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MAROLOIS, Samuel. Perspectiva, das ist kunst des absehens und augenmases ...
Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, 1628. Folio. With an engraved title page, 80 engraved plates consisting of 275 illustrations signed by Hondius in the first leaf, and woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. Contemporary overlapping vellum, blue edges. [1], [1 blank], 95, [1 blank] pp. Full description

MARRE, Jan de. Batavia, begrepen in zes boeken.
Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor & heirs of G. onder de Linden, 1740.
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(2) MARRE, Jan de. Bespiegelingen over gods wysheid in't bestier der schepselen, en eerkroon voor de Caab de Goede Hoop.
Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor & heirs of G. onder de Linden, 1746.
(3) MARRE, Jan de. Hof- en mengeldichten.
Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor & heirs of G. onder de Linden, 1746.
3 works in 1 volume, the first in 6 parts. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece and an elaborate title-vignette (identical on all three title-pages. And ad. 1 with a folding engraved plate of Jakarta "as it was in 1731" by Jan van der Laan. Contemporary vellum, red spine label. [36], 320, [6]; [42], 178, [22], [20], 214, [4] pp. Full description

MAU, August. Geschichte der decorativen Wandmalerei in Pompeji … Mit 20 Tafeln in einer Mappe.
Berlin, G. Reimer, 1882. 1 text volume & 1 portfolio with plates. 8vo (text volume) and 1mo (plates portfolio 53 x 43 cm). With 20 large numbered plates showing Pompeii wall paintings in situ, mounted on card stock, loose in a separate portfolio with letterpress title-leaf and contents leaf: 9 sepia collotypes (21 x 16 to 26.5 x 24.5 cm) and 11 chromolithographs (21.5 x 19 to 37 x 36 cm), no. 18 actually comprising 7 small chromolithographs on 1 card, each plate with a letterpress label on the back; and 7 black and white floor plans in the text. Contemporary half sheepskin parchment (text); contemporary blue half cloth portfolio (plates). XII, 462 pp. Full description

MENGS, Anton Raphael, and José Nicolás de AZARA (editor). Oeuvres complètes d'Antoine-Raphaël Mengs ...
Paris, à l'hôtel de Thou, 1786. 2 volumes bound as 1. 4to (27.7 x 20.7 cm). With a small woodcut device on both title pages, and woodcut head- and tailpieces throughout. Contemporary half beige calf. [2], viij, [2], 354 (= 350), [4], 392, [2], [2 blank] pp. Full description

MEURS, Jacob van. [Collection of 84 original drawings for Economische Liedjes].
[Amsterdam, 1792-1798]. With 84 drawings, each ca. 7.3 x 12.7 cm. All drawings carefully tipped onto board leaves, several mounted within elegant grey ink-washed borders. Full description

[MODEL - JAPAN - TEAHOUSE]. [Model of a Japanese teahouse(?)].
[Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)]. Ca. 30 x 61 x 39.5 cm. Large model of a Japanese teahouse made from wooden panels, painted in black and gold. Full description

MOFFAT, James. Vexation and strife.
Kolkata (Calcutta), 1797. Oblong folio. Aquatint etching on paper (leaf: ca. 29 x 38 cm.; plate: 27 x 35 cm; illustration: 24.5 x 31.5 cm). Aquatint etching showing domestic scene of a couple fighting at a table, with a dark figure watching on in the background. Signed "Calcutta J M del. et sculp. 1797" and captioned "vexation and strife". Printed on laid paper made by James Whatman the younger, watermarked. Full description

[MOUNTAINEERING]. [A collection of brochures and folders on mountaineering].
[Austria and Switzerland, ca. 1920- ca. 1980]. Ca. 653 brochures (including a few duplicates and variant issues).
With: [A collection of books relating to mountaineering].
[Globally, ca. 1830- ca. 2000]. Ca. 875 books (including a few duplicates and variant issues, and several multiple-volume titles). Full description

[NEEDLE CASE]. [Elaborate gilded openwork metal needle case in the form of a miniature book].
[The Netherlands?, circa 1700]. 45 x 43 cm. The "boards", as well as the "spine" of the gilded metal case are in an openwork floral design with scrolling foliage with a standing eagle in the centre. One clasp closure in the middle of the front edge. Both "boards" set with 8 small round cabochon agates (diametre: 7 mm). Full description

[NETO, Estêvao Gonçalves, circle of (attributed)]. [Historiated initial - Capital "G"].
[Viseu?, first quarter of the 17th century]. Frame: ca. 36.5 x 33.5 cm. Tempera on parchment (ca. 20 x 21 cm), heightened with gold. Mounted in a passe-partout (ca. 28.5 x 25.5 cm), framed behind glass in a later gold frame. Full description