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Elementorum Libri XV.Including: Posteriores libri IX."Cologne" [= Venice], Giovanni Battista Ciotti, 1591. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. The title page of each part is set within an elaborate woodcut border, with woodcut decorated initials (at least 3 series), headpieces built up from typographical ornaments, numerous woodcut mathematical figures in the text, large woodcut ornamental tailpieces, and a woodcut printer's device on the otherwise blank verso of the last leaf of both parts. Later blind-tooled overlapping vellum.
Elementorum Libri XV.Including: Posteriores libri IX."Cologne" [= Venice], Giovanni Battista Ciotti, 1591. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. The title page of each part is set within an elaborate woodcut border, with woodcut decorated initials (at least 3 series), headpieces built up from typographical ornaments, numerous woodcut mathematical figures in the text, large woodcut ornamental tailpieces, and a woodcut printer's device on the otherwise blank verso of the last leaf of both parts. Later blind-tooled overlapping vellum.
EUCLID and Christopher CLAVIUS (editor). · 1536
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[15], [1 blank], 359, [1 blank]; 355, [1 blank], [40] pp.Early Latin edition of the Elementorum, one of the most successful textbooks ever written. The present edition contains the complete enunciations of all fifteen books, and the demonstrations, and has been illustrated wit...
Effigies & vitae professorum academiae Groningae & Omlandiae; cum historiolâ fundationis ejusdem acad. Groningen, Johannes Nicolai (colophon: Hindrick Lussinck), 1654. Small folio (ca. 29 x 19 cm). With an engraved title page, and 31 full-page engraved portraits. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.
Effigies & vitae professorum academiae Groningae & Omlandiae; cum historiolâ fundationis ejusdem acad. Groningen, Johannes Nicolai (colophon: Hindrick Lussinck), 1654. Small folio (ca. 29 x 19 cm). With an engraved title page, and 31 full-page engraved portraits. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.
[GRONINGEN]. · 1443
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
[4], 225, [8], [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of an illustrated history of the University of Groningen, likely printed to celebrate its 40th birthday. The work contains biographies and large portraits of its most famous professors, including Rudolf Agricola (1443-1485), U...
Titi Livii deß aller redtsprechsten unnd hochberümptsten geschicht schreibers: Römische Historien ...Mainz, Ivo Schöffer, 1533. 5 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With 4 elaborate woodcut borders, 279 woodcut illustrations, a decorated woodcut initial, and a woodcut printer's device on the final leaf. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over boards, with remnants of brass fittings.
Titi Livii deß aller redtsprechsten unnd hochberümptsten geschicht schreibers: Römische Historien ...Mainz, Ivo Schöffer, 1533. 5 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With 4 elaborate woodcut borders, 279 woodcut illustrations, a decorated woodcut initial, and a woodcut printer's device on the final leaf. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over boards, with remnants of brass fittings.
LIVIUS, Titus. · 1500
€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)
[14], CCCCCXLV, [1] ll.One of the very first German editions containing books XLI-XLV of Livy's Ab urbe condita, which had been discovered shortly before. Livy's text is the most extensive work to survive from classical antiquity, and was highly popular in the 16th century. Th...
Sacra biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata.Frankfurt am Main, Georg Rab for Sigmund Feyerabend, 1571. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With 198 woodcut illustrations in the text, a woodcut printer's device on the final page, the titles of both parts are set within an elaborate woodcut border. Contemporary richly blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, with the initials "WFL" and the year "1578" blind-tooled on the front board, and with two engraved metal clasps.
Sacra biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata.Frankfurt am Main, Georg Rab for Sigmund Feyerabend, 1571. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With 198 woodcut illustrations in the text, a woodcut printer's device on the final page, the titles of both parts are set within an elaborate woodcut border. Contemporary richly blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, with the initials "WFL" and the year "1578" blind-tooled on the front board, and with two engraved metal clasps.
[HENTEN, Johannes (editor) and Jost AMMAN (illustrator)]. · 1539
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[16], 423; 311 ll.One of only two editions of Feyerabend's renowned version of the Leuven Vulgate, with splendid woodcut illustrations by Swiss-German artist Jost Amman (1539-1591), one of the leading book illustrators of his time. Although both editions are considered to be a...
