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The Dutch Republic bans the export of military goods to territories under Spanish control

[AERSSEN, Cornelis van]. Placcaet vande Staten Generael der Vereenichde Nederlanden, inhoudende scherp verbodt van opte steden, havenen, ende plaetsen, wesende onder t'gebiedt vanden Coninck van Spaingien ... geen toevoer uyte Vereenichde Nederlande[n] te doen van salpeter, buspoeder, geschut ... opte verbeurte vande selve ende andere groote peynen en straffen.
The Hague, Aelbrecht Hendricksz., "1591" [= 1591/94?]. With 1 woodcut decorated initial, a typographic interlaced gothic initial and a decoration built up from arabesque cast fleurons. Set in textura types with incidental roman and italic. Disbound. [7], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 650
Armory, Military Science & Technology Early Printing - 16th century Economic History & Trade Law & Politics Spain
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Contemporary account of William II's failed attack on Amsterdam

[AMSTERDAM - PAMPHLET]. Amsterdams journael. Vervatende kortelijk van dag tot dag, alles wat gepasseert is van den 30 Julij, tot den 4 Augusti des Jaers 1650. Met een korte beschrijvinge vande stigting, op-komst en heerlijkheyd der voorseyde stadt Amsterdam. Als oock de af-beeldinge der selve stadt, met zijn om-leggende dorpen, wegen en wateringen, heel curieus in cooper gesneden.
[Amsterdam?], 1650. 4to. With a folding plate containing a map of Amsterdam and surroundings and a waterfront view of the city. 18th-century half brown paper, marbled sides. 28, [4] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
Amsterdam Battle Plans & Siegecraft Broadsides, Ephemera & Pamphlets City Plans, Topography & Views Military History (17th Century)
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An important early account of the Bax brothers, and one of the first books printed in Breda

BASELIUS, Jacobus. Historisch verhael inhoudende sekere notable explooten van oorloge in de Nederlanden, sedert het oprechten van de companien der heeren gouverneurs ende ritmeesteren van Paulus ende Marcelis Bax.
Breda, Isaac Schilders, 1615. 4to. With a richly engraved allegorical title with portraits of Paulus and Marcelis Bax on horseback, a decorated woodcut initial, and a woodcut headpiece. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf, sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the title lettered in gold on the spine, red sprinkled edges. [8], 149, [3 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,850
Brabant & Limburg History / 17th Century Military History (17th Century)
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One of the most important pilot guides of the 17th century

BLAEU, Willem Jansz. Zeespiegel, inhoudende een korte onderwijsinghe inde konst der zeevaert, en beschryvinghe der seen en kusten van de Oostersche, Noordsche, en Westersche schipvaert. ...
Amsterdam, Willem Jansz. Blaeu, 1627. 3 parts in 1 volume, parts 2 and 3 consist of 6 books each. Folio. With 108 numbered engraved charts, 2 half-page engraved charts, 2 volvelles, a woodcut vignette on the divisional title page of each part, and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary overlapping vellum. The work is preserved in a gold-tooled half red morocco clamshell box, with two green morocco title labels, lettered in gold, red buckram sides, and a green felt lining. [16], 64; 39, [1], 43, [1], 48, 32, 28, 24; 32, 52, 46, 43, [1], 40, 23, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 120,000
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Inspired by Janus Secundus: rare collection of erotic poetry by a talented Leiden student

BLEU, François le. Minnevlam, brandende in 't hert van Thyrsis, om de schoone Amaril.
Amsterdam, Baltes Boekholt, 1659. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved title page, a woodcut vignette on the letterpress title page, a half-page engraved emblem in the text, and several decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary overlapping vellum. [16], 415 pp. Full description
€ 850
Dutch Literature Erotica
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Against capitulation: a rare pamphlet from the Deventer crisis of 1672

BOECKHOLT, Arnold van. Missive van de heer Arnold van Boeckholt. burgermeester der stadt Deventer. vervattende de naeckte ronde waerheyt van 't overgeven der selver stadt aen die dwinghlandy harer vyanden ...
Amsterdam, Baltus Boeckholt, [1673]. 4to. With 2 woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript title lettered in brown ink. [4], 36, [4 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Gelderland & Overijssel Law & Politics
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International scientific exchange of military "secrets" on the use of fuses
and the employment of explosive shapnell projectiles

BORMANN, Charles Guillaume. [Drop-title:] To Captain J.A. Dahlgren ... Sur le mémoire: "Nouveau système de shrapnells ... Notes sur le mémoire "Nouveau Système de Shrapnells de l'artillerie Néerlandaise".
[Liège, 1854]. 4to (21.9 x ca. 17.5 cm). Written in a neat 19th-century cursive in brown ink. Previously folded, with the envelope still present. 24 pp. and an envelope. Full description
€ 1,400
Armory, Military Science & Technology Belgium Manuscripts & Documents Military History (19th Century)
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Magnificent copy of the contemporary history of the origins of the Dutch Golden Age: first complete edition with the extra plates and portraits illustrating the 1679-1684 edition

BOR, Pieter Christiaenszoon. Nederlandsche oorloghen, beroerten, ende borgerlijcke oneenicheyden ...
Leiden, Govert Basson, Amsterdam, Michiel Colijn, 1621-1634. 5 parts in 6 volumes. Folio (33.5 x 22 cm). With 5 engraved allegorical title pages, 39 double-page engraved plates, 41 full-page engraved portraits, a full-page map of the Seventeen Province, 158 half-page illustrations, 13 half-page portraits, 10 smaller portraits, and a woodcut illustration. An additional 19th-century portrait of the author is mounted on the final flyleaf. Uniform 17th-century (ca. 1680) vellum, a blind tooled centre-piece on each side, gold-tooled spines with two black leather title labels lettered in gold, red edges, green closing ties. [6], 350, 193; 126, 230, 48, 48, 60; [12], 73, 91, 120, 102; [6], 103, 118, 63, 63, 1, 33, [59]; [11], 56, 48, [2], 78, 90, [4], 126; [12], 100, 83, 69, 66, 69, [18] ll. Full description
€ 4,750
History / 17th Century Military History (16th Century) Military History (17th Century) Netherlands
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One of the most important histories, certainly the most detailed, precise and reliable of the Dutch Revolt against Spain

BOR, Pieter Christiaenszoon. Oorsprongk, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandsche oorlogen, beroerten, en borgerlyke oneenigheden ... in XXXVII boeken, en IV stukken verdeelt ... voorts met een byvoeghsel van authentyke stukken en nieuwe registers vermeerdert.
Amsterdam, the widow of Joannes van Someren, Abraham Wolfgangh, Hendrick and Dirck Boom, 1679-1684. 9 parts in 4 volumes (with the index "Algemeene blad-wyser" by Abraham van Poot published in 1684 in volume IV). Folio (ca. 39.5 x 23.5 cm). With 4 identical frontispieces, 5 identical woodcut publishers marks, the title of volume I is printed in red and black, 4 identical portraits of the author, 36 full-page engraved portraits, and 40 double-page plates. Uniform contemporary blind-tooled vellum, both panelled boards with large blind-stamped ornament in the centre, ribbed spines with manuscript title in black ink, sprinkled edges, remnants of green ties. Volume I: [36], 1006, [2], [188]; volume II: [16], 1-232, 235-242, 241-672, 679-994, [128]; volume III: [16], 1-532, [6], 529-623, 626-627, 626-690, 693-[896], [28]; volume IV: [8], 1-419, 432-[512], 517-[692], [4], 14, 16, [184] pp. Full description
€ 5,000
History / 17th Century Military History (17th Century) Spain
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Eyewitness account of the Cape under Dutch rule, with the often missing map

