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[Views of New South Wales].[Australia, ca. 1885]. Folio (ca. 44 x 36.5 cm). With 65 albumen prints. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the front, gold-tooled turn-ins, gilt edges, watered-silk end papers.
[Views of New South Wales].[Australia, ca. 1885]. Folio (ca. 44 x 36.5 cm). With 65 albumen prints. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the front, gold-tooled turn-ins, gilt edges, watered-silk end papers.
[PHOTOGRAPHY - AUSTRALIA]. · 1884
€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)
[29] ll.Late 19th-century photo album with views of New South Wales. The album contains 65 albumen prints of highlights in the region, primarily in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. It was bought by the civil engineer Clément van de Velde (dates unknown), who was born in Belgium ...
[Large album with 16th-century maps and engravings of Italy].[Italy, late 16th and early 17th century]. Large oblong folio (ca. 59 x 42.3 cm). With 76 full-page engravings, and 12 full-page etchings. 17th-century gold-tooled brown calf, sewn on 6 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, a red morocco title label on the spine with the title "Novissim[a] urbis Romae descript[io]" lettered in gold, gold-tooled board edges.
[Large album with 16th-century maps and engravings of Italy].[Italy, late 16th and early 17th century]. Large oblong folio (ca. 59 x 42.3 cm). With 76 full-page engravings, and 12 full-page etchings. 17th-century gold-tooled brown calf, sewn on 6 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, a red morocco title label on the spine with the title "Novissim[a] urbis Romae descript[io]" lettered in gold, gold-tooled board edges.
[LAFRERI - DUCHETTI - FLORINI - MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS - ITALY]. · 1512
€150,000.00 ($165,327.30 | £125,139.90 | ¥26,400,633)
Remarkable album with 77 beautiful examples of 16th-century Italian cartography, all in very fine dark impressions. The collection includes plans of important Italian towns, such as Rome, Venice, Genoa, Naples, Milan, Florence, Palermo, Siena, Bologna, and Pisa, as well as det...
[Album containing photographs of Yemen and Egypt].Yemen, Egypt, and other places, ca. 1889. Oblong folio (37.8 x 28 cm). An album containing 25 albumen prints (ca. 20 x 27 cm), including 1 double page, mounted on thick card leaves, many captioned in English. Contemporary burgundy/auburn gold- and blindstamped calf (lozenge-patterned blindstamping). Re-backed with the original back strip laid down. Gold-stamped turn-ins, white watered silk endpapers, gilt edges.
[Album containing photographs of Yemen and Egypt].Yemen, Egypt, and other places, ca. 1889. Oblong folio (37.8 x 28 cm). An album containing 25 albumen prints (ca. 20 x 27 cm), including 1 double page, mounted on thick card leaves, many captioned in English. Contemporary burgundy/auburn gold- and blindstamped calf (lozenge-patterned blindstamping). Re-backed with the original back strip laid down. Gold-stamped turn-ins, white watered silk endpapers, gilt edges.
[PHOTOGRAPHY - YEMEN - EGYPT]. · 1889
€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)
[26] ll.Photographic record of a journey begun in Australia and taken, via Aden, through the Suez canal and to the Mediterranean (and then on to England). While the first image shows the steamship R.M.S. Ormuz in the port of Sydney, three images (including a double-page spread...
Notes on Acre and some of the coast defences of Syria.London, John Weale, 1843. Large 4to (23.5 x 28 cm). With a general engraved frontispiece, 60 plates (52 numbered plates plus plate XLIV* and 7 unnumbered plates; comprising of 1 folding double page plate, 48 double page plates, and 11 full-page plates). Plates VI-IX belong to the "Notes on Acre" article. Part of: Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Contemporary half black cloth.
Notes on Acre and some of the coast defences of Syria.London, John Weale, 1843. Large 4to (23.5 x 28 cm). With a general engraved frontispiece, 60 plates (52 numbered plates plus plate XLIV* and 7 unnumbered plates; comprising of 1 folding double page plate, 48 double page plates, and 11 full-page plates). Plates VI-IX belong to the "Notes on Acre" article. Part of: Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Contemporary half black cloth.
