Highlights

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

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

[MEDICINE LIST - ANTWERP - BROADSIDE]. Lijste der medicijnen. relatief tot het placcaet in dato 10 april, als hier onder.
[Antwerp, in or after 1684]. Ca. 51 x 37 cm. Full description

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