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Complete series of beautiful engravings of the marble decorations of the Amsterdam Town Hall

[QUELLINUS, Hubertus]. Prima pars. Praecipuarum effigierum ac ornamentorum amplissimae Curiae Amstelrodamensis. - Het eerste deel van de voornaemste statuen ende ciraten van konstryck stadthuys van Amsteldam. - La premier partie. De plusieurs figures et onrements, de la maison de ville d'Amsterdam, le plus grand part faict d'marbre.
Amsterdam, Frederik de Witt, 1665. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved title page and index for each part, a full-page engraved portrait of the author, part 1 with 48 plates (4 double-page, 44 full-page); part 2 with 51 plates (2 double-page, 49 full-page), and 2 very large folding plates of the 2 tympana. 18th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf. With 105 engraved plates. Full description
€ 6,500
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Beautiful views of castles, ruins, monasteries, villages and towns of the Dutch Republic

RADEMAKER, Abraham. Kabinet van Nederlandsche en Kleefsche outheden.
Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion, [between 1728 and 1766]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an engraved title page in each part, and 300 numbered engraved half-page views. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco. [76]; [76] ll. Full description
€ 3,500
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Groundbreaking early study of animal instinct and behaviour uniting natural history philosophy
and the origins of animal psychology

REIMARUS, Hermann Samuel. Allgemeine Betrachtungen über die Triebe der Tiere, hauptsächlich über ihre Kunsttriebe. Zum Erkenntniß des Zusammenhanges der Welt, des Schöpfers und unser selbst vorgestellet.
Hamburg, Johann Carl Bohn, printed by Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, 1762. 8vo. With woodcut head- and tailpieces, woodcut decorated initials, and a woodcut vignette on the last page. Contemporary calf. [16], 400, 104, [24] pp. Full description
€ 650
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Second copy located of the 1550 Antwerp edition of the Dutch adaptation of the famous Sachsenspiegel

[REPGOW, Eike von]. Den spiegel van sassen van alle keyserlijcke rechten.
Antwerp, Marie Ancxt [= widow of Jacob van Liesveld, 31 October 1550. 4to (19 x 13.2 cm). With the title page printed in red and black with woodcut of the emperor (10.8 x 7.2 cm) holding a sword with coat of arms in the lower left hand corner, between two ornamental borders. 18th-century mottled calf. XLIIII ll. Full description
€ 12,500
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A very important source for the early history of Zeeland

[REYGERSBERCH, Jan Janse]. Dye cronijcke van Zeelandt.
Antwerp, Widow of Heyndrick Peetersen, 1551. 4to. With an allegorical woodcut title with the coat of arms of the province of Zeeland, Charles V and Maximilian, a folding woodcut map of Zeeland, a small woodcut portrait of Charles V, a full-page woodcut coat of arms of Zeeland on the verso of the last leaf, and 6 mostly full-page woodcut coats of arms of Maximilian, the province of Zeeland, and of the cities Middelburg, Veere, Zierikzee and Cortgene in the text, further with numerous decorated woodcut initials. 17th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf. [194] ll. Full description
€ 4,000
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Unrecorded issue of the classic 18th-century treatise on commerce

RICARD, Samuel. Traité général du commerce, contenant des observations sur le commerce des principaux etats de l'Europe... les productions naturelles, l'industrie de chaque païs... des détails sur les monnoies, poids et mesures... des règles sur différentes opérations de négoce... enfin les ordonnances et usages établis à Amsterdam, touchant les assurances et le réglement des avaries.
Amsterdam, E. van Harreveld and A. Soetens, 1781. 2 volumes. 4to. With the title pages printed in red and black, a woodcut headpiece in each volume, and numerous tables in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with a modern spine. [8], 624; [8], XVI, 530 pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Dutch country houses and castles in the 19th century, illustrated by more than 70 lithographs

ROBIDÉ VAN DER AA, Christianus Petrus Eliza . Oud-Nederland in de uit vroegere dagen, overgeblevene burgen en kasteelen geschetst en afgebeeld.
Nijmegen, C.A. Vieweg, 1841-1846. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. With 72 full-page lithographed views of the old Dutch castles and mansions, mostly after designs by J.F. Christ. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled purplish-blue half calf. Each plate is accompanied by 8 to 20 pages of description and historical notes. Full description
€ 1,250
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A landmark in the development of child care

ROSEN VON ROSENSTEIN, Nils. Underrättelser om barn-sjukdomar och deras bote-medel: tilförene styckewis utgifne uti de små allmanachorna, nu samlade, tilökte och förbättrade.
Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1764. 8vo. With woodcut head- and tailpieces, woodcut gothic initials and cast fleurons. Set in fraktur types. Contemporary half calf. [2], 363, [11] pp. Full description
€ 3,750
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