Low Countries

[REYGERSBERCH, Jan Janse]. Dye cronijcke van Zeelandt.
Antwerp, Widow of Heyndrick Peetersen, 1551. 4to. With an allegorical woodcut title with the coat of arms of the province of Zeeland, Charles V and Maximilian, a folding woodcut map of Zeeland, a small woodcut portrait of Charles V, a full-page woodcut coat of arms of Zeeland on the verso of the last leaf, and 6 mostly full-page woodcut coats of arms of Maximilian, the province of Zeeland, and of the cities Middelburg, Veere, Zierikzee and Cortgene in the text, further with numerous decorated woodcut initials. 17th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf. [194] ll. Full description

REYNDERS (REIJNDERS), Pieter. [Rural and small town scenes in Holland].
[Amsterdam, ca. 1800]. ca. 32 x 25 cm. A series of 3 three-dimensional papercuts: hand-cut craftwork in a lace-like style, all 3 depicting typical Dutch scenes with farmhouses, windmills, churches, farmers, animals and a small town. White paper cuttings mounted on blue surface-stained paper, framed in a white cardboard passe-partout with clear plastic protecting the scenes. Full description

[RHETORICIANS]. Spelen va[n] sinne byde[n] .xix. gheconfirmeerden cameren van rhetorijcken binnen der stede van Ghendt comparerende, verthoont, volghende den octroye vander K. Maiesteyt, Grave va[n] Vlaendren, onsen gheduchte[n] Heere, schepenen der selver stede, en[de] camere van rhetorijcke vander heylige drievuldicheyt, gheseyt de fonteynisten, verleent, en[de] der charte uutghesonde[n] op de questie, welck den mensche stervende, meesten troost is: die selve spele[n] beghinnende by ordre, so hier na volcht, de[n] .xii. junij, int jaer m.ccccc.xxxix. En[de] werde[n] volspeelt en[de] gheeyndt, den .xxiii. vanden jare en[de] maent voorsz.
(Colophon: Antwerp, [Matthias Crom], 25 October 1539). 8vo. 18th-century half vellum. [220] ll. Full description

HEYNS, Zacharias. Const-thoonende juweel by de loflijcke stadt Haerlem, ten versoecke van trou moet blijcken, in't licht gebracht. Waer inne duydelick verclaert ende verthoont wordt alles wat den mensche mach wecken om den armen te troosten, ende zijnen naesten by te staen. In twaelf spelen van sinne, so veel intreden, refreynen ende liedekens ghestelt in redenrijck naer de volgende voorgegevene caerte van 't speel-korenken.
Zwolle, Zacharias Heyns, 1607. With large emblematic device with the coat of arms of Haarlem on title-page, 2 full-page engravings of raised-platform stages, 13 full-page engraved emblematic devices of the chambers of rhetoric (most including 1 or 2 coats of arms), 13 pages of songs with letterpress music notes, and 13 large folding oblong plates on 2 or more sheets depicting the festive entree of each group of actors from the competing chambers of rhetoric.
(2) [RHETORICIANS - REDERIJKERS - HAARLEM]. Haerlems juweel, tot nut vande oude arme uyt liefden ten thoon ghestelt nae de voorgegevene caerte vant speelcorenken.
Zwolle, Zacharias Heyns, 1608. With a large engraving on title-page, repeated from the first work, a full-page engraved emblematic device of the Flemish chamber of rhetoric, "Het Wit Angelierken" from Haarlem, and large folding oblong plate on 3 sheets depicting the festive entree of the actors of the Flemish chamber of rhetoric. 4to. 2 works in 1 volume. Contemporary vellum. [266]; 12 ll. Full description

[STATES OF HOLLAND AND WEST-FRIESLAND]. Circulaire brief, van de Heeren Ridderschap en Edelen, van Hollandt en West-Vrieslant; nevens t antwoort van de Ed. Groot Achtb. Heeren Burgermeesteren en Regeerders der stadt Amsterdam, op de voorsz. Brief.
[Amsterdam,] Jan Cyprianus van der Graft [= Jacobus Hackius?], 1685. 4to. With a woodcut title vignette. Disbound. 24 pp. Full description

[RIEGEL, Christoph]. Ausführliche und grundrichtige Beschreibung der freyvereinigten Staaten und Spannischen Niederlanden, in gewisse und sonderbare XVII. Länder abgetheilet ...
Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig, Christoph Riegel, 1691. 12mo. With a folding engraved frontispiece, 61 full-page engraved plans, and 59 full-page engraved views of the cities and fortifications of the Low Countries. Contemporary vellum with an oval supralibros mounted in the centre of both boards, red edges, leather closing ties. [8], 1078, [8] pp. + 120 engravings. Full description

RIEMER, Jacob de. Beschryving van 'sGraven-hage, behelzende deszelfs oorsprong, benaming, gelegentheid, uitbreidingen, onheilen en luister, mitsgaders stigtinge van het hof, der kerken, kloosters, kapellen, godshuizen, en andere voornaame gebouwen...
Delft, Reinier Boitet (part 1); The Hague, Johannes de Cros (part 2), 1730-1739. 2 parts in 3 volumes. Folio. With engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication in volume 1 and 3, and a total of 57 engraved plates, mostly folding. Contemporary red half sheepskin. [38], 509, [3]; [2], 511-756, [2], 759-946, [54]; [12], 289, [3], 293-495, [1], 497-520, [2], 3-78, [20] pp. Full description

[RIJCKE, Lambertus de, Nathane (de) VAY & Job de RIEU]. Bergues sur le Soom assiegée le 18 de Jullet 1622, et des-assiegée le 3 d'Octobre ensuivant. Selon la description faite par les trois pasteurs de l'église d'icelle.
Middelburg, Jean vander Hellen for Rombout van Hamerste, 1623. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 2 decorated woodcut initials, and several headpieces made up of typographical ornaments.19th-century gold-tooled red morocco with the title lettered in gold on the spine. [16], 281, [11] pp. Full description

ROBIDÉ VAN DER AA, Christianus Petrus Eliza . Oud-Nederland in de uit vroegere dagen, overgeblevene burgen en kasteelen geschetst en afgebeeld.
Nijmegen, C.A. Vieweg, 1841-1846. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. With 72 full-page lithographed views of the old Dutch castles and mansions, mostly after designs by J.F. Christ. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled purplish-blue half calf. Each plate is accompanied by 8 to 20 pages of description and historical notes. Full description

[ROGHMAN, Roelant (etcher)]. [Collection of 24 etchings showing Dutch landscapes with views].
[ca. 1670]. Oblong 8vo. With 24 etchings tipped onto the leaves of an album. 19th-century diced half red morocco, red cloth sides, with the name of the etcher lettered in gold on the spine. [26] ll. Full description