3 works in one binding, (frontispiece, 14) 944, 284 (4),(12) 660 (18), 141 (3) p. Contemporary blind-stamped, gauffered Leather, 8°. A fine copy, containing the Old and New Testament and the Apocrypha and a song and prayer book. Contemporary red full leather with rich gilding on both covers and the spine, three-sided gauffered gilt edges [...]

Model of a magnificent frigate, entirely made of ivory. Animated deck with several characters, tiny seamen, cannons, and a trolling boat, all made of ivory. The parchment-thin mainsails cut in ivory, apparently billowing in the wind. The frigate comes under a glass bell jar on a wooden stand, 19th century. Dimensions of the glass bell [...]

Atlas compendiarius quinquaginta tabularum […]. Kleiner Atlas von Fünffzig Auserlesenen Homanns’ LandKarten, Nach Anleitung der neuesten Erd Beschreibere, verbessert und eingerichtet. In 2° (545 x 320 mm). Frontispiece, title-page, index table, and 50 double-page engraved maps, all in contemporary colouring. Original, limp full calf. Beautiful atlas, complete with the world map in two hemispheres, continental [...]

without numbering, 12° H. 12 x W. 6,5 x D. 2,5 cm. Contemporary red Leather, richly decorated with gilt on spine and covers, gilt-edged. (Last page of the Confession du Foi with loss of text, clasps are missing.) Fine binding, lavishly gilt overall pattern on both covers, mainly consisting of pointillé-stamps and drawer-handle tools, richly [...]

Celestial table globe. URANOGRAPHIA / SYDERUM ET STELLARUM / in Singulis Syderibus conspicuarum / exhibens Delineationem accuratissimam, / qua / ex Observationibus Astronomi plane Singularis / IOHANIS HEVELII / usque ad finem anni MDCC emendata est. / Nova praeterea methodo additus est / ex mente LOTHARII ZUMBACH M.D. et Mathem. Claris. / HORIZON ad MERIDIANUM [...]

Rare pocket globe with a diameter of  2.75 inches. / 7 cm. held in the publisher’s shagreen case. The globe consists of 12 hand-coloured engraved gores and 2 polar caps, the top and bottom of the case each lined with 12 hand-coloured engraved half gores and a polar cap depicting the celestial hemisphere. The design [...]

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 [...]

Theatre Des Martyrs, Depuis la mort de J. Christ Jusqu’á present, représenté en tres belles tailles-douces. / Schau-Buhne der Martyr gezeichet und in Kupfer gestochen von Iohann Luyken. Titelpagina en 115 genummerde prenten, Origineel Perkament met ribben, 4° Oblong. Zeldzaam werk met een reeks prenten die de verschillende martelingen van de christenen sinds de dood [...]

2 werken in 1 band, 164, 165-306 p. Origineel verguld leer, 8°. Een dos-à-dos binding (rug-aan-rug) van Den forordnede nye Kirke-Psalme-Bog is een zeldzame 18e-eeuwse Deense devotieband. Hierbij zijn twee boeken rug-aan-rug gebonden met een gedeelde achterplat, vaak rijk verguld in leer. Deze unieke structuur stelt gebruikers in staat om psalmen en geschriften apart te [...]

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 [...]

L’ École des meurs, ou les soirées de Célie […] (8) 112 pp. In-32, H. 10 x W. 5,5 x D. 2 cm. Fine embroidered binding. With 12 engravings, ivory silk, boards, and spine decorated with embroidery of gold thread, rhinestones, and sequins, miniature under mica on each cover, mirror on the first flyleaf, pink [...]

Histoire naturelle de Buffon, classée par ordres, genres et espèces, d’après le systeme de Linné; avec les caractères génériques et la nomenclature Linnéenne. In 12°, 135 x 83 mm. / 5.12 x 3.15 inch. Complete set of Buffon’s celebrated natural history in a finely preserved contemporary edition. 80 volumes, Paris, Crapelet and Deterville, 1802–1803, small [...]

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.

Biblia Dat is de Gantsche H. Schrifture vervattende alle de Canonyke Boeken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments, uyt de Oorspronkelyke Talen in onze Nederlandsche Tale getrouwelyk overgezet door Last van de Hoog Moog. Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenigde Nederl. en volgens het besluyt van de Sinode Nationael gehouden tot Dordrecht in de Jaaren 1618 [...]

Swenska Psalm-Boten […]. WITH: De arlige Evangelier och Epistlar […]. 352, 384 p. 8°. Swedish Lutheran hymnal, multipainted and gold-embossed vellum binding. The central field, “With God and with You I will be married,” is set within a heart.

Mondialisme investiturae, professionis, ac iubilae, nec non abatissarum electionis ordo ex industria visitatoris Antonii Antoni decore candet. Conscripsit P. Ruthardus Schleicher. Latin-German manuscript on paper by several hands in black and red ink. 2 nn. fol., 158 paginated pages, 14-25 lines. Type area: ca. 17 x 13,5 cm. Format: 21,5 x 17,5 cm. With a [...]

Parergon sive veteris geographiae aliquot Tabulae […]. Engraved title, 33 maps of the Ancient World, 2 plates with costumes and 3 views (“Tempe”, “Daphne” and “Escorial”). H. 43 x W. 30 cm. / H. 16.90 x W. 11.8 inch. A fine and complete copy of the Parergon by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), published in Antwerp in [...]

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 [...]

Two parts in one, 484 folio. Tall octavo, H. 18,5 x W. 11.5 cm. contemporary binding in blindstamped brown leather over wooden boards. Title on the lower cover: “In Epistola S. Pauli Can. RC.” The blind impression on the front cover, faded but still visible, is: “ROTEROD”, as for “Roterodami” (so from Rotterdam, Erasmus’ place [...]

Diameter globe: 3 inch / 7.6 cm. – In its stand: 6.3 inches / 16 cm. This delightful pocket (or miniature) globe has a delightful aged patina that is normal and entirely consistent with a globe of this age. The globe is in very good overall condition, there are a few minor flaws and blemishes [...]