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[Mortgage agreement, granting Jan Hanneman, Steward General of North Holland, the rights to the tithes of the King's lands of Voorburg and Voorschoten].The Hague and Brussels, 1557 (with additions to 1565). Folio (36 x 25.5 cm). Manuscript mortgage agreement, signed by King Philip's representatives, written in brown ink on parchment in a nearly upright cursive gothic hand. With a typescript transcription of the main text and an interlinear translation in Spanish.
[Mortgage agreement, granting Jan Hanneman, Steward General of North Holland, the rights to the tithes of the King's lands of Voorburg and Voorschoten].The Hague and Brussels, 1557 (with additions to 1565). Folio (36 x 25.5 cm). Manuscript mortgage agreement, signed by King Philip's representatives, written in brown ink on parchment in a nearly upright cursive gothic hand. With a typescript transcription of the main text and an interlinear translation in Spanish.
[MANUSCRIPT]. PHILIP (FELIPE) II, King of Spain. · 1556 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€6,500.00 ($7,164.35 | £5,421.94 | ¥1,144,190)
[2 blank], 9, [1 blank] pp.Original mortgage agreement in Dutch in which King Philip II of Spain, who had sovereignty over the Low Countries and held the title Count of Holland, grants Jan Hanneman the rights to the tithes from his lands of Voorburg and Voorschoten. Philip had s…
Grossherzoglich Hessisches Militair. Nach der Natur aufgenommen von . . . der Grossherzoglichen Gemaelde Gallerie in Darmstadt und auf Stein gezeichnet von J. Völlinger.Karlsruhe, Johann Velten, [ca. 1830]. Royal folio (45×32 cm.) With a lithographic title page and dedication to the Archduke Ludwig von Hessen (both by Johann Evangel. Mettenleiter), contents list and 30 numbered lithographs of army officers and enlisted men, many on horseback, all beautifully coloured by hand with watercolour, gouache and glazed highlights. Modern red half morocco.
Grossherzoglich Hessisches Militair. Nach der Natur aufgenommen von . . . der Grossherzoglichen Gemaelde Gallerie in Darmstadt und auf Stein gezeichnet von J. Völlinger.Karlsruhe, Johann Velten, [ca. 1830]. Royal folio (45×32 cm.) With a lithographic title page and dedication to the Archduke Ludwig von Hessen (both by Johann Evangel. Mettenleiter), contents list and 30 numbered lithographs of army officers and enlisted men, many on horseback, all beautifully coloured by hand with watercolour, gouache and glazed highlights. Modern red half morocco.
MÜLLER, Franz Hubert and Joseph VÖLLINGER. · 1784 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€15,000.00 ($16,533.10 | £12,512.18 | ¥2,640,439)
[2], 30, [1] ll.Fine and rare work on military costumes by Franz Hubert Müller (1784-1835) depicting the uniforms of military of all ranks in the Hessian army. The large costume plates are finely coloured by a contemporary hand, with rich, brilliant colours for the uniforms and …
Le mercure indien, ou, Le tresor des Indes.Paris, Robert Chevillon, 1667. Small 8vo. With an engraved coat of arms on the title pages. Later vellum.
Le mercure indien, ou, Le tresor des Indes.Paris, Robert Chevillon, 1667. Small 8vo. With an engraved coat of arms on the title pages. Later vellum.
[ROSNEL, Pierre de]. · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
[16], 64; [16], 176 pp.First edition of a "much esteemed and sought work" on precious metals, mining and gems, by a French goldsmith. Divided in two parts, the first part "is a mining & metallurgical treatise in which gold, silver, and mercury are described in respect to their m…
Teatro del Belgio ò sia descritione delle diecisette provincie del medesimo; con le piante delle città, e fortezze principali; da chi al presente possesse; come, in qual modo, & in qual tempo acquistate.Vienna, Michael Thurnmayer, 1673. Folio. With engraved frontispiece with the coat-of-arms of all Seventeen Provinces, engraved military scene on the title-page, folding engraved map of the Low Countries, 2 folding engraved views of a sea-battle and an army crossing the Rhine, and 120 double-page engraved fortification plans. Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.
