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Auctioneum - Bath & East Bristol Auctions
Lot 55

A collection of 19th century victorian era ceramic to include a 19th Century Victorian era ceramic pounce pot / ink dryer of cylindrical form with holes atop having gilt rims and decorated body x 2. Measures 7cm tall by 4.5cm diameter. A rare 19th Century Victorian Staffordshire ceramic figurine of a poodle with a group of three puppies on red velvet cushion. Measures 6 cm x 9cm. A19th Century English pearlware Staffordshire figurine of Roger Giles ( measures 13cm tall ) modelled defecating in a squatting position, on a plinth base, in polychrome colours together with an character jug modeled as a gentleman in top hat and bow tie (measures 14cm tall). 

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 70

Nister, Ernest. Vanishing Pictures, dissolving picture book, 6 chromolitho scenes with tabs that rotate 270 degrees to reveal hidden pictures beneath, all working, vg, no repairs, chromolitho illustrated paper boards, near fine, most of original flimsy dustwrapper present, rare in this condition, 4to, c. 1890

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Arthur Johnson & Sons Auctioneers
Lot 804

120 Pokemon cards, all Blade Star rare cards, multiple sets

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Arthur Johnson & Sons Auctioneers
Lot 854

A rare Victorian 1859 gold full sovereign

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Arthur Johnson & Sons Auctioneers
Lot 887

A rare 1853 gold full sovereign

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 121

A RARE 2003 LADIES ASHES SERIES BAT, SIGNED BY BOTH TEAMS

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 219

A POKEMON SECRET RARE PIKACHU FULL ART 160/159 HOLO CARD

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 222

2 X POKEMON CARDS - GOLD SECRET RARE FLAFFY 280/264 & WHIMSICOTT VSTAR RAINBOW 175/172

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 217

A POKEMON RADIANT CHARIZARD 011/078 RARE HOLO CARD

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 302

A RARE VINTAGE OMEGA DE VILLE 'OPERA' SLIM UNISEX DRESS WATCH WITH BOX, REF 191.0186, SEEN WORKING BUT NO WARRANTIES GIVEN

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 224

3 X POKEMON FULL ART RARE CARDS - ARCEUS V, SERPERIOR V & DRAGONITE V

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 308

A RARE VINTAGE BULOVA AUTOMATIC GENTS N2 WRIST WATCH, SEEN WORKING BUT NO WARRANTIES GIVEN

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 1101

A RARE LIMITED EDITION 563/650 PRINT OF A YOUNG LESTER PIGGOT SIGNED BY THE JOCKEY AND ARTIST

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 220

A POKEMON SUICINE V SECRET RARE GG38/GG70 FULL ART HOLO CARD

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 213

A GRADED YU-GI-OH! CARD - 2002 GARNECIA ELEFANTIS METAL RAIDERS MRD-125 SUPER RARE - CGC GRADE 4

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 303

A RARE ZODIAC SUPER SEAWOLF AUTOMATIC WATCH, BOXED WITH TAG, SEEN WORKING BUT NO WARRANTIES GIVEN

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 216

A GRADED MARVEL CARD - 2021 THANOS RARE JAPANESE S89-040 - GRADE 9

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Lot 218

A POKEMON RADIANT VENUSAUR 004/078 RARE HOLO CARD

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 225

4 X POKEMON RARE FULL ART CARDS - RAINBOW WORKER, VOLO, RAIHAN & GARDENIA'S VIGOR

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 226

4 X POKEMON RARE GOLD SECRET RARE CARDS - THREE ENERGIES AND A LURE MODULE

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Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 849

A RARE TWO SIDED LADY GRACE CHINA TOBY JUG, WINSTON CHURCHILL AND HITLER, LIMITED EDITION

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Burstow & Hewett
Lot 1029

Rare Apollo 11 Whitehouse invitation for Wednesday August 13th 1969, the dinner was held in honour of Apollo 11 astronauts and the ephemera invite belonged to Mr Frank Jorgensen, to include the following: Western Union Telegram invitation, an envelope from the Whitehouse containing the formal invitation from the President and Mrs Nixon, Presidential Party display for car windshield, seating plan and table number, menu and a small American flag, perhaps having come off a slice of celebratory cake

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De Zwaan
Lot 3546

P.N.Guinea, Middle Sepik, Kwoma, a rare dance cap; made of rows of nassa shells, stitched on a plant fiber ground; herewith a fine old armband consisting of nassa shells, animal teeth, orchid and plant fiber. w.. 32 and 15 cm. Provenance: Private Dutch collection, collected with a passion for P.N. Guinea jewelry and artifacts [2]

