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Antique print, engraving | The Venetian marriage (left part) [De Venetiaanse bruiloft], published 1584, 1 p.

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), after Dirck Barendsz. (1534-1592) · 1937 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€484.00 ($533.46 | £403.79 | ¥85,160)

Left plate of a two plates print representing a <em>Venetian Wedding</em>. For a view of the complete composition please refer to the Rijksmuseum inv. RP-P-OB-10.406. The left portion represents a side of the <em>loggiato</em> where the Doge and other dignitaries are engaging in…

[Antique print, engraving] Saint Bonifacius, published ca. 1626, 1 p.

Cornelis Bloemaert II (1603–1692), after Abraham Bloemaert (1564–1651) · 1626 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€302.50 ($333.42 | £252.37 | ¥53,225)

Full standing figure of St Bonifacius (675–c754), the so-called "German bishop". He famously converted to Christianity the inhabitants of the city of Fritzlar in 723, after destroying the Tree of Thor. As the pagan divinity did not intervene to stop him, as Bonifacius had said, …

[Antique print, engraving and etching] The Triumph of Joseph in Egypt, Ceiling Paintings from the Jesuits' Church in Antwerp [5], published 1747, 1 p.

Jan Punt (1711-1779), after Jacob de Wit (1695-1754), after Pieter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) · 1718 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€145.20 ($160.04 | £121.14 | ¥25,548)

<span class="vterm">Representation of one of the ceiling Paintings from the Jesuits' Church in Antwerp</span> designed by Pieter Paul Rubens and destroyed in a fire in 1718. The iconographies were documented among others by Jacob de Wit, then turned into print by Jan Punt around…

Antique book illustration, woodcut | The story of Seleuco and Antioco, published 1484, 1 p.

1481 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€423.50 ($466.78 | £353.32 | ¥74,515)

Page from the fifth book of the Parisian first edition of Boccaccio's <em>De Casibus Virorum Illustrium</em>, published by Jean Dupré (fl. 1481-1488) in 1484."[...] Antioco, son of King Seleuco of Syria, falls in love with Stratonica, Seleuco’s new wife and thus Antioco’s step-m…

Theatre Peepshow, ca 1730-1756 | Paper Theater or Diorama, made up of several sheets representing different scenes. This scene is titled 'The summer', " de zomer".

[Paper theatre] · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€490.50 ($540.63 | £409.21 | ¥86,304)

Paper theater or diorama, made up out of several sheets representing different scenes. Together they form a three-dimensional view. Windows have been cut into the individual sheets to reveal details of the scene. The prints have been hand colored. Etchings and watercolor. Size o…

Forbidden books 1767 | First edition: Belisaire par M. Marmontel de l'academie Francoise, Vienne J.Th. noble de Trattnern 1767, (x)+340+(8) pp.

Marmontel, J.F. · 1767 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€490.50 ($540.63 | £409.21 | ¥86,304)

Paper binding, in -8, 17,5 x 11 cm. Text in french.Frontispice by L. Assner and three engravings. Complete copy, printed on laid paper. Rare first edition printed in Vienne (Wenen). On the titlepage a pruple stamp of former owner "G.W.B.D.", probably Gräflich von Waldbott-Bassen…

Dissertationes de Sibyllis, earumque oraculis. Amsterdam, Hendrik en wed. Dirk Boom, 1688, [40] + 658 + [26] pp.

Gallaeus, Servatius; Hooghe, Romeyn de (1645-1708) · 1686 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€872.00 ($961.12 | £727.49 | ¥153,429)

Full vellum, 21 x 18 cm, with ex libris of Viscount Birkenhead. With engraved title page, folding portrait of Gallaeus (1686) and all 14 plates, all by Romeyn de Hooghe. Binding with minor tears at the top and bottom of the spine, some small stains. Small tears on p. 173, p. 177…

[Literature, first edition, Translated in French from Italian, 1750] Histoire de Bertholde, contenant ses avantures, sentences, bon-mots, reparties ingénieuses, ses tours d’esprit, l’histoire de sa fortune et son testament. Vert. uit het Italiaans. ‘s-Gravenhage, Pierre Gosse, junior, 1750, 8, 201 [5] pp.

Croce, Guilio Cesare · 1550 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€327.00 ($360.42 | £272.81 | ¥57,536)

Blind-tooled parchment binding, inscription of a possible former owner in ink on upper board (J. Rittikeau?), 8°: pi1 2pi 4 A-N 8. Typographic title page in red and black ink, on the opposite page a fine portrait of the dwarf court jester Bertholde. Tear in frontispiece, repaire…

Antique title page, ca. 1721/28 | Allegorical frontispiece / Allegorische figuren rond een sfinx [Algemene Geschiedenissen des bekende Aardkloots, vol. I], published ca. 1721-1728, 3 pp.

Jan Wandelaar (1692-1759) · 1721 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€121.00 ($133.37 | £100.95 | ¥21,290)

Allegorical frontispiece to the first volume of the History of the world by Isaak Verburg and Geerlof Suikers.The title is engraved on a stone on the top of which is a sphinx. Various figures surround the central, Father Time, reading from an unrolled scroll, guided by Fame. On …

[Antique frontispiece, etching] [Collection of Metamorphoses], published 1676.

Coenraet Decker (1651-1685) · 1532 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€60.50 ($66.68 | £50.47 | ¥10,645)

Antoninus Liberalis was an ancient Greek grammarian and mythographer, probably of Antonine times (AD 100 and 200). His only surviving work, the 'Metamorphoseon synagoge', (collection of metamorphoses) survives in a single manuscript of the later ninth century, now in the Palatin…

[Antique prints, etchings, 1639] Six marines [Eight Marines; set title]/Zes schepen, published 1639, 6 pp.

