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Charming and finely executed miniature, probably by a German follower of Simon Bening
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First and only French edition of an important 18th-century book on gardening
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Summary of the constitution of the Dutch Republic with the essential text in extenso
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Against Portugal's centralized power in Brazil
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First edition of the so-called Golden Bible, by the Augsburg Benedictine Abbeys printing office
set in nearly the first (and the best early) roman printing type north of the Alps
Robert Proctors copy, with generous margins
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"on pesche les perles ... dans le Golfe Persique, principalement ... aupres de Baroyn [= Bahrain]"
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The famous Arabic version of Robert Bellarmino's catechism, now with parallel Ethiopic
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Very rare sixth edition of the Amsterdam pharmacopoeia in Dutch, with an engraved title-page by Jan Luyken
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Rare early edition of a popular book of botanical, mineralogical and zoological wonders,
with a large woodcut of the author among his books
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By the "finest 19th century lithographer of shipping scenes and ship portraits"
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Dutch voyage through the Pacific looking for commercial opportunities