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Zehn tafeln zur anatomie des Pferdes . . .Vienna, the author "in Commission bei F. Paternos Nachfolger" (printed by Adolf Holzhausen), [1879]. Oblong 1mo (35×49 cm). With 10 numbered chromo-lithographed and double-tinted lithographed plates (35×49 cm), loose as issued. Original publisher's printed front wrapper preserved, back wrapper lacking. In a modern clamshell box.

MACHOLD, Joseph (Josef). · 1824 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

15, [1 blank] pp. plus plates.Very rare publication with 10 very detailed plates depicting the anatomy of the horse. In his preface the author-artist Joseph Machold (1824-1889), painter, illustrator and a former officer in the Austrian army, explains that this publication was ma…

Beschryvinge van den archipel, tot nut van den krygsman, zeevaarenden en handeldryvenden.Amsterdam, 1792. 8vo. With a large folding engraved sea chart (57.5 x 68.5 cm). Publisher's original flexible boards covered with blue paper, with the title and decoration printed letterpress on the spine.

[KINSBERGEN, Jan Hendrik van]. · 1770 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,850.00 ($2,039.08 | £1,543.17 | ¥325,654)

[8], 190, [2 blank] pp.Rare first Dutch edition of a detailed account of the Greek islands (the first edition to include the sea chart), by the great Dutch-German Admiral and naval strategist Kinsbergen, known as the Hero of the Black Sea for his successes in battles against the…

Germaniae ex variis scriptoribus perbrevis explicatio.Augsburg, Heinrich Steiner, 1530. Small 8vo (15.5 x 10.5 cm). Title in a wide woodcut ornamented border, 2 woodcut historiated initials. Set in an Aldine-style italic with a word of Greek. Modern brown shell-marbled boards.

PIRCKHEIMER, Willibald. · 1494 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,750.00 ($4,133.28 | £3,128.04 | ¥660,110)

[69], [3 blank] pp.Rare second(?) edition (published in the same year as the first) of a Latin treatise on the geography of "Germany", interpreted very broadly to include the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and some regions in eastern Europe, where "Germans" lived or had lived…

Observationes botanicae in Horto Dyckensi notatae. Cologne, Th. Fr. Thiriart, 1820-1822. 3 volumes. Small 8vo (15.5 x 9.5 cm). Contemporary green paper wrappers.

SALM-REIFFERSCHEID-DYCK, Joseph. · 1773 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)

35, [1 blank]; [2], 37-73, [1 blank]; 47, [1 blank] pp.A catalogue with additional commentaries and revisions of Salm's regular lists of succulents. Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (1773-1861) started collecting succulents at Schloss Dyck in 1800 after consorting with the leading French…

Papers relating to Captain Manby's plan for affording relief in cases of shipwreck: viz. Copies of instructuions, given by His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the purpose of carrying into effect the plan of Captain Manby, for affording relief in cases of shipwreck.[London, House of Commons, 1816]. Folio. With several woodcuts and wood engravings of the inventions in text. Sewn.

MANBY, George William. · 1765 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€850.00 ($936.88 | £709.02 | ¥149,625)

37, [1 blank] pp.Rare compilation of papers for the parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly found bound in series, related to a plan concerning the rescue of shipwrecked persons. The proposal included the placement throughout the country of so-called "Manby mortars" throughou…

Een goedt advijs, opt stuck vande vrede ende oorloghe in dese Nederlanden: by een edel-man ende oprecht lief-hebber syns vader-landts ende der ghemeyner ruste, aen eenen synen goeden vriendt, by forme van missive, overgheschreven. Na de copie.[Delft], [Aelbrecht Hendricksz.], 1584. 4to. Woodcut interlaced capital "o" on the title page, and a woodcut headpiece. Disbound.

[PAMPHLET - DUTCH-SPANISH WAR]. · 1584 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€395.00 ($435.37 | £329.49 | ¥69,532)

[14], [2 blank] pp.Interesting pamphlet on the Dutch-Spanish war by an unknown Dutch author (sometimes erroniously atttributed to Marnix van St. Aldegonde) arguing against peace with Spain. According to the Typ. Bat. Aelbrecht Hendricksz. from Delft printed this pamphlet. It is …

Aprobacion del plan de Republica popular federativa, proclamado por el ciudadano General Santana en San Luis Potosi el cinco de Junio del año pasado.Mexico [= Mexico City], imprenta de Tomas W. Lorrain, 1824. Small 4to (ca. 21.5 x 16 cm). Disbound, the leaves are held together with glue.

