Originele Schildpadband uit de 18e eeuw, met 2 zilveren sloten, 8 zilveren hoeken, 4 zilveren schanierstukken en zilveren randen, 12°. H. 12 x B. 6,8 x D. 3,5 cm. In de bovenste klamp zijn de initialen “S.M.” gegraveerd. Het boekje in de band is er later los ingelegd. 18th century binding and silver fittings, with [...]

(engraved titlepage) n.p. Contemporary Leather, Folio H. 33 x W.. 22,5 x D. 9 cm. Dutch Bible containing the church approved translation by Nicolaes van Winghe, also called the Louvain Bible. Illustrated with several beautiful woodcuts within the text. (The spine is damaged. First free endpaper loosening, titlepage frayed, some staining throughout.)

(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 – ?. [...]

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 [...]

63 (1) p. Format: H. 2.8 x W. 2 x D. 0,3 cm ent. engraved with 8 full-page engravings. With calendar for 1827. Contemporary gold-stamped red morocco decorated with gold and gilt-edged text block (corners very lightly rubbed). Very rare. Ref. Welsh 220; Spielmann 8; Gumuchian 4056; Cp. Grand-Carteret 2060 with imprint “E. Jourdan”. – Pas [...]

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 [...]

2 werken in 1 band, (titelprent, 34) 104 (2), (30) 208 (2) p. Origineel half Leer, groot 4° Het werk bevat een handgekleurde, en goudgehoogde, titel pagina, twee handgekleurde, en goudgehoogde, drukstukken op de titelpagina’s, en 20 handgekleurde vignetten, alles origineel en fraai gekleurd. 2 works in 1 binding, (frontispiece, 34) 104 (2), (30) 208 [...]

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 [...]

Maurits, (1567- 1625), prins van Oranje en graaf van Nassau was stadhouder en legeraanvoerder van de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden. Tot hij in 1618 de titel prins van Oranje erfde van zijn halfbroer Filips Willem, werd hij Maurits van Nassau genoemd. Maurits bracht zijn jeugd deels door op slot Dillenburg waar zijn oom Jan [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rare pocket globe with a diameter of  2.75 inches. / 7 cm. held in the publisher’s shagreen case. The globe consists of 12 hand-coloured engraved gores and 2 polar caps, the top and bottom of the case each lined with 12 hand-coloured engraved half gores and a polar cap depicting the celestial hemisphere. The design [...]

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), [...]

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 [...]

Fraaie zeventiende-eeuwse filigrain band, Nederlands zilver. Bestaande uit een zilveren voor- en achterplat, rug, en sloten. H. 10,5 x B. 6 x D. 2,5 cm. De band is rijkelijk versierd: de voorplat met een spiegelmonogram “AX”, de achterplat met een afbeelding van het “Anker”, het symbool voor geloof, hoop en liefde. Met een boekblok als [...]

Ē Kainē Diathēkē. Novum Testamentum, in quo tum selecti versiculi 1900, quibus omnes Novi Testamenti voces continentur, asteriscis notantur; tum omnes & singulæ voces, semel vel sæpius occurrentes, peculiari nota distinguuntur. Auctore Johanne Leusden, professore. (frontispiece, 4) 504 p. Contemporary Vellum, gilt-edged and gauffered text block, 12°. H. 11 x W. 6 x D. 3 [...]

Two parts in one, 484 folio. Tall octavo, H. 18,5 x W. 11.5 cm. contemporary binding in blindstamped brown leather over wooden boards. Title on the lower cover: “In Epistola S. Pauli Can. RC.” The blind impression on the front cover, faded but still visible, is: “ROTEROD”, as for “Roterodami” (so from Rotterdam, Erasmus’ place [...]

Neu vermehrt und vollständiges Gesang-Buch worinnen sowohl die Psalmen Davids und D. Ambrosii Lobwassers Ubersetzung hin und wieder verbessert, als auch 700 auserlesener alter und neuer Geistreichen Liedern begriffen sind […] 2 works in 1 binding, (titleplate, 214 (2), 424 (8), 96 p. 8°. Multipainted and gold-embossed vellum binding. The central field with a large [...]

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 [...]

Newton’s new & improved terrestrial and celestial globes The diameter of the globes is 2.75 inches (7 cm). The total height, including the stands, is 6.75 inches (15 cm). A beautiful pair of miniature desk globes, with 12 hand-colored engraved gores on plaster spheres, mounted to nineteenth-century calibrated brass meridian rings and carved wooden stands. [...]