Teatro del Belgio ò sia descritione delle diecisette provincie del medesimo; con le piante delle città, e fortezze principali; da chi al presente possesse; come, in qual modo, & in qual tempo acquistate.Vienna, Michael Thurnmayer, 1673. Folio. With engraved frontispiece with the coat-of-arms of all Seventeen Provinces, engraved military scene on the title-page, folding engraved map of the Low Countries, 2 folding engraved views of a sea-battle and an army crossing the Rhine, and 120 double-page engraved fortification plans. Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.
GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo. · 1606 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
[14], 148, [6] pp. textItalian edition, Thurnmayer issue (one of two simultaneous issues), of a fortification atlas of the Low Countries, published in the same year in German as Schau-platz desz Niederlandes. The 120 plans are well engraved and show the fortifications of all imp…
Het leven van Konstance: waer af volgt het tooneelspel, de Spaensche heidin.Amsterdam, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, voor Johannes Jacott, 1643. Small 4to. With 6 full-page etchings by Pieter Nolpe after Simon de Vlieger, Pieter Quast, and Izak Izaksoon, musical scores by Gerret Bolhamer, a woodcut device on the title-page, 15 decorated woodcut initials of different sizes, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum,
Het leven van Konstance: waer af volgt het tooneelspel, de Spaensche heidin.Amsterdam, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, voor Johannes Jacott, 1643. Small 4to. With 6 full-page etchings by Pieter Nolpe after Simon de Vlieger, Pieter Quast, and Izak Izaksoon, musical scores by Gerret Bolhamer, a woodcut device on the title-page, 15 decorated woodcut initials of different sizes, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum,
[TENGNAGEL, Mattheus Ganzneb]. · 1613 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
171, [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of Tengnagel's most acclaimed work, beautifully and luxuriously executed. Mattheus Ganzneb Tengnagel (1613-1652) was a popular Amsterdam poet and playwright, notorious for his licentious lifestyle. The present play is a comedy, based on La gi…
[Antiqui rhetores Latini.] ... Omnia ex codd. manusc. emendatiora vel auctiora. Paris, Adrien Périer (ex officina Plantiniana), 1599. Large 4to. Set in roman types with incidental italic, Greek and Hebrew. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with 18th-century restorations, with the arms of Aire-sur-la-Lys (an eagle) flanked by "S.P.Q. ... Arien[sis]". Rebacked with the original backstrip laid down.
[Antiqui rhetores Latini.] ... Omnia ex codd. manusc. emendatiora vel auctiora. Paris, Adrien Périer (ex officina Plantiniana), 1599. Large 4to. Set in roman types with incidental italic, Greek and Hebrew. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with 18th-century restorations, with the arms of Aire-sur-la-Lys (an eagle) flanked by "S.P.Q. ... Arien[sis]". Rebacked with the original backstrip laid down.
RUTILIUS LUPUS, Publius and 15 others (François PITHOU, ed.). · 1543 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€2,950.00 ($3,251.51 | £2,460.73 | ¥519,286)
[4], 382, [15], [1 blank] pp.First edition of a collection of 15 classical and mediaeval school texts on the art of rhetoric, in a rare 16th-century French prize binding from Aire-sur- la-Lys, in the French department Pas-de Calais, on the border of French Flanders and Artois. A…
Gnomonica, oder gründlicher Unterricht und Beschreibung, Wie man allerhand Sonnen-Uhren auf ebenen Orten künstlich aufreissen und leichlich verfertigen soll &c. Zum andermal aufgeleget und mit nutzlichen Anmerkungen, wie auch dem andern Theil, vermehret, durch einen Liebhaber der Mathematischen Wissenschaften [= Johann Christoph Sturm].Nuremberg, Paulus Fürstens, printed by Christoph Gerhard, 1672. 2 volumes bound as 1. 4to. With a finely engraved frontispiece (an architectural gate with a wide variety of sundials and other astronomical instruments), 16 engraved plates (1 folding) in the first part (that for p. 48 repeated - at the end of vol. 2 - in accordance with the instructions to the binder), and numerous mathematical illustrations and figures on 13 folding engraved plates lettered A-N in the second part. Contemporary parchment.
