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Gould, John
40.000,00

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 [...]

Binding / PSALMS
3.750,00

Het Boek der Psalmen, nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. Door last van de Hoog Mogende Heeren Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, Uit drie Berijmingen, In den jaare 1773, gekooren. Met de noodige daar in gemaakte veranderingen. With: Catechismus, Gebeden en Formulieren. 2 werken in 1 band, n.p., 68 p. [...]

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 [...]

Ship model
9.500,00

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 [...]

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 [...]

Cary, J. & W. / GLOBE
19.500,00

An exceptional fine Celestial 21″ (53 cm.) Library Globe. Presented atop a walnut tripod stand with brass casters, with a glass-topped compass, mounted between three cross stretchers. Measuring 52″ x 28″ (132 x 71 cm.) in total. By John and William Cary (1754-1835 and 1759-1825) of London. Engraved and hand-colored. The papier-mache copperplate gores have [...]

Aysma, Joannes
1.950,00

(titelprent, 14) 938 (30) p. Origineel Perkament, 4° Zeldzaam historisch werk over voorspellingen door Joannes Aysma, ca. 1636 – ?. Geïllustreerd met 36 gravures, waarvan 20 uitvouwbaar, door Jan Luyken, Thomas Doesburgh en Coenraet Decker. (frontispiece, 14) 938 (30) p. Contemporary Vellum, 4°. Rare historical work on predictions by Joannes Aysma, circa 1636 – ?. [...]

Bogaerts, A.
8.500,00

Historische Reizen door d’ oostersche Deelen van Asia; zynde een historische beschryving dier koninkryken en landschappen, door hem bezocht en doorwandelt, beneffens een nauwkeurig ontwerp van de zeden, drachten, wetten en godtsdienst der zelve inwoonders, en wat verder wegens de dieren, planten, vruchten, enz. in die gewesten aanmerkenswaardig is : mitsgaders een omstandig verhaal van [...]

Valk Leonard / Valk, Gerard
275.000,00

Terrestrial globe: Cosmotheore, Caelesti nostro Globo, Par, et plane Novus, Hic Terrestris ut existeret, Certo scias, Errore Veterum Sublato, Non tantum Utriusque Orbis, Longitudines ac Latitudines, Par reiterates Neotericorum Observationes, Hicce esse restitutas, Sed et nullum typis Emendatiorem prodiisse, Hoc igitur Novissimô tam diu fruere, Donec sub Majori forma, Meô aere Alios excudam Gerardus Valk [...]

3 delen in 1 band, (2, titelprent, gegraveerde opdracht) 148 (2), (2) 149-280, (titelprent, 2, gegraveerde opdracht) 160 p. Origineel blind- en goud-bestempeld Leer met ribben, groot Folio, imperiaal papier H. 51 x B. 39 x D. 11 cm. (Opnieuw in de band gezet, de boven- en onderzijde van de rug en de hoeken van [...]

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Book of Hours / Latin
60.000,00

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 [...]

Tributo di varj ossequii in onore di S. Giuseppe Proposte a’ suoi Divoti […] 247 p. 8°. Fine red morocco binding, hand-coloured, gilt-edged, and gauffered text block. Rare binding with colorful, painted, and punched gilt edges on all sides from the collection of Hans (Jean) Fürstenberg, 1890-1982. He was a Franco-German banker and book collector.

Merian, Maria Sibylla
125.000,00

Over de Voortteling en Wonderbaerlyke Veranderingen der Surinaamsche Insecten, waar in de Surinaamsche Rupsen en Wormen, met alle derzelver veranderingen, naar het leeven afgebeeldt, en beschreeven worden; zijnde elk geplaatst op dezelfde gewassen, bloemen, en vruchten, daar ze op gevonden zijn: beneffens de beschryving dier gewassen. Waar in ook de wonderbare Padden, Hagedissen, Slangen, Spinnen, [...]

ALMANAC / Jacob de Gelder
4.500,00

Almanach, op ‘t jaar ons Heeren Esus (sic) Christus, 1811. Voorzien met eene aanwijz. van de jaar-/paard-/beest- en leerm. in Holland, en de maans op- en onder-gang: berekend door Jacob de Gelder, mathematicus. Full shark leather binding with two silver clasps (with silver marks among one with three crosses for Amsterdam and the letter B), [...]

Ortelius, Abraham
75.000,00

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 [...]

Sterre Kaert of Hemels Pleyn, waer door men kan wee hoe laet dat het is over de gehele aertkloot, op alle meridiane en polus hoogte en, opwat lengte en brete de voorsz sterre staen, bezuyde de liniae aequinoctiael. 63,5 x 53 cm. /  25 x 20,87 inches A most attractive Mercator style projection of the [...]

Binding / N.N.
2.250,00

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.

Heylyn, Peter
9.500,00

Cosmographie in Four Books Contayning the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World and all Provinces Seas and Isles Thereof. With an accurate and approved index of all the kingdoms, provinces, countries, inhabitants, people, cities, mountains, rivers, seas, islands, forts, bays, capes, forests,&c. of any remarque in the whole world: much wanted and desired in [...]

Harris, Joseph
900,00

(VIII) 190 p. Contemporary gold-stamped Leather, large 8°. With 7 folding plates, complete. Made for Thomas Wright, mathematical instrument-maker and E. Cushee, globe-maker at the Globe and Sun, between St. Dunstan’s Church and Chancery-Lane, both in Fleet-Street. Joseph Harris (1703-1764), was a blacksmith, astronomer, navigator, economist, natural philosopher and government adviser and King’s assay Master [...]

Binding / Dos-á-Dos
3.750,00

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 [...]

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