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METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- HOGARD, H. Recherches sur les glaciers et sur les formations erratiques des Alpes de la Suisse. Épinal, Impr. de veuve Gley, 1858. ix, 319, (3) pp. Lge-8°. Owrps. (A bit age-toned, but a very good copy). - First edition.

METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- HOWARD, L. The climate of London, deduced from meteorological observations, made in the metropolis, and at various places around it. 2nd, much enlarged and improved ed. Lond., 1833. 3 vols. v, (1), lxxii, 348; (4), 407; (4), 383 pp. W. 30 plates, of which 2 fold. and in col. Cont. cf. (All spines dam., spine vol. 2 partly gone, a bit foxed throughout, but in near fine interior condition). NOTE:Luke Howard (1772-1864) published this work of statistics on weather conditions in London in two volumes, in 1818 and 1820, before issuing a much improved second edition in 1833. While he is best known for his work on clouds, he was also the first to recognise the effect that urban areas have on local climate.

METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- MILANKOVITCH, M. Kanon der Erdbestrahlung und seine Anwendung auf das Eiszeitenproblem. Belgrade, 1941. xx, 633 pp. Fol. Owrps., uncut. (Wrps. a bit dam., back cover fails, some underl./small annot. in pencil in places). NOTE:Milutin Milankovitch (1879-1958), Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, and civil engineer. He gave two fundamental contributions to global science. The first contribution is the 'Kanon der Erdbestrahlung', which characterizes the climates of all the planets of the Solar system. The second contribution is the explanation of Earth's long-term climate changes caused by changes in the position of the earth in comparison to the sun, now known as Milankovitch cycles. Milankovitch spent two years arranging and writing the 'Kanon'. The manuscript was submitted to print on 2 April 1941 – four days before the attack of Nazi Germany and its allies on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In the bombing of Belgrade on 6 April 1941, the printing house where his work was being printed was destroyed; however, almost all of the printed sheet paper remained undamaged in the printing warehouse, the pages 545-608 however were as a result printed on paper of a lesser quality. - First edition, scarce.

METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- PENCK, A. & E. BRÜCKNER. Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter. Lpz., 1909. 3 vols. 1199 pp. W. 19 maps, 30 plates and 156 illustr. in text. Lge-8°. Cont. clothbacked marbled brds. (Some underl. in pencil in vol. 1, but in fine condition). NOTE:Albrecht Penck (1858-1945) was the first to recognize the existence of more than one glacial period. At the age of twenty-four, he wrote down his ideas in the article 'Die Vergletscherung der deutschen Alpen'. These ideas were later elaborated in his standard work 'Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter', which had a great influence. - First edition. DSB X, 501-6.

METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- SCHOUW, J.F. Beiträge zur Vergleichenden Klimatologie. 1. Heft (=all). Copenhagen, 1827. W. fold. table. Cl. Rare first edition. -- B. HELLAND-HANSEN & F. NANSEN. Temperatur-Schwankungen des Nordatlantischen Ozeans und in der Atmosphäre. 1917. W. 48 plates. Lge-8°. Owrps., uncut & unopened. -- And 1 o. (3).

PLANT GEOGRAPHY -- CANDOLLE, Alph. de. Géographie botanique raisonnée ou exposition des faits principaux et des lois concernant la distribution géographique des plantes de l'époque actuelle. Paris, (etc.), V. Masson & J. Kessmann, 1855. 2 vols. W. 2 fold. maps. Lge-8°. Owrps., uncut. (Spine vol. 1 reinforced, both vols. a bit loose(ning), minor foxing throughout). First edition. Inscribed by the author to 'Monsieur Paul' on the front cover of vol. 1. -- And 3 o., incl. 1 o. by C. (5).

POINCARÉ, H. Leçons de mécanique céleste. Paris, 1905-10. 3 in 4 vols. Lge-8°. Owrps., uncut. First edition. -- Added: Id. Leçons sur les hypothèses cosmogoniques professées a la Sorbonne. 2e éd. Paris, 1913. W. photo-engr. portr. of the author. Lge-8°. (Wrps. fail, loosening). -- And 1 o. by the same. (6).

OLYMPIC GAMES -- KRAUSE, J.H. Olympia, oder Darstellung der grossen Olympischen Spiele und der damit verbundenen Festlichkeiten, so wie sämmtlicher kleineren Olympien in verschiedenen Staaten, nebst einem ausführlichen Verzeichnisse der olympischen Sieger in alphabetischer Ordnung und einigen Fragmenten des Phlegon aus Tralles 'peri tôn 'Olumpiôn'. Vienna, 1838. xliv, 420 pp. Clothbacked brds. (Upper margin last part faintly stained, w. libr. stamps). NOTE:Rare first edition, a reprint was published in 1972.

GERMANY -- "POLITISCHE UEBERSICHT von Deutschland von J. v. Stülpnagel". Gotha, J. Perthes, n.d. (c. 1860?). Large cold. lithogr. map by C. Hellfarth of Germany (but also (part of) France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Austria). Intersected in 9 parts and laid down on linen. 141,5 x 146 cm. NOTE:Wall map for use on schools. First edition.

AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS. Rerum gestarum qui de XXXI supersunt, ll. XVIII. Ope MSS. codice emend. ab F. Lindebrogio & H. and H. Valesiis (…). Omnia nunc rec. ab J. Gronovio. Leyden, P. v.d. Aa, 1693. (48), 514, (14) pp. W. engr. front.-portr., engr. ti-vign., 14 engr. plates & 3 fold. engr. plates (2 by R. de Hooghe). Fol. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (First fly-leaf lacks, ti. p. rep. on v°., slightly browned/foxed in places). NOTE:Rare folio edition, printed in the same year and with the same publisher as the 4° edition. - Schweiger II, 3; Dibdin, 257: "An admirable edition"; Romeyn de Hooghe, De verbeelding van de Gouden Eeuw, p. 273 (1693-01b); not in Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as bookillustrator. - From the library of Walter Robert-Tornow (1852-95) and with his bookplate.

