Cerca libri

The Days of My Life: An Autobiography

H. Rider Haggard; C. J. Longman [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this two volume posthumously published autobiography from H. Rider Haggard, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the very scarce publisher&…

A Collection of Studies on British Manufacturers by George Dodd

George Dodd · 1844 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1844-1851. Cloth. Two volumes containing the complete six parts of George Dodd's study of British manufacturing from the mid-nineteenth century. Complete in six parts, bound in two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by George Dodd, an Engl…

The Seasons

James Thomson, [intro. Patrick Murdoch], [ed. by Bolton Corney] · 1842 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. Leather. A charming illustrated edition of Thomson's beautiful poetical cycle on nature, with numerous engraved illustrations from The Etching Club. A charming illustrated edition of The Seasons, the celebrated poetical cycl…

The Age of Revolution: A History of the English Speaking Peoples, Volume 3

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S · 1957 · Bluebird Books

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. Stated First [American] Edition, 1957. Sir Winston Churchill's definitive history of Britain and her language-sharing offspring was begun in the 1930s but had to be delayed until the 1950s as the author was…

Ria Bosman OVERWEGINGEN

Marieke De Maré, Ria Bosman · 2025 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

, Posture Editions, 2025 Hardcover, 160 pages, 210 mm × 297 mm, NL/ENG. *NEW. ISBN 9789491262692. Ria Bosman (b. 1956, Beveren-Waas) is fascinated by colour and material. Her abstract oeuvre encompasses a wide range of works, including sketches and workbooks, works on paper, t…

Tobias Rehberger: Marsage

Tobias Rehberger ; Christiane -Valerie Gerhold ; Karin Uhr , translation : David Shackleton · 2011 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

, Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, 2011 Hardcover, 232 pages; ENG / D, 280 x 215 x 25 mm, wie Neu / as New, illustrated in colours. ISBN 9783093032516. A comprehensive catalog has been published to accompany the exhibition "Tobias Rehberger. marsage" from October 28 to December 9, 2…

Antique print, engraving | Dancing couple, ca. 1550, 1 p.

Virgil Solis (1514-1562), after Jörg Breu II (1510 after-1547) · 1539 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€181.50 ($200.05 | £151.40 | ¥31,949)

A dancing couple; the male figure at left in frontal view, the head in profile to right, his arms akimbo; the female figure at right in three-quarter profile to left, stepping to left.Fifth plate from a series of ten of dancing couples, musicians and drinkers. Loose copies in re…

Image and Logic. A Material Culture of Microphysics

Peter Galison 196345 · 1997 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

University of Chicago Press, 1997, Paperback, 955, \"I want to get at the blown glass of the early cloud chambers and the oozing noodles of wet nuclear emulsion; to the resounding crack of a high-voltage spark arcing across a high-tension chamber and leaving the lab stinking of …

Historical Knowledge

Susanna Fellman , Marjatta Rahikainen · 2012 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012, Gekartonneerd met stofomslag, 200, Historical Knowledge approaches the topic of historical knowledge in depth and from various angles. It seeks to offer theoretical and methodological building blocks for the use of anyone pursuing historical …

Allgemeine geschichte der Natur in alphabetischer Ordnung mit vielen Kupfern nach bomarischer einrichtung.

MARTINI, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH WILHELM, · 1774 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€2,242.50 ($2,471.70 | £1,870.57 | ¥394,746)

Berlin/Stettin, Joachim Pauli, 1774-1793, 8vo., full marbled paper bindings with goldtooling and title plate on spine, green coloured edges, incomplete set, 7 volumes (of 11): 1 (42+764 pp.), 2 (32+690 pp.), 4 (24+702 pp.) , 7 (12+758 pp.), 8 ([6]+832 pp.), 10 (6+840 pp.) and 11…

Opera [8 works in 5 volumes]

Tuldenus, Diodorus (Theodoor van Tulden died 16-11-1645) · Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries

€1,000.00 ($1,102.21 | £834.14 | ¥176,029)

Lovanii / Leuven Typis & Sumptibus Aegidii Denique Leather bindings with ribbed spines, gilted ornamentation and lettering. Vol. I: (XIV) 520 pp. Vol. II: (XVI) 771 (99) pp. Vol. III: (XII) 700 (20) pp. Vol. IV: (IV) 294 (30) + (IV) 162 (4) + (2) 71 (5) + (IV) 66 (1) pp. Vol. V:…

Weber's Volkskalender für das Jahr 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 und 1858. 9 volumes.

