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Click here to subscribeVISSCHER, Jan de (c. 1636-c. 1692). (Shepherd plays the bagpipes while a girl milks a sheep - Shepherd at a watering hole leaning on his staff). (Amst.), G. Valk, n.d. (between 1643 and 1692). 2 engr. after N.P. Berchem. 260 x 350 mm each. (Foxing marks in places in first mentioned). Later states. - Hollstein 105-3; 106-3. -- And 4 o. (6).
POWELL, A. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant. Lond., Heinemann, (1960). Ocl. w. dust-j. (Some wear to extremities, foxing on the edges). -- Id. The Soldier's Art. Lond., Heinemann, (1966). Ocl. w. dust-j. (Spine slightly tanned, some foxing on upper edges). -- Id. Temporary Kings. Lond., Heinemann, (1973). Ocl. w. dust-j. (Spine sunned, foxing on upper edges). -- Id. Hearing Secret Harmonies. Lond., Heinemann, (1975). Ocl. w. dust-j. (Spine sunned, foxing on upper edges). -- 4 vols. First editions. -- And 7 o. by Powell, 6 of which volumes of "Dance to the music of time". (11).
PERIODICALS/ANNUALS -- SCHEIDWEILER, M., (a.o., eds.). Journal d'horticulture pratique de la Belgique, ou guide des amateurs et jardiniers. Vols. 1-14. Bruss., F. Parent, 1844-57. W. 165 plates, most full-p. & cold., several fold. Cont. hcl. (11), cont. limp boards (2) & cont. boards. (Most spines & extremities worn, vols. 4, 7, 9 lack title-p. & index, vol. 11 w. hinges broken, some vols. w. unobtrusive annot. in pencil & light ink, some plates yellowed or off-set on opposite pp., lacks 1 plate, large majority of the plates very nicely preserved). NOTE: First series of this journal. Rare as a complete set.
BELGIUM -- SCHOOCK, M. Belgium federatum, sive distincta descriptio Reip. Federati Belgii. Amst., J. Janssonius, 1652. (8), 414, (2), 131 pp. 12°. Cont. vellum. ((Dust-)stained but sturdy, biographical annot. in an old hand about Schoock on r° flyleaf, ex libris Jacob Frans Govaers (1791) on v° flyleaf, moderate waterstain in the first few pp.). -Loosely inserted: FRENCH PRAYER CARD in the shape of a hand, with devotional text. (18th C.?). 110 x 70 mm at its extremities. (Middle and ring fingers a bit damaged but altogether well-preserved, a charming addition). NOTE: History of Belgium with extensive ethnographical material. - NNBW X, 889-91.
SOUTH AMERICA -- PERU -- "DER HUALLAGA unterhalb Sion". - "MISSION SION". - München, 1834. 2 lithogr. plates by J.N. Ott after E. Pöppig. 360 x 502 mm (paper size). (First mentioned a bit foxed). -- "VUE DU PORT de Guayaquil Colombie" (2 x: 1 cold. and 1 plain) - "VUE DU PORT de Guayaquil (Pérou)" - "LA CALLE NUEVA a Guayaquil Pérou" - "CATHÉDRALE de Guayaquil" - (Paris, c. 1844). 1 cold. and 4 plain lithogr. views after B. Lauvergne/Th.-A. Fisquet. 220 x 300 mm (image size). -- (7).
BOOM, IRMA -- DUYN, E. v., (ed.). Dark mirrors of Japan. (2000). W. many cold. illustr. Owrps. Rare. -- Id. Roy Villevoye. (1995). W. cold. photo's. Owrps. -- D. v. WEELDEN. Western: Allen Ruppersberg. A different kind of Never-Never-land. (1992). W. cold. photo's. Owrps. (Spine discold., text in Dutch & English). -- I. BOOM. Kleur. Farbe. (2005). 4°. Owrps. (Grafisch Nederland). (W. Edna van Duyns name entry on first p.). -- And 1 o., tog. 5 vols., all designed by Irma Boom.
CATULLUS, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS, CORN. GALLIUS. Opera. Cum Indice (…) Horatii Tuscanellae (…). Hanovia (= Hanau), Cl. Marnius &. her. Jo. Aubril, 1608. (8), 342, 191 pp. W. printer's mark on last p. Later full cf., spine w. raised bands & (later?) red label, sides discreetly ruled in gilt. (Upper hinge broken, ex libris on paste-down, several entries in old hands on or. first free endpaper, yellowing, several underscorings & annot. in ink in an old hand). NOTE: Schweiger II, p. 80.
GREAT BRITAIN -- "MONUMETHENSIS COMITATUS. Vernacule Monmouth Shire". - "RUTLANDIA COMITATUS. Rutland Shire". - (Amst., J. Blaeu, c. 1568-62). 2 engr. maps, beautifully cold. by hand and partly heighthened w. gold in the style of Dirck Jansz. van Santen. Both 380 x 495 mm. (Full-margined, but w. repaired tear to lower blank margin of first map). NOTE: Spanish text on v°. - V.d. Krogt II, 5560:2 5325:2.
STONE FRUIT -- PLUMS -- TAYLOR, H.V. The plums of England. 1949. W. 32 cold. plates. Sm-4°. Ocl. -- E. DERMINE & O. LIARD. Identification et description de variétés du prunier européen. 1957. Prof. ill. Owrps. -- F.A. WAUGH. Plums and plum culture. 1916. W. ill. Ocl. (Extremities rep., ex libr. copy w. stamps). -- E. v. CAUWENBERGHE. Monographie, standaardisatie en cultuur van pruimen. - Monographie et standardisation des prunes. Culture du prunier. (Same work in French). - 1941-42. 2 vols. Owrps. (Bottom of spine first work dam.). -- And 6 o. on the subject. (11).
