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The beginning and end of the VOC opium monopoly in the Dutch East Indies

[OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. [Collection of contemporary manuscripts and documents regarding the Amfioensociëteit].
Comprising:
(1) [OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. Octroy door de edele hoge Indiase regering, verleend aan de societeyt van den Amphioen handel, tot Batavia.
(2) [OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. Prolongatie van het octroy van D'Amphioen Sociteit.
(3) [OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. Memorie voor mijne gemagtigden heeres(?) Themans en Bovie.
[In or after 1762]. 3 parts in 1 volume.
With: (4) [OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. [Collection of 12 Dutch documents].
1793-1807. Various sizes. With 12 manuscript documents, and a manuscript on paper in 2 different hands. Ad 1-3: Contemporary sturdy paper wrappers, sewn on 3 vellum supports; ad 4: the 12 documents are held together by a narrow paper wrapper with the text: "Onafgedaane Indiësche zaaken, concentreerende de Amphioen Societeyt", and a string. [15], [1 blank]; [3] ll. Full description
€ 12,500
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Detailed coastal descriptions of Maranhão: an early bilingual sailing pilot for sailors

PEREIRA DO LAGO, Antonio Bernardino. Roteiro da costa da provincia do Maranhão, desde Jericoacoara ate a Ilha de Sto. João, e da entrada, e sahida pela bahia de Sto. Marcos, qu edeve acomanhar a carta redudiza da costa da sobredita provincia ... Survey of the coast of the province of Maranham, from Jericoacoara to the Island of St. John, and of the entrance of the bay of St. Marcos; intended as an accompaniment to the reduced chart of the coast of the aforesaid province.
(Colophon: Liverpool, F.B. Wright, printer), 1821. 4to. Contemporary gold-tooled tree-marbled calf. 21, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,500
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Luxurious school-book for the young prince, Johan Willem Friso of Nassau

PHAEDRUS. Fabularum Aesopiarum, libri V. Notis illustravit in usum serenissimi Principis Nassauii, David Hoogstratanus. Accedunt ejusdem opera duo indices, quorum prior est omnium verborum, multo quam antehac locupletior, posterior eorum, quae observatu digna in notis occurrunt.
Amsterdam, Fr. Halma, 1701. 4to. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece with medallion portrait of the Prince of Nassau at the top, by P. Bouttats after J. Goeree, engraved allegorical vignette on title, title printed in red and black, large folding double-page engraved portrait of the young Prince Jan Willem Friso of Nassau by P. Gunst after B. Vaillant, 5 engraved head-pieces, 8 large engraved initials, 30 richly engraved tail-pieces, and 108 medallion illustrations to the fables on 18 full-page engraved plates by J. van Vianen. Contemporary full-grained red morocco, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with triple gilt fillet borders on sides, gilt inner dentelles, and gilt edges. [32], 160, [84] pp. Full description
€ 4,500
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Pair of maps of The Hague in the original case

REDING, H. Plan de la ville et carte des environs de La Haye.
Comprising:
(1) REDING, H. Nieuwe platte grond der stad s' Gravenhage/ Nouveau plan de La Haye.
(2) REDING, H. Carte des environs de La Haye.
The Hague, chez F. J. Weygand, 1838. Each ca. 32 x 39.5 cm. With 2 hand coloured lithographed maps printed on coated linen. Both maps are folded and housed in the original publisher's reddish brown buckram case, with an engraved blue title label mounted on the front. Full description
€ 1,250
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Well-illustrated work on the Dutch whale- and herring-fishery in the Northern Seas and Greenland,
with a Napoleonic provenance

RESTE, Bernard de. Histoire des pêches, des découvertes et des établissemens des Hollandois dans les mers du Nord: ouvrage traduit du Hollandois par les soins du Gouvernement, enrichi de notes & orné de cartes & de figures.
Paris, Nyon the Elder & Sons, Widow of Nyon, 1791-1800. 3 volumes. 8vo. With 28 engraved plates and maps (21 folding and 7 full-page). 19th-century green half shagreen, gold-tooled spine, sides with crowned gilt initials 'C.L.' XXXVI, 432; 464; [4], 378 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Early true crime in Dutch

REYNOLDS, John and Johannes GRINDAL (translator). Tonneel der wereldtse rampsaligheden, vertoonende Godts wraake, over de roepende en verfoeyelijke zonde der moedtwillige en voor-bedachte moordery. Welkers wonderlijke ontdekkingen en gestrenge straffe beschreven worden in XXX. bezondere jammerlijke historien: vervattende veel droevige en gedenkwaardige geschiedenissen: historische, zedelijke en goddelijke lessen.
Amsterdam, (colophon: widow of Tymon Houthaak) for Gerrit van Goedesbergh, 1667. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved printer's device on the title page, and 30 full-page engravings, each with 8 separate illustrations, depicting 240 scenes from the many stories. Contemporary vellum. [8], 888 pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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Birds of prey of German and surrounding countries, with 60 chromolithographed plates

RIESENTHAL, Oskar von. Die Raubvogel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mittel-Europas. Darstellung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland und dem angrenzenden Mitteleuropa vorkommenden Arten. 2. Auflage der Tafeln mit kurzem Text.
Kassel, Theodor Fischer, sold in C.B. Griesbach's Verlag in Gera, 1894. Folio (30.2 x 40.2 cm). With 60 chromolithographed plates. Contemporary half green cloth with the title in black on the spine, printed paper sides. [6], 56 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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A vanished Maastricht: the city preserved in stone and etching

SCHAEPKENS, Alexandre. Monuments de Maestricht, aquarelles lithochromes.
[Brussels, Simoneau & Toovey, 1857].
With: (2) SCHAEPKENS, Alexandre. Ancienne enceinte militaire de Maestricht démolie en 1867-1869.
[Maastricht? 1872].
(3) SCHAEPKENS, Alexandre. Oud Maestricht en buurt. 1ste serie. 2de serie.
[Brussels, 1887]. 3 works in 1 volume. Oblong folio. Ad 1 with 30 coloured lithographed plates; ad 2 with 12 coloured lithographed plates; ad 3 with 52 etched plates, all mounted to the leaves of the album. Contemporary half beige cloth, marbled paper sides. Full description
€ 6,500
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