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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), [...]
(titelprent, 10) 358, 144, 84, (2) 170, z.p. Origineel Leer met ribben, stempels, 8 hoeken en 2 sloten, Folio. H. 41 x B. 27 x D. 12 cm. Lutherbijbel, bevat het Oude en Nieuwe Testament en de Apocriefen. Geïllustreerd met een titelprent en de 5 uitvouwbaare kaarten. Met vele tekstgravures, 15 x 20 cm. van [...]
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 [...]
(gegraveerde titelpagina) z.p. Originele Schildpadband met 2 zilveren sloten, 4 zilveren schanierstukken, 7 zilveren hoekstukken, versierd met 120 ‘roosbriljanten’ en goud op snede, 8°. Nederlands Kerkboek, bestaande uit het Nieuwe Testament in de Statenvertaling, de Psalmen – met noten – van Petrus Dathenus en de Formulieren. Aantrekkelijke band, gebonden in zwart, met okerkleurig gevlamd schildpadschild. [...]
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 […] [...]
De Doorlughtige Weereld, Voorstellende een zeer nette Genealogische, Historische en Politische Beschrijvingh aller tegenwoordig levende Keyseren, Koningen, Vorsten, en Graven, nevens de Staten en Republiquen des geheelen Aerdbodems. Derselver Naemen, Afkoomst, Geboorte-tijd, Gemaelinnen, Kinderen, Landen, Heerlijckheden, Verwagtingen, Praetensien, Geslaghts-oorsprongh, Verdeeling in Stam-huysen en Linien, Titels, Religie van elck in ‘t bysonder. Wapenschilden, en de Verklaring [...]
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 [...]
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.
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.
Attractive photograph album containing 48 views of popular Scottish destinations and locations credited to the pioneering Scottish photographers James Valentine 1815-1879, and George Washington Wilson 1823-1893. The album contains views of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Balmoral Castle and other places. (Edges of the binding slightly grazed, the right side of the bottom spine-end is restored, some [...]
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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, [...]
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 [...]
D’Y Stroom en Zeegezichten geteekent en geëtst door Ludolf Bakhuizen. Zeldzame serie van 10 etsen van zeegezichten en zichten op het IJ, door de Nederlandse zeeschilder Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630-1708), voorafgegaan door een gegraveerd titelblad, en het portret van de auteur door Jacob Gole (1660-1737). Dit is de eerste collectie gegraveerd door de schilder, in de [...]
571 (1) p. 32°. Contemporary Leather binding, fine gauffred and gilt-edged text block, and a silver clasp. Greek miniature Bible, H. 8,5 x L. 5 x W. 2,3 cm.
The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Iesus Christ. New translated out of Original Greeke. WITH: The whole book of Psalms Two works in one volume, n.p., 330 (6) p. Contemporary dos-á-dos embroidered binding, 12°. H. 103 x W. 54 mm / 4 x 2.1 inches. Extremely rare and early dos-á-dos miniature [...]
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 […] [...]
Liebreich Buss, oder richtige Lehr-Art zu Beichten und zu Communicieren für die Ihres Heyls achtsame Seelen. (2) 368 (4) p. Contemporary Enamel binding. German Church book with 26 silver mountings with rich polychrome enamel pit relief and body enamel work, and 10 bordered oval enamel miniature paintings of the 19th century. Three-sided gilt edges. With [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tῆò Káéíῆò ÄéáèÞêçò ἅπáíôá [Tes Kaines Diathekes Apanta] = Novum Jesu Christi D.N. Testamentum Ex Bibliotheca Regia. With a Greek and Latin title-page including Estiennes woodcut basilisk device as Kings printer (and 1 repeat), his woodcut olive tree device on the otherwise blank last page (N6v), 3 single-piece decorated architectural frames with putti, etc. (plus [...]
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London Rare Book Fair 2026
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New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2026
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Maastricht Antiquarian Book and Print Fair 2026
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Bible with fine hand-coloured plates, all heightened with gold.
A charming example of one of the more unique bookbinding styles ever devised.