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Sonnets Et Eaux-Fortes

Burty, Philippe (Editor); Manet, et al. (illustrators) · 1869 · Wittenborn Art Books

$13,500.00 (€12,248.43 | £10,218.45 | ¥2,155,776)

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre Editeur, 1869. 10.5 x 14.5 inches. (width x height) 270 x 370 cm. Bound in contemporary red cloth. Original wrappers bound in. One of 350 copies, this one certified by the printer of the text J.Claye and of the etchings, A. Salmon. The editor who selected…

Vues d'Italie, de Sicile et d'Istrie

Antoine-Marie CHENAVARD - Jean Auguste Dominique INGRES · 1861 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

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

Imprimerie de Louis Perrin | Lyon 1861 | 36 x 27 cm | Reliure de l'éditeur | Edition originale de ce rare album illustré de 15 planches gravées au trait, sous serpentes, légendées chacune d'un feuillet et qui comprend notamment une reproduction du portrait de l'auteur dessiné pa…

Den nieuwen verbeterden lust-hof, gheplant vol uytgelesene, eerlijcke, amoreuse ende vrolijcke ghesanghen, als mey, bruylofts, tafel, ende nieu jaers liedekens, met noch verscheyden tsamen-spreeckinghen tusschen vryer en vryster...Including: [VLACQ, Michiel]. Bruylofts bancket. Verciert met veerthien liedekens, dienende tot vermakelijckheyt ende stichtinghe, so wel in bruyloften als in andere eerlijcke vergaderinghen van oude ofte jonghe lieden...Amsterdam, Dirck Pietersz Pers, [ca. 1610]. 2 parts in 1 volume. Oblong 8vo. Each title page with the same large engraving of a company making music after David Vinckboons. Later vellum, manuscript title on spine.

[SONGBOOK - DUTCH]. · 1581 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€15,000.00 ($16,532.73 | £12,513.99 | ¥2,640,063)

[8], 96; 24 pp.Rare fourth edition (the second to include the new early work of Hoofd and Vondel) of one of the most important and rarest Dutch songbooks, published for the “jeunesse dorée”. Songbooks were a very popular genre in the Netherlands during the last quarter of the 16…

Chronique de l'archéologie wallonne 14

Coll. · 2007 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Namur, Ministère de la Région wallonne, 2007 Couverture souple, 240 pages, 30 x 21 cm, illustrations en n/b. ISBN 9782930466163. In Memoriam. Héli Richard Roosens7-8 Matthys A. Dagobert 2 (676-679) et Stenay9-12 Roosens H. Aperçu historique , p. 9 Assassinat, enterrement et cul…

Het wonderlijcke schadt-boeck der historien. begrijpende vele seltsame vremde, ende wonderbaerlijcke gheschiedenissen, bevonden, in de natuere, ende hare cracht en werckinghen, soo in den menschen, als inde beesten, ende elementen, &c. by een vergadert uyt vele gheloofweerdighe autheuren. in vier deelen begrepen.Amsterdam, Cornelis Claesz., 1608. 4 parts in 1 volume. Small 8vo. With a woodcut decorated border on the title page, and a few woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary overlapping vellum, red edges.

BOISTUAU de LAUNAY, Pierre. · 1517 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)

291; 189; 39, [11] pp.Unrecorded edition of a popular early 17th-century collection of remarkable and extraordinary historical tales, describing wonders, strange occurrences, unusual events, and curious episodes from history and nature. Although the source is not mentioned on th…

Descrittione ... di tutti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore.Antwerp, Willem Silvius, 1567. Folio. With the title, the large coat of arms of Philip II, and his portrait set within a woodcut architectural frame with allegorical figures on separate pages, and 17 double-page plates, maps and views (15 woodcuts, 2 engravings).Further with 15 woodcut divisional title-pages for the illustrations and descriptions of the regions and cities set within a woodcut ornamental frame and numerous woodcut decorated initials (at least 4 series). Later vellum.

GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico. · 1940 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€8,000.00 ($8,817.46 | £6,674.13 | ¥1,408,034)

[3], [1 blank], [16], "296"[= 339], [1 blank], [19], [1 blank] pp.First edition of the first illustrated description of the Low Countries. The present copy comes from the library of princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy (1940). This popular guide to the Netherlands was written by th…

Omnium Belgii, sive Inferioris Germaniae, regionum description: … recens ex idiomate Italico, ad exemplar tertium ac postremum ab ipso authore recognitum ...Arnhem, Johannes Janssonius, 1616. Oblong 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, a full-page armorial plate, 7 full-page maps and 100 city views, one of which double-page. Further with several decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary limp vellum.

GUICCIARDINI, Ludovico and Reinier TELLE (translator). · 1521 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)

[8], 517, [11] pp.Enlarged Latin edition of the first illustrated description of the Low Countries. This popular guide to the Netherlands was written by the nobleman Ludovico Guicciardini (1521-1589), an Antwerp-based merchant from Florence, Italy. Most of the cities shown in th…

Biblia. Dat is, de gantsche H. Schrift, grondelick ende trouwelick verduytschet.Delft, Bruyn Harmansz. Schinckel (colophon: printed by Aelbrecht Heyndricksz.), 1590. 4 parts in 1 volume. 4to (23.5 x 17.5 cm). With a general title page and three part-titles, each with the same woodcut device in a separate elaborately decorated cartouche, 3 engraved folding maps drawn by Petrus Plancius and executed by Baptista van Doetecum and ca. 20 woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary gold panel-stamped and gold-tooled calf over wooden boards, with spectacular finely engraved silver furnishings: 8 corner pieces, 2 clasps, 2 catch plates and 2 anchor plates, the catch and anchor plates with four female virtues; the corner pieces engraved with winged heads that appear to represent the four compass winds; and each clasp with an oval martyrdom scene flanked by birds, all 14 pieces of silverwork with floral and other decoration and with their edges cut to decorative shapes. Each board has the same central rectangular panel-stamp (98 x 61 mm), with an oval scene of Charity or Love/Caritas, with strapwork decoration around the oval (containing the maker's initials B and H) and inside the rectangle; gilt and elaborately gauffered edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf.

[BIBLE - DUTCH]. · 1590 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€48,500.00 ($53,455.83 | £40,461.90 | ¥8,536,205)

[20], 236; 92; 84; 108, [54] ll.An unrecorded issue (1 of at least 7) of a rare and important 1590 Bible edition, the corrected "deux aes" Bible, based on the first edition of 1562 (New Testament 1559), which remained the standard Dutch Reformed Bible until the official Dutch St…

Eenige morale of zedige werken van Plutarchus. Vertaalt door R. T.

PLUTARCHUS. · 1634 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€340.00 ($374.74 | £283.65 | ¥59,841)

Amsterdam, Voor Hendrik Maneke, 1634. 12mo. (VIII),477,(3 blank) p., frontispiece. Vellum 12.5 cm (Ref: Geerebaert 69,8; Geerebaert gives as date 1644; OiN 307) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Engraved frontispiece, depicting a writer/philosopher and the Greek god …

Oeuvres. Avec des éclaircissemens historiques, donnez par lui-même.Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1718. 2 volumes. Folio. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, incorporating a portrait of the author, an engraved vignette with portrait of Erasmus on the title page of both volumes, both titles are printed in red and black, all text pages are set within a fine typographical woodcut border, an engraved part-title, 6 full-page engraved plates, 2 engraved headpieces, 2 engraved initials, and 27 engraved tailpieces by Bernard Picart. Late 18th or early 19th-century gold-tooled straight-grain dark blue morocco, with the title and imprint lettered in gold on the spine, a single fillet and two ornamental borders on both boards, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt and gauffered edges, orange end papers.