BROUËRIUS v. NIEDEK, M. Het Verheerlykt Watergraefs- of Diemer-Meer, By de Stadt Amsterdam, Vertoont in verscheide vermakelyke Gezichten (…). Amst., A. & H. de Leth, 1725. (42) pp. W. engr. front., 2 double-p./fold. plans, 1 half-p. map, 1 half-p. plan, 58 views on 29 plates. Fol. Brds. (Spine lacks but bindwork holding, annot. in pencil on first free endpapers, edges dusty, a few unobtrusive wormholes in the last part). NOTE: Provenance: A. Tutein Nolthenius. Illustr. by J.W. Winter, A. van der Laan & D. Stoopendael.
CANCIK-KIRSCHBAUM, E. & C. HESS. Toponyme der mittelassyrischen Texte: Der Westen des mittelassyrischen Reiches. 2016. - C. FINK. Fundorte u. Karten. 2016. - N. ZIEGLER & A.-I. LANGLOIS. Les toponymes paléo-babyloniens de la Haute-Mesopotamie. 2016. - 3 vols. 4°. Owrps. (MTT 1/1-3) -- M.J.A. HORSNELL. The Year-names of the First Dynasty of Babylon. 1999. 2 vols. Owrps. -- (5).
MOLIJN, Pieter de (1595-1661). (Landscapes with peasants). 1626. Complete series of 4 etchings, signed and dated in the first plate. c. 152 x 187 mm each. All hinged to mounts. (Margins trimmed to border lines, all mildly browned in upper parts, rep. to upper left corner of first plate). NOTE: 2nd state (of 3) w. numbers. - De Groot, Landscape etchings, 86; Freedberg p. 38-39 ("the last of the great Haarlem pioneers"); Hollstein 1-4.
ALLEGORICAL MAP -- (EUROPA REGINA, Queen Europe). (Basel, H. Petri, 1588). Plain allegorical woodcut map from S. Munster's 'Cosmographey', German text on v°. 330 x 204 mm (paper size). (Hinges from previous mount present on v°, sm. tear in lower blank margin, lower right corner a bit soiled, a bit browned/foxed). NOTE: Allegorical map showing Europe in the shape of a woman. The representation of Europa Regina, or Queen of the World, was first drawn by Johannes Bucius in 1537. Her crown, placed on the Iberian peninsula, is shaped after the Carolingian hoop crown. France and the Holy Roman Empire make up the upper part of her body, with Bohemia being the heart. Her long gown stretches to Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Livonia, Bulgaria, Muscovy, Macedonia and Greece. In her arms, formed by Italy and Denmark, she holds a sceptre and an orb (Sicily).
CHESTERTON, G.K. The wisdom of Father Brown. Lond., Cassell, 1914. W. a cold. front. Ocl. (Spine & sides sunned, spine ends dam.). First ed. -- Id. The Napoleon of Notting Hill. 1914. Or. dec. cl. -- Id. The Ballad of St. Barbara a.o. verses. 1922. Ohcl. First ed. -- Id. The Ball and the Cross. 1910. Ocl. (Former owner's entry & stamp on free endpaper, a few neat annot. in pencil). -- Id. The Father Brown stories. Lond., Folio Society, 1996. Vol 1. Ocl. In or. slipcase. -- (5).
SHIPBUILDING -- DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, (H.L.). Grondbeginselen van den scheepsbouw, Of werkdadige Verhandeling der Scheepstimmerkunst. (…) i.h. Neerduits gebracht door een liefhebber der vrye kunsten. Zynde deeze vertaaling, onder het opzigt van twee beroemde Hollandsche scheepsbouwers. The Hague, P. de Hondt & H. Scheurleer, 1757. 38, (2), 349, xx pp. W. engr. front., 9 fine engr. headpieces, 23 engr. on 24 fold. plates, and 7 fold. tables. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & red label, uncut. (Spine ends dam., outer margins some plates a bit frayed/soiled (due to misfolding), tear in 1 plate, some faint marg. stains). NOTE: First Dutch translation of an important work on shipbuilding with large plates depicting the construction of ships. Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782), was a French physician, naval engineer and botanist. - Cat. NHSM II, 748.
SEA CHARTS -- "MAR DI AETHIOPIA Vulgo Oceanus Aethiopicus". Amst., J. Janssonius, (c. 1680). Handcold. engr. chart. 437 x 557 mm. (Sl. browned, a few tiny holes in lower blank margin). NOTE: From one of the first sea-atlasses of the world. Nice map with opposite coasts of South-America and Africa and "Terra Australis Icognita" at the bottom. - Verso blank. V.d. Krogt I, 0102:1.
STATIUS. Sylvarum ll. V. Thebaidos ll. XII. Achilleidos ll. II. Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium (…). Par., S. Colinæus, 1530. 263 lvs., (1) blank, (36) lvs. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. Old vellum w. overl. sides. (Ex libris on paste down, name entry in ink in an old hand on first free endp. & title-p., slight foxing on title-p and first pages, marginal yellowing throughout, a few underscores in pencil; otherwise a very handsome, clean copy, clear of letter and soundly bound). NOTE: Printed in De Coline's fine italic. - Brunet V, 512: "Copie de la seconde edition aldine avec Orthographia (…)." Dibdin II, 423: "This is an elegant and very accurate edition, worthy of the reputation of Colinæus." Renouard 165-66; Adams S-1673; Schweiger II, 963.
PARÉ, A. De chirurgie, ende alle de opera, ofte wercken (…) uit de fransoysche in onse ghemeyne nederlantsche sprake ende uit de vierde editie getrouwelick overgheset door C. Battum, (…). Dordr., J. Canin, 1592. (20), 1130, (1 blank), (16) pp. W. many woodcuts in text. Fol. Modern antique-style binding. (Margins cut, light marginal waterstaining throughout, several wormholes in inner margins and several outer margins reinforced w. Japan paper, outer margins from p. 1105 to the end repaired w. Japan paper, pp. 673 to 689 (mis-)bound in between pp. 784-785, otherwise quite clean & w. minimal damage). NOTE: First Dutch edition of the works of Ambroise Paré (c. 1510-1590), one of the most prominent medical practitioners and authors of the sixteenth century. Contains 28 works on various medical subjects and natural history. - Adams, P-351; Bibl. Med. Neerl., 288; Machiels, P-81; Waller, 7182. Rare.