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De Zwaan
Lot 3628

Nias, rare half figure, adu tendro luluwo late 19th century The present item is in several ways an extraordinary piece of sculpture. Although medium-sized it does not fit in the frame of ancestor figures hailing from Central Nias. The statue is without limbs and has an unusual carved bell-shaped torso in facets, somehow reminiscent of the formal jacket consisting of stitched strips. The upper part, though, seems in accordance with the usual crowned ancestor figure. The head carved in a bold style with pronounced wing-shaped eyebrows extending towards the ears and a flat chin lends the image a monumental appearance. A three-pronged crown tops the head. On closer inspection the central part of the flat-based crown consists of a central stalk flanked by two fern ornaments and behind two large vertical projections are visible. This forked element appear on statues which belong to the protective ancestral images domain in Niha society. Most notably they emerge on adu hörö figures but also on adu tendro luluwo, protective images which are rendered limbless and with flat torsos. In the latter case we find one or more ancestral statuettes fastened to the prongs by means of plant fibre. This could also have been the case with the present item as an entwined rattan band is attached to the left prong, leaving room for a statuette. For comparison see two statues in the holdings of NMVW: RV-1629-61 and TM-860-8 and published in Nias Tribal Treasures, Delft 1990, p. 239, ill. 94 and 95. These figures seem to be rendered sexless, whereas in the present item typical Central Nias style button-shaped breasts underscore the female sex. Blackish soot patina testifies to the age of this statue which was acquired in situ by the renowned Dutch pioneer in ethnomusicology Jaap Kunst (1891-1960). Provenance Collection Jaap Kunst, bought in Nias in the 1930's. Christies Amsterdam, 26 april 1993, ex lot 197. With old label on the bottom with written initials J.K. Private collection The Hague, Holland. h. 40 cm. [1]

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Burgersdijk & Niermans
Lot 1007

LIPSIUS, J. Opera omnia quæ ad criticam proprie spectant. Cum indice. Leyden, Ex Off. Plantiniana, 1596. (16), 976, (29) pp. Old vellum. (Name entry on ti-p. scratched out, small stamp on free endpaper, margins cut shortly, a bit browned/foxed). NOTE: Rare Leiden imprint of this collected edition, only 1 copy in NCC. - Adams L-753.

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Burgersdijk & Niermans
Lot 1010

DORDRECHT -- PITISCUS, S. Lexicon antiquitatum Romanarum: in quo ritus et antiquitates cum Graecis ac Romanis communes (...) exponuntur. Leeuw., F. Halma, 1713. 2 vols. (86), 1008; (2), 1133 pp. W. 2 engr. ti-pp., 1 engr. ti-vign., 2 engr. portrs. (one of Eugenius of Savoie by P. v. Gunst after M. de Merian and one of the author by P. v. Gunst after G. Hoet), 1 fold. engr. of a mosaic floor & sev. engr. head- and tailpieces. Fol. Fine cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs, gilt coat of arms of Dordrecht on both sides, surrounded by 2 gilt dec. borders, brown labels & speckled edges. (First lvs. of vol. 2 a bit waterstained, some minor foxing/browning in places, else a very fine set). NOTE: Good set of this rare first edition. With printed school prize to Jacob Henrik Soli, 1817. - Graesse V, 306; Brunet IV, 679-680; Spoelder 544 (Dordr. 1).

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Burgersdijk & Niermans
Lot 1038

WEYERMAN, J.C. De historie des pausdoms. Of een verhaal van de dwaalingen en bygeloovigheden, dewelke van tyd tot tyd zyn ingesloopen in de Kerk. Amst., (n.pr.), 1725-28. 3 vols. (24), 370, (8); (38), 371; (32), 163, (1), 183,(17) pp. W. engr. front. by I. Folkema & engr. portr. of the author by J. Houbraken after C. Troost. Sm-4°. Cont. vellum. (Some faint marg. staining to vol. 2, else a fine set). NOTE: Cat. Weyerman KB, 78: "Een groots opgezet werk tegen bijgeloof in katholieke kring en tegen het katholicisme als zodanig." - Rare. Scheepers I, 545; Knuttel, Kerkgeschied., 369 erroneously calls for 2 vols.

