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Rare Frisian almanac for 1779, in an armorial binding with the coat of arms of Friesland

[ALMANAC]. Friesch comptoir almanach, op het jaar onzes Heeren Jesu Christi 1779. Waar in de voornaamste jaar-, paarde, beeste en leermarkten te vinden zijn: als mede de maans op- en ondergang: mitsgaders de vacantien voor den Hove van Friesland, enz.
Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda and Gerrit Tresling, 1779.
With (bound before ad 1): [MEMO BOOK]. Practisijns dagwijser, begrijpende de XII. maanden des jaars 1779. Benevens de maanden January en February van Ao. 1780.
Amsterdam, Petrus Schouten and Reinier Ottens, [1779]. 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page of ad 1, and a vignette built up from typographical ornaments on the title page of ad 2, the first two quires of ad 1 are interleaved with blank leaves. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf, sewn on 4 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the coat of arms of Friesland in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a double fillet frame with corner pieces, gold-tooled board edges, red sprinkled edges, red sprinkled end papers. [88]; [132] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Exceptionally rare almanac, bound in mother-of-pearl, and illustrated with anti-English plates

[ALMANAC]. Kooker en tas almanach voor het jaar 1782.
Amsterdam, Bernardus Mourik, [1781]. Ca. 6.7 x 2.7 cm; type area: 5.8 x 2.2 cm. With 14 full-page numbered engraved plates, 13 showing various jobs, nationalities, and naval scenes, with an 8-line verse underneath, and 1 with a time-table of the tolling of the gate-bells in Amsterdam, the work has been printed in red and black. Contemporary quarter silver with mother-of-pearl boards, a clasp and catch plate in the middle of the fore edge, gilt brocade paper pastedowns. [32] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
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Official almanac with the names of all Dutch government officials from 1819

[ALMANAC]. Calendrier royal de la cour, pour lannée 1819. Publié pour la première fois en 1756.
The Hague, Gosse et Comp., [1818]. 12mo. With the coat of arms of the Dutch Kingdom on the title page, and a folding engraved hand-coloured map of the Dutch Kingdom in a roundel by Basnel & son, with a list of all the provinces of the Kingdom with the numbers of their populations, and distances from Amsterdam, The Hague, and Brussels. Contemporary gold-tooled imitation long-grained red Morocco, with an ornamental border on both boards, gilt edges. The work is housed in the original matching slipcase. 84, 192, 55, [1] pp. Full description
€ 600
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Illustrated public travel guide for the Kingdom of The Netherlands,
including short descriptions of the cities

[ALMANAC]. Almanak voor reizigers in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Met platen en plattegronden van steden. Eerste jaargang 1819.
Amsterdam, Mortier Covens & son, Ten Brink & De Vries, 1819.
With: [ALMANAC]. Almanak voor reizigers in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Met platen en plattegronden van steden. Tweede jaargang 1820.
Amsterdam, Mortier Covens & son, Ten Brink & De Vries, 1820. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With 5 full-page engravings with views of Boskoop, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Texel, and Medemblik by D. Veelwaard, protected by tissue paper guards, 2 full-page maps of the routes in South-Holland (ad 1) and North Holland (ad 2), and 14 city plans of Amsterdam, Leiden, The Hague, Delft, Rotterdam, Gouda (ad 1), Haarlem, Enkuizen, Medemblik, Alkmaar, Purmerend, Monnickendam, Edam, and Hoorn (ad 2), each with an accompanying leaf with explanations. Contemporary gold-tooled straight-grained red morocco, with the rod of Asclepius, a ship, and an anchor on the spine, a floral border on both boards, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, a red morocco pencil holder on the fore edge of the back board, a folding pocket in the back, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. [24], iv, 52, [2], 20; [26], "53-84" [=31], [2], "21-48" [=27], [2] pp. + 43 blank leaves. Full description
€ 750
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Extensive almanac for the city of The Hague for 1835