BOUCHENROEDER, Baron Friedrich von. Reize in de binnenlanden van Zuid-Afrika. Gedaan in den jare 1803.
Amsterdam, Mortier Covens en zoon; The Hague, B. Besanger, 1806. 8vo. With a large folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, and two folding tables showing (1) the fertility of various regions and (2) the products that could be exported following improvements in the cultivation of various crops. Contemporary marbled boards. [4], 231, [13] pp. Full description
€ 1,650
Southern Africa Travel & Voyages Africa
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Early handbook on the government and public institutions of the Dutch Republic

[BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius van]. Politijck ende militair handtboecxken vanden staet der geunieerde provincien: aenwysende des selfs maniere van regieringe, veelvoudigemiddelen &c. als mede de lasten des oorlochs by de selve gedragen tot den jare 1651.
Including: [BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius van (attributed)]. Militair repartitie-boexken aen-wijzende den staet des oorlogs der Geunieerde Provintien, als mede het getal de compagnyen, soo te peert als te voet, in des-selfs dienst gheweest zijnde sedert den jare 1621.
1652. 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. Ad 1 with several woodcut decorated initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces; ad 2 with a woodcut vignette on the title page. Contemporary overlapping vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints, red sprinkled edges. [4], 260; 141, [3 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
History / 17th Century Law & Politics Military History (17th Century) Netherlands
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The first complete collected edition

BREDERO, Gerbrand Adriaensz. Alle de wercken. So spelen, gedichten, brieven en kluchten van den gheest-rijcken poëet. Verbetert en daer by ghevoeght eenighe die noyt voor desen ghedruckt zijn gheweest.
Amsterdam, Cornelis Lodewijckz. van den Plasse, 1638. 14 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an engraved portrait of the author on the general title page, an engraved allegorical frontispiece by Jan van de Velde, an almost full-page engraved portrait of the author by Hessel Gerrits, a woodcut vignette on the divisional title of each part. Further with decorated woodcut initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Comprising:
(1) Treur-Spel van Roddrick ende Alphonsus.
(2) Griane. Op syn Spreuck het kan verkeeren.
(3) Lucelle.
(4) Moortje.
(5) Spaanschen Brabander Ierolimo.
(6) Stommen ridder.
(7) Angeniet.
(8) Schyn-Heylich.
(9) Spel, op 't oud liedt Het daget uyt den Oosten, op de reghel, Die quaet doet, quaet ontmoet.
(10) Nederduytsche poëmata.
(11) Kluchten als Vande koe.
(12) Klucht, van Symen sonder soetigheydt.
(13) Klucht van den molenaer.
(14) Klucht vanden Hoogduytschen quacksalver.
Contemporary gold-tooled vellum [ca. 800 pp.] Full description
€ 3,500
Dutch Literature
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A masterpiece of early Dutch lithography, with 25 leaves printed in gold

[CAAN, Hendrik Johan]. Vorsten uit het Huis van Oranje geboren op het Lustslot Soestdijk.
[The Hague, A.P. Van Langenhuijsen, 1842]. 2 works. 8vo. Ad 1: with 4 full-page lithographed plates and 17 leaves of lithographed text, partly in calligraphic script and partly in typographic lettering, all printed in gold using bronze powder. Ad 2: fully lithographed. With: (2) CAAN, Hendrik Johan. Toast bij de aanbieding van het Gedenkschrift Diligentia den 13 September 1843.
[Den Haag, A.P. van Langenhuijsen, 1843]. Unbound. [18]; [2] ll. Full description
€ 2,500
Book History, Printing & Typography Colour Printing / Chromolithography
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Three illustrated first editions by one of the most popular Dutch poets of the Golden Age

[CATS, Jacob], Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus, Vitae humanae ideam, Emblemate trifariàm variato, oculis subijciens.
Middelburg, Johannes Hellenius [= Hans van der Hellen], 1618. 3 works in 1 volume, the first in 3 parts. 4to. Ad 1: with an engraved frontispiece for each of the three parts (1 and 3 by Frans Schillemans after Adriaen van de Venne, 1618); 51 numbered emblems in the first part, the well-known folding engraved plate of the "Kinderspelen" (Children games) at the end of part 2, decorated woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces; Ad 2 with a full-page engraved plate of the coat-of-arms of "chaste virgins", a half-page engraved plate of the manor house and garden of Catharina van Muylwijck, 44 emblems engraved by J. Swelinck (?) after Adriaen van de Venne, and extra inserted is the famous full-page portrait of Galathee; Ad 3: with a woodcut vignette on the title-page, 4 half-page engravings in the text, of which three after Van de Venne, decorated woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces.
With: (2) [CATS, Jacob]. Maechden-plicht ofte ampt der ionck-vrouwen, in eerbaer liefde, aenghewesen door Sinne-beelden.
Middelburg, Johannes Hellenius (Hans van der Hellen), 1618.
(3) [CATS, Jacob]. Selfstryt, dat is crachtighe beweginghe van vlees en gheest ... (&c.).
Middelburg, Johannes Hellenius (Hans van der Hellen) for Jan Pietersz van de Venne, 1620.
Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. [40], 120; 111, [1 blank]; 107, [5]; [16], 92, [20]; [34], 119, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 5,000
Dutch Literature Emblems
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Spanish account of the 1588-1599 period from the Eighty Years' War

COLOMA, Carlos. De las guerras de los Estados Baxos, desde el año de M.D.LXXXVIII. hasta el de M.D.XC.IX.
Antwerp, Juan Bellero, 1635. 4to. With an engraved title page, 14 decorated woodcut initials, and 8 woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary overlapping vellum, red edges. [4], 651, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
Belgium History / 17th Century Military History (16th Century) Netherlands Spain
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A strong plea for obligatory education in the Netherlands

CRAMER, Bastiaan. De Geldersche trap der jeugd, in onderscheiding van die, door C. Gelliers te Leeuwarden eertyds opgesteld, of grondige en nauwkeurige fundament-legger der Nederduitsche spel- lees- schrijf- en taal-konst...Kort en klaar tot een algemeen huis- en school-gebruik opgesteld.
Amsterdam, Adam Meijer, [late 18th or early 19th century]. Small 8vo. With musical scores. Contemporary colourful floral wrappers. [8], 136 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
Children's Books Education & Pedagogy School & Textbooks
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One of the earliest accounts of the Dutch Revolt

DINOTH, Richard. De bello civili Belgico libri VI.
Basel, Conrad Waldkirch, 1586. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page and at the end of the work, 7 decorated woodcut initials, 5 tailpieces and 1 headpiece made up of typographical ornaments. (Near-) contemporary overlapping vellum with the manuscript title on the spine, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints. [8], 456, [8] pp. Full description
€ 3,500
Early Printing - 16th century Military History (16th Century) Netherlands
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One of the earliest illustrated books printed in Amsterdam