ARABIA -- KORAN -- DÉROCHE, Fr., (e.a.). Les origines du Coran, le Coran des origines. 2015. Owrps. -- Id. Qur'ans of the Umayyads. A first overview. (2014). Owrps. -- J.J.G. JANSEN. The Interpretation of the Koran in Modern Egypt. 1974. Owrps. -- K. ALI. The Lives of Muhammad. 2014. Ohcl. w. dust-j. -- And 11 o. in 12 vols., consisting of Koran translations in Dutch and English and studies of the Qur'an in various languages. (16).
SOUTH AMERICA -- PERU -- "CARTA PARTICOLARE del'Peru che comincia con il capo di Guanapo e finisce con il C:S: Francesco". (Florence, 1646). Plain engr. chart by R. Dudley, on 2 joined sheets. 485 x 755 mm. (A few sm. repairs on v°, a bit browned along the joint, some light foxing). NOTE: An elegant sea chart of the coastline of Ecuador and northern Peru, extending just south of Trujillo. Numerous place names are shown along the coast, as well as anchorages, soundings, and shoals. The equator is featured prominently towards the top of the chart, and Quito is depicted inland. The chart is embellished with Dudley's trademark calligraphic style, a strapwork title cartouche, a large compass rose, and a sailing ship. First state.
DECAISNE, J. Le Jardin Fruitier du Muséum ou iconographie de toutes les espéces et variétés d'arbres fruitiers. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, (1858-)1862-1875. 9 vols. W. 508 engr./lithogr. plates with fruit subjects, for the greater part printed in color (497) and finished by hand. Loose as issued in fascicles (98). Fol. In 9 hcl. portfol. w. or. printed paper on spines & front sides. (Paper flaps of portfols. a bit dam., some plates sl. yellowed, some minor foxing in places, else a good and clean set). NOTE: First and only edition of this fine pomology: one of the greatest of all fruit books. De Belder 96: "One of the great fruit iconographies, with plates drawn by Alfred Riocreux, the 'most sensitive and skilful French botanical artist of the period' (Blunt). Decaisne, the author, was a Belgian botanist attached to the Natural History Museum at Paris, and he undertook to describe all the species and varieties of fruit in cultivation in their gardens." (De Belder). The work is presented in sections each covering a single species of fruit. The first (and largest) section is on the Pear, or what the author calls the "roi des fruits … pepins." This section, spread over the first six volumes, includes 357 plates. The remaining sections are, in vol. VII, Peaches (74 plates); in vol. VIII: Nectarines (13 plates); Plums (12 plates); Apricots (1 plate); and in vol. IX: Strawberries (40 plates, four of which are double-pp.) and Currants and Gooseberries (11 plates). The plates illustrate individual varieties with their fruit and portions of the foliage often in color, and each is accompanied by at least 2pp. of descriptive text. - Nissen BBI 456; Pritzel 2094; Stafleu & Cowan 1338; Great Flower Books 54.
ELIOT, G. Silas Marner: the Weaver of Raveloe. Edinb. & Lond., Blackwood, 1861. Ocl. w. gold lettering on spine & blindtooled sides. (Some yellowing of the pp., but a clean, sound, handsome copy). -- And 4 o. by E. (5). NOTE: First edition - George Eliot, pseud. of Mary Ann Evans (1819-80). This novel of rural life sharply observes the live of an outsider in a closed community.
BESCHRIJVING der vruchtsoorten uitg. door de "Ver. tot Regeling en Verbetering der Vruchtsoorten," te Boskoop. 1e-3e reeks. (1862-)65. 3 in 1 vol. W. 2 fold. plates (apples & pears). Binding w. or. yellow wrps. bound up. (First wrps. rep.). -- P. JOIGNEAUX. De fruitboomen. Handboek voor de aenkweeking, scheutinlegging, afzetting, enting en snoeijing. 1861. Prof. ill. Or. (dam.) wrps. -- F. DUFOUR. Volledig handboek over fruitboomteelt. 2e uitg. (N.d., c. 1920). Prof. ill. Ohcl. (Spine a bit dam.). -- And 11 o. (14).
VINCK(E)BOONS -- (MEN AND ANIMALS struggling against Death and Father Time). 1610. Etching by Boëtius à Bolswert (?) after David Vinck(e)boons. 277 x 382 mm (plate size). (Trimmed close to plate edge, remnants of paper hinges from previous mounting on v°). NOTE: First state. Very rare allegorical representation of Death shooting its arrows at an armed crowd of young and old, poor and rich, men and women emerging from a gate. Father Time lashes out with his scythe at instruments of science such as globe and compass, but also at objects related to the arts. Fame is chased away by Death. In the background, Death shoots its arrows at elephants and other animals. Below the scene is a Latin verse about this battle of Death by I. Semmius. No watermark visible. In very good condition. - Hollstein, Vinckboons, 10-(I).
ANNALES DE POMOLOGIE belge et étrangère; publiées par la Commission royale de pomologie (…). Bruss., F. Parent, 1853-60. 8 parts in 4 vols. xxiii, 121; (6), 113; (4), 111; (4), 100; (4), 101; 104; 104; (4), 108 pp. W. all 384 cold. lithogr. plates, partly printed in colours & partly cold. by hand & 'gommé'. Fol. Cont. h. mor. w. raised bands, gilt lettering, blind tooled title on front sides. (Binds. first 2 vols. severely dam.: spine vol. 1-2 for the greater part gone, sides loose (& first 2 lvs.), spine vol. 3-4 loosening and lower part gone, all corners bumped, some sm. dam. to other 2 binds., a few marg. tears to beginning vol. 1, sl. browned/foxed in places). NOTE: Luxurious edition published in installments by the greatest Belgian specialists of the 19th c. i.a. the nurseryman Alexandre Bivort (1809-1872), the director of the Vilvorde horticultural school Laurent de Bavay (1795-1855) and a Namur man, passionate about horticulture, Auguste-Philippe Royer (1796-1867). It describes some 450 fruits and is illustrated with 384 superb (hand)cold. lithographic plates picturing incredibly realistic fruits of which many pears and apples but also apricots, cherries, figs, strawberries, raspberries, redcurrants, peaches, plums, grapes, etc. - Bunyard, p.441; cf. Oak Spring Pomona 53. - The work is unrecorded in numerous major botanical reference works (Pritzel, Nissen, Plesch), and is rarely found complete.