CAESAR. Aantekeningen der Gallische, Burgerlyke, Alexandrynsche, Africaansche, en Hispanische Oorlogen. Het Eerste (Twede) Deel. Uyt het Latyn verduischt door Abraham Bogaert. Amst., N. ten Hoorn, 1709. 2 vols. (16), 341, (27); (4), 381, (31) pp. W. 2 ident. ti-vigns. & 12 (some fold.) engr. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum. NOTE:Fine copy. First edition of the first complete Dutch translation of Julius Ceasar's military commentaries. The plates show the art of warfare at the time, and include a fine view of the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria. - Geerebaert, XCVIII-3; De Rynck en Welkenhuysen, p. 127.

PLINIUS SECUNDUS. Naturalis hystoriae libri xxxvii. Par., N. de Pratis for Fr. Regnault, (1514). (20), 257 lvs. W. ti. printed within woodcut border incorporating fine woodcut printer's device with elephant. Fol. Cont. blind tooled h. pigskin over wooden brds. w. raised bands and clasps. (Some small rep. to spine, sev. tiny wormholes, margins stained in places, some minor foxing, with several marg. annot in an old hand and a drawing of classical compass winds on blank v° of leaf cc1). NOTE:Pliny's work, containing all that was known in ancient Roman times concerning mathematics, physics, cosmography, astronomy, geography, anthopology, physiology, medicine, zoology, agriculture, botany, mineralogy, commerce, and the history of art, remained the major source of knowledge throughout the Middle Ages. It was first printed in 1469 by Johannes de Spira of Venice. - Reprint of the first Paris edition of 1511, edited by Nicolas Maillard. (Collation: aa6 bb8 cc6 c-z8 &8 A-I8 K6 L8). - Adams P1553; Schweiger I, 785.

SCALIGER, J.C. In libros duos, qui inscribuntur de plantis, Aristotele authore, libri duo. Denuo nitori suo restituti, & in lucem editi. Marburg, P. Egenolphus, 1598. (12), 498, (1) pp. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Stamp cut out of ti-p. and rep. by piece of blank paper w. some tiny loss of woodcut ti-vign., slightly foxed in places). NOTE:The older Scaliger's commentary on Aristoteles' De plantis was first published in 4°, Paris 1556. It is here re-published at the instigation of the Marburg Professor of Mathematics J. Hartmannus, who in a preface refers to that edition, but apparently did not know the Lyon 1566 edition and its companion edition of Scaliger's commentary on Theophrastus. - Adams S-588; Hoffmann I, 371; Graesse VII, 127. With 17th-century ownership entry of M. Egb. Staverdenus.

VERRIUS FLACCUS, M. Quae extant. Sex. Pompei Festi De verborum significatione libri XX. et in eos Jos. Scaligeri Iul. Caesaris filii Castigationes nunc primum publ. (Geneva), P. Santandreanus, 1575 (Pt. 3 1574). 3 parts in 1 vol. (24), cccv, (31); cc, (24); 76, (4) pp. Cont. limp vellum w. overl. sides. (Ties fail, new endpapers, old name entry cut out on ti-p., a few annot. in an old hand, some faint marg. dampstains). NOTE:Smitskamp, Scaliger Coll., 59: "Scaliger's first mature work, reproducing Agustin' edition of 1559 (...), but introducing a host of felicitous text restorations based on evidence extracted from glossaries and grammarians, which by him were arranged in a historical perspective unknown of before. -Adams V-588; Machiels V-211.

FIORE DI VIRTÙ -- FIOR DE VIRTU utelissimo acadauno fidel Christiano. Venice, Christophorus de Pensis de Mandello, April 29th 1500. (28) lvs. W. beautiful large woodcut on title, 35 fine woodcuts in the text & 100 woodcut initials. 8°. Mod. h. vellum binding. (Small hole in last leaf, but this leaf is skilfully duplicated with thin Japanese paper and only some minor loss of text, wormholes in inner blank margin of first two lvs. skilfully rep., lower outer margin (faintly) stained, but else a very good copy with charming woodcuts). NOTE:The Flower of Virtue is an anthology of moralizing content drawn up in the early fourteenth century by a certain friar Tommaso, who lived between the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. The collection, of which well over one hundred manuscripts are known, had a great success and was re-proposed in more than thirty editions of the fifteenth century and translated, even several times, into numerous languages. Reprint of the edition of April 24th 1500. - Collation: a-c8, d4. GW 9937; Sander 2743; Hain 7116 (ed. April 24th); ISTC if00186300; Bod-Inc. F-058. GW mentions that there are five copies known. All of the early editions are extremely scarce and seldomly found in auction. Provenance: Fransiscus de Bastia (dated 1646).

MELANCHTHON, Ph. De Rhetorica libri tres. Cologne, H. Alopecius, (Mense Augusto 1521). (64) pp. W. title within fine woodcut border and woodcut printer's mark on r° final leaf. Sm-8°. Mod. h. vellum. NOTE:Melanchthon's writings on rhetoric have proven significant sources for several academic fields, including church history, Scriptural interpretation, the history of science, and the reception of classical literature. Early and very rare edition, published only two years after the first Froben edition. - Knaake II, 507; VD 16:M4181; Adams M 117.

BIBLIA HEBRAICA accuratissima, notis Hebraicis et lemmatibus Lat. illustr. a J. Leusden. Amst., typis et sumpt. J. Athias, 1667. 2 vols. W. engr. ti. 18, 178, 508, (2) lvs. incl. 3 ti. w. woodcut borders dated 5426 (1666). 19th c. vellum w. gilt brown mor. title-labels on spine, gilt double fillet borders on sides, inside dentelles & red edges. (Hinges a bit weak, faintly stained in places, a bit browned). NOTE:The famous Leusden/Athias recension, revis§ed from the first 1659-61 edition, which in its turn was based on Buxtorf's edition. It became the basis for many subsequent editions. - Darlow & Moule 5134.

