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Important bibliographical source for the history of Friesland and the first bibliography
exclusively devoted to Dutch authors

PETRI (PETRUS), Suffridus. De scriptoribus Frisiae, decades XVI. Et semis: in quibus non modo peculiares Frisiae, sed & totius Germaniae communes antiquitates plurimae indicantur, & veterum historicorum ac geographorum loci, hactenus non intellecti, explicantur.
Franeker, Jacobus Horreus, 1699. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. [88], 498 pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Bibliography & Biography Dutch Literature History / 17th Century Netherlands
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Highlights of the life and career of the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia: Ibn Sa'ud

PHILBY, Harry St John Bridger. Arabian jubilee.
London, Robert Hale Limited, 1954. 8vo. With a portrait of king 'Abdul-'Aziz Ibn Sa'ud as the frontispiece, 1 map of Arabia in 1950, and 16 double-sided plates. Black cloth with title information in gold on spine. XIV, 280 pp. Full description
€ 400
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Bibliography & Biography Saudi Arabia
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A cornerstone of Low Countries ecclesiastical history

PLACENTIUS, Johannes Leo. Catalogus omnium antistitum Tungarorum, Traiectensium, ac Leodiorum, & rerum domi, bellique gestarum compendium.
(Colophon:) Antwerp, Willem Vorsterman, [1530?; preface dated 14 September 1529]. 8vo (14.4 x 6.6 cm). With a woodcut coat of arms of Cardinal Everard van de Marck within a 4-piece woodcut frame on the title page, 2 woodcut illustrations, each enclosed in the same four-piece woodcut border (distinct from that on the title page), a large woodcut incorporating Vorstermans printers device on the last page, and 7 decorated woodcut initials. 18th-century half calf. [116] ll. Full description
€ 3,950
Belgium Bibliography & Biography Church History & Missions Early Printing - 16th century Religion (16th Century)
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A eulogy to Erasmus and his works, by Beatus Rhenanus and other contemporaries

RHENANUS, Beatus. Des. Eras Roterodami viri incomparabilis vita, & epitaphia quaedam.
Antwerp, Willem Vorsterman, 1536. Small 8vo (9.8 x 15.6 cm). With woodcut medallion portrait of Erasmus on the verso of the title page, and 4 woodcut decorated initials. Modern vellum. [24] ll. Full description
€ 3,750
Bibliography & Biography Church History & Missions Early Printing - 16th century Erasmus Humanism & Reformation Philosophy & Humanism Religion (16th Century)
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Jesuits in the Americas: in Florida, Peru, Brasil, and other places in Middle and South America

RIBADENEYRA, Pedro de [and Michel d'ESNE DE BETENCOURT (translator)]. La vie du pere Francois de Borja ...
Douai, Baltazar Bellère, 1603. 8vo. With a woodcut "IHS" vignette on the title-page, some woodcut decorated initials and woodcut head-pieces, and a large woodcut tail-piece on p. 480. Contemporary overlapping vellum, with the manuscript title on the spine, remnants of ties. [1], [1 blank], [22], 480 pp. Full description
€ 9,500
Bibliography & Biography Jesuits Middle America North America Peru West Indies
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A collection of medical book “unparalleled in modern times”

SALLANDER, Hans. Bibliotheca Walleriana the books illustrating the history of medicine and science collected by Dr. Erik Waller and bequeathed to the library of the Royal University of Uppsala.
Stockholm, Almquist & Wiksell, 1955. 2 volumes. With 55 plates. Original publishers printed paper wrappers. Full description
€ 250
Bibliography & Biography Medicine & Pharmacy (20th Century)
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Rare biographical work on noteworthy mathematicians and other scientists from the Piceno region in Italy

SANTINI, Giuseppe. Picenorum mathematicorum elogia.
Macerata, Bartolomeo Capitani, 1779. 4to. With a woodcut ornament on the title page, 1 illustration in the text, 23 decorated woodcut initials, and a woodcut headpiece. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript title on the spine, red mottled edges. XVI, 112 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
Bibliography & Biography Italy Mathematics
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