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Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
[8], 206 pp.; [4], 181, [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], "86" [= 80], [2 blank] pp.A hand-coloured copy of the third French edition of Linschoten's classic illustrated guide for travellers to the East and West Indies, termed by Lach ''the most important of the first-hand accounts published independently of the great travel collections'' (I.198). No other book contained so much useful intelligence on the East and West Indies. Unhindered by the censorship that constrained writers from the Iberian peninsula (details of seas and coasts in Asia and the Americas were military secrets), he included such information as sailing directions, physical descriptions of countries, and statistics on commerce and trade. The work was held in such high regard that for nearly a century, every Dutch ship sailing to Africa and Asia carried a copy of a Dutch edition of Linschoten. The 42 plates (11 large folding) are especially noteworthy, including 6 maps and several bird's-eye views, many with coats of arms of the regions shown and of the colonial powers that controlled parts of them.Although the work contains valuable reconnaissance for the New World, the material on India and the East Indies is the most valuable, being the fruit of the author's own observation. In the service of the Portuguese, Linschoten spent five years in Goa (1583-1588/89), making numerous visits to other parts of India. He was thoroughly immersed in Indian culture and the complex relations between the Portuguese colonial apparatus and indigenous peoples. Highlights include a first-hand descriptions of the caste system, political structures, business practices of the Banyas, and exotic natural phenomena. The text is divided into three parts. The first part covers the East Indies and East Africa, including regions as far east as Japan. The second describes the navigation along the coasts of West Africa around the Cape of Good Hope to Arabia, together with some coasts in the New World. The third book is devoted to North America, the Caribbean and Brazil.About 4 sheets slightly browned and a few others with spots or minor foxing, a tear repaired in the title-page to part 3 (not affecting the text or engraving), one plate was cut and reattached at an early date and a few others show very minor browning or small tears where the folds cross, the corner of one leaf torn off (without loss of text) and a few other minor marginal defects, but still generally in very good condition, with the colouring rich and in good condition. The boards are slightly rubbed and the head and foot of the spine expertly restored, but the binding is still in good condition. A seminal work on navigation to the East and West Indies that opened up exploration to explorers outside Spain and Portugal.l Alden & Landis 638/37 (8 copies); Lach, Asia in the making of Europe I, pp. 196-204 & 482-490; Palau 138584; Sabin 41373 & 28266; STCN (3 copies); Tiele, Bibl. 686-688.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
Folio-edition of Van der Aa's voluminous collection of important voyages to the East and West Indies and other countries, undertaken by all European countries, other than the Dutch. Including voyages by Acosta, Balby, Cabot, Cavendish, Chester, Columbus, Cortes, Coutinho, Da Cunha, Drake, Evesko, Frobisher, Gallonye, Da Gama, Garay, Garcia, Gilbert, Jenkinson, Harcourt, Herberer, Magallanes, Mildenhal and Cartwright, Mouette, Petelin and Andrasko, Raleigh, Saris, De Soto, etc.The work is partly based on Johan Lodewijk Gottfried's rare Historia antipodum (1631), but largely extended by Pieter van der Aa, known for his ambitious projects. Where other publishers were primarily concerned about the profits, Van der Aa wanted to publish outstanding books. For the present series of travels he either reused and revised older Dutch translations or had the original accounts translated for the first time into Dutch. In 1706 he already started publishing the translated voyages both in small (8vo) and large instalments (folio), and a year later he published a 28-volume set of the 8vo editions. The folio editions were afterwards issued and divided in four large collections of two volumes each. The present issue, is a reissue of these four collections with their own independent tile-pages and frontispieces, and ads a new general title-page and list of subscribers. Some occasional spots, a couple minor restorations and a few wormholes; a very good set, but with the fourth volume from a different and heavily trimmed set, in a modern binding and lacking the frontispiece and the title-page to the volume. The seven volumes with contemporary bindings slightly worn along the extremities and with some minor wear on the sides, but otherwise very good.l Cordier, Sinica, cols. 1942-1943; Muller, America 1889; Sabin 3 note; Tiele, Bibl. 10; for Van der Aa: P.G. Hoftijzer, Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), Leids drukker en boekverkoper (1999).
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
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[2], 436 ll.First edition of the famous and beautifully illustrated Dutch national chronicle, known as the "Divisiekroniek", because of its publication in 32 devisions. The chronicle contains various narratives of historical, ecclesiastical and hagiographical nature, "cobbled together by an Augustinian canon, Cornelius Aurelius, from late medieval folklore and romances, local fables and chronicles as well as a superficial reading of Tacitus Germania" (Schama). It is profusely and beautifully illustrated with woodcuts of various size and style. Only ten of the woodcuts were specially designed and cut for the "Divisiekroniek": apparently the Leyden printer Jan Severszoon used whatever he happened to have in stock.Most of the woodcut illustrations used to be ascribed to Lucas van Leyden, however, Jeudwine only acknowledges about eight (including the full-page Crucifixion, the Christ standing on the globe, the Virgin in glory, and some portraits). Most of the other woodcuts are now ascribed to Van Leyden's contemporaries: the artist Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen and the painter Cornelis Engebrechtsz.Of particular interest is the black goatskin binding with gold-tooling on the front side and the spine. There are 21 other volumes known with similar bindings, all with the date "1637" on the side, as well as the name of the author or the (short) title (here: Hol: Cronyck). Most of the volumes, though not all, bear a gold-tooled shelf mark on the spine, with a number at the top (here: "102") and a capital letter at the bottom (here: "E"). The highest number so far is "158", the letters run from A to F.Professor Jan van Gelder has shown that the volumes originally belonged to the art-collector Pieter Spiering Silfvercrona (d. 1652), who was responsible for the uniform black leather bindings. After Spiering's death the collection apparently was dispersed. According to a later inscription on the pastedown, the present copy was acquired by the Dutch engraver Frans Koerten (Coerten; ca. 1603-1668), who left a note on the verso side of the flyleaf. The auction catalogue of Frans Koerten's book collection (1668), indeed lists two copies of the Chronijck van Hollandt, Zeelandt en Vrieslandt, van Adams tijden tot 1500. The other volumes can be found today at the British Museum, the British Library, UL in Amsterdam, F. Lugt collection in Paris, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and one was sold in Bern in 1973.With an owner's inscription on pastedown by Van Meurs (?), who bought the present copy at the auction of the library of Johannes Enschedé. Binding rubbed along the extremities, lower raising band half loose, slightly damaged on spine, without the often lacking index of four leaves, slightly browned, but otherwise in very good condition.l Adams A2253; J. van Gelder & I.Jost, Jan de Bisschop and his icones and paradigmata, classical antiquities and Italian drawings for artistic instruction in seventeenth century Holland (1985), pp. 196-211; Jeudwine, p. 253, and nr. 388; Nijhoff & Kronenberg 613; S. Schama, The embarrassment of riches: an interpretation of Dutch culture in the golden age (1988), pp. 72-74; Tilmans, Historiography in Holland, passim.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
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[14], 87, [1]; [8], 33, [4]; [40] pp. plus 1 plate.Ad 1: Rare first edition in the original Dutch (a German translation appeared in the same year at Cologne) of one of the most important poetical works by the Dutch Renaissance poet Jan (Baptist) van der Noot (ca.1539-ca.1595) illustrated by the famous engraver and theologian, Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert (1522-1590). The 17 finely engraved illustrations show episodes from the 12 books of the poem. Two bear the signature of the engraver Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert, the latter, depicting Van der Noot's conversation with Theude, dated 1571. This shows that Van der Noot was already working on his Olympia epics by that time and that Coornhert, Hendrick Goltzius's master, engraved the plates while living in exile in the German Rhineland. The work was probably largely finished at that time. The woodcut with the allegorical obelisk with "hieroglyphs" (pictorial images in a wholly Western style) is one of the earliest examples of mystical interest in ancient Egypt.Ad 2: First and only edition of a poem glorifying the Duchy of Braband. Ad 3: First edition of a collection of laudatory poems in honour of Van der Noot's patrons, originally meant to serve as some kind of prologue to the Cort Begryp and Lofsang (ad 1 & 2). There are no page numbers or quire signatures, and Waterschoot notes, "For each new buyer Van der Noot arranged the leaves differently" (E Codicibis Impressisque, p. 436).Some occasional minor thumbing, a few spots and a couple small waterstains in the upper margin, otherwise in very good condition. Binding slightly rubbed along the extremities, spine professionally restored, and otherwise good.l Belg. Typ. 4625 (ad 1), 4626 (ad 2); 4632 (ad 3); Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish) IV, p. 231, 260-76 (ad 1); Vermeylen, Leven en werken van Jonker Jan van der Noot, pp. 63-72, 87 ff. & bibliography: p. 147, III, A. 1 (ad 1); IV (ad 2); V, B. 22 (ad 3); Werner Waterschoot, ''Rond een convoluut van Jonker Jan van der Noot'', in: E Codicibis Impressisque. Opstellen voor Elly Cockx-Indestege (2004), vol. II, pp. 425-36.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
[102] ll.The most complete set known of the extremely rare series of laudatory poems - in Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Latin - written by the Dutch Renaissance poet Jan Baptista van der Noot (1539-post 1595). Van der Noot had each of his poems in the Poeticsche werken printed as a 4-page folio, so a single bifolium per poem (with one exception that required two bifolia). The author himself assembled these in different collections as circumstance, opportunity and his own interest dictated, issuing them with a preliminary bifolium that included a dated title-page and sometimes a second preliminary bifolium. As a result, no two copies are the same. Larger collections, like ours, were most likely compiled for and/or commissioned by very wealthy bibliophiles. They were interested not only in the contents of the poems - which serve primarily to praise them and/or their relatives and prominent acquaintances and at the same time show off the author s stylistic and rhetorical skill - but also in the decorative aspects of the work, which explains the wide variety of highly decorative pages including many woodcut illustrations.The present collection comprises the series of poems printed and published in Antwerp in the years 1588 to 1595 by Daniël Vervliet and Arnout s'Conincx (or Coninx), some bifolia by Vervliet and others by s Conincx. Gillis van den Rade, also in Antwerp, had published an earlier and completely different series of Van der Noot poems from 1580 to 1587.Vervliet and s'Conincx produced 61 bifolia for the present series, thoroughly catalogued by Waterschoot (we refer to the bifolia using his code-names), but the author never intended all of them to appear together. They appeared over a period of eight calendar years (1588 to 1595), and during that time Vervliet and s Conincx printed five different dated general title-pages, three of the five with the date changed during the press run to make title-bifolia for the present and for the coming year. A second bifolium of preliminary matter was printed only once. One poem apparently ran short, for Vervliet and s Conincx printed it three times, and one poem proved too long for a bifolium, so it appears in a single 4-leaf quire. So, the most extensive set one could have with no duplication would comprise 55 bifolia: the title-bifolium, the second preliminary bifolium and 52 poems on 53 bifolia. No such copy is known and perhaps none ever existed, but the present volume comprises 51 bifolia: the title-bifolium, 2nd preliminary bifolium and 48 poems on 49 bifolia (including the last printings of the title-bifolium and the Weerdt/VVeerdt bifolium (title-bifolium 1593-1594 - ours with the date 1594- and VVeerdt 1593). So, the set lacks only 4 bifolia with 4 poems. This is the most extensive set known: only two others come close, with 49 (at City Library in Antwerp) and 46 (Royal Library in Brussels) bifolia, and the most extensive sets after those have only 27, 26 and 24 bifolia; one set has only 2 bifolia. Van der Noot s Poeticsche werken - whether the Van den Rade or the present Vervliet/s Conincx series - almost never appear on the market.Van der Noot, one of the most prominent poets in the Southern Netherlands during the Renaissance, wrote in the style of French poets like De Ronsard and Du Bellay. Even though he was born to a noble Catholic family, he played a leading role in the 1567 Calvinist revolt in Antwerp. This forced him to flee to England, where one year later he published Het theatre oft toon-neel - which also appeared in French and English - a collection of short poems: some translations of works by Petrarch, Du Bellay and others and some original poems by Van der Noot himself, all with prose commentaries attacking the Catholic church. Van der Noot's personal motto "Tempera te tempori" (adapt yourself to the time) proved to be quite appropriate when he later returned to Antwerp and even, as needs must, returned to the Catholic church. His most notable works, including the Poeticsche werken, were published in Antwerp, including: Cort begryp der XII. boeken Olympiados . (1579) and Lofsang van Braband . (1580). He is also credited with introducing the sonnet into Dutch literature, paving the way for the illustrious 17th-century Dutch poets Constantijn Huygens and Jacob Cats.More information and a full list of the contents of the present copy are available upon request.The bifolium Chefs [2] is quired in Chefs [1] to make a quire of 4 as intended, but three other pairs of bifolia have been inappropriately quired: Arnesto in Inkomste, Farneze in Sterckheyt and Euterpe in Langhart. With a small bookplate (ca. 1860/90?) on the front paste-down: "Bibliothèque V[ict]or Quénescourt". With a professionally restored tear in the title-page, and a small stain in 1 leaf, but otherwise internally in very good condition. The binding is rubbed, and the chemicals that the binder used to blacken the spine and outer field of the boards have caused superficial damage, but the binding remains structurally sound and the tooling within the central fields remains clear.l Belg. typ. 4631; Iberian books 19054-19062; Palau 351519; Peeters-Fontainas 842; Pettegree, French vernacular books, 50378-50384; STCN 385907680 (1 copy with 17 bifolia (1590), mistakenly(?) described as 8vo); STCV 12925589, 12925593, 12925600 (3 copies with 3 (1588), 19 (1592) & 4 (1594) bifolia); USTC 79811, 79816, 80797-80799, 80880, 83007, 349442-349444, 349930, 350699, 440595, 443357 (several of the "24" copies listed are multiple entries for the same copies, 3-20 or 21 bifolia, in spite of erroneous records of "182" leaves); W. Waterschoot, ed., De "Poeticsche werken" van Jonker Jan van der Noot. I. Analitische bibliografie, PW 1588-1595 on pp. 64-170 (21 copies with 2-49 bifolia); WorldCat 68782943, 902545995, 1153618208, & possibly others (at least 5 copies); for the author: Vermeylen, Leven en werken van Jonker Jan van der Noot (1899).
