Categories
Shopping cart (0 items € 0)
Advanced search

Literature & Linguistics

Extremely rare satirical print series lampooning Louis XIV with the total eclipse of the Sun King,
showing 1 major and at least 3 minor variants not recorded in the literature

[ALLARD, Carel]. Koninglyke almanach: beginnende met den aanvang der oorlog, van anno 1701 .... Waer in duydelijk de loop der zon der ongeregtigheid, met zyn eclipsen, of de regtvaardige straf des heemels, door XVIII zinnbeelden in koopere plaaten vertoond word; ... | Almanach royal. Commencant[!] avec la guere de l'an 1701 jusques .... ou est exactement observé le cours du soleil d'injustice; avec ses eclips; ou la juste punition du ciel. Demonstré dans XVIII emblemes. ...
"Paris" [= Amsterdam], "imprimé â limprimerie royale du Petit Louis" [= Carel Allard, 1706?]. Small folio (32 x 21 cm). Engraved print series with an engraved title page and 24 engraved prints (9 single-page and 15 double-page; 18 bound in and 6 loosely inserted), the double-page prints with extensive letterpress text flanking and/or below the engraving. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. Engraved title plus [25] engraved plates., some with letterpress text. Full description
€ 8,750
Order Inquire Terms of sale

One of the most succesful Dutch literary almanacs

[ALMANAC]. Almanak, aan bevalligheid & deugd gewijd. 1819.
Amsterdam, Marten Westerman, [1818]. 16mo. With an engraved calligraphic title, a folding engraved leaf with musical scores, and 6 full-page engraved plates by P. Velyn. Contemporary vellum over thin boards, gilt edges, house in the original matching slipcase. [28], 15, [1], 99, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 350
Order Inquire Terms of sale

Beautifully illustrated French miniature almanac with songs for children

[ALMANAC]. Calendrier pour l' année 1826.
Paris, chez Janet, [1825].
With: [SONGS]. La morale du cœur.
Paris, chez Janet, [1825]. 2 works in 1 volume. 32mo. With an engraved title page, and 6 full-page engraved plates. Original publisher's pink boards, gilt edges, housed in a matching pink slipcase. [2], 24, [2]; 24 pp. Full description
€ 750
Order Inquire Terms of sale

The first and most successful Dutch literary almanac

[ALMANAC]. Nederlandsche muzen-almanak, 1837.
Amsterdam, A. Spin for J. Immerzeel Jr., [1836]. 12mo. With a steel-engraved title, a full page steel-engraved portrait of Jan ten Brink, 6 full-page steel engraved plates protected by tissue paper guards, and a folding leaf with musical annotation. Original yellow lithographed publisher's boards, with the title and year of publication printed on the spine. [16], 250, [4] pp. Full description
€ 250
Order Inquire Terms of sale

Dutch literary almanac

[ALMANAC]. Miniatuur almanak voor het jaar 1838. 2de jaargang.
Utrecht, L.E. Bosch en Zoon, [1837]. 12mo. With a lithographed title printed in blue and gold, 4 full-page lithographed plates by H.J. Backer and by De Weijer at Utrecht, and 4 folding leaves with musical score. Original publisher's lithographed pink boards, gilt edges. 51, [2], 121 [5], V, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 250
Order Inquire Terms of sale

Set of three literary almanacs, with dozens of Dutch short stories and poems

[ALMANAC]. Van Zwaamen's en Thompson's Enkhuizer almanak, voor het jaar 1883. Aanwijzende alle jaarmarkten, kermissen, paarden-, beesten- en leermarkten in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden gehouden wordende ...
Rotterdam, E. de Bont & Zn., [1882].
With:
(2) [ALMANAC]. Alkmaarsche almanak voor het jaar 1887. Aanwijzende alle de jaarmarkten, kermissen, Paard-, beest- en leermarkten in het Konigrijk der Nederland.
Alkmaar, Hermannus Coster& Zn. [1886].
(3) [ALMANAC]. Alkmaarsche almanak voor het jaar 1891. Aanwijzende alle de jaarmarkten, kermissen, Paard-, beest- en leermarkten in het Konigrijk der Nederlanden.
Alkmaar, Hermannus Coster& Zn. [1890]. 3 volumes. 16mo (ca. 9.5 x 7.5 cm). With the title and calendar of each work printed in red and black, the woodcut coat of arms of Enkhuizen on the title page of ad 1, and of Alkmaar on the title page of ads 2 and 3, 12 woodcut illustrations in the calendar of each work (1 for each month), and 12 full-page woodcut plates in each work, illustrating the literary contributions. Uniformly bound in contemporary overlapping vellum wrappers with a red closing tie. Each ca. 500 ll. Full description
€ 400
Order Inquire Terms of sale

Extremely rare miniature almamac in a mother-of-pearl chemise

[ALMANAC - DUTCH]. De kleine tydwyzer of jufferlyke almanach voor den jaare 1797.
Amsterdam, Jan van Gulik, [1796]. 16mo (ca. 6.3 x 3 cm). With an engraved title page, 5 numbered double-page engravings, and an engraved text page on the sounding of the bell of the Amsterdam Gate. Contemporary decorated wrappers, side stitched through two holes. The work is inserted into a contemporary mother-of-pearl chemise with a silver spine and a metal clasp. [24] ll. Full description
€ 1,500
Order Inquire Terms of sale

Only know copy of this miniature Almanac for 1763, in a fine gold-tooled red morocco binding

[ALMANAC - FRENCH]. Le joli Pont-Neuf, ou recueil de chansons; vaudevilles, &c. Almanach nouveau.
"Amsterdam" [= Paris?], sold in Paris, Duchesne, [1763]. 24mo (9.5 x 5.6 cm). Each page printed in simple woodcut border, with several small head and tailpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled French red morocco, fine green, gold, and white brocade paper endpapers with a foral pattern. [40] ll. Full description
€ 1,700
Order Inquire Terms of sale

Beautifully illustrated

[ALMANAC - GERMAN]. Calender 1805.
Offenbach, C.L. Brede, [1804]. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title with a vignette, and 8 full-page numbered engraved plates by Neubauer. Contemporary pink boards tooled in black, with a floral ornament in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a dotted frame, paste paper pastedowns. The work is housed in a brown decorative paper slipcase. [18], 37, [1] pp. Full description
€ 725
Order Inquire Terms of sale

One of the most charming examples of the German pocket almanac

[ALMANAC - GERMAN]. Frankfurter Taschenkalender für freundschaftliche Cirkel auf das Jahr 1808, enthaltend: Sinn-Gedichte, auch in Stammbüch brauchbare, kurze Geschichten, Sentenzen, &c.
Frankfurt, In der Jägerschen Buch- Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, [1807]. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title with a view of Frankfurt, and 12 full-page numbered engraved plates in the calendar (1 for each month). Contemporary green boards tooled in black, with a central ornament on both boards, surrounded by an ornamental border, gilt edges. The work is housed in a decorative paper slipcase. [32], 31, [1] pp. Full description
€ 725
Order Inquire Terms of sale
522 books found / Show all