't Werkstellige der sterre-konst ...Amsterdam, Gerard Valk, [late 17th or early 18th century (ca. 1701?)]. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, and 4 folding engraved plates. Further with a few tables in the text, some woodcut decorated initials, and a woodcut floral tailpiece. Contemporary stiff orange-brown sprinkled paper boards.
't Werkstellige der sterre-konst ...Amsterdam, Gerard Valk, [late 17th or early 18th century (ca. 1701?)]. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, and 4 folding engraved plates. Further with a few tables in the text, some woodcut decorated initials, and a woodcut floral tailpiece. Contemporary stiff orange-brown sprinkled paper boards.
[ZUMBACH VON KOESFELD, Lothar] and Gerard VALK (engraver and publisher). · 1634
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[1], [1 blank], [2], 140 pp.Late 17th- or early 18th-century astronomical work by the famous globemakers and publishers Gerard and Leonard Valk. The present work is based on Willem Blaeu's standard work on globes, Tweevoudigh onderwijs van de hemelsche en aerdsche globen (firs...
Beschrijving hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche troepen en alle in militaire betrekking staande personen gekleed, geëquipeerd en gewapend zijn ...The Hague, Gebroeders van Cleef (printed by de gebroeders Giunta d'Albanie), 1826. With: TEUPKEN, Jan Frederik. Vervolg van de beschrijving hoedanig de koninklijke Nederlandsche troepen en alle in militaire betrekking staande personen gekleed, geëquipeerd en gewapend zijn.The Hague, Gebroeders van Cleef (printed by de gebroeders Giunta d'Albanie), 1826. 2 parts in 2 volumes. Folio. With 68 full-page numbered plates (65 hand coloured and engraved, 3 lithographed), a full-page hand-coloured unnumbered engraved plate, and an engraved title page in the first volume. Slightly later black paper, with a black paper title label on the spine, lettered in gold. The work is housed in a modern gold-tooled half black morocco clamshell box with marbled paper sides, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine.
Beschrijving hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche troepen en alle in militaire betrekking staande personen gekleed, geëquipeerd en gewapend zijn ...The Hague, Gebroeders van Cleef (printed by de gebroeders Giunta d'Albanie), 1826. With: TEUPKEN, Jan Frederik. Vervolg van de beschrijving hoedanig de koninklijke Nederlandsche troepen en alle in militaire betrekking staande personen gekleed, geëquipeerd en gewapend zijn.The Hague, Gebroeders van Cleef (printed by de gebroeders Giunta d'Albanie), 1826. 2 parts in 2 volumes. Folio. With 68 full-page numbered plates (65 hand coloured and engraved, 3 lithographed), a full-page hand-coloured unnumbered engraved plate, and an engraved title page in the first volume. Slightly later black paper, with a black paper title label on the spine, lettered in gold. The work is housed in a modern gold-tooled half black morocco clamshell box with marbled paper sides, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine.
TEUPKEN, Jan Frederik. · 1813
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
[1], [1 blank], 10, 110, 20, [2], [2]; 4, [2], 54, 7, [3] pp.First edition of the finest Dutch colour plate work on military costumes, with 69 full-page plates. The work offers a systematic overview of all provisions regarding the uniforms and equipment of the different units ...
[Uniformen van militairen en vrijwilligers, schutter- en jagercorpsen].[Utrecht, J. P. Houtman, ca. 1831]. Folio (ca. 25 x 21 cm). With 234 hand-coloured lithographic plates (169 unique plates, 65 duplicates) tipped onto the leaves. Further with a detailed handwritten index, a short lithographed index, and a three page lithographed description of the flags tipped onto the first leaf. Later gold-tooled reddish-brown morocco.
[Uniformen van militairen en vrijwilligers, schutter- en jagercorpsen].[Utrecht, J. P. Houtman, ca. 1831]. Folio (ca. 25 x 21 cm). With 234 hand-coloured lithographic plates (169 unique plates, 65 duplicates) tipped onto the leaves. Further with a detailed handwritten index, a short lithographed index, and a three page lithographed description of the flags tipped onto the first leaf. Later gold-tooled reddish-brown morocco.