Verlag: May 1944, London, 1944
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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WinstonÂChurchill at the wartime meeting of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, signed by him and 43 other world leaders. The 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, hosted by the British Prime Minister WinstonÂChurchill between 1 and 16 May, brought together the heads of government from all the Dominions except Ireland and Newfoundland and was the first in a series of 17 such conferences which took place between 1944 and 1969 and arguably the most significant, having been convened in order to coordinate the Allied war effort. At the 1944 Conference, the assembled leaders agreed to support the Moscow Declaration and the Commonwealth contribution to the upcoming Operation Overlord was discussed. Among the international leaders whose signatures appear here are, the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts, Lord Privy Seal Lord Beaverbrook, Indian Prime Minister Hari Singh and Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Photograph by Bassano, signed by him at the lower edge. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 30 inches by 20 inches. A unique piece of world history.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[10], 189, [13] pp. plus 38 plates.One of the 200 deluxe copies reserved for the Antwerp magistrates, printed on heavy Venetian paper and including the equestrian portrait of Ferdinand, of a splendid monument of Baroque book illustration by Pieter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the greatest Flemish artist of the 17th century: one of the most sumptuously illustrated books of the 17th century. It illustrates and describes the spectacular triumphal entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609-1641), Infante of Spain, into the city of Antwerp on 16 May 1635, after his victory at the Battle of Nördingen in 1634. The city was richly decorated for his triumphal procession with wooden arches, stages and paintings by Rubens. The present work, commissioned by the Antwerp city magistrates to commemorate the procession and festivities, records Ferdinand s entry into Antwerp in great detail, in both words and images.Arents notes two different Van Thulden states of the imprint and dates the present one with "veneunt exemplaria apud ." before that with "venduntur apud", and the deluxe copies for the magistrates appear to more-or-less randomly show either imprint with either the 1641 or the 1642 colophon, so these may not distinguish different issues. Arents describes the present half-title (wholly lacking in some copies) as the first of three versions (beginning "Pompa introitus Ferdinandi", while the others begin "Pompa triumphalis Ferdinandi" and "Pompa triumphanalis introitus"), but again it is not clear that this has any significance for the issue. The book, one of the most monumental publications of the 17th century, has a complicated publishing history occupying more than seven years, with publication delayed by the deaths of Rubens in 1640 and Ferdinand in 1641. The colophon of the present copy is dated 1641, but it includes plate 43, which the Antwerp magistrates commissioned from Van Thulden on 9 December 1641, so that it was certainly printed in 1642: Ferdinand s magnificent triumphal chariot with numerous allegorical figures and an inset view of his victory at the Battle of Kallo (20 June 1638) after a design by Rubens.Its large size and numerous copperplate illustrations made it one of the most expensive books produced in the 17th century, but the large plates also allowed Van Thulden to enhance the quality of the illustrations, depicting the arches and stages designed by Rubens for the Baroque festivities in great detail. The present copy is one of the 200 deluxe copies reserved for the Antwerp city magistrates. These copies were printed on heavier Venetian paper, watermarked: anchor in a circle, topped by a star.Binding with only a few spots and some scratches. With a few minor spots in the text and on the plates, some foxing on the back of plate 33, some leaves a bit crinkled (for example the half-title), with a few minor tears in some plates (mostly on the folds of the folding plates), not affecting the images, otherwise in very good condition. A beautiful deluxe copy of a splendid display of Rubens s magnificent illustrations of Ferdinand of Austria s triumphal entry into Antwerp in 1635.l Atlas Van Stolk II, 1764; Prosper Arents, "Pompa introitus Ferdinandi: bijdrage tot de Rubensbibliografie", in: De Gulden Passer, 27 (1949), pp. 81-340; Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, "Coins and classical imagery in the time of Rubens: the stage of welcome in Caspar Gevartius's Pompa introitus Fernandi", in: Knaap & Putnam, Art, music, and spectacle in the age of Rubens: the Pompa introitus Fernandi (2013), pp. 189-215; Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 99; Muller, Historieplaten 1727; STCV 12858454; Millard architectural collection, northern European books 38; Von Roeder-Raumbach & Evers 28.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
[4], 410; [106] ll.Extraordinary copy of the first edition, published by Moretus (Moerentorf) & Van Keerberghen, of the famous Moerentorf Bible in the vernacular Dutch language, printed in 1599, especially interesting for its vivid contemporary hand-colouring and for its richly blind-tooled contemporary binding. The authoritative Moerentorf Bible or Moretus Bible, was a revision of the 1548 Louvain Bible in Dutch, but corrected based on the improved Latin Vulgate of 1592 published by the authority of Pope Clement VIII. The Moerentorf Bible met extraordinary success and "became the standard Bible for Dutch Roman Catholics" (Darlow & Moule) for almost three centuries, being repeatedly reprinted as the official Dutch translation of the Vulgate in the Low Countries.Jan Moerentorf, better known as Jan I Moretus, published this revised Dutch translation of the Old and New Testament together in 1599 with the title Biblia sacra. The first woodcut of the Old Testament, in Genesis, is signed "P.B" by Peter van der Borcht, a Flemish painter, draughtsman and etcher who was full-time assistant to Christopher Plantin and illustrated many of his liturgical works. The other woodcut illustrations in the Old Testament are copied from the engraved print series of the German painter and printmaker Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), who was especially known for his very small engravings. The present edition appeared in two issues, one with the imprint of Moretus alone and the present one with the imprint of both Moretus and Van Keerberghen. Poortman shows a completely different first woodcut illustration (not signed P.B.) for the Moretus version, says its other illustrations are printed from a different series of blocks, differing in detail and rendering the scenes in mirror image, and also notes differences in the orthography. With the bookplate (on the front paste-down) and library stamp (on a free endleaf, the back of the title-page, and the first text page) of Wetenschappelijke Bibliotheek Eindhoven, the former monastic library of the Augustinian monastery in Eindhoven and one of the most important scholarly theological libraries of the Netherlands. Also with one contemporary annotation on Pp1 of the Old Testament.Binding slightly worn around the edges, especially around the spine, edges a little dust-soiled and some damage to the back board where the leather fastenings were originally attached to the boards with brass pins. Minor marginal stains, spots and dust-soiling, mostly in the first part, and a few creases throughout the book, a small tear in the right lower corner of Oo6 in the Old Testament (not affecting the text), a larger tear (partly restored) and restoration in the foot margin in L6 of the Old Testament. The colouring of the initials and woodcuts has slightly browned the paper. Overall, however, the Bible is in good condition. A beautiful copy of one of the most important Dutch Bibles ever published, here in a richly blind-tooled contemporary binding and complete with all the illustrations coloured by a contemporary hand.l Belgica typographica 1541-1600, 473 & 7886; Biblia Sacra 1599.B.dut.JM1.A; Bibliotheca Catholica Neerlandica impressa 4529; BM STC Dutch, p. 24; Darlow & Moule 3300; Dirk Imhof, Jan Moretus and the continuation of the Plantin press (1589-1610), B-36B; Pettegree, Netherlandish Books 3891; Poortman, Bijbel en prent I, and pp. 131-133, 217; STCV 12923651; USTC 402496; not in Adams.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[8], 194; [6], 179, [1]; 56; 181, [3]; [4], "152" [= 154]; [1], [1 blank], 39, [1] pp.The first and only Dutch edition of Jonston's zoological encyclopaedia, exquisitely coloured by a contemporary hand. It was first published three years earlier in Latin as Theatrum universale historiae naturalis (Amsterdam, J.J. Schipper, 1657). The 6 parts cover quadrupeds, fish and aquatic mammals, "bloodless" sea animals (mostly invertebrates), birds (including bats), "grooved or twisted" animals (insects, spiders, worms, snails, crustaceans, etc.), and snakes and dragons. The 250 striking plates, while unsigned, were evidently engraved by Matthäus Merian the elder (1593-1650) and his sons Caspar (1627-1686) and Matthäus the younger (1621-1687) (Anker, Bird books 234, and others). Nearly every plate illustrates several animals (with insects sometimes dozens), including various mythological and fantastic creatures, such as a dragon, phoenix, harpy, griffin and mermaid. The present copy is especially valuable as a rare example with the plates, including the engraved title-pages, skilfully coloured by a contemporary hand. With some manuscript annotations on the plates in the birds part, adding the common names of the birds in English and/or French. One plate originally lacking in this copy (showing snakes) has been loosely inserted from an uncoloured copy. With some creases in the first engraved part-title and one in the general title-page, occasional very faint water stains or minor thumbing but further internally very good. The front hinge repaired, spine and corners slightly damaged and the boards somewhat rubbed. A wonderfully hand-coloured Dutch edition of Jonston's famous zoological encyclopaedia.l DNB vol. 30 (1892) pp. 80-81; Nissen ZBI 2149 (calls for 249 plates, missing one in part 2); STCN 840917651 (vissen en bloedloze waterdieren); 840917597 (vogelen); 84091749X (gekerfde of kronkeldieren, slangen en draken); 84091735X (viervoetige dieren, including the general title-page); this ed. not in BMC NH.
