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First edition of a popular play, with fine etched plates by Pieter Nolpe

[TENGNAGEL, Mattheus Ganzneb]. Het leven van Konstance: waer af volgt het tooneelspel, de Spaensche heidin.
Amsterdam, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, voor Johannes Jacott, 1643. Small 4to. With 6 full-page etchings by Pieter Nolpe after Simon de Vlieger, Pieter Quast, and Izak Izaksoon, musical scores by Gerret Bolhamer, a woodcut device on the title-page, 15 decorated woodcut initials of different sizes, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum, 171, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 5,000
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Rare large paper set of the first edition of this exuberantly illustrated highlight
of 19th-century Dutch topography

TERWEN, Johannes Leonardus. Het koningrijk der Nederlanden, voorgesteld in eene reeks van naar de natuur geteekende schilderachtige gezigten.
Gouda, G.B. van Goor, 1858-1862. 3 volumes. Folio. With 3 steel-engraved frontispieces (one for every volume) and 136 steel-engraved plates with view on the described cities and towns. Every text page is printed within a blue engraved ornamental frame. Uniformly bound in the original publisher's purple cloth. 1-240; 241-488; 489-820 pp. Full description
€ 3,750
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Unrecorded publication by the Governor General of Surinam,
concerning taxes on slaves and goods from plantations

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
€ 7,950
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Dedication copy 'van den auteur', winning the second prize of a contest
offered by the Amsterdam Geneeskundig Genootschap

THOMASSEN A THUESSINK, Evert Jan. Prijsverhandeling over de vraag, voorgesteld door het geneeskundig genootschap, onder de zinspreuk Servandis civibus, in hoe verre zou men, by gebrek aan de apotheek, uit kelder en keuken de vereischte geneesmiddelen, ook tegen de zwaarste ziekten en kwaalen, zo uit- als inwendig, kunnen bekomen; mits uitzonderende de volgende middelen, kina, kwik, opium, staal, delfzuren, rhabarber en ipecacoanna?
Amsterdam, Petrus Conradi, 1789. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled paper sides, brown morocco spine label lettered in gold. 266 pp. Full description
€ 400
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Unique source for the early 19th-century Utrecht ceramic tile art industry

[TILES - MODEL BOOK]. [Model book of Dutch tile designs].
[Utrecht?, ca. 1810?]. Small square 4to (20 x 19 cm). With 111 pen and wash model drawings for Dutch tiles on the rectos of 105 leaves, most in greys but many in brown or a beautiful Delft blue. Several combine more than one colour, all in the actual size of tiles. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. [2 blank], 105, [6 blank] ll. Full description
€ 35,000
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Rare complete set of one of the finest series of views of the Netherlands of the 18th century.

[TIRION - VIEWS - NETHERLAND]. Het verheerlykt Nederland of kabinet van hedendaagsche gezigten van steden, dorpen, sloten, adelyke huizen, kerken, torens, poorten; en andere voornaame stad- en land- gebouwen, in en omtrent alle de byzondere Vereenigde Nederlandsche provinciën.
Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion and widow of Isaak Tirion, 1745-1774.
With: (2) [TIRION - VIEWS - NETHERLAND]. Het verheerlykt Kleefschland of kabinet van Kleefsche oudheden en gezichten van steden, dorpen, sloten, adelyke huizen, kerken, torens, poorten; en andere stad- en land-gebouwen in Kleefschland ... dienende tot een aanhangzel van het verheerlykt Nederland, by I. Tirion uitgegeeven.
Amsterdam, Leiden, Harlingen, Dordrecht, P. Schouten, J. de Groot, G. Warnars, S. and J. Luchtmans, A. and P. Blussé, Volkert van der Plaats, [ca. 1775]. 10 parts in 2 volumes. 4to. With 845 engraved views, mostly 2 views per plate, some double page, the title page of the first part is printed in red and black. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf [4]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2] ll. + 845 views Full description
€ 5,000
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Travelling through the Kingdom of Holland during the reign of Louis Napoleon

[TRAVEL GUIDE]. Le voyageur en Hollande. Ouvrage indispensable pour chacun qui voyage dans ce pays.
Including: [TRAVEL GUIDE]. Atlas faisant partie du Voyageur en Hollande.
Amsterdam, The Hague, Middelburg, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Leiden, L.A.C. Hesse, Brothers Van Cleef, S. van Benthem, etc., 1807. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. With a folding letterpress title page to the atlas and 19 folding engraved maps and plans. Contemporary gold-tooled half sprinkled calf. [2], 8, 16, 120,129-218 pp. Full description
€ 1,950
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Very rare first edition of a very interesting early 19th-centure travel guide for The Netherlands

[TRAVEL GUIDE - THE NETHERLANDS]. Le voyageur dans les Pays-Bas Unis. Ouvrage indispensable pour chacun qui voyage dans ces Pays. Orné de 28 cartes, plans, vues, etc.
Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, 1815. 12mo. With a title vignette showing the Amsterdam publishing house of Evert Maaskamp, 3 folding maps, 13 double-page maps by I.B.D.B., 3 double-page city plans of Amsterdam, the Hague and Rotterdam, 6 full-page plates of the coins in use in The Netherlands on 1 folding leaf and 2 full-page plates of the ground floor of the Amsterdam city hall and Paleis Het Loo; all coloured by a contemporary hand. Original publisher's blue paper wrappers over boards. [2], 380, XXII, [10] pp. Full description
€ 1,850
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