ALDERSON, Ralph Carr. · 1799
€2,800.00 ($3,086.11 | £2,335.94 | ¥492,812)
XI, [1], 220 pp. [Notes on Acre on pp. 19-62].A detailed and illustrated record of British and French attacks on Acre (Akko), Jaffa, and Gaza from 1799 to 1840. Written by Ralph Carr Alderson (d. 1849), a lieutenant-colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers who had recently visi...
Beschreibung zweyer Decaden neuer und wenig bekannter Carabicinen.Vienna, J.G. Heubner, 1825. 8vo. With 4 full-page engraved plates of beetles. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers, with two paper labels around the spine.
Beschreibung zweyer Decaden neuer und wenig bekannter Carabicinen.Vienna, J.G. Heubner, 1825. 8vo. With 4 full-page engraved plates of beetles. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers, with two paper labels around the spine.
PALLIARDI, Anton Alois. · 1799
€850.00 ($936.85 | £709.13 | ¥149,604)
[3], [1 blank], X, 44, [2 blank] pp.Rare description of 21 ground beetles found in the former Habsburg Empire (also known at the time of publication as the Austrian Empire, roughly North-East Italy, Austria, parts of South-East Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, and Croatia) and Asia...
Novelle tartare tradotte dal francese nell'idioma italiano.Venice, Francesco Andreola for Gaetano Martini, 1882. 3 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary gold-tooled half calf, decorated paper sides, with the title lettered in gold on the spine.
Novelle tartare tradotte dal francese nell'idioma italiano.Venice, Francesco Andreola for Gaetano Martini, 1882. 3 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary gold-tooled half calf, decorated paper sides, with the title lettered in gold on the spine.
[GUEULLETTE, Thomas Simon]. · 1715
€800.00 ($881.75 | £667.41 | ¥140,803)
156; 156; 150 pp.Charming Italian edition of the "Mille et un Quart-d'heure. Contes tartares", originally written in French (in 1715) by Thomas-Simon Gueullette (1683-1766). The collection of orientalist stories was ranked alongside the "Arabian Nights". Although the main purp...
[Oil study of a skate].[19th century]. Oil on canvas (ca. 20.5 x 26.5 cm), unsigned. In a contemporary wooden frame (ca. 28.5 x 34 cm).
[Oil study of a skate].[19th century]. Oil on canvas (ca. 20.5 x 26.5 cm), unsigned. In a contemporary wooden frame (ca. 28.5 x 34 cm).
[PAINTING - SKATE].
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
A finely observed 19th-century oil study of a skate, shown resting on a neutral background. The artist captures the texture and colour of the fish with careful attention to light and detail, giving the work a quiet, natural presence. Paintings like this were often made as stud...
Portraits des Hongrois, des Pandoures ou Croates, des Waradins ou Esclavoniens, et des Ulans, &c. Qui sont au services de SS. MM. l'Empereur & le Roi de Prusse. ... | Afbeelding van de Hongaren, Panduuren of Croaten, Waradynen of Slavoniers, Ulanen, &c. Die in dienst zyn van Zyn Keyzerlyke Majesteit, en van Zyn Majesteit de Koning van Pruyssen. ...[The Netherlands (The Hague?), after 1780? (1787?)]. 8vo. With 6 full-page numbered engraved plates, vividly coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. Kept in a custom burgundy cloth case with a leather label on the spine lettered in gold.
Portraits des Hongrois, des Pandoures ou Croates, des Waradins ou Esclavoniens, et des Ulans, &c. Qui sont au services de SS. MM. l'Empereur & le Roi de Prusse. ... | Afbeelding van de Hongaren, Panduuren of Croaten, Waradynen of Slavoniers, Ulanen, &c. Die in dienst zyn van Zyn Keyzerlyke Majesteit, en van Zyn Majesteit de Koning van Pruyssen. ...[The Netherlands (The Hague?), after 1780? (1787?)]. 8vo. With 6 full-page numbered engraved plates, vividly coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. Kept in a custom burgundy cloth case with a leather label on the spine lettered in gold.
[MILITARY COSTUMES - CENTRAL EUROPE]. · 1742
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
16 pp.Second copy located of the second edition of an extremely rare work on 18th-century Central European military costumes. The work was first published in folio format in The Hague in 1742, with the title referring to the Central European soldiers in the service of the "Que...