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Lot 1043

HOUWAERT, J.B. De Vier Wterste, van de Doot, van het Oordeel, van d'Eeuwich Leven, van de Pyne der Hellen. Waerinne een jegelijck (als in eenen claren spiegel) mach sien en leeren, hoe hy wel en deugdelijck leven, salich sterven, en in d'eeuwihe glorie comen sal (...). The Hague, H. Jacobsz., 1605. (16), 224 pp. W. engr. ti.-vign. w. oval portrait of the author. Skillfully rebound in fine old h. vellum. (Margins a bit frayed/dam. at the beginning (sl. affect. text), tiny wormholes in lower margin, inner margin first quire rep. (w. some minor loss of text), some faint marg. stains, sl. browned). NOTE: Johan Baptista Houwaert (1533-1599) was a Dutch humanist poet and playwright. He belonged to the patrician family Sweerts. - Extremely rare edition. First published in Antwerp in 1583. - Bibliotheca Belgica H21; Waller 840 (ed. 1613); Scheepers 38 (1st ed.).

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Burgersdijk & Niermans
Lot 1047

(KRUL, J.H.). Pastorel Musyck-spel van Juliana, en Claudiaen. Amst., P.J. Slyp, 1643. (4), 40 pp. W. 3 engr. in text, 1 on ti.-p. 4°. Old wrps., uncut. NOTE: Rare first edition. - Van Bemmel 21.

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Burgersdijk & Niermans
Lot 1062

BOGAERT, A. Historie van de grontlegging der Nederlantsche vrijheid. Begrepen in drie boeken. Amst., H. Blank, 1716. (16), 355, (27) pp. W. engr. ti. & engr. ti-vign. Cont. vellum. -- Added: 2 o. works relating to Johan v. Oldenbarnevelt. -- (3). NOTE: Excellent copy of this rare work. - Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 67.

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Lot 1064

(CHRISTYN, J.B.). Histoire générale des Pais-Bas, Contenant la Description des XVII provinces. Brux., F. Foppens, 1720. 4 vols. W. 4 engr. fronts., 1 engr. fold. map, & 143 engr. plates/plans, for the greater part fold. Cont. cf. w. gilt backs raised in 6 compartments. (Binds. rubbed/chafed, lower joint vol. 1 split, extremities worn/dam., 1 plate with part torn off (missing)). NOTE: This work is generally ascribed to the jurist Johannes-Baptista Christyn (1659-1707) allthough this is not certain (cf. NNBW VI, 99). - Rare.

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Burgersdijk & Niermans
Lot 1107

CASAS, B. de las. Spieghel der Spaenscher tirany, gedaen in West-Indien. Waer inne men sien kan, alle de eylanden, provintien, lantschappen, het machtiche ryck van Mexico en 'tgout en silver-rycke landt van Peru. Amst, G. Saeghman, (c. 1670). 94 (of 96) pp. W. engr. ti-p. and 19 engr. in the text. Sm-4º. (Lacks binding, yellowing, quires loose, upper corner of p. 25 torn off, last leaf missing). NOTE: Sabin 11265. Not in NCC. Very rare, only 1 copy found (NY Publ. Library).

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Lot 1122

ASTRONOMY -- GRAAF, A. de. Starre-kunst. Leerende de hoedanigheden der beweginge van alle zichtbare hemelsche lighamen, en 't berekenen haarder zichtbare plaatzen. Mitsgaders, de hoedanigheden der verduistering van zon en maan, en de berekeninge van dien. & (at the end:) Redenering wegens de vinding der lengte van oost en west. Amst., P. Goos, 1659. (8), 125, (3), (16) pp. W. 8 engr. plates, title-p. vignette, and 6 sm. in-text diagrams. 4°. Old marbled paper over cardboard, uncut. (Spine and covers dam./worn, manuscript ink ex libris and text on front paste-down and title-p., otherwise in excellent condition). NOTE: Rare celebrated work by one of the most important Dutch mathematicians (1635-±1713), important also for his contribution to the propagation of Descartes' ideas. Manuscript ex libris 'Threganck (?), 1837' on front paste-down, partially crossed out. - K. Hoogendoorn, 2018, p. 423; Bierens de Haan, 1754 & 1755. NNBW X, 293ff.

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Lot 1141

ROBERT, (F.). Geographie naturelle historique, politique et raisonnée. Suivie d'un traité de la sphere, avec l'exposition des différens systêmes astronomiques du monde. Par./Amst., Desnos Libraire/M.M. Rey, 1777. 3 vols. (2), 588, (1); 422; 295, 94, (1) pp. W. 5 fold. plates. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt backs, red edges. (Spines rubbed and a bit dam., bind. vol. 1 a bit dam. in places, lower joint vol. 2 split, sl. browned). NOTE: Rare work, only 1 copy in NCC. - NBG 42, 382.

