A tiny and complete Parisian Book of Hours with a plethora of intricate illuminations. 91 x 65mm (3.6 x 2.6in). 190 leaves on vellum, additional 4 paper leaves after (plus 3 paper endleaves at front and back) Complete, collation: 1-238, 246. Modern foliation in pencil at bottom right corners.14 lines, justified 54 x 38mm (2.1 [...]

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 [...]

Theatrum orbis terrarium [followed by] Parergon, sive veteris Geograpiae aliquot tabulae [followed by] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus. Complete copy, bound in a contemporary vellum binding stamped with multiple friezes on the covers and 5 raised bands on the spine, 358 f., Folio. Illustrated edition with an engraved allegorical frontispiece, the arms of the Kingdom of Spain on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Speculum Poenitentiae, in quo, ad peccatores convertendos, praecipui tam veteris quam novi Testamenti poenitentes per tabulas exhibentur […]. Very finely worked, French binding in the style of the Régence. The scene on the front cover with master’s mark “T.G. under lily” and (probably) hallmarks. According to the assessment of a silver expert, they point to [...]

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 works in 1 binding, (engraved titlepage, 11) 186 (6), (engraved titlepage, 3), (4) 96, 142 (2) folia. Contemporary folding Vellum, 8° (Occasionally some browning. The titlepage and prelims of the second work are erroneously bound in front of the second part of the first work. Rare volume with two works containing outlines for sermons [...]

Drie fraaie kopjes van Chinees porselein, gedecoreerd in encre de Chine en goud. Met op de buitenwand van de kopjes een portret van Petrus Boudaan, vaandels en de tekst ‘Petrus Boudaan, Ecclesiastes Amstelodamensis’. Langs de mondrand een fijn lijnornament in goud. Niet gemerkt. Portretten naar een gravure van Frederik Ottens. Enkele vergelijkbare exemplaren, betreffende Gijsbertus [...]

(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 [...]

t Groot waerelds tafereel, waar in de heilige en waereldsche geschiedenissen en veranderingen zedert de schepping des waerelds tot het uiteinde van de openbaring van Joannes. worden afgemaalt, en ider konst-prent opgeheldert, door godsgeleerde, wysgeerige en waereldlyke uitleggingen, benevens de tydrekeningen of jaarboeken der gevallen des waerelds, naaukeurig in ’t Frans beschreven. 3 parts in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Histoire de la navigation … aux Indes Orientales … Avec annotations de B. Paludanus, … Troixiesme edition augmentee. Including: LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen van. Le grand routier de mer, …[LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van]. Description de l’Amerique & des parties d’icelle […] Folio (32.5 x 21 cm). With 3 title-pages (2 from the same full-page engraving and [...]

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 [...]

Kerkboek met gouden boekslot vervaardigd door Hendrik Walter van Haasel, Amsterdam, ca. 1800. Het Nieuwe Testament, of alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonds onzes Heeren Jezus Christus, uit de Grieksche Taal in onze Nederlandsche Taal getrouwelijk overgezet. Op last van de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staten-Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, en volgens het besluit van de Synode Nationaal, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]