Het groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den jaare MDCCXX. Zynde een verzameling van alle de conditien en projecten van de opgeregte compagnien van assurantie, navigatie, commercie, &c. in Nederland […] als meede konst-plaaten, comedien en gedigten, door [...]

Biblia, dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments. Door Last der Hoogh Mog. Heeren Staaten Generael vande Vereenighde Nederlanden, en volgens het Besluyt vande Synode Nationael, gehouden tot Dordrecht inde Jaren 1618 ende 1619. Uyt de Oorspronckelicke talen in onse Nederlandtsche tale getrouwelick overgeset. Met [...]

Novus Globus / COELESTIS / Auct. Et Edit. / GERH. Et LEONH. VALK / Amstelodami. Diameter globe: 3 inches / 7.6 cm. – Total height: 5,91 inches / 15 cm. A scarce and beautiful miniature celestial globe produced in Amsterdam by Gerard and Leonard Valk during the first quarter of the eighteenth century. A celestial [...]

A 3-inch (7.6cm.) diameter terrestrial globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores, cartouche in north Pacific NEWTON’S New & Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. Published by Newton & Son 66 Chancery Lane & 3. Fleet St, Temple Bar. The equatorial graduated in degrees, the Meridian of London ungraduated, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses [...]

Opervm Theologicorum quae Latinè edidit, Tomvs Primvs Exegeticus: Continens, Exercitationes in Genesin CXCI. & Commentaria in Exodum, quibus seorsim subjunctae sunt pleniores in Decalogum Praelectiones, ab Authore recensitae & auctae. Cum Indicibus, Quaestionum variarum, SS. Scripturae locorum explicatorum, rerum & materiarum necessariis. WITH: Tomus Alter. Partim Exegeticorum, partim Didacticorum, Quorum seriem sequens pagina indicabit. Ab [...]

The first wall map of the Seven Provinces of 1651, re-issued as ‘Stoel des Oorlogs’ by Covens & Mortier. Size 136,5 x 172 cm. The first issue of the present wall-map is known to be included in the Klencke Atlas in the British Library; the second edition, by son Dancker Danckerts, is present in the [...]

2 delen, (gegraveerde titelpagina, 19) 302, (2) 134 (12) 164 (2) 66 folia., Origineel Leer met ribben, rijkelijk met goud bestempeld, goud op snede, geciseleerd, Folio H. 40 x L. 25 x B.12/6 cm. Zeer fraaie Keurbijbel, bestaande uit het Oude en Nieuwe Testament en de Apocriefen. Compleet met gegraveerde titel-afdruk & 6 dubbele-pagina versierde [...]

Wall map of the world in two hemispheres printed on two sheets, depicting the Eastern and Western hemispheres supported by two male figures, decorated at the bottom right and left with two celestial hemispheres (boreal and southern) and at the bottom in the middle with an armillary sphere, in addition. Size 115 x 145 cm. [...]

Terrestrial Pocket Globe. A New Terrestrial Globe: from the best Authorities, by J. Addison & Co   A superb small miniature terrestrial globe produced by John Addison & Co. at their premises in Regent Street in 1816. The globe is beautifully housed and enclosed within its original black fish skin case, complete with original hook, [...]

Taferelen der Voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament, en andere boeken, bij de Heilige Schrift gevoegt, door de vermaarde Kunstenaars Hoet, Houbraken, en Picart Getekent, en van de beste meesters in koper gesneden, en met beschrijvingen uitgebreid. 3 delen, (titelprent, 2, gegraveerde opdracht) 148 + 72 (2), (2) 149-280 14 + 71, (titelprent, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Abbildung und Beschreibung derer sämtlichen Berg-Werks-Beamten und Bedienten nach ihrem gewöhnlichen Rang und Ordnung im behörigen Berg-Habit. – Abbildung und Beschreibung derer sämtlichen Schmeltz-Hütten-Beamten und Bedienten nach ihrem gewöhnlichen Rang und Ordnung im behörigen Hutten-Habit. 2 works in one volume, quarto (197 x 150mm). Titles printed in red and black, additional engraved titles, and 48 [...]

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 [...]

Diameter globe: 20 inches / 50,8 cm. Overall height: 42,52 inches / 108 cm. Full title: ” NEWTON’S New and Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Accurately delineated from the observations of the most esteemed NAVIGATORS AND TRAVELLERS to the Present Time Manufactured by NEWTON & SON 66 Chancery Lane & 3 Fleet St. Temple Bar Published 1st [...]

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 [...]