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Tractaat tusschen haar hoog mog. de Heeren Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, en de regeeringe van Tripoli. Geslooten in het jaar 1728.The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus II, 1729. 4to. Modern paper-covered boards.

[NETHERLANDS - STATES GENERAL - TREATY]. · 1686 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.75 | £1,042.84 | ¥219,939)

8 pp.First edition, published in Dutch translation, of a treaty signed between the Dutch States General and Pasha Ahmed Karamanli (1686-1745), Turkish Muslim leader of the semi-autonomous state of Tripoli since 1711, when he killed the Ottoman governor and took the throne. The t…

A voice from the bush in Australia: shewing its present state, advantages, and capabilities, in a series of letters from an Irish settler and others in New South Wales. With appendices ...Dublin, William Curry junior & Co.; London, Smith, Elder & Co.; Edinburgh, John Johnstone, 1839. 12mo. With wood-engraved frontispiece, nearly full-page wood-engraved illustration on page 25 and a letterpress folding table. Modern marbled wrappers.

[BESNARD, Thomas Pope]. · 1913 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,000.00 ($4,408.80 | £3,337.10 | ¥703,804)

108 pp.A collection of letters from New South Wales by Thomas Pope Besnard, an Irish colonist of Cork, with 4 extensive appendices containing valuable information on the early colony. Besnard became an overseer on a chain gang and writes enthusiastically about the great possibil…

Landreis van 't Prins van Wallis Fort aan Hudson Baai, naar den Noorder-Oceaan.The Hague, J.C. Leeuwenstijn, 1798. 2 volumes. 8vo. With folding map, hand-coloured in outline (41.5×50.5 cm), a folding map of the Coppermine River, and 2 folding views, all engraved and etched. Contemporary half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.

HEARNE, Samuel and Johann Reinhold FORSTER (editor). · 1771 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,500.00 ($2,755.50 | £2,085.69 | ¥439,878)

16, 247, [1 blank]; [4], 289, [1] pp.A Dutch edition of Hearne's expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and the fabled coppermines. A masterpiece in the literature of exploration, it contains interesting details on natural history and the Indian tribes of the region. Trav…

De Indische Archipel, in het bijzonder het eiland Java.Haarlem, widow A. Loosjes (colophon: Amsterdam, printed by H. Bakels), 1823-1825. 3 volumes. 8vo. With 3 line-etched frontispieces, 3 full-page plates (2 line-etched, 1 hand-coloured aquatint with line etching), and a folding map (44 x 55.5 cm), hand-coloured in outline. Contemporary mottled half calf, gold-tooled spine.

CRAWFURD, John. · 1811 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,500.00 ($2,755.50 | £2,085.69 | ¥439,878)

XXII, 332, [2]; LXXII [= LXXIV], 434, [1], [1 blank]; LX, 538, [2] pp.First Dutch edition of Crawfurd's major History of the Indian Archipelago, with a preface by the translator, Pieter de Haan. Crawfurd was part of the British expedition to Java in 1811 and held several senior …

Pflanzen und Gebirgsarten von Marienbad, ... ergänzt, und mit einem anhange über die andern naturhistorischen Verhältnisse der Curortes.Prague, Kronberger and Weber ("Druck und Papier von Gottlieb Haase Söhne"), 1837. 8vo. With 5 lithographed plates numbered I-II, [III], IV-V, namely a frontispiece view by Sandtner, 3 further illustration plates (1 hand-coloured) and a hand-coloured folding petrographic map of Marienbad. Also with a folding letterpress table. Contemporary brown half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.

FRIEDRICH AUGUST II, Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE and Karl Joseph HEIDLER. · 1821 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,000.00 ($1,102.20 | £834.28 | ¥175,951)

X, 203, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of a collection of botanical and geological articles on the spa town Marienbad (Mariánské Láznì), now part of the Czech Republic. It contains a transcription of Goethe's manuscript catalogue of the geological specimens he collected in …

[Letter acknowledging payment from the Paris bookseller Debure for Les Roses, part 30]. Paris, 18 February 1824. 4to (24.5 x 18.5 cm). Autograph letter, signed, written in brown ink on paper, with a note in a different hand recording a related payment.

REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph. · 1817 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,511.00 | £4,171.38 | ¥879,755)

[1], [1 blank] pp.A signed autograph letter by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, acknowledging his reciept of 30 francs from "Monsieur Debure libraire" for the 30th and final part of Les Roses, Redouté's most famous work, which was published in installments between 1817 and 1824. This must…

[In upper left corner:] 1a. Secretaria de estado. Seccion de Gobierno.Mexico, 21 December 1822. Ca. 31.5 x 21.5 cm.

[DECREE - MEXICO]. · 1783 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,250.00 ($2,479.95 | £1,877.12 | ¥395,890)

[2] ll.Rare imperial decree issued during the final months of the First Mexican Empire as an attempt to deter political unrest. It was printed in response to a major rebellion which had taken place 19 days earlier in Veracruz to call for the end of Emperor Agustín's reign. The d…

Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen Oolithen-Gebirges.Hanover, Hahn, (colophon: printed by Jänecke brothers), 1836. Large 4to (32.5 x 26 cm). With 16 lithographed plates. Original publisher's printed boards.

ROEMER, Friedrich Adolph. · 1809 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

[3], [1 blank], [2], 218 pp.First and only edition of a work on North-German oolite, written by the German geologist Friedrich Roemer. "It provided the first insight into the fossil riches (over 250 new species) and stratigraphic subdivisions of the northwestern German Jurassic,…

[Raka'ah demonstration].[Late 19th century]. Two albumen prints (each ca. 27 x 21 cm), signed and numbered in the negative. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve.

SÉBAH, Jean Pascal (photographer). · 1872 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

[2] photographs.Two beautiful photographs by Jean Pascal Sébah (1872-1947), one of the most famous photographers of his time, who specialised in Orientalist photography. He continued the business of his father Pascal Sébah (1823-1886), one of the first photographers working in E…

Verhandeling over prenten. Uit het Engelsch vertaald.Rotterdam, P. and J. Holsteijn, 1787. 8vo. With an engraved title page incorporating a vignette by Franciscus Sansom and Hendrik Roosink (dated 1787 in the plate) after Gerard van Nijmegen. Later gold-tooled vellum.

GILPIN, William. · 1768 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

XVI, 164 pp.First and only edition of the anonymous Dutch translation of William Gilpin's An Essay upon Prints, first published in London in 1768. One of the earliest manuals for print collectors, the work combines an introduction to the principal printmaking techniques (includi…

Vida del grande d. Lvis de Attayde, tercer Conde de Attogvia, y Virrey de la India dos vezes. Madrid, Imprenta del Reino, 1633. 4to. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine.

PEREIRA DE MACEDO, Francisco de Santo Agostinho. · 1517 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€7,500.00 ($8,266.49 | £6,257.06 | ¥1,319,633)

[11] ,[1 blank], 168 pp.Rare first and only edition of this biography of Don Luís de Ataide (1517-1581), who was twice the viceroy of Portuguese India (1568-1571 and 1578-1581). He is famous for defending India, especially the Malabar coast, from the Muslim alliance. It was writ…

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 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€375.00 ($413.32 | £312.85 | ¥65,982)

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 in…

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 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€375.00 ($413.32 | £312.85 | ¥65,982)

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 in…

[Bears].[Amsterdam], Nicolaas I Visscher, 1664. Oblong 4to. 16 engravings (ca. 10.5 x 13.5 cm) depicting bears in various poses. Loose prints.