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Lot 1145

(SWEDENBORG, E.). Nova observata et inventa circa ferrum et ignem. Et præcipue circa naturam ignis elementarem, unà cum nova camini inventione. - Id. Methodus nova inveniendi longitudines locorum Terra Marique ope Lunae. - Amst., J. Oosterwyk, 1721. 2 in 1 vol. 56; 55, (1) pp. W. 2 fold. plates. Cont. cf. (Rebacked, sides a bit chafed, last 4 lvs. of the first work remargined, the second work has a stain in the outer margin of one leaf). NOTE: Early works by the Swedish scientist, philosopher and mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The first work contains inventions pertaining to iron and fire and new furnaces, the second work deals with a new method of finding longitudine and includes a part on dry dock ("Artificia nova mechanica receptacula navalia"). - Extremely rare first editions, not in NCC! - Poggendorf II, 1056. Not in Bierens de Haan.

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Lot 1146

(SWINDEN, J.H. v.). Verhandeling over de inrigting en het gebruik der octanten en sextanten van Hadley. 2e dr. Amst., Wed. G. Hulst van Keulen, 1826. xxii, 192; 61 pp. W. 2 fold. plates. Cont. limp brds., uncut. (Spine a bit worn). NOTE: Rare second edition. - Bierens de Haan 4795 (first ed.).

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Burgersdijk & Niermans
Lot 1149

VERDUIN, P.A. Verhandeling van een nieuwe manier om Ledematen af te setten; By wyse van een Briev, geschreven aan den Wel Edelen en Groot-achtbaren Heer den Heer Mr. Nicolaas Witsen, Burgermeester en Raad der Stad Amsterdam, enz. enz. Amst., J. Wolters, 1697. 32 pp. W. engr. ti-vign. & 7 engr. fold. plates. Cont. cf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt back. (Bind. a bit warped, spine ends & corners a bit dam., plates sl. creased and outer margins a bit frayed, margins faintly stained in places, a bit browned). NOTE: Extremely rare, first published in Latin in 1696. Lindeboom col. 2044 ff: "V. published a new method of amputation in 1696. Using a special knife he spared as much muscles as possible and a big piece of skin; in addition he did not ligate the vessels, but applied a laceing bandage." - Lindeboom mentions a Dutch edition, but with a different title: 'Een nieuwe manier van afzetting in 't been' (Amst. 1696) (no copy found). Cf. BMN I, p. 309 (French edition of the same year); Wellcome V, p. 342 (French edition, Amst./Berlin, 1756). The plates show various surgical instruments for the performance of amputations and a man with a leg prothesis. - No copy in NCC, only 1 copy found: Herzog-August-Bibliotheek, Wolfenbüttel. - This copy was given to a previous owner by the Amsterdam physician Jacob Hovius, 24 Aug. 1778.

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Lot 1151

ACCOUNTING -- WANINGHEN, H. Tresoor van't Italiaens boeck-houden, waer in begrepen staet, een memoriael, Iournael, ende Schult-Boeck: Inhoudende 100 schoone pertijen, noch 530 Vraghen ende Antwoorden, staende elck onder sijnen Tytel, verciert met schoone verklaringen. Oock omme Boeck te houden voor Coninghen ofte Princen, voor groote Compagnien ende voor de Commisen daer voor varende, (…). Van nieus oversien, en ghecorrigeert, door J. Buninga (=Buingha). Amst., W.I. Stam, 1624. (8), (148) pp. W. engr. portr. of the author on ti-p. Fol. Mod. hcl. extra. (First and last lvs. (incl. ti.) severely dam./frayed by humidity (w. loss of text), stained throughout, some minor moulding in a few places). NOTE: Hendrick Waninghen (van Campen),(Kampen c. 1570 - c. 1630), was a bookkeeper based in Amsterdam, where he taught arithmetic and bookkeeping. He wrote two manuals on this subject. - Extremely rare accounting book, first published in 1607. All editions are exceptionally scarce. This edition not in NCC, only 1 copy found (Stockholm Kungliga Bibl.). Cf. Hoogendoorn, Bibliogr. of the Exact Sciences, (p. 970-971), but he does not mention this edition at all. - For the portrait see Hollstein Dutch 36; Lugt 2228; Muller, Portretten, 5940. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.

