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Miracles from Brussels, illustrated by Adriaen Collaert

YDENS, Steven. Historie van het H. Sacrament der mirakelen. Berustende tot Bruessel inde collegiale kercke van S. Goedele. Beschreven door M. Steven Ydens Brusselaer, priester, licent. inde H. Godtheyt, ende canonick vande voorseyde kercke.
Brussels, Rutger Velpius, 1608. Small 8vo. With an engraved vignette on the title page and 17 engravings on the integral leaves, woodcut pictorial initials, and headpieces built up from typographic ornaments. Later calf (ca. 1700?). [46], 282, [20] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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An indispensable source for genealogists

[YEARBOOK]. Naamwijzer, aantoonende alle de naamen en woonplaatsen van de edele achtbare magistraat der stad Middelburg in Zeeland ... Dienende van Novemb[er] 1792 tot Novemb[er] 1793.
Middelburg, Hermanus Snel, [1792].
With: (2) DAM, Dirk Jansz van. Middelburgsche wagt-almanach, na de nieuwe stijl. Op het jaar ... MDCCXCIII.
Middelburg, Hermanus Snel, [1792]. 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of Middelburg on the title page of each work. Contemporary green vellum wrappers in envelope style, with the manuscript year 1793 on the front. 129, [19]; [20] pp. Full description
€ 950
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The most important people in Middelburg in 1831 and 1832

[YEARBOOK]. Middelburgsche naamwijzer voor het jaar 1831.
Including: (2) [ALMANAC]. Middelburgsche almanak, naar den nieuwen stijl, op het jaar onzes heeren Jezus Christus 1831.
Middelburg, De erven J. C. Altorffer, [1830].
With: (3) [YEARBOOK]. Middelburgsche naamwijzer voor het jaar 1832.
Including:
(4) [ALMANAC]. Middelburgsche almanak, naar den nieuwen stijl, op het schrikkel-jaar onzes heeren Jezus Christus 1832.
(5) [CONVERSION TABLES]. De specie-tafelen van rijksdaalders, dukatons, acht-en-twintigen, kwart guldens, vijf-franken en Fransche kroonen.
Middelburg, De erven J. C. Altorffer, [1831]. 2 works in 2 volumes, the first in 2 parts and the second in 3 parts. 12mo. Contemporary marbled board, with the manuscript year of publication on the spine. 120, [4], [24]; 119, [5], [24], 24 pp. Full description
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Putting Zeeland on the literary map

[ZEELAND - POETRY]. Zeeusche nachtegael, ende de selfs dryderly gesang: geheel anders inder waerheyt verthoont, als de selve voor desen by sommighe uyt enckel mis-verstant verkeerdelijck is gheoordeelt. Door verscheyden treffelijcke Zeeusche poëten by een ghebracht; ende verciert met koopere plaeten.
Middelburg, Jan Pietersz. van de Venne, 1623.
With: (2) VENNE, Adriaen van de. Tafereel van sinne-mal.
Middelburg, Jan Pietersz vande Venne, 1623. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a large woodcut printer's device on the title page of each part, a woodcut headpiece with a view of Middelburg at the start of each part, a full-page engraved emblematic coat of arms and 7 large emblems by D. van Bremden, W. de Passe, P. de Jode, C. van Queboren and P. Serwouter after designs by Adriaen van de Venne in the first part; 8 large engravings in the text showing witty scenes, designed and engraved by Adriaen van de Venne in the second part. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum. [10], 86, [4], 60, [4], 63, [1 blank]; [8], 114 pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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A unique and reliable source for all matter concerning the Amsterdam Lutheran community

ZESEN, Philipp von. Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam. Darinnen von derselben ersten Ursprunge bis auf gegenwärtigen Zustand, ihr unterschiedlicher Anwachs, herliche Vorrechte, und in 60 Kupferstücken entworfene führnehmste Gebeue, zusamt ihrem Stahtswesen, Kaufhandel, und ansehnlicher Macht zur See, wie auch wass ich in und mit derselben märkwürdiges zugetragen, vor Augen gestellet werden. Hier ist auch beigefügt, ein Appendix oder Beschreibung der neuen Auslage der Stadt Amsterdam, samt den Kupferstücken.
Amsterdam, Markus Wilhelmsen Doornik, 1664. 12mo. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece, and 58 engraved plates (2 full-page, 4 folding, and 52 double-page). Contemporary overlapping vellum. [22], 567 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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"One of the nicest townbooks of Amsterdam, finely illustrated and rarely found complete"

ZESEN, Philipp von. Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam: Darinnen von derselben ersten ursprunge bis auf gegenwärtigen Zustand, ihr unterschiedlicher anwachs, herliche Vorrechte, und in mehr als 70 Kupfer-stükken entworfene führnehmste Gebeue, zusamt ihrem Stahts-wesen, Kauf-handel, und ansehnlicher macht zur see, wie auch was sich in und mit derselben märkwürdiges zugetragen, vor augen gestellet werden.
Amsterdam, Joachim Noschen, 1664. 4to. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, a large engraving in the text showing two prisoners at work in the Amsterdam penal institution, the "Rasphuis", and 73 (one added twice) engraved plans and views of Amsterdam (1 full-page, 68 double-page, 4 folding). Contemporary overlapping vellum. [8], 398, [22] pp. Full description
€ 7,500
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Rare Dutch shipbuilding manual, with 8 plates

ZWIJNDREGT (ZWYNDREGT), Leendert van. Verhandeling van den Hollandschen scheepsbouw, raakende de verschillende chartres der oorlogsschepen, tot 's lands dienst, en ter betrachtinge van alle bespiegelende en werkdadige liefhebberen der Hollandsche scheepsbouwkunde, ... Waarby, tot een aanhangsel, gevoegd is eene verhandeling van't bouwen der koopvaardyschepen door C. de Ruiter.
The Hague, Pieter van Thol, 1759. 4to. With engraved frontispiece view of a shipyard, title-page printed in red and black with charming woodcut device, the dedication with an armorial headpiece giving the arms of the dedicatee (Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer) and 8 engraved folding plates, including one very large (83 x 30 cm), showing the most important parts of a Dutch galleon with 50 cannons. 20th-century half vellum. [8], VIII, 126, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 4,750
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