A delightful miniature terrestrial pocket globe in a celestial case, 3 inches / 6.8 cm. The globe consists of 12 wonderful varnished, engraved hand-coloured gores that stretch from pole to pole. In the original case of black fish-skin with a brass hinge and two brass hook-and-eyelet closures, case with a unique silver plaque which reads: [...]

Fine double pocket globe. [The Earth as it is now known]. A very desirable terrestrial and celestial “Mother and Child”, or double globe; the terrestrial globe with 12 beautiful original hand-coloured engraved paper gores over a plaster sphere. All are nicely housed within the celestial globe made of two wooden hemispheres, each covered with 12 [...]

3 delen in 3 banden, (2, titelprent, gegraveerde opdracht) 148 (2), (2) 149-280, (titelprent, 2, gegraveerde opdracht) 160 p. Origineel blind- en goud-bestempeld Leer met ribben, Folio, imperiaal papier H. 47 x B. 33 x D. 4 cm. (De tekstbladen zijn in de marges hier en daar heel licht gevlekt, verder een goed exemplaar.) Luxe [...]

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.

(LXIV) 174 p. 12°. Silver binding, probably Dutch 17th century. 8.5 x 5.5 cm. Fine and small silver binding, embossed with classical acanthus.

Folding coloured map, 182 (1) p. 12°. White velvet with silver thread and glass lozenge, marbled endpapers with folding hand-coloured map of Portugal. Sizes: 10 x 5.5 cm.

Beautiful eighteenth-century silver-filigree binding consisting of a silver front and back cover, spine, and catches.12° H. 6 x L. 4,5 x W. 1 cm. Contents a blank booklet.

Original richly blind-stamped vellum, spine renewed. (20), 235, (47) p. Folio. Title-page within a woodcut border, woodcut initials and tailpieces, 88 numbered, full-page plates, and one unnumbered folding double-page plate of a leaping horse, with a circular diagram of the anatomy of the horse. A free and extended German adaptation of one of the most [...]

(48) 398 p. Originele miniatuur Schildpadband met 2 zilveren sloten, 4 zilveren schanierstukken, zilveren rugbeslag, zilveren randen en 8 zilveren nagels, 12°. H. 8,5 x B. 6 x D. 2 cm. (enkele beschadigingen op de rug, krassen op de achterplat.) Plantijn uitgave van de ‘De Imitatione Christi’ van Thomas á Kempis. Aantrekkelijke miniatuur band gebonden [...]

Large World map by Samuel Dunn, 140 x 120 cm. “London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20th November 1772.” “S. Dunn Teacher of the Mathematics LONDON. Boards Young Gentlemen, & Teacheth Pennmannship, Merch.ts, Acc.ts, Navigation, Fortification, Astronomy &c. CHELSEA”. Pasted text on top left [...]