Album de mon voyage en Oceanie.[Various places: Oceania, South America, etc., 1852-1855]. Oblong 4to (20.6 x 27.5 cm). With 62 full-page drawings, including the title page, including 22 coloured or heightened in white. Numbered 1-61 and 12bis, each inscribed and dated in the lower margin. Contemporary half gold-stamped leather, gold-tooled spine.
Album de mon voyage en Oceanie.[Various places: Oceania, South America, etc., 1852-1855]. Oblong 4to (20.6 x 27.5 cm). With 62 full-page drawings, including the title page, including 22 coloured or heightened in white. Numbered 1-61 and 12bis, each inscribed and dated in the lower margin. Contemporary half gold-stamped leather, gold-tooled spine.
KERRET, René de. · 1833
€40,000.00 ($44,087.28 | £33,370.64 | ¥7,040,169)
Important original drawings from a French expedition to South America and Oceania (Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Tahiti, Honolulu, Kamchatka, Mexico, etc.) by Kerret, taken whilst acting as draughtsman of the Frigate La Forte, comprised of 62 full-page drawings, a third coloured or h...
Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Japansche Rijk.Amsterdam, J. Müller & Comp., printed by C. A. Spin, 1833. 4to. With a hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece, and 14 hand-coloured full-page lithographic plates, all highlighted with gum arabic. Contemporary richly gold-and blind-tooled brown calf, with the author and title lettered in gold on the spine, blind-tooled boards edges and turn-ins, gilt edges.
Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Japansche Rijk.Amsterdam, J. Müller & Comp., printed by C. A. Spin, 1833. 4to. With a hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece, and 14 hand-coloured full-page lithographic plates, all highlighted with gum arabic. Contemporary richly gold-and blind-tooled brown calf, with the author and title lettered in gold on the spine, blind-tooled boards edges and turn-ins, gilt edges.
OVERMEER FISSCHER, Johannes Frederik van. · 1772
€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)
VII, [3], 320 pp.Splendid copy of the deluxe edition, printed on high-quality paper with ample margins, and beautifully hand coloured lithographs. The present copy has been bound by the Amsterdam bookbinder J. H. Peters (dates unknown), who bound several of the most important ...
Bericht wegens het verongelukte Oost-Indische schip Woestduin; ende reddinge der schepelingen door de gebroeders Naerebout.Middelburg, P. Gillissen en Zoon, 1780. 8vo. With an engraved title page with 2 oval portraits, and a woodcut headpiece. Contemporary decorated wrappers.
Bericht wegens het verongelukte Oost-Indische schip Woestduin; ende reddinge der schepelingen door de gebroeders Naerebout.Middelburg, P. Gillissen en Zoon, 1780. 8vo. With an engraved title page with 2 oval portraits, and a woodcut headpiece. Contemporary decorated wrappers.
[WATER, Jona Willem te]. · 1779
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
52 pp.First and only edition of an account of the shipwreck of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) frigate Woestduin. It gives a detailed account of the events of that day. The ship wrecked near the coast of the island Walcheren (now joined to the mainland) in the south of the ...
Het onbekent en wonderlijk Eyland Utopia, ontdekt door Rafaël Hythlodeus, en by t'samenspraeke beschreven.Rotterdam, François van Hoogstraten, 1677. 18mo. With an engraved portrait. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript author and title on the spine.
Het onbekent en wonderlijk Eyland Utopia, ontdekt door Rafaël Hythlodeus, en by t'samenspraeke beschreven.Rotterdam, François van Hoogstraten, 1677. 18mo. With an engraved portrait. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript author and title on the spine.
MORE, Thomas and François van HOOGSTRATEN (translator). · 1700
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[24], 263, [1] pp.First edition of Van Hoogstraten's translation of Utopia, which was only the second translation into Dutch. Considered a "beautiful and fluent translation" (Van Bunge), it reached a wide audience in its own time, and was even republished in 1700. François van...
