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Travelling through Germany and Russia in the 19th century

TROMP, C.H. [Collection of an illustrated manuscript diary, and travel journals, including some views and photographs of Russia and Germany].
[The Netherlands, 1824-1911]. Manuscript on paper in Dutch. Preserved in a card-board box (27 x 23.5 x 7 cm), covered with marbled paper. Full description
€ 3,500
Eastern Europe Germany Manuscripts & Documents Russia (incl. Siberia) Travel & Voyages Europe
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Autograph letters, signed, and a draft, by a leading French Republican naval officer

TRUGUET, Comte Laurent Jean François. [Autograph letters, signed, to several recipients, mostly military colleagues and government officials].
Paris, 1815-1839. 8vo (mostly ca. 19 x 13 cm). 10 signed autograph letters in French, plus a draft for another, written in ink on laid and wove paper, 3 with their red wax seals or parts of seals (2 more with traces of former seals), and 6 with recipients' addresses. [24] ll. incl. 2 blanks. Full description
€ 6,500
Autographs & Letters France Military History (19th Century)
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Interesting insights into the financial position of many eminent and noble Utrecht families

[UTRECHT - BANKING]. [Account book of the banking house and stockbrokers firm Vlaer & Kol at Utrecht, for the years 1818-1821].
[Utrecht, 1818-1821]. Folio. Contemporary parchment over boards, sewn on 4 vellum tapes, formerly laced through the joints, spine lettered in ink: "FU" and later in pencil: "1819". [24], 185 ll. Full description
€ 4,000
Economic History & Trade Manuscripts & Documents
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Vanderbilt's hippodrome in watercolour

[HORSE RACING TRACK]. [VANDERBILT, William Kissam]. Hippodrome de Carrieres-sous-Poissy, Seine et Oise, appartenant a Mr. Vanderbilt W. K.
Poissy, Ch[arles] Robin, 1903-1904-1911. Large hand-coloured four-sheet plan (90 x 170 cm as assembled). Drawn in pen and ink, graphite and watercolour on paper mounted on canvas. Framed (105 x 205 cm). Full description
€ 45,000
Architecture Drawings & Watercolours France Horses & Horsemanship Manuscripts & Documents
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Beautifully calligraphed algebra textbook

[VENEMA, Pieter] and M. JANSEN. Beginselen van de algebra, uytgewerkt door M. Jansen.
[The Netherlands?], 1765 (29 November 1763-5 July 1765). Folio (ca. 32 x 21 cm). With a calligraphed title page, the text in the rest of the manuscript is neatly written within a reddish brown ruled border, with calligraphed headings. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. [2], 311, [50 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,250
Calligraphy Education & Pedagogy Manuscripts & Documents Mathematics
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Three "attestaties de vita" (life certificates) for a single employer who served the Dutch (1805),
French (1811) and British (1814) governments of the East Indies

VERMEULEN, Adriaan Theodoor. [Three original manuscript documents (Attestaties de Vita)]
Serambang & Soerabaya (Indonesia) , 1805, 1811 & 1814. Folio & 4to. Three manuscript certificates, written in ink on paper, folded. 1; 1; 1 pp. Full description
€ 2,250
Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Law & Politics Manuscripts & Documents VOC Wine / Viticulture
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Two very interesting letters on the salamander and other subjects
to Hermann Schlegel of the Rijksmuseum of Natural History at Leiden

VERSTER VAN WULVERHORST, Abraham Hendrik. Two signed autograph letters to Hermann Schlegel.
Noordwijk, 10 March and 9 October 1834. Folio (23 x 38.5 cm & 26 x 44 cm). 2 autograph letters, each written on a single leaf and folded for posting with the address and remnants of a seal. [2] ll. Full description
€ 1,500
Amphibians & Reptiles Autographs & Letters
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Large collection of Vietnamese official documents from the 1860s

[VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS]. [Official documents from the Vietnamese government on the eve of French colonisation.].
[Vietnam, ca. 1860]. 21 documents. Various sizes, most ca. 33 x 20 cm. Written in Classical Chinese on single and double leaves of rice paper. The collection is housed in a light blue paper folder. [41] ll. Full description
€ 18,000
Law & Politics Manuscripts & Documents Southeast Asia
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