ARTISTS' MANUALS -- LAIRESSE, G. de. Groot Schilderboek, Waar in de Schilderkonst in al haar deelen grondig werd onderweezen, (…). 2e dr., verm. met des schryvers levensbeschryving. Haarl., J. Marshoorn, 1740. 2 vols. (54), 434, (34); 400, (28) pp. W. engr. front., portr. of the author & 66 engr. plates. 4°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs, brown labels & mottled edges. (Spine ends a bit dam., both upper joints split, corners bumped, 1 plate loose, sl. browned/foxed in places). -- Id. Grondlegginge ter (sic) teekenkonst, zynde een korte en zekere weg om door middel van de geometrie of meetkunde, de teekenkonst volkomen te leeren. 2e dr. (=3e). Amst., J. Hartig, 1727. (14), 115 pp. W. engr. front., 8 engr. plates, 1 mezzotint portr. & 6 (large) text-engrs. 4°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, & richly dec. gilt back. (Spine ends sl. chipped, sm. tear in front.). -- (3). NOTE: Ad 1: Important work on artistic theory by the Dutch painter Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) with lots of practical information on the art of painting. Very fine copy of the 2nd augmented edition. - Kunst op schrift 342/343; Arntzen/Rainwater H100; Kat. Orn. Berl. 4626. - Ad 2: Rare. Kunst op Schrift, 231; Bierens de Haan, 2609 (first ed. 1701).
DORDRECHT -- BALEN, M. Beschryvinge der stad Dordrecht. Dordr., S. onder de Linde, 1677. 2 vols. (16), 228, (2), 229-688; (1), 691-1358 (=1364), (24) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti., 1 fine engr. front. by R. de Hooghe, 1 portr. of the author, 1 fold. panoramic view by R. de Hooghe, 1 fold. engr. plan by R. de Hooghe, 4 fold. engr. plates by R. de Hooghe, 9 portrs., 1 large plate w. coats of arms & num. woodcut coats of arms in text. W. 1 extra fold. portr. of Andreas Colvius by S. Savery. 4°. Cont. vellum. (Paste downs detached, engr. plan of the city & plate with the coats of arms torn, but actually a good copy). NOTE: First & only edition of still one of the best descriptions of the town, also of high genealogical interest. - Nijhoff/v. Hattum 17; Landwehr, RdH, 45.
LOW COUNTRIES -- DELFT -- "AFBEELDING der Stad Delft" (also called: "Kaart figuratief van Delft"). Amst., P. Smith, n.d. (1703). Engr. wall plan of Delft, consisting of 28 parts, including the city plan printed on 4 conjoined sheets. The city plan is framed, glazed and under passepartout, the other prints loose as issued. (Partly browned/discold., partly w. traces of previous framing, plan & perspective view laid down on cardboard). NOTE: Dirck Evertsz. van Bleyswijck (1639-1681), was commissioned in 1675 to have a map made with accompanying images of buildings and cityscapes. Only 1 copy of the first edition from 1678 seems to have survived, now in the municipal archive of Delft. Of this second edition only 200 copies were made. The map consists of a city plan, a bird's eye view of Delft, Delfshaven seen from the Maas on top of four family crests of Delft mayors, 22 images of buildings, two maps of Overschie and Delfshaven, and finally a short text with a description of the city of Delft. This plan together with the border prints can be put together to form a monumental wall map of almost four square meters! The map's measurements were taken by surveyor Jacob Spoors, (1595–1677), who would become a particularly important individual in Johannes Vermeer’s network of friends and colleagues interested in exploring the natural world through art, science, mathematics, and optical devices. Johannes de Ram was engaged to engrave the map with five fine cartouches by Romeyn de Hooghe; Coenraet Decker engraved the surrounding pictorial panels.
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS DESIGNS -- "RK KERK te Naaldwijk. Ramen in den zijgevel. Schaal 1:10" - "FRAGMENT KERKRAAM Gereformeerde Kerk te Sliedrecht" - "KERKRAAM Doopsgezinde Kerk te Apeldoorn. Schaal 1:10" - Den Haag, Atelier Basart & Sloet, n.d. (1930's). Pencil, colour wash/colour pencil. First mentioned on transparant paper under mount, the others under mounts. Largest 71 x 61, smallest 64 x 55 cm (sheet size). -- Added: (HERMES). Anonymous drawing in pencil and black chalk for a stained glass window design in art déco style of Hermes standing w. winged helmet and caduceus. 620 x 450 mm (sheet size). -- (4). NOTE: Ad 1: Hans Basart (1899-1988) was a Dutch painter, glazier, art historian, academy director and curator. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. In 1927, together with W.J.A.F.R. van den Clooster Baron Sloet tot Everlo, he founded the Basart & Sloet Ateliers for Stained Glass in The Hague, which three years later became Basart & Sloet N.V. and which was active until 1935.
PARSONS COLLECTION, The. Rare pacific voyage books from the collection of David Parsons. (2005). 2 vols. 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- (A.L. KAEPPLER, a.o.). James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific. (2009). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J. ROBSON. The Captain Cook encyclopaedia. (2004). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- P. AUGHTON. Endeavour. The story of Captain Cook's first great epic voyage. (2002). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 1 o. on Cook. (6).
MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- BARLAEUS, C. Rerum per octennium in Brasilia et alibi gestarum (…) comiti Mauritii (…) historia. Ed. 2a. Cui access. G. Pisonis (…) tractatus (…). Kleve, Th. Silberling, 1660. (12), 664, (21), (1) pp. W. engr. ti-p., portr. of Johan Maurits of Nassau, separate print of his coat of arms, 3 fold. maps and 5 fold. views, and the (often absent!) print of the eclipse of 12 nov. 1640. Old cf., spine w. raised bands, tastefully blindtooled & ruled sides, a.e.g. (Spine a bit worn at the upper hinge, some shelfwear to lower extremities, entry in pencil on paste down, a remarkably clean, well-preserved, handsome copy of this work). NOTE: First edition of the so-called "little Barleu", itself the 2nd edition of the folio edition by Blaeu in 1647. Much reduced in size, but unabridged and with an added work by W. Piso on Brasilian nature. Rare. - Borba de Moraes, p. 79; Sabin 3409.
MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- LA PÉROUSE, J.F.G. DE. A Voyage round the World, performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 by the Boussole and Astrolabe. Under the Command of J. F. G. de la Pérouse: published by Order of the National Assembly, under the Superintendence of L. A. Milet-Mureau. Transl. from the French. London, A. Hamilton for G.G. & J. Robinson, J. Edwards and T. Payne, 1799. 2 text-vols. & 1 atlas-vol. (8), lvi, 539; viii, 531, (14) pp. W. front.-portr. to vol. 1, engr. ti. & 69 engr. maps, charts & plates to atlas-vol. 4° & fol. Cont. tree cf. (text-vols.) & hcf. (All skilfully rebacked (text-vols.)/rebound in matching bindings w. red & green mor. labels). NOTE: First unabridged edition in English of "one of the most important scientific expeditions ever undertaken to the Pacific and west coast of North America", this edition "usually considered to be the best one in English... now an extremely rare work" (Hill), preceded only by two abridged translations of 1798, following initial publication in French in 1797. The atlas volume contains magnificent maps of Russian Asia, Japan, the Pacific north-west coast, San Francisco, Monterey, and also Necker Island. The most significant results of La Pérouse's voyage are the charts of the then imperfectly known Asiatic side of the Pacific. The details of "the peculiarities he observed in the natives of the northwest coast of North America, are especially valuable" (Sabin). The abridged English editions which preceded this contained fewer plates and have long been recognized as less desirable; this edition contains copies of all the 69 plates in the French original. - Beautiful complete and clean set. Hill 975; Howgego L20; Sabin 38962; Ferguson 288.
HEIDEGGER, M. Nietzsche. (1961). 2 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. First edition. -- Id. Sein und Zeit. 10. Aufl. (&) Index zusammengest. v. H. Feick. 1961-63. 2 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. & owrps. --Id. Kant und das Problem der Metaphysik. 4. Aufl. (1973). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. Einführung in die Metaphysik. 1987. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. Die Frage nach dem Ding. 1975. Ocl. -- And 11 o. by H. (18).
BIBLIA NEERLANDICA -- SCHUT, P.H. Toneel der voornaamste Bybelsche Historien (&) Historien des Nieuwen Testament. Amst., N. Visscher, (n.d., c. 1659). 2 parts in 1 vol. W. 2 engr. ti-pp. & 192 and 144 engr. plates by P.H. Schut after i.a. M. Merian. 8°-obl. Cont. blind tooled vellum. (Lower joint partly split, tear in first ti., lower outer corner a bit stained in places, sl. yellowed). NOTE: This edition with a single engraving on each page. Cf. Poortman II, p. 79, 2b (title differs slightly and our edition without year of publication but otherwise the same).
SCHWEIZERISCHE OBSTSORTEN. Hrsg. vom Schweizerischen Landwirtschaftlichen Verein. St. Gallen, Tribelhorn, (1863-72). 2 vols. W. beautiful chromolithogr. ti., & 100 attractive chromolithogr. plates (50 apples & 50 pears) with letterpress descriptions & index. 4°-obl. Or. h. mor. w. gilt lettered spines and front sides. (Spines a bit chafed, plates with small, barely visible 'Verein' blind-stamp in upper corner, scattered foxing throughout, mostly minor). NOTE: First edition of a rare Swiss pomology. A superb work showing 50 plates each of the apples and pears of Switzerland. The plates are of the highest quality, realistic, even to the extent of showing scab on the fruit and cross-sections. The book was issued in parts. - Complete set. Nissen BBI, 2360.
RUNIA, D.T. Philo in early Christian literature. 1993. -- P.J. TOMSON. Paul and the Jewish law: Halakha in the letters of the Apostle to the Gentiles. 1990. -- J.C. VANDERKAM & W. ADLER. The Jewish apocalyptic heritage in early Christianity. 1996. -- S. SAFRAI & M. STERN, ed. The Jewish people in the first century. 1974-76. 2 vols. -- And 4 o., tog. 9 vols. Or. binds. (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad NT Section I (2 vols.); section II, 1-3 (3 vols., wants Literature of the Sages part 2); section III, 1-4 (4 vols.)).
MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- LAPLACE, C.P.T. Reis rondom de wereld door de zeeën van Indië en China; uitgevoerd met Z.M. Korvet van Oorlog La Favorite, gedurende de jaren 1830, 1831, en 1832, onder bevel van den Fregatskapitein La Place, uitgegeven op last van den vice-admiraal Graaf de Rigny. Zaltbommel, J. Noman en Zoon, 1834-36. 7 vols. W. 7 ident. lithogr. ti-pp., lge-fold map (w. small tear), 13 plates (7 fold.; some plates sl. waterstained on mainly blank margins) depicting Manilla, Macao, Canton, Sidney, Rio de Janeiro, etc. Cont. green h. mor. (3 vols. rebacked w. the or. spines laid down), spines lettered in gilt. (Spine ends slightly worn in places, name entries cut off from corners of first free endpapers, some mild staining in places, but a very acceptable set). NOTE: Dutch translation of the French edition of Laplace's account of his first Journey in the Favorite, by order of the French government. The purpose of the expedition was to re-establish French influence over Indo-China and the Pacific. Rare complete set. - Cf. Borba de Moraes 457; Sabin 38985; Cordier, Bibl. Indosinica, p. 2426.
PLATH, S. Winter Trees. Lond., Faber & Faber, (1971). 55 pp. Ocl. w. (unclipped) dust-j. -- Id. Crossing the Water. Lond., Faber & Faber, (1971). 64 pp. Ocl. w. (unclipped) dust-j. First editions in outstanding condition. -- Added: Id. The Colossus. Poems. Lond., Faber & Faber, (1967). 88 pp. Ocl. w. (unclipped) dust-j. -- (3).
