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Westindische Skizzen. Reise-erinnerungen.Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1887. 4to. 22 plates, of which 14 chromolithographs and 8 collotypes, and 1 folding lithographed map of the Surinam River by W.L. Loth. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers.

MARTIN, Johann Karl Ludwig. · 1855

€375.00 ($413.33 | £312.80 | ¥66,011)

VII, [1], 186 pp.First and only separate edition of the first part of Karl Martin's research voyage to the Dutch West Indies. Johann Karl Ludwig Martin (1855-1942) was a leading German-Dutch geologist and professor of geology at Leiden. He is known for his geological research ...

[Diploma of honorary membership for Prince Frederick of Orange].Roermond, 19 February 1869. Ca. 44.5 x 30 cm. With 4 calligraphed leaves in black, blue, green, red and gold, and 1 chromolithographed leaf with a wax seal. Further with an illustration and description of the Munsterkerk in Roermond and a manuscript description of the certificates. The leaves are loosely inserted in the original gold- and blind-tooled red morocco portfolio with the title "Maria Munster vereeniging te Roermond" on the front in a decorative frame, surrounded by several gold- and blind-tooled frames, 6 red closing ties, gold-tooled turn-ins, white silk pastedowns.

[MARIA-MUNSTER-VEREENIGING]. · 1797

€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)

Remarkable series of five calligraphic and illustrated documents made for the appointment of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797-1881) as an honorary member of the Maria-Munster-Vereeniging at Roermond on 19 February 1869. The documents, in order, include a finely callig...

Hollande septentrionale divisée en arrondisemens et cantons de justice de paix. The Hague, F. J. Weygand, 1836. Ca. 89 x 61.5 cm. An engraved map with hand coloured outlines, printed on coated linen. The map is folded and housed in the original brown cloth slipcase with a paper title label mounted on the front.

[MAP - NORTH HOLLAND]. · 1761

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

Map of the province of North Holland, engraved by Cornelis van Baarsel (1761-1826) and his son Willem Cornelis van Baarsel (1791-1854), printed on coated linen. It formed part of the Atlas du Royaume des Pays-Bas, published by François Joseph Weygand (1771-1837) in 1840. The m...

[Drop title:] D'Eerste presiderende ende andere ...The Hague, 18 November 1697. ca. 35.5 x 20.5 cm. Manuscript in Dutch on vellum, with the blind-stamped "clein segel" of Holland in the upper left corner of the leaf. Folded, kept in a clear plastic sleeve.

[MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT - STAATS BRABANT].

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)

[1] l.Manuscript in Dutch drawn up by the Council of Brabant (Rade en Leenhove van Brabant) in The Hague. The province of Brabant was directly governed by the States General of the Dutch Republic and had its own council in The Hague. The official document concerns Jan Peters v...

[Journals of four summer trips (1) along the Rhine, (2) to Brabant and Flandres, (3) to Paris and (4) to the waters at Aachen and Spa, written in Dutch by an anonymous traveller from Amsterdam during the consecutive years 1804-1807].[Amsterdam, 1804-1807]. Folio. With 40 circular aquatints, executed in wash manner, most printed in colour. 14 of the roundels retain their printed captions, while 12 are without captions, all have been cut from the original sheets and trimmed to their circular outlines. The manuscript contains 14 hand-coloured engraved plates, 10 depict the interiors of Parisian theatres, and 2 show their foyers. Contemporary red morocco.

[MANUSCRIPT - DUTCH]. · 1804

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

159 ll.A remarkable collection of 4 manuscript travel journals recording journeys undertaken during the summers of 1804-1807. Written in Dutch by an anonymous member of the Amsterdam patriciate, the diaries provide a lively and detailed account of travel in the Napoleonic era....

[18th-century copy of a letter to the States General originally written on 20 September 1645].Oosteeklo, originally written on 20 September 1645, this transcription: 18th century. Ca. 23 x 14.5 cm. Kept in a plastic folder between tissue paper.

