proposing a sure method for encouraging navigation, and raising qualified seamen ...London, William Miller, 1693. 4to. With a pseudo-heraldic woodcut frontispiece (17 x 12 cm) with letterpress title and motto ("This encouraged, England must flourish."), with as bearing an anchor topped by the royal crown, and other nautical attributes, supported by 2 men, one with a globe and the other with a quadrant, each with a compass at his feet. The British flag flies above it with ships in the background. Set in roman and italic types. 18th-century blue paper wrappers, side stitched through 4 holes, with manuscript title-label on front.

ST. LO, George. · 1658

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

54, [2] pp.Second edition, with additional material and 8 pages longer than the first edition published earlier in the same year, of a rare and interesting pamphlet containing proposals for the improvement of England's navy and maritime trade, by the naval Captain and administ...

Observationes botanicae in Horto Dyckensi notatae. Cologne, Th. Fr. Thiriart, 1820-1822. 3 volumes. Small 8vo (15.5 x 9.5 cm). Contemporary green paper wrappers.

SALM-REIFFERSCHEID-DYCK, Joseph. · 1773

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

35, [1 blank]; [2], 37-73, [1 blank]; 47, [1 blank] pp.A catalogue with additional commentaries and revisions of Salm's regular lists of succulents. Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (1773-1861) started collecting succulents at Schloss Dyck in 1800 after consorting with the leading Fren...

Catalogue Raisonné des Espèces et variétés d'Aloès décrites par Ms. Willdenow, Haworth, De Candolle et Jacquin, et de celles, non décrites, existantes dans les Jardins de l'Allemagne, de la France et du Royaume des Pays-Bas.[Schloss Dyck, Düsseldorf, 1817]. 8vo. Paper wrappers.

SALM-REIFFERSCHEID-DYCK, Joseph. · 1773

€225.00 ($247.99 | £187.71 | ¥39,601)

7, (1), "72" [= 70], (2 blank) pp.French edition, with Latin descriptions, but preliminaries and notes in French, of a rare catalogue of succulents from the genus Aloe. A German edition appeared at the same time.Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (1773-1861) started collecting succulents...

Alle de wercken, soo spelen, gedichten, brieven en kluchten.Amsterdam, Joost Hartgersz., 1644. 12 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. 18th-century mottled calf, with gold-tooled spine and board edges.

BREDERO, Gerbrand Adriaensz. · 1585

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

Hartgersz. edition of the collected works of one of the most famous Dutch authors of the 17th-century, the poet and playwright Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (1585-1618), well remembered for his farcical plays, poems and songs. The subject of his plays was less the vicissitudes of...

Geometria of meetkonst ... Vestingbou of fortificatie ... [Artillerie]. [Netherlands, ca. 1750]. 3 related works in 1 volume. Folio. With numerous mathematical diagrams, fortification plans and measured drawings of artillery and ammunition, including 12 full-page watercolour drawings (3 fortification plans and 9 beautifully rendered canons) and many more watercolour drawings in the text. With a large folding fortification plan tipped in, a large folding artillery drawing loosely inserted, and several smaller drawings tipped in or loosely inserted. Contemporary sheepskin parchment.

[MILITARY]. · 1705

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

[2 blank], [40], [12 blank]; [37 (plus a folding plan & other inserts)], [5 blank]; [22] (plus a folding drawing), [16 blank] ll. including the integral paste-downs.Detailed and beautifully illustrated manuscript in ink divided into 3 sections on practical geometry and mensura...

Commentariolus de statu confoederatarum provinciarum Belgii. Editio sexta auctior & emendatior. Accessit de eadem materia Pauli Merulae Diatriba. Nec non Decretum Ordd. Holl. & West-Frisiae, De antiquo iure Reip. Batavicae.The Hague, Adriaan Vlacq for Johannes Vlacq, 1668. 12mo. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, boards and board edges, gilt edges.

[BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius].

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

[12], 202 pp.Sixth, enlarged edition of a treatise on the legal and political status of the Dutch Republic. Addressing the main political issues of the republic in the 17th century, the book provides a summary of the constitution of the Republic, discussing provincial sovereig...

Sinryke fabulen, verklaart en toegepast tot alderley zeede-lessen, dienstig om waargenoomen te werden in het menschelijke en burgerlijke leeven.Amsterdam, Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685. 4to. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece and 100 engraved illustrations in the text by J. Gole.Contemporary vellum.

[COURT, PIETER de la]. · 1618

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

[20], 727 pp.Beautifully illustrated first and only edition of an emblematic fable book for the education of youth by Pieter de la Court (1618-1685), a Leiden cloth merchant and author of the famous political treatise Interest van Holland, in which he defended the politics of ...