[ALMANAC]. sGravenhaagsche stads-almanak, voor het jaar 1835. Met vergunning van Hun Ed. Achtb. de Heeren Burgemeester en Wethouders.
The Hague, A.P. van Langenhuyzen for J. Belinfante, [1834]. 8vo. With a lithographed title with vignette with coat of arms of The Hague, 12 lithographed headpieces and 12 small illustrations in the calendar (1 for each month). Original publisher's printed wrappers. [4], 1-48, 48a-48d, 49-222, 92* pp. Full description
€ 200
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Exceptionally rare almanac for Friesland

[ALMANAC]. Zak-almanak voor de provincie Friesland. Voor het jaar 1843.
Leeuwarden L. Schierbeek [1842]. 32mo. With 4 full-page engraved plates, showing Pieter Derksz. Langebaard, a Turk, an Owl, and a view of the charitable colony Veenhuizen, the work is interleaved. Contemporary gold-tooled red imitation morocco, with an ornamental border on both sides. [24] ll. + interleaving Full description
€ 675
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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
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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
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Complete set of a literary almanac for Zeelandic Flanders, edited by J.H. van Dale,
the composer of the famous Dutch dictionary

[ALMANAC - ZEELAND]. Cadsandria, jaarboekje voor 1854 (-1859).
Comprising:
(1) Cadsandria, jaarboekje voor 1854.
(2) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor 1855.
(3) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor het schrikkeljaar 1856.
(4) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor het jaar 1857.
(5) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch jaarboekje voor 1858.
(6) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch jaarboekje voor 1859.
Schoondijke, A.J. Bronswijk (volumes 2-3 printed by J.C. & W. Altorffer at Middelburg), [1853-1858]. 6 volumes. 12mo. With 5 lithographed plates (1 folding, 4 full-page), 1 in each in volumes 2-6. Later quarter black buckram, marbled paper sides, with the original front wrapper pasted to the front board. XLIII, 152; XXXVI, 182, [2]; XXXVI, 151, [2]; XXXVI, 226, [2]; XLIV, 240; XLIV, 176 pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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First edition of an iconic description of one of the most important Dutch cities of the early 17th century,
together with the well-known defence of Laurens Jansz. Coster as the inventor of printing

AMPZING, Samuel [and Petrus SCRIVERIUS]. Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland: in rijm bearbeyd ...
Including: SCRIVERIUS, Petrus. Laure-Crans voor Laurens Coster van Haerlem, eerste vinder vande boeck-druckery.
Haarlem, Adriaen Rooman, 1628. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Ad 1: With an allegorical frontispiece, 16 engraved plates, and a printer's device on the final page, the text is printed in roman, gothic and civilité type. Ad 2: With a woodcut printers device on the title page, a full-page engraved portrait, and a full-page engraved plate of the first printing office in Haarlem. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled overlapping vellum, gold-tooled oval coat of arms of Haarlem in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a blind-tooled single fillet frame, green closing ties, red sprinkled edges. [88], 520, [8]; 1-5, [3], 9, 6-124 pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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Four orations on the importance of art

BILDERDIJK, Willem. Redevoering, over de voortreffelykheid der schilderkunst, in derzelver voorwerp beschouwd. ...1794.
[The Hague, B. Scheurleer junior], 1794.
(2). KASTEELE, Reinier Pieter van de. Redevoering tot lof der vaderlandsche schilders en aanspraak.... 1809.
The Hague, P.F. Gosse, [1809]. With an engraved plate with seals of the Academie engraved by C. Lotter.
(3). KASTEELE, Reinier Pieter van de. Redevoering over het aangename en nuttige van de beoefening der teekenkunde. Uitgesproken in de akademiezaal van Pictura. Op den 3 van Bloeimaand 1810.
The Hague, B. Scheurleer junior, 1810. With an engraved plate with seals of the Academie engraved by C. Lotter.
(4). LIMBURG, T. van. Redevoering over het vermogen der schilderkunst ter gelegenheid van het uitdeelen der prijzen... 1811.
The Hague, B. Scheurleer junior, 1811. 8vo. 4 works in 4 volumes. Contemporary decorated paper wrappers. [24], 22, [2]; [16], 43, [3]; [20], 46; [20], 30 pp. Full description
€ 950
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With important provenance