[MANUSCRIPT - BRAZIL - FREDERIK HENDRIK, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau]. · 1584

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

[1] l.Copy of an unknown letter of the Stadholder Prince Frederik Hendrik (or Frederick Henry, 1584-1647) to the States General in The Hague on the difficulties and the danger that threatened the Dutch colony in Brazil. Probably the original letter was written by his secretary...

Meinen Reise-Buch, von 1790 bis 1809.[The Netherlands and Germany, ca. 1790-1809 (-1821)]. Ca. 15.4 x 9.5 cm. Written in a small German hand. Original floral wrappers with the manuscript title on the front, blue sprinkled edges.

[LUYKEN, Christina Margaretha]. · 1764

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

[39] ll.Extensive travel diary kept by the German-born Christina Margaretha Waltmann-Luyken (1764-1834) between 1790 and 1809, recording numerous pleasure trips from Amsterdam through the Netherlands and Germany. In addition to descriptions and historical information about the...

Lijst van de medicamenten.Middelburg, Pieter Gillissen, [in or after 1771]. Ca. 57.5 x 46 cm. The work is housed in a clear plastic sleeve.

[LIST of MEDICAL SUPPLIES - VOC - BROADSIDE]. · 1771

€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)

[1] l.Only copy on the market of a very rare inventory of the medical supplies to be carried aboard a Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship for a crew of 350 men. The exact inventory had been determined by the board of the VOC in Amsterdam in 1771. The present broadside served a...

[Album of Dutch costumes].The Hague and Leiden, van Gogh & Co. and August Arnz & Co., [1840-1853]. 8vo. With 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates showing Dutch costumes, lithographed by August Arnz after W. van Hove, captioned in French. Contemporary beige gilt decorated boards.

HOVE, W. van. · 1893

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

Extremely rare series of twelve hand-coloured lithographs depicting regional costumes and occupations in the Netherlands, after drawings by W. van Hove (dates unknown). Published in The Hague and Leiden, the plates show inhabitants of Zaandam, Edam, Leiden, Scheveningen, Amste...

Dapes inemptae, of de moufe-schans, dat is, de soeticheydt des buyten-levens, vergheselschapt met de boucken.Leiden, for Daniel Roels (colophon: J.A. vander Marsce), 1621. 8vo. With the woodcut printer’s device on the title page, the title is set within an ornamental typographical border. Contemporary vellum.

HONDIUS, Petrus. · 1578

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

31, [1 blank], 543, [2 blank], [3], [1 blank] pp.Second, greatly enlarged and by far the most important edition of this celebrated Dutch poem on the country estate “De Moffenschans” near Terneuzen, written in approximately 20,000 verses by the Calvinist minister Petrus Hondius...

Historisch verhael van de schrickelijcke beroerte van Napels; met de wonderlijcke opkomst en ongheluckige ondergangh van Mas’ Aniello.Amsterdam, Nicolaes Ravesteyn, 1650. 12mo. With a woodcut printer’s device on the title page, several decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum.

GIRAFFI, Alessandro and Lambert van den BOS (translator). · 1647

€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)

[8], 275, [5 blank] pp.Extremely rare first edition of the Dutch translation of Alessandro Giraffi's Le rivolutioni di Napoli, a contemporary account of the famous Neapolitan revolt of 1647, translated by the prolific author and translator Lambert van den Bos (1620-1698). We h...

Reales ordenanzas para la direccion, rejimen y gobierno del importante cuerpo de la mineria de Nueva-España, y de su Real Tribunal Jeneral. De orden de su Majestad. Impresa en Madrid año de 1783.Santiago (Chile), Imprenta de la Opinion, R. Rengifo, 1833. Folio. Contemporary blue wrappers.

[GALVEZ, Josef de, edited by Manuel CARVALLO]. · 1783

€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)

[4], IV, 108, 36, XXXIII pp.First Chilean edition of a rare and valuable compendium of mining laws and mineral customs in New Spain, (Mexico and Peru), originally published in Madrid in 1783 and later in Lima in 1786, prepared by Josef de Galvez, inspector general for the King...

Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux cotes du Chili, du Perou, et du Bresil. Fait pendant les années 1712, 1713 & 1714.Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1717. 2 volumes. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece, the title pages printed in red and black, 27 engraved plates showing maps, city plans, plants and flowers, activities of the local people. Contemporary calf.

FREZIER, [Amédée François]. · 1682

€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)

XX, 1-294; [2], 297-600 pp.Second French edition, published one year after the Paris first edition, of one of the most important early 18th-century accounts of South America. Combining scientific observation, geographical exploration, and military reconnaissance, Amédée-Franço...

Histoire abregée de la ville, et province d'Utrecht. Avec une connoissance ébauchée de la noblesse de cette province, & une liste de touts les grands schouts, ou chefs de justice connus autrefois sous le nom de vicontes ou burgraves d'Utrecht.Utrecht, Guillaume Meester, 1713. 8vo. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut. Added are two finely executed manuscript frontispieces, both with hand-coloured coats of arms: the first showing the arms of the Bishop of Utrecht together with those of the five collegiate churches of Utrecht; the second displaying the arms of the Province of Utrecht and its five principal cities. The first part, devoted to the history of the bishops of Utrecht, is illustrated with 41 hand-coloured manuscript coats of arms of the bishops of Utrecht, distributed over 35 leaves. The section on Utrecht castles, manor houses, and nobility contains 237 hand-coloured manuscript coats of arms on 37 leaves. The manuscript supplement includes a further four leaves with 33 coats of arms, of which six remain unfinished. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.

[FRESCHOT, Casimir]. · 1712

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

[16], 264, 64 pp.A richly illustrated copy of this rare account of Utrecht, published on the occasion of the Peace Congress of Utrecht (1712-1713), with an extensive series of contemporary manuscript additions. This historical account of Utrecht was published during the famous...

Recueil van de tractaten, gemaeckt en gesloten tusschen de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staten Genereael der Vereenighde Nederlanden ter eenre, ende verscheyde Koningen, Princen en Potentaten ter andere zyde.The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus, [not before 1701]. 73 pamphlets in 1 volume. 4to. With a general title page with the woodcut printer's device of the official printer for the Dutch States General. 70 of the 73 treaties have a separate title page, the other 3 were published without thus the work is complete. 67 of these 70 treaties with a title page contain the woodcut printer's device of the official printer for the Dutch States General, 2 of the earlier treaties bear Van Wouw's woodcut printer's device on their title pages, 1 title page shows a simple woodcut floral vignette, 1 title page does not contain any (woodcut) decoration, and 1 treaty without a title page does contain the woodcut printer's device of the official printer for the Dutch States General at the start of the text. Further with woodcut decorated initials throughout the treaties. The text is set in both roman and gothic type. Later vellum.

[DUTCH REPUBLIC - TREATIES]. · 1576

€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)

Comprehensive collection of bilateral and multilateral treaties detailing the diplomatic history of the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War until the beginning of the 18th century. The first treaty concerns the Union of Delft (25 April 1576) with which the provinces of...

[Collection of four works on law and government in Overijssel, the Veluwe and Twente].Comprising:[1] [OVERIJSSEL]. Landtrechten van Over-Yssel.Kampen, Pieter Hendericksz van Wieringen, 1634.[2] [VELUWE]. Gereformiert lantrecht van Veluwen und Veluwen-zoom, met de veranderongh op ’t capittel van appellatien ende clarongen aen Engellander-holdt ghevallen.Arnhem, printed by Jan Janssen, 1621.[3] [OVERIJSSEL]. Ordren ende reglementen omtrent de regeringe der provintie van Overyssel in het toe komende te onderhouden.Deventer, Jan Colomp, 1658.[4] [TWENTE]. Hof-hoorige rechten in Twente, mitsgaders de ampliatien ende elucidatien, daer op, by de Staten van Overyssel gemaeckt.Zwolle, printed by Gerrit Tydeman, 1668. 4 works in 1 volume, the first in 2 parts. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page of each work. Contemporary vellum.

