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Attractive early 19th-century watercolour illustration of the highest Dutch official on Deshima, Japan, together with his wife Titia, one of the first western women in Japan

[WATERCOLOUR - JAPANESE - DESHIMA]. [Portrait of Jan Cocq Blomhoff and his wife Titia Bergsma on Deshima, Japan].
[Japan, ca. 1817 or later]. Drawing size ca. 56.5 x 25.5 cm; frame size ca. 74.5 x 40.5 cm. Watercolour and ink drawing, partly highlighted with white water paint and gouache, on paper. In a passepartout and framed. Full description
€ 7,500
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Voyage to the Dutch East Indies via South America

WILLINCK, Isaac Petrus Marie. Reize om Kaap Hoorn langs de westkust van Zuid-Amerika, door de Stille Zuid-Zee naar de Philippijnsche Eilanden en verder door de Chinesche Zee naar Batavia, gedaan in de jaren 1823 en 1824, met Z.M. korvet Lynx.
Breda, Broese and comp., 1835. 1 of 2 volumes. Large 8vo (22 x 13 cm). With a lithographed frontispiece and lithographed title-page with illustration. Later half sheepskin. [4], VII, [1 blank], X, 209, 214-222, [1], [3 blank], 227-259, [1 blank] pp Full description
€ 350
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Beautifully illustrated description of Palestine, Sinai and Egypt

WILSON, Charles. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Edited by Colonel Wilson, R.E, C.B., F.R.S. formerly engineer to the Palestine Exploration Society. Assisted by the most eminent Palestine explorers etc. With numerous engravings on steel and wood.
London, Virtue and Co., [ca. 1870]. 4 volumes. Large 4to (33 x 25 cm). With 4 title-pages in red and black, each with a different large steel-engraved vignette, 38 steel-engraved plates (including 4 different frontispieces), 2 double-page engraved maps of Egypt and Sinai, printed in brown, and 576 wood-engravings on integral leaves, many full-page. Contemporary half sheepskin. [2], X, 240; [2], VI, 240; [2], IV, 240; [2], IV, 236 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Second edition of the first etymological Sanskrit-English dictionary

WILSON, Horace Hayman. A dictionary in Sanscrit and English; translated, amended, and enlarged, from an original compilation, prepared by learned natives for the college of Fort William.
Calcutta, printed at the Education Press, 1832. Large 4to. Contemporary half green morocco with marbled sides, gilt edges. X, 982 pp. Full description
€ 2,750
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History of India, Ceylon and Southeast Asia in the years 1805-1835

WILSON, Horace Hayman. The history of British India. From 1805 to 1835.
London, James Madden and co. (back of title-page: printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson and Fley), 1845-1848. 3 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary blind-blocked cloth. XV, [1 blank], 608; XVI, 611, [1 blank]; XVI, 592, 70, [2], 24 pp. Full description
€ 750
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French translation of government regulations for the Dutch East Indies, published in Semarang, Indonesia

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
€ 3,250
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A British pilot’s logbook, detailing his service in Egypt and Jordan during World War II, together with 5 WWII medals

[WWII - RAF - PILOT'S LOG BOOK]. HELM, Robert French. Royal Air Force. Pilot's flying log book.
[British empire, Royal Air Force, 1938-1955].
With: [WWII MEDALS]. The 1939-1945 Star; The Africa Star; The Burma Star; The Defence Medal 1939-1945; The War Medal 1939-1945.
1 volume and 5 medals. Ca. 22 x 20 cm. With 5 assessment forms mounted on the leaves. Contemporary blueish-grey cloth with the title and manuscript name on the front board, red sprinkled edges. [74] ll. Full description
€ 4,500
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