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Tranen. / Gestort over het droevig overlyden van den Manhafte en Godsalige Zee-heldt, / Marten Harpertsz Tromp, /Christelijck in den Heer ontslapen, / den 10 Augustus1653./

TROMP.- TERINCK, J.- Lijkdicht.- 1653.- · 1653 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

€425.00 ($468.41 | £354.57 | ¥74,799)

Amsterdam, Voor Zacharias Webber, Boeck-verkooper in de Huys-zitten-steeg, in de Hebreeusche Bybel, 1653. Folio. Meas. appr. 34 x 43cm. Evidence of multiple folds. [2 horizontal, 2 vertical]. Possibly the sheet was part of or inserted in an 8vo or small 4to book. A small tear to…

De gli habiti antichi, et moderni di diverse parti del mondo, libri due, ..., & con discorsi da lui dichiarati.Venice, Damiano Zenaro, 1590. 8vo (19 x 12 x 4.5 cm). With an elaborately decorated woodcut scrollwork border on the title page (incorporating 4 costume figures for the 4 continents, Zenaro’s salamander device and the coat of arms of the dedicatee, Count Pietro Montalbano), a divisional title with a 4-piece woodcut border, an emblematic woodcut medallion, 5 full-page woodcut views of Venice, 413 full-page woodcut costume figures from around the world (each in a 4-piece woodcut border), ca. 35 woodcut decorated initials plus hundreds of repeats (3 series, the main one covering nearly the complete alphabet with a few letters in more than one version). 19th-century gold-tooled red morocco (Paris, ca. 1865), signed in the front turn-in “HARDY-MENNIL”, each board with the crowned and supported arms of the Prince d’Essling above crossed branches (oak and palm) in the centre and a stylised flower (thistle? Queen Anne’s lace?), the monogram "AM" (for André Masséna, Prince d’Essling).

VECELLIO, Cesare. · 1664 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€15,000.00 ($16,531.98 | £12,514.17 | ¥2,639,950)

[24], 499, [1 blank] ll.First edition, in the original Italian, of a famous early work on ancient and modern costumes, with hundred of woodcuts. This edition shows the fine woodcuts at their freshest, revealing many details of the costumes. The third edition (1664) attributes th…

How to Strengthen the Memory: Or Natural & Scientific Methods of Never Forgetting

M. L. HOLBROOK, M.D., · 2006 · Sacred Science Institute

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Sacred Science Institute, 2006. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt, No Jacket, New. ¶ Exact Facsimile Reprint of Original Edition Published: 1886. Another of favorite from the 1800's which covers not only techniques and systems of memory, but dev…

The Tarot: A Contemporary Course of the Quintessence of Hermetic Occultism

MOUNI SADHU., · 2006 · Sacred Science Institute

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Sacred Science Institute, 2006. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt, No Jacket, New. ¶ Exact Facsimile Reprint of Original Edition Published: 1962. 495p. Considered one of the best works on the Tarot and it Hermetic interpretation, with a detailed…

C. 1820 the History of Giles Gingerbread, a Little Boy Who Lived Upon Learning C. 1835 the First Set of Catechisms and Prayers: Or, the Religion of Little Children, Under Seven or Eight Years of Age

Tom Trip; Isaac Watts · 1820 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

York; Derby, J. Kendrew; Thomas Richardson, c.1820 - 1835. First edition. Paperback. Two lovely pocket-sized nineteenth-century children's works, adorned with various woodcut illustrations. Two pocket-sized children's works in the original paper wraps. Catechisms is …

The Training and Work of an Initiate

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.42 | ¥84,383)

London, Rider & Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Dion Fortune's guide to esoteric initiation, an 'essential book for all true students of Occultism&apos. The first edition of this work.Dion Fortune was the co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner …

Abriss der practischen Astronomie, vorzüglich in ihrer Anwendung auf geographische Ortsbestimmung. [Einbändige Ausgabe]. Nach der zweiten russischen Original-Ausgabe unter Mitwirkung des Verfassers neu herausgegeben von Dr. C.F.W. Peters, Observator der Sternwarte und Privatdocenten an der Universität in Kiel.

Sawitsch, A. [Savic, Alexei N.]. · 1879 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€150.00 ($165.32 | £125.14 | ¥26,400)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Mauke, 1879. XVI, 848 S. Mit 6 lithograph. Falt-Tafeln. 22 cm. HLdr d. Zeit mit goldgeprägt. Rückentitel. [Prilozenie prakticeskoj astronomii k geograficeskomu opredeleniju mest, (dt.)]. - Der russische Astronom Alexei N. Savic (1810-1883) verfaßte den Abriß al…

At home with the templetons

McInerney, Monica · 2011 · De Boekentuin Alkmaar

€14.90 ($16.42 | £12.43 | ¥2,622)

Pan Books, Redelijk goede staat, slappe kaft, 2011, 600 blz., sticker/stickerrest op voorkant, leesvouwen in rug, Samenvatting When the Templeton family takes up residence in an imposing and long-empty manor in the countryside of Victoria, Australia, the locals begin to buzz wit…

The ABC's of ABC Ware

Shipkowitz, Davida (and) Irving Shipkowitz · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2002. Hardcover. A black casebound book with the title printed in gray lettering. There is a glossy dust jacket with the title printed in black down a pale peach spine. The front cover features nine small color photographs under the printed t…

Wogan's Improved Universal Spelling Book; or a New and Easy Guide to the English Language. Or, a New and Easy Guide to the English Language: Containing 1. Tables of Useful Words. 2. An Easy and Improved Guide to English Grammar, 3. Tables of the Principal Parts of Speech, 4. A Variety of Select Alphabetical...

