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The only atlas published by Abraham Goos: the 17 provinces of the Habsburg Low Countries

GOOS, Abraham. Nieuw Nederlandtsch caertboeck. Waer in volkomentlijcker als oyt te voren vertoont werden de XVII. Nederlanden, soo in t geheel, als elck besonder met grote neersticheyt ende kosten gesneden ende in t licht gebracht. Mitsgaders een nieuwe beschryvinge uijt verscheyden autheuren ordentlyck tsamen gestelt door Reinier Telle ... .
Amsterdam, Abraham Goos in de Kalverstraet, [1616]. Oblong 4to (ca. 16 x 21 cm). With an engraved title page (signed by P.S[erwouter] scul. (bottom right) after D.V[inck] B[oons] (bottom left)), 23 full page maps, several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut tailpieces. 19th-century quarter calf. [7], "305" [=294], [2], [1 blank] pp. Full description
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One of the earliest recorded copies of the Deventer almanac

GRAPHEUS, Rodolphus. Schrijf almanack, offte calender na[er] de[n] olden stijl, op dat nije schalt iaer [...] MDXCVI.
(Colophon:) Deventer, Simon Steenbergen, [1595]. 16mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 12 woodcut illustrations in the calendar (1 for each month), and 2 woodcut illustrations in the text, the work is printed in red and black. Later vellum wrappers, with the manuscript year of publication on the back. [32] ll. Full description
€ 6,500
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12 engraved views and costumes from North Holland

GREEVEN, Hendrik. Tableaux des costumes, moeurs, coutumes et vues, de la Nord-Hollande, de Zaandam, Broek, Alkmaar, Assendelft et de l'Île de Marken.
Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, [ca. 1826]. Oblong 4to (22.5 x 29 cm). With an engraved map of North Holland by C.H. Koning on title-page and 11 engraved plates, mostly engraved by Willem van Senus after Hendrik Greeven, all protected by tissue guards. Contemporary boards; preserved in a modern cloth clamshell box. [2] ll. + 10 plates. Full description
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Two works with hand-coloured lithographs of Dutch folk costume, one possibly in the only complete version known.

GREEVEN, Hendrik (artist) and Justin Vallou VALLON DE VILLENEUVE (lithographer). Collection des costumes des provinces septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas | Verzameling der kleederdragten in de nordelijke provincien van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden.
Amsterdam, Frans Buffa and sons; Paris, Engelmann et cie. (printed by Thierry brothers). 1828[-1829]. With lithographed title-page, lithographed index and 20 numbered lithographed plates, all captioned in French and Dutch below and all richly and beautifully coloured by hand.
With: (2) [GREEVEN, Hendrik, Luigi CALAMATTA and others]. Souvenirs de la Hollande.
Amsterdam, Buffa brothers and co., 1838. With a hand-coloured engraving mounted on the title-page and 14 hand-coloured lithographed plates (7 of Dutch views and 7 of women's folk costumes). 2 works in 1 volume. Large 4to (32 x 24 cm). Contemporary boards with marbled sides. [24] ll. text in French and English. Full description
€ 5,500
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Rare work on the University of Groningen, printed on the occasion of its 40th birthday

[GRONINGEN]. Effigies & vitae professorum academiae Groningae & Omlandiae; cum historiolâ fundationis ejusdem acad.
Groningen, Johannes Nicolai (colophon: Hindrick Lussinck), 1654. Small folio (ca. 29 x 19 cm). With an engraved title page, and 31 full-page engraved portraits. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. [4], 225, [8], [1 blank] pp. Full description
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First edition of the Dutch translation of the main historical works of the "infant prodigy of Delft";
including his famous "Mare liberum"

GROOT, Hugo de. Nederlandtsche jaerboeken en historien, sedert het jaer 1555 tot het jaer 1609; ...
Amsterdam, the widow of Joannes van Someren, Abraham Wolfgangk and Hendrik & Dirk Boom, 1681. 3 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece, 20 full-page engraved portraits, and 27 double-page plates, views, and plans, a title page printed in red and black, decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces.
Contemporary blind-tooled vellum with the manuscript author and title on the spine. [44], 591, [1 blank], [76]; 19, [1 blank]; [6], 74 pp. Full description
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Italian fortification atlas of the Low Countries

GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo. Teatro del Belgio ò sia descritione delle diecisette provincie del medesimo; con le piante delle città, e fortezze principali; da chi al presente possesse; come, in qual modo, & in qual tempo acquistate.
Vienna, Michael Thurnmayer, 1673. Folio. With engraved frontispiece with the coat-of-arms of all Seventeen Provinces, engraved military scene on the title-page, folding engraved map of the Low Countries, 2 folding engraved views of a sea-battle and an army crossing the Rhine, and 120 double-page engraved fortification plans. Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gold-tooled spine. [14], 148, [6] pp. text Full description
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The legendary 16th-century illustrated description of the Low Countries
in its first edition in French - with a very early acquisition date: 10 March 1567!

GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico. Description de tout le Païs-Bas autrement dict la Germanie inferieure, ou Basse-Allemaigne ... Avec diverses cartes geographiques dudit païs. Aussi le pourtraict daucunes villes principales ... Avec un ample discours sur le faict de la negotiation et trafique des marchandises qui se fait audit pays. Plus une table ...
Antwerp, Guillaume Silvius, 1567. Folio. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 1 folding engraved map of the Low Countries by Cornelis de Hooghe, 1 folding engraved view of the town hall of Antwerp, the woodcut coat of arms and portrait of King Philip II, and 15 double-page woodcut maps, plans and (bird's-eye) views after Jacob van Deventer in the text, the title is set within a frame of ornamental typographical elements (also used for the half-titles and head-pieces) and woodcut initials. 18th-century mottled calf. [24], "389" [=405], [26] pp. Full description
€ 8,500
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First edition of Guicciardini's celebrated description of the Low Countries

GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico. Descrittione ... di tutti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore.
Antwerp, Willem Silvius, 1567. Folio. With the title, the large coat of arms of Philip II, and his portrait set within a woodcut architectural frame with allegorical figures on separate pages, and 17 double-page plates, maps and views (15 woodcuts, 2 engravings).Further with 15 woodcut divisional title-pages for the illustrations and descriptions of the regions and cities set within a woodcut ornamental frame and numerous woodcut decorated initials (at least 4 series). Later vellum. [3], [1 blank], [16], "296"[= 339], [1 blank], [19], [1 blank] pp. Full description
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