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€3.500,00 Categories: Bibles/Bindings, Handcoloured, London 2025, New Acquisitions 1779 - Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer Nr. 12658
(titelprent, 6) 474 (2) p. Origineel half Leer met ribben, 4°. Titelprent, titelpagina en 15 pagina-grootte gravures zijn origineel hand gekleurd en met goud gehoogd. Epos over de Romeinse veldheer Germanicus (15 v. Chr. – 19 n. Chr.), adoptiefzoon van keizer Tiberius. De stof voor haar dichtstuk heeft Van Merken gehaald uit de ‘Annales’ van [...]
€5.000,00 Categories: Handcoloured, History, London 2025, New Acquisitions 1707/1708 - London, Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb Nr. 12657
(portrait) n.p., 132 (2) p. Contemporary gold-stamped red morocco with 5 raised bands and gilt-edged text block, Large 8vo. H. 19.5 x W. 12 cm / 7.7 x 4.7 inches. Hand-coloured portrait of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and 42 fine contemporary hand-coloured plates with tissue guards. Tekst in double columns, ruled in red. Bound [...]
€20.000,00 Categories: Handcoloured, Highlights, History, London 2025, New Acquisitions, Religion 1633/1634 - London, for the Company of Stationers Nr. 12656
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” binding, “back to back” worked in silver thread with pink and green rosettes on white satin. Colours faded, and some loss of [...]
€6.500,00 Categories: Bibles/Bindings, Highlights, London 2025, New Acquisitions 1846/1849/1849/1849 - Amsterdam, J. Brandt en Zoon Nr. 12655
4 werken in 1 band, 542, 508, 364, 94 (1) p. Originele Schildpadband met 2 vergulde sloten, 34 vergulde nagels, en goud op snede boekblok, 8°. H. 17 x B. 11 x D. 5 cm. Nederlands kerkboek bevattende het Nieuwe Testament, de Psalmen en Evangelische Gezangen. Aantrekkelijke band gebonden in bruin met zeer fraai okerkleurig [...]
€40.000,00 Categories: Cartography/Globes, Highlights, History, London 2025, New Acquisitions 1530 - Lutetiae Parisiorum, Christianus Wechel, sub scuto Basileiensi. Nr. 12653
(28) 196 (58) p. Contemporary Leather, Folio. H. 33 x W. 22 cm. The third edition with the commentary of Joachim Vadian with some contemporary notes in Latin, was issued with the first edition of Oronce Fine’s full-sheet woodcut map of the world dated 1531, the first printed map to depict the world from the [...]
€9.500,00 Categories: Cartography/Globes, Handcoloured, Highlights, London 2025, New Acquisitions 1825 - London, No. 116 Regent Str. Nr. 12651
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, clasp, and hinge. The interior of the fish skin case is a striking scarlet colour. The case [...]
€2.500,00 Categories: Bibles/Bindings, London 2025, New Acquisitions (1911) - Glasgow, David Bryce & Son Nr. 12650
Miniatuur Bijbel met ketting en miniatuur lessenaar. 876 p. 64°. H. 4,3 x W. 3 x D. 1 cm. Totale hoogte ca. 13 cm. Miniature chained Bible and lectern. 876 p. Contemporary Leather binding, H. 1.7 x W. 1.2 x D. 0.4 inches. The Bible is fixed with a chain attached to a miniature lectern [...]
€3.500,00 Categories: Bibles/Bindings, London 2025, New Acquisitions 1776 - Halle, J.S. Hesse Nr. 12649
128 p. Origineel papieren band, 64°. 3,5 x 2,5 x 0,6 cm. Zeldzaam Bijbels miniatuurboekje in de Duitse taal. Geïllustreerd met een uitvouwbare gravure met een gezicht op Jeruzalem (de gravure is verstevigd met Japans papier). Het werk bestaat uit vijf hoofdstukken waarin een zeer beknopte weergave van hoofdzaken uit zowel het Oude als het [...]
€45.000,00 Categories: Cartography/Globes, Highlights, History, London 2025, New Acquisitions 1818 - Madrid, Spanien Dirección de Hidrografía Nr. 12648
[2], 16, [1], 46, [1], 34, [1], 16, 9 p. Contemporary linen binding, Oblong 29 x 44 cm. The Portulano de la America Setentrional is an exceedingly rare Spanish sea atlas featuring charts of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. It was developed by the astronomer and geographer José Joaquín de Ferrer y [...]
€70.000,00 Categories: Handcoloured, Highlights, History, London 2025, New Acquisitions, Religion Latin 1470-1480 - Northern France Nr. 12647
A tiny Book of Hours produced in Paris for the extremely rare southwestern French Use of Saintes. 3.7 x 2.6 inches (9.5 x 6.5 cm.) 190 leaves on parchment. 16 lines, justified 52 x 32mm (2 x 1.3in), ruled in red ink, written in very small, dark brown letter bâtarde, rubrics in red. Calendar in [...]
€23.000,00 Categories: Handcoloured, Highlights, History, London 2025, New Acquisitions, Religion 15th century - (Southern Netherlands) Nr. 12646
Small 4to Binding 5.9 x 4.7 inch. (15.5 x 12 cm); leaves ca. 5.5 x 4.3 inch. (14.5 x 11.5 cm.) Manuscript in Middle Dutch, written in one column (18 or 19 lines to a page) in a neat gothic textura script, by one or maybe two hands. The vellum leaves are (lightly) ruled in [...]
€95.000,00 Categories: Bibles/Bindings, Handcoloured, Highlights, London 2025, New Acquisitions (1550) - Paris / Robert Estienne Nr. 12645
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 [...]