Verlag: H.G. Clarke, London, 1844
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Leather. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). An extremely scarce, beautifully produced edition of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Sense and Sensibility'. With the vanishingly scarce original chromolithographed gilt wrappers bound in to all volumes. A very scarce, early edition of these Austen novels. Both are real rarities even more so with the beautifuloriginal wrappersThis edition of Sense and Sensibility was the first separate edition of the novel to be published after the expiration of the copyright in 1839.Pride and Prejudice is the scarcer of the two works in this edition.(Gilson E3) and (Gilson E2).Gilson states that no copy has been seen in the original wrappers. But it has now, and its a beautiful example.All volumes are bound in contemporary dark green half calf with gilt spines. Volume II of Pride and Prejudice hasbeen rebacked in a similar style.'Pride and Prejudice' is arguably Austen's best known novel. It was first published in 1813 and has become one of the most popular novels in English literature. 'Sense and Sensibility' is another of Austen's noted novels and upon its initial printing in 1813 marked a success for its author. It has been in continuous publication since.Austen's novels mark the transition to nineteenth century realism from the novels of sensibility that dominated the late eighteenth century. Her biting irony, humour and social commentary have lead her novels to be in high standing centuries later. In near uniform half calf bindings, with paper covered boards. Volume II of Pride and Prejudice has been rebacked, with the original boards preserved. Volumes I and II of Sense and Sensibility have been rebacked, with the original backstrips laid down. Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to the spines. Head of spine to volume I of Pride and Prejudice is lifting slightly. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Small mark to the 'P' of the front wrap to volume II of Pride and Prejudice. Pages are bright. Page 51 to volume II of Sense has been trimmed at the fore-edge, not affecting the text. Light spotting to the title pages of all volumes, otherwise just the odd spot. Very Good. book.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
First and only edition of a splendid atlas in full contemporary colour. In 1695, the "Land van Voorne" commissioned the surveyor Heyman van Dijck to map the territory of Voorne (South Holland). Romeyn de Hooghe was requested to decorate the maps, but would eventually only execute the title-page, a typical example of his rich allegorical imagery, decorated with the coats of arms of the administrators of Voorne, with the arms of the "Opperdijkgraaf", Jacob Frederik baron van Beyeren van Schagen, prominently placed in the centre. Jan and Caspar Luyken adorned the highly detailed maps with the coat of arms of the region depicted, often against the background of a rustic scene.The Land van Voorne was a historical region (in South Holland, today part of the islands Voorne-Putten and Goeree-Overfklakkee. It was divided into Oost- and West-Voorne and (part of) "Over Flacquee". The atlas follows this division and includes three sections, each preceded by a general map followed by detail maps of the several administrative units, including Rockanje, Nieuwenhoorn, Hellevoetsluis, Goedereede, Dirksland and Melissant.A few small tears repaired with tape, some old restorations, a few sewing supports broken, so that the binding structure is clearly visible between maps F and 1. The binding scuffed and worn. Overall in good condition. A striking atlas with beautifully decorated maps, in contemporary colouring.l Donkersloot-de Vrij 247; Klaversma & Hannema 1466; Verkruijsse, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1701.08.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
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engraved title + [5], 49, [16] ll. including engravings.First edition of a famous and original treatise on perspective by the prominent mathematician Salomon de Caus (1576?-1626), here in the very rare issue with the imprint of John Norton in London (alone) in 1612, with the name and date revised in the title-plate. The ESTC records 1611 London and 1612 London/Frankfurt issues of Caus's Perspective, but not the present 1612 London issue.Caus was renowned as an inventor of mechanical devices, both utilitarian and entertaining. His present work clearly explains and illustrates all aspects of perspective drawing, including intricate projections, optical illusions, shadows, anamorphic images and the mirroring of objects. With 2 contemporary perspective construction drawings in the foot margin of one page and some manuscript annotations. One plate has two small abrasions in the corner, but the book is further in very good condition, with only some small marginal tears and minor marginal water stains. Binding rebacked and restored, so structurally sound. A very rare issue of the first edition of a classic work on perspective, with 81 beautiful engravings.l Cf. Berlin Kat. 4706; ESTC S124665 & S122163; Vagnetti EIIIb7: "opera molto chiara" (splendid work); VD17 1:080353E (London/Frankfurt issue); not in BAL; Fowler; Millard.
Anbieter: Sokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4to. 4 works in 1, second in 4 parts, half-title to each. I: pp. 294, [10]; II: pp. 50, [2], 55-70, [2], 55, [1]; III: ff. [46]; IV: ff. [40]. I-III: Roman letter, occasional Greek; IV: Gothic letter, triple column. Numerous early bookmarks to fore-edges. Early ms Emptus 18 fl(?) and ms Hannibal Schmid à Wellenstein (1601-73) to first title, numerous C16 Latin and (fewer) German annotations in black-brown or red ink, in several Germanic hands to first 3 works. I: charming woodcut border with grotesques, Holy Shroud, and Lucretia imploring Tarquinius, woodcut printer s device to last verso, decorated initials (few in period colouring) and ornaments, occasionally rubricated. Light age yellowing, scattered ink stains to b2-3, faint water stain to gutter of first half. II: charming woodcut border with putti and Froben s device to title and one half-title, woodcut printer s device to last verso, decorated initials and ornaments. Tiny loss to title fore-edge, light age yellowing, few ink spots to second half-title, small light water stain to outer blank margin of last 2 ll. III: all pages single ruled in red ink, traces of blind impression at blank foot of title, water stain along fore-edge of last two gatherings, and very light stain to gutter. IV: title in red and black within woodcut border of grotesques, vine branches and shields of Saxony and Leipzig, decorated initials. Light age yellowing, light water stain along fore-edge of last few ll. Very good, thick-paper copies in contemporary quarter pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, one clasp, double blind ruled, outer roll with geometrical motif, rounded lozeneges in blind to central panel, raised bands, contemporary paper label with ms titles at head of spine, later label at foot, couple of tiny worm holes. C19 stamp Bibliothek P.P. Franz Bamberg (Franciscan library) to front pastedown, first title and couple more ll. Very good, unsophisticated copies of four works, in three scarce and one incunabular edition, extensively annotated by students from the time of the Reformation and for a few decades. The binding decoration points to southern Germany, and the latest recorded owner, Hannibal Schmid von Wellenstein (1601-73) was Prince of Füssen, in Bavaria, the state where this sammelband appears to have remained at least until the C19. A marginal gloss says 1528 post pascha , i.e., 1528 Second Sunday after Easter. Pupils in early modern Germany were under no formal obligation to stay at one school and follow a particular programme of study through from beginning to end, [.] pupils picked and chose from the offer of early modern schools. [ ] Apart from the differences in tuition apparent from curricula, the textbooks used also differed widely from one school to the next, allowing teachers to employ quite different teaching methods [ ]. This was even more so the case as far as private tuition was concerned (often taught by the schoolteachers themselves and without which it was very difficult at some institutions to pass the end-of-year exam) (Ross, pp. 316, 328). The present copy may have been a Latin (or grammar) school library s copy, used by different students in the course of several decades; or it may have been in the library of the Princes of Füssen - which would explain the sudden presence of a Venetian incunable among cheap student editions - and used by generations of Wellenstein boys under the supervision of a private tutor. All annotators mostly followed the same programme, including Book I of De copia verborum , Querela pacis and Encomium matrimonii ; a later annotator slaved over Solinus s work. Erasmus was the most influential textbook writer in the C16 (Chomarat). This sammelband includes his widely-read De copia verborum , first published in 1512 and suggesting textual embellishment based on tropes and rhetorical figures, as well as Querela Pacis , a complaint of personified Peace, and orations on death, marriage and the medical profession.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Junk, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Amsterdam, Leiden, Haarlem, s'Gravenhage, J.C. Sepp en Zoon, and others, (1800)-1920. Volumes 1-25 (of 28) & 1 index volume. 4to (295 x 240mm). With 1 handcoloured engraved title page and 2000 coloured plates, engraved and coloured by hand, lithographed and coloured by hand and chromolithographed. End 19th century uniform half calf, gilt and blind-stamped spines, marbled sides (some vols. early 20th century). A fine, almost complete set, of the most beautiful flora of the Netherlands. During a period of 134 years 461 parts were published. As this is a most unusual long period of time complete sets are of the greatest rarity.It is one of the great national floras and comparable in extent and span with the 'Flora Danica', the 'Flora Graeca' and a few others. The first 13 volumes were published by Sepp & Zoon, a firm which excercised the utmost care in producing colour-plate books of outstanding quality. The first 24 volumes have the plates handcoloured, the remaining volumes have chromolithographs. For the first 10 volumes Kops was the editor, to be followed by several other editors and publishers. The quality of the plates, especially of the earlier volumes, is excellent, and makes it one of the most attractive botanical illustrated works published in the Netherlands.The index volume covers vols. 1-14. The text is both in Dutch and French. A complete copy has 28 vols with 2240 plates. The work was issued in 8vo and 4to. The present copy is the precious 4to edition. The first volume has a list of 232 subscribers. Little did they know that it would take 134 years for the whole work to be completed, so that none of them was to see the last instalment. As publication took so long, it became a true monument of nineteenth-century book production, since it is extremely rare for so many developments in printing and illustration techniques to be reflected in one single work.Great Flower Books, p. 63; Nissen BBI 2247. Stafleu & Cowan II, 3874 (giving a very detailed collation and description); See also J. Baert, Jan Kops pioneer van Hollands landbouw, 1943.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
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[2], "234" [= 236], [10] pp.Rare first edition of Jan II van Ghelen's Dutch translation of Sebastian Brant's famous Ship of fools, a telling satire on the foolishness of men. The book really is a picture book, each act of folly depicted in a large woodcut in which the fool with cap and bells plays the main role, the text explaining the woodcut and its moral. It first appeared in German in 1494, in Latin in 1497, and went through hundreds of editions in many languages, as well as spin-offs of various kinds, including a song by The Grateful Dead in 1974. A Dutch translation appeared in Paris in 1500 and a few more in the following decades, including one at Antwerp in 1548, but the present edition was far more influential and was long even cited as the first.Sebastian Brandt (1457-1521) is famous largely for this verse satire, in which more than a hundred fools set sail in search of a fool's paradise. Each humourously satirizes one particular vice or folly of Brant's day, sparing neither clergy nor scholars, and each fool meets his death in an appropriate manner. Columbus's discovery of America, made only 2 years before the first edition, earns a brief mention. Brant satirizes men and women in all walks of life and engaged in various activities, so the woodcuts add not only humour and beauty, but also a view of historical clothing, implements and customs.Lower outside corner of title-page restored and a few leaves slightly browned, but still in very good condition. The binding is worn and restored. Rare and well-illustrated first edition of the leading Dutch translation of a classic of satirical literature.l Belg. Typogr. I, 388; BKVK & WorldCat (3 copies); Rosenwald Coll. 1206; USTC 402039 (5 copies); not in Adams; Bibl. Belg.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
Collection of satirical plates and illustrated poems related to Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, a famous collection of texts and plates satirizing the Englishman John Law, his Mississippi Company, and the international land and trading speculation in worthless shares, known as the South Sea Bubble of 1719-1720, which resulted in an international scandal. Nearly every copy or set has a different makeup.The present set of plates doesn't include the text, but does include a set of 10 very rare broadsheets with satirical poems and woodcut illustrations, according to Muller "the woodcuts especially are very rare, for some I have seen no other copy than the one described here". Other rare items in the collection are the 2 copies of a, non-satirical, engraved map of the coast of South America and the South Sea, in two parts with the titles "De Zuyd-zee" and "De Pacifische of Zuyd zee", not listed by Muller, and a series of 8 engraved prints, with letterpress text, by Jan de Ridder.Many items, including the rare broadsheets, untrimmed, with most deckles intact. Some items slightly worn, especially among the loose prints, but the others in very good condition, only occasionally restored at the folds.l Frans de Bruyn, "Het Groote Tafereef der Dwaasheid and the Speculative Bubble of 1720", in: Eighteenth-Century Life, vol. 24, no. 1 (winter 2000), pp. 62-87; Muller, Historieplaten, pp. 103-132.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
The very first beautifully illustrated comprehensive description of the wild flora of the Netherlands: an absolute highlight of 19th-century botanical book production. The present set consists of the first 24 (of 28) volumes, complete with all 1920 hand-coloured engraved and lithographed botanical plates, and 2 index volumes. Each plate is accompanied by a detailed description in both Dutch and French, giving the plant's scientific and generic names in multiple languages (Latin, Dutch, French, German, and English) and its characteristics, habitats, and uses.The Flora Batava was first published in 1800 and the total of 28 volumes containing 2240 coloured plates showing more than 2630 kinds of wild plants, fungi, mosses, and algae together with approximately 5000 pages of text. The fine plates are considered to be among the best of Dutch botanical illustration. The work appeared in instalments - each containing 5 plates, which were gathered into volumes of 80 plates each - over the course of the entire 19th century and well into the 20th century; the last volume was published in 1934. The plates in the first 24 volumes (nos. 1-1920) are engraved or lithographed and subsequently coloured by hand, the plates of the last four volumes (vols. 25-28, nos. 1921-2240) are chromo-lithographed. The first editor of this monumental work was Jan Kops (1765-1849), who was a Dutch botanist, agriculturalist and professor of agronomy and botany at Utrecht University. For volumes 5-10 Kops was assisted by the following Dutch botanists: Herman Christiaan van Hall (1801-1874), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811-1871) and Johannes Everardus van der Trappen (1807?-1880). The editors for the other 18 volumes were, successively, the following Dutch botanists and scientists: Pieter Marie Eduard Gevers Deynoot (1816-1860), Frederik Anthony Hartsen (1838-1877), Frederik Willem van Eeden (1829-1901), Laurens Vuyck (1862-1931), and Willem Jan Lütjeharms (1907-1983) assisted by Fredericus Cornelius August de Wever (1874-1947).The portfolios of the first 9 volumes are worn, the rest show signs of wear, internally only very slightly browned along the edges of the leaves, but overall very fine and clean. Overall in very good condition. An unmatched display of Dutch flora, essential to any botanical collection.l Great Flower Books, p. 108; Landwehr, coloured plates, 60; Nissen BBI 2247; Sotheby's, Magnificent botanical books, 196; Stafleu & Cowan 3874; cf. BMNH 1016 (8vo ed.); Johnston, Cleveland Herbal, 663 (vols 1-10); Pritzel (vols 1-13); not in Hunt; Oak spring flora; Plesch.