DIONYSIUS CARTHUSIENSIS (Denys van Rijkel). Tractat[us] de co[n]versione peccatoris.
(Colophon: Amsterdam, [Doen Pietersz or Pieter Jansz Tyebaut], for Johannes, priest at Leiderdorp), [ca. 1520]. 8vo. With a full-page woodcut of the resurrection of the dead and a half-page woodcut of the temptation of Christ by the devil in the desert. Modern blind-tooled vellum. [56] ll. Full description
€ 8,500
Catholicism & Eastern Orthodox Church Early Printing - 16th century Religion (16th Century)
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Land rights, provincial government and serfdom in the eastern Netherlands

[DUTCH LAW]. [Collection of four works on law and government in Overijssel, the Veluwe and Twente].
4 works in 1 volume, the first in 2 parts. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page of each work. Comprising:
[1] [OVERIJSSEL]. Landtrechten van Over-Yssel.
Kampen, Pieter Hendericksz van Wieringen, 1634.
[2] [VELUWE]. Gereformiert lantrecht van Veluwen und Veluwen-zoom, met de veranderongh op t capittel van appellatien ende clarongen aen Engellander-holdt ghevallen.
Arnhem, printed by Jan Janssen, 1621.
[3] [OVERIJSSEL]. Ordren ende reglementen omtrent de regeringe der provintie van Overyssel in het toe komende te onderhouden.
Deventer, Jan Colomp, 1658.
[4] [TWENTE]. Hof-hoorige rechten in Twente, mitsgaders de ampliatien ende elucidatien, daer op, by de Staten van Overyssel gemaeckt.
Zwolle, printed by Gerrit Tydeman, 1668. Contemporary vellum. [4], 79, [1 blank], 106, [2]; [78], [2]; 44; 42 pp. Full description
€ 1,950
Gelderland & Overijssel History / 17th Century Law & Politics
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A substantial collection of treaties drawn up between 1576 and 1701,
highlighting an important period in Dutch diplomatic history

[DUTCH REPUBLIC - TREATIES]. Recueil van de tractaten, gemaeckt en gesloten tusschen de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staten Genereael der Vereenighde Nederlanden ter eenre, ende verscheyde Koningen, Princen en Potentaten ter andere zyde.
The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus, [not before 1701]. 73 pamphlets in 1 volume. 4to. With a general title page with the woodcut printer's device of the official printer for the Dutch States General. 70 of the 73 treaties have a separate title page, the other 3 were published without thus the work is complete. 67 of these 70 treaties with a title page contain the woodcut printer's device of the official printer for the Dutch States General, 2 of the earlier treaties bear Van Wouw's woodcut printer's device on their title pages, 1 title page shows a simple woodcut floral vignette, 1 title page does not contain any (woodcut) decoration, and 1 treaty without a title page does contain the woodcut printer's device of the official printer for the Dutch States General at the start of the text. Further with woodcut decorated initials throughout the treaties. The text is set in both roman and gothic type. Later vellum. Full description
€ 2,500
Broadsides, Ephemera & Pamphlets Economic History & Trade Law & Politics Netherlands
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A short history of Utrecht written during the negotiations for the Treaty of Utrecht in 1712-13,
richly embellished with ca. 315 coloured coat-of-arms

[FRESCHOT, Casimir]. Histoire abregée de la ville, et province d'Utrecht. Avec une connoissance ébauchée de la noblesse de cette province, & une liste de touts les grands schouts, ou chefs de justice connus autrefois sous le nom de vicontes ou burgraves d'Utrecht.
Utrecht, Guillaume Meester, 1713. 8vo. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut. Added are two finely executed manuscript frontispieces, both with hand-coloured coats of arms: the first showing the arms of the Bishop of Utrecht together with those of the five collegiate churches of Utrecht; the second displaying the arms of the Province of Utrecht and its five principal cities. The first part, devoted to the history of the bishops of Utrecht, is illustrated with 41 hand-coloured manuscript coats of arms of the bishops of Utrecht, distributed over 35 leaves. The section on Utrecht castles, manor houses, and nobility contains 237 hand-coloured manuscript coats of arms on 37 leaves. The manuscript supplement includes a further four leaves with 33 coats of arms, of which six remain unfinished. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. [16], 264, 64 pp. Full description
€ 3,500
Church History & Missions Genealogy, Heraldry & Flags Netherlands Religion (18th Century) Utrecht
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Often praised work on South America

FREZIER, [Amédée François]. Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux cotes du Chili, du Perou, et du Bresil. Fait pendant les années 1712, 1713 & 1714.
Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1717. 2 volumes. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece, the title pages printed in red and black, 27 engraved plates showing maps, city plans, plants and flowers, activities of the local people. Contemporary calf. XX, 1-294; [2], 297-600 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
Brazil Circumnavigation Floras & General Botany Peru South America Travel & Voyages South America
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Laws for mining in Peru and Mexico

[GALVEZ, Josef de, edited by Manuel CARVALLO]. Reales ordenanzas para la direccion, rejimen y gobierno del importante cuerpo de la mineria de Nueva-España, y de su Real Tribunal Jeneral. De orden de su Majestad. Impresa en Madrid año de 1783.
Santiago (Chile), Imprenta de la Opinion, R. Rengifo, 1833. Folio. Contemporary blue wrappers. [4], IV, 108, 36, XXXIII pp. Full description
€ 950
Earth Sciences Latin America Law & Politics Mexico Middle America Peru South America
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The siege and capture of the Genneperhuis in 1641, with a detailed military plan

[GENNEPERHUIS]. Kort en bondich verhael wat sich heeft toegedraghen van dach tot dach voor het Huys te Gennep, zedert dat het door sijn Hoogheyt den Prince van Orangien is belegert geweest ...
Including: [GENNEPERHUIS]. Cort verhael wat gepasseert is aen des konincks van Hispanjens zijde 't sedert het belegh van het Casteel van Gennep.
[Amsterdam], sold by Broer Jansz. and Jan van Hilten, 1641. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and a large folding engraved map of the surroundings of the Genneperhuis Castle near Gennep (ca. 23.5 x 32.5 cm). Contemporary grey wrappers with the annotation "Frijntie Mars" on the front. [12] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
Brabant & Limburg Broadsides, Ephemera & Pamphlets History / 17th Century Military History (17th Century)
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Presentation copy to the first Earl of Salisbury of the rare first English edition
of a famous illustrated military manual, magnificently coloured by a contemporary hand

GHEYN, Jacob II de. The exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes, and pikes. After the ordre of his Excellence Maurits Prince of Orange Count of Nassau etc.
The Hague, [1607 (added in manuscript on the title page)]. 3 parts in 1 volume. Folio (ca. 37 x 27 cm). With engraved title page with at the head of the page the coat of arms of the dedicatee, Prince Henry Frederick, eldest son of King James I of England within a wreath of lilies and roses, which - together with the title and the imprint were engraved on 3 separate slips of paper pasted over areas left blank for that purpose; and 117 (including one repeat) expertly engraved plates (ca. 26 x 19 cm): 42 numbered plates in part 1, 43 partly-numbered plates in part 2 and 32 numbered plates in part 3. All engravings including the engraved title-page are magnificently coloured and highlighted in gold and silver by a contemporary hand. The plates show exercises with the arquebus (part 1), musket (part 2), and pike (part 3). Mid-19th-century gold-tooled half (faded) red morocco and red cloth sides, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, bound in 1840-ca. 1860 by the celebrated British bookbinder Robert Riviere (1808-1882) with his stamp "Bound by Riviere" in the bottom outer corner of the verso of the first flyleaf. [4]; [2]; [3] ll. Full description
€ 165,000
Armory, Military Science & Technology Costumes, Fashion & Uniforms History / 17th Century Military History (17th Century)
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A "lost" first Dutch edition of Giraffi's account of the Neapolitan revolt

