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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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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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