Anbieter: Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Kunst / Grafik / Poster
MAGISTRAAL GEZICHT OP DE REDE VAN ANTWERPEN "Antverpia"', kopergravure in vier bladen voor het eerst uitgegeven in 1610 door Jan Bapitst Vrients, hier in een uitgave van na 1652. Deels in de tijd, deels later met de hand gekleurd. Afm.: (prent) ca. 43 x 219 cm, (lijst) 80 x 255 cm. De rede van Antwerpen heeft een fascinerende aantrekkingskracht uitgeoefend op kunstenaars: geen enkele havenstad in de 16e en 17e eeuw heeft zo vaak haar rede of delen van die rede weergegeven gezien op schilderijen en prenten. Enkele grafische kunstenaars hebben het gewaagd in monumentale gezichten een overzichtsbeeld te geven van het ganse toenmalige havencomplex. De drie voornaamste pogingen werden stuk voor stuk meesterwerken in het genre: de anonieme houtsnede van 1515, de gravure van Frans Huys van 1556, en het redegezicht van 1610 door Jan Bapitist Vrients. Opdrachtgevers voor het vervaardigen van dit stadsgezicht waren de aartshertogen Albrecht en Isabella die over de Habsburgse Nederlanden regeerden van 1598 tot 1621. In 1609 kwam men in Antwerpen tot een akkoord over een wapenstilstand, waarop het Twaalfjarig Bestand volgde en de erkenning van de Verenigde Provinciën als soevereine macht. Met de beëindiging van de vijandelijkheden en het daaruit voortvloeiende herstel van de landbouw, nam de welvaart bij de terugkerende bevolking toe. De protestanten die eerder de zuidelijke Nederlanden hadden verlaten, werden onder nieuwe wetgeving nu gedoogd. Deze gebeurtenissen bij elkaar waren aanleiding voor een stemming van overwinning en lof, uitgebeeld in dit panorama. De gravure van Vrients toont boven het stadsbeeld allegorische voorstellingen in de toen doorbrekende barok-stijl. Van links naar rechts: het wapenschild van Brabant; een bazuin blazende Faun, de Overvloed, de Macht geflankeerd door de Zege en Gerechtigheid; de Stad Antwerpen met Mercurius en vreemdelingen die schatten brengen; het wapenschild van het markgraafschap Antwerpen. Links bovenaan een cartouche met een 18-regelig Latijns lofdicht op Antwerpen onder de titel "De magnificentia urbis Antverpianae"'; het cartouche rechts kent wederom een lofdicht in het Nederlands en Frans: "De Lotharinger Vorst, de eerste Hendrik bou[w]de Nu al voor soo veel eeuwen mijn wallen aan de Schelde Doch wat is 't dat men stoft op daden van den ouden Als een verdiende lof u dapperheyd niet melt Sie vremdeling, mijn schat mijn huijsen, toorens, kereken, Mijn wallen en het Slot daer uijt ik word bewaakt Gae heen en segh dan vrij die duijsen wonder werken Heeft burger van mijn stadt in voorsped self gemaakt."' Jan Bapitist Vrients (1552-1612) specialiseerde zich in de uitgave van kaarten. Na de dood van Abraham Ortelius (in 1598) en Gerard de Jode (in 1591) was hij de enige belangrijke Antwerpse uitgever die de cartografische traditie uit Antwerpen's Gouden Eeuw voortzette, zij het ten dele met materiaal van zijn voorgangers: hij kon onder meer van Ortelius' zuster de koperplaten van de fameuze kaartenmaker kopen en daarmee het Theatrum Orbis Terrarum van Ortelius herhaalde malen heruitgeven. Het redegezicht van 1610 is dan ook uitzonderlijk in het oeuvre van Vrients. Niet bekend is of hij persoonlijk de prent gegraveerd heeft, of dat hij enkel als uitgever van het werk heeft gefungeerd. Sommige bronnen suggereren dat de plaat is gemaakt door Hans Rem die in 1606 ook een groot aangezicht van Amsterdam maakte. Vrients overleed in 1612. Zijn materiaal werd publiekelijk geveild in april van dat jaar. De koperplaten van Ortelius werden gekocht door Balthasar en Jan Moretus, maar andere liefhebbers waren eveens komen opdagen. De koperplaten van het redegezicht moeten de weg naar het Noorden hebben gevonden. Op bepaalde afdrukken komt de naam van plaatsnijder Johannes Loots (1630) uit Amsterdam voor, ook zijn er exemplaren bekend met de naam van Claes Jansz Visscher (1652). Dit exemplaar zonder naam van een uitgever moet na 1652 zijn verschenen. Literatuur: zie Holstein XLIX, 61; Delen "Iconographie van Antwerpen"' 613 Prijs: Euro 16.500,-.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
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[16], "354"[= 364], [8] pp.First edition, second issue, of a richly illustrated book on practical shipbuilding by Cornelis van Yk, a very important source for the history of the construction and equipment of Dutch ships in the 17th century.The first four chapters discuss and illustrate ancient and foreign ships, from Noah's ark, East Asian and Chinese ships to Spanish galleys and four experimental ships (all illustrated), including a boat built in Rotterdam in 1653, nicknamed "Het Malle Schip" (The Crazy Ship), that was driven by paddle-wheels. The present copy contains the cancel (2*1-2) in which the author has replaced his comment on Witsen's 1690 Architectura Navalis by a list of contemporary works on shipbuilding, mainly in French and English.With the binding worn, some plates with minor tears (restored) and frontispiece slightly soiled. Good copy.l Bruzelius 1697; Klaversma & Hannema 1503; Landwehr & V.d. Krogt, VOC 1109; Nijhoff, "Een Variant in van Yk's Scheeps-Bouw-Konst" in Het Boek, 1921, pp. 139-144.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
First editions of two of the finest 17th-century Dutch gardening books, usually found together and both with high quality engravings in crisp impressions. The work by the Dutch engraver Hendrik Causé (1648-1691) presents a clear and succinct account of the luxury gardening in the 17th-century Netherlands, including the cultivation of many new exotic species. It is divided into four parts, the first treats (fruit) trees, the second other plants and flowers the third contains designs for gardens and labyrinths, and the fourth treats herbs. Causé describes in his work some 450 plants with details for cultivation. He was also the engraver of the fine plates, which "are sharp and very well cut, though the plants are clearly reminiscent of [Chrispijn] vande Pas" (Hunt).The second work is a treatise on the culture of oranges and lemons, by the Dutch botanist Jan Commelin (1629-1692): an important document for the history of hothouse cultivation in northern Europe. An unillustrated English translation was published in 1683. The 20 superb engravings after C. Kick show citrus fruits. The other 6 engravings show hothouses and methods of growing trees in tubs and pots.Only some wear to the edges of several of the plates and endpapers, otherwise in very good condition.l Anglo Dutch garden 157 & 120; Arnold arboretum, pp. 146 & 167; Hunt 344-345; Nissen, BBI 339 & 390; Paradisus Batavus 57; Stiftung für Botanik 127.
Verlag: Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1853
Anbieter: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
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Full Description: [BRONTË, Charlotte]. Villette. By Currer Bell, Author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," etc. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1853. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 195 x 125 mm). [4], 324, [12, publisher's catalogue dated February 1853]; [4], 319, [1, printer's imprint]; [4], 350, [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank] pp. No half-titles called for. Original greenish-brown morocco-grain cloth decoratively stamped in blind with a three-line border enclosing a rectangular border that contains a floral design in each corner. Spines stamped in blind with a floral design at head and tail. Spines lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Top edges uncut. A very minor amount of rubbing to cloth. A bit of light finger soiling. A few pages with small marginal stains, and page 107 of volume III opened rough at fore-edge, but not affecting text. Housed in green cloth clamshell. A near fine copy in an unsophisticated state. "The novel, like its predecessor The Professor (then unpublished), is based on the author's experiences in Brussels, here renamed Villette, and also has as its centre a pupil-teacher relationship. The novel combines a masterly portrayal of Belgian daily life with a highly personal use of the elements of Gothic fiction; Charlotte Brontë uses hints of the supernatural. to heighten the impression of her heroine's nervous isolation and heroic fortitude; but all the apparitions are found to have realistic explanations" (The Oxford Companion to English Literature). Villette was published on 28 January 1853, and the earlier sets have twelve-page publisher's catalogues bearing that date. Smith records sets containing catalogues dated February 1853 [Present Copy], March 1854, and December 1854. Parrish, p. 95 (publisher's catalogue dated January 1853). Sadleir 349 (publisher's catalogue dated January 1853). Smith, Brontë, 6. Wolff 828 (publisher's catalogue dated March 1854). HBS 68801. $13,500.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[16], 76, [2] pp.Splendid copy, luxuriously extra-illustrated 5 years after the original publication, of the first edition of Pijpers's Dutch adaptation of Marmontel's 1771 Zémire et Azor, a version of the fairytale, Beauty and the beast. It is signed in brown ink by the author, and on the last page by G. de Visscher as a warrant of authenticity.STCN notes that some copies, like ours, have 2 additional folia: an illustrated typographical title-page (with Pijpers's roundel portrait on a monument) and a poem by Pieter Pijpers, entitled "Op Myne afbeelding", dated 1789. Apart from these extra leaves, our copy is embellished with 6 plates with scenes of the play from the original French edition of Marmontel's play, published in Paris, 1771, here all beautifully coloured, and with 3 extra plates by Dutch artists, probably made to illustrate a third edition; a second edition appeared in 1786.Zémire and Azor was a comical opera in 4 acts composed by the Belgian composer André Grétry, with a French text by Jean François Marmontel (1723-1799), based on Jean Marie Prince de Beaumont's 1756 La belle et la bête and P.C. Nivelle de la Chaussé's 1742 Amour pour Amour. The opera was first performed on 9 November 1771, stayed in the French repertory until at least 1821 and enjoyed worldwide success. With the circular morocco bookplate of P. May, with his interlaced monogram in gold, and the blind stamp of a private Dutch collection on the endpapers. With generous margins and many deckles intact. In very good condition, with only occasional very minor spotting and a water stain in one of the blank guard leaves protecting the coloured plates. Corners bumped and back board rubbed. Desirable, extra-illustrated Dutch Beauty and the beast, incorporating lavishly coloured Dutch and French plates.l Van Aken, Cat. Ned. Toneel II, p. 351 (mentioning only a title-vignette); Moderne Encyclopedie van de Wereldliteratuur, vol. 7, p. 239; STCN (8 copies, only 3 with engr. title).