[HOUTMAN, Johannes Paulus (lithographer)]. · 1873
€15,000.00 ($16,532.73 | £12,513.99 | ¥2,640,063)
[176] ll.The most complete collection of a rare print series of Dutch military uniforms known, with six prints that have not been described in any of the literature. Until now, only 165 unique prints have been recorded for this series, with no collection known to contain that ...
Amsterdam. (Caption:) Amsterdam, ville du Comté de Hollande et la plus considérable des Provinces Unies.[Amsterdam, between 1660 and 1668 (ca. 1665)]. Engraving: ca. 38.5 x 50 cm; frame: 66.5 x 76 cm. In a passe partout, framed in a modern wooden frame.
Amsterdam. (Caption:) Amsterdam, ville du Comté de Hollande et la plus considérable des Provinces Unies.[Amsterdam, between 1660 and 1668 (ca. 1665)]. Engraving: ca. 38.5 x 50 cm; frame: 66.5 x 76 cm. In a passe partout, framed in a modern wooden frame.
[VIEW - AMSTERDAM]. · 1660
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
Rare, large, engraved view of Amsterdam, as seen from the inlet known as the IJ. The work is captioned in French and includes a numbered legend for the buildings in the background. According to d'Ailly, it must have been engraved between 1660 and 1668, as it shows the Oost-Ind...
East India Company "Swift" - account of a voyage to India and Malaysia 1794-5.[Various places, including Saudi Arabia and Yemen, ca. 1796]. Small folio (ca. 19 x 30.5 cm. English manuscript on watermarked paper. With a loosely inserted manuscript map titled “A Chart shewing the Track of HMS Ship Myrtle” of the Bay of Biscay and Portugal, and a hand-coloured manuscript signal chart. Contemporary or slightly later half black morocco, marbled boards.
East India Company "Swift" - account of a voyage to India and Malaysia 1794-5.[Various places, including Saudi Arabia and Yemen, ca. 1796]. Small folio (ca. 19 x 30.5 cm. English manuscript on watermarked paper. With a loosely inserted manuscript map titled “A Chart shewing the Track of HMS Ship Myrtle” of the Bay of Biscay and Portugal, and a hand-coloured manuscript signal chart. Contemporary or slightly later half black morocco, marbled boards.
[EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY - THE SWIFT]. · 1794
€35,000.00 ($38,576.37 | £29,199.31 | ¥6,160,148)
48 ll.A detailed description of the voyage of the East India company vessel, the Swift, from 1794-1795, featuring visits to both Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Twelve pages of observations are dedicated to Jeddah alone, witnessed at the height of the influx of pilgrims during the Haj...
[An indigenous community in Suriname].[19th century]. 28.5 x 38.5 x 11.5 cm. A diorama made with papier-mâché, wood, dried plant material, and oil paint. The wooden outside has been covered in black paper. The diorama can be viewed through a glass plate.
[An indigenous community in Suriname].[19th century]. 28.5 x 38.5 x 11.5 cm. A diorama made with papier-mâché, wood, dried plant material, and oil paint. The wooden outside has been covered in black paper. The diorama can be viewed through a glass plate.
[DIORAMA - SURINAME]. · 1779
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
Remarkable diorama depicting daily life in an indigenous community in the jungle of South America, most likely Suriname. Each of the figures is engaged in a different activity. While the men are hunting and fishing, the women are spinning cotton and baking cassava bread. The c...
Holy living and dying together with prayers. Containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion fitted to all occasions, and furnished for all necessities.London, printed by James Moyes for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, etc., 1849. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved portrait of the author. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, gilt and gauffered edges, marbled endpapers, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, a blue silk reading ribbon.
Holy living and dying together with prayers. Containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion fitted to all occasions, and furnished for all necessities.London, printed by James Moyes for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, etc., 1849. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved portrait of the author. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, gilt and gauffered edges, marbled endpapers, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, a blue silk reading ribbon.
TAYLOR, Jeremy. · 1650
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
xvi, 573, [1 blank] pp.Rare edition of one of the most famous English prose works of the 17th century, in a beautifully contemporary gold-tooled binding with gauffered edges. The work is a compilation of two titles on virtuous living and dying, and is a great example of Anglic...
Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, made between the years 1770 and 1779.London, printer for F. and C. Rivington, and sold by W. Richardson, 1795. 4 volumes. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, and 10 engraved plates (1 folding, 9 full page). Contemporary gold-tooled tree-marbled brown calf, with a red morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold, a volume number lettered in gold underneath, gold-tooled board edges, blue sprinkled edges.
Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, made between the years 1770 and 1779.London, printer for F. and C. Rivington, and sold by W. Richardson, 1795. 4 volumes. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, and 10 engraved plates (1 folding, 9 full page). Contemporary gold-tooled tree-marbled brown calf, with a red morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold, a volume number lettered in gold underneath, gold-tooled board edges, blue sprinkled edges.
THUNBERG, Carl Peter. · 1770
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
[2], xii, 317, [3 blank], [18]; xiv, [2], 316, [15], [1 blank]; xiii, [3], 285, [1 blank], xv, [1 blank], 31, [1 blank]; xix, [1 blank], [4], 293, [1], [17], [1 blank] pp.Second English edition of a famous voyage to South Africa, Indonesia, Japan, and Ceylon in the years 1770 ...
Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, fo¨rra¨ttad a°ren 1770-1779.Uppsala, tryckt hos directeur. Joh. Edman, 1788-1793. 4 volumes. 8vo. With 11 engraved plates (1 folding, 9 full page, and 1 in the text). Contemporary or slightly later gold-tooled quarter brown calf, with a beige morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold, a volume number lettered in gold underneath, sprinkled paper sides, blue sprinkled edges.
Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, fo¨rra¨ttad a°ren 1770-1779.Uppsala, tryckt hos directeur. Joh. Edman, 1788-1793. 4 volumes. 8vo. With 11 engraved plates (1 folding, 9 full page, and 1 in the text). Contemporary or slightly later gold-tooled quarter brown calf, with a beige morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold, a volume number lettered in gold underneath, sprinkled paper sides, blue sprinkled edges.
THUNBERG, Carl Peter. · 1770
€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)
[26], 389, [1]; [32], 384; [14], "414" [= 402]; [36], "341" [= 339], [1 blank] pp.First edition of a famous voyage to South Africa, Indonesia, Japan, and Ceylon in the years 1770 to 1779, to collect botanical specimen. The work documents the author's botanical and zoological d...
Natuurkundige uitspanningen behelzende eene beschrijving, van meer dan vier hondert planten en insekten. Utrecht, O.J. van Paddenburg and O.J. van Dijk, [1817]. 2 parts in 1 volume, each part divided in 3 sections. 4to. With 29 contemporary hand-coloured, folding, engraved plates. Early 20th-century quarter white cloth.
Natuurkundige uitspanningen behelzende eene beschrijving, van meer dan vier hondert planten en insekten. Utrecht, O.J. van Paddenburg and O.J. van Dijk, [1817]. 2 parts in 1 volume, each part divided in 3 sections. 4to. With 29 contemporary hand-coloured, folding, engraved plates. Early 20th-century quarter white cloth.
BASTER, Job. · 1762
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
169 [= 159], [4], [1 blank]; "167" [= 159], [4], [1 blank] pp.Rare edition of a work on Dutch marine life, with 29 beautifully hand-coloured plates. The work describes the fish, molluscs, crustaceans, corals, and seaweeds that can be found in the Dutch North Sea, in particular...
West-oestlicher Divan.Stuttgart, in der Cottaischen Buchhandlung [= Johann Georg Cotta], 1819. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece and title page. Contemporary gold-tooled quarter brown calf, with a beige morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, brown marbled paper sides, marbled endpapers, turquoise edges.
West-oestlicher Divan.Stuttgart, in der Cottaischen Buchhandlung [= Johann Georg Cotta], 1819. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece and title page. Contemporary gold-tooled quarter brown calf, with a beige morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, brown marbled paper sides, marbled endpapers, turquoise edges.
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von [and Marianne von WILLEMER]. · 1784
€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)
[1], [1 blank], 556 pp.First edition of Goethe's lyrical poems inspired by the work of the great Persian poet Hafez (ca. 1325-1390). The work was intended to enact a dialogue between Eastern and Western poetry, but also captures Goethe's feelings for the Austrian dancer Marian...