NOISETTE, L.C. Le jardin fruitier, histoire et culture des arbres fruitiers, des ananas, melons et fraisiers. Paris, Audot, 1839. 3 in 2 vols. (2 text-vols. bound tog.). ix, (1), 94; 348; (4) pp. W. 7 engr. plates (2 fold.), 147 hand-finished chromolithographed plates (2 fold.) & 5 plain lithogr. plates, all after drawings by Pancrace Bessa & all w. tissue guards. Cont. hcf. w. dec. gilt backs. (Spines & corners rubbed/chafed, upper hinge of the plate-vol. broken, name entry on (half-)ti., upper margin faintly waterstained, 1 plate w. marg. stain/tear, sl. foxed). NOTE: The second edition, the first having had only 90 monochrome plates. Nissen and Pritzel erroneously call for 216 plates. The beautiful plates after Pancrace Bessa show peaches, grapes, apricots, apples, pears, strawberries etc. - Nissen BBI 1451; Pritzel 6733.
MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- WINSCHOOTEN, W. à. Seeman: Behelsende een grondige uitlegging v.d. Neederlandse konst, & spreekwoorden, voor soo veel die uit de seevaart sijn ontleend, & bij de beste schrijvers deeser eeuw gevonden werden. Leyden, J. de Vivie, 1681. (14), 368 pp. W. engr. front. Modern full cf. w. spine raised in bands & red label w. gold letters. (Upper hinge of the or. work weak, initials in pencil in an old hand on last free endpaper). NOTE: W. à Winschooten (1639-85), Dutch linguist and teacher at the Leiden latin school. This is his best-known book; the first Dutch dictionary of nautical terms & proverbs. - NHSM II, 1000. Rare.
ARTISTS' MANUALS -- PHILIPS JACOBSZ., C. Uitvoerig onderwys in de perspectiva, of doorzichtkunde. Amst., 1765. (16), xvi, 128 pp. W. 60 fold. engr. Cont. hcf. w. dec. gilt back & red label. (Corners bumped, plates partly misfold. and outer margins a bit frayed). NOTE: First edition of this schoolbook for painters and other artists, on the study of applied perspective by the Amsterdam engraver and architectural historian C.J. Philips (1732-1789). - Bierens de Haan 3759; Kat. Ornamentstichsamml. 4740.
STRADA, F. The History of the Low-Countrey Warres: relating The Battles, Sieges, and Sea-Fights, betwixt the King of Spain, France, and the States of the United Netherlands. Engl. by R. Stapylton. Lond., S. Thompson, 1667. (10), 143, (1 blank); 83, (1 blank); 58; 24, (44) pp. W. engr. portr. of the translator & 12 (of 13) engr. portrs. (Charles V, Philip II, William of Nassau, etc.). Fol. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, gilt emblem of the "Society of Writers to the Signet" & gilt coat of arms of William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry (1637-95) on both sides. (Bind. partly dam. (small pieces of cf. gone), joints split, corners bumped, old name entries on fly-lvs., a bit foxed in places). NOTE: Second English edition (first 1650). The only important pro-Catholic history of the revolt of the Netherlands against Hispano-Catholic rule, covering the period from 1555 to 1580.
HEDRICK, U.P. The Grapes, Plums, Cherries, Peaches, Pears, Small Fruits (&) Edible Plants of New York. Albany, 1908-25. 7 vols. of the series. W. num. cold. plates. 4°. Or. green cl. with gilt lettering. (Cloth of first mentioned a bit spotted and weak hinges, some libr. stamps, else a fine set).
DUHAMEL du MONCEAU, (H.L.). Traité des arbres fruitiers, contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, &c. (2e éd.). Paris, Desaint, 1782. 3 vols. (4), 320; (2), 338; (2), 260 pp. W. 179 engr. plates after C. Aubriet, M.F. Basseporte & L.-R. Le Berriays. 8°. Cont. mottled cf. w raised bands, dec. gilt back, red and blue labels. (Extremities sl. chipped/worn, a few marg. stains). NOTE: Influential work on 18th-century (French) arboriculture and pomology, dealing i.a. with (several varieties of) pears, plums, apples, cherries, almonds, loquats and apricots; first published in 1768. Number of plates varies between 176 and 181. - Nissen, BBI 550; Stafleu 1546; Hunt 664; Pritzel 2466.
BLOOMSBURY -- WOOLF, V. The Waves. 1980. - Id. Mrs Dalloway. 1980. - Id. To the Lighthouse. 1975. - Id. A Room of One's Own. 1978. - Id. The Common Reader. First Series. 1975. - Lond., Hogarth Press. 5 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. (Some spine sunned but all vols. neat, clean & well-preserved). -- And 20 o. by V. Woolf, comprising all the novels & most of the essays published by the Hogarth Press. (25).
GUICCIARDINI, L. Description de touts les Paysbas, autrement appellez. La Germanie Inferieure. Ou Basse Allemagne. Amst., H. Laurents, 1641. (12), 606, (38) pp. W. engr. title, heraldic engr. (v° letterpress title-p.) & 78 (for the greater part full-p.) engr. views. 4°-obl. Cont. vellum w. red speckled edges. (Discreet blind stamp on ti-p., lvs. Eee3-Eee4 bound before Eee1-2, some marg. stains in places, sl. browned). NOTE: Very good copy of this fourth French edition of this famous description of the Netherlands. Laurents' edition was printed by Arnoud Benier at Campen. The first edition, in Italian language, was published Antwerp, 1567, the illustrations mainly cut in wood. The first copperengraved edition, in Italian, appeared in 1581. The importance of Guicciardini's work as one of the major historical sources for the history of The Netherlands needs no further comment, nor the beauty of the work as illustrated book, reflecting the emerging self-confidence of the young republic at the beginning of its Golden Age. - Guicciardini Illustratus 21; Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 195b; Tiele 428 (note); see also at length H. de la Fontaine Verwey. Uit de wereld v.h. boek II, pp. 9-31. - From the library of Willem Cornelis Ackersdijck (1760-1843), Dutch jurist, historian and lawyer from 's-Hertogenbosch, with his name entry on v° last leaf, dated 1776.