François Collignon (1609-1687), after Stefano della Bella (1610-1664) · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€726.00 ($800.20 | £605.68 | ¥127,740)

Very fine six prints from the series of eight etched by François Colignon after Stefano della Bella, published by François Langlois (il Ciartres).On the first plate inscribed on the box carried by a man in the foreground: 'Al Ser.mo Principe / D. Lorenzo di Toscana &amp; / D. MA…

[Antique print, etching and engraving, 1733] Pigmalion, amoreux d'une statue .... (Pygmalion is in love with a statue...), published 1733.

Bernard Picart (1673-1733) · 1733 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€242.00 ($266.73 | £201.89 | ¥42,580)

From the 'Tafereel of beschryving van den prachtigen tempel der zang-godinnen...', also known as 'Le Temple des Muses' published in Amsterdam in 1733, containing histories drawn from Greek mythology, written by A.de la Barre de Beaumarchais with plates by Bernard Picart. The pla…

Classic literature 1595 I Tacitus, C. Cornelii Taciti opera quae exstant I. Lipsius quintum recensuit. Seorsim excuse commentarii meliores plenioresque, cum curis secondis. Leiden, ex officina Plantiniara F. Raphelengius, 1595 [1 of 2 parts], [16] 720 [14] pp.

Tacitus, Cornelius. · 1547 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€245.25 ($270.31 | £204.61 | ¥43,152)

Cardboard binding, discolored and pasted. Some notes and sketches in pen. 165 x 110 mm, 8º: *#8 A-2Z#8 (2Z8 blanco). Several property marks on flyleaves in front and back, among others T. Kieser stud. Gymn., Stuttgart and Karel Kieser. The compass of the printer’s mark is change…

Vile book, libel 1775 | Anecdotes sur M. la comtesse du Barri, Londres [s.n.], 1775, 350 pp.

Pidansat de Mairobert, Mathieu-Francois · 1769 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€261.60 ($288.34 | £218.25 | ¥46,029)

Original paper binding, 18 x 10 cm. First edition of one of the most scurrillous works of the French 18th- century and a very popular libel published in the run up to the revolution. See Darnton, Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France 1769-1789, nr. 37. B0241Book with frayes…

Printing press coloured printing [1912?] L'Ange de la premiere communion. Recueil anecdotique illustre dedie aus enfants de 5 a 8 ans, Maison du bon livre Lille, Oeuvre de Saint-Charles Grammon (Belgique), 32 pp.

Vries, M.N. de · 1911 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€59.95 ($66.08 | £50.01 | ¥10,548)

Rare copy, not in Worldcat and STCV. An interesting oblong book with green shining jugenstil cover and pages in purple or red ink. 16 x 21 cm. Wear on the binding. Richly illustrated. First page: Nihil Obstat, Gandae 22 junii 1911. Imprimatur Gandae 23 juni 1911. In the back: Im…

Antique etchings, complete set | The Parable of the Prodigal Son (set of five plates), published 1658, 5 pp.

Jean Baptist de Wael (1632-after 1669), Martinus (Maarten) van den Enden I (1605-1654/74) after Cornelis de Wael (1592-1667) · 1860 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€3,630.00 ($4,000.98 | £3,028.42 | ¥638,702)

Five beautiful etchings depicting the Parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32). All the scenes take place in the open air, allowing the artist to invent architectures inspired to Italian buildings and landscapes from the same period. Plates 1 and 2 have the same provenance, w…

[Literature 1847] Na het studenten-leven. Typen. Een vervolg op Klikspaan's Studenten-typen, Amsterdam J.M.E. Meijer 1847, 232 pp.

[Vries, Jan David de] (1819-1855) · 1819 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€87.20 ($96.11 | £72.75 | ¥15,343)

Original paper binding with damages. With stamp of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries. Interior with some damages.This is a sequel to Klikspaan. With the content: 1. De proponent. 2. de dorpspredikant 3. de dokter 4. de advocaat en de rector en 5 de ex-student.Rare book by…

Female writer 1848 | Fantasien in December 1848. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1848, 32 pp. Frayed copy.

Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida · 1848 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€27.25 ($30.03 | £22.73 | ¥4,795)

Rare political and literary work by the celebrated Dutch female author A.L.G. Bosboom-Toussaint, written in response to the European Revolutions of 1848. In Fantasien in December 1848, Toussaint reflects on revolution, political freedom, social upheaval, Christianity and the fut…

Original etching, ca 1720 I Portrait of Madame Law in front of San Marco square Venice Italy, made by Claude Duflos, 1 p.

Duflos, Claude after Rosalba Carriera (Venetian 1673-1757). · 1720 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€145.20 ($160.04 | £121.14 | ¥25,548)

Original etching of Madame Law drawing in an oval of a Lady in a nice dress in a bedroom? with a monkey on the left side. Satire on the financial crisis in 1720; An oval portrait of Madame Law, finely dressed in a tricorne hat with feathers, set against the background of the Dog…

[Antique print, etching and engraving] Henrico Blesio: Painter Henri (Herri) met de Bles (Pictorum aliquot celebrium, praecipué Germaniæ Inferioris, effigies; series title), published 1618, 1 p.

Hendrick Hondius I (1573-ca. 1649) · 1510 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€102.85 ($113.36 | £85.81 | ¥18,097)

Portrait of painter Herri met de Bles (1510-1550?) with short wavy hair, moustache and split beard, high, pleated collar, patterned front with notched sleeves, glove in the right hand. On the left background, in a niche on the wall is an owl; on the right, a window overlooking a…