De Perssiaansche roosen-gaard: Beplant met vermaaklijke historiën, scharp-zinnige redenen, nutte regelen, en leerrijke sin-spreuken. Voor omtrent vierhonderd jaaren in ’t Perssiaans bescheeven ... ; Doch onlangs uit de selve spraak in ’t Hoogduyts overgeset ... door Mr. Adamum Olearium, Die daar by gevoegd heeft de aartige fabelen of verdigtselen van Lokman; als ook eenige treffelijke Arabische spreuken. Alles vertaalt door J:V: Duisberg. Amsterdam, T. Houthaak for J. Rieuwertsz. and J. Hendriksz., 1654. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece, 12 full-page engraved plates, 11 decorated woodcut initials of the same series, and 7 woodcut tailpieces. Early 19th-century gold-tooled half calf.
De Perssiaansche roosen-gaard: Beplant met vermaaklijke historiën, scharp-zinnige redenen, nutte regelen, en leerrijke sin-spreuken. Voor omtrent vierhonderd jaaren in ’t Perssiaans bescheeven ... ; Doch onlangs uit de selve spraak in ’t Hoogduyts overgeset ... door Mr. Adamum Olearium, Die daar by gevoegd heeft de aartige fabelen of verdigtselen van Lokman; als ook eenige treffelijke Arabische spreuken. Alles vertaalt door J:V: Duisberg. Amsterdam, T. Houthaak for J. Rieuwertsz. and J. Hendriksz., 1654. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece, 12 full-page engraved plates, 11 decorated woodcut initials of the same series, and 7 woodcut tailpieces. Early 19th-century gold-tooled half calf.
SA'DI SHIRAZI and Jan van DUISBERG (translator). · 1997
€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)
[24], 432 pp.Very rare first Dutch translation of Saadi's famous Gulistan (the Rose Garden), which is considered a landmark of Persian literature. This translation marks the strong increase in Dutch interest in Persian culture, language, and literature in the 17th century, whi...
Zee-Journael, ofte autentijcq verhael, uyt d'annotatien vande heeren haer hooghmogende volmachtighde inde vloot, der doorluchtighste Geunieerde Republijcque, en andere schriften, aengaende al het gepasseerde, 't zedert 't vertreck vande vloot uyt Spanjaerts-Gat naer de Noort, tot het weder-keeren voor Goeree, met alle voorvallen in zee, ontmoetingen, gevecht in Noorwegen, tempeesten, en wat in 't generael, ende wat in 't particulier voorgevallen, en geschiet is van den 13. Juni tot den 6. Octob. 1665. Amsterdam, Jacob Venckel, 1665. 4to. Modern marbled boards.
Zee-Journael, ofte autentijcq verhael, uyt d'annotatien vande heeren haer hooghmogende volmachtighde inde vloot, der doorluchtighste Geunieerde Republijcque, en andere schriften, aengaende al het gepasseerde, 't zedert 't vertreck vande vloot uyt Spanjaerts-Gat naer de Noort, tot het weder-keeren voor Goeree, met alle voorvallen in zee, ontmoetingen, gevecht in Noorwegen, tempeesten, en wat in 't generael, ende wat in 't particulier voorgevallen, en geschiet is van den 13. Juni tot den 6. Octob. 1665. Amsterdam, Jacob Venckel, 1665. 4to. Modern marbled boards.
[SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR - BATTLE OF VÅGEN - VOC]. · 1665
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
[2], 69 pp.Rare pamphlet written by an anonymous author, discussing the fascinating Battle of Vågen, the main port area of neutral Bergen in Norway, in August 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667), including its background and aftermath. The Second Anglo-Dutch war...
O estandarte auri-verde cantos sobre a questao Anglo-Brazileira.São Paulo, Typ. Imparcial, de J.R. de A. Marques, 1863. 8vo. Half dark green leather, marbled paper sides, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, marbled endpapers, and with the original blue printed wrappers bound in.
O estandarte auri-verde cantos sobre a questao Anglo-Brazileira.São Paulo, Typ. Imparcial, de J.R. de A. Marques, 1863. 8vo. Half dark green leather, marbled paper sides, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, marbled endpapers, and with the original blue printed wrappers bound in.
FAGUNDES VARELA, Luís Nicolau. · 1862
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[1], [1 blank], 24, [2] pp.First edition of an exceptionally rare pamphlet with anti-British poems, written in response to the Christie Question; the diplomatic crisis between the Brazilian and the British Empire that took place from 1862-1865. The work contains eight poems th...
