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A unique manuscript plan of the Battle of the Nile

[NAPOLEONICA]. [Battle of the Nile].
[England, late 18th century]. Ca. 32 x 43 cm. Watercoloured pen and ink drawing on laid paper bearing the J. Whatman watermark. Matted. Full description

€ 18,000

Battle Plans & Siegecraft Drawings & Watercolours Egypt France Military History (18th Century) Naval History North Africa UK - United Kingdom

92 documents concerning the army and navy of the Dutch Republic during its Golden Age

[ORDINANCES - DUTCH REPUBLIC]. Recueil van verscheyde placaten, ordonantien, resolutien, instructien, ordres en lysten, etc. betreffende de saacken van den oorlogh, te water en te lande.
The Hague, Jacob Scheltus, Aelbrecht Hendriksz, the heirs of Hillebrandt Jacobsz van Wouw, Paulus Scheltus, 1591-1716. 4to. With woodcut publishers' devices, title vignettes and decorated initials. Vellum over boards, manuscript title on spine, remains of green ties. [8], [ca. 780] pp. containing 92 numbered items (2 folding). Full description

€ 2,250

Law & Politics Military History (18th Century) Naval History Netherlands

Two very rare peace treaties between Russia and the Safavid Empire

PETER II, Tsar and Shah ASHRAF. [Title in Russian followed on the same page by:] Tractat, zwischen dem russischen Reich und dem Sultan Eschref, jetzigem Besitzer des persischen Thrones zu Ispahan. Von russischer Seite ertheilet.
St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1729.
With: (2) ANNA, Tsarina and Shah TAHMASP II. [Title in Russian followed on the same page by:] Tractat, so zwischen Ihro Kayserl. Majest. von allen Reussen und des persischen Schachs Majest. in der Provintz Gilan zu Rätsche durch die von beyden Seiten bevollmächtigte Ministros am 21. Jan. 1732 geschlossen worden.St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1732. Two treaties between Russia and the Safavid Empire in Russian and German in 2 parallel columns. Small folio (27.5 x 19.5 cm). Disbound. 10; 12 pp. Full description

€ 6,500

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Broadsides & Pamphlets Eastern Europe Iran / Persia Islamic Art, Culture & Science Law & Politics Military History (18th Century) Russia (incl. Siberia)

The art of war explained by an expert

PUYSEGUR, Jean-François DE CHASTENET, MARQUIS DE. Art de la guerre, par principes et par règles. Mis au jour par M. le Marquis De Puységur son fils.
Paris, Ch.A. Jombert, 1749. 2 volumes. 4to. With 2 title-pages, each with a large engraved vignette, engraved headpiece to the dedication, 2 fine engraved headpieces at the beginning of each volume, and illustrations of war camps, battle arrays, formations of marches, plans etc. on 51 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, red and black spine label. [12], 411, [5]; [12], 547, [5] pp. Full description

€ 1,950

France Military History (18th Century)

Very rare first and only edition of a manual for cavalry and dragoons

SARMENTO, Francisco Joseph. Instrucçam militar para o serviço da cavallaria, & dragôes ...
Lisbon, Ferreira, 1723. 4to. With a folding woodcut plate. Later half calf, marbled sides, gold-tooled spine and spine-label, marbled endpapers, red edges. [24], 157, [1] pp. Full description

€ 1,500

Armory, Military Science & Technology Military History (18th Century) Portugal

Cranes, hoists, clocks, water wheels and cannon carriages, with 12 engraved plates

SCALETTA, Carlo Cesare. Scuola mecanico-speculativo-pratica in cui si esamina la proporzione, che ha la potenza alla resistenza del corpo grave; per l'uso civile, e militare utile e necessaria ad ogni matematico, ingegnerio, architetto, machinista, e bombardiere, ... Edizione prima Veneta.
Venice, Antonio Mora, 1745. Folio. With engraved frontispiece and 12 numbered engraved plates with hundreds of figures. Contemporary sheepskin parchment. [16], 204 pp. Full description

€ 8,500

Architecture Armory, Military Science & Technology Military History (18th Century) Technology

On the artillery changes in the French army of 1765, with 29 engraved plates

SCHEEL, Heinrich Otto de. Memoires d'artillerie, contenant l'artillerie nouvelle, ou les changemens faits dans l'artillerie Françoise en 1765. Avec l'exposé et l'analyse des obiections qui ont été faites à ces changemens.
Copenhagen, Claude Philibert and August Frédéric Stein, 1777. 4to. With an engraved illustration on the title-page, 29 folding engraved plates and 6 folding letterpress tables. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. [4], XVI, [8], 440, [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description

€ 1,250

Armory, Military Science & Technology France Military History (18th Century)

Fine view of Paramaribo

[VIEW - SURINAM]. SCHLEY, Jacob van der. Gezicht van de stad Paramaribo en het Fort Zelandia in Suriname.
[Amsterdam, 1770]. Engraved view (21.5 x 36 cm), with caption below the image. Full description

€ 450

City Plans, Topography & Views Fortification & Military Architecture Prints & Print Series South America Surinam

The great French master of fortification in a new Dutch jacket

SIDERIUS, Mattheus. De theorie van de vesting-bouw, vertoont in de drie versterkings manieren van den heer Vauban. ...
Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda, Gerrit Tresling, 1765. 8vo. With 29 numbered folding plates (I-XXIX) and 2 folding letterpress tables (A & B). Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine. [16], 285, [2], [1 blank] pp. plus plates and tables. Full description

€ 2,750

Fortification & Military Architecture Military History (18th Century)

A famous history of the conquest of Mexico

SOLÍS Y RIBADENEYRA, Antonio de. Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne par Fernand Cortez.
Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1730. 2 volumes. 12mo. With 14 engraved maps, views and plates (12 folding). Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine. [32], 606, [26]; [12], 560, [22] pp. Full description

€ 950

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