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Zaagmans comptoir almanach op 't Jaer ons Heeren Jesu Christi M.DC.LXXXI. na de Nieuwe en Oude-stijl. Versien met de jaer-marckten, paerde, beeste- en leer-marckten: daer neven een prognosticatie, op alle nieuwe, volle en quartier-maenden. De dagelijkse uuren van des maens op en onder-gangh door Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop, mathematicus. Mitsgaders de vacantien voor den Hove van Hollant in 's Graven-Hage, Utrecht, Vrieslandt, Groeningen, en de Stadt Amsterdam.Amsterdam, Gillis Joosten Zaagman, [1680]. 4to. With the title and calendar printed in red and black, a large woodcut view of the Amsterdam stock-exchange on the title page, 12 large woodcuts in the calendar (1 for each month, depicting the main activities practised during this month), a small woodcut of an eclipse and a larger woodcut of a Zodiac man. Contemporary silver-tooled vellum, with on the front a central panel with a maid carrying a lance next to a book (the Bible?) on a column, and on the back a central panel with three drummers, both surrounded by an elaborate large frame block with the coat-of-arms of Holland in the "garden" of the Dutch Republic flanked by the other provincial arms at the top (the arms of the major Dutch cities at the left and right and a view of Amsterdam from the IJ at the bottom).

NIEROP, Dirck Rembrantsz. van. · 1610 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

[16] ll.Extremely rare early edition of the popular Amsterdam almanac, compiled by Dirck Rembrantsz. van Nierop (1610-1682) and published by Gilles Joosten Zaagman, often spelled Saeghman, a famous publisher of almanacs, popular books and prints, active at Amsterdam between 1642…

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…

Pomologia ...Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda, 1758.With:(2) [KNOOP, Johann Hermann]. Fructologia ... Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda and Gerrit Tresling, 1763.(3) [KNOOP, Johann Hermann]. Dendrologia ...Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda and Gerrit Tresling, 1763.(4) [KNOOP, Johann Hermann]. Beschryving van de moes- en keuken-tuin ...Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda and Gerrit Tresling, 1769.4 works in 2 volumes. (1-3 together, 4 separate). Folio. With all 4 title-pages with an ornamental woodcut frame printed in red. Ad 1 with an engraved coat-of-arms at the start of the dedication and 20 hand-coloured full-page engraved plates depicting apples (numbered 1-12) and pears (numbered 1-8), woodcut decorated initials and ornamental woodcut tail pieces. Ad 2 with 19 hand-coloured full-page engraved plates with illustrations of peaches, plums, cherries, berries, etc., 1 woodcut decorated initial, and ornamental woodcut tail pieces. Ads 3 and 4 with woodcut decorated initials and ornamental woodcut tail pieces. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine with (remnants) of title labels lettered in gold, brown sprinkled paper sides.

KNOOP, Johann Hermann. · 1700 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[1], [1 blank], [2], 86, [1], [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], [2], 132; [1], [1 blank], [2], 168, [4]; [1], [1 blank], 235, [1 blank] pp.First editions of four major Dutch works on the planting and cultivating of trees, the first two works on fruit trees for the kitchen garden, the t…

Digestorum seu Pandectarum libri quinquaginta ex Florentinis Pandectis repraesentati.

JUSTINIANUS I. - TORELLI, Lelio & Francesco · 1553 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

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

Full-Leather: Very Good, 41,5 x 27,5 cm, [56]-1/487-[1 bl.], 489/1018 [= 1016], 1019/1666 [= 1664]-[16], Latin, 1st Edition, 3 volumes, illustrations, book condition: Very Good (Law - Rome) - Fifty books of the Digest or Pandects represented from the Florentine Pandects. Florenc…

Caii Valerii Flacci Argonautica. Ioan. Baptistae Pii carmen ex quarto Argonauticon Apollonii. Orphei Argonautica, innominato interprete.

VALERIUS FLACCUS. · 1548 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€650.00 ($716.42 | £542.27 | ¥114,403)

Lyon (Lugduni), Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1548. 16mo. 308,(1 colophon),(1 blank) p. Limp vellum 11.5 cm (Ref: USTC 149936; Schweiger 2,1099, incorrect (See note): 'Nachdruck der Strassb. Ausg. Die Vorrede der Aldine u. die des Engentinus sind mit abgedr.'; Graesse 6/2 241; Ebert 23…

P. Papinii Statii Opera ex recensione et cum notis I. Frederici Gronovii.

STATIUS. · 1653 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Amsterdam (Amsterodami)., Typis Ludovici Elzevirii, Sumptibus Societatis, 1653. 16mo. (VIII),424 p. Overlapping vellum 12 cm (Ref: This edition is 'the most significant stage in the evolution of the printed text of the Thebaid before the late nineteenth century.' (Berlincourt, …

PINDAROU OLUMPIA, PUTHIA, NEMEA, ISTHMIA. Pindari Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia.

