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[Antique print, etching, Piranesi] Frammenti della Camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura (Fragments tomb chamber), published 1756-1784, 1 p.

Jean Barbault (ca. 1718-1762), and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) · 1756 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€254.10 ($280.07 | £211.99 | ¥44,709)

Plate XLV from the II out of four volumes collection <em>Le Antichità Romane </em>collecting plates by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, firstly published by Angelo Rotili in Rome between 1756 and 1757. The second edition appeared in 1784. Original wide margins, no traces of binding o…

Travel 1786 | A year's Journey through the Pais Bas or Austrian Netherlands, second edition with considerable additions and the routes through Germany, Holland and Switzerland, Difference of Money, etc, London J. Debrett 1786, 392 pp. Extra letters added in this second edition.

Thicknesse, Philip. · 1719 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€305.20 ($336.39 | £254.62 | ¥53,700)

Modern later linen binding in good condition. Interior with some foxing, complete with all the illustrations. Folding frontispiece etching by John Carter after a drawing of the author Thicknesse. The frontispiece shows the execution of Jean Calas. Travel report of a 'quarrel-rid…

[Hand colored etching/Handgekleurde ets] A sailor sitting for his miniature/Zeeman poseert.

Roberts, Piercy (fl. 1795-1824) after Woodward, George Moutard (ca. 1765-1809) · 1807 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€169.40 ($186.71 | £141.33 | ¥29,806)

An artist (likely a portrait of Woodward), wearing a flowered dressing-gown, is sitting in profile to the right, at a desk, painting on a small oval a bust portrait of a sailor who sits opposite to the artist, smoking a pipe. The sailor looks quite angry or grumpy. He wears a ha…

De onwaardige wereld - 22 plates.

Luyken, Jan (1649-1712) · 1710 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€181.50 ($200.05 | £151.42 | ¥31,935)

22 plates from the 1710 publication "De onwaardige wereld: vertoond in vyftig zinnebeelden, met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen." All plates are trimmed just outside the plate mark, granting a full reading of the images. They are all signed on the bottom right with the ar…

[Antique print, etching and engraving, 1733] Deucalion & Pyrrha repeuplent la Terre... (Deucalion and Pyrrha repeople the World), 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…

Relation en forme de journal du voyage et sejour que (...) Charles II de la Grand' Bretagne etc. a faith en Hollande. Den Haag, Vlacq, 1660.

[Wicquefort, Abraham de / William Lower?] · 1660 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€4,360.00 ($4,805.59 | £3,637.44 | ¥767,146)

Charles II on his way back to the throne: a lavishly illustrated contemporary account of his triumphant 1660 journey through Holland and departure from Scheveningen for England, marking the dramatic beginning of the Restoration.An important and lavishly illustrated contemporary …

Lettres juives du celebre Mendels-sohn philosophe de Berlin; avec les remarques et reponses de Monsieur le docteur Kölble et autres savants hommes. Recueil memorable concernant le Judaïsme. Francfurt /The Hague, Aux depends de la Compagnie, 1771.

Mendelssohn, Moses · 1729 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€893.80 ($985.15 | £745.67 | ¥157,265)

Rare French edition of the celebrated letters of Jewish Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, documenting the religious controversies surrounding Judaism and Christianity in the Age of Enlightenment. An important work on Jewish emancipation and religious tolerance, illust…

Travel, illustration of roller coaster Jardin Beaujon in Paris, 1818 | A cruise; or, three months on the continent by a naval officer [...]. Londen 1818, 129 pp. Charming half moroccan binding.

[Stewart, James] · 1817 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€408.75 ($450.52 | £341.01 | ¥71,920)

Half moroccan, 19th century binding with guilded letters and decoration. Top of spine slightly damaged. Embellished with coloured engravings (light foxing on the illustrations, text pages are fine). Printed for law and Whittaker, 13, ave-maria lane London. With four handcoloured…

[Antique print, woodcut] HOORN, VEEMARKT, HOUTSNEDE “De Hoornse Beestemarkt”, (re-) published ca. 1776.