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[2], 64, [2] ll. plus folding woodcut.A great and influential work on cosmography, perspective and many related subjects, in the original Latin, being Gemma Frisius's extensively revised and expanded version of Petrus Apianus's account of cosmography, providing readable explanations and numerous clarifying woodcut illustrations. Apianus and Frisius discuss latitude and longitude and their determination, the earth's climatic zones, maps, surveying, triangulation, and give a brief description of the continents, including the New World. The illustrations include a folding cordiform world map. The ingenious volvelles with their moving dials and pointers clearly illustrate the position and movement of celestial bodies.With a few small marginal tears, chips or excisions, one at the foot of the title-page very slightly affecting the border of the woodcut and one at the head of the title-page removing an old owner's inscription, and browned water stains at the foot throughout and at the head of the last 5 quires.l Adams A1284; Belg. Typ. 5087; cf. Van Ortroy, Frisius 28 (Bellère issue); Sabin 1738-1756 (other eds. & issues); for Apianus: DSB I, pp. 178-179.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
Rare multilingual edition of Vignola's Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura, a classic account of the five orders of architecture, with the continuation (La ii parte) and Crispijn de Passe's related Oficina arcularia. Vignola (1507-1573), Italian painter, architect and theorist, "emerged in the 1550s as the leading architect in Rome after Michelangelo and was in papal service for over three decades. . His Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura (1562), a concise illustrated tract on the five orders, enjoyed immense popular and academic success throughout Europe and was the most influential book on classical architecture until the advent of Modernism" (Turtle).The continuation, La ii parte dell architetura dell Vignola, shows partial elevations, sections and plans of Italian churches, views of altars, fountains, elevations of Dutch houses (some by Pieter Vinckebooms) and elevations of fireplaces and chimney-pieces, partly engraved by Crispijn I and II van de Passe. In some copies these plates are divided into 5 separately numbered series; here the plates were renumbered and rearranged so as to form one series of 42 plates. La ii parte is followed by De Passe's Oficina arcularia, showing designs for altars, tombs and monuments, partly already published separately in 1621. BAL believes the first series of these plates, numbered 1-28, to be part of the La ii parte dell architetura.The three works are often found bound together and it seems that they were published together, but they were also sold separately. The make up differs from copy to copy and the publication history is complicated.Some soiling and browning, gutter margin of title-page slightly damaged, a few leaves with marginal water stains, otherwise in very good condition. Binding soiled, spine and corners damaged, otherwise good and structurally sound.l Ad 1: WorldCat (5 copies); not in BAL; Fowler; Millard; STCN; ad 2 & ad 3: BAL 3452; Fowler 362; Franken, Van de Passe 1357; ad 3: Hollstein XVI, p. 138, no. 174/II; STCN (5 copies, with only 42 plates); for Vignola: Turtle, "Vignola, Jacopo", in: Grove art online.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
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First Dutch edition, the first one to be illustrated, of Pietro della Valle's account of his travels in Turkey, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Iraq, Persia (Iran) and India. Della Valle, an Italian nobleman, sailed from Venice in 1614 to Istanbul, where he arrived in August 1614. He spent a year exploring the city and continued to Rhodes, Alexandria, Rosetta, Cairo, crossing the Sinai desert to Jerusalem, Damascus and Aleppo. Rather than return to Istanbul, Della Valle decided at this point to travel to Persia to meet the Safavid ruler Shah Abbas I. He travelled with the next caravan to Baghdad, where he married Ma'ani-Jowayri, daughter of a Nestorian Catholic father and an Armenian mother, and together they continued through snow-covered Kurdistan to Isfahan (Persia), which they reached in March 1617. Della Valle sojourned in Persia until early 1623, witnessing and commenting on the escalating conflict between Shah Abbas and the Portuguese empire. He "displayed excellent narrative and descriptive skills, powers of acute observation, and a genuinely scholarly breadth of learning. He refused to comment on what he had not witnessed himself or checked against the best authorities . Della Valle's eighteen letters from Persia provide one of the most detailed sources of information for most aspects of Persian life in the second half of Shah Abbas' reign" (Gurney).With bookplate of J.K. Leeksma on pastedown. Some marginal water stains, several tears repaired and the general title-page somewhat dirty. Hinges reinforced, boards bowed, one corner of front board chipped. An impressive eye-witness narrative of travels in the Near East.l Atabey 1270; Cat. NHSM I, p. 256; Howgego, to 1800, D30; STCN (5 copies, incl. 1 incomplete); Smitskamp, Philologia Orientalis II, 232; Tiele, Bibl. 1122; Tobler, p. 95; cf. Gurney, "Della Valle, Pietro", in: Encyclopaedia Iranica (online ed.).
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[12], 19, [3], 342, [2], 151; [4], 12, 172, [4], 77 ll.Edition by Nicolas Goetzee of the Dutch Staten Bijbel (States Bible, the authorized translation first published in 1637), newly illustrated with 12 folding double-page maps, each map accompanied by a folding double-page leaf with explanatory text, and extra illustrated with the large series of Bible scenes by Jan Luyken, generally known as "Icones Biblicae" and originally published without a letterpress title or text by Pieter Mortier in 1708. The series consisted of 62 large folio prints, including the title-print not included by Goetzee. The series is here in second state with the address of P. Mortier replaced by J. Covens & Mortier. The text is printed in Roman type, and our copy is bound in a fine richly gold-tooled Dutch binding of the period.In good condition.l Bijbel en prent 21 (idem with the Luyken-series); Cat. Bijbel-tentoonstelling Amst. 1914, 1255; Poortman I, p. 248; for Luyken's print-bible: Poortman II, p. 131; Van Eeghen & Van der Kellen 429.
Verlag: Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1848
Anbieter: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Third Edition. Third edition, published one year after the first. Three volumes, bound in early 20th-century half red morocco over marbled paper boards, all edges marbled. Near Fine with light rubbing to bindings, evidence of bookplate removal from front pastedowns, pages lightly toned.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
Attractive set of 11 works of the famous Dutch poet, artist and engraver Jan Luyken (1649-1712). Luyken, like Saint Augustine, had led a rather frivolous life when young, which he said helped him to vividly depict the dangers and temptations of a worldly life. Most of the works included are emblem books, with engravings accompanied by a Dutch motto, a poem, and several relevant Biblical passages for further contemplation. The set contains:1). Beschouwing der wereld. Amsterdam, 1708.2). De zedelyke en stichtelyke gezangen. Amsterdam, 1709.3). De onwaardige wereld. Amsterdam, 1710.4). De bykorf des gemoeds, honing zaamelende uit allerly bloemen. Amsterdam, 1711. 5). Het leerzaam huisraad. Amsterdam, 1711.6). Des menschen begin, midden en einde. Amsterdam, 1712. 7). Jezus en de ziel. Amsterdam, 1714.8). Vonken der liefde Jezus. Amsterdam, 1717.9). Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf. Amsterdam, 1718. 10). Het overvloeijend herte, of nagelatene verzen. Haarlem, 1767. 11). Bybel printen. Amsterdam, [1712].Text and plates in very good condition, only slightly browned, with occasional foxing and a few small spots. Bindings rubbed along the extremities, some corners bumped.
Verlag: Praha, 3. VII. 1900., 1900
Anbieter: Kotte Autographs GmbH, Roßhaupten, Deutschland
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240 : 160 mm. An den italienischen Komponisten Leone Sinigaglia (1868-1944) mit einer Widmung in tschechischer Sprache. From 1900 Sinigaglia worked in Prague with Antonín Dvo ák (whom he possibly met through his friendship with the Bohemian Quartet in Vienna). From Dvo ák he learned the ability to apply classical techniques to the arrangement of popular songs.- Stellenweise leicht berieben.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
[5] ll. plus 153 engraved prints; [1], [3 blank], 595 [= 593], [5] pp.Natalis s famous print series for the gospels, depicting the life of Christ in an extensive series of 153 numbered large and detailed gospel illustrations , here bound together with his additional commentary to this work, here both in their first editions. The engravings, showing the life, death and resurrection of Christ, were made by some of the best Flemish engravers, including the Wierix brothers at Antwerp, Jan II and Adriaen Collaert, Charles de Mallery, after drawings by the Italian painter Bernardo Passari and a few after Maarten de Vos.The present famous print series of the life of Christ soon became a highly important work for Jesuit missionaries and, moreover, a masterpiece of Flemish engraving at the end of the 16th century, engraved by some of the best Flemish engravers of its time in exceptional quality. The present copy is outstanding because both title-pages are highlighted with gold, which is rarely seen.With an inscription in brown ink ("Bibliotheca") on the title-page of ad 2. Ad 2 lacks two preliminary leaves ( 2 and 3), but these seem likely to have been intentionally omitted when the two works were published or bound together, because they contain the same text, reset and reprinted almost line for line, of the corresponding preliminary leaves in ad 1. Binding slightly worn around the spine, especially at the head and foot, some margins of the plates slightly stained or foxed (not affecting the engraved images) and only a few plates with some minor stains (plates 67, 68, 72, 107 and 123), some leaves of ad 2 browned or slightly foxed. Overall in very good condition. Natalis's famous print series with his complementary text, here in their first editions and with their title-pages extensively decorated with gold.l Ad 1: Adams N56; Belgica typographica 8786 (cf. 2193 & 8787-8789: other variants of the 1st ed.); STCV 12922190. Ad 2: Belgica typographica 2191, 8780 & 8781 (8781 mistakenly treated as a variant issue?; cf. 2192 & 8782-8785, the 2nd ed.); STCV 7091386.