GIRAFFI, Alessandro and Lambert van den BOS (translator). Historisch verhael van de schrickelijcke beroerte van Napels; met de wonderlijcke opkomst en ongheluckige ondergangh van Mas Aniello.
Amsterdam, Nicolaes Ravesteyn, 1650. 12mo. With a woodcut printers device on the title page, several decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum. [8], 275, [5 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
History / 17th Century Italy Law & Politics
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The Dutch Revolt and the atrocities of Spanish rule, extensively illustrated

[GYSIUS, Johannes]. Oorsprong en voortgang der Neder-landtscher beroerten ende ellendicheden. Waerin vertoont worden de voornaemste tyrannijen, moorderijen, ende andere onmenschelijcke wreetheden, die onder het ghebiedt van Philips de II coninck van Spaengien, door zijne stad-houders in 'twerck ghestelt zijn, gheduyrende dese Nederlantsche troublen ende oorlogen...
[Leiden, Hendrik Lodewijksz. van Haestens], 1616. 4to. With an engraved vignette on the title page, 16 engraved oval portraits (15 full-page, 1 half-page), a full-page engraved plate in the text, and 2 double-page engraved plates. The title page has been printed in red and black. Contemporary overlapping vellum. [8], 411, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Belgium History / 17th Century Military History (17th Century) Netherlands Spain
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The great siege of ’s-Hertogenbosch in 1629, documented in maps and plans

HEINSIUS, Daniël. Rerum ad Sylvam-Ducis atque alibi in Belgio aut a Belgis anno MDCXXIX gestarum historia.
Leiden, Abraham and Bonaventura Elzevier, 1631. Folio. With an engraved allegorical title page, 2 engraved folding plans of s-Hertogenbosch, 3 double-page engraved plates, 5 full-page engraved maps and plans, several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum. [12], "141" [=143], [24], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Belgium Brabant & Limburg Fortification & Military Architecture Gelderland & Overijssel Military History (17th Century)
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Eyewitness account of the siege of Breda (1637), with the rare folding plan

HEXHAM, Henry. Journael ofte een ware ende kort verhael van t veermaerde belegh van de Stadt Breda, door het kloeck-moedich, ende victorieus beleydt van Syne Hoogheydt de Prins van Orangien &c.
Delft, printed for and sold by Henricus Hondius, The Hague, 1638. 4to. With a large folding map of the city of Breda and surroundings during the siege in 1637, with an explanatory text pasted to the bottom margin. Interleaved copy. Early 19th-century gold-tooled red straight-grained morocco. [8], 55, [1 blank], "14" [= 20] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
Brabant & Limburg History / 17th Century Military History (17th Century)
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The siege and relief of Leiden, with maps, plans and the original prospectus

HOFDIJK, Willem Jacobsz. Leydens wee en zegepraal (1573-1574).
Leiden, P. van Santen (printed by P. W. M. Trap), 1874. Large 8vo. With a tinted lithographed frontispiece, three folding lithographed maps and views, and a full-page lithographed plate. Contemporary gold-tooled half brown morocco, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine, brown buckram sides, red sprinkled edges, decorative paper endpapers. [6], 248 pp. Full description
€ 450
Holland Military History (16th Century)
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Tulips, poetry, and the pleasures of country life at the Moffenschans

HONDIUS, Petrus. Dapes inemptae, of de moufe-schans, dat is, de soeticheydt des buyten-levens, vergheselschapt met de boucken.
Leiden, for Daniel Roels (colophon: J.A. vander Marsce), 1621. 8vo. With the woodcut printers device on the title page, the title is set within an ornamental typographical border. Contemporary vellum. 31, [1 blank], 543, [2 blank], [3], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,500
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An Italian voice on the Dutch Revolt against Spain

LANARIO, Francesco and Michel BAUDIER (translator). Histoire des guerres de Flandre depuis le commencement jusques a la fin ... Traduicte dItalien en Francois et augmentee ... Avec une brieve narration de lancienne Histoire de Flandre ...
Paris, Sebastien Chappelet, 1618. 4to. With an engraved allegorical title page by Jaspar Isaac and several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut headpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers. [64], 202, [21], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
Belgium History / 16th Century History / 17th Century Military History (16th Century) Military History (17th Century)
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Extremely rare second edition of a series of 20 plates of the Amsterdam Town-Hall, the Trippenhuyis
and 11 plates of houses on the Heeren- and Keizersgracht

LETH, Hendrik de & Cornelis DANCKERTS. Het Stadthuys van Amsterdam, beneffens verscheyde van de grooste en nieuwste gebouwe nieuwelycks uytgegeven door Hendrik de Leth.
[Amsterdam, Hendrik de Leth, ca. 1730]. Oblong folio. With 20 plates, engraved by Cornelis Danckerts, adapted and (re-)published by Hendrik de Leth, 8 of the Amsterdam town-hall, 1 of the Trippenhuis, and 11 of other houses on the Heren- and Keizersgracht. Later (early 20th-century) three-quarter vellum. Full description
€ 2,500
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On the road around 1800: a German woman's travels through Germany and the Netherlands

[LUYKEN, Christina Margaretha]. Meinen Reise-Buch, von 1790 bis 1809.
[The Netherlands and Germany, ca. 1790-1809 (-1821)]. Ca. 154 x 95 mm. Written in a small German hand.
Original floral wrappers with the manuscript title on the front, blue sprinkled edges. [39] ll. Full description
€ 1,500
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Frederik Hendrik asks the States General to come to the aid of the government
of the Dutch colony in Brazil

[MANUSCRIPT - BRAZIL - FREDERIK HENDRIK, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau]. [18th-century copy of a letter to the States General originally written on 20 September 1645].
Oosteeklo, originally written on 20 September 1645, this transcription: 18th century. Ca. 23 x 14.5 cm. Kept in a plastic folder between tissue paper. [1] l. Full description
€ 1,250
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An illustrated history of Broek by its burgomaster

[MANUSCRIPT - BROEK IN WATERLAND]. SCHOON, Cornelis. Beschryving van het dorp Broek, behelsende derselver regts-ban, gelegentheyd, naams-oorsprong, tegenwoordige toestand, openbaare gebouwen, handel, regeering, enz. enz. Door Cornelis Schoon. Door den selve vermeerdert, verbetert, en met eenige afbeeldingen versierd.
Te Broek, 1759-[1760]. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to (ca. 24 x 18.5 cm). Manuscript written in Dutch in black ink on paper. With a hand drawn allegorical frontispiece by Cornelis Schoon, the title-page in red and black ink with a vignette, 1 double-page engraved map of Waterland and 2 profile views of Broek on 1 double-page leaf drawn by Hendrik de Winter. Further with several illustrations in black and grey ink by Schoon: 1 full-page map of the "Banne van Broek", 1 double-page plan of the village Broek, 6 full-page plates, 2 views of the church on 1 leaf, the coat-of-arms of Waterland, 5 full-page plans of the church, 1 head-piece, 1 illustration in the text, and several head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript author and title on the spine, red sprinkled edges. [12], [228]; [229]-341, [13] pp. Full description
€ 25,000
Drawings & Watercolours History / 18th Century Holland Manuscripts & Documents
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Moving house in the 17th-century Dutch Republic - exchanging the loan of one mill yard and mill for another

[MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT - STAATS BRABANT]. [Drop title:] D'Eerste presiderende ende andere ...
The Hague, 18 November 1697. ca. 35.5 x 20.5 cm. Manuscript in Dutch on vellum, with the blind-stamped "clein segel" of Holland in the upper left corner of the leaf. Folded, kept in a clear plastic sleeve. [1] l. Full description
€ 600
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Manuscript on the siege and surrender of Hulst in 1747, with resolutions, letters, military orders and an eyewitness diary

[MANUSCRIPT - DUTCH]. Resolutien van den Raad van Staaten nopens Sterckten van Staats Vlaenderen en de Schelde.
[Low Countries], 1747. 4to. Manuscript on paper, written in two neat hands, partly in French.Mid-19th-century half red sheepskin, marbled paper sides. 46, 121, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 5,000
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Map of North Holland printed on cloth

[MAP - NORTH HOLLAND]. Hollande septentrionale divisée en arrondisemens et cantons de justice de paix.
The Hague, F. J. Weygand, 1836. Ca. 89 x 61.5 cm. An engraved map with hand coloured outlines, printed on coated linen. The map is folded and housed in the original brown cloth slipcase with a paper title label mounted on the front. Full description
€ 1,250
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A magnificent calligraphic presentation to Prince Frederick

[MARIA-MUNSTER-VEREENIGING]. [Diploma of honorary membership for Prince Frederick of Orange].
Roermond, 19 February 1869. Ca. 44.5 x 30 cm. With 4 calligraphed leaves in black, blue, green, red and gold, and 1 chromolithographed leaf with a wax seal. Further with an illustration and description of the Munsterkerk in Roermond and a manuscript description of the certificates. The leaves are loosely inserted in the original gold- and blind-tooled red morocco portfolio with the title "Maria Munster vereeniging te Roermond" on the front in a decorative frame, surrounded by several gold- and blind-tooled frames, 6 red closing ties, gold-tooled turn-ins, white silk pastedowns. Full description
€ 5,000
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Research voyage into inner Surinam, encountering native tribes

MARTIN, Johann Karl Ludwig. Westindische Skizzen. Reise-erinnerungen.
Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1887. 4to. 22 plates, of which 14 chromolithographs and 8 collotypes, and 1 folding lithographed map of the Surinam River by W.L. Loth. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. VII, [1], 186 pp. Full description
€ 375
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8 extremely rare sets of French Republican regulations for Egypt, promulgated by General "Abdallah" Menou, printed on the first printing press of the Arabic-speaking world

MENOU, Jacques-François ("Abdallah") de Boussay de. Copie de lordre du général en chef ... 5 Fructidor an 8 [= 23 August 1800] [and six more to] 16 Brumaire an 9 [= 7 November 1800].
Cairo, Imprimerie Nationale, [23 August - 7 November 1800]. Folio (22 x 31.5 cm). 8 sets of regulations issued in 10 weeks, printed in French and Arabic in two parallel columns, each set with 2 to 24 pages. Each with a drop title with a woodcut vignette (either of 2 different blocks) representing the French Republic personified as Marianne with the motto "Liberté Egalité". [24]; [16]; [2]; [3], [1 blank]; [4]; [10]; [6]; [2] pp. Full description
€ 28,000
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An eyewitness account of the "Disaster of Woerden" (1813), with eight illustrations after J.W. Pieneman

MEULMAN, Jan. Woerden, in slagtmaand MDCCCXIII. Met afbeeldingen.
The Hague, Johannes Allart, 1814. 8vo. With an engraved title page with vignette by R. Vinkeles and 8 full-page engraved plates by Willem van Senus after Jan Willem Pieneman. Contemporary gold-tooled red straight-grained morocco. VIII, 491, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 600
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Original preparatory drawings for one of the finest achievements in 18th-century Dutch book illustration

MEURS, Jacob van. [Set of 84 beautiful washed ink pen drawings, intended to serve as models for the engraved plates to illustrate Economische Liedjes by E. Wolff-Bekker and A. Deken].
(Amsterdam, 1792-1798). (Each drawing ca. 7.3 x 12.7cm). All drawings carefully tipped onto board leaves, several mounted within elegant grey ink-washed borders. Full description
€ 12,500
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Children's writing and family traditions in eighteenth-century Amsterdam

MIDDELBURG, Isaak van; Catrina van MIDDELBURG, and others. [Collection of 22 manuscript occasional poems written by members of the Amsterdam family Van Middelburg(h)].
[The Netherlands, ca. 1717-1749]. With 22 broadsheets (one: 325 x 200; the others 21: ca. 415 x 325 mm), containing occasional poems written in a sometimes childish hand, all within a calligraphic frame, five of which printed: full of angels, horses, lions, skaters, a tour by sledge, city view with the daily activities, and religious scenes (Resurrection, Ascension, etc., see no. 21) in the margins. One of the printed broadsheets coloured by a contemporary hand (no. 16). Never bound, kept together in a clear plastic folder. [22] ll. Full description
€ 1,800
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Watercolour tour of Europe: charming manuscript album of picturesque views and everyday life

MILLE, Louis. Recueil de vues pittoresques.
[France?], 1824. 4to. With an illustrated title-page heightened in gold, two smaller titles also heightened in gold, and 52 original watercolours. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, "M.B." in gold on the front board, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. [112] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Extremely rare 1780s nursery catalogue from the centre of the Dutch flower bulb trade

[NURSERY CATALOGUE - FLOWER BULBS - HAARLEM]. Catalogue des tres belle[!] oignons des fleurs, comme jacinthes, tulipes, ranuncules, anemones, bouquet-narcissen, etc. Qu'on trouve à vendre chez Isaak Moerbeek, fleurist à Harlem en Hollande.
[Haarlem?], 178[4]. 12mo. Contemporary half brocade paper wrappers with floral paper sides. 40 pp. Full description
€ 4,500
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The beginning and end of the VOC opium monopoly in the Dutch East Indies

[OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. [Collection of contemporary manuscripts and documents regarding the Amfioensociëteit].
Comprising:
(1) [OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. Octroy door de edele hoge Indiase regering, verleend aan de societeyt van den Amphioen handel, tot Batavia.
(2) [OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. Prolongatie van het octroy van D'Amphioen Sociteit.
(3) [OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. Memorie voor mijne gemagtigden heeres(?) Themans en Bovie.
[In or after 1762]. 3 parts in 1 volume.
With:
(4) [OPIUM TRADE - VOC - MANUSCRIPT]. [Collection of 12 Dutch documents].
1793-1807. Various sizes. With 12 manuscript documents, and a manuscript on paper in 2 different hands. Ad 1-3: Contemporary sturdy paper wrappers, sewn on 3 vellum supports; ad 4: the 12 documents are held together by a narrow paper wrapper with the text: "Onafgedaane Indiësche zaaken, concentreerende de Amphioen Societeyt", and a string. [15], [1 blank]; [3] ll. Full description
€ 12,500
Autographs & Letters Economic History & Trade Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Manuscripts & Documents VOC
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Detailed coastal descriptions of Maranhão: an early bilingual sailing pilot for sailors