HAARLEM -- AMPZING, S. Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland. Mitsg. Petri Scriverii Laure-kranz voor Laurens Koster van Haerlem, eerste vinder vande boek-druckerye. Hrl., A. Rooman, 1628. 2 parts in 1 vol. (88), 520, (6); (2), 124 pp. W. engr. front. by Th. Matham, 17 (double-p./fold.) engr. plans/views/plates by/after W.O. Akersloot, J. van de Velde II & P. Saenredam, engr. portr. of Laurens Jansz. Coster by J. van de Velde II, 2 woodcut printer's devices of Rooman. Sm-4°. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back, gilt floral border on both sides, mottled edges & red label. (Top of spine chipped, joints split/broken, upper margin faintly stained in places, sl. yellowed, margins cut). NOTE: First edition. Main early source for Laurens Jansz. Coster as inventor of the art of printing. The alternating use of roman, gothic and civilité types, makes the book also typographically very interesting. - Nijhoff/v. Hattum 6; Saenredam, Cat. raisonné, Utr. 1961, 182-183; Schwartz/Bok, Saenredam p. 31-50.
MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- COOK, J., J. HAWKESWORTH & J. KING. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. - A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World. - A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. - Lond., W. & A. Strahan, 1773-1777-1784. 3 in 10 vols. (incl. 1 plate-vol. & 1 atlas-vol.). (12), xxxvi, 676; xvi, 410; (6), 411-799; xl, 378; (8), 396; (8), xcvi, 421; (12), 549; (12), 558, (1) pp. W. engr. portr. of Cook by J. Basire after W. Hodges & tog. 203 engr. maps/charts/plates (plate 44 of 3rd voyage twice). 4° (290 x 230 mm) & 1 lge-fol. (580 x 440 mm). Recently bound in beautiful russian leather (see note!) w. richly dec. gilt spines, all sides with gilt dec. borders, gilt dec. board-edges, speckled edges, marbled endpapers. Atlas in modern custom-made cloth slipcase. (A few small splits in margins, 1 plate skilfully rep., lower margin of plate-vol. cut short in a few places, some unobtrusive foxing, but else a very fine and well-preserved set). NOTE: A superb set of first editions of Cook's three voyages. The plates for the second voyage are bound in a separate plate-volume (same size), some of the plates for the third volume are bound in the text, and the greater part in a matching large folio atlas. The extra map of the Strait of Maggelan and the extra plate of the death of Cook are not present. The russian leather of the bindings has a large prestige due to the unusual story of its discovery and rescue from a wreck forgotten at the bottom of the sea for almost two centuries! The Danish brigantine "Die Frau Metta Catharina von Flensburg", coming from Saint Petersburg to Genoa with a cargo of hemp and skins, ran aground in Plymouth Sound in 1786; and it was only in 1973 that archaeological divers (the British Sub-Aqua Club), looking for another ship, discovered it by chance. This event gave rise to a spectacular auction, where bookbinders and booksellers acquired many top quality skins, including the one used to bind this set. (Cf. The Wreck of the Metta Catharina, G. Garbett G. & I. Skelton, 1987 (added in photostat)). - "Captain Cook's three great voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors together had done. He was the first really scientific navigator, and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). Cook's first voyage included visits to Tahiti and New Zealand, and the tracing of the east coast of Australia was one of the most perilous feats of navigation in the whole recorded history of exploration. The second voyage pushed further south in search of a southern continent than any previous navigators, as well as visiting numerous Pacific islands. The third voyage returned to islands previously visited, discovered Hawaii, and explored the northwest coast of America from Alaska to Oregon. The text of these official reports forms an invaluable record of the voyages, but they are enhanced enormously by the plates, maps, charts, and views which include the work of one of the most important cartographers of his day as well as images from the three most important artists to visit the Pacific during the eighteenth century. - First Voyage: Hill 782; Sabin 30934; Holmes 5. Second Voyage: Hill 358; PMM 223; Sabin 16245; Holmes 24; Third Voyage: Hill 361; Sabin 16250; Holmes 47.
BOTANY -- BURMANN, J. Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes; inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur. Amst., J. v. Waesbergen & S. Schouten, 1737, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol. (16), 235, (15); (2), 33, (1) pp. W. engr. ti.-vign., engr. portr. & 111 engr. plates (1-110 & 18*). 4°. Cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. (Bind. a bit warped/stained, corners renewed, small stamp on free endpaper, outer margin first lvs. faintly stained, else in very good interior condition). NOTE: Hunt 501: "Indeed, Linnaeus, as a guest in the Burman house, had a hand in the perfecting of the Thesaurus Zeylanicus itself (...) Ten years later Linnaeus brought out his own Flora Zeylanica. The volume is a rich example of a collection of plates which Pritzel and Stapf did not index because of their polynomial titles. (...) The Catalogi duo plantarum Africanorum is in effect a separate work, though it has no imprint." "The first illustrated flora of Ceylon, based on collections made by Paulus Hermann and Jan Hartog." - First edition. Nissen, BBI 303; Stafleu-C. 928. - With bookplate of Nils Rosén.
HOUSTON, S.D., ed. The First Writing. Script Invention as History and Process. (2004). Lge-8°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- S.L. SANDERS, ed. Margins of Writing. Origins of Cultures. (2006). Owrps. -- H.J. NISSEN. Archaic Bookkeeping. Early Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East. (1993). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- J.-J. GLASSNER. The Invention of Cuneiform. Writing in Sumer. Transl. & ed. by Z. Bahrani & M. v.d. Mieroop. (2003). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- E. CANCIK-KIRSCHBAUM & J. KAHL. Erste Philologien. Archäologie einer Disziplin vom Tigris b.z. Nil. (2018). Owrps. -- And 4 o. on the History of Writing. (9).