BULLINGER, H. Der Widertöufferen ursprung, fürgang, Secten, wäsen, fürneme und gemeine irer leer Artickel, (…). Zurich, Chr. Froschauer (d. Ä.), 1560. (8), 256, (8 (last blank)) lvs. (Lacking leaf Gg4 (212)). -- Bound with: LACTANTIUS FABRICIUS RHÖNANUS. Ware Abconterfeytung unnd vergleichung des Bapstumbs, mit andern grössesten Ketzereien. (Magdeburg, A. Kolbe, 1550). (36 (last blank)) lvs. -- And: SIGISM. CEPHALUS. Warer Grundt unnd beweisung, das die unrecht handlen die iren Predigern verbieten das Antichristlich Bapstumb mit seinen greweln zu straffen, (…). (N.pl., no publ., 1551). (38) lvs. -- And: (M. KELLER). Antwurt dem Hochgelerten Doctor Joan. Pugenhag vss Pomern, Hirt zu Wittenberg, vff die Missiue, so er an den Hochgelerten Doctor Hesso, Leerer zu Preßlaw geschickt, das Sacrament betreffende. Durch Cunrad Ryssen zu Ofen gemachet. (Zürich, Chr. Froschauer d. Ä., 1525). (10) lvs. -- Tog. 4 parts in 1 vol. 4°. Fine cont. blind tooled and panelled vellum over wooden brds., spine raised in compartments w. brass clasps and catches. (Stamp erased from first title, some unobtrusive staining in places, some annot. in manuscript in places). NOTE:All very rare reformed publications. - Ad 1: Rare edition of Bullinger's most extensive work against the Anabaptists. VD 16:B9773. Lacking the passage on the baptism of infants (added in photostat); Ad 2: VD 16:ZV11186; Ad 3: VD 16:C1940; Ad 4: VD 16:K651.

BULLINGER, H. Warhaffte Bekanntnuß der dieneren der Kirchen zu Zürych, was sy uß Gottes wort, mit der heiligen allgemeinen Christlichen Kirchen gloubind und leerind, in sonderheit aber von dem Nachtmal unsers Herre(n) Jesu Christi (…). Mit zügethoner Kurtzer bekenntniß D. Mart. Luthers vom heiligen Sacrament. (Zürich, Chr. Froschauer, (Juni), 1545). 144; (23) lvs. 2 parts in 1 vol. Sm-8°. Old vellum. (Endpapers renewed, last blank of second part fails, annotated throughout in an old hand, but a good copy). NOTE:Original edition of this important publication, the so-called 'Zurich Confession'. First edition. VD 16:B 9778; Knaake III, 149.

LIMBORCH, P. v. Uitleggingen over de handelingen der apostelen. Uit het Lat. vert. (d. J. de Goede). Rott., B. Bos, 1713. (48), 412, (12) pp. W. engr. front., engr. ti-vign. & fold. engr. portr. of the author. 4°. Cont. vellum. (Paste downs detached, else a fine copy). -- J. à MARCK. Het merch der Christelijke Godts-geleertheit, behelsende tegelijk eene korte leeringe der waarheeden, en weederlegginge der dwaalingen. Amst., G. Borstius, 1705. (14), 1021, (59) pp. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Margins slightly stained in places, a bit browned/foxed). -- (2). NOTE:Ad 1: Fine copy of this first Dutch translation. The first Latin edition appeared in 1711. - B.L.Gesch. Ned. Prot. IV, 314-15. Ad 2: Van der Haar M-33.

(MARNIX v. St. ALDEGONDE, Ph., attr.). Cort verhael vande rechte oorsaecken ende redenen, die de Generale Staten der Nederlanden ghedwongen hebben, hen te versiene tot hunder beschermenisse, teghen den Heere Don Jehan van Oostenrijck. Antwerp, W. Silvius, 1577. (2), 68 pp., last blank. - Bound with: HIER VOLGHENDE BRIEVEN opden wech afgheworpen (waer af mencie ghemaect wordt in dit tegenwoordich verhael) in Spaensch, (…). N.pl., n.d. 84 pp. - 2 in 1 vol. 4°. Old brds., margins trimmed. (Title of first work a bit soiled and stained). NOTE:When Luis de Requesens died on 5 May 1576, the Council of State urged the king to appoint a new governor immediately, recommending that it be a member of the royal family. Philip II appointed John of Austria as governor-general. He made his entry into Brussels in May 1577. The 'Brieven' (letters) in the 2nd part are printed in Spanish together with their translations in Dutch. First edition? Rare. - Cockx-Indestege, BT 1729 & 1730; Tiele 158; Knuttel 310.

FRANK, Anne. Het Achterhuis. Dagboekbrieven van 12 juni 1942 - 1 Aug. 1944. Met een voorw. d. A. Romein-Verschoor. Amst., 1947. ix, 253 pp. Illustr. w. front. portrait of the author, 2 photographic reproductions of the interior of the house, 1 floor plan, and 2 facsimiles from the diary. Obrds. w. dust-j. (Spine and content age-toned (as usual), dust-j. in need of restoration: outer upper inner corner of front side jacket gone, a bit worn/chipped along borders, some small splits in places, spine ends jacket a bit chipped, but book and jacket in all in very good condition given the vulnerability of the work). NOTE:True first edition of this famous war diary and testimony of the Holocaust. The author's name lettered in yellow on the front panel of the dust-jacket.

SCHRIFTELICKE CONFERENTIE, gehouden in 's Gravenhage inden Iare 1611 tusschen sommighe Kercken-dienaren: Aengaende de Godlicke Prædestinatie metten aencleven van dien. 's-Grav., H. Jacobsz., 1612. (2), 440 pp. - Bound with: IOANNES (FILIUS) JOSEPHI. Een gouden tafereel, Ofte een schoon uytnement, Ja: bysonder Register Getrocken so uyt de Haechsche ende Delfsche Schriftelijcke Conferentien, (…). Ende voor de tweede mael Gedruckt Naer de Copie. N.pl., 1614. 60 pp. - 2 in 1 vol. 4°. Mod. marbled brds. (3 blank lvs. following after ti.-p. bound up. (A bit browned & thumbed, some blue pencil stripes in places). NOTE:The 'Conferentie' took place in The Hague on the initiative of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. At this conference, which lasted from March 11 to May 20, 1611, a seven-article Counter-Remonstration was submitted, intended to combat the Remonstrance drawn up by Wtenbogaert in 1610. The doctrine of the Remonstrants or Arminians was finally condemned in 1619 by the Synod of Dordrecht. First edition. - Knuttel 1943.