Gnomonica, oder gründlicher Unterricht und Beschreibung, Wie man allerhand Sonnen-Uhren auf ebenen Orten künstlich aufreissen und leichlich verfertigen soll &c. Zum andermal aufgeleget und mit nutzlichen Anmerkungen, wie auch dem andern Theil, vermehret, durch einen Liebhaber der Mathematischen Wissenschaften [= Johann Christoph Sturm].Nuremberg, Paulus Fürstens, printed by Christoph Gerhard, 1672. 2 volumes bound as 1. 4to. With a finely engraved frontispiece (an architectural gate with a wide variety of sundials and other astronomical instruments), 16 engraved plates (1 folding) in the first part (that for p. 48 repeated - at the end of vol. 2 - in accordance with the instructions to the binder), and numerous mathematical illustrations and figures on 13 folding engraved plates lettered A-N in the second part. Contemporary parchment.
WELPER, Eberhard the elder. · 1590 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€4,250.00 ($4,684.38 | £3,545.12 | ¥748,124)
[12], 88; 74, [2] pp.Rare second edition (1st issue, in 2 volumes), extensively revised and enlarged, of a mathematical study of the construction of sundials, by Eberhard Welper the elder (1590-1664), first published in 1625 and here with useful additional observations and enlar…
Kleine Schriften. Ein Beytrag zur Völker- und Länderkunde, Naturgeschichte und Philosophie des Lebens.Leipzig, Paul Gotthelf Kummer [volume 1]; Berlin, Vossische Buchhandlung [volumes 2-6], 1789-1797. 6 volumes. 8vo. With 2 folding engraved maps and 20 engraved plates (2 folding). Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spines.
Kleine Schriften. Ein Beytrag zur Völker- und Länderkunde, Naturgeschichte und Philosophie des Lebens.Leipzig, Paul Gotthelf Kummer [volume 1]; Berlin, Vossische Buchhandlung [volumes 2-6], 1789-1797. 6 volumes. 8vo. With 2 folding engraved maps and 20 engraved plates (2 folding). Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spines.
FORSTER, Georg. · 1754 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
[12], 464; [8], 380; [6], “362” [=378]; [8], 407; [8], 435, [3]; [8], 418 pp.First edition of the collected miscellaneous writings of Georg Forster (1754-1794), parts previously published elsewhere, parts published here for the first time. Forster's fame was instantly establishe…
Lof der medicine, ofte genees-konste.[Dordrecht, Hendrick van Esch, 1642?]. Small 8vo. With Van Esch's woodcut Maid of Dordrecht device on the title-page, a woodcut tail-piece, a woodcut factotum and 2 woodcut decorative initials. Wrappers (ca. 1800?) made from laid paper coloured green and glazed on the outer surface.
Lof der medicine, ofte genees-konste.[Dordrecht, Hendrick van Esch, 1642?]. Small 8vo. With Van Esch's woodcut Maid of Dordrecht device on the title-page, a woodcut tail-piece, a woodcut factotum and 2 woodcut decorative initials. Wrappers (ca. 1800?) made from laid paper coloured green and glazed on the outer surface.
[BEVERWIJCK, Jan van]. · 1594 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
152 pp.Second edition of an interesting medical work by Jan van Beverwijck, in Latin Beverovicus, (1594-1647), a Dutch translation of his Medicinae encomium, Dordrecht, 1633, in praise of medicine, first translated into Dutch for a 1635 folio edition, printed and published by Va…
Mémoire sur l'origine des constellations, et sur l'explication de la fable, par le moyen de l'astronomie.Paris, widow Desaint, 1781. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page. Contemporary cat's paw calf, gold-tooled spine.
Mémoire sur l'origine des constellations, et sur l'explication de la fable, par le moyen de l'astronomie.Paris, widow Desaint, 1781. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page. Contemporary cat's paw calf, gold-tooled spine.
DUPUIS, Charles-François. · 1736 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€4,000.00 ($4,408.83 | £3,336.58 | ¥704,117)
228 pp.First separate edition of an erudite treatise on the astronomical foundations of religion and mythology. In the late 18th century, the notion of a common origin of all religions had become popular among French Enlightenment radicals, thereby challenging the Church's claim…
Voyage au Sénégal, ou mémoires historiques, philosophiques et politiques sur les découvertes, les établissemens et le commerce des Européens dans les mers de l'Océan Atlantique, depuis le Cap-Blanc jusqu'à la rivière de Serre-Lionne inclusivement; suivis de la relation d'un voyage par terre de l'île Saint-Louis à Galam, et du texte arabe de trois traités de commerce faits par l'auteur avec les princes de pays.Paris, Henri Agasse, 1802. 2 volumes (1 text and 1 atlas). 4to. Atlas with an engraved portrait of Léonard Durand, 16 double-page engraved maps (mostly folding) and 27 engraved plates. Modern dark green half morocco, gold-tooled spine, upper edges gilt.