Verlag: Wiesbaden und Bayreuth, überwiegend 1908 bis 1912, einige 1932 bis 1978., 1978
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Österreich
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Mit 1 Feder- und 1 Bleistiftzeichnung. 94 Bll. mit ca. 130 Eintragungen. Grüner feingenarbter Lederband der Zeit mit etwas Jugendstil-Goldprägung und Goldschnitt. 8vo. Bemerkenswertes und ungemein reichhaltiges Autographenalbum eines Opernliebhabers mit Einträgen von zahlreichen Größen der Opern-, Musik- und Theaterwelt aus dem Umfeld der Wiesbadener Oper und der Bayreuther Festspiele. Darunter: Aino Ackté (Sopranistin, 1876-1944; 32), Bela Alten (Sopranistin, 1877-1962; 55), Roald Amundsen (Polarforscher, 1872-1928; 93), Friedrich Simon Archenhold (Naturwissenschaftler und Astronom, 1861-1939; 6), Hermann Bahr (Schriftsteller, 1863-1934; 44) und Anna Bahr-Mildenburg (Sopranistin, 1872-1947; 44), Michael Balling (Bratschist und Dirigent, 1866-1925; 43), Felix Berber (Violinist, 1871-1930; 64), Carl Braun (Tenor, 1885-1960; 31, mit Notenzeile), Gustav Brecher (Dirigent und Komponist, 1879-1940; 8, mit Notenzeile), Carel Burrian (Tenor, 1870-1924; 65), Fritz Busch (Dirigent, 1890-1951; 80, mit Notenzeile) Mme Charles Cahier (Altistin, 1870-1951; 68), Teresa Carreño (Pianistin, 1853-1917; 84)., Enrico Caruso (Tenor, 1873-1921; 20, mit eh. Selbstportrait in Feder), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (Schriftsteller, 1855-1927; 42), Susanne Dessoir (Sopranistin, 1869-1953; 81) Ilona Durigo (Altistin, 1881-1943), Eleonora Duse (24), Mischa Elman (Violinvirtuose, 1891-1967; 83), Otto Ernst (Schriftsteller, 1862-1926; 26 und 83), Karl Ettlinger (Schriftsteller, 1882-1939; 83), John Forsell (Bariton, 1868-1941; 68) Max Friedlaender (Musikwissenschaftler, 1852-1934; 35), Vally (Valerie)Friedrich-Höttges (Sängerin, 1887-1958; 82) Wilhelm Furtwängler (90), Ludwig Ganghofer (73), Jeannette Grumbacher de Jong (Sopranistin, 1872-nach 1932; 86), Ellen Gulbranson (Sopranistin, 1863-1947; 29), Lilly Hafgren (Sopranistin, 1884-1965; 46), Karl Halir (Violinist und Konzertmeister, 1859-1909; 21), Gerhart Hauptmann (60), Sven Hedin (56), Hugo Heermann (Violinist, 1844-1935; 78), Frieda Hempel (Sopranistin, 1884-1955; 27), Heinrich Hensel (Tenor, 1874-1935; 77) Gudrun Hildebrandt (Schauspielerin, D. n. b.; 11), Josef Kainz (Schauspieler, 1858-1910; 61), Herbert von Karajan (Eintrag von 1972; 57), Tilly Koenen (Mezzosopranistin, 1873-1941; 79), Thomas Koschat (Komponist, 1845-1914; 38, mit Notenzeile), Felix von Kraus (Bassist, 1870-1937; 51 und 82), Fritz Kreisler (71), Jan Kubelik (Violinvirtuose und Komponist, 1880-1940; 70) Léon Laffitte (Tenor, 1875-1938; 81), Arno Landmann (Orgelvirtuose und Komponist, 1887-1966; 83), Martha Leffler-Burckhard (Sopranistin, 1865-1954; 71), Lilli Lehmann (Sopranistin, 1848-1929; 34), Paul Lincke (Operettenkomponist, Kapellmeister, 1866-1946; 12, mit kl. Notenbeispiel "Luna-Walzer"), Flore Luithlen-Kalbeck (Sopranistin, gest. 1948; 86), Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann (Altistin, 1878-1943; 3), Alexander Moissi (Schauspieler, 1879-1935; 85), Karl Muck (Dirigent, 1859-1940; 30, mit Notenzeile), Elly Ney (22, mit Notenzeile), Arthur Nikisch (Dirigent, 1855-1922; 58), Siegfried Ochs (Dirigent und Komponist, 1858-1929; 35), Elisabeth Ohlhoff (Sopranistin, 1884-1954; 82), Fritz von Ostini (Schriftsteller; 1861-1927; 72), Carl Julius Pappenheim (Zeitungsverleger, 1850-1927; 18), Ernst von Possart (Schauspieler und Bühnenleiter, 184-1921; 7 und 64), Margarete Preuße-Matzenauer (Kammersängerin, geb. 1881; 1), Paul Prill (Kapellmeister, 1860-1930; 78), Max Reger (82), Wolfgang Reimann (Organist und Chorleiter, 1887-1971; 51, mit Notenzeile), Anton van Rooy (Baß-Bariton, 1870-1932; 63), Moritz Rosenthal (Pianist, 1862-1946; 69) Kurt Rotter (Musikschriftsteller und Volksliedsammler, 1881-1945; 43), Marcell Salzer (Rezitator und Schauspieler, 1873-1930; 62), Adele Sandrock (59), Vasily Safonov (Pianist und Dirigent, 1852-1918; 69), Max von Schillings (Komponist, 1868-1933; 64, mit Notenzitat) Paul Schmedes (Tenor, 1860-1930; 74), Rolf Schroeder (Pianist und Konzertbegleiter, geb. 1898; 89, mit ganzseitiger Handzeichnung), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Sopranistin, 1915-2006; 91), Marcella Sembrich (Koloratursopranistin, 1858-1935; 72), Alfred Sittard (Organist, Komponist, Michelkantor, 1878-1942; 73), Leo Slezak (Tenor, 1873-1946; 61), Walter Soomer (Baß-Baritonist, 1878-1955; 93), Agnes Sorma (Schauspielerin, 1862-1927; 33), Frieda Stahl-Spiess (Pianistin, D. n. e.; 72 und 92) Bernhard Stavenhagen (Pianist, 1862-1914; 49), Fritz Steinbach (Kapellmeister und Komponist, 1855-1916; 87, mit Notenzeile), Richard und Pauline Strauss (21) Joseph Szigeti (Violionist, 1892-1973, 76, mit Notenbeispiel), Henry Thode (Kunsthistoriker, 1857-1920; 40), Siegfried Wagner (Sohn von Richard W., Dirigent und Festspieldirektor in Bayreuth, 1869-1930; 42), Harry Walden (Schauspieler, 1875-1921; 25) Wolfram Waldschmidt (Musikschriftsteller, 1874-1935; 81), Edyth Walker (Sängerin, 1867-1950; 9, mit Notenzeile), Erika Wedekind (Sopranistin, Schwester von Frank W., 1868-1944; 10), Felix Weingartner (Dirigent, Komponist, 1863-1942; 69), Clarence Whitehill (Baß-Bariton, 1871-1932; 37), Ernst Frh. von Wolzogen (Schriftsteller, 1855-1934; 28) und Konrad von Zawilowski (Baritonist, 1880-1952; 82). - Einband etwas berieben, Ecken und Kapitale etwas beschabt.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
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[8], 214 [= 220] pp.First edition of a valuable account detailing a Dutch embassy to Russia (1675-1676). The objective was to gain Russian participation in the anti-Swedish and anti-French alliance, and Koenraad Klenk, with his expert knowledge of Russian language and culture, was the ideal choice to lead the embassy. The mission was subsidized with more than 50,000 guilders, an extraordinary amount which was even exceeded during the journey. Although the embassy was well received and the Russians were showered with gifts, Klenk failed to persuade the Tsar to enter into war with Sweden. The six impressively evocative plates by Romeyn de Hooghe are typical examples of his rich allegorical imagery. Final leaves restored, with the missing text supplied in manuscrip, some soling, binding worn. An excellent source for the history of Russia and its foreign relations during the reign of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich.l Adelung II, pp. 359-360; Landwehr, De Hooghe Book Illustrator 46; Muller, Bibl. Neerlando-Russe 200; Tiele, Bibl. 602; Verkruijsse, Romeyn de Hooghe 1677.04.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[1], [1 blank], [14], 287, [1 blank], [8] pp.The first Dutch translation of Ludwig Lavater's De Spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, first published in Geneva in 1570, is an exceptionally rare find with only four other copies known in public libraries and having appeared only thrice on the market in the last century. Ludwig Lavater (1527-1586), a Zurich theologian, achieved great success with his renowned "ghost book," which became a bestseller of its time. Within this book, Lavater succinctly presents the Reformed perspective on the topic of ghosts, offering readers practical guidance on interpreting and managing supernatural phenomena. Drawing from various theological arguments, Lavater asserts that such phenomena do not involve the appearance of deceased individuals but rather the devil's attempts to tempt or punish the living on behalf of God. Consequently, any form of interaction with spirits, including questioning, protective or defensive measures, and exorcisms, is strictly prohibited. Instead, those troubled by ghostly encounters are advised to engage in penance and fervently pray to God. Lavater was a preacher, and later head of the Zwinglian church at Zurich. He denied that souls or ghosts of the death could appear. If such apparitions were seen, it was the works of demons, not of the souls of the death. His work experienced wide circulation, with numerous editions published in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and translations made available in Latin, French, English, and Dutch.With a manuscript note on the back board ("hu 60"?), the green and white bookplate of the collection Buijnsters-Smets, previously attached to the front paste-down (now loose between the front endleaves). The binding shows slight signs of wear, internally very slightly browned and water stained (not affecting the text). Otherwise in very good condition.l STCN 853810273 (3 copies); USTC 1033061 (3 copies, same as STCN); Waller 1012; WorldCat 117168124, 883830908 (4 copies).