The Arabian antiquities of Spain.London, Cadell & Davies, 1815. Double elephant folio (500 x 675 mm). With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved part title and 103 plates (numbered 1 to 97, plates 8, 79 and 80 in 2 parts, plate 86 in 3 parts) including a folding plate (pl. 12), engraved by Porter, Turel, Roffe, Keux and others after Murphy. Contemporary red half morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, titled in gilt on spine. All edges gilt.
The Arabian antiquities of Spain.London, Cadell & Davies, 1815. Double elephant folio (500 x 675 mm). With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved part title and 103 plates (numbered 1 to 97, plates 8, 79 and 80 in 2 parts, plate 86 in 3 parts) including a folding plate (pl. 12), engraved by Porter, Turel, Roffe, Keux and others after Murphy. Contemporary red half morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, titled in gilt on spine. All edges gilt.
MURPHY, James Cavanah. · 1792
€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)
[4], 21, [1] pp.First edition of this sumptuous work on Muslim Córdoba and Granada from the collection of Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), founder of the French branch of the Rothschilds. The monumental volume is an impressive work on the art and architecture of Muslim S...
Calculus temporum ecclesiasticus.[Possibly England, ca. 1360]. Small 4to (15.5 x 22.5 cm). Latin manuscript on paper. Brown ink in an early bastarda hand, the final three leaves in a slightly later (still quite contemporary) hand. 19th-century paper wrappers, with the manuscript title on the front wrapper.
Calculus temporum ecclesiasticus.[Possibly England, ca. 1360]. Small 4to (15.5 x 22.5 cm). Latin manuscript on paper. Brown ink in an early bastarda hand, the final three leaves in a slightly later (still quite contemporary) hand. 19th-century paper wrappers, with the manuscript title on the front wrapper.
[MANUSCRIPT - MEDIEVAL TIMEKEEPING]. · 1792
€95,000.00 ($104,707.29 | £79,255.27 | ¥16,720,401)
30 ll.With no other known textual witnesses, this extremely interesting Latin calendrical manuscript must be considered a unique work, possibly of English origin. It was formerly the property of the bibliophile Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), who lends the work its title (an...
La grande chronique ancienne et moderne, de Hollande, Selande, West-Frise, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel & Groeningen, jusques à la fin de l'an 1600.Dordrecht, Jacob Canin (and volume 2: G. Guillemot), 1601. 2 volumes. Folio (30.5 x 19 cm). With 2 hand-coloured engraved title pages, a hand-coloured engraved portrait of the author, a contemporary hand-coloured woodcut illustration in the text, heightened with gold, and 56 engraved illustrations in the text (of which 55 contemporary hand-coloured and heightened with gold). Late 17th- or early 18th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf, with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, marbled edges, marbled endpapers.
La grande chronique ancienne et moderne, de Hollande, Selande, West-Frise, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel & Groeningen, jusques à la fin de l'an 1600.Dordrecht, Jacob Canin (and volume 2: G. Guillemot), 1601. 2 volumes. Folio (30.5 x 19 cm). With 2 hand-coloured engraved title pages, a hand-coloured engraved portrait of the author, a contemporary hand-coloured woodcut illustration in the text, heightened with gold, and 56 engraved illustrations in the text (of which 55 contemporary hand-coloured and heightened with gold). Late 17th- or early 18th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf, with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, marbled edges, marbled endpapers.
PETIT, Jean François le. · 1600
€35,000.00 ($38,576.37 | £29,199.31 | ¥6,160,148)
[22], "652" [= 658], 240, [18]; [16], "779" [= 774], [15], [1 blank] pp.One of the very few hand-coloured copies of this chronicle of Holland from its beginning until 1600. The work contains 57 large portraits of the counts of Holland, of which 56 have been vibrantly coloured ...