Discurso del diputado Bocanegra. Pronunciado el 10 de enero de 1823, y reproducido por escrito el 6 de febrero del mismo año en sesiones publicas, sobre el proyecto de reglamento politico de gobierno para el imperio Mexicano, presentado a la junta nacional instituyente por su comision especial.Mexico City, Imprenta del Suprema Gobierno, 1823. 4to. Stitched through 3 holes.
Discurso del diputado Bocanegra. Pronunciado el 10 de enero de 1823, y reproducido por escrito el 6 de febrero del mismo año en sesiones publicas, sobre el proyecto de reglamento politico de gobierno para el imperio Mexicano, presentado a la junta nacional instituyente por su comision especial.Mexico City, Imprenta del Suprema Gobierno, 1823. 4to. Stitched through 3 holes.
[MEXICO - José María BOCANEGRA]. · 1824
€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)
10, [2 blank] pp.Very rare first edition of an important speech, which forms part of the preliminary draft of the 1824 Mexican Constitution. It was delivered by José María Bocanegra (1787-1862), a notable lawyer and politician, on January 10, 1823, during the public sessions o...
Wederlegginge van de argumenten ...Including: (2) [PESTERS, Ernst]. Copie van de memorie door den Heere Pesters ...(3) [VOC, Directors of the]. Copie van de Remonstrantie van de bewindthebberen van de Oost-Indische Compagnie der Vereenighde Nederlanden.(4) [BASSECOUR, Johan de la; Directors of the WIC]. Copie van de Remonstrantie van de Bewindthebberen van de West-Indische Compagnie. The Hague, Paulus & Isaac Scheltus, 1723. 4to (21 x ca. 16.5). With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, the text is primarily set in gothic type, and a large woodcut tailpiece on p. 75. 20th-century dark green morocco, signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London at the bottom turn-in at the front of the work. With the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges.
Wederlegginge van de argumenten ...Including: (2) [PESTERS, Ernst]. Copie van de memorie door den Heere Pesters ...(3) [VOC, Directors of the]. Copie van de Remonstrantie van de bewindthebberen van de Oost-Indische Compagnie der Vereenighde Nederlanden.(4) [BASSECOUR, Johan de la; Directors of the WIC]. Copie van de Remonstrantie van de Bewindthebberen van de West-Indische Compagnie. The Hague, Paulus & Isaac Scheltus, 1723. 4to (21 x ca. 16.5). With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, the text is primarily set in gothic type, and a large woodcut tailpiece on p. 75. 20th-century dark green morocco, signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London at the bottom turn-in at the front of the work. With the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges.
[MACNENY, Patrick]. · 1648
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
75, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of the Dutch translation of a polemic in defence of the Ostend Company, a short-lived but politically significant rival to the Dutch East and West India Companies. Written by the Irish jurist Patrick MacNeny and translated from his origi...
Cochenille-teelt op het eiland Groot Canarien, volgens een werkje, aldaar op den 1n. Januarij 1846, in het licht verschenen.Paramaribo, J.C. Muller, 1846. 13.2 x 11.2 cm. Contemporary blue wrappers.
Cochenille-teelt op het eiland Groot Canarien, volgens een werkje, aldaar op den 1n. Januarij 1846, in het licht verschenen.Paramaribo, J.C. Muller, 1846. 13.2 x 11.2 cm. Contemporary blue wrappers.
[CANARY ISLANDS - Santiago de la CRUZ Y GONZALEZ]. · 1846
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
49 pp.Exceptionally rare work on the cultivation of cochineal and nopal in the Canary Islands, with special observations on this practice in Curaçao and Suriname. Cochineal, a scale insect that lives on the nopal cactus, is used for the production of carmine, which is a red or...