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[1], [1 blank], [92] pp. and 47 engraved plates.First edition of a very rare work on geometry, with almost 50 engraved plates, presenting a thorough pictorial course of all aspects of geometry and its application to the construction of military fortifications. The work was popular in the 17th century and has been translated into multiple languages, but the first edition is quite rare and can only be found in a few libraries.Samuel Marolois (ca. 1572-1626/27), a Dutch mathematician and military engineer, first published the work in French during the Twelve Years Truce (1609-1621) in the Eighty Years War (1566/68-1648) between Spain and the Low Countries. During this time, Maurits of Nassau (1567-1625), Prince of Orange, developed the new Dutch techniques and strategies of fortification that booked great success. Marolois was the first to systematize these new Dutch ideas in his Fortification ou architecture militaire (1615). The present work, Géométrie, was published a year later and explained the theory behind the ideas presented in the earlier work. It was more accessible to a wide audience than Fortification and met quick success, going through several editions and translations in just a few years. The work covers plane and solid geometry, surveying, mensuration, the making of maps and ground-plans, and fortification. Its plates show surveying instruments, fortification plans and a stunning and detailed view of a town on a waterway in a hilly landscape. A graphic curiosity is the use of a picture of an eye to indicate sighting lines.With the bookplate of Ludwig Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg and a small paper label mounted on the front pastedown. The parchment is somewhat creased, with a brown stain on the front boards and a smaller one on the back. The front flyeaf and title-page have been restored around the edges and conrners, without affecting the frontispiece, the work is somewhat browned throughout, with 2 water stains on the outer edges of the first 7 leaves and 1 at the bottom edge of the leaves in the 2nd half of the work, without affecting the text, ink fingerprints on the recto of leaf Nn. Otherwise in good condition.l Bierens de Haan 3027; Honeyman 2158; Hoogendoorn, Bibliography of the exact sciences, p. 620; Smyth F. P., The Mark J. Millard architectural collection, vol. IV, 64; STCN 852241755 (4 copies, incl. 2 incomplete), USTC 1031912.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
[2], 7, [1] pp.Very rare pamphlet published during the European wars against Turkey, with a frontispiece portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor Léopold I (1640-1705), Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia and Hungary. He succeeded his father Ferdinand III in 1657 and immediately had to fight against the Turks in the Great Turkish War, also known as the War of the Holy League (1683-1699). This war finally led to the Peace of Karlowitz in 1699.This work gives directions and arrangements for ritual processions that the Turkish Sultan Suleiman III ordered after his victories during the so-called Holy Wars against the Christians. It is of great importance for our understanding of the problematic Turkish-European relations during the 17th century, especially as an interesting example of counter-propaganda. One of Suleiman III s directions presented in the book, for example, ordered that one Christian slave or one Jew was to be killed every fifteen minutes as part of the procession. One can imagine the reaction of a Christian reading this text: although the crusades were over, this could provoke war and violence between the parties.Wrappers worn and somewhat frayed, a few worm holes, but still in good condition.l Bibliotheca bibliographica Aureliana CX, XVIIe siècle, XIV (Bordeaux), 2176 (not mentioning the portrait); cf. Desgraves (Bordeaux) 1580.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[24], 340, [43], [1 blank] pp.Second edition, in the original Dutch, of a monumental and splendidly illustrated account of Ambonese and other East Indian marine specimens excluding vertebrate fish, apparently drawn in the year of the death of the owner, Rumphius. The 60 large engraved plates show crustaceans, sea urchins, sand-dollars, starfish, shellfish, barnacles and coral, along with crystals, minerals, amber, fossils and even some man-made artefacts. Some plates show one large figure, others more than twenty small ones. Its precise descriptions and information on habitat anticipate modern marine biology.Rumphius, a German physician and naturalist, worked for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) from 1652 to his death, mostly on Ambon in the Moluccas. Traditionally the illustrations were attributed to Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), but this has recently proven erroneous. Slightly creased, otherwise in very good condition and wholly untrimmed, leaving broad margins. Binding slightly rubbed and sides a bit soiled, but still firm and good.l Landwehr & V.d. Krogt, VOC 591 note; Nissen, ZBI 3519.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
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126; [8], 56, 56, 24, [2]; [14], 153, [1 blank]; [4], 152, 116 pp.Ad 1: Rare second Dutch translation of a highly important and adventurous narrative, including an account of the first recorded non-Islamic visitor to Mecca. This translation was made by Felix van Sambix the younger based on the German translation of the Italian original (the Itinerario) made by Hieronymus Megiser. The present edition includes for the first time several full-page engravings, for example one showing a 15th-century battle against camel-riding Arabs and another depicting a Sati ritual. "Varthema's Itinerario, ., had an enormous impact at the time, and in some respects determined the course of European expansion towards the Orient" (Howgego), making it one of the most important Middle Eastern and Asian travel stories in history.Ad 2 (bound before ad 1): First and only edition of the illustrated Dutch translation of Roe's journal as edited by Samuel Purchas with new illustrations made for it, describing his stay at the Mughal court for almost three years (1615-1618), a major contribution to Europe's knowledge of Asia. Ad 3: First Dutch edition of an account by Jean Mocquet (1575-1616) of the six voyages he made between 1601 and 1612 to (1) northern Africa and the Canary Islands, (2) to the Caribbean and Brazil, (3) to Morocco and other parts of Africa, (4) to eastern Africa and the East Indies (made ca. 1609), (5) to Syria and the Holy Land and (6) to Spain. Ad 4: First Dutch edition and first illustrated edition in any language of Vincent le Blanc's eye-witness accounts of his world travels through Persia (Iran), Arabia, Burma (Myanmar), the East Indies, and in the second part Morocco, Guinea, the African interior, the Cape, Constantinople (Istanbul), the Middle East, North and South America and even China. It was first published in French as Les voyages fameux (Paris, 1648), here translated into Dutch by Jan Hendrik Glazemaker (1620-1982). Binding a little stained. Ad 2 with a water stain in the gutter margin and the paper edges a little frayed, lacking the blank leaf Q4. With some occasional small spots in ad 1, some water stains in the lower right corner of ad 3 and also in some parts of ad 4, which also shows some very slight water stains in the gutter margin. Otherwise in good condition. A highly interesting convolute of beautifully illustrated stories of travel through the Middle East, Arabia, India (including the Mogul Empire in Roe s work), Persia, the East and West Indies, Guinea, Africa and many more regions.l Ad 1: STCN (9 copies); Tiele, Volkenkunde 1128; cf. Howgego, to 1800, V15; Lach I, pp. 164-166. Ad 2: Cox I, p. 269; Lach & Van Kley III, pp. 564, 635-644; STCN (5 copies); Slot, The Arabs of the Gulf, p. 417; Tiele, Volkenkunde 927. Ad 3: Borba de Moraes, p. 576; Cordier, Indosinica, 884; JCB, M390; Sabin 49791; STCN (5 copies); Tiele, Volkenkunde 757. Ad 4: Borba de Moraes I, p. 460; Sabin 39592; STCN (9 copies); Tiele, Volkenkunde 647.
Verlag: Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1892
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
One of only 250 examples of the work of Jane Austen. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in full calf and marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, frontispieces. In near fine condition. An exceptional set. "Generations of readers have marveled at the modernity of her work, she is the mother of the English 19th-century novel as Scott is the father of it" (Kunitz & Haycraft, 23).
Verlag: San Francisco (Arion Press), 1984
Anbieter: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (2), 27, (3)ff. All contents loose, as issued. 8 original prints hors texte, each signed and numbered in pencil, including 1 photograph by Richard Avedon (continuous-tone offset lithograph); 4 lithographs, of which 3 printed from the stone (Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Jane Freilicher) and 1 from a metal plate (Alex Katz); 1 woodcut (Jim Dine); 1 softground etching with aquatint (R.B. Kitaj; printed by Aldo Crommelynck), 1 photogravure etching with hand-coloring (Larry Rivers; printed at Universal Limited Art Editions). Print and text dimensions: 450 mm. (ca. 17 3/4 inches) in diameter. 33-1/3 r.p.m. phonograph record of Ashbery reading the poem, in album with liner commentary by Helen Vendler. Title-page and record album both with reproductions of the Parmigianino self-portrait. Folio. Publisher s polished steel canister, with inset convex mirror on the lid. Edition limited to 175 hand-numbered copies (25 hors de commerce), signed in the colophon by Andrew Hoyem, printed on uncut Twinrocker paper. Foreword written for this edition by John Ashbery, signed by him in pencil at the conclusion. "The enigmatic Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1523-1524) by the Italian mannerist artist Parmigianino was the inspiration for John Ashbery s 1973 poem of the same name. This highly original version of the poem uses a round format and is housed in a metal film canister containing a convex mirror. The eight artists who provided the illustration were all old friends of Ashbery from the New York art world.Their choices of image were as varied as their styles and personalities. Three artists (Avedon, Elaine de Kooning and Rivers) portrayed Ashbery, while two (Dine and Kitaj) portrayed themselves. The remaining artists provided a portrait of a woman (Katz), a still life (Freilicher), and an abstraction (Willem de Kooning)" (Robert S. Johnson). Very slight dent on the edge of the canister lid. All contents in very fine condition. Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: London, 1892
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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56 vols. 8vo. First Editions. First Editions. 56 vols. 8vo. WITH ALL SADLEIR'S RARITIES. An amazing assemblage of the works of one of England's major 19th century novelists all in magnificent full green morocco bindings with the original covers bound in at the back. We have never had such a complete collection. Sadleir (pp. 380-381) says; "Few Victorian fictions are more seldom sen than Numbers 1 to 4 below." 1. Rhoda Fleming. 2. Farina-Harry Richmoond. 3. Evan Harringtonn. 4. Richard Feverel. All are present here 1.The Shaving of Shagpat. An Arabian Entertainment. London, Chapman and Hall, 1856. 384 pp. Original cloth bound in at end. First Edition. 2. Farina: A Legend of Cologne. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1857. 244 pp. First Edition. 3. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. In Three Volumes. London, Chapman and Hall, 1859. First Edition. Original cloth bound in at end. 4. Evan Harrington.In Three Volumes. London, Bradbury & Evans, 1861. First Edition. Original cloth bound in 5. Emilia in England. In Three Volumes. London, Chapman and Hall, 1864. First Edition. Original cloth bound in. (republished as Sandra Belloni in 1887) 6. Rhoda Fleming. A Story. In Three Volumes. London, Tinsley Brothers, 1865. First Edition. With original cloth bound in 7. Vittoria. London, 1867. 3 volumes. First Edition. Original cloth bound in. Bound in full green morocco, t. e.g., with many original covers bound in at the back, by Birdsall London and Northampton. All fine, one of two binding slightly rubbed.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[28], 96 pp.Extremely rare first edition of a list of Dutch data concerning the whaling trade in and around Greenland, compiled by Gerrit van Sante (1728-1779). The book was designed with blank spance to add new data in the years following 1753. The present copy has been updated, probably by the first owner, till the year 1761. Besides the names of the commanders for every Dutch voyage to Greenland and the Davis Strait and the names of the directors for whom they sailed, it also includes an annual record of the number of whales caught, tonnes of blubber and barrels of whale oil, both for each commander individually and for the industry as a whole. "Van Sante understood completely the enormous economic importance of whaling for the Netherlands, and mentions the results of every voyage of every ship" (Catalogue library of G.J. Honig). "Greenland" is broadly interpreted to include the waters around Spitsbergen and Jan Mayen Island, and the Davis Strait fleets (fishing between Greenland and America) are not separately recorded until 1719. With manuscript owner's inscription, the warrant signature of the author on the back of the title-page, and manuscript additions throughout. Otherwise in very good condition and wholly untrimmed.l JBC III, p. 1766; Sabin 76854; STCN (1 copy); WorldCat (2 other copies).
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[8], XXXVIII, [2] pp. 2032; 2000; 1032; 676 cols [=1016, 1000, 516, 338 pp.].Rare, second much enlarged edition of an encyclopaedia of commerce by Jacques Savary (1622-1690), the most famous economist of his time, posthumously published by his brother Philemon Louis Savary. It was the first publication of its kind and contains here for the first time the two supplement volumes 3 and 4 (here bound together in one volume). Minor spots throughout and a few leaves with some marginal water stains, otherwise in very good condition. Bindings slightly rubbed along the extremities and the endpapers browned, otherwise also very good.l Bierens de Haan 4136-4137; STCN (5 copies); cf. Cat. Goldsmith vol. I, 6181; Einaudi 5099; Kress 4584.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
IV pp. text.Very rare drawing manual with exceptionally fine plates by mainly 17th-century old masters. The confirmed artists of the prints are: Jan van Almeloveen, Cornelis Danckerts (I), Pieter de Molijn, Nicolas Perelle, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), Claes Jansz. Visscher (I). Furthermore the title-page names Silvestre, Quinault, Della Bella, Nolpe, Schenk and Vermeulen, which we could not confirm. Possibly several prints in this album are unknown works by these masters. The signatures and marks were erased from the plates, making these prints all new states. Only the first 10 plates are typical instructional illustrations, showing the basics of geometry and anatomy. The other 66 are all high quality engravings and etchings by the most renowned Dutch and international old masters. These served the readers as examples for drawing. The plates are of remarkable high quality, especially for a manual, the imprints are very fresh and well inked. They show beautiful and professional drawing models of finished landscapes, seascapes, architectural and other views, genre pieces, etc. The plates are of various sizes and forms, several circular, and also of various styles, both in design and in the art of engraving, several including the use of chiaroscuro. A short introduction and explanation of the first 6 "onderwysplaatjens" (teaching plates) is present. On verso of the title-page a motto from Formey is given: "Men kan zichzelven onderwijzen in het teekenen van eenige kleene voorwerpen: vooral van landschappen" (One can teach oneself the drawing of some small objects: especially of landscapes).Rudolph Wiegel's Kunstcatalog of 1840 states that the prints are original and "very valuable" and that the signatures were removed from the plates. In addition it refers to the Bartsch numbers of a few: P. Molyn, Bartsch 1, 2 and 3; Almeloveen, Bartsch 27-31 and 34-36. The album was published by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop (1777-1833), who was active 1808-1833, dating the album in that period. We only traced 1 complete copy in a library (Utrecht University), which they date 1810. 2 other copies in libraries are incomplete: Rijksmuseum (lacking title-page) and RKD (lacking some plates). The identity of the compiler is unknow, but he was in possession of the original 76 old master copper plates. Though meant for young students, a collection of this many old master prints must have been valuable.All plates are in very good condition, except for one folding plate, which is slightly grimed on the fold. one quire with two plates detached without damage. Binding only very slightly rubbed. Otherwise in very good condition.l Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; Rudolph Wiegl, Kunstlager-Catalog, vol. 8, Leipzig, 1840, no 63; not in Kunst op Schrift; not in NUC.