N/A · 1849 · Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.12 | ¥26,404)

Leipzig J. J. Weber First 9 volumes published, bound in linnen with gilt decoration to the spines. Total weight: ca. 2,7 kilos. Each calendar consists of ca. 170 pages (at least 144 pp, at most 210 pp). The calendar itself is to be found at the beginning of each volume and is pa…

A General History of Quadrupeds

Bewick, Thomas · 1791 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick Newcastle upon Tyne x, 483, wood engravings to text. . HB. Demy 8vo (220x140mm), near cont. half calf, rubbed, wear to corners and spine, slight loss to head/foot of spine, leather title piece, marbled boards, rubbed/scuffed. Hinges cracked but…

Chakra Cards / Spiritual Guides Towards Inner Harmony [box set: book + cards]

Cees Weteling · 2009 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

Binkey Kok. 2009; boek + kaartenset in doosje, boek en kaarten in goede staat, lichte gebruikssporen aan doosje / book and cards in box, book and cards in good condition, light wear on box. Chakras are the body's seven natural energy centers that help determine our physical, men…

Gesammelte Werke. Chronologisch geordnet. Unter Mitwirkung von Marie Bonaparte, Prinzessin Georg von Griechenland herausgegeben von Anna Freud, E. Bibring, W. Hoffer, E. Kris, O. Isakower. 17 parts in 16 volumes. (volume 2 + 3 in one volume). Complete.

FREUD, S. · 1940 · Antiquariaat Isis, NVvA/ILAB

€475.00 ($523.55 | £396.22 | ¥83,614)

London, Imago, 1940-1955. Dark-blue original cloth bindings. Portraits. Illustrations. frontboard volume 1 spotted, endpapers a bit browned, two spines a bit discoloured, some text blocks a bit foxed, some underlinings in (colour) pencil in volume 13, otherwise in good conditio…

A souk in Cairo.Cairo, 1902. Signed and inscribed "C. Wuttke. Cairo. 1902". Oil on canvas board (20 x 28 cm). Unframed.

[CAIRO]. WUTTKE, Carl. · 1849 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)

Painting of a souk in Cairo, by the German orientalist Carl Wuttke (1849-1927). Paintings such as these were made to be reproduced as picture postcards, an archetypal consumer product from the early 20th century. Postcards, as a convenient alternative to the letter, had first ap…

Merkwaardige kasteelen in Nederland. Derde druk.Amsterdam, G.W. Tielkemeijer, 1854-1861. 6 volumes (3 series). 8vo. With 6 chromolithographed armorial frontispieces in black, gold, silver & colours; 6 lithographed title-pages, each with a lithographed scene in black & 2 colours; 38 lithographed views of castles & mansions mostly in black & 2 colours; 2 tinted and 1 chromolithographed plates with plans, views, etc.; and 3 wood-engravings in the text. Original publisher's richly gold- and blind-blocked red cloth.

LENNEP, Jacob van and Willem Jacob HOFDIJK. · 1802 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)

[4] 198, [2]; [16], 202, [2] pp. [6], 217, [2], [1 blank]; [2], 283, [1]; [4], 256, [1], [1 blank]; [4], 248 [1], [1 blank] pp.Third edition of detailed histories of 38 castles and palaces in the Netherlands, with lithographed views of each castle, some plans, the coats-of-arms …

C'est-ici les différens jeux de petits polissons de Paris.Paris, 1770. 4to (ca. 24.5 x 18.5 cm). A series of 6 unnumbered engraved prints (ca. 17 x 22 cm) representing children playing games. Each print is mounted on a paper leaf in a passe-partout (30 x 24 cm).

SAINT-AUBIN, Augustin de. · 1736 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

Complete set of 6 engraved prints by Augustin de Saint-Aubin showing children playing games in architectural settings. Saint-Aubin (1736-1807), one of France's leading engravers, was appointed official engraver to the French Bibliothèque Royale in 1776. In the present series the…

A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland.London, William MacKenzie, [ca. 1880]. 6 volumes. 4to. With a chromolithographed title page in each volume, and 240 full-page chromolithographs, protected by a thin leaf. Original publisher's gold-and blind-stamped red morocco over thick, bevelled boards.

MORRIS, Francis Orpen. · 1864 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

Each vol. ca. 90 pp. + 40 plates.Fine set of a beautiful series of coloured lithographed plates depicting the country houses and estates of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. The work comprises a total of 240 beautifully printed plates, each accompanied by …

ORLANDO FURIOSO and I CINQUE CANTI

ARIOSTO, Lodovico · 1603 · Charles Agvent

$1,562.50 (€1,417.61 | £1,182.49 | ¥249,541)

Venice. F. Valgrisi and N. Moretti. Early Printing. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in early full vellum, [16] 654 [32] pages. The complete and corrected ORLANDO FURIOSO, with Ruscelli's dedication to the Duke of Ferrara dated 1556 and an account of the life of Ariosto by Battista…