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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
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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
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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
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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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