TRIGLAND, J. De ware religie, verantwoort teghen de lasteringen ende verkeerde argueringen der Remonstrantsche Societeyt. Amst., M.J. Brandt, 1633. 502, (6) pp. 4°. H. mor. (Upper joint split). -- Id. Verdediging vande leere end eere der gereformeerde kercke ende leeraren tegen verscheyde lasteringen insonderheyt I. Wtenbogardi in sijn boeck t'onrecht geintituleert verdedigingh vande resolutie der E. Mog. Heeren Staten van Hollant ende West-Vrieslant. 2e ed. Amst., M.J. Brandt, 1619 (=1620). (40), 323, (1 blank), (16) pp. 4°. Mod. leather. (Ti-p. duplicated (w. some loss of publisher's details), lower margin of prelims dam./rep. w. loss of text, lower margin stained and in places moulded). -- (2). NOTE:Rare works. - Van der Haar T-486. Second work not in Van der Haar, only listed there is the first edition of 1616.

(VERSTEGAN, R.). Nederlantsche antiquiteyten met de bekeeringhe van eenighe der selve landen tot het kersten gheloove, deur S. Willibrordus (...). Antw., G. Bellerus, 1613. (8), 112 pp. W. ti-engr. & 7 large allegorical engrs. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum. (Paste downs detached, margins cut shortly). NOTE:This work by the English-born Antwerp writer Verstegan (c. 1550-1640) uses the nation's history and its conversion by St. Willibrord as ammunition against the Reformation. - Rare first edition, not in UB Leiden.

RUSTING, S. v. De vol-geestige werken, Bestaande in Lust en Onlust in den Hemel, Aran en Titus Gemetamorphoseert, Wapenstryt tusschen Ajax en Ulisses, (etc.). Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1693. 2 parts in 1 vol. (16), 700, (4); 93, (3) pp. W. 2 engr. fronts. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum. NOTE:Including the 'Barbarologia, ofte Boeren-Latyn', a list of Latin words "na onse Amsterdamse manier". Fine copy and first edition from the library of Bob Luza and with his bookplate.

WELLEKENS, J.B. & P. VLAMING. Dichtlievende uitspanningen. Amst., A. v. Damme, 1710. (12), 228, (2) pp. W. engr. front., 13 full-p. section engr., 15 vign. in the text & 1 fold. engr. by J. Goeree. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum. -- Added: J. v. V(ONDEL). Altaergeheimenissen ontvouwen in drie boecken. Cologne, 1645. - Bound with: Id. Brieven der heilige maeghden, martelaressen. Amst., 1687. - And: Id. De heerlyckheit der kercke. Cologne, 1663. - 3 in 1 vol. 4°. Cont. vellum. (Small hole in spine, bind. a bit warped). -- (2). NOTE:Ad 1: First edition and a fine example of what La Fontaine Verwey (p. 52) calls the 'bloei van deze [klassicistische] illustratiekunst' at the beginning of the 18th c.

A(ITZEMA), L. v. Herstelde leeuw, of discours, over 't gepasseerde in de Vereenichde Nederlanden in 't Jaer 1650 & 1651. The Hague, J. Veely, 1652. (24), 615, (7) pp. W. engr. front. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. NOTE:Account, w. official documents, of the attack of stadtholder William II on Amsterdam, of his death and of the subsequent changes in government. - First edition. Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 7b; Knuttel, Verb. boeken 10.

AMSTERDAM -- ORDONNANTIE ende Willekeuren by den Heeren vande Gerechte der Stadt Amstelredamme ghemaect op tstuck vande Asseurantie. Amst., B. Adriaensz., 1599. (16) pp. W. large woodcut city arms on ti. 4°. Mod. h. vellum. NOTE:First Dutch ordinance regulating the insurance of shipping transport. New edition, published a year after the first of 1598 (but dated as such at end), containing the regulation in 36 articles of the newly founded Chamber of Insurance at Amsterdam. At the end two model-forms are added for use of merchants who want to insure their cargo aboard ships. - Typ. Bat. 7145; Moes-Burger III, p. 311-2; Van der Wulp 863 (ed. of 1598).

BRABANT -- TAXES -- INSTRUCTIE gemaect byden Staeten van Brabant, achtervolgende der welcker men tellen sal allen de heerden van allen schouwen, ovens, asten, fournaisen, met den ploegen binnen den voirs(eide) lande van Brabant bevonden, ende innen ende collecteren de imposicie vanden selven schouwen, van Brabant gedaen, blijckende byder acten daer af zijnde. Antw., J. Mollijns, 1553. (12) pp. W. woodcut arms of the Emperor Charles V on ti-p. 4°. No bind. (A few small spots). NOTE:Rare first and only edition in Dutch of a regulation by the States of Brabant, stating the taxation of all chimneys, ovens, hearthstones ("asten"), furnaces and forges. - Bibl. Typ. 2399; not in Knuttel, Adams.

HOUVE, M. v.d. Hantvest of chartre chronyck van de landen van Oud-Batavien, Oud-Vriesland, Oud-Francenland. Leyden, 's-Grav., I. & D. Maire, 1636-38. 2 parts in 1 vol. (8), 290 (=190); blank, (4), 452 pp. Sm-fol. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Ties fail, some faint marg. stains, slightly browned). NOTE:Fine copy of this rare first edition. Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 245.

