(titelprent, 10) z.p. Origineel Leer met ribben, stempels, hoeken en sloten, Folio. H. 37,5 x L. 26 x B. 13 cm. De ‘Moerentorfbijbel’ is tot het begin van de twintigste eeuw gebruikt als standaardvertaling voor rooms-katholieke bijbellezers. Bijzonder is dat door dit werk heengebonden is, naast de serie van 6 uitvouwbare kaarten, uitgegeven door Jacob [...]

The Mariners Mirrour Wherein may playnly be seen the courses, heights, distances, depths, soundings, flouds and ebbs, risings of lands, rocks, sands and shoulds, with the marks for th’entrings of the harboroughs, havens and ports of the greatest part of Europe: their several traficks and commodities: Together with the Rules and instruments of Navigation […] [...]

Taferelen der Voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament, en andere boeken, bij de Heilige Schrift gevoegt, door de vermaarde Kunstenaars Hoet, Houbraken, en Picart Getekent, en van de beste meesters in koper gesneden, en met beschrijvingen uitgebreid. 3 delen, (titelprent, 2, gegraveerde opdracht) 148 + 72 (2), (2) 149-280 14 + 71, (titelprent, [...]

(1, engraving) 186 (2) p. Contemporary Leather with gold, 8°. Fine presentation copy to the Queen of Spain. Second Spanish edition by Mariano Cabrerizo, of Goëthe’s Hermann and Dorothea. Provenance: María Cristina de Borbon, Queen of Spain. Engraved ex libris on front endpaper and gilt supralibris on both covers.

(titelprent, 10) 138 (6) p. Origineel half Leer met ribben, 8° (Onafgesneden exemplaar, enkele vochtvlekken voor- en achterin) Zeldzaam Nederlandse vertaling van ‘Traittez de barometers, thermometres et notiometres ou hygrometres’ van J. Dalencé, 1640-1707. De titelprent en de 35 gravures zijn origineel en fraai handgekleurd. (frontispiece, 10) 138 (6) p. Contemporary half Leather, 8° (Uncut [...]

63 (1) p. Format: H. 2.8 x W. 2 x D. 0,3 cm ent. engraved with 8 full-page engravings. With calendar for 1827. Contemporary gold-stamped red morocco decorated with gold and gilt-edged text block (corners very lightly rubbed). Very rare. Ref. Welsh 220; Spielmann 8; Gumuchian 4056; Cp. Grand-Carteret 2060 with imprint “E. Jourdan”. – Pas [...]

46,5 x 35,5 cm. Not dated, not signed, early XVII century. Painted on a thin wooden panel, consisting of two parts, with a small indentation at the top. The original engraving was made in 1526 in Rotterdam by the Germain painter Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528, and is now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A [...]

Originele Schildpadband uit de 18e eeuw, met 2 zilveren sloten, 8 zilveren hoeken, 4 zilveren schanierstukken en zilveren randen, 12°. H. 12 x B. 6,8 x D. 3,5 cm. In de bovenste klamp zijn de initialen “S.M.” gegraveerd. Het boekje in de band is er later los ingelegd. 18th century binding and silver fittings, with [...]

Rebound half vellum, Folio. Engraved serie, consisting of a title-page, dedication and 24 illustrations with 24 text pages, all printed on one side of a leaf. A handsome work by the French engraver and printseller Isodore-Stanislas Helman (1743 1806/9). with scenes from Chinese history. “The emperor’s mirror” was a very popular Chinese work with stories [...]

Fruentimmerits Contrafay udi det Gamle Testament beprydet med XXV Kaabber-stycker adskillige andæctige Bønner, gudelige Sucke-Rim oc hiertefrydende Lof-Sange paa voris danske Maal udsat oc fremstilled af Mourids Brun. (8) 384 (8), 300 (12) p. Bordeaux-red velvet binding with silver fittings, gilt-edged and gauffered text block, 8°. Danish church book with silver fittings, 8 openwork figural [...]

Biblia, dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments […] WAARBIJ: Historie des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments, bestaande in Twee Honderd Twee en Vyftig Printverbeeldingen. Op nieuw geteekend, en door de voornaamste Meesters in ‘t Koper gesneden. / Histoire de la Bible, en CCLII Figures du [...]

De Nederlandsche scheepsbouw-konst open gestelt. Vertoonende naar wat regel … in Nederland meest alle scheepen werden gebouwd. Folio. With engraved frontispiece, with two views of ship-building yards, and numerous detailed illustrations of ship-building on 22 engraved plates by and after Jan and Caspar Luyken, including 13 double-page and once 2 plates on 1 page. 18th-century [...]

68 cm. / 26,77 inch. Both cannons have tapered barrels and cast decorations of leaves and flowers, and a pair of handles with a leaf motif; the carriages are fitted with iron fittings. Provenance: Private trust founded in aid of Private trust founded in aid of Wyenburg Castle, Echteld. Wyenburg Castle was built in 1178 [...]

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Complete copy, bound in a contemporary vellum binding, (8) 53 maps (29) Folio. Engraved architectural title with the figure of Europe at the top. With 53 contemporary handcoloured double-page engraved maps. H. 43 x W. 30 cm. / H. 16.90 x W. 11.8 inch. Rare early edition of Ortelius’ revolutionary atlas, first [...]

Historische, geographische, konst en reis almanach, voor den jaare 1748 bevattende het voornaamste dat onder het opzigt van het Koninglyk genootschap der geleerden te Berlyn is uitgegeven. Zeldzame almanak met gebreken aan de band, maar van binnen erg mooi. Twee gekleurde kaarten (wereldkaart en kaart van Nederland). In de kalender, die in rood en zwart [...]

Abbildung und Beschreibung derer sämtlichen Berg-Werks-Beamten und Bedienten nach ihrem gewöhnlichen Rang und Ordnung im behörigen Berg-Habit. – Abbildung und Beschreibung derer sämtlichen Schmeltz-Hütten-Beamten und Bedienten nach ihrem gewöhnlichen Rang und Ordnung im behörigen Hutten-Habit. 2 works in one volume, quarto (197 x 150mm). Titles printed in red and black, additional engraved titles, and 48 [...]

Diameter globes: 12 inches / 30,5 cm. Total height: 27,5 inches / 70 cm. Full titles: Newton’s New and Improved Terrestrial Globe Embracing every recent Discovery to the Present Time. Manufactured by Newton & Son, 66 Chancery Lane. London, Published Jan: 1st, 1841. Newton’s New and Improved Celestial Globe On which all the Stars Nebulae [...]

A century of birds from the Himalaya Mountains. Contemporary half leather binding with nine raised bands, Folio. H. 56 x W. 37 cm. / H. 22 x W. 14.57 inch. 80 fine hand-colored lithographic plates, by and after Elizabeth Gould, after sketches by John Gould (1804-1881). In 1827, shortly after the foundation of the Zoological [...]

The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternehold, Iohn Hopkins, and others. 171 (34) p. Embroidered red velvet binding covered with silver wire, 24°. Rare and early miniature binding, H. 8 x W. 5.5 x D. 2.5 cm. / 3.15 x 2 x 1 inch. Bound with silver fine wire and [...]

Icones plantarum rariorum. Delineavit et in aes incidit Henricus Schwegman. Afbeeldingen van zeldzaame en fraaje Bloem- en Plant-Gewassen. Folio (475 x 295 mm.), half-title, text in Dutch, French and German, 48 engraved plates, all but one coloured by hand, edges uncut, 19th century boards with a later leather spine. First edition. One of the most [...]