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Album amicorum written by members of the Utrecht literary society,
beautifully bound by the Utrecht Lacework bindery

[ALBUM AMICORUM - NETHERLANDS]. [Album amicorum of Simon (van Someren) Brand L. H. S.].
[Utrecht, ca. 1770-1775]. Oblong 4to. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf, sewn on 4 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, in the center of both covers an inlay of plain, somewhat lighter calf, with "Album Amicorum" lettered in gold on the front, and "S[imon]. Brand L[itt.]. H[um.]. S[tud.] 1770" on the back, both surrounded by two ornamental borders, gold-tooled board edges, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. 89 ll. (of which 1-26, 46, 51, 53-56, and 59-89 blank). Full description
€ 2,950
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Extremely rare miniature almamac in a mother-of-pearl chemise

[ALMANAC - DUTCH]. De kleine tydwyzer of jufferlyke almanach voor den jaare 1797.
Amsterdam, Jan van Gulik, [1796]. 16mo (ca. 63 x 30 mm). With an engraved title-page, 5 numbered double-page engravings, and an engraved text page on the sounding of the bell of the Amsterdam Gate. Contemporary decorated wrappers, side stitched through two holes. The work is inserted into a contemporary mother-of-pearl chemise with a silver spine and a metal clasp. [24] ll. Full description
€ 1,500
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First edition of an iconic description of one of the most important Dutch cities of the early 17th century,
together with the well-known defence of Laurens Jansz. Coster as the inventor of printing

AMPZING, Samuel [and Petrus SCRIVERIUS]. Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland: in rijm bearbeyd ...
Including: SCRIVERIUS, Petrus. Laure-Crans voor Laurens Coster van Haerlem, eerste vinder vande boeck-druckery.
Haarlem, Adriaen Rooman, 1628. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Ad 1: With an allegorical frontispiece, 16 engraved plates, and a printer's device on the final page, the text is printed in roman, gothic and civilité type. Ad 2: With a woodcut printers device on the title page, a full-page engraved portrait, and a full-page engraved plate of the first printing office in Haarlem. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled overlapping vellum, gold-tooled oval coat of arms of Haarlem in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a blind-tooled single fillet frame, green closing ties, red sprinkled edges. [88], 520, [8]; 1-5, [3], 9, 6-124 pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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Early 18th-century guide to Amsterdam

[AMSTERDAM - CITY GUIDE]. Le guide ou nouvelle description d'Amsterdam, enseignant aux voyageurs, et aux negoçians sa splendeur, son commerce, & la description de ses edifices, ruës, ports, canaux, ponts, ecluses, &c. Nouvelle edition augmentée considerablement.
Amsterdam, Paul de la Feuille, 1720.
With: (2) Tarif general des Provinces Unies pour les droits d'entrée & de sortie que payent les marchandises, tant en ce païs qu'à la Mer Baltique, au passage du Sont.
Amsterdam, Paul de la Feuille, 1718. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Ad 1 with 28 engraved illustrations on 24 folding leaves. Further with a small woodcut vignette on the title page, one woodcut decorated initial, and one woodcut headpiece. Ad 2 with a woodcut floral vignette on the title page, and typographical tables in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf, with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, and red sprinkled edges. [1], [1 blank], [4], "216" [= 198], [2 blank]; 123; [2]; pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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The first three part of the first ever series of children's books

BAÏF, Lazare de and [Charles ESTIENNE (editor)]. De re vestiaria libellus, ex Bayfio decerptus: addita vulgaris linguae interpretatione, in adolescentulorum gratiam atq[ue] utilitatem.
Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1539. 4 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page and final page of the first 3 works, each work with a decorated woodcut initial. With: (2) IDEM. De vasculis libellus.
Idem.
(3) ESTIENNE, Charles. De re hortensi libellus.
Idem.
(4) SENALUS [= CENEAU], Robert. De vera mensurarum ponderumque ratione.
Paris, Ioannes Roigny, 1535.

Later vellum, with a brown morocco label on the spine with the author and title lettered in gold, red sprinkled edges. 65, [11], [3 blank], [1]; 54, [7], [2 blank], [1]; 97, [15] pp.; [18], 119, [1 blank] ll. Full description
€ 4,500
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Maria de Medici's visit to Amsterdam with all the plates in the first state

BARLAEUS, Caspar (BAERLE, Kasper van). Medicea hospes, sive descriptio publicae gratulationis, qua serenissimam, Augustissimamque reginam, Mariam de Medicis, excepit senatus populusque Amstelodamensis.
Amsterdam, Joan & Cornelis Blaeu, 1638. Folio (ca. 39.5 x 25 cm). With 17 engraved plates (1 frontispiece, 14 double page, and 2 folding), a woodcut coat-of-arms of the city of Amsterdam on the title-page, two decorated woodcut initials, and a woodcut tailpiece. Contemporary gold-tooled brown morocco, with a laurel wreath in the centre of both boards, set in a double fillet frame. [12], 62, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 17,500
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One of the most important works on electricity of the 18th century

BECCARIA, Giambatista. Dell' elettricismo artificiale, e naturale libri due.
Torino, Filippo Antonio Campana, 1753. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page, 6 decorated woodcut initials, 8 headpieces (3 woodcut, 5 made up of typographical ornaments), and 3 woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf. [8], 245, [1] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
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Spectacular collection of early 19th-century portrait studies executed in coloured chalk,
all signed by the artist "Bevier"

[BEVIER, B.]. [Portfolio with vivid portraits of famous painters and illustrations based on famous works of art].
[France or Belgium?], 1809-1811. Portfolio: ca. 75.5 x 60 cm. With 15 large format portraits (all 65.5 x 48 cm. except the last portrait: 49 x 38 cm), executed in chalk and colour, all signed by the artist "B. Bevier" and dated between 1809 and 1811. All manuscript captions are written by the same hand in brown ink. All portraits are mounted on otherwise blank leaves in a large portfolio. Later half calf. [1 blank], [15] ll. Full description
€ 18,000
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Unrecorded original issue of a series of 16 views of the Honselaarsdijk palace, coloured by hand

[BLOOTELING, Abraham (engraver)]. [Series of 16 views of Honselaarsdijk].
[Amsterdam, ca. 1683]. Oblong 8vo. With 16 numbered engraved views (ca. 13 x 16 cm) tipped onto blank leaves (17 x 23 cm), all hand coloured. Modern half vellum, floral chintz paper sides. [16] ll. with engravings. Full description
€ 3,500
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