AMERICA -- BRY, Th. de / Ph. ZIEGLER. America, Das ist, Erfindung und Offenbahrung der Newen Welt, deroselbigen Völcker Gestalt, Sitten, Gebräuch, Policey und Gottesdienst, in dreyßig vornemste Schifffahrten kürztlich unnd ordentlich zusammengefaßet und mit seinen Marginalien unnd Register erkläret. Frankfurt, N. Hoffmann for J. Th. de Bry 1617. (16), 433, (9) pp. W. 2 engr. ti., engr. coat of arms, & 132 engrs. (incl. 1 full-p. of Adam & Eve). Fol. No bind. (All maps lack, last blank lacks, part of first engr. ti. torn off, num. leaves torn/parts of leaves torn off (text missing)/rep. w. mending tape in num. places, severely wormholed in places (espec. in margins), browned/foxed/stained, but with all the text-engrs. (8 engrs. rep. w. mending-tape)). NOTE:Only edition of the German compendium of De Bry's 'Great Voyages'. - VD17 23:232405Q; Sabin III, p. 59. Borba de Moraes II, 956 :"This beautiful book is a résumé of the first nine parts of the De Bry collection of voyages. It contains the American voyages of Hans Staden and Léty on pp. 114-171. It is a very rare book". - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.

AMERICA -- BRY, Th. de. Das vierdte Buch von der neuwen Welt. Frankf. am Main, D. de Bry (J. Feyrabend), (1594). (20) 141 pp. W. 2 engr. ti., engr. w. coat of arms (w. virtues), engr. map of the West-Indies, engr. text-ill. of Columbus led by marine deities, engr. text-ill. of world map with medallion portraits of Columbus and Vespucci & 24 engr. plates w. captions. Fol. Mod. hcf. extra w. red cf. label. (Lower margin of map cut short (affecting the decorative border), small repair to v° of map, margins stained in places, browned/foxed in places as usual, last blank (=F6) lacks, lower blank outer corner of last lvs. repaired, but still a good and complete copy). NOTE:Rare first German edition of volume 4 of Theodor de Bry's 'Great Voyages'. Volume 4 contains Benzoni's account of his fifteen years of travel in the Isthmus of Panama and Guatemala. - Church 183; Sabin III, p. 52. - Ex libris H.G. Roederstein.

CHINA -- KIRCHER, A. La Chine, illustrée de plusieurs monuments tant sacrés que profanes, et de quantité de recherchés de la nature & de l'art. Avec un dictionaire chinois & françois. Trad. p. F.S. Dalquié. Amst., J. Jansson à Waesberge, 1670. (14), 367, 12 pp. W. engr. ti., 2 double-p. maps, 23 engr. plates (1 fold.) & 60 text-engrs. Fol. Mod. artificial hcf. (Portr. of Kircher lacks, some plates w. (small) tears/rep., rather browned/foxed in places, lower inner margin a bit stained). NOTE:First French edition. Richly illustrated work on China, which includes geography, ethnography, religious history, natural history, architecture and philology as well as various travel routes. The work of the Jesuit and baroque polymath Kircher was groundbreaking for Europe's knowledge of China because of its scientific thoroughness. First published in Latin in 1667, the Indian Devanagari characters are made accessible to the occidental world for the first time. By reproducing the inscription from Xiang, Kircher proved that Christianity was known in China centuries ago. - Caillet II, 5774; Cordier, Sinica I, 26; De Backer-Sommervogel IV, 1064, 24; Lipperheide Le 3.

GERMANY -- (SOLIGNAC, P.J. de la PIMPIE de, or D.-F. de MERVEILLEUX). Amusemens des eaux de Schwalsbach, des bains de Wisbaden et de Schlangenbad. Avec deux relations curieuses; l'une de la Nouvelle Jerusalem; et l'autre d'une partie de la Tartarie Independante. Liège, Everard Kints, 1739. (8), 320 pp. W. ti-p. in red and black w. a woodcut vign., 4 fold. engr. plates (a map of Bad Schwalbach, a map and a fortification plan of "Nouvelle Jerusalem" (= Mannheim), and a view of "Mont Payen" (= Heidelberg)). Cont. cf. w. dec. gilt back & red label. (Lge-fold. plate a bit browned on fold, a few small stains in places). NOTE:Second edition of a daring French satire of the German court of the Elector Palatine Karl Philipp (1661-1742), who moved the Palatinate's capital from Heidelberg (here Mont Payen) to the new city of Mannheim (here New Jerusalem) in 1720. The first edition appeared in 1738. As the title suggests, the story revolves around the mineral baths of Langen-Schwalbach (now Bad Schwalbach, near Wiesbaden), where members of the court took cures and enjoyed themselves, but it is mostly concerned with anecdotes about food, drink and pretty girls, though it also discusses matters of war, exotic lands, religion and freemasonry. The book is generally credited to the Frenchmen David François de Merveilleux (1665?-1748) or Pierre Joseph de La Pimpie de Solignac (1687-1773).

JAPAN -- KAEMPFER, E. Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'Empire du Japon. Et trad. en François de J-G. Scheuchzer. The Hague, P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, 1732. 3 vols. (4), lxx, (2), 312; (6), 416; (4), 379, (17) pp. W. engr. front. & 13 fold. maps/plans (w. a few small tears). 12°. Fine cont. cf. w. richly dec. gilt backs, sides ruled in gilt, brown labels & red edges. (Slightly browned/foxed in places, else a fine set). NOTE:Engelbrecht Kämpfer (1651-1716), German traveller and physician, became secretary to the embassy which Charles XI. sent through Russia and Persia in 1683. In 1684 he arrived in Isfahan, then the Persian capital. In 1685 he joined the fleet of the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) in the Persian Gulf as chief surgeon. After seeing something of Arabia and India, he arrived in Batavia in 1689 where he studied Javanese natural history. In May 1690 he set out for Japan as physician to the embassy sent yearly to that country by the Dutch. He stayed two years in Japan and elicited much valuable information. At his death the unpublished mss. were purchased by Sir Hans Sloane, and conveyed to England. Among them was his History of Japan, translated from the ms. by J.G. Scheuchzer and published at London in 1727. The original German version has never been published. - First French edition appeared in 1729, this is the second 12°-edition (first 1731). - Cordier 417; Landwehr, VOC, 533 (ed. H. Uytwerf).