Voyage au Sénégal, ou mémoires historiques, philosophiques et politiques sur les découvertes, les établissemens et le commerce des Européens dans les mers de l'Océan Atlantique, depuis le Cap-Blanc jusqu'à la rivière de Serre-Lionne inclusivement; suivis de la relation d'un voyage par terre de l'île Saint-Louis à Galam, et du texte arabe de trois traités de commerce faits par l'auteur avec les princes de pays.Paris, Henri Agasse, 1802. 2 volumes (1 text and 1 atlas). 4to. Atlas with an engraved portrait of Léonard Durand, 16 double-page engraved maps (mostly folding) and 27 engraved plates. Modern dark green half morocco, gold-tooled spine, upper edges gilt.
DURAND, Jean-Baptiste-Léonard. · 1742 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€6,500.00 ($7,164.35 | £5,421.94 | ¥1,144,190)
[4], XXXII, 420; VIII, [4], 68 [1 blank] pp.Attractive copy of the first edition, in the original French, of an account of the 15-month commercial expedition to Senegal and Sierra-Leone, initiated by the French African Company and led by Jean-Baptiste-Léonard Durand (1742-1812).…
Piae precationes ad missas devote celebrandas, et sacrosanctam eucharistiam sumendam. Cum variis orationibus ex bonis & probatis authoribus collectis. Rome, Aloysius Zannettus, 1604. 8vo. With a woodcut title page and some ornamented woodcut initials in the text. Contemporary richly gold-tooled brown morocco, with gauffered edges.
Piae precationes ad missas devote celebrandas, et sacrosanctam eucharistiam sumendam. Cum variis orationibus ex bonis & probatis authoribus collectis. Rome, Aloysius Zannettus, 1604. 8vo. With a woodcut title page and some ornamented woodcut initials in the text. Contemporary richly gold-tooled brown morocco, with gauffered edges.
[PRAYER BOOK]. · 1609 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€27,500.00 ($30,310.69 | £22,938.99 | ¥4,840,804)
272 pp.Very rare copy of probably the first edition of this collection of prayers to be said before and after Mass. Later editions were published in 1609 and 1621.The magnificent baroque binding is of Roman design and can be attributed to the Soresini atelier. It is executed in …
Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. De la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l'embouchure & le cours de la riviere de Missicipi, nommée à présent la rivière de Saint Louis, que traverse la Louisiane. Où on voit l'histoire tragique de sa mort, & plusieurs choses curieuses du nouveau monde.Paris, Estienne Robinot, 1713. 12mo. With a large folding engraved map. Contemporary calf.
Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. De la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l'embouchure & le cours de la riviere de Missicipi, nommée à présent la rivière de Saint Louis, que traverse la Louisiane. Où on voit l'histoire tragique de sa mort, & plusieurs choses curieuses du nouveau monde.Paris, Estienne Robinot, 1713. 12mo. With a large folding engraved map. Contemporary calf.
JOUTEL, Henri (Monsieur DE MICHEL, ed.). · 1687 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€10,000.00 ($11,022.07 | £8,341.45 | ¥1,760,292)
XXXIV, 386 pp.Extremely rare first edition of the journal of the last voyage made by De La Salle to America and the Gulf of Mexico to explore the Mississippi River and Louisiana. The expedition turned out tragically, for De La Salle was murdered by his own men during the journey…
Nieuwe gedichten. Sonder rym, naa de Griexe en Latynse dicht-maten, op allerhande soorten van verssen, ingestelt. Noit voor desen in Neder-duits gesien, noch gebruiklik.Harderwijk, Joannes Toll, 1656. Oblong 4to. With woodcut of King David playing his harp on the title page, a fine engraved frontispiece with an open music book below the title in centre, which is flanked by King David playing his harp and Horace playing his lyre, each on a pedestal, with a white swan above and publisher's address below. Contemporary mottled calf.
Nieuwe gedichten. Sonder rym, naa de Griexe en Latynse dicht-maten, op allerhande soorten van verssen, ingestelt. Noit voor desen in Neder-duits gesien, noch gebruiklik.Harderwijk, Joannes Toll, 1656. Oblong 4to. With woodcut of King David playing his harp on the title page, a fine engraved frontispiece with an open music book below the title in centre, which is flanked by King David playing his harp and Horace playing his lyre, each on a pedestal, with a white swan above and publisher's address below. Contemporary mottled calf.