PEREIRA DO LAGO, Antonio Bernardino. Roteiro da costa da provincia do Maranhão, desde Jericoacoara ate a Ilha de Sto. João, e da entrada, e sahida pela bahia de Sto. Marcos, qu edeve acomanhar a carta redudiza da costa da sobredita provincia ... Survey of the coast of the province of Maranham, from Jericoacoara to the Island of St. John, and of the entrance of the bay of St. Marcos; intended as an accompaniment to the reduced chart of the coast of the aforesaid province.
(Colophon: Liverpool, F.B. Wright, printer), 1821. 4to. Contemporary gold-tooled tree-marbled calf. 21, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,500
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The prices of international goods at the Amsterdam market in February 1741

[PERIODICAL - TRADE - AMSTERDAM]. Cours van coopmanschappen tot Amsterdam den 13 February. Anno 1741.
Amsterdam, Hendrik Boussière, [1741]. A long sheet (ca. 40.5 x 14.5 cm), printed on two sides, with the woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam at the head. Tipped into a passe-partout. [2] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Amsterdam Broadsides, Ephemera & Pamphlets Economic History & Trade Netherlands
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First account of the famous siege of s-Hertogenbosch by Frederick Henry in 1629,
with 9 folding maps, and bound together with the French translation

PREMPART, Jacques. Verhael oft corte beschryvinghe van tghene ghepasseert is inde seer treffelijcke ende vermaerde belegheringhe van sHertoghen-bosch. Hier by zijn gedaen, een generale kaerte van tgantsche leger, ende voorts verscheyden particuliere van dapproches van yeder quartier int bysonder ...
Amsterdam, printed by Jan Fredericksz. Stam for Henricus Hondius, 1630.
With: (2) PREMPART, Jacques. Recit, ou brefve description de ce qui sest passé durant le tres-fameux siege, de Bois-le-Duc, avec une carte generale du camp entier, & plusieurs particulieres des approches de chasque quartier à part ...
Leeuwarden, printed by Claude Fontaine, 1630. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Ad 1: with a woodcut vignette on the title page, 2 large folding engraved maps, 7 folding double-page engraved maps showing the battlefield of the siege of s-Hertogenbosch in 1629 together with all the fortifications and approaches around the city. Ad 2: with a woodcut printer's device on the title page. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf. 28; [2], 26, [4] pp. Full description
€ 4,500
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Pair of maps of The Hague in the original case

REDING, H. Plan de la ville et carte des environs de La Haye.
The Hague, chez F. J. Weygand, 1838. Each ca. 32 x 39.5 cm. With 2 hand coloured lithographed maps printed on coated linen.
Comprising: (1) IDEM. Nieuwe platte grond der stad S' Gravenhage/ Nouveau plan de La Haye.
(2) IDEM. Carte des environs de La Haye.
Both maps are folded and housed in the original publisher's reddish brown buckram case, with an engraved blue title label mounted on the front. Full description
€ 1,250
City Plans, Topography & Views Holland
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Early true crime in Dutch

REYNOLDS, John and Johannes GRINDAL (translator). Tonneel der wereldtse rampsaligheden, vertoonende Godts wraake, over de roepende en verfoeyelijke zonde der moedtwillige en voor-bedachte moordery. Welkers wonderlijke ontdekkingen en gestrenge straffe beschreven worden in XXX. bezondere jammerlijke historien: vervattende veel droevige en gedenkwaardige geschiedenissen: historische, zedelijke en goddelijke lessen.
Amsterdam, (colophon: widow of Tymon Houthaak) for Gerrit van Goedesbergh, 1667. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved printer's device on the title page, and 30 full-page engravings, each with 8 separate illustrations, depicting 240 scenes from the many stories. Contemporary vellum. [8], 888 pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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Holding the harbour: A Coruña and the Franco-Dutch fleet

SANTANS Y TAPIA, Juan. Relacion verdadera de la entrada que hizo la armada del Frances en compania de la del Olandes, en la embocadura del puerto del real presidio y ciudad de la Coruña ...
1639. Folio (19.3 x 29 cm). Two unbound sheets, housed in a plastic folder. [2] ll. Full description
€ 1,500
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A vanished Maastricht: the city preserved in stone and etching

SCHAEPKENS, Alexandre. Monuments de Maestricht, aquarelles lithochromes.
[Brussels, Simoneau & Toovey, 1857]. 3 works in 1 volume. Oblong folio. Ad 1 with 30 coloured lithographed plates; ad 2 with 12 coloured lithographed plates; ad 3 with 52 etched plates, all mounted to the leaves of the album. With:
(2) SCHAEPKENS, Alexandre. Ancienne enceinte militaire de Maestricht démolie en 1867-1869.
[Maastricht? 1872].
(3) SCHAEPKENS, Alexandre. Oud Maestricht en buurt. 1ste serie. 2de serie.
[Brussels, 1887]. Contemporary half beige cloth, marbled paper sides. Full description
€ 6,500
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Important contemporary account of the Second Anglo-Dutch War,
with additional plates and an early mention of New York

[SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR]. Kort en bondigh verhael, van t geene in den oorlogh, tusschen den Koningh van Engelant &c. de h: m: heeren staten der vrye Vereenigde Nederlanden, en den Bisschop van Munster is voorgevallen. Beginnende in den jare 1664 en eyndigende met het sluyten van de Vrede tot Breda, in t jaer 1667 ...
Amsterdam, printed for Marcus Willemsz. Doornick, 1667.
With: [DUTCH REPUBLIC - STATES GENERAL]. Articulen van vrede ende verbondt, tusschen den ... heere Karel, de tweede ... Koningh van Groot Britannien ... ende de hoogh mogende heeren Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlantsche Provintien ...
The Hague, Hillebrant van Wouw, 1667. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a half-page engraving on the title page, a folding engraved map, a folding engraved plate, 9 half-page engravings in the text, and 2 additional large folding engraved plates in ad 1; ad 2 with a woodcut vignette on the title page. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript title on the spine. 255, [1]; [24] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Law & Politics Military History (17th Century) UK - United Kingdom
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Stadtholder William V and his family, depicted in three portrait series

[STADTHOLDER WILLIAM V]. [Collection of three series of portraits of the Dutch Stadtholder, his spouse and their three children].
[Mid- to late 18th century]. Ca. 26.5 x 24.5 cm. With 5 full-page mezzotint portraits, 5 full-page hand-coloured engraved portraits, and 7 smaller stipple-engraved portraits, all mounted onto the leaves of the album, separated by tissue paper guards. Twentieth-century three-quarter gold-tooled red morocco with the title ("Prins Willem V en zijn gezin") lettered in gold on the spine. [12] ll. Full description
€ 3,950
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From Aceh to the Eifel: drawings by a Dutch officer and artist