AGRICOLA, G.A. Nieuwe en ongehoorde Dog in de Natuur welgegronde Queek-Konst van Boomen, Heesters en Bloemgewassen, Ofte derselver algemeene Vermeerdering. (…) uyt 't Hoogduyts vert. d. J. le Long. Amst., A. v. Damme, 1724. 2 in 1 vol. (14), 208; (6), 92, (10) pp. W. 2 engr. fronts. and 34 fold. engr. (17 for each vol.). Mod. antique style hcf. extra w. raised bands & black label. (Small piece of blank outer margin first front. gone, a bit dog-eared at the beginning, some faint marg. stains, slightly browned, last blank fails, else a fine copy). NOTE:The first treatise on cuttings and graftings made accessible for Dutch arboriculturists; originally published in German (1716-17), it became a very popular work. The nice plates depict i.a. different ways of grafting, the cultivation of small trees and examples of greenhouses (with heating systems!). - Second Dutch edition. Graesse I, 43; cf. Hunt 452.

ASTRONOMY -- DICQUEMARE, J.F. Idée générale de l'astronomie, ouvrage àla portée de tout le monde. Par., Herissant, 1769. xii, 114, (6) pp. W. 24 engr. plates (2 fold.). Fine cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands & richly dec. gilt back. NOTE:Rare first edition, the more common second edition (1771) appeared under the title 'La connoissance de l'astronomie'. - Houzeau/Lancaster 8899. Only 1 copy in NCC.

LANGENBECK, C.J.M. Eenvouwige en zekere manier van steensnijden. Met eene voorrede van Dr. J.B. Siebold. Vert. d. F.G. van Ingen. Amst., W. Holtrop, 1806. 69 pp. W. 6 fold. engr. plates. 4°. Hcl. (Corners worn, upper inner margin faintly stained). NOTE:Wellcome III, p. 445; Hirsch III, 667; cf. Waller 5580. - First Dutch edition.

LULOFS, J. Einleitung zu der mathematischen und physikalischen Kenntniß der Erdkugel. Aus dem Holländischen übers. von A. G. Kästner. Göttingen/Leipzig, E. Luzac, 1755. (12), 430, 174, (10) pp. W. 15 fold. plates. 4°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands & red edges. (Upper joint partly split, extremities a bit chafed/rubbed, foxed in places). NOTE:First German edition. Main work of Leiden professor Johan Lulofs (1711-1768), first published in Latin in 1748 and then in Dutch in 1750. - Bierens de Haan 2925; Houzeau/Lancaster I, 9762. Poggendorff I, 1518.

MARSIGLI, L.F. Natuurkundige beschryving der zeën. The Hague, by de Compagnie, 1786. (6), xxvi, 216 pp. W. engr. front., 12 (10 fold.) maps, profiles of coast-lines and tables, & 40 full-p. engr. plates by M. Pool showing corals and sea-plants. Fol. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands & brown label. (Top of spine chipped, corners bumped, margins of 2 lvs. of prelims a bit stained, else a very good and clean copy with ample margins). NOTE:First Dutch edition of this popular description of the plants and corals of the sea by Luigi Ferdinando Conte de Marsigli (1658-1730), a celebrated Italian geographer and naturalist. First book entirely devoted to marine science and the first oceanographic study of a single region, the Mediterranean coast of France, esp. the Gulf of Lyon. With the preface by the famous Dutch scientist Herman Boerhaave (in Latin and Dutch). - Bibl. Natura Artis Magistra 1390; Nissen, ZBI, 2700; Poggendorff II, col. 59; DSB X, 134-36.

SOPWITH, T. A treatise on isometrical drawing, as Applicable to Geological and Mining Plans, picturesque delineations of ornamental grounds, perspective views and working plans of buildings and machinery, and to general purposes of civil engineering. Lond., J. Weale, 1834. xvi, 239, (8) pp. W. engr. front., engr. ti. & 32 engr. plates. Cl. (Spine faded/loosening, plates a bit foxed). NOTE:Thomas Sopwith (1803–1879) was an English mining engineer. "At the 1838 British Association meeting in Newcastle, Sopwith argued for the necessity of preserving mining records. In 1845 he was elected fellow of the Royal Society and became chief agent to the W. B. [Lead] Company centred at Allenheads, whereupon he agreed to give up all other professional interests except that of commissioner for woods and forests." (DNB). - First edition.

ARTISTS' MANUALS -- GOOL, J. v. De nieuwe schouburg der Nederlantsche kunstschilders en schilderessen. 's-Grav., for the author, 1750-51. 2 vols. (16), 480; (16), 575, (1) pp. W. engr. front., portr. of the author, 2 dedic. engrs., fold. plate depicting the "Teken-Academi" in The Hague & 21 plates w. portrs. by Tanjé. Cont. h. goatskin w. raised bands & marbled paper on sides, uncut. (Some faint stains). NOTE:This work is a continuation of Houbraken's "De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche Konstschilders en Schilderessen" and contains his life, as well as biographical accounts of Dutch painters. - Fine set of this first & only edition. - Arntzen/Rainwater H96; Kunst op Schrift 401 & 408.