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Lot 1152

ALCHEMY -- BÖHME, J. Idea chemiae Böhmianæ adeptæ, Das ist: Ein kurtzer Abriß der Bereitung deß Steins der Weisen. (…) Wie auch eine Schutz-Schrifft wegen Böhm und seiner Schrifften. Amst., (no publ.), 1690. 120 pp. 12°. Cont. cf. w. dec. gilt back & marbled edges. (Bind. partly dam./chafed, margins cut shortly (in places touching/affecting text), a bit foxed/browned). NOTE: Extremely rare, no copy in NCC. - Ferguson I, p. 111: "The present work is described as an extract from the writings of the 'Teutonic philosopher' in which is 'briefly described the preparation of the great wonder stone of the wise men". - Caillet 5361. Ex libris C.G. v. Arkel.

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Lot 1153

ALCHEMY -- DREBBEL, C. Grondige oplossinge van de natuur en eygenschappen der elementen. En hoe sy veroorzaaken donder, blixem, hitte, koude, wind, regen, hagel, sneeuw &c. (…) Als mede een klare beschryving van de Quinta Essentia (…). Noch een dedicatie van 't primum mobile. Amst., J. Graal, 1709. 108 pp. W. engr. ti. - Bound with: G. STARKEY, (a.o.). Eenige philosophische en medicinale tractaatjes. Beschrijvende de Liquor alchahest, de mercurius der philosophen, en andere curieusheden. Uit het Engels vert. d. J. v.d. Velde. Amst., J. v. Velde, 1688. (8) (of 10), 260 pp. Tog. 2 in 1 vol. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum. (Vellum soiled, upper hinge broken, paste-downs detached, margins engr. ti. a bit dam./frayed, unfortunately engr. plate of Alchemist to 2nd work (A6) is lacking, loosening, a bit browned/soiled). NOTE: Ad 1: Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (1572-1633) was a Dutch engineer and inventor. He was the builder of the first operational submarine in 1620 and an innovator who contributed to the development of measurement and control systems, optics and chemistry. He also took an interest in alchemy. Funny fact: In the Dutch translation of Harry Potter, the Minister for Magic (Cornelius Fudge) is called Cornelis Droebel. - Extremely rare edition of this work (first printed in 1621(?)). No other copy found, not in NCC. - Hoogendoorn Dreb04-5; Bierens de Haan 1244. Ad 2: A collection of 11 brief alchemical works first published in English as Collectanea chymica (1684) by the English bookseller William Cooper, known for his interest in alchemical literature. - Klaversma/Hannema 464; Ferguson, Bib. chem. II, p. 402 (note); Schoneveld 572 (note). Ex libris C.G. v. Arkel.

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Lot 1154

ALCHEMY -- STARKEY, G. Chymie, of Uytlegging der Nature en Helmont Verdedigd, Synde een korte en sekere weg tot een lang en gesond leven: Nevens De bereydinge der ware Medicynen, en des selfs gebruyk, met de Beschryving der Liquor Alchahest, Tydig voor alle die haar Gesondheid beminnen. Uyt het Engelsch vert. d. J. vande Velde. Amst., J. v.d. Velde, 1693. (16), 25-378 (=correct!), (38) pp. W. engr. front. 12°. Cont. vellum. (Lower front corner dam., vellum a bit soiled, upper endpapers gone, 2 holes in frontispiece and outer margin dam./frayed, paperflaw on leaf N5, sl. browned). NOTE: George Starkey (1628–1665) was a Colonial American alchemist, medical practitioner, and writer of numerous commentaries and chemical treatises that were widely circulated in Western Europe and influenced prominent men of science, including Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. After relocating from New England to London, England, in 1650, Starkey began writing under the pseudonym Eirenaeus Philalethes. Starkey remained in England and continued his career in medicine and alchemy until his death in the Great Plague of London in 1665. - Rare Dutch translation of George Starkey's 'Nature's explication and Helmont's vindication' (Lond., 1657). Only 2 copies in NCC (TU Delft, UBA), not in UB Leiden. - Hoogendoorn, VeldeJac03; Schoneveld 573. Ex libris C.G. v. Arkel.

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Lot 1162

ARTIST'S MANUALS -- (PAAPE, G.). Beknopt en duidelijk onderwijs in het silhouëtteeren. Dordr., De Leeuw & Krap, (n.d. = 1792). 52 pp. W. engr. example of a silhouette on the ti-p. Sm-8°. No bind. NOTE: The word 'silhouette' derives from the name of Etienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister who, in 1759, was forced by France's credit crisis during the Seven Years War to impose severe economic demands upon the French people, particularly the wealthy. Because of de Silhouette's austere economies, his name became eponymous with anything done or made cheaply and so with these outline portraits. Prior to the advent of photography, silhouette profiles cut from black card were the cheapest way of recording a person's appearance. - Rare.

