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Travels in Luristan and Arabistan.Including: BODE, Clement Augustus de. Observations on the march of Timur ... and on the probable course pursued by Alexander the Great, on his expedition from Susa to Persepolis.London, J. Madden and Co., 1845. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a wood-engraved illustration on the title-page to each volume, 15 plates, 2 folding engraved maps and 3 wood-engraved illustrations in text. The 15 plates (4 tinted lithographs and 11 wood engravings) consists of 2 frontispieces, a folding plate, a double-page plate and 11 single-page plates. Modern half calf, marbled (Period Binders, Bath, England).

BODE, Clement Augustus de. · 1841 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

XX, 404; XII, 398, [1], [1 blank] pp.First edition of an important travelogue on Persia, giving detailed accounts of its history, antiquities and archaeological sites. It was written by Clement August de Bode, member of the Russian legislation at Tehran"The author travelled in 1…

Metropolis Remensis historia ... [Title of vol. 2:] Metropolis Remensis historia. Sive supplementum Frodoardi, ab anno CMLXX. ...Lille, Nicolas de Rache, 1666 (volume 1) & Reims, Protasius Lelorain, 1679 (volume 2). 2 volumes. Folio. With woodcut vignettes on the title pages, volume 1 with a full-page engraving and 6 half-page engravings. Further with woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. Volume 1: gold-tooled calf (dated 1740), each board with the coat-of-arms of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI; volume 2: contemporary mottled calf.

MARLOT, Guillaume (& FLODOARDUS REMENSIS). · 1714 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)

[14], 668, [16]; [8], 1-754, [2], 755-858, [2], 867-886, [28] pp.First edition of an extensive history of Reims by Guillaume Marlot, prior of St. Nicaise of Reims. With leaves inserted in volume 2 (between pp. 754 & 755, and between 858 & 867) updating the list of bishops with a…

Perspectiva, das ist kunst des absehens und augenmases ...Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, 1628. Folio. With an engraved title page, 80 engraved plates consisting of 275 illustrations signed by Hondius in the first leaf, and woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. Contemporary overlapping vellum, blue edges.

MAROLOIS, Samuel. · 1572 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[1], [1 blank], 95, [1 blank] pp.Rare first German edition of the richly illustrated and intellectually ambitious work by Samuel Marolois (ca. 1572-1627), standing at the intersection of art, mathematics, and applied science in the early seventeenth century. Marolois was a milit…

Il Decamerone nuovamente corretto et con diligentia stampato.Florence, Heirs of Filippo Giunta, "14 April 1527" [= 1729]. 4to. With a woodcut device on the title page and the final leaf. 18th-century vellum.

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. · 1729 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

[7], [1 blank], 284 ll.A rare celebrated typographical facsimile of the so-called “Ventisettana”, widely regarded as the finest early edition of Il Decamerone. Produced in Venice in 1729 in a strictly limited edition of approximately 300 copies, many of which were reportedly des…

De seditionibus libri sex, rationibus et exemplis ex omni doctrinarum et authorum genere locupletati... Ioannis Cochlaei de seditionibus Appendix triplex, contra quosdam rebelles huius temporis. Mainz, Franz Behem, 1550. Folio (ca. 30.8 x 20 cm). With Behem’s large woodcut device on the final leaf, made by Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, as indicated by his “HS” monogram, and with decorated woodcut initials throughout. Late 17th- or early 18th-century gold-tooled calf.

BRAUN, Konrad, and Johannes COCHLAEUS (editor). · 1491 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)

[20], 355, [1] pp.First edition of a significant work on rebellion and political order by the German jurist Konrad Braun (1491-1563). This substantial treatise examines the phenomenon of sedition and revolt in 6 books, addressing their nature, causes, consequences, remedies, pun…

[Drop title:] Con fecha 19 del actual me dice el Escmo Sr. ministro de Estado y de relaciones interiores y esteriores lo que sigue.Mexico, 26 October 1822. Ca. 22 x 16 cm.

[CIRCULAR - FIRST MEXICAN EMPIRE - José Antonio de ECHÁVARRI]. · 1783 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[3], [1 blank] pp.Rare printed circular documenting the first significant armed resistance to Emperor Agustín de Iturbide (1783-1824), the inaugural ruler of independent Mexico. The uprising occurred on September 26, 1822, in Nuevo Santander (present-day Tamaulipas), led by Colo…

Afbeeldinge der voornaemste gezichten van Duinrel gediestig opgedragen door zyn hoog-edels onderdanigen dienaer.[Amsterdam], Pieter Schenk, [ca. 1720]. Oblong royal 4to (ca. 23 x 28.5 cm). With an engraved dedication also serving as a title-page, and 16 numbered engraved views (15 x 18.5 cm). Modern half sheepskin parchment.