[ARGUELLES, Diego and Antonio LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA]. · 1794 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

16 pp.Rare pamphlet in support of Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876) after he had proclaimed his plan for a federal republic in San Luis Potosí on 5 June 1823, shortly after the emperor's abdication. The work is a legal and political defence of his actions, and is composed …

Novelle egiziane ed africane. Tradotte dal francese nell’idioma italiano.Venice, Giovanni Francesco Garbo, 1795. 12mo. With a small woodcut vignette on the general title page and on the extra/divisional title page for part 1, a woodcut headpiece, and a woodcut tailpiece. Contemporary blueish-grey paper wrappers.

[VILLEDIEU, Marie-Catherine]. · 1673 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

143, [1] pp.Very rare Italian edition of Marie-Catherine de Villedieu’s Nouvelles africaines, first published in 1673. The first Italian translation dates back to 1730, prepared in Venice by Domenico Occhi; this was followed by the present edition by Francesco Garbo, who decided…

[A hawk perched on a birch branch].[The Netherlands], 1973. Gouache and watercolour drawing on greyish paper (ca. 74.5 x 57.5 cm). With a manuscript dedication by the artist “Voor Joosje & Thomas Rap”, signed “H.J. Slijper” and dated “1973” in black ink in the lower right-hand corner. In passepartout and framed (ca. 100 x 80.5 cm).

SLIJPER, Hendrik Johannes (artist). · 1922 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€6,000.00 ($6,613.24 | £5,004.87 | ¥1,056,176)

Impressive, large sized drawing by the Dutch artist Hendrik Johannes Slijper (1922-2007) depicting a hawk sitting on a birch branch looking for its prey. This hawk is a member of the birds of prey family “Accipitridae”, of which the genus “Accipiter” was commonly used for falcon…

Treaty between Her Majesty the Queen of England and the Sultan of Johanna for the suppression of the slave trade.Johanna (Anjouan), 1845. Ca. 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Original paper wrappers.

[TREATY - SLAVE TRADE]. · 1819 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

5, [1 blank] pp.Historically important treaty between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1819-1901) and Sultan Selim (dates unknown) of Johanna, present-day Anjouan, for the suppression of the slave trade. The treaty was concluded in November 1844…

[Festivities and costumes at a southern Italian festival].[Southern Italy], "1817" [=1816]. Watercolour on paper (ca 51 x 71 cm), dated in the lower left corner. Gilded frame (ca. 56 x 76 cm).

[WATERCOLOUR PAINTING]. [GIUDICE, Luigi del (attributed)]. · 1777 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

Beautiful, vibrant watercolour painting of Southern Italian costumes. The work has been attributed to Luigi del Giudice (active 1777-1816), as the style and subject matter are identical to his other work. The painting depicts the colourful traditional Italian dress worn at a loc…

A list of words and phrases in the Basrah dialect of Arabic.Simla, Government Central Branch Press, 1916. 8vo. Original beige waxed cloth wrappers, with the title printed on the front wrapper.

THOMPSON, Captain R. Campbell, Elias GEORGES, and others (editors). · 1915 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

V, [1 blank], 21, [3 blank] pp.An introduction to Basra Arabic, a dialect spoken in southern Iraq, printed for British and British Indian soldiers serving in Basra during the Mesopotamian Campaign of the First World War. Initially published in 1915, it was distributed to the off…

Cargos y preceptos militares. Para salir con brevedad famoso, y valiente soldado, assi en la infanteria, cavalleria, como artilleria ...Mechelen, John Jaye, 1671 Small 4to. With woodcut device above colophon. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, sewn on 5 supports.

BRANCACCIO, Lelio (Ildefonso SCAVINO, translator). · 1610 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

[8], 262, [2] pp.Extremely rare second Spanish edition of the military treatise I carichi militari by the Neapolitan commander of the Habsburg armies in Italy, the Low Countries and Catalonia and aide-de-camp to Albert, Archduke of Austria, first published in Italian at Antwerp …

Arabian jubilee.London, Robert Hale Limited, 1954. 8vo. With a portrait of king 'Abdul-'Aziz Ibn Sa'ud as the frontispiece, 1 map of Arabia in 1950, and 16 double-sided plates. Black cloth with title information in gold on spine.