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Lot 1165

ATLASES -- BYBELSCHE Huis en Zak-Atlas (...). Amst., Martinus de Bruyn, (c. 1780). 13 pp. W. 15 engr. maps (of which 4 fold.), partly cold. Old wrps. (Spine dam. but holding, wear to extremities, some waterstaining, minor yellowing at the edges, some stains). NOTE: Rare. First and only edition of this atlas of sacred geography for the use of schools. - Koeman II-29.

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Lot 1175

EROTICA -- (MARTEN, J.?). De groote zonden van vuile zelfs-bevleckinge, door jonge en oude mans- en vrouws persoonen (…). Vert. d. (J. v. Hode). (2nd title:) Onans sonde, en straffe, voorgestelt aan die zig verontrynigen, door zelfs-besmettinge. Rott., (n.pr.), 1730. (48), 368 pp. Cont. vellum, uncut. (Lower outer corner faintly stained in places, sl. browned). NOTE: First Dutch translation (after the 12th Engl. ed.) of this fundamental English work of scaremongering anti-masturbation literature, first published in an undated edition in the early 1700's and reprinted many times ("Onania, or, The heinous sin of self-pollution, and all its frightful consequences in both sexes, considered"). The reader is warned that masturbation can lead to: "Disturbances in the stomoch... vomiting, nausea... paralysis... thinness, pimples on the face... attacks of rage, maddness, idiocy... and finally suicide." Those suffering from prior misdemeanor are advised to acquire "Strengthening Tincture" and "Prolific Powder" to cure themselves of their wicked habits. - Rare, only 2 copies in NCC.

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Lot 1181

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- DUFAY, J. Histoire des voyages, dans cette partie du monde, guerres, mœurs, produits, anecdotes. Par., Bureau de Courval et Ce., 1825-26. 10 vols. W. 105 cold. plates. Cont. tree cf. w. dec. gilt backs, gilt dec. borders on all sides, red labels & marbled edges. (Extremities more or less dam., sides vol. 4 rather dam., foxed/browned in places, some stains). NOTE: Rare complete set.

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Lot 1186

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- WITSEN, N. Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier: Waer in wijtloopigh wert verhandelt, de wijze van Scheeps-timmeren, by Grieken en Romeynen, Scheeps-oeffeningen, Strijden, Tucht, Straffe, Wetten en gewoonten. Beneffens evenmatige grootheden van schepen onzes tijts, ontleet in alle hare deelen (...). (With) Appendix. Amst., C. Cunradus, 1671. 2 parts in 1 vol. (14), 516; 40, (4) pp. W. engr. front. by R. de Hooghe & 112 - for the greater part full-p. (1 fold.) - engr. plates after N. Witsen. Fol. Cont. blind tooled vellum, spine raised in compartments. (Spine skillfully rep., new leather ties, upper fly leaf lacks, small hole in blank margin front., sl. browned/foxed in a few places). NOTE: Extremely rare real first edition of this work, with title-page printed in black with the address of the printer (Chr. Cunradus). It is illustrated with precise and detailed plates which were executed after drawings by Witsen himself. The plates are unnumbered in this edition! Only 1 other 'proof' copy with this imprint is found in NCC (University Library of Amsterdam). The number of plates of this work differ (Landwehr also has 112 plates). This work on ship building quickly became the standard work on the subject. It made Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times and administrator of the VOC, come in to contact with Czar Peter the Great on modernising the Imperial Russian Navy, then backward by Western European standards. His contact with the Czar led to an order for warships from Amsterdam shipyards. In 1697 Witsen organised a four-month training period for the Czar at the Dutch East India Company shipyards. - Cf. Hoogendoorn, WitsenN04; Bierens de Haan 5368; NHSM p. 743; Landwehr RdH 16; NNBW IV, 1473. Extensively on Witsen (and this work): M. Peters: De wijze koopman. Het wereldwijde onderzoek van Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), burgemeester en VOC-bewindhebber van Amsterdam (2010). - Inserted is a small paper with annotations in an old hand on the ship "Hilverbeek", dated 1741.