SCHENK, Pieter. · 1702 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[17] ll.A complete set of 16 numbered views of the magnificent buildings, gardens, and woods of Cornelis de Jonge van Ellemeet's "Duinrel" estate near Wassenaar. Like the other great Dutch estates of the 17th century, it included gardens, fountains, mazes, and pavilions, but it …

Notes on Acre and some of the coast defences of Syria.London, John Weale, 1843. Large 4to (23.5 x 28 cm). With a general engraved frontispiece, 60 plates (52 numbered plates plus plate XLIV* and 7 unnumbered plates; comprising of 1 folding double page plate, 48 double page plates, and 11 full-page plates). Plates VI-IX belong to the "Notes on Acre" article. Part of: Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Contemporary half black cloth.

ALDERSON, Ralph Carr. · 1799 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,800.00 ($3,086.11 | £2,335.94 | ¥492,812)

XI, [1], 220 pp. [Notes on Acre on pp. 19-62].A detailed and illustrated record of British and French attacks on Acre (Akko), Jaffa, and Gaza from 1799 to 1840. Written by Ralph Carr Alderson (d. 1849), a lieutenant-colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers who had recently visite…

Kort begryp van de genees ende heel-konst.Amsterdam, widow of Jacob Theunisz Lootsman, 1661. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary overlapping vellum.

PIGRAY, Pierre and Pieter Rutgersz. VAN NIEUSTADT (translator). · 1532 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[12], 450, [10] pp.Very rare corrected and enlarged edition of the translation into Dutch of this medical manual by Pierre Pigray (Petrus Pigraeus, ca. 1532-1613). Only one other copy has been recorded in institutions, which lacks the title page, which is why the present edition…

A syllabic dictionary of the Chinese language, arranged according to the Wu-fang yuen yin, with the pronunciation of the characters as heard in Peking, Canton, Amoy and Shanghai. Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1874. 4to. With a lithographic title page in Chinese, and a letterpress title page in English. The introduction is printed in 2 columns, and the dictionary in 3. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco.

WILLIAMS, Samuel Wells. · 1815 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

LXXXIV-1252 pp.First edition of a monumental Chinese-English dictionary, the first one of this scale by an American sinologist. It consists of 12.572 characters, arranged under 10.940 headword characters, classified alphabetically under 522 syllables, and includes the pronunciat…

Remarks on the Pearl Oyster Beds in the Persian Gulf. [In:] The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1865 to December 1867. Volume XVIII.Bombay, printed at the Education Society’s Press, Byculla, 1868. 8vo (14.5 x 21.7 cm). With 5 folding maps, including 3 hand-coloured, and an illustration in the text. Contemporary half green calf and marbled paper over boards.

PELLY, Lewis · 1825 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

16, cxiii, [1 blank], 117 pp. [The article: pp. 32-35].An early and valuable study of the pearl fisheries along the Arabian Coast by the British political officer Lewis Pelly (1825-92). The article covers the locations of the most fruitful beds at Bahrain, right of access, appro…

Abda' ma-kan fi suwar Salatin Al 'Uthman. Album des souverains Ottomans édité par Selim Faris Effendy.Istanbul and Leipzig, Matba'at al-Jawaib and Carl Garte, [1885]. Ca. 22 x 16 cm. With 34 lithographed portraits, a lithographed title and an index. Contemporary grey decorated boards, with the title lettered in gold on both boards, gold edges, decorated endpapers.

AL-SHIDYAQ, Selim Faris Effendy (editor). · 1876 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)

[36] ll.First edition of a series of portraits of all thirty-four Sultans that ruled the Ottoman Empire before the end of the 19th century. They are presented in chronological order from Osman I (r. ca. 1299-ca. 1324), the very first Sultan, to Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876-1909). Eac…

D.O.M.A. Alchymia ... recognita, emendata, et aucta, tum dogmatibus & experimentis non-nullis ...Frankfurt am Main, printed by Johannes Saur for Peter Kopf, "1506" [= 1606]. 3 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved title page, ca. 200 woodcut illustrations (3 full-page, the others in the text), a woodcut printer's device on the divisional title pages of parts 2 and 3, numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces, and woodcut decorated initials. Modern blind-tooled speckled brown calf.

LIBAVIUS, Andreas. · 1555 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

[20], "196" [= 176], [12]; [10], 402; 192, [8] pp.Second enlarged edition of the first systematic chemistry textbook, richly illustrated with nearly 200 woodcut illustrations. It was written by Andreas Libavius (ca. 1555-1616), one of the founders of chemical analysis, and is hi…

[Cover title:] Persian Gulf Command. Iran.[Ca. 1943-1945]. Ca. 32.5 x 26 cm. With 150 gelatin silver photographs (various sizes). Contemporary embossed brown cloth, with the title embossed in silver on the front board, and the green shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf Command embedded in the front board

[PERSIAN GULF COMMAND]. STEFANO, John (compiler/ photographer). · 1943 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[16], [11 blank] ll.Unusual military photo album with 150 photographs of the activities of the Persian Gulf Command (PGC) at the base in Andimeshk, Iran. The PGC was a branch of the United States Army established to facilitate the supply of material from the U.S. Lend-Lease pro…

The stars of high velocity. Proefschrift ter verkrijging van den graad van doctor in de wis- en natuurkunde aan de Rijks-Universiteit te Groningen...Groningen, Gebroeders Hoitsema, 1926. Folio. With 12 figures, illustrating star velocity, and 30 tables (only 27 are numbered). Original grey paper wrappers, with the title and name of the author printed on the front wrapper and the spine, in a protective semi-opaque coated paper dust jacket.

