History, Law & Philosophy

NICOLAI, Johannes. Tractatus de siglis veterum omnibus elegantioris literaturae amatoribus utilissimus, in quo continentur, quae ad interpretationem numismatum, inscriptionum, juris et fere omnium artium requiruntur, cujus subsidio facile literae explicari possunt.
Leiden, Abraham de Swart, 1703. 4to. With title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 8 engravings in text (1 full-page). Contemporary vellum. [22], 314 pp. Full description

[NICOLAY, Nicolas]. Plusieurs descriptions des accoustremens, tant des magistrats et officiers de la Porte de l' Empereur des Turcs, que des peuples assujectis à son Empire. Avec les figurs des representant le tout au naturel, tirees des medailles antiques & descriptions de ceux qui ont frequenté parmy ces nations, ou des bons autheurs qui en ont escrit.
Including: THOMAS, Artus. Tableaux prophetiques des empereur severe et leon, avec leurs epigrammes predisans la ruine de la monarchie des Turcs.
[Paris, widow of Abel L'Angelier, 1620]. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With 79 engraved plates, including 62 costume plates (ca. 27.5 x 17.5 cm) after Nicolas Nicolay. With an additional loosely inserted engraving of a "Marchant Juif". All the plates have explanatory texts on the versos of the preceding plates. 19th-century green half morocco. "64" [=65] ll., 65-114, [3], [1 blank] pp. Full description

[NIEMEYER, Conrado Jacob de; Marcos Antonio BRICIO; Joaquim Leão da SILVA MACHADO; Luiz Henriques TOTA (the accused)]. Expozição ao publico accompanhada com a defeza, e sentenças do concelho de guerra a que responderão, os Tenentes Coroneis Conrado Jacob de Niemeyer, Marcos Antonio Bricio. Cappitão Tenente Joaquim Leão da Silva Machado. Cappitão Luiz Henriques Tota. Pelos accontecimentos, que tiverão lugar nesta capital a dezassete de abil findo, augmentada com as defezas, e sentenças do primeiro sobre as arguições de ter elevado, em 1825, sem ordem Joaquim Pinto Madeira ao posto de Tenente Coronel, e de ter dezobedecido pertinazmente ás ordens do governo; contendo igualmente os documentos authenticos ...
Rio de Janeiro, Na typographia do Diario, 1832. 4to (ca. 20 x 14.5 cm). Modern half dark blue morocco. 56 pp. Full description

[NIEROP, Adriaen van or Simon van MIDDELGEEST?]. WAER-MOND, Yemand van (pseudonym). Codicille van de Nederlandsche Oorloghe, waer in sy eenighe Vrienden, Wel-Doenders ende Dienaren, in haer principael Testament van date den tweeden Februarij 1609. vergheten zynde, ... den 12. Martij des selven jaers. Noch een Wellecom-Dicht van het Bestandt. Noch andere ghedichten van bestandighe vrede.
"Franc end al" [= Amsterdam?], "Frederijck de Vrije", [1609]. Small 4to. Poems celebrating the truce with Spain (though attributed to a former opponent of the truce), with the Dutch poems in textura types and Latin marginal notes in roman. Disbound. [12] pp. Full description

NIEUHOF, Johan. Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China...
Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1670. Folio. With engraved title-page, letterpress title-page printed in red and black, full-page engraved portrait of the author, 1 large folding engraved map of China, 34 double-page engraved plates and views, 110 half-page engraved illustrations in text. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. [8], 208, 258, [10] pp. Full description

NIEUWENTYT, Bernard. Het regt gebruik der werelt beschouwingen, ter overtuiginge van ongodisten en ongelovigen aangetoont.
Amsterdam, Joannes Pauli, 1740. Large 4to. With title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, portrait of the author, and 28 engraved folding plates. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine. [8], 916, [18] pp. Full description

NUÑEZ DE AVENDAÑO, Pedro. Aviso de Cazadores y Caça.
Madrid, Pedro Madrigal, 1593.
With: (2) [bound before ad 1] NUÑEZ DE AVENDAÑO, Pedro. De exequendis mandatis regnum Hispaniae, quae rectoribus civitatum dantur, & hodie continentur in titulo.
Madris, Pedro Madrigal, 1593.
2 works in 1 volume. Folio (27 x 18.5 cm). With the woodcut printer's device on the title page of ad 1, and two decorated woodcut initials. Further with the woodcut coat of arms of Habsburg Spain on the title page of ad 2, numerous decorated woodcut initials, a woodcut headpiece at the start of the work, and headpieces made up of typographical ornaments in the first few chapters. Later limp vellum, sewn on 2 vellum tapes laces through the joints, with the manuscript title on the spine, remnants of ties. [8], "555" [= 553], [1], [2 blank], [40]; 34 pp. Full description

OBOLENSKY, Prince Yevgeny Petrovich; Prince Augustin GALITZIN (transl). Souvenirs d'un exilé en Sibérie.
Leipzig, Franck'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1862. 8vo. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. [2], 88, [16]. Full description

OCKLEY, Simon. The conquest of Syria, Persia, and Aegypt, by the Saracens: containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, and Othman, the immediate successors of Mahomet, giving an account of their most remarkable battles, sieges, &c. ...
London, for R. Knaplock, J. Sprint, R. Smith and J. Round, 1708. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf with gold-stamped red label to gilt spine, leading edges gilt, red sprinkled edges. XXIV, [4], 391, [1 blank], [19], [1 blank] pp. Full description

O'CONOR, James Edward. Review of the accounts of the trade and navigation of India for 1874-75, as compared with previous years.
Calcutta, Office of the superintendent of government printing, 1876.
With:
(2) Memorandum reviewing the accounts of the trade and navigation of British India for 1875-76. Dated the 24th February 1877.
[Calcutta?], Government central press, 1877.
(3) Review of the trade of British India for the official year 1876-77.Calcutta, 25 October1877.
(4) Review of the trade of British India with other countries, for the official year 1878-1879.
[Calcutta?], Government central press, 1879.
(5) Review of the maritime trade of British India with other countries for the official year 1879-80.Calcutta, office of the superintendent of government printing, 1880.
(6) Review of the maritime trade of British India with other countries for the official year 1880-81.Calcutta, office of the superintendent of government printing, 1881.
(7) Review of the maritime trade of British India with other countries for the official year 1881-82.Calcutta, office of the superintendent of government printing, 1882.
(8) Review of the accounts of the sea-borne foreign trade of British India for the official year ending 31st March 1883.Simla, Government central branch press, 1883.
(9) Review of the accounts of the sea-borne foreign trade of British India for the official year ending 31st March 1884.Simla, Government central branch press, 1884.
9 parts in 1 volume. Folio. Near contemporary red cloth. Full description