BOCKENBERG, Pieter Cornelisz. Catalogus & brevis historia pontificum Ultraiectensium. Item catalogus & brevis historia antistitum Egmondanorum.
Leiden, Jan Jacobsz. Paets, 1586 (Colophon: 'Extant Goudae, apud Leonardum Theodori Librarium, ad pontem Hornensem'). Small 8vo. [16], 99, [12] [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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Biography of the great Dutch naval hero Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Large paper copy of the first edition

BRANDT, Geeraert. Het leven en bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter.
Amsterdam, for Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, van Someren and Goethals, 1687 (engraved title-page: printed by Pieter and Joan Blaeu, 1686). Folio (34.5 x 22.5 cm). With engraved title-page, engraved portrait of De Ruyter, 7 engraved double-page plates by Sebastiaen Stoopendaal and 1 engraved plate by Joseph Mulder. Late 18th-century calf, gold-tooled spine. [10], "1063" [=1065], [23] pp. Full description
€ 3,750
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Unrecorded 1712 almanac in an elaborately gold-tooled binding with a silver pin fastening, by the Amsterdam Art Book Bindery

DAM, Jan Albertsz. van. Nieuw geinventeerde koopmans comptoir- en schrijf-almanach, op het schrikkel-jaar onzes heeren J. Christi M DCC XII. Na de nieuwe styl. Versien met de jaarmarkten, paarde- beeste- en leer-markte, en de dageliksche uure van de maans op en ondergang.
Amsterdam, the heirs of Albert Magnus, [1711 (for the year 1712)]. 12mo. Printed in red and black throught, the title page with Magnus' woodcut device (Atlas with an armillary sphere on his shoulders), numerous typographical symbols in the text: for example a horse and a goat representing horse and other animal market days, moons in different phases, planetary signs and manicules (pointing hands). With a small etching of an angel (39 mm tall) holding a wreath, cut out of an unidentified source and loosely inserted between 2 blank pages at the end of the book. Contemporary, elaborately gold-tooled mottled calf over thin wooden boards by the so-called Art Book Bindery (1705-1741) in the style made famous by Albert Magnus himself, with more than 100 impressions of about a dozen stamps and one roll, gold-tooled board edges. Further with 4 silver anchor plates (2 on each board), each with the coat of arms of the States of Holland in a decorative cartouche, and each with a silver eye extending over the fore edge, with a silver combination stylus/lead pencil used to fasten the book through the eyes, gilt edges. [120] pp. bound with 46 blank free endleaves: [12] pp. at the front and [22 (coated paper)], [12] pp. at the back. Full description
€ 7,500
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Stichter’s comptoir almanac for 1788 in an Amsterdam VOC binding

DAM, Meyndert Dirksz. van. D'erven Stichters comptoir almanach, op t schrikkel-jaar onses heeren Jesu Christi, 1788 ...
Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichter, [1788]. 4to. With the title page and 23 calendar pages printed in red and black, a half-page woodcut vignette (depicting Father Time pointing at an armillary sphere) by Hendrik Numan on the title page and 12 half-page woodcut illustrations for the 12 months (each ca. 7 x 11 cm) by Hendrik Numan, nearly all signed in the block (including two dated "1779"). Contemporary gold-tooled brown mottled calf, bound by the so-called Acorn-and-Foliage Tool Bindery in Amsterdam (Storm van Leeuwen). Both boards show the large gold-tooled monogram of the Amsterdam chamber of the VOC as a centre piece sandwiched between the gold-tooled date "Anno 1788", all within a gold-tooled floral frame with floral corner pieces in the inside corners. [16] ll. interleaved with 24 blank (except for manuscript annotations) ll. Full description
€ 7,500
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The well-known "Enkhuizer Almanac" for the year 1819, with an article on vaccination