OORT, Jan Hendrik. · 1900 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)

[8], 75, [1], [1 slip-in leaf with theses] pp.Rare doctoral thesis by one of the greatest astronomers of the 20th century. The work discusses high velocity stars in the Milky Way. It shows that asymmetry in stellar motions is restricted to high velocity stars and that the highes…

Beginselen van de algebra, uytgewerkt door M. Jansen.[The Netherlands?], 1765 (29 November 1763-5 July 1765). Folio (ca. 32 x 21 cm). With a calligraphed title page, the text in the rest of the manuscript is neatly written within a reddish brown ruled border, with calligraphed headings. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.

[VENEMA, Pieter] and M. JANSEN. · 1756 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)

[2], 311, [50 blank] pp.Beautifully calligraphed manuscript version of a well-known 18th-century Dutch algebra textbook. It is likely based on the third edition of Een kort en klare onderwysinge in de beginselen van de Algebra ofte Stelkonst (1756) by Pieter Venema (d. 1748), bu…

Een boeck vande spoocken ofte nacht-gheesten ...Amsterdam, Jan Evertsz. Cloppenburgh, 1610. 8vo. With an oval woodcut vignette on the title page, a large 8-line woodcut decorated initial at the start of the preface and smaller woodcut decorated initials throughout. Contemporary vellum, sewn on three tapes laced through the joints, with the manuscript title and a precious shelfmark(?) in brown ink on the spine, red edges.

LAVATER, Ludwig and Sibrandus VOMELIUS (translator). · 1570 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)

[1], [1 blank], [14], 287, [1 blank], [8] pp.The first Dutch translation of Ludwig Lavater's De Spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, first published in Geneva in 1570, is an exceptionally rare find with only four other copies known in public libraries and ha…

Vermakelyk wapen-kundig, geographisch, en historisch spel, betreffende de voornaamste heerschende staten in Europa. En dienende om de jonge lieden, inzonderheid die van een meer als gemeene geboorte of educatie zyn, de wapen-kunde, geographie en historie gelyk als speelender wyze te leeren.Amsterdam, David Klippink, 1768. 8vo. With a full-page engraved armorial plate with the coat-of-arms of the British chivalric Order of the Garter with their motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" and small woodcut hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds in a card game in the text. 19th-century brown cloth, yellow endpapers.

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

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

[24], 203, [5] pp.Second and last issue of the rare first and only edition of a heraldic game for young noblemen to learn the heraldry, genealogy, geography and history of the main European kingdoms, duchies, counties, electorates and other states. This was considered very impor…

[Opera]. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius.[colophon:] Venice, the heirs of Aldo I Manuzio & Andrea I Torresano, March 1515. 8vo. With Aldo’s woodcut anker and dolphin device on the title-page and on the verso of the last leaf, each flanked by “AL ... DVS” in letterpress capitals. Set in Aldo’s italic type (with upright capitals), the first italic printing type. Blind-tooled brown goatskin morocco (early 20th-century) by the Paris bookbinder G. Vignal (active ca. 1890-ca. 1930), signed with a blind stamp in the foot of the front turn-in (“G. VIGNAL REL. DOR.”).

CATULLUS, Gaius Valerius; Albius TIBULLUS; Sextus PROPERTIUS (Hieronymus AVANTIUS, ed.). · 1808 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

148, [2] ll.Second Aldine edition of a collection of poems by three of the most important classical poets of the 1st century BCE, writing in the elegiac tradition. The poets Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-55 BCE), Albius Tibullus (55-19 BCE) and Sextus Propertius (50-15 BCE), had a…

Quintus Curtius. [De rebus Alexandri Regis Macedonum libri III-X.]Venice, heirs of Aldo I Manuzio & Andrea I Torresano, July 1520. 8vo. With Aldo’s woodcut anchor and dolphin device on the title-page, repeated on the verso of the otherwise blank last leaf (each with letterpress “AL ... DUS” flanking the device). Set in Aldo’s famous italic (with upright capitals), the world’s first italic printing type, first used in 1501. Richly blind-tooled brown goatskin morocco (early 20th-century with the older bookplate moved to the new paste-down?).

CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus. · 1814 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)

[8], 170, [2] ll.First and only Aldine edition, in the original Latin, of all eight surviving books of Quintus Curtius Rufus's history of Alexander the Great, here with the title-page in its first setting, omitting the “r” in “Curtius”, which has been corrected by stamping an R …