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Lot 1201

WUNDERKAMMER -- (SCHEURLEER, H.F.?). Schatkamer der verborgentheden, voorgestelt in een beschryvinge der wonderlyke geschapenheit des firmaments, sterren, planeten, cometen (...). Amst., J. Ratelband, 1713. (44), 463, (21) pp. W. 26 (fold.) engr. plates (of 27?) of the stars, plants, animals (whales!), etc., incl. a map of the oceans of the world. 4°. Cont. cf. w. gilt title on spine. (Calf detaching from boards, bottom of spine dam., hinges weak, loosening, lacking leaf 6*4, fold. map a bit torn (but complete and restoreable), some faint marg. stains). NOTE: Extremely rare, only 1 copy in NCC (Nijmegen) and 1 o. in Katalog der Univ. Frankfurt. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.

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Lot 128

FREUNDLICH, E. Relativitätstheorie. Drei Vorträge gehalten auf Einladung der Badischen Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik in Ludwigshafen a/Rhein Oktober 1920. N.pl., n.d. (1920). 46 pp. Owrps. Copy w. manuscript dedication by the author, dated October 19th 1922. Rare. -- Added: I. SCHNEIDER. Das Raum-Zeit-Problem bei Kant und Einstein. Berlin, 1921. (4), 75 pp. Owrps. -- L. v. BORTKIEWICZ. Die radioaktive Strahlung als Gegenstand wahrscheinlichkeitstheoretischer Untersuchungen. Berlin, 1913. (8), 84, (2) pp. & loosely inserted errata-leaf. Owrps. -- H. REICHENBACH. Relativitätstheorie und Erkenntnis Apriori. Berlin, 1920. (6), 110, (4) pp. Owrps. -- And 3 o. in 4 vols. (8).

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HALLIER, E., (a.o., eds.). Flora von Deutschland. 5. Aufl. Gera, E. Köhler, 1880-88. 31 vols., incl. register. W. ca. 4000 chromolithographs. Cont. hcf. w. title in gold on spines & blindtooled sides. (Some wear to spines, some yellowing to pages but complete and soundly bound). NOTE: Rare complete set of the last, most comprehensive edition.

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PALEONTOLOGY -- ORBIGNY, A. d'. Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géology stratigraphiques. Par., 1849-52. 2 in 3 text-vols. (w. num. ills.) & 1 plate-vol. w. 17 fold. tables. 8° (text-vols.) & 4°. Cont. red hcf. (3) & hcl. - Rare, complete set.

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EGYPT -- LEEMANS, C. Description raisonnée des monumens égyptiens du Musée d'Antiquités des Pays-Bas à Leide. 1840. Or. stiff printed brds. (Top of spine sl. dam.). Rare. -- J. CAPART & M. WERBROUCK. Memphis à l'ombre des pyramides. 1930. 4°. Hcl. extra. (Spine faded). -- G. LEGRAIN. Les temples de Karnak. 1929. 4°. Hcl. extra (Spine faded). -- E.A.W. BUDGE. Books on Egypt & Chaldaea. Vol. 1, 2, 3, 26-27. (1st-)3rd ed. (1909-10). 5 vols. Ocl. (Partly w. pencil annot./underl.). -- And 4 o. (12).

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EISLER, R. Orpheus — The fisher. Comparative studies in orphic and early Christian cult symbolism. Lond., 1921. xviii, 302 pp. W. 76 plates. Ocl. (W. previous owner stamps). - Rare.

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Lot 240

INDIA -- DOUGLAS, J. Bombay and Western India. A series of stray papers. Lond., Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1893. 2 vols. xvii, (1), 472; x, 414 pp. W. 2 fold. maps, 146 (helio-engr.) plates/portrs./ills. 4°. Or. gilt & black dec. red cl., t.e.g., uncut. (Spines sl. faded, some minor foxing). - Rare set.

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Lot 250

BAANE, J.C. Reis door een gedeelte van de Nederlandsche bezittingen in Oost-Indië (...). Amst., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1826. (16), 338 pp. W. engr. title, 4 full-p. plates and 1 fold. plate by W. Nieuwhoff. Hcl. extra. (Some foxing). - Rare.

