Low Countries / History, Economics, Law & Politics

WINCKEL, Christiaan Philip Karel. Essai sur les principes régissant l'administration de la justice aux Indes Orientales Hollandaises surtout dans les îles de Java et Madoura et leur application.
Semarang, G.C.T van Dorp; Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, 1880. 8vo. With an original sepia-toned photographic print of a session of the local (indigenous) court on Java and a lithographed folding map of the Dutch East Indies by the widow and sons of E. Spanier in The Hague. Half red sheepskin with blue decorated paper sides, gold-tooled spine, red sprinkled edges. XII, 315, [1] pp. Full description

WINSEMIUS, Pierius. Chronique ofte historische geschiedenisse van Vrieslant. Beginnende vanden jaere nae des Werelts scheppinghe 3635. ende loopende tot den jaere nae de gheboorte Christi.
Franeker, Jan Lamrinck, 1622. Folio. With an engraved allegorical title page, a large engraved coat of arms of the province of Friesland, a large folding engraved map of Friesland, 3 folding engraved plans. Further with (in the text) 49 half-page, full-length engraved portraits, 2 engraved costume plates, 2 plans of sieges, 1 view 6 seals and coats of arms of Friesland at the end. Also with many woodcut decorated initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces. All engraved and woodcut illustrations are beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf. [10], 913, [61] pp. Full description

[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

ZESEN, Philipp von. Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam: Darinnen von derselben ersten ursprunge bis auf gegenwärtigen Zustand, ihr unterschiedlicher anwachs, herliche Vorrechte, und in mehr als 70 Kupfer-stükken entworfene führnehmste Gebeue, zusamt ihrem Stahts-wesen, Kauf-handel, und ansehnlicher macht zur see, wie auch was sich in und mit derselben märkwürdiges zugetragen, vor augen gestellet werden.
Amsterdam, Joachim Noschen, 1664. 4to. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, a large engraving in the text showing two prisoners at work in the Amsterdam penal institution, the "Rasphuis", and 73 (one added twice) engraved plans and views of Amsterdam (1 full-page, 68 double-page, 4 folding). Contemporary overlapping vellum. [8], 398, [22] pp. Full description