Anbieter: Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge, Amsterdam, Niederlande
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Kermis op de Nieuw Markt te Rotterdam 1804 Door Jan Antonie Langendijk. (1780 -1818) Linksonder gesigneerd en gedateerd. Tekening met pen in grijs en aquarel. Afm. ca 30,4 x 43 cm. De kermis op de Nieuwemarkt werd elk jaar in de laatste week van augustus gehouden. Op verschillende plaatsen in de stad stonden markt en kermiskramen, en kasteleins organiseerden er muziek- en dansavonden. Jan Antonie (zoon en leerling van Dirk Langendijk) is vooral bekend om zijn kermissen, markt en volksfeesten in de stad Rotterdam, die hij met veel fantasie (en niet met geheel juiste voorstelling van de topografie) heeft weergegeven. Later werden naar zijn tekeningen gravures van historische momenten gemaakt. Van de kermis op de Nieuwemarkt maakte Langendijk ook een andere tekening, thans te zien in het Rotterdamse Stadsarchief. Prijs: Euro7.500,- (incl. lijst).
Verlag: Petrograd [St. Petersburg], 1917
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
Retained copy. 11 pages. 1 vols. 12-7/8 x 8 inches. The Murder of Rasputin. "Russia is a country, as you know, where, nine times out of ten, personalities and not principles are the springs of action" A remarkably prescient and prophetic account of the murder of Rasputin by a seasoned observer on the eve of the Russian Revolution. The anonymous author/reporter, described in Current History as a "trustworthy Russian, whose reliability is vouched for by the conservative London Post", begins: "It is only after serious deliberation and under a strong sense of public duty that I bring myself to write you this report of Russian affairs. As you know, for a couple of years of this war I never wrote you - or anyone else at home - a single line that was not for publication . But the time has come to speak, for there is only too much reason to believe that we are on the eve of events much more serious than those of 1905-6 ." The writer gives a brief and vivid account of the career and character of Rasputin, the notorious "holy man," "rascal," and "drunkard," whose "miraculous power of the opposite sex" and incredible influence over the Romanov court led to the messy assassination in late December, 1916, and the subsequent "reign of terror" in which press reports were suppressed. "It is really a tragedy of a dynasty and may be still the tragedy of an Empire ." which, he believes, presages an era of violence: "What is extremely unpleasant to contemplate is that universal conviction that this is 'only first blood': the path of assassination is fatally attractive in Russia, and, in point of fact, it is the only way in which, as things are, the nation can attempt roughly to adjust the balance. Grave events are surely impending ." A superb contemporary account in deft prose and with close knowledge of the inner circles of Russian life. Portions of the document reprinted, in heavily edited form, in "Rasputin, Nemesis of the Czar", in: Current History, a Monthly Magazine of The New York TImes vol. VI, no. 2 (May 1917), pp. 288-291 Slightly soiling, old folds, stab marks, overall however very good. In half blue morocco folder Retained copy. 11 pages. 1 vols. 12-7/8 x 8 inches.
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[8], 72 pp.Extremely rare Dutch edition of an important and very popular eye-witness account of mid-16th-century Brazil, by Hans Staden (ca. 1520/25-ca. 1557 or ca. 1576), a Hessian artilleryman who served the Portuguese in Brazil in the years 1547-1548 and 1549-1555. During most of his second trip to Brazil he was held prisoner near Rio de Janeiro by the Tupinambá Indians. Already fluent in the Tupi language, he probably gained a more intimate knowledge of the Indians than any other writer of his day. The first part describes his voyages and his capture by the Indians, while the second part describes their culture and customs. Staden's sensational tales of the "savage, naked, very godless and cruel cannibals" of Brazil, published when Europeans knew almost nothing of the New World, immediately made the book a best-seller. While its biased view of the Brazilian "savages" was the progenitor of many widely accepted 16th-century European beliefs about the New World, it also contains a wealth of information from the direct observations of a participant observer familiar with the native language. It therefore forms one of the most important sources of both facts and misperceptions about indigenous Americans. We have located only three other copies of the present edition worldwide.With some water stains and an occasional minor brown spot, but still in good condition and only slightly trimmed.l Alden & Landis 660/161 (1 copy); WorldCat (3 copies); cf. Borba de Moraes, p. 836; Sabin 90050; this ed. not in STCN.
Anbieter: Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge, Amsterdam, Niederlande
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LOOSDRECHT DURING THE ERA OF PEAT EXTRACTION "Nieuwe kaart van Mynden en de Loosdrecht", copper engraving made by Adolf van der Laan based on the design by surveyor Jan Spruytenburgh and published by Johannes Covens & Cornelis Mortier in 1734. With beautiful original hand colouring. Size: 61 × 89 cm. The map is dedicated "with dutiful respect" by the "most obedient and humble servants and citizens" Johannes Covens and Cornelis Mortier to Mr. Lieve Geelvinck. This manner of expression may seem excessively deferential to us today but was apparently quite common back then. Lieve Geelvinck (1676-1743) was immensely wealthy and influential, not only as Lord of Mijnden and Loosdrecht but also of Castricum, Backum, and Kroonenburg. He held significant administrative positions in Amsterdam, including serving as the city's mayor for several years, residing in an elegant building on Herengracht. Three years after this map was published, Covens & Mortier published an equally splendid map of the 'Heerlijkheid' of Castricum, also dedicated to him. This suggests Geelvinck, who likely generously supported the cartographic work financially, was pleased with their efforts. And it's no surprise, given that the map is both informative and decorative. There's a slight overlap with a earlier map of Loenen, indicating that Geelvinck might have inspired Covens & Mortier to create a similar map of Mijnden and Loosdrecht. The surveying work for the map were conducted by a certain Jan Spruytenburgh, who was admitted as a surveyor in Holland in 1727. He wasn't a well-known surveyor-cartographer - only few maps are attributed to him - but as the map demonstrates, he was skilled in what he did. The engraver and etcher Adolf van der Laan, also known for just a few maps, excelled in his decorations. While there wasn't a local historian suggesting ideas for the border embellishments as with the Loenen map, the peat extraction in the area provided good subjects. Additionally, customary decorative motifs such as angels, hunting scenes, the family coat of arms of Lieve Geelvinck, and the arms of Mijnden and Loosdrecht are prominently featured. The depiction of peat extraction at the bottom of the map illustrates the sequential tasks involved in wet peat extraction. It shows the peat being dredged from the water, transferred onto a barge, spread on the land, compacted by workers (often women), and stacked for drying, covered with reeds. The processed peat was stored in sheds before being transported by turf barges to markets, especially those in cities, before winter. The map itself offers a highly detailed view of the Loosdrecht area in 1734. The current recognizable form of the Loosdrechtse Plassen is not yet evident. Large expanses of open water were scarce, mainly existing north of Oud-Loosdrecht and slightly to the north of Boomhoek. However, the area of trenches and drying acres was substantial. The Drecht, as a river, remained entirely intact from its origin to its mouth at the Vecht, as did the now-vanished Oudendijk. Peat sheds were visible in various locations along the Oudendijk, Nieuwendijk, and Veendijk. The map's release was announced in the Amsterdamse Courant on April 24, 1734, and an edition from June 1, 1737, indicates its price was two guilders and ten stuivers (the same as the Loenen map). Literatuur: Marijke Donkersloot-de Vrij (1985), "De Vechtstreek Oude kaarten en de geschiedenis van het landschap", nr. 26. Price: Euro 6.950,- (incl. lijst).
(Wien, K.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1877). 8vo. In the original orange-brown printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. Near mint. (16), 13, III pp + 1 folded lithographic plate by Schuma, after Freud. First edition, in the scarce offprint, of Freud's first publication, which documents the early beginnings of the scientific thought that came to found psychoanalysis. In 1873 Freud entered the University of Vienna to study medicine. He chose to study medicine, not because he wanted to be a practitioner, but because he wanted to study the human condition with scientific rigor. In his early career, he modeled himself on Ernst von Brücke. "He spent an increasing amount of time in Brücke's Physiological Institute from 1876 through 1882. His first studies were on the connection of a large nerve cell (Reissner's cell) that had been discovered in the spinal cord of a primitive genus of fish, and his observations made it possible to fit these cells into an evolutionary scheme." (D.S.B. V:172).In the background of this task - of studying this nerve cell of a primitive fish - lay a greater question" a question that arguably became formative for the greatest revolutionizer of the human mind, namely the question about the nervous system of higher animals - including human beings - differing in kind from the lower ones. "Freud's precise observation revealed that the presence of Reissner cells in the primitive spinal cord was because of the incomplete development of the embryonic neural tube to the periphery, and that this demonstrated an evolutionary continuity between the two. Having successfully solved this problem, he then continued his histological research on nerve cells, but also decided independently to work on crayfish. [h]e was beginning to show himself to be a creative scientist, heuristically positing a conception on the basis of empirical evidence, something that would reappear in his psychoanalytic method." (Thomas Dalzell, "Freud's Schreber Between Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis.", p. 156). "Years later Freud found this evolutionary-anatomical parallel to his phychoanalytic findings of important didactic use in his "Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis." (Sulloway, "Freud, Biologist of the mind: Beyond the Psychoanalytic Legend", p. 268). "To this vast and exciting field of research [the composition of nerve cells and the question whether the nervous system of higher animals is made up of elements different from those of lower animals] belonged the very modest problem which Brücke put before Freud. In the spinal cord of the Amoecetes (Petromyzon), a genus of fish belonging to the primitive Cyclostomatae, Reissner had discovered a particular kind of cell. . Brücke wished the histology of these cells clarified. After a few weeks Freud came to him with the quite unexpected discovery that non-myelinated fibres of the posterior (sensory) nerves originated in some of Reissner's cells. Other fibres, probably also sensory, coming from these cells passed behind the central canal to the opposite side of the spinal cord . Brücke pressed for publication [and] presented the study at the Academy of Sciences meeting of january 4, 1877. It appeared in the January Bulletin of the Academy. It was the first paper of Freud's to be actually published, since the one on his first piece of research, on the eel, did not appear until 3 months later." (Jones, Life and Work, vol. I, pp. 51 - 53).
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[2 blank], 9, [1 blank] pp.Original mortgage agreement in Dutch in which King Philip II of Spain, who had sovereignty over the Low Countries and held the title Count of Holland, grants Jan Hanneman the rights to the tithes from his lands of Voorburg and Voorschoten. Philip had succeeded to the Spanish crown the year before on the abdication of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and the present elegantly written text explains that he and the Spanish Government wish to ameliorate their "very large and excessive debts" (it later speaks of 300,000 guilders, which would be 50,000 Flemish pounds) resulting from years of war, the building and maintenance of many fortifications and the salaries of the troops, so the King wishes to mortgage or sell some of his royal domains and the rights to tithes that go with them. Efforts in 1556 had not yielded enough. Spain was later able to finance the wars with treasures from the colonies, most famously transported in the annual silver fleet beginning in 1566, but here a decade earlier, the King was desperate for funds.Formerly folded. In very good condition, but with the sewing recent and rather loose. A primary source for Spain's financial state in 1557 and for the history of Voorburg and Voorschoten.
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
First state of a topographical wall map of the Vijfheerenlanden, a Dutch (polder) district south of Utrecht and the river Lek. Here including the very rare engraved borders, containing the coats of arms of the water district and its board members. The area is bordered by the Lek at the right (the north), the river Linge at the left, the Diefdijk at the foot and the Zouwendijk at the head, and includes the cities Vianen and Leerdam, and the towns and villages Ameide, Oosterwijk, Leerbroek, Lexmond, Nieuwland and Everdingen.The 14 coats of arms of the members of the water district board are those of: Hendrik Verboom, Abraham van Hoey, Simon Brand. Abraham Cleyn, Paul van Alen, Jacob Pieter Balguerie, Georg Robbert van Croin, Gerard Callenburgh Baertmans, Joan Host, Frederik Kuenenn, Testard Jan de Lille, Hendrik Cleyn, Carel de Lille and Willem Kelderman. The four leaves of the map have visible folds, one leaf has a restored tear along the fold (not touching image itself), and some faint spots, otherwise in very good condition.l Donkersloot-De Vrij (1981) 809 (locating 1 copy with the coats of arms); Fockema Andrae, Geschiedenis der kartografie van Nederland, p.72; Koeman, handleiding 184.