PINDARUS. · 1590 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€385.00 ($424.34 | £321.19 | ¥67,762)

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex officina Plantiniana, Apud Franciscum Raphalengium, 1590. 8vo. (XVI),246,(4 blank) p. Vellum. 16 cm (Ref: Hoffmann 3,98; Graesse 5,294; Ebert 16858) (Details: Woodcut printer's mark on the title, it depicts a hand that comes out of a cloud, and d…

ARCHIVE OF TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs) with Fine Content to Frank Holme with Material from the Bandar Log Press

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] · Charles Agvent

$11,875.00 (€10,774.08 | £8,988.45 | ¥1,896,284)

Riverdale on the Hudson and New York City. Archive of 6 pieces including two AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED with excellent content, one letter referencing a famous passage of his and the other a poignant unpublished letter pertaining to his wife Olivia who had died the previous month.…

1877–1883 Cuban Emancipation Archive: Two Complete Expedientes Demonstrating Coartación and Patronato Pathways to Freedom, Including Afro-Cuban and Chinese Legal Intersections

CUBAN OFFICIALS, CUBAN GOVERNMENT · 1882 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$9,425.00 (€8,551.22 | £7,133.99 | ¥1,505,051)

Cuba, Havana, Matanzas. Non-Book. On offer is a complete paired archive of two Cuban administrative expedientes documenting emancipation through distinct legal mechanisms in the final years of slavery. Together, the files preserve the two principal and contrasting routes to free…

[Japanese Ephemera Collection] ?18??-19??????????????????????????????????

EPHEMERA · 1956 · Boston Book Company

$850.00 (€771.20 | £643.38 | ¥135,734)

[Japanese Ephemera Collection] ?18??-19?????????????????????????????????? 19th - 20th century 125 pieces in a black ring binder. Photos, cards, maps etc. 19th - 20th century. Mostly for Western tourists, this collection includes hotel luggage labels and tags in various shapes an…

1881 Diary of the Wealthy Wife of an Entrepreneur and Politician in Spencer, Massachusetts Who Wants for Nothing, Travels and Became Known As the “Oldest Person in Spencer”

LUCRETIA HOWE (POPE) UPHAM · 1881 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,255.99 (€2,046.84 | £1,707.61 | ¥360,252)

Spencer, Massachusetts, New York City, New York, 1881. Softcover. On offer is a splendid 19th century diary, kept by a middle-aged woman born into the Massachusetts Pope family and married to a successful wool manufacturer and member of the Spencer, MA town council. Our author i…

1936-40 Manuscript Diary of a Rutland, Vermont Grandmother Who Is the Wife of the Town’S Creamery Owner

EVA B. LAMPHERE · 1940 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$729.99 (€662.31 | £552.55 | ¥116,570)

West Rutland, Vermont, 1940s. Hardcover. On offer is an excellent 5-year diary from New England focused on the daily life of a middle class, middle aged woman and those in her circle. The diary belonged to Eva Jane Bassett Lamphere (1886-1975) to parents Jane Pullen and Wellingt…

1868 Handwritten Manuscript Diary of a Post CIVIL War Era Akron Ohio Woman

MRS. EMILY A MOULTON · 1868 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$965.99 (€876.43 | £731.18 | ¥154,256)

AKRON OHIO OH, 1868. . On offer is the original handwritten 1868 manuscript diary that originally belonged to Mrs. Emily A. Moulton somewhere near Akron Ohio. Historians and collectors of the post-Civil War era will find this diary a treasure trove full of great entries that dep…

The Old Yellow Book: Source of Browning's the Ring and the Book

Hodell, Charles W. · 1916 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1916. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. No copies available on-line currently of this stated Second Edition. Author published the long article in a March 1908 issue of The Atlantic (!) about this item and …

1875 Personal French Letters by Cavalry Officer of the Legion of Honour

COLONEL LOUIS II DE LABROUSSE · 1875 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$109.99 (€99.79 | £83.25 | ¥17,564)

10th Dragoons Regiment, 1875. Ephemera. On offer are two interesting pieces of correspondence from the commanding officer of a 200 year old French cavalry regiment. The letters were both written in 1875 by Colonel Labrousse, the commanding officer of the 10th Dragoons Regiment. …

Lucius Sergius Catilina. History and Tradition

Pawe? Madejski, Dariusz S?apek (eds) · 2026 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€79.50 ($87.62 | £66.32 | ¥13,992)

, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, 276 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:10 col., Languages: English, French, German. ISBN 9782503623900. Summary One of the most controversial figures in world history, Lucius Sergius Catilina has been portrayed both as an archetypal villain and a…

ISE: Prototype of Japanese Architecture

Tange, Kenzo; Kawazoe, Noboru; Photographs: Watanabe, Yoshi · 1965 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

Book Good Dust Jacket Included The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket - as issued).; 27.5 x 28.5 cm. 1.8 kg.; 212 pages with black and white illustrations, including two fold outs.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interi…

Vergeltungswaffen the Third Reichs V-Missiles: Then and Now

Jean Paul Pallud · 2024 · Winkles Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Book New New After the Battle Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Whether it is their innovative technical development or the Nazi propaganda harping them as revolutionary wonder weapons, readers interested in World War II find the research on 'German secret weapons' very interes…

The Allied Air Campaign Against Hitler's U-Boats: Victory in the Battle of the Atlantic

Timothy S. Good · 2021 · Winkles Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book New New Frontline Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall No weapon platform sank more U-boats in the Second World War than the Allied aircraft. Whether it was an American 'plane operating from American escort carriers, US aircraft from Royal Air Force bases, or British aircraft …

The Anne Boleyn Bible

Mickey Mayhew · 2023 · Winkles Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Book New New 1st Edition Pen & Sword History Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Anne Boleyn sells, but she sells in segments; a biography here, a study over there on her guilt and something else yonder concerned with where she lived or what she liked to wear. This book, covering…