Architecture civile erster Theil ... | Architecture civile premiere partie ... [all published].Augsburg, Johann Andreas Pfeffel, [ca. 1740/48]. With:(2) DANREITER, Franz Anton. Lust-Stück der Gärten ... | Parterres ou broderies des jardins ... [Erster-]Anderer Theil.Augsburg, Johann Andreas Pfeffel, [ca. 1730/1735].(3) CHARMETON, Georges. Plans de divers edifices et corniches choisies ... | Abrisse unterschiedener Gebälcke und Kronwercke ...Augsburg, Johann Andreas Pfeffel, [ca. 1740/48]. 3 works, ad 2 in 2 parts, in 1 volume. Oblong folio (25 x 38.5 cm). Ad 1: with an engraved plate with a German note to the reader, and 25 numbered plates of architectural plans, elevations and sections engraved by J.D. Ringlin after Steingruber, plate 1 with the German title in and French title flanking a decorative cartouche, each further plate with a heading in German and French. Ad 2: with 2 engraved illustrated title pages from the same plate (ruins in a landscape, with 2 putti holding a drape with the title, the second title page with "Anderer Theil" in the foot margin) plus 22 and 20 numbered illustration plates showing garden plans, decorations, fountains, etc. Ad 3: with 12 engraved plates, including the title page, the illustrations showing the entablatures of various classical Roman buildings. Near contemporary half white vellum and beige paper sides, sewn on 4 vellum tapes, laced through the joints, with a hollow back, gold-tooled author and title for the Steingruber (with ornaments) near the head of the spine, with that part of the vellum coloured red, red sprinkled edges, headbands in yellow and blue.
Architecture civile erster Theil ... | Architecture civile premiere partie ... [all published].Augsburg, Johann Andreas Pfeffel, [ca. 1740/48]. With:(2) DANREITER, Franz Anton. Lust-Stück der Gärten ... | Parterres ou broderies des jardins ... [Erster-]Anderer Theil.Augsburg, Johann Andreas Pfeffel, [ca. 1730/1735].(3) CHARMETON, Georges. Plans de divers edifices et corniches choisies ... | Abrisse unterschiedener Gebälcke und Kronwercke ...Augsburg, Johann Andreas Pfeffel, [ca. 1740/48]. 3 works, ad 2 in 2 parts, in 1 volume. Oblong folio (25 x 38.5 cm). Ad 1: with an engraved plate with a German note to the reader, and 25 numbered plates of architectural plans, elevations and sections engraved by J.D. Ringlin after Steingruber, plate 1 with the German title in and French title flanking a decorative cartouche, each further plate with a heading in German and French. Ad 2: with 2 engraved illustrated title pages from the same plate (ruins in a landscape, with 2 putti holding a drape with the title, the second title page with "Anderer Theil" in the foot margin) plus 22 and 20 numbered illustration plates showing garden plans, decorations, fountains, etc. Ad 3: with 12 engraved plates, including the title page, the illustrations showing the entablatures of various classical Roman buildings. Near contemporary half white vellum and beige paper sides, sewn on 4 vellum tapes, laced through the joints, with a hollow back, gold-tooled author and title for the Steingruber (with ornaments) near the head of the spine, with that part of the vellum coloured red, red sprinkled edges, headbands in yellow and blue.
STEINGRUBER, Johann David. · 1674
€18,000.00 ($19,839.28 | £15,016.79 | ¥3,168,076)
[1], 25; [1], 20, [1], 22; 12 engraved ll.A remarkable volume containing three rare print series on architecture, architectural ornament and garden ornament, all published by the important Augsburg engraver and print publisher Johann Andreas Pfeffel the elder (1674-1748). The ...
Copia de la sentencia que el Gran Turco dio en primero de Abril deste ano de 1636, en favor de los Religiosos de nuestro Serafico Padre San Fracisco, en los pleytos de los Griegos.Madrid, Juan Sanchez, [1636]. Folio (28 x 10 cm).
Copia de la sentencia que el Gran Turco dio en primero de Abril deste ano de 1636, en favor de los Religiosos de nuestro Serafico Padre San Fracisco, en los pleytos de los Griegos.Madrid, Juan Sanchez, [1636]. Folio (28 x 10 cm).
MALDONADO, Joseph. · 1623
€1,800.00 ($1,983.93 | £1,501.68 | ¥316,808)
[4] pp.Rare copy of a privilege, including the translation of the Ottoman “Barato” or a version of an imperial privilege, extended to the Franciscan Order, for the restoration of the holy places in Jerusalem, granted by Sultan Amurath IV (1623-1640). The imprint bears a copy o...