STEENKAMP, Johan Christoffel Pieter Willem Apollo. [Album with drawings by Johan Christoffel Pieter Willem Apollo Steenkamp].
[Aceh, Sumatra; the Netherlands; Germany (Mosel, Eiffel, Taunus), ca. 1895-1930]. Ca. 35.5 x 32 cm. With 4 calligraphed title pages and 64 original drawings and coloured aquatints mounted onto the leaves of the album, all views of encampments, villages and landscapes in Atjeh (Aceh, Sumatra), the Netherlands, and Germany (Mosel, Eiffel, Taunus), most signed and captioned in Dutch. Further with 5 drawings by Steenkamp and other artists loosely inserted. Twentieth-century silver-tooled green imitation leather with Steenkamp's monogram on the spine and the front board, further with "Tekeningen J.C.P.W.A. Steenkamp" lettered in white on the front board. [47] ll. Full description
€ 2,500
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Rare eye-witness account of the siege of Haarlem in 1573

[STERLINCX, Pierre]. Een corte waerachtighe beschrijvinghe, van alle gheschiedenissen, aenslaghen, stormen, schermutsingen, ende schieten voor de vrome stadt Haerlem in Hollandt gheschiet. Midtsgaders hoe, ende met wat conditien de selve den al ghemeynen Viant Ducque dAlbe overghelevert is, oock hoe hy met den soldaten, ende burgheren ghehandelt heeft, ende dat tot den 12 Septembris anno 1573.
Delft, [printed by Aelbrecht Hendricksz and the widow of Herman Schinkel (the Schinkel-Hendricksz press)], 1574. 4to. With the oval woodcut printers device on the title page. Later (18th-century) half vellum. [51], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
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A richly illustrated account of the Dutch War of Independence

STRADA, Famiano. De bello Belgico decas prima.
(Colophon:) Rome, Francisci Corboletti, 1632)
With: STRADA, Famiano. De bello Belgico decas secunda.
(Colophon:) Rome, Francisci Corboletti, 1647. 2 volumes. Folio. With an engraved title page with the Leo Belgicus in both volumes and 30 engraved plates showing battles and sieges (28 double-page, 2 full-page). 19th-century gold-tooled sheepskin parchment with tan morocco title and volume labels on the spine, lettered in gold, red edges. [12], 374, [88], [2 blank]; [12], 480, [56] pp. Full description
€ 6,500
Belgium History / 17th Century Law & Politics Military History (17th Century) Netherlands Spain
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Unrecorded publication by the Governor General of Surinam,
concerning taxes on slaves and goods from plantations

TEXIER, Bernard. Publicatie. Wy Bernard Texier, Gouverneur Generaal der colonie Suriname, rivieren en disticten van dien, mitsgaaders Collonel over de gezamentlyke militie dezer landen &c. &c. &c. en de raaden van politie en crimineele justitie der voorsz. Colonie &c. &c. ... doen te weeten ... den landbouw ... te foulageeren en ontheffen ...
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(2) TEXIER, Bernard. Publicatie. Wy Bernard Texier ... en de raaden van politie en crimineele justitie ... doen te weeten ... dat wy ... gedelibereert bebbende[!], over het redres der finantien ...
(3) TEXIER, Bernard. Notificatie. Den hove van politie en crimineele justitie, doet by deezen notificeeren ende bekent maken. Dat involge het vierde articul van het placaat noopens de quotisatie off heffinge ten behoeve van de cassa teegens de wegloopers in dato 20 december 1781 ...
Paramaribo, widow of Nicolaas Vlier, [after 21 December 1782]. 3 parts in 1 volume. 4to in 2s. Modern gold-tooled half sprinkled calf and marbled paper sides. [8]; [7]; [2], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 7,950
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A rare complete set with 843 fine views of the Netherlands

[TIRION - VIEWS - NETHERLAND]. Het verheerlykt Nederland of kabinet van hedendaagsche gezigten van steden, dorpen, sloten, adelyke huizen, kerken, torens, poorten; en andere voornaame stad- en land- gebouwen, in en omtrent alle de byzondere Vereenigde Nederlandsche provinciën.
Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion and widow of Isaak Tirion, 1745-1774. 10 parts in 2 volumes. 4to. With 845 engraved views, mostly 2 views per plate, some double page, the title page of the first part is printed in red and black. With: (2) [TIRION - VIEWS - NETHERLAND]. Het verheerlykt Kleefschland of kabinet van Kleefsche oudheden en gezichten van steden, dorpen, sloten, adelyke huizen, kerken, torens, poorten; en andere stad- en land-gebouwen in Kleefschland ... dienende tot een aanhangzel van het verheerlykt Nederland, by I. Tirion uitgegeeven.
Amsterdam/ Leiden/ Harlingen/ Dordrecht, P. Schouten, J. de Groot, G. Warnsars/ S. and J. Luchtmans/ A. and P. Blussé/ Volkert van der Plaats, [ca. 1775]. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf [4]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2] ll. + 845 views Full description
€ 5,000
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Travelling through the Kingdom of Holland during the reign of Louis Napoleon

[TRAVEL GUIDE]. Le voyageur en Hollande. Ouvrage indispensable pour chacun qui voyage dans ce pays.
Amsterdam, The Hague, Middelburg, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Leiden, L.A.C. Hesse, Brothers Van Cleef, S. van Benthem, etc., 1807. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. With a folding letterpress title page to the atlas and 19 folding engraved maps and plans. Including: [TRAVEL GUIDE]. Atlas faisant partie du Voyageur en Hollande.
Amsterdam, L.A.C. Hesse, 1807. Contemporary gold-tooled half sprinkled calf. [2], 8, 16, 120,129-218 pp. Full description
€ 1,950
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The earliest topographic print series in the Northern Netherlands

[TYSENS, Gysbert] & Claes Jansz. VISSCHER. Haarlemmer duinzang, tereere van des zelfs vermakelyke land-en watergezigten, van Sandtvoordt af tot Haarlem. Versierd met twaalf naauwkeurige afbeeldingen.
Amsterdam, Hendrik Bosch, 1728. Oblong 8vo. With an engraved vignette on the title page, and 12 numbered full-page engraved plates by Claes I. Visscher, including an allegorical frontispiece. Contemporary half red roan. [4], 12 pp. Full description
€ 2,000
City Plans, Topography & Views Dutch Literature Holland
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Rare and early teacher's manual, the main source for our knowledge of primary education in the Netherlands

VALCOOGH, Dirck Adriaensz. Een nut ende profijtelijck boecxken, ghenaemt den regel der Duytsche schoolmeesters, die parochie-kercken bedienen.
Alkmaar, Jacob de Meester, for Cornelis Claesz, 1607. 12mo. With musical annotation and 3 pages printed in civilité. Later half red roan, red sprinkled paper sides, red edges. 179, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 7,500
Education & Pedagogy History / 17th Century Netherlands
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Nine books of memorable deeds: the first Dutch Valerius Maximus

VALERIUS MAXIMUS and Conradus MIRKINIUS (translator). Negen boecken, van ghedenck-weerdighe, loflicke woorden, daden ende gheschiedenissen der Romeynen en de uytlandsche volcken. Overgheset uyt de Latijnsche in onse Nederduytsche tale, door Conradus Mirkinius.
Rotterdam, Jan Leendertsz. Berewout, 1614. 8vo. With woodcut publisher's device on title page, and some woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary limp vellum with the manuscript author on the spine, red sprinkled edges. [8], 610, [26] pp. Full description
€ 1,150
Education & Pedagogy Greek & Roman Classics
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Unique collection of 100 plates engraved ca. 1735-1750, most from well-known print series
containing mainly views of Alkmaar, Delft, Dordrecht, Oudewater, Rotterdam
and 10 great Manor houses in Kennemerland