GELDER, Jacob van. De van ouds vermaarde Erve Stichters Enkhuiser (...), voor den jare 1819. Aanwijzende alle de jaarmarkt., kermiss[en], paard[en], beest[en] en leermarkt[en]. in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden gehouden wordende; het op en ondergaan de maan, benevens de watergetijden, enz. Berekend op den middag-cirkel van Amsterdam door Jacob de Gelder.
Amsterdam, H. van Leeuwen, [1818]. 16mo (ca. 9 x 7 cm). With the woodcut coat of arms of Enkhuizen on the title page, the title and calendar printed in red and black, 12 half-page woodcut illustrations (1 for each month), and 11 full-page woodcut illustrations. Original publisher's printed wrappers, with the title on the front and back. [252] pp. Full description
€ 500
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The art of navigation for aspiring VOC helmsmen

GIETERMAKER, Klaas Hendriksz. 't Vergulde licht der zee-vaard, ofte konst der stuurlieden.
Amsterdam, Johannes II van Keulen [frontispiece: Gerard van Keulen], [not before 1742, ca. 1747?].
With:
(2) [VOOGHT, Claas Jansz.]. De taeffelen der sinuum, tangentium en secantium, ofte der hoekmaaten, raecklijnen en snijlijnen.
Amsterdam, Johannes II van Keulen, [late 17th, early 18th century].
(3) [Drop-title:] De tafel des aardryks breeten en langten, der voornaamste zee-plaatsen des bekenden aardbols.
Amsterdam, Johannes II van Keulen, [late 17th or early 18th century].
3 works in 1 volume, the first in 4 parts. 4to. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled brown calf. [12], 106, [2]; 152, 8; 120; [2], 70, [66]; 16, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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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
€ 1,250
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Sumptuously bound for the author for presentation to G.P. Oliva,
Superior General of the Jesuit Society, on Royal paper

KIRCHER, Athanasius. Ars magna sciendi, in XII libros digesta, qua nova & universali methodo ... [vol. 2 half-title:] Artis magnae seu combinatoriae sciendi, ... [titles on the frontispieces:] Ars magna sciendi sive combinatoria [vol. 1] Artis magnae combinatoriae [vol. 2].
Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge and the widow of Elizaeus Weyerstraten, 1669. 2 volumes bound as 1. Royal folio (46 x 30 x 5.5 cm). With 2 richly engraved allegorical frontispieces, an engraved plate with a full-page portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, an engraved plate showing all knowledge of the universe organised as a tree, 2 engraved volvelles (with 4 rotating dials), 20 further engravings on integral leaves and a couple dozen woodcut figures in the text. Contemporary richly gold-tooled red goatskin morocco decorated a petit fers, gold-tooled turn-ins, board edges and raised bands, giving a total of more than 1500 impressions of about 14 stamps and 3 rolls, edges gilt over red and blue squiggles. Janssonius van Waesberge, who published Kircher's books in Amsterdam from 1664/65 to 1682, arranged to have copies of several luxuriously bound for Kircher to present to leading figures and this is almost certainly one of them, presented to Giovanni Paolo Oliva, Superior General of the Jesuit Society. [18], 482, [10] pp. (including 2 integral frontispieces), plus 4 inserted tables & 2 plates. Full description
€ 50,000
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Encyclopedia of world history in Dutch

LUISCIUS, A.G. Het algemeen historisch, geographisch en genealogisch woordenboek, vervattende de gehele wereldlyke geschiedenis...
The Hague, Pieter Husson, Thomas Johnson, Johannes van Duren, Charles le Vier; Delft, Reinier Boitett, 1724-1737. 8 volumes. Large folio (41.5 x 27.5 cm). Vol. 1 with an impressive engraved frontispiece by Bernard Picart and an engraved armorial dedication to Isack van Hoornbeek. Each volume except the first has an engraving at the head of the first page depicting a library with visitors in it. Contemporary and uniform mottled half calf, marbled sides, gold-tooled spine with red label. [14], 574; 440, 192; 428, 146; 234, 190; 600; 578; 556; 572 pp. Full description
€ 3,500
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Very rare issue including book 32, earlier incomplete and later censored,
of the earliest great work on the Dutch war of independence from Habsburg Spain,
introducing the first textura gothic type in the new Dutch style