Willem Breebaart (1722-1794) [publisher] · 1722 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€757.55 ($834.97 | £632.01 | ¥133,292)

[NL] Opschrift in pen boven een 17e-eeuwse houtsnede, 10x29 cm, met een gezicht op de veemarkt te Hoorn. Op de achtergrond een zevental huizen, het meest linkse huis met het wapen van de stad Hoorn op de gevel. Rechts een gracht met schip waarin een koe wordt gebracht. In het mi…

Convolute with 3 painting manuals 1684-1755 | Les premiers elemens de la peinture pratique enrichis de figures de proportion mesurées (...), Nicolas Langlois, Paris 1684, (8)+96 pp. WITH (20) Figures d'academie pur aprendre a désiner gravees par Sebastien Leclerc, Paris Langlois [s.d.] WITH Recueil de divers ouvrages sur la peinture et le coloris par M. de Piles, Jombert Paris 1755, (12)+452+(4) pp. Early engraved depiction of painter's palette.

[PILES (Roger de)]. Leclerc, Sebastian · 2002 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€1,308.00 ($1,441.68 | £1,091.23 | ¥230,144)

In part 1: One of the earliest engraved depictions of a painter's palette in a French practical painting manual (according to Sotheby's in 2002 thé first depiction). First edition of Les premiers elemens de la peinture. Illustrations by J.B. Corneille, painter of the royal acade…

Chemical book 1932 rare first edition | Dräger-Gasschutz im Luftschutz. Individual-Gasschutz, Kollektiv-Gasschutz. Charakter des chemischen Krieges, chemische Kampfstoffe. Organisation des Luftschutzes, Städtebau und Luftschutz. 1. deutsche Ausgabe. Drägerwerk, Literarische Abteilung, Lübeck. Kommissionsverlag H. G. Rahtgens G. m. b. H., Lübeck 1932, 240 pp.

Muller, Ulrich · 1932 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€327.00 ($360.42 | £272.81 | ¥57,536)

Rare first edition (not in Worldcat) of this chemical German book. Text in German. About the defence against chemical wars. <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">A technically and ideologically charged handbook from 1932 that shows how industry and government prepared for a possible …

Illustrated, History of Mathematics &amp; Science, Geometry, 1622 | Meetkonst in XXVII boecken vervat. Uit het Latijn in 't Neerduyts overgheset by Dirck Hendrickx Houtman. Oversien (...) door W. Snellium. Amsterdam, W.J. Blaeuw 1622, 4°. (20)+221+(5) pp.

Ramus, Petrus [=Pierre de la Ramee], · 1580 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€3,052.00 ($3,363.91 | £2,546.21 | ¥537,003)

4°. (20) 221 (5) pp. Full contemporary vellum binding. Illustrated with in-text woodcuts, and title page with a vignette. Binding slightly scuffed; first and last leaves slightly frayed. Minor browning. Small manuscript (ink) corrections on a few pages. Minor worming on a few ma…

Almanac 1694 | Zaagmans Almanach na de nieuwe en oude stijl op 't jaar onses Heeren Jesu Christi 1694, Gillis Joosten Zaagman 1694, [22] pp.

Zaagman, G.J. · 1694 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€708.50 ($780.91 | £591.08 | ¥124,661)

Very rare edition of the almanac of the year 1694 printed by Zaagman. Only surviving copy known, not in STCN, not in USTC. Titlepage in red and black ink with the courtyard of the Amsterdam stock exchange of Hendrick de Keyser. More than a calendar, Zaagman's Almanach functioned…

Literature first Dutch edition 1693 | Menagiana, ou bons mots, rencontres agreables, pense?es judicieuses et observations curieuses, Amsterdam, A. Braakman 1693, (48)+504+(60) pp.