BOILEAU DESPRÉAUX, Nicolas. · 1636 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)

[4], XVIII, [4], 450; [4], VII, [1], 370, [20] pp.First deluxe edition of the collected works of Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636-1711), printed on high quality laid paper, with every text page set within an ornamental border. "Elle se recommande et par sa belle execution typogr.…

Friesche lust-hof, beplant met verscheyden stichtelijcke minne-liedekens, gedichten, ende boertighe kluchten. Den vierden druck op nieuws vermeerdert ende verbetert, met verscheyden dichten ende liedekens, soo geestige als boertige. Mitsgaders oock noch verrijckt ende vercierd met schoone kopere figueren; ende by alle onbekende wysen de noten, ofte musycke gevoeght.Amsterdam, for Hessel Gerritsz., 1627. 2 parts in 1 volume. Oblong 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, a full-page engraved portrait of the author, a full-page engraved plate, 10 almost full-page engravings in the text by Jan van de Velde, and musical scores in the text. Contemporary vellum, with the manuscript author, title, and year of publication on the spine in a later hand, red sprinkled edges.

STARTER, Jan Jansz. · 1593 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[14], 207, [1 blank], 39, [1 blank] pp.Beautifully produced edition of one of the most important Dutch songbooks from the 17th century, printed in an elegant oblong size, and using various types, including a fine Civilité type. The present work contains wedding songs, love songs…

1830s Collection of 13 Letters from a Close Friend in Southern France

JENNY BOUPELLIER AND JEAN BEY · 1830 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$199.99 (€181.45 | £151.38 | ¥31,936)

Lunel, France, 1830. Ephemera. On offer is an outstanding collection of 13 letters dating from the early 19th century in France. The first group of 12 letters were written to one Marcel Rouselliers who lived in the small community of Lunel, east of Montpellier in the south of Fr…

Ars magna sciendi, in XII libros digesta, qua nova & universali methodo ... [vol. 2 half-title:] Artis magnae seu combinatoriae sciendi, ... [titles on the frontispieces:] Ars magna sciendi sive combinatoria [vol. 1] Artis magnae combinatoriae [vol. 2].Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge and the widow of Elizaeus Weyerstraten, 1669. 2 volumes bound as 1. Royal folio (46 x 30 x 5.5 cm). With 2 richly engraved allegorical frontispieces, an engraved plate with a full-page portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, an engraved plate showing all knowledge of the universe organised as a tree, 2 engraved volvelles (with 4 rotating dials), 20 further engravings on integral leaves and a couple dozen woodcut figures in the text. Contemporary richly gold-tooled red goatskin morocco decorated a petit fers, gold-tooled turn-ins, board edges and raised bands, giving a total of more than 1500 impressions of about 14 stamps and 3 rolls, edges gilt over red and blue squiggles. Janssonius van Waesberge, who published Kircher's books in Amsterdam from 1664/65 to 1682, arranged to have copies of several luxuriously bound for Kircher to present to leading figures and this is almost certainly one of them, presented to Giovanni Paolo Oliva, Superior General of the Jesuit Society.

KIRCHER, Athanasius. · 1602 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€50,000.00 ($55,109.10 | £41,713.30 | ¥8,800,211)

[18], 482, [10] pp. (including 2 integral frontispieces), plus 4 inserted tables & 2 plates.First edition of a 17th-century attempt to organise all knowledge of the universe into a classified system with nine primary categories (represented by icons made for the present edition)…

Grooten atlas, oft werelt-beschryving, in welcke ’t aerdryck, de zee, en hemel, wort vertoont en beschreven.Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1664-1665. 9 volumes. Imperial folio (55.5 × 36.5 cm). With 9 engraved title pages, an engraved frontispiece and 610 engraved maps, views, plans, etc., mostly double-page (53.5 × 64 cm, plate size ca. 42 × 53 cm), 7 larger folding, a few single-page and a few smaller, many including additional inset maps, plans and views, and decorated with coats of arms, human & mythological figures, animals, produce, etc. With the engraved title-pages, frontispiece, other engravings (except for the compass rose and 2 inscriptions), woodcut devices on 4 title-pages and 1 woodcut initial coloured by a contemporary hand (the maps mostly in outline but with their decorations fully coloured) and some (mostly the engraved title-pages) with extensive use of gold. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum.