Zuid-Afrikaansche gezichten.Amsterdam, Maaskamp, [1810]. 3 works in 2 volumes. Oblong 1mo (ca 47 x 62 cm). With a letterpress leaf, a watercolour (ca. 35 x 44 cm), and 4 large aquatint views of the same size, engraved by L. Portman with letterpress captions underneath, all coloured by a contemporary hand. With: (2) [WATERCOLOUR]. Bijeenkomst van den Hoog. Ed. Gestr. Heer Generaal J. W. Janssens ... met het Opperste Hoofd der Kaffers.(3) ALBERTI, Lodewyk. De Kaffers aan de zuidkust van Afrika, natuur en geschiedkundig beschreven … Met platen en kaarten.Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, 1810. 8vo. With engraved title-page, aquatint folding plan, with coastal view, of Algoa Bay, and 2 stipple-engraved plates, all but the title-page coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary gold-tooled calf; rebacked, with new endpapers.The plates are housed in a later box of brown quarter calf, grey cloth sides, and a brown calf title label on the front, lettered in gold.
Zuid-Afrikaansche gezichten.Amsterdam, Maaskamp, [1810]. 3 works in 2 volumes. Oblong 1mo (ca 47 x 62 cm). With a letterpress leaf, a watercolour (ca. 35 x 44 cm), and 4 large aquatint views of the same size, engraved by L. Portman with letterpress captions underneath, all coloured by a contemporary hand. With: (2) [WATERCOLOUR]. Bijeenkomst van den Hoog. Ed. Gestr. Heer Generaal J. W. Janssens ... met het Opperste Hoofd der Kaffers.(3) ALBERTI, Lodewyk. De Kaffers aan de zuidkust van Afrika, natuur en geschiedkundig beschreven … Met platen en kaarten.Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, 1810. 8vo. With engraved title-page, aquatint folding plan, with coastal view, of Algoa Bay, and 2 stipple-engraved plates, all but the title-page coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary gold-tooled calf; rebacked, with new endpapers.The plates are housed in a later box of brown quarter calf, grey cloth sides, and a brown calf title label on the front, lettered in gold.
ALBERTI, Lodewyk and Ludwig Gottlieb PORTMAN. · 1762
€19,500.00 ($21,492.55 | £16,268.19 | ¥3,432,082)
[1] l. text + 4 plates and 1 watercolour; [8], VIII, [4], 260, [1], [1 blank] pp.Very rare album with four beautiful hand-coloured aquatint views, together with an original watercolour of the third plate. The plates accompany Alberti’s ethnographic monograph on the Xhosa peopl...
Primus [- decimus] tomus eximii patris, inter summa latinae ecclesiae ornamenta ac lumina principis, D. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis episcopi ...Basel, Ambrosius & Aurelius Froben, 1569. 11 parts in 10 volumes. Folio (38 x 25.5 cm). With the general title page in volume 1 set within an elaborate woodcut frame, all other title pages show the large woodcut Froben printer's device, repeated on all but one verso of the final page in each part. Further with woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary half elaborately blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, sewn on 5 supports (volume 1 on 4), with two brass clasps on the fore edge (leather anchor plate, brass clasp and catch plate). With the manuscript titles on the spines and the contents of each volume in manuscript on the bottom edge of all but one volume. Probably bound by Michael Hermann in Stuttgart before 1580.
Primus [- decimus] tomus eximii patris, inter summa latinae ecclesiae ornamenta ac lumina principis, D. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis episcopi ...Basel, Ambrosius & Aurelius Froben, 1569. 11 parts in 10 volumes. Folio (38 x 25.5 cm). With the general title page in volume 1 set within an elaborate woodcut frame, all other title pages show the large woodcut Froben printer's device, repeated on all but one verso of the final page in each part. Further with woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary half elaborately blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, sewn on 5 supports (volume 1 on 4), with two brass clasps on the fore edge (leather anchor plate, brass clasp and catch plate). With the manuscript titles on the spines and the contents of each volume in manuscript on the bottom edge of all but one volume. Probably bound by Michael Hermann in Stuttgart before 1580.
AUGUSTINE of Hippo (Saint AUGUSTINE), Desiderius ERASMUS (editor), and others.
€14,500.00 ($15,981.64 | £12,096.86 | ¥2,552,061)
A complete and uniformly bound set of the monumental edition of the complete works of Saint Augustine of Hippo, printed by the celebrated Froben press. This edition follows the editorial tradition established by Erasmus and Johann Froben in the early 16th century and reflects ...