ATLASES -- [(LANGENES, B.) Caert-thresoor, Inhoudende de tafelen des gantsche Werelts Landen, met beschryvingen verlicht, tot lust vanden Leser, nu alles van nieus met groote costen en(de) arbeyt toegereet. Middelburch, B. Langenes ende men vintse te coop by C. Claesz., (1598)]. 2 parts in 1 vol. (10 (of 16)), 462 pp, blank; 188 (of 192) pp. W. 163 (of 169) engr. maps by P. Kaerius and Jod. Hondius I in text. (Lacking the first 3 lvs. of the first part (incl. the title-p. and allegorical engr. of the 'Victoria'), and of the 2nd part pp. 103-106, 123-124, 157-158, and 189-196, (4)). 8°-obl. Cont. vellum. (Bind. warped, outer corners of nearly all lvs. dog-eared, first 5 lvs. have loss of margin and in need of careful restoration, p. 113-4 w. loss of margin and text, throughout traces of (intensive) use/thumbed/some stains in places). NOTE:Very rare first edition of this important small format atlas which unchained a whole new type of atlas which was probably produced for the smaller purse: "Under the name of this obscure printer of Middelburg falls a series of atlases, easily the best in this bibliography." And: "(Caert-Thresoor) sets a new standard for minor atlases. The maps are extremely well-engraved: neat and clear, elegantly composed.", according to Koeman Lan 1, vol.II, p. 252. The texts were edited by scholars like Petrus Bertius and Jacobus Viverius. Maps lacking: 'Insulae Mosambique', 'St. Helena', 'Brasilia', 'Fretum Magellanicum', 'Nova Guinea' and 'Ins. Vaygats'). On the blanks following the first part 18th c. annotations occur which give rise to the thought that the atlas was still in use at that moment. One of the 18th c owners, a certain Jan Duindoorn, has written his name at the foot of the dedication. - V.d. Krogt 341:01 ("only nine copies of the Langenes edition are known."); Moes & Burger 388; on the 2 world maps see Shirley 211.

BEAUMONT, (J.-M.) LEPRINCE DE. Magazyn ter onderrigting van Armen, Ambagtslieden, Dienstboden en Huislieden, Leerende onder aangename samenspraken Wat pligten een ieder in zyne onderscheiden Staat en rang, Omtrent God, Hunne Naasten, en Zig Zelven te betragten hebben. Uit het Fransch vert. 2e dr. Utr., J. v. Schoonhoven, 1773. 2 in 1 vol. (8), 210 pp., blank; (2), 262 pp. Sm-8°. Cont. cf. (Bind. a bit worn, some striping in pencil in places). NOTE:Instructional handbook for anyone dealing with the poor, craftsmen, and servants. Leprince de Beaumont (1711-1780) was one of the first to include folk tales as moralist and educational tools in her writings. Rare 2nd edition of this Dutch translation. No copy in NCC (only 1770), nor in Waller, Buisman, Muller/De Vries/Scheepers.

CONJURING -- Z(UYLEN), J. v. Het groot toneel van behendigheden, te zien in de Italiaansche, Fransche, Engelsche, Poolsche, Hoog- en Nederduitsche tasschen-speelers en googhelaars.; Vervattende alles wat 'er aartigs door de meest bekende natiën tot heden toe is uitgevonden; zulks het behelst al 't geen tot een natuurlyk tover-boek behoord, het welk door meer dan zestig kunstige afbeeldingen word aangewezen. Amst., B. Mourik, (c. 1760). (16), 318, (2) pp. W. engr. front. of a magician at work & num. ills. of magician's tricks on 7 engr. plates. Sm-8°. Hcl. (Spine dam./loosening, 1 plate loose, upper margin a bit inkstained in places). NOTE:Rare first and probably only edition of a collection of conjuring tricks as well as dexterous games for use within the family at home, at parties and at social gatherings. - Waller 897; De Vries 530.

E(VERSDYCK), C.F. Pacht-tafelen. Waer door alle on-ervarene inde reken-konste seer veerdigh en ghereedt / konnen calculeren de pacht, huere, onkost, en koop van lande; ten advenante van alle voor-ghestelde prijs, 't gemet, de morgen, ofte bunder (…). Middelburgh, A. de Later, 1649. W. woodcut ti-vign., ti. printed in red & black & w. num. tables. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (A bit loose in bind., ties fail). NOTE:Interesting popular book, containing almost only tables. For the use for all kinds of calculations, measurements, trade, etc. - Rare first edition, only 1 copy in NCC (A'dam). Bierens de Haan 1373. With the bookplate of A. Pitlo.

EDUCATION/PEDAGOGY -- BASEDOW, J.B. Das Methodenbuch für Väter und Mütter der Familien und Völker. 3. Aufl. Dessau, 1773. (16), 384 pp. Hcl. (Inner margin last pp. a bit dam., slightly browned/foxed in places). NOTE:Third edition, with a new preface, of a famous educational manual for parents and teachers by John Bernardt Basedow (1724-90), the celebrated German pedagogue. The book explains Basedow's new methods of teaching, and discusses general problems of education and teaching. The work caused quite a stir when it first appeared, but it revolutionized education in Germany, and was much republished and translated. - Seebass 130 (ed. of 1770).

EDUCATION/PEDAGOGY -- HERBART, J.F. Allgemeine Pädagogik aus dem Zweck der Erziehung abgeleitet. Gött., J.F. Röwer, 1806. x, 482 pp. Cont. h. green cf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt back. (Stamp on v° ti., a bit foxing). -- Added: C.G. SALZMANN. Der Himmel auf Erden. Schnepfenthal, 1797. xii, 360 pp. W. engr. front. Sm-8°. Old brds. w. red edges. -- (2). NOTE:Ad 1: First edition of a celebrated study on general pedagogy. His idead, strongly influenced by Pestalozzi, shape German education to this day. - Lex. der Pädagogik II, 217. Ad 2: First edition of this moral education. - Rümann 992.

HORTICULTURE -- (GENTIL, F. Le). Le jardinier solitaire, ou dialogues entre un curieux & un jardinier solitaire. Contenant la méthode de faire, et de cultiver un jardin fruitier, et potager, et plusieurs experiences nouvelles. 3e éd. Par., Rigaud, 1707. (20), 439, (5) pp. W. fold. engr. Fine cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. spine & brown label. (Spine ends slightly chipped). NOTE:Very fine copy of this rare early edition, reprinted many times in the 18th century (first publ. in 1704).