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Lot 251

JACOBS, J. Het familie- en kampongleven op Groot-Atjeh. Eene bijdrage tot de ethnographie van Noord-Sumatra. Leiden, 1894. 2 vols. (10), 406, (2); (6), 271 pp. W. 31 ill. on 23 plates (of which 3 cold. & 3 fold.). Lge-8°. Or. gilt- and red-lettered cl. (Spine ends slightly chipped). -- A.R. WALLACE. Insulinde: Het land van den Orang-Oetan en den Paradijsvogel. Vert. en van aantek. voorz. d. P.J. Veth. Amst., P.N. v. Kampen, 1870-71. 2 vols. xxiv, 528; x, 552 pp. W. 2 maps (1 fold. and cold.), 12 wood-engr. plates & 41 wood-engr. Or. printed brds., partly unopened. (Rebacked). -- (4). NOTE: Ad 1: Still the best & thorough study on family & campong-life in all its aspects: life & death, death-rituals, marriage, sexual customs, courting, Islam, war, etc. - Rouffaer/Muller 26. Ad 2: Rare. - Bastin/Brommer N-564; Tiele 1195; Rouffaer/Muller p. 5.

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CARIBBEAN -- SIMONS, G.J. Beschrijving van het eiland Curaçou. Oosterwolde, de Tempe, 1868. 156 pp. W. lithogr. portr., 1 map & 2 cold. lithogr. plates. Hcl. w. owrps. mounted. (Some yellowing). -- Added: HET SPRINGEN van 's Lands Oorlogsschip Alphen voor Curacao den 15 september 1775. Handcold. engr. (130 x 130 mm.). -- And 2 o. engrs. (4). NOTE: Tiele 1005. Rare.

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CLANDESTINE PUBLICATIONS -- POE, E.A. The city in the sea and other poems. (Selected by G. Lubberhuizen). (1944). W. ill. & cover des. by F. Ingram (= F. Weidema). 4°. Owrps. -- J. EMMENS. Chaconne. (The Hague, 1945). Owrps. -- J.W. HOFSTRA. Valken. 1945. Owrps. -- J. v.d. VONDEL. Rei van smeeckelingen. 's-Hertogenb. (=Amst.), 1944. Owrps. -- D. de JONG. Het vrije boek in onvrije tijd. Bibliografie van illegale en clandestiene belletrie. 1958. Owrps. -- A.E.C. SIMONI. Publish and be free. A catalogue of clandestine books printed in the Netherlands 1940-1945 in the British Library. 1975. Owrps. -- Added: J. KENNIS. De Sprinkgermanenplaag (en de stoute dingen die Toontje deed). (1945). 8°-obl. Or pictorial brds. Rare. -- And: (THE FIFTH PIG). Sheet of paper with a drawing of four pigs. In the center is the caption: "To find a fifth one fold as indicated". When folding the paper according to the markings you see Hitler's face. 2 copies (one with folds and small hole, one unfolded). -- And 31 o. (smaller) clandestine publ. (39).

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ROSS, H.D. (=A.M. de Jong). Fathma, de roos van het Oosten. Vert. d. Titia Roemer. Amst., E.M. Querido, 1926. 260 pp. Ocl., uncut. NOTE: Extremely rare, no copy in NCC. On the title page (written in pencil): "Als gevolg van een weddeschap tussen Maan [=Emanuel] Querido en A.M. de Jong werd dit boek in 21 dagen geschreven. Inzet: 1 kistje sigaren! Deze schuilnaam is 1x gebruikt." - M. de Jong: A.M. de Jong, schrijver (2001), p. 182-83: "De bespreker van Het Vaderland vindt het 'een prettig boek om te lezen', en schrijft ook nog 'De schrijver laat ons genieten van de spannendste gevechten in den groote woestijn, waar langzaam de karavanen verder trekken' (12 oktober 1926)."

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BOITO, C. Een lichaam. Naar het Italiaansch door J.C. Brandt. Amst., Stadermann, (n.d. but between 1900-1910). 70 pp. Owrps. NOTE: Transl. of the Italian novella Un Corpo (1870) by Camillo Boito (1836-1914), architect and writer. Not in NCC, very rare, no copies found by us.

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JAARBOEK NEDERLANDSCHE AMBACHTS- & NIJVERHEIDSKUNST, 1919-31. Rott., Brusse, 1919-32. 11 vols. W. num. (cold.) plates. Sm-4°. Ocl. (3), ohcl. (3) and owrps. (5). (Spines discold. & dam., wrps. delicate, some vols. partly uncut). NOTE: Complete series of the yearbooks of the Netherlands Association for Crafts and Industrial Arts; a key publication on Dutch applied arts during the Interbellum. Covers designed by V. Huszar, P. Zwart, Rietveld, Kriege, Penaat, a.o. Typography by i.a. S.H. de Roos & J.L.M. Lauweriks. Vol. 1929, cover by Huszar, is bound in clothbacked brds.; quite rare in this binding. - Brusse 416.

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