METEREN, Emanuel van. Nederlantsche historien ofte geschiedenissen inhoudende den gantzen staet, handel, soo va[n] oorlogen als vrede-handels in onsen tyden begin ende eynde ... Mede vervattende eenige haerder gebueren handelinge. ... oversien verbetert ende vermeerdert tot dese[n] tege[n]wordigen wtgank des jaers anno 1611.
Including (vol. 2): Belgische ofte Nederlantsche oorlogen ende gheschiedenissen beginnende van t'jaer 1595 tot 1611, ... oversie[n] verbetert e[n]de vermeerdert ...
[Copy imprint to vol. 2:] "Schotland buyten Danswyck" [= Amsterdam], "Hermes van Loven" [= Nicolaes III Biestkens?] for the author, 1611 [-1612]. 2 volumes. 4to. With 2 engraved title-pages, both coloured and highlighted in gold by an early hand. Further with a full-page engraved portrait of Van Meteren, and 21 smaller woodcut portraits in the text attributed to Christoffel van Sichem. Mottled, gold-tooled calf (ca. 1665), gold-tooled spines, 18th-century(?) gold-tooling on the boards. [6], 568, [20]; [2], 118, [4], 413, [10] ll. Full description
€ 12,500
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First edition of an instructional miniature library on all school subjects

[MINIATURE BOOKS - DUTCH]. Bibliotheek in miniatuur.
Comprising:
(1) De aardrijkskunde.
(2) De gewijde geschiedenis.
(3) Vaderlandsche geschiedenis.
(4) Natuurlijke geschiedenis der viervoetige dieren.
(5) De natuurlijke geschiedenis der vogelen.
(6) Natuurlijke geschiedenis der insekten, kruipende dieren en visschen.
(7) De kruidkunde.
(8) Zedelijke verhalen.
(9) Arabische vertellingen.
(10) De mythologie.
Amsterdam, M. Westerman, 1823. 10 volumes. Ca 7.7 x 6.5 cm. With 31 engraved plates and 5 engraved maps, including a folding world map. In the original pink and green cardboard case with glass lid, green printed paper wrappers, with cream paper dust jackets with the titles in manuscript on the front. Full description
€ 3,750
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Extremely rare and early almanac in a remarkable binding

NIEROP, Dirck Rembrantsz. van. Zaagmans comptoir almanach op 't Jaer ons Heeren Jesu Christi M.DC.LXXXI. na de Nieuwe en Oude-stijl. Versien met de jaer-marckten, paerde, beeste- en leer-marckten: daer neven een prognosticatie, op alle nieuwe, volle en quartier-maenden. De dagelijkse uuren van des maens op en onder-gangh door Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop, mathematicus. Mitsgaders de vacantien voor den Hove van Hollant in 's Graven-Hage, Utrecht, Vrieslandt, Groeningen, en de Stadt Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Gillis Joosten Zaagman, [1680]. 4to. With the title and calendar printed in red and black, a large woodcut view of the Amsterdam stock-exchange on the title page, 12 large woodcuts in the calendar (1 for each month, depicting the main activities practised during this month), a small woodcut of an eclipse and a larger woodcut of a Zodiac man. Contemporary silver-tooled vellum, with on the front a central panel with a maid carrying a lance next to a book (the Bible?) on a column, and on the back a central panel with three drummers, both surrounded by an elaborate large frame block with the coat-of-arms of Holland in the "garden" of the Dutch Republic flanked by the other provincial arms at the top (the arms of the major Dutch cities at the left and right and a view of Amsterdam from the IJ at the bottom). [16] ll. Full description
€ 2,500
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Unrecorded issue

NIEROP, Dirck Rembrantsz. van. Zaagmans almanach na de nieuwe en oude-stijl. Op 't schrickel-jaer onses Heeren Jesu Christi, 1680. Met de jaer, paerde, beeste en leer-marckten, s maens op en ondergang door D.R. van Nierop.
Including:
(2) Zaagmans tijt-wijser.
(3) Korte chronyck van alle de gedenkwaerdigste geschiedenissen t' sedert de geboorte onses Heeren Iesu Christi, tot desen tegenwoordigen jare.
(4) MAGINO, Antonio. De Italiaensche waer-segger op het jaer ons Heeren Jesu Christi 1680.
[Amsterdam], Gillis Joosten Zaagman, 1680. 4 parts in 1 volume. 24mo. With the title page and calendar printed in red and black, a woodcut vignette on the divisional title page of each part, 13 woodcuts in the calendar (1 for each months and 1 for the eclipses), and 4 half-page woodcuts in the text. Contemporary dark brown shagreen with blind ruling along the edges, gilt edges. [80] pp + 12 interleaved blanks and 6 thick cardboard leaves Full description
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A subtle mixture of Christian and Pagan wisdom