BYE, Marcus de (after Marcus GHEERAERTS). · 1638 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.90 | £3,754.24 | ¥791,780)

[16] ll.Complete set of all 16 engravings of Marcus de Bye’s bear print series, depicting bears in various poses, here in its third state. Marcus de Bye (sometimes spelt De Bie or De Bije; 1638/39-1688) was a German painter and engraver known especially for his prints of animals…

Introduction à la théorie de l'art des jardins.Ca. 1775-1800. 2 volumes. 4to. Written in several, slightly different neat 18th-century hands. Later red decorated paper over stiff paperboards, spines covered with brown paper, black morocco spine labels with titles and volume numbers in gold.

[MANUSCRIPT - GARDENING]. · 1744 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€18,500.00 ($20,390.68 | £15,434.09 | ¥3,255,094)

[2], 2, 46 pp., 47-76 ll., 60 pp.; 129, [3], 83, 96, 20 pp. plus 2 ll.with the table of contents.Important and very interesting manuscript on the art of gardening, landscape gardening and horticulture written in several slightly different hands and undoubtedly meant for publicat…

Élémens de pharmacie théorique et pratique...Paris, widow Damonneville, & Musier fils, P.F. Didot Jr & De Hansy, 1762. 8vo. With 2 folding engraved plates depicting utensils for the laboratory. Contemporary mottled calf, sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the title lettered in gold on the spine, red edges, marbled end papers.

BAUMÉ, Antoine. · 1728 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

XVI, 854, [2] pp.First edition of this influential textbook on pharmacy by Antoine Baumé (1728-1804), master apothecary and pharmacist of Paris. It is the original edition of 9 successful editions to follow till 1818. He established his pharmacy in 1752, together with a laborato…

Treaty of friendship and mutual co-operation between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and of India and the king of the Yemen (with exchange of notes). London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1934. With a woodcut British Royal arms on the title-page.In a blue paper wrapper.

RAGHEB-BIN-RAFIQ, Muhammed & Bernard Rawdon REILLY. · 1919 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

5, [1] pp.A very important treaty in the history of British imperialism, which show the pragmatic approach of the British in Arabia by signing this treaty, and also in the history of Arabia and Yemen. This treaty probably may have helped perticipate the war between Ibn Saud and …

Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with a narrative of a residence in China.London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (back of title-page: J.B. Nichols and son), 1830. 2 volumes. 12mo. With two hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces by J. Clarck. Contemporary boards.

DOBELL, Peter. · 1772 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,250.00 ($2,479.95 | £1,877.12 | ¥395,890)

IX, [1 blank], 351, [1]; X, 341, [1 blank], [2] pp.First edition of a travel account by the Irish-born adventurer in Russian service, Peter Dobell (1772-1852). "Dobell arrived in Kamtchatka by sea in 1812, … This journal records his personal observations of the manners, customs,…

Diverses modes dessinées d'après nature.Amsterdam, Bernard Picart, 1728. Oblong 4to (21 x 27.5 cm). Series of 12 engraved prints: 11 costume prints plus a title-page (title in a stunning and delicate cartouche, plate size: 12.5 x 7 cm) on 6 oblong 4to leaves (which could make 12 8vo leaves). 6 of the plates are signed by the engraver Gaspard Duchange, all after the designs of Bernard Picart. Unbound.

PICART, Bernard. · 1673 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.70 | £2,919.96 | ¥615,829)

Series of 12 costume prints (including the title-page) of Dutch and Frisian farmers and fishermen, printed on 6 leaves, as originally published and wholly untrimmed. The title was probably deliberately vague, so that it could be used for various combinations of costume prints. T…

Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne par Fernand Cortez.Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1730. 2 volumes. 12mo. With 14 engraved maps, views and plates (12 folding). Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.

SOLÍS Y RIBADENEYRA, Antonio de. · 1610 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

[32], 606, [26]; [12], 560, [22] pp.Fourth(?) edition of the French translation of the famous Historia de la Conquista de Mexico by the gifted Spanish historian Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra (1610-1686), originally published in Madrid in 1684. Renowned for his historical knowle…