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A delightful miniature terrestrial pocket globe in a celestial case, 3 inches / 6.8 cm. The globe consists of 12 wonderful varnished, engraved hand-coloured gores that stretch from pole to pole. In the original case of black fish-skin with a brass hinge and two brass hook-and-eyelet closures, case with a unique silver plaque which reads: [...]
Maker’s mark at the bottom of the silver case: CS PS “Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Hollings Shepherd. Floral open-worked cassette with two figures and a silver ring. H. 9 x W. 3,5 x D. 1,5 cm. Contents a Common Prayer book, London 1889.
195, (5), (140) p. 19th-century Leather binding, 12° H. 11 x L. 8 x W. 2 cm. With a contemporary hand-coloured title and several hand-coloured capitals. Old annotations in the margin. Claude Chevallon, 1479-1537, was a medieval French printer. His printer’s mark had been two horses. He added the sun to this when his shop [...]
2 works in 1 binding, (titleplate, 214 (2), 424 (8), 96 p. 8°. Multipainted and gold embossed vellum binding. The central field with a large tree of life growing from a heart: “Singet und spielet dem Herrne in eurm Herzen”.
(gegraveerde titelpagina, 7, portret, uitvouwbare kaart) 671, 3 (12) folia. Opnieuw gebonden Perkament met ribben, Folio. Historisch standaardwerk over de Nederlandse geschiedenis vanaf de veertiende eeuw tot 1608 door de historicus en annalist Emanuel van Meteren (1535-1612). Van Meteren baseerde zijn werk op documenten en zijn eigen ervaringen en vulde de geschiedenis aan bij het [...]
(titelprent, 22) 620 (12) p. Opnieuw gebonden half oud Perkament, 8°. Stichtelijke en ontdekkende verhandeling van de puritein Daniel Dyke, overleden in 1614 en de broer van Jeremiah Dyke (1584-1639). Uitgave in quarto, dus met een grotere letter dan de duodecimo editie. Keurig exemplaar, Laatste pagina in kopie op oud papier.
Afmetingen: 63 x 18 x 18 cm vervaardigd uit gips. Unique statue of Maarten Luther holding the Holy Bible. The statue is made of plaster and in good condition. Dimensions: H. 63 x W. 18 x D. 18 cm.
Fine and small nineteenth-century silver binding, embossed with classical acanthus, 12° H. 8,5 x L. 6,8 x W. 1 cm. Contents a blank booklet.
(48) 398 p. Originele miniatuur Schildpadband met 2 zilveren sloten, 4 zilveren schanierstukken, zilveren rugbeslag, zilveren randen en 8 zilveren nagels, 12°. H. 8,5 x B. 6 x D. 2 cm. (enkele beschadigingen op de rug, krassen op de achterplat.) Plantijn uitgave van de ‘De Imitatione Christi’ van Thomas á Kempis. Aantrekkelijke miniatuur band gebonden [...]
The 4.25 inch. (10 cm.) spheres applied with twelve printed gores and polar calottes pivoted via the poles within brass half-meridian rings, each mounted on top of alabaster columns with molded capitals, notable entasis to the shafts and Tuscan-style bases, the plinths with gilt fluted black marble cavetto top moldings and roundel-centered skirts incorporating shaped [...]
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