[DUTCH LAW].

€1,950.00 ($2,149.30 | £1,626.58 | ¥343,257)

[4], 79, [1 blank], 106, [2]; [78], [2]; 44; 42 pp.Collection of four seventeenth-century works on regional law and government in the eastern Netherlands. It includes the land rights of Overijssel and the Veluwe, regulations for the government of Overijssel, and the first prin...

Tractat[us] de co[n]versione peccatoris.(Colophon: Amsterdam, [Doen Pietersz or Pieter Jansz Tyebaut], for Johannes, priest at Leiderdorp), [ca. 1520]. 8vo. With a full-page woodcut of the resurrection of the dead and a half-page woodcut of the temptation of Christ by the devil in the desert. Modern blind-tooled vellum.

DIONYSIUS CARTHUSIENSIS (Denys van Rijkel). · 1402

€8,500.00 ($9,368.76 | £7,090.23 | ¥1,496,249)

[56] ll.Very rare early Amsterdam edition of a devotional treatise by one of the famous theologians and mystics of the fifteenth-century Low Countries, Dionysius the Carthusian (Denys van Rijkel or van Leeuwen, ca. 1402/03-1471), who was given the title “Doctor ecstaticus”. Wr...

In Oranje’s lusthof. Wandeligen in het Koninklijk park van het Loo.Apeldoorn, T.D.H. Pull, [1895]. Small 4to. 19th-century gold-tooled black sheepskin.

CORDES, Jan Willem Hugo. · 1836

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

[8], 64 pp.Exceptionally scarce description and walking guide to the park surrounding the Royal Palace Het Loo near Apeldoorn, by Jan Willem Hugo Cordes (1836-1906). Cordes had spent much of his career in the Dutch East Indies as a forestry expert and was appointed Inspector o...

Considération sur l'affaire des canoniers[!] français ...[Switzerland?], 1787. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, a woodcut headpiece, and 4 woodcut tailpieces. Disbound.

[CHARRIÈRE, Isabelle de (Belle van ZUYLEN)]. · 1740

€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)

35 [= 31] pp.Extremely rare collection of seven political "feuilles" by the famous Dutch novelist and playwright Isabelle de Charrière (or Belle van Zuylen, 1740-1805), written in response to the political crisis in the Dutch Republic in 1787. They show a lesser-known side of ...

Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus, Vitae humanae ideam, Emblemate trifariàm variato, oculis subijciens.Middelburg, Johannes Hellenius [= Hans van der Hellen], 1618. With: (2) [CATS, Jacob]. Maechden-plicht ofte ampt der ionck-vrouwen, in eerbaer liefde, aenghewesen door Sinne-beelden.Middelburg, Johannes Hellenius, 1618. (3) [CATS, Jacob]. Selfstryt, dat is crachtighe beweginghe van vlees en gheest ... (&c.).Middelburg, Johannes Hellenius for Jan Pietersz van de Venne, 1620. 3 works in 1 volume, the first in 3 parts. 4to. Ad 1: with an engraved frontispiece for each of the three parts; 51 numbered emblems in the first part, the well-known folding engraved plate of the "Kinderspelen" at the end of part 2, decorated woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces; Ad 2 with a full-page engraved plate, a half-page engraved plate, 44 emblems, and extra inserted is the famous full-page portrait of Galathee; Ad 3: with a woodcut vignette on the title page, 4 half-page engravings in the text, decorated woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold.

[CATS, Jacob], · 1621

€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)

[40], 120; 111, [1 blank]; 107, [5]; [16], 92, [20]; [34], 119, [1 blank] pp.Ad 1: Second issue of the first edition of Jacob Cats's first published work and one of his most important emblem books. The work comprises 51 emblems, each offering three different interpretations, r...