OTTO VON PASSAU. Boec des gulden throe[n]s of der xxiiij. ouden en[de] hoemen elke[n] vinden mach en[de] va[n] hoerre leringhen die si leren om te comen totten ewighen leven.
(colophon: Haarlem, [Jacob Bellaert], 25 October 1484). Folio (29 x 21.5 cm). With large woodcut printer's device (142 x 82 mm) on verso of last leaf (with the arms of the city of Haarlem above an eagle holding a larger blank shield, here filled in by a contemporary owner); 4 woodcut illustrations and 20 repeats, representing the 24 elders, each showing one of the male elders, standing, teaching a female novice kneeling before him. Further with spaces left for initials, all filled in with uncials by hand, about 25 with penwork decoration in 1 or 2 additional colours: 1 blue 6-line initial with decorations in red and violate extending far into the margin, about 24 red 3 to 9-line (mostly 7-line) initials with lavendar penwork (1 with 2 green dots), some extending into the margin, and more than 70 2-line red initials without penwork decoration; a few spaces left for ¶-marks, also filled in in red; capitals rubricated throughout. Set entirely in Baellart's textura (99 or 100 mm/20 lines or about 14.5 point). Lacking leaf 137 (the second to last text leaf) and the final blank. Modern sheepskin. [1 blank, 3], "136" [= 135 (of 136)], [1] ll. Full description
€ 75,000
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Six rare annotated auction catalogues of art from Belgian collectors

ROTTIER, Jacques. Catalogue d'une très-belle collection de tableaux, dessins encadrés, médailles, bronzes, ivoires, marbres et objets d'art, délaissés par M. Jacques Rottier, avocat et amateur distingué a Gand.
Ghent, D.J. Vanderhaeghen, 1834. With folding engraved plate as frontispiece.
With:
(2) VAN ROTTERDAM. Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise et Italienne délaissés par Mr. Van Rotterdam.
Ghent, widow of L. De Busscher-Braeckman, 1835.
(3) BALLIN, H. Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande et Hollandaise délaissés par feu le notaire H. Ballin à Gand.
Antwerp, H.P. Vanderhey, 1838. With an engraved plate loosely inserted.
(4) MAES, Marie. Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande et Hollandaise délaissés par feu Marie Maes.
Ghent, F.E. Gyselynck, 1837.
(5) VRANCKEN, Petrus Jacobus Franciscus. Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise et Française délaissés par Mr. P.J.F. Vrancken à Lokeren.
Antwerp, H.P. Vander Hey, 1838. With 3 illustrations on 2 engraved plates.
(6) SCHAMP D'AVESCHOOT, Jean. Catalogue des tableaux des écoles Flamande, Hollandaise, Italienne, Française et Espagnole, qui composent la magnifique galerie délaissée par M. Schamp d'Aveschoot.
Ghent, Librairie Générale de H. Hoste, 1840. 6 catalogues in 1 volume. 8vo. Interleaved. Contemporary half tanned sheepskin. [2], 30; [2], III, 68; 32; 36; VI, [2], 48; XX, 109 pp. Full description
€ 3,500
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A laudatory poem for the stadholder Willem IV, celebrating the re-establishment of a stadholder for the Dutch Republic

STRAAT, Pieter. D'Oranjeboom verheerlykt [above:] Geslachtboom van de huizen van Oranje en van Nassau, ...
(Colophon: Amsterdam, Hendrik de Leth), [1747]. 4to. With an engraved armorial title-page by Hendrik de Leth, with the subtitle in a banderol at the head, a crowned tree representing the family tree of the houses of Orange and Nassau (with 27 family coats of arms), a wreath with an orange tree, the 7 arms of the Dutch provinces and military attributes, the whole beautifully hand-coloured as published. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, by the Van Damme bindery in Amsterdam, a rosette and fillets in each of the spine compartments, gold-tooled board edges, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Engraved title-page plus [17], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
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The third Utrecht Students’ Almanac