PHILOSOPHY -- MACHIAVELLI, N. De Prins. Met de aenteekeningen van den heer Amelot de la Houssaie, nevens eenige andere werken van den zelven autheur, (vert. d. ) D. Ghys. The Hague, Bouquet, 1705. (15), 365, (7) pp. W. engr. front. Cont. cf., spine w. raised bands, gilt dec. & black label. (Sides a bit chafed, front. cut on the image). NOTE: Vol. 3 of the 5 volume first Dutch edition of Machiavelli's collective works. - De Vries 185; Scheepers I, 496; Muller 780.
POLDER MAPS -- RIJNLAND -- (DOU, J.J. & S. v. BROECKHUYSEN). 't Hooge Heemraedschap van Rhynland. ((...) vernieuwd, geamplieerd en gecorrigeerd (d. M. Bolstra)). (Amst., I. Tirion, 1746). W. engr. title on 1 double leaf, 12 engr. maps on double leaves (tog. forming a wall-map of c. 186 x 168 cm), & 1 engr. w. projected sluices near Katwijk on 1 double leaf, all in crisp cont. colouring. Lge-fol. Cont. cf., skillfully rebacked, spine w. raised bands, dec. in gilt w. red label, sides w. armorial dec. & bands in gilt, all maps mounted on stubs. In custom slipcase. (Slight waterstaining in lower right corner of first 4 maps, maps 7, 8, and 9 skillfully repaired w. paper & Japan tape, the extra map of the Haarlemmermeer not present). NOTE: Third, corrected edition of this fine, coloured and detailed polder atlas of Rijnland. The maps were engraved by David Coster after Melchior Bolstra's revision and augmentation of the second edition of 1687/88. The last plate represents the 'Concept sluijzen 1629' (representation of the sluices) near Katwijk. The maps can be assembled into a large wall map. Donkersloot-De Vrij, 715 mentions the name of the publisher who can not be found on the maps themselves. She also states that the edition was limited to 650 copies only. - Renkema 202.3; Koeman, Geschiedenis van de Kartografie van Nederland, p. 138.
MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- BONTIUS, J., G. PISO & G. MARKGRAEF. Oost- en West-Indische Warande. Vervattende aldaar de Leef- en geneeskonst. Met een verhaal van de Speceryen, Boom- en Aard-gewassen, Dieren &c. in Oost- en West Indien voorvallende. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1694. (8), 304, (8) pp. W. engr. ti-p. (dated 1693). - Bound as usual with: J. VERBRUGGE. De Nieuwe Verbeterde Chirurgyns Scheeps-kist, sijnde een catalogus ofte Lijste der Medicamenten die yder Chirurgijn naer Oost- of West Indiën gemeenlyk mede-voert. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1693. 96 pp. - Tog. 2 works in 1 vol. Cont. vellum. (First title in ink on spine, upper joint split, first free endpaper (w. ex libris) nearly loose, last free endpaper w. slip from bookseller & annot. in pencil, slight waterstaining in first pp., yellowing). NOTE: This 2nd edition is not a direct translation of the works by any of the authors, but an abstract of their writings, meant for the use of naval and tropical surgeons. The added work, by J. Verbruggen, is a list of the drugs and medicines that a physician should bring along when traveling to either the East and West Indies, and the diseases that they where going to treat with them. Rare. - Landwehr VOC, 829; Borba de Moraes II, p. 676, Garrison & Morrison 2263/2263.1.
BELARUS -- MANUSCRIPT MAP of the Belarusian city of Polotsk. (1786). Plan of Polotsk drawn on blueish paper by Ivan Abramovich (?), cold. by hand, with a compass rose, surrounded by explanatory texts, a diagram, a handcold. legend. At the top a woodcut seal of Empress Catherine II (The Great) of Russia with double-headed eagle. (A few tiny creases/tears, sev. sm. repairs on v°, some minor foxing in the middle). NOTE: Polotsk is the oldest Belarusian city, situated in the North on the Dvina River. It already existed in the first half of the 9th century. After the first partitioning of Poland (1772) the part of Polotsk on the right bank devolved to the Russian Empire, so that is the situation when this map was made. It was joined by the left bank after the second partitioning (1793).
MIESES, Jacques (1865-1954). Autograph letter to (W.A.T.) Schelfhout. Lond., 5 May 1948. 24 lines in ink on leaf, r° only. (Remnants of cellotape at lower margin). -- Id. Autograph letter to mr. Heuschen (Eberfeld). Leipzig, 21 Jan. 1925. 22 lines in ink on fold. leaf, r° only. (Some grease stains and (remnants of) cellotape in upper margin). -- (2). NOTE: Jacques Mieses (born Jacob Mieses 1865-1954) was a German-born British chess player. After the Nazi takeover of Germany, the Jewish Mieses moved to the UK. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. He became a naturalized British citizen after World War II. The first letter is addressed to the Dutch chess master, but above all chess journalist/writer 'Wats' Schelfhout (1874-1951), who was the editor of Mieses' 'De kleine schaakgids'.
WAUGH, E. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. 1957. Ocl. w. dust-j. NF/VG+. First ed. -- (P.) WYNDHAM LEWIS. The Apes of God. (1931). W. designs in text by the author. Ocl. -- J. KEROUAC. On the Road. 40th Anniversary ed. (1997). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- W. STEVENS. The Man with the Blue Guitar. (1977). W. illustr. in col. by D. Hockney. Sm-4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J. UPDIKE. The Early Stories, 1953-1975. (2003). Thick 8°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 41 o., all or. binds., incl. works by Coetzee (8), Updike (9), Joyce, Auster, Roth, Pasternak (4th impr.), etc. (46).
EMBLEM BOOKS -- LUYKEN, J. Des menschen begin, midden en einde. Amst., Wed. P. Arentz & K. v.d. Sys, 1712. (36), 103, (7) pp. W. engr. ti. & 51 engr. emblems. Cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. NOTE: Very good copy of this first edition. - Landwehr, Emblem Bks., 516; Van Eeghen/v.d. Kellen 443; Klaversma/Hannema 932-34.
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