BLAEU, Joan. · 1662 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€675,000.00 ($743,972.85 | £563,129.55 | ¥118,802,848)

First and only Dutch edition of Joan Blaeu’s great terrestrial atlas, often considered the greatest atlas of all time, with 610 engraved maps, views, etc., mostly double-page and all coloured by a contemporary hand. Many maps include inset plans and views and coats of arms. Blae…

National Home Monthly Magazine, July 1944 - Canada's Problem Soldier / Refugee Stampede in Europe

STEWART, DR. H.L.; TAIT, J.; JACKSON, S.; CUNNINGHAM, L.A.; BALDWIN, D.; ALBERT, H.A.; BANKS, W.J.; WHITMAN, W.; BAYNE, E.G.; ET AL · 1944 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$299.95 (€272.14 | £227.04 | ¥47,898)

Winnipeg: Stovel / National Home Monthly, 1944. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Lowthian; Sheldon, William; Brule, Elmo; Leake, Gerald. 56 pages. Features: Excellent colour Ford Motor Company of Canada ad inside front cover features Canadians at war abroad a…

Histoire des avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes ...Paris, Jacques le Febvre, 1686. 4 parts in 2 volumes. 12mo. With an engraved title page in vol. 1, 3 engraved folding maps (the Caribbean, the Bay of Maracay in Venezuela, and the Isthmus of Panama), 4 engraved plates outside of collation, 5 decorated woodcut initials, 5 woodcut headpieces, and 4 woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary gold tooled mottled brown calf.

EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier. · 1678 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€8,500.00 ($9,368.55 | £7,091.26 | ¥1,496,036)

[32], 342, [22]; [6], "384"[=390], [24] pp.First French edition of arguably the most influential buccaneering work, written by a buccaneer. Its detailed account of piracy in the West Indies is the most important primary source and "almost the only comprehensive source of informa…

Nieuw Nederlandtsch caertboeck. Waer in volkomentlijcker als oyt te voren vertoont werden de XVII. Nederlanden, soo in ’t geheel, als elck besonder met grote neersticheyt ende kosten gesneden ende in ’t licht gebracht. Mitsgaders een nieuwe beschryvinge uijt verscheyden autheuren ordentlyck tsamen gestelt door Reinier Telle … .Amsterdam, Abraham Goos in de Kalverstraet, [1616]. Oblong 4to (ca. 16 x 21 cm). With an engraved title page (signed by P.S[erwouter] scul.’ (bottom right) after ‘D.V[inck] B[oons]’ (bottom left)), 23 full page maps, several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut tailpieces. 19th-century quarter calf.

GOOS, Abraham. · 1628 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

[7], "305" [=294], [2], [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of one of the first atlases of the Low Countries, with 23 very detailed maps. It is the only atlas published by the mapmaker, Abraham Goos, himself. At the time the present atlas was published, the Seven United provinces (T…

C. Iulius Caesar sive historiae imperatorum Caesarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus restitutae liber primus ...

GOLTZIUS, H.- M. & G. LAURINUS · 1563 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

€1,450.00 ($1,598.16 | £1,209.69 | ¥255,206)

Brugis Flandrorum, Apud Hubertum Goltzium Herbipolitam Venloianum, [Officina Goltziana], 1563. (Sept. 1562-63). Sm. in folio. W. engraved title, 1 engr. printer's mark and 540 copperengr. ills. of coins and medals on 57 pls. 17th c. full clf., rubbed and sl. faded, spine partly…

Van die beweechnisse des herten, tot berouwe der sonde[n]. ...(Colophon:) Antwerp, Symon Cock, 18 August 1546. 8vo. With the title-page in red and black in a framework of thin rules, 6 woodcut decorated initials and 2 vine-leaf ornaments. Set in 3 sizes of textura gothic types. A very interesting Antwerp binding of contemporary panel-stamped calf, each board with the same panel, showing 2 medallion portraits in, the whole surrounded by a floral decorative border, interesting fastenings with cord loops that fasten to bone buttons on leather straps.

CHRYSOSTOMUS, Johannes (Antonius VAN HEMERT, translator). · 1526 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

[131], [1 blank] ll.Rare first and only edition (apparently one of two copies known to include the final quire R, with the Imperial privilege noted on the title-page) of the Dutch translation of devotional tracts and sermons by Johannes Chrysostomus (ca. 347-407), Archbischop of…