History, Law & Philosophy / Law & Politics

[SWANENBURG, Isaac Claesz. van (after); DOLENDO, Zacharias?]. Vertoninghe der tegenwoordighe stant int vrye-Nederlandt.
[The Netherlands], 1618. (ca. 22 x 29,5 cm). Engraved print on paper. In passe-partout. Full description

SWART, Henri Nicolas Alfred. Two autograph letters to Horace Gybland Oosterhoff.
Brussels, 3 October and 7 October 1936. Folio. Folded. [1] and [2] ll. Full description

[TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID]. LAW, John (subject). Het groot tafereel der dwaasheid ...
[Amsterdam], 1720. Folio. With the title page printed in red and black, 78 mostly double-page or folding engraved plates with caricatures on the 1720 Bubble, and a double-page hand-coloured plate of the foundations of a house near Leiden loosely inserted in the back. Contemporary gold-tooled half blueish green roan, with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, blue paste paper sides. [1], [1 blank], 25, [1], 52, "31" [= 29], [1 blank], 8, 9, [1 blank] pp. and engraved ll. Full description

[TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID], LAW, John (subject). Het groot tafereel der dwaasheid ...
[Amsterdam], 1720. Folio. With the title page printed in red and black and 79 engraved plates, most double-page and several larger folding sheets, including several maps and the plate with the complete set of 52 playing cards. The copy contains the register listing 74 items and 4 plates not in Mullers principal list (Muller 3611(note), 3612, 3613, and 3615). Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf, with the title and year lettered in gold on the spine, sewn on 7 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, bound by the Double Drawer Handle Bindery in Amsterdam (Storm van Leeuwen). [1], [1 blank], 25, [1], 52, 31, [1 blank], 8, 9, [1 blank] pp. and 79 engraved plates (2 before the title page). Full description

[TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID]. LAW, John (subject). Het groot tafereel der dwaasheid ...
[Amsterdam], 1720. Folio. With the title page printed in red and black and 79 engraved plates (including 1 repeat of plate 54, 3589 Muller), most double-page and several larger folding sheets, including several maps and the plate with the complete set of 52 playing cards (Pasquin variant). The copy contains the register listing 74 items and 4 plates not in Mullers principal list (Muller 3611-3613 and 3615), but unfortunately lacks plate 18 (3553 Muller). (Near-) Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf, with the title and year lettered in gold on the spine, sewn on 7 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine. Bound by the Bird's Head Bindery in Amsterdam (ca. 1728-1765?), see Storm van Leeuwen. [1], [1 blank], 25, [1], 52, 31, [1 blank], 8, 10 pp. and 79 engraved plates (2 before the title page). Full description

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

THÜMMEL, Hans Wilhelm von. Historische, statistische, geographische und topographische Beiträge zur kenntniss des herzogthums Altenburg.
Altenburg, 1818. Folio. With 38 hand-coloured engraved portraits (a few with signatures of the subjects), 1 uncoloured engraved portrait, engraved map of the area by L. Michaelis after A. Krehan, small engraved map in text showing the districts Paditz and Kotteritz, and 1 engraved text. Contemporary boards. 3-112, 8, [4] pp. Full description

THUYS, Jacques. Ars notariatus. Dat is: Conste en[de] stijl van notarischap: begrepen in Theorijcke ende Practijcke... Desen derden druck, grootelijcken vermeerdert ende verbetert ...
Antwerp, Arnout s'Conincx, 1590. Small 8vo (15.5 x 10 cm). With woodcut publisher's device (with letterpress motto "Virtute et constantia") on title-page, a woodcut tail-piece and woodcut decorated initials (3 series). Set in textura types with incidental roman, with sample documents set in civilité with incidental italic. 17th-century parchment. [16], 231, [1] pp. Full description

TJASSENS, Johan. Zee-politie der Vereenichde Nederlanden verthoont in een tafel, ende twee kleyne boecken ... Waer achter ghevoecht zijn eenighe saecken tot onderrechtinge en kennisse tot de politie dienende.
The Hague, Johan Veely, 1652. 4to. Contemporary vellum. [36], 276 pp. Full description

[TRANSVAAL ROYAL COMMISSION]. Report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into and report upon all matters relating to the settlement of the Transvaal territory. Part 1[-2].
With:
- Further correspondence respecting the affairs of the Transvaal and adjacent territories.
- Further correspondence respecting the affairs of the Bechuanaland and adjacent territories.
- Report of the commissioners appointed to determine land claims and to effect a land settlement in British Bechuanaland.
- Correspondence respecting the affairs of Pondoland [3 parts].
London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1882-1888. 2 volumes. Folio. With a total of 21 folding lithographed maps, many coloured in outline.
Contemporary brown cloth, with a red title-label on the spine. 249, [1]; 121, [1]; VI, 58; VI, 129, [1]; [2], 97, [1]; IV, 25, [1]; XI, [1 blank], 187, [1]; IV, 19, [1] pp. Full description