PHILBY, Harry St John Bridger. · 1954 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)

XIV, 280 pp.A biography of Saudi Arabian king Abdul-Aziz bin Abdul Rahman al Sa'ud by his adviser Harry St John Bridger Philby. Ibn Sa'ud was the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, when after a conquest spanning 30 years he united most of the Arabian Peninsula under his rule. The p…

Conditien ende articulen, van het Quartier Generael, aengaende het wisselen ende rantçoeneren der gevangens, over een gekomen ende gheslooten tusschen den Heere Hertogh van Luxemburgh … ende den Heere Grave van Hornes …The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus, 1673. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page. Modern wrappers.

[FRENCH-DUTCH WAR - FRANÇOIS OF MONTMORENCY & WILLIAM ADRIAAN II OF HORNE]. · 1672 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€275.00 ($303.11 | £229.39 | ¥48,408)

8 pp.First edition of a highly interesting agreement regarding the treatment and exchange of prisoners of war taken captive, whether by the French or by the Dutch army during the French-Dutch war of 1672-1673 (the “rampjaar” or year of disaster). The agreement was concluded on 2…

Il Mappamondo di Fra Mauro Camaldolese descritto ed illustrato. [Mappa mundi].Venice, [Picotti], 1806. Folio. With a full-page engraving and a folding engraved fascimile of Fra Mauro's famous Mappa mundi. Contemporary tree calf, brown morroco spine label with title in gold, marbled endpapers.

FRA MAURO and Placido ZURLA. · 1450 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

164 pp.The first substantial study and reproduction of Fra Mauro's famous Mappa mundi, considered the supreme medieval map of the world and the "greatest memorial of medieval cartography" (Almagià). The most detailed representation of the world ever seen when it was produced aro…

Hygie`ne des blancs, des mixtes et des Indiens a` Pondiche´ry.Puducherry, Géruzet, 1867. 8vo. Modern wrappers.

HULLIET, N. · 1891 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

272 pp.First and only edition, printed in Pondicherry (now Puducherry) during the French colonial time, of a medical study of the various populations of Puducherry, by N. Huillet, a medical doctor in service of the French navy and a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. It describes…

Spadacrene ou dissertation physique sur les Eaux de Spa.The Hague, P. Paupie, 1739. 8vo. Title printed in red and black, with woodcut title-vignette, initials and ornamental head- and tailpieces. Red paper over boards, paper piece with the number "2956" on the spine.

HEERS, Henri de. · 1570 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

[14], 252, [6] pp.Late (last?) edition of one of the better known works on hydrotherapy and the therapeutic use of mineral waters, concentrating on the baths of Spa, known already in Roman times and iconic for the history of the wide spread phenomenon of ‘Taking the waters’, ‘ba…

Alegasaõ juridica, na qual se mostra que saõ do padroado da coroa, e naõ da Ordem militar de Cristo, as igrejas, dignidades, e beneficios dos bispados do Cabo de Bojador para o sul, em que se compreendem os bispados de Cabo Verde, S. Thomé, Angola, Brazil, India até á China. Oferecida a Sua Alteza Principe do Brazil regente de Portugal.Lisbon, Antonio Rodrigues Galhardo, 1804. 4to. With a woodcut coat of arms of Portugal on title-page. Contemporary, elaborately gold-tooled red morocco, with the coat of arms of Portugal on the front and back board, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.

AZEREDO COUTINHO, José Joaquim da Cunha de. · 1742 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

82, [2] pp.Rare and attractively bound controversial work by the Brazilian bishop José Joaquim da Cunha de Azeredo Coutinho (1742-1821), stationed at Pernambuco (Olinda, Brazil) and author of several polemic works against the Portuguese government. In the present one he challeng…

Geschiedkundig tafereel van den aftogt der Franschen na de bataille by Leipzig, van den 16. Tot den 19. October 1813. Een pendant tot den Aftogt der Franschen uit Rusland.Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, 1814. 8vo.Original publisher's printed wrapper.

KOTZEBUE, August von (attributed). · 1813 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.19 | ¥114,419)

39 pp.Dutch translation of an account of the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813 and the subsequent French retreat, attributed to the German dramatist and diplomat August von Kotzebue (1761-1819). Originally published anonymously as Der Rückzug der Franzosen nach der Schlacht bei …