Menage, Gillis · 1613 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€599.50 ($660.77 | £500.15 | ¥105,483)

Full contemporary parchment binding, Duodecimo edition, 12°. Collection of humoristic notes ("bon mots") and remarks of the French scholar Gilles Ménage (1613-1692). On the spine: Mena - Giana Ou - Bons - Mots. Parchment binding with some stains and wear but overall in good cond…

Satirical university jealousy 1747 | De charlataneria eruditorum declamationes duae cum notis variorum, accessit epistola Sebastiani Stadelii ad janum philomusum de circamforanea literatorum vanitate. 5e vermeerderde druk. Amsterdam [= Leipzig], z.n. [colophon: U.Chr. Saalbach] 1747, (12)+259+(11) pp.

Mencke, Johann Burchard · 1674 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€109.00 ($120.14 | £90.94 | ¥19,179)

One of the most famous satirical works on science and university life from the European Enlightenment, offering a sharp critique of academic culture. Johann Burchard Mencke (1674–1732), professor of history at the University of Leipzig, originally delivered these two orations in…

Parlor game 1649 | Les oracles divertissans (...) Goude G. de Hoeve 1649 TOGETHER WITH Traite curieux et recreatif des couleurs (...) Goude G. de Hoeve 1649, [11]+71 pp and [2]+3-89+[1] pp. Manuscript annotations and ownership notes.

M.W.D.L.C. = Marc de Vulson de la Colombière · 1658 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€599.50 ($660.77 | £500.15 | ¥105,483)

<strong>Rare early copy (only four copies known in STCN) of this parlor game with manay questions and answers in order to communicatie, most often with young ladies. Amusing collections of prophecy's, predictions, games, symbols, esoteric knowledge. Combining the symbolism of co…

Literature poetry 1621 | Daniel Heinsius, Poematum, editio nova. Accedunt (...) Lugduni batavorum, Sumptibus Elzevoriorum et Iohannis Mairii 1621, BOUND WITH Idem, Herodes infanticida, Tragoedia, Lugdunum Batavorum = Leiden, Ex officina Elzeviriana = Elzevier 1632. Three parts in one cont. vellum binding. Good copy.

Heinsius, Daniel (1580-1655) · 1580 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€1,035.50 ($1,141.33 | £863.89 | ¥182,197)

<strong>Three parts in one contemporary parchment binding. In good condition. Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655) Dutch philologist and professor at Leyden, but also a poet in both Latin and in Greek. <span class="ample-display-content d-inline d-sm-inline-block">8º Octavo edition. Text…

Movable satirical print 1793 | Openslaande spotprent op Dumouriez, movable folding satirical print about general Charles Francois Dumouriez (Dumourir). 4 changing scenes.

[Patriotten spotprent] · 1793 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€2,178.00 ($2,400.59 | £1,817.05 | ¥383,221)

Political propaganda you have to unfold: an exceptionally rare Dutch metamorphic print of 1793 in which General Dumouriez is literally unmasked—successive flaps reveal ‘Holland’, ‘Self-interest’ and the Devil of ‘Regicide’, a spectacular satire on his failed French invasion of t…

[Antique print, etching, (Piranesi)] Altro spaccato della Camera Sepolcrale de' Liberti e Servi ec, della Famiglia di Augusto...(vertical section of tomb chamber), published 1756-1784, 1 p.

Girolamo Rossi II (1682-1762) after Antonio Buonamici (fl. 1726) [Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)] · 1756 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€254.10 ($280.07 | £211.99 | ¥44,709)

Plate XXIV from the III out of four volumes collection <em>Le Antichità Romane </em>collecting plates by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, firstly published by Angelo Rotili in Rome between 1756 and 1757. The second edition appeared in 1784. Original wide margins, no traces of binding…

Picture almanac for low-literate people 1850 | Den boeren of Schapers Almanach voor 't jaar ons heeren Jesu Christi, 1850, Brugge C. De Moor, (28) pp. Woodcut symbols in red and black ink.

[symbool almanak voor laaggeletterden 1850] · 1850 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€272.50 ($300.35 | £227.34 | ¥47,947)

<strong>Rare almanac with symbols and signs for the farmers on the land who can't read easily. Published in Brugge Belgium by C. de Moor in the Philipstok-straet. Only surviving copy from 1850, so far. </strong>Original paper binding with tape on the spine, a small tear in the r…