GODDAEUS, Conrad. · 1634 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€2,950.00 ($3,251.51 | £2,460.73 | ¥519,286)
[4], 184, [2] pp.Very rare Dutch songbook and an important contribution to Dutch poetic art, with all songs strictly based on classical metrics, and without rhyme. In his dedication to the States of Gelre and Zutphen the author presents his work as the new and perfect form for …
MÔRIAS EGKÔMION. Id est Stultitiae laus. Erasmi Roterodami declamatio. Ad fidem editionis antiquae Frobenii figuris Holbenianis ornata. Cum duabus Erasmi epistolis ad Martinum Dorpium et ad Thomam Morum. Accessit dialogus Epicureus.
ERASMUS. · 1851 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta
€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.73 | ¥14,082)
Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud D. Noothoven van Goor, 1851. XL,233 p.; illustrations in the text, 2 portraits. Half calf. 24 cm (Details: Rebound in antique style. Back with 5 raised bands. Portrait of Erasmus lithographed by H.J. Backer after H. Holbein bound before the titl…
A STATE OF THE EXPEDITION FROM CANADA...
A STATE OF THE EXPEDITION FROM CANADA...
BURGOYNE, Lieutenant-General · 1780 · Charles Agvent
$4,375.00 (€3,969.31 | £3,310.98 | ¥698,714)
London. J. Almon. Second Edition. Modern 3/4 red morocco leather with gilt lettering on the spine (5-1/4" x 8-1/2"), x, [ii], 191, [1], cix pages. HOWES B-968 "aa": "His chief defense against all charges"; LANDE 69; SABIN 9255. Complete with a folding letterpress table and 6 fol…
UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS
UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS
HARRIS, Joel Chandler · 1890 · Charles Agvent
$2,500.00 (€2,268.18 | £1,891.99 | ¥399,265)
New York. D. Appleton and Company. Early Edition. Decorated blue cloth. GROLIER AMERICAN HUNDRED 83. Illustrated with 8 plates and text engravings by Frederick S. Church and James Moser. While not a First Edition (1882), this copy has a wonderful SIGNED AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION on t…
A TOUR PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1795-6, THROUGH THE TAURIDA, OR CRIMEA, THE ANTIENT KINGDOM OF BOSPHORUS, THE ONCE-POWERFUL REPUBLIC OF TAURIC CHERSON and all the other countries of the North Shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the Peace of Kainardgi and Jassy ... Described in a Series of Letters to her Husband, the Editor, Matthew Guthrie...
A TOUR PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1795-6, THROUGH THE TAURIDA, OR CRIMEA, THE ANTIENT KINGDOM OF BOSPHORUS, THE ONCE-POWERFUL REPUBLIC OF TAURIC CHERSON and all the other countries of the North Shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the Peace of Kainardgi and Jassy ... Described in a Series of Letters to her Husband, the Editor, Matthew Guthrie...
GUTHRIE, (Mrs. Maria) · 1802 · Charles Agvent
$625.00 (€567.04 | £473.00 | ¥99,816)
London. T. Cadell, Jun and W. Davies. First Edition. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") in 20th century tan buckram; xxiv, 446, [2] pages. Complete including errata and final ad leaf. Illustrated with a large folding engraved map serving as the frontispiece, a folding plan and view of the er…
TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
FORD, Gerald R · 221969 · Charles Agvent
$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)
Washington. Interesting letter on Office of the Minority Leader stationery thanking the recipient for his letter concerning the attitude of students and teachers towards Nixon's handling of the Vietnam War. In part: "....Too many of our students act without knowing the facts and…
SESAME AND LILIES with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to his Publisher by Ruskin tipped in
SESAME AND LILIES with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to his Publisher by Ruskin tipped in
RUSKIN, John · 1896 · Charles Agvent
$3,125.00 (€2,835.22 | £2,364.99 | ¥499,082)
London. George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington. Eleventh Edition. Full gilt-decorated green morocco by Hatchard, gilt dentelles with marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Ruskin to George Smith tipped in at the front. In full: "I am thoroughly ashamed …