[VIEWS - DUTCH]. Verzameling van honderd afbeeldingen, bestaande in: land- en watergezigten, oudheden, landhuizen, hofsteden, tuinen, lusthoven, enz. allen naar het leven geteekend en in koper gebragt door de Hollandsche meesters A. Rademaker, J.C. Philipo, J. Punt en anderen; tot nut van teeken-, schilder- en bouwkundigen.
Amsterdam, D. da Cunha & J.D. Gertner, [ca. 1835-1850]. Oblong 4to. With an title-page and 100 views (one twice) and plans (ca. 16.5 x 20 cm) of Dutch cities, manor houses, gardens, etc., partly numbered: (1-10), 11-19, (20-56), 57-75, (76-93), 94, (95-100). The numbered ones are views of manor houses and have a more elaborate frame (except for 57, 59 and 71 which have the number of their original series): they come from the Zegepralend Kennemerland and Het Verheerlykt Watergraafs- of Diemer-Meer (see below). Later (ca. 1900) three-quarter vellum. Full description
€ 3,950
Castles, Gardens & Mansions City Plans, Topography & Views Holland Prints & Print Series
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Against the rising tide: rare Dutch flood engravings on silk

[VIEWS - THE NETHERLANDS - SILK]. [Twelve views of the Netherlands, printed on silk].
[Amsterdam], widow of Jacobus Loveringh and Johannes Allart, [1775-1776]. Folio. With 12 full-page engravings printed on silk, with the selvedge on the bottom, captioned in Dutch with the word "proefdruk" (proof) printed in the lower right. Comprising:
The views relating to the Flood of 1775:
(1) Gezicht van het Bergsche veld, in het land van Heusden ... den 15den November 1775
(2) Gezicht uit Oosthuizen, op de dijkbreuk by Warder ... den 15den November 1775.
(3) Gezicht van den hogen vloed, in den N.N.W. storm, voor Scheveningen, den 15den November 1775.
(4) Gezicht van de dijkbreuk, aan den douk, op Texel ... den 15den November 1775.
(5) Gezicht van de overstrooming der sluis te Delfshaven, 's avonds den 14den November 1775.
(6) Gezicht van het Kattenburger plen te Amsterdam ... 's morgens den 15den November 1775.
(7) Gezicht in de Koekkoek, bij Kampen ... den 15den November 1775.
The views relating to the Flood of 1776:
(8) Gezicht van de overstrooming en doorbraak, van den IJsseldijk, buiten Gouda ... den 21sten en 22sten November 1776.
(9) Gezicht der overstroominge, op de Hooge Swaluwe, den 22sten November 1776.
(10) Gezicht van den storm en hogen vloed, voor Elburg, den 21sten November 1776.
(11) Gezicht der overstroominge en dijkbreuk, tusschen Vollenhoven en Kampen, den 22sten November 1776.
(12) IJgezicht, naar 't Blaauw Hoofd, voor Amsteldam ... den 21sten November 1776.
Kept in a pebble-grained dark brown buckram folder lined with blue patterned paper. Full description
€ 9,500
Book History, Printing & Typography City Plans, Topography & Views History / 18th Century Netherlands Water Management
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A ship’s pharmacy for the homeward passage to the Republic

[VOC - MEDICINE - BROADSIDE]. Catalogus der medicamenten voor het retour-schip.
Batavia, in 's Compagnies medicinale winkel, [before 1738]. 1 broadside, and 1 booklet. Ca. 53 x 42 cm. With: [BAUD, J. C.]. Proeve van eene geschiedenis van den handel en het verbruik van opium in Nederlandsch Indië.
1853. The booklet with grey paper wrappers. 79-220 pp. Full description
€ 8,500
Broadsides, Ephemera & Pamphlets Medicine & Pharmacy (18th Century) VOC
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At the end of the Company: Zeeland and the reorganisation of the VOC

[VOC - WIC]. Bericht der vergadering van Zeventien, by de provisionele repraesentanten des volks van Zeeland, den 22 september gerequireerd op het decreet der provisionele repraesentanten des volks van Holland van den 15 derzelve maand, aangaande een verandering in de directie der Generale Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
Middelburg, Isaac de Winter, 1795. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled boards. [2], 72, [28] pp. Full description
€ 750
Economic History & Trade Law & Politics Netherlands VOC WIC
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Notes by and letters to a pioneering Dutch genealogist concerning his own ancestry

VORSTERMAN VAN OYEN, Abraham Antonie. Geslacht Vorsterman. Hiertoe behooren Willem en Lucas Vorsterman.
Amsterdam, The Hague, Brussels, Vienna and other places, 1880s and 1890s. Numerous contemporary notes and letters, several with envelopes.
With:
(2) [HUNTING]. Extract uit de resolution van de heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland, genomen in haar edele groot mog. Vergadering op dingsdag den 8 septermber 1778.
[The Hague,] 1778.
(3) [HUNTING]. Extract uit de resolution van de heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland, genomen in haar edele groot mog. Vergadering op dingsdag den 18 april 1780.
[The Hague,] 1780. Preserved in a contemporary portfolio, probably re-used multiple times by the compiler. Full description
€ 1,500
Autographs & Letters Falconry, Fishing & Hunting Genealogy, Heraldry & Flags
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A monument to Dutch cartography: Colom’s 40 sheet wall map of Holland and Utrecht

[WALL MAP - THE NETHERLANDS - COLOM, Jacob Aertsz.]. Comitatus Hollandiae et Dominii Ultraiectini tabula = Carte nouvelle de la Comté de Hollande et de la Seigneurie d'Utrecht.
Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, [ca. 1725]. Ca. 160 x 289 cm. Mounted on linen, folded and kept together in a paper slipcase, the whole kept in a book-shaped box. Full description
€ 15,000
Charts & Maps Holland Utrecht
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Colonial law and the powers of the VOC

WASSENAER, Willem Frederik Hendrik van. Specimen inaugurale de coloniis quod favente supremo rerum domino ... A.D. Calend. April MDCCLXXIII H.L.Q.S.
Utrecht, Abraham van Paddenburg, 1773. 4to. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, and an engraved emblematic printer's device on the title page, both by Noach van der Meer. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco by the Utrecht Dissertation Bindery (1773-1800). [4], 62, [6] pp. Full description
€ 1,400
Bindings Law & Politics VOC
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A finely illustrated manuscript of Frisian history and antiquities

WENNING, Johannes Ype. Geschied- en oudheidkundig mengelwerk. Bijeen verzameld door --.
[Leeuwarden?], 1868. 8vo. With a calligraphed and illustrated title page, coloured by hand, a folding coloured drawing of the Wiarda state near Leeuwarden, and 5 smaller uncoloured drawings of other states. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript title on the spine, blue sprinkled edges. [4], 60, [92 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
Castles, Gardens & Mansions Drente. Friesland & Groningen Genealogy, Heraldry & Flags Manuscripts & Documents
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