FENNING, Daniel. · 1846 · Marijana Dworski Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London, Dublin and Derby, Thomas Richardson. Printed by Richardson and Son, Derby, 1846. Derby edition. Not dated new edition. May be 1846 (see COPAC). Wogan was a Dublin publisher at the time, Richardson published in London and Derby. Original publisher's speckled paper-covered…

Manuscript & Inscription Letters for Schools and Classes & for the use of Craftsman. With five plates by Eric Gill.

ERIC GILL. Edward Johnston. · 1909 · Clearwater Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.53 | ¥105,478)

John Hogg, London, 1st Edition, First edition. A folding portfolio with a linen spine and lettered paper-covered sides. The binding ties complete and in situ. Sixteen loose-leaved sheets of card, printed on one side only and measuring 31.5cm x 25cm, five of which are by Gill, th…

Bibliografski iztocnici za istorijata na Turcija i Balgarija [Bulgarija]. Sources bibliographiques sur l'histoire de la Turquie et de la Bulgarie. Avec une préface en Français, I-IV. [FOUR VOLUMES].

Michoff, N. V. [Nikolaei Nikola Vasilev Mikhov Michov]. · 1914 · Librarium of The Hague

€240.00 ($264.51 | £200.23 | ¥42,239)

Sofija, Bulgarska Akademia na naukite; Sofia, Académie Bulgare des Sciences, 1914-1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Four volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. 119; 133; vii, 166; xiv, 223, (1) errata. Extended indices. HARDCOV…

First Printings of American Authors: Contributions Toward Descriptive Checklists, Volume 1, 2, 3, 4

Bruccoli, Matthew J. and C.E. Frazer Clark, Jr., eds. · 1979 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$148.00 (€134.29 | £112.03 | ¥23,634)

Detroit, Michigan, Gale Research Company, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volumes, four of them. An indispensable collection of four of the five volumes of the influential compendium of American authors and first edition, fir…

EMBROIDERY SAMPLER COMMEMORATING WWII SERVICE In The ARMY NURSE CORPS

[20th C. American Folk Art]. Baily, Ethel Davis [1913 - 2014] · 1940 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$874.50 (€793.46 | £661.97 | ¥139,647)

West Chester, Pennsylvania: . Ca late 1940s. Sampler made weavy tan burlap backing, with embroidery in blue, red, green white and tan, now housed in a glass-covered simple brown wooden frame. NB. Not examined out of the frame. Framed: 15-3/4" x 15-1/4". Sampler [visible]: 14-7/8…

Journal of Celtic Studies 1-2 (1949/1950 & 1953/1958) [rpt],

N/A; · 2005 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.89 | ¥9,680)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2005 Paperback, XII+508 pages ., 160 x 240 mm .Languages : English. ISBN 9782503515724. The Journal of Celtic Studies was founded by Professor Howard Maxwell Meroney: its first issue appeared in 1949 and rapidly gave the new publication a distinctive character…

Flower Fairies of the Spring

Cicely Mary Barker · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, c1934. Hardback. A beautiful volume of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairy poems and colourful illustrations, in the original dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Cicely Mary Barker's lovely volume of spring themed poems, in…

Songs of the Press, and Other Poems Relative to the Art of Printing

Various [ed. by Thomas Rae] · 1983 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Greenock, Black Pennell Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition book of verse celebrating the printing press and the printers who use them, printed on Van Gelder mouldmade paper. The first edition of Songs of the Press, and Other Poems Relative to the Art of …

Encyclopaedia Britannica

1768 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Edinburgh, A. Bell & C. Macfarquhar, c1970 . Leather. A smart three volume set of this facsimile of the original edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with illustrations. Complete in three volumes. A facsimile set of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, initiall…

Exotic Alphabets and Ornament

Rowe, William · 1974 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€13.00 ($14.33 | £10.85 | ¥2,288)

Dover Publications, 1974 Paperback. 72 pages. Text in English. Signature on front endpaper, otherwise as new. Florals, fungi, insects and exotics, both organic and geometric, have been brought together in this new book by modern artist and designer William Rowe. Seventy-two plat…

A Dictionary of the Natural History of the Bible; or a Description of all the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Tress, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones. UNIQUE COPY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ARMORIAL BINDING

HARRIS Thaddeus Mason · 1833 · Island Books

£420.00 (€503.43 | $554.85 | ¥88,602)

Printed for T T and J Tegg, No. 73 Cheapside [and others in Glasgow and Dublin], 1833. 12mo., text in double-column, with engraved title-vignette and very numerous fine woodcut illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in black full roan, sides with debossed multiple frame bo…