MUSIC -- ROUSSEAU, J.J. Dictionnaire de musique. Par., chez la veuve Duchesne, 1768. (12), 547, (1) pp. W. 13 fold. engr. plates w. musical scores & lyrics. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back, red label & marbled edges. (Top of spine slightly chipped, first blank (=A1) lacking, else a fine copy). NOTE:The 'Dictionnaire de Musique' is seen as Rousseau's most significant work, and is still a valuable reference work today. The Dictionnaire s nine hundred entries cover ideas relating to acoustics, music theory, performance, interpretation, the poetics of musical and operatic genres, general musical aesthetics, the history of music and its geographical variation. - Probably a counterfeit of the first edition. - Cf. Tchemerzine X:53.

NUMISMATICS -- MIERIS, F. v. Beschryving der bisschoplyke munten en zegelen van Utrecht in 't byzonder, (...). Leiden, S. Luchtmans (a.o), 1726. (14), 296 pp. W. 11 fold. engr. Cont. vellum. (A few marg. stains). -- L. JOBERT. Kennisse der aloude en hedendaagsche gedenkpenningen. Zynde hier bygevoegd veele nieuwe ondekkingen; Als mede eene lyst van alle de Romeinsche keizers en keizerinnen, vorsten, vorstinnen en dwinglanden (...) aanwyzingen welke penningen meerder of minder raar zyn. Leyden, J.A. Langerack, 1728. (16), 462, (50) pp. W. engr. ti-vign. & 11 fold. plates w. ills. of coins. Cont. h. goatskin. (Spine a bit rubbed, ti-p. doubled, lower (inner) margin stained at the end). -- (2). NOTE:Ad 1: First edition of this study on coinage issued by the bishops of Utrecht from early times up until the end of the 15th c. Frans v. Mieris was a respected portrait and genre painter whose numismatic interests made him publish a few numismatic works on the coinage of the Low Countries.

PHILOSOPHY -- MACHIAVELLI, N. De Prins. Met de aenteekeningen van den heer Amelot de la Houssaie, nevens eenige andere werken van den zelven autheur. - Bound after: Id. De Republicq, behelsende verscheide staatkundige redeneringen, hoe men op het voorbeeld der oude Romeinen, een Gemeene Best zal oprechten, in stant houden, en in Vreede of Oorlog bewaren, by deszelfs vryheid. Dl. 1 (of 2). - (Vert.) d. D. Ghys. The Hague, E. Boucquet, 1704-05. 2 in 1 vol. (32), 365; (13); (12), 335; (25) pp. W. 2 engr. fronts. Cont. vellum. (Paste downs detached, a few stains, slightly browned/foxed in places). NOTE:Two of 5 volumes of the first Dutch edition of Machiavelli's collected works. - De Vries 185; Scheepers I, 496; Muller 780.

PICART, B. Tafereel, Of Beschryving van den prachtigen Tempel der Zang-godinnen, vertoond in LX. heerlyke Kunststukken. Behelzende alle de voornaemste geschiedenissen van de fabel-oudheid. Amst., Z. Chatelain, 1733. (6), xxvi, (2), 158, (4) pp. W. engr. front., ti-vign., 1 headpiece and 60 fine engr. plates by B. Picart depicting mythological scenes within fine ornamental borders. Lge-fol. Cont. hcf. w. red label, uncut. (Bind. skilfully rep. in places, text pages a bit foxed/browned but all plates in fine and clean condition). NOTE:The first edition of this beautiful work, a highlight of 18th century Dutch book illustration. The work consists of full-page plates within fine ornamental borders, illustrating the Metamorphoses by Ovidius, each plate with the matching verses in Latin and a prose adaptation with explanation in Dutch. - Cohen/De Ricci 531; Brunet 696; Sander 1899.

WORLD WAR II -- CHURCHILL, W.S. The Second World War. Lond., (etc.), Cassell, (1948-54). 6 vols. W. num. (fold.) maps. Beautifully bound by Frost & Co. of Bath in dark blue h. mor. extra w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs & t.e.g. (Spines slightly faded). - First edition.

Christie Agatha, Limited Edition boxed set of six novels, the first book signed by her daughter Rosalind Hicks, numbered 69/350, by Collins, The Mysterious Affair at Styles; Towards Zero; The Labours of Hercules; Crooked House; A Murder is Announced; Sleeping Murder.

A panda, bearing Beswick mark, 12cm; an Alsatian, bearing Beswick trial edition mark, 23cm; a Capodimonte figure of a young child with grapes, 14cm; a Belleek first period conch shell vase, 10cm, damaged; a Melba Ware scottie dog; and other decorative ceramics.

2 Royal Crown Derby imari pin dishes - 1998 year tray blue tit first edition and 1999 year tray rabbit first edition D 10.5 cm H 2.5 cm

MIXED, Including: Mungo Park: Travels in the interior of Africa. Milner, nd, c1890, with colour frontis; Du Bocage: Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anarchasis the Younger in Greece Dublin, Mills, 1795. With only 28 maps, plans & plates of 31, lacking 3); The Miniature Library of the Poets, 36 volumes. W Kent, nd, c1880, in original wrappers and wooden box; Kipling: The Jungle Book. Macmillan, 1894, reprint (one month after the first edition); original covers; rubbed; Descourtilz: Pageantry Of Tropical Birds. 1960, 1st. dw and slipcase (torn with small loss; plus 7 others. (qty.)

SMITH, WILBUR A: 37 FIRST EDITION, all but one with dust jackets: When the lion feeds, 1964; sound of thunder 1966 (missing DW); shout at the devil, 1968; Sunbird; Eagle in the sky; Eye of the tiger; Cry wolf; Sparrow fall (DW torn & frayed); Hungry as the sea; Wild justice; Falcon flies; Men of men (DW frayed); Angels weep; Leopard hunts in the dark; Burning shore; Power of the sword; Rage; Time of die; Golden fox; Elephant song; River gold; Seventh scroll (7th Impr.); Birds of prey (7th Impr.); Monsoon (3rd. Impr.); Warlock (17th Impr.); Triumph of the sun (10th Impr.); Blue horizon; Quest; Assegai; Those in peril; Vicious circle (2nd. Impr.); Desert god; Golden Lion; Pharaoh; Tiger’s prey; & War cry. PLUS: 3 reprints. (40)