[STUDENT ALMANAC]. Utrechtsche studenten almanak, voor het jaar 1825.
Utrecht, J. van Schoonhoven & Comp., [1825]. 12mo. With an engraved title page with the logo of the University of Utrecht. Original publisher's green boards, with the title printed on the front, and the logo of the University of Utrecht hand drawn on the back. [2], 127, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 150
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A very rare edition of a popular manual on navigation,
together with the logarithmic tables and trigonometric functions

VEUR, Adriaan Teunisz. van. Zeemans schatkamer, daar in de stuurmans-konst niet alleen als voor deezen beschreeven; maar ook verscheide zaken verbetert en bygevoegt zyn ...
Amsterdam, Johannes II van Keulen, 1755.
With:
(2) De tafelen sinuum, tangentium, en secantium ...
Amsterdam, Isaac Swigters, [ca. 1752].
2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page, numerous woodcut mathematical figures, tables, decorated initials, and tail-pieces. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript title and author on the spine, red edges. [4], 326, [16]; [256] pp. Full description
€ 4,500
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Beautiful examples of 18th-century penmanship by 2 Dutch brothers

WALBEEK, Willem and Frans WALBEEK. [Three calligraphic prize books by Willem and Frans Walbeek].
Warmond (near Leiden), the Netherlands, 1752-1756.
Comprising:
(1) WALBEEK, Willem. Prijs boek. Inhoudende verscheyde geschriften.
Warmond, 1752.
(2) WALBEEK, Willem. Prijs-boek. Inhoudende eenige schriften.
Warmond, 1753.
(3) WALBEEK, Frans. Prijs boek.
Warmond, 1756.
Three oblong albums (ca. 35 x 44 cm). With the same hand drawn illustration of 2 putti holding a laurel wreath on the title-pages of ads 2 and 3, and an ink drawing of a compass as part of a calligraphic exercise also in ads 2 and 3. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. [12]; [1 blank], [13]; [10] ll. Full description
€ 3,500
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An indispensable source for genealogists

[YEARBOOK]. Naamwijzer, aantoonende alle de naamen en woonplaatsen van de edele achtbare magistraat der stad Middelburg in Zeeland ... Dienende van Novemb[er] 1792 tot Novemb[er] 1793.
Middelburg, Hermanus Snel, [1792].
With: (2) DAM, Dirk Jansz van. Middelburgsche wagt-almanach, na de nieuwe stijl. Op het jaar ... MDCCXCIII.
Middelburg, Hermanus Snel, [1792]. 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of Middelburg on the title page of each work. Contemporary green vellum wrappers in envelope style, with the manuscript year 1793 on the front. 129, [19]; [20] pp. Full description
€ 950
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The most important people in Middelburg in 1831 and 1832

[YEARBOOK]. Middelburgsche naamwijzer voor het jaar 1831.
Including: (2) [ALMANAC]. Middelburgsche almanak, naar den nieuwen stijl, op het jaar onzes heeren Jezus Christus 1831.
Middelburg, De erven J. C. Altorffer, [1830].
With: (3) [YEARBOOK]. Middelburgsche naamwijzer voor het jaar 1832.
Including:
(4) [ALMANAC]. Middelburgsche almanak, naar den nieuwen stijl, op het schrikkel-jaar onzes heeren Jezus Christus 1832.
(5) [CONVERSION TABLES]. De specie-tafelen van rijksdaalders, dukatons, acht-en-twintigen, kwart guldens, vijf-franken en Fransche kroonen.
Middelburg, De erven J. C. Altorffer, [1831]. 2 works in 2 volumes, the first in 2 parts and the second in 3 parts. 12mo. Contemporary marbled board, with the manuscript year of publication on the spine. 120, [4], [24]; 119, [5], [24], 24 pp. Full description
€ 250
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