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MAASKAMP, Evert. Afbeeldingen van de kleedingen, zeden en gewoonten in Holland, met den aanvang der negentiende eeuw. ... Tableaux des habillements, des moeurs et des coutumes en Hollande, au commencement du dix-neuvième siècle. ...
Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, [1811?]. Imperial 4to (30 x 25.5 cm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece dated 1805, and 20 numbered engraved plates of Dutch costumes, all dated 1811, frontispiece and plates coloured for the publisher by the painter Jan Willem Pieneman. Contemporary boards, orange paper sides edged with a gold-tooled roll. Rebacked in red morocco (ca. 1900?). [28] ll. (15 printed on both sides) plus 21 plates. Full description

MAASKAMP, Evert, and others. Tableau des principales vues des palais et edifices; representations et des coutumes et usages, dans les Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas.
Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, [ca. 1825]. Oblong folio. With 68 hand-coloured engraved plates and aquatints by different artist, some of them in proof-state with manuscript captions, depicting Dutch city views and Dutch costumes. Contemporary boards covered with dark-brown paper with a gilt border along the edges and a gilt-stamped title on the front board; preserved in a grey modern cloth box. 69 ll. Full description

[MANUSCRIPT - PORTRAITS]. [BRUN, Charles le and F. de KAARSGIETER (translator)]. Afbeelding der hartstogten, of middelen om dezelve volkomen te leren aftekenen.
[The Netherlands?, after 1703]. 8vo. With 43 leaves showing neat pencil and ink portrait drawings, mainly one portrait to a leaf, sometimes two. 9 illustrations are drawn within a purple pencil grid, nearly all illustrations are captioned in French in pencil (noting the emotion depicted in the portrait). Written in a very neat late-18th-century(?) cursive in black and brown ink. 18th- or 19th-century gold-tooled half calf, orange and brown marbled paper sides. [1], [1 blank], [80] pp. and 43 ll. with portrait drawings. Full description

MARRE, Jan de. Batavia, begrepen in zes boeken.
Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor & heirs of G. onder de Linden, 1740.
With:
(2) MARRE, Jan de. Bespiegelingen over gods wysheid in't bestier der schepselen, en eerkroon voor de Caab de Goede Hoop.
Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor & heirs of G. onder de Linden, 1746.
(3) MARRE, Jan de. Hof- en mengeldichten.
Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor & heirs of G. onder de Linden, 1746.
3 works in 1 volume, the first in 6 parts. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece and an elaborate title-vignette (identical on all three title-pages. And ad. 1 with a folding engraved plate of Jakarta "as it was in 1731" by Jan van der Laan. Contemporary vellum, red spine label. [36], 320, [6]; [42], 178, [22], [20], 214, [4] pp. Full description

MIERIS, Frans van. Histori der Nederlandsche vorsten, uit de huizen van Beijere, Borgonje, en Oostenryk; welken, sedert de regeering van Albert, Graaf van Holland, tot den dood van Keizer Karel den Vyfden, het hooggezag aldaar gevoerd hebben.
The Hague, Pieter de Hondt, 1732-1735. 3 volumes. Large folio (41 x 26.5 cm). With an engraved dedication page by Jan Wandelaar, a number of engraved vignettes and ca. 1000 engraved reproductions of both sides of coins and medals. Volume 1 with 2 letterpress folding genealogical tables. Lacking the frontispiece by Bernard Picart. Modern red half morocco. [32], 466, [107]; [8], 484, 56; [4], 446, [58] pp. Full description

MONDE, Nicolaas van der. Tijdschrift voor geschiedenis, oudheden en statistiek van Utrecht. Jaargang 1-9. 2de Serie. Jaargang 1-3.
Utrecht, Nicolaas van der Monde, 1835-1846. 12 volumes. With 12 lithographed titles, 64 lithographed or engraved plans, views, and plates (several folding and 1 handcoloured), and 14 folding tables. Contemporary gold-tooled half mottled calf. Circa 500 pp. each vol. Full description

MOUCHERON, Isaac de. Plusieurs belles, et plaisante veües et la cour de Heemstede, dans la Province d'Utrecht. | Verscheyde schoone en vermaakelyke gezigten van Heemstede, gelegen in de Provintie van Utrecht.
[Amsterdam], Hendrik de Leth, [ca. 1731/40]. Small oblong folio (22 x 32.5 cm). With 26 numbered engraved prints, including the title-page. 20th-century half vellum, marbled paper sides. 26 engraved ll. Full description

[MOUROT, Jean François Michel]. [Gezigten van buitenplaatsen en gebouwen tusschen Utrecht en de Grebbe].
Utrecht, I.P. Houtman, [1828-1830]. Oblong 4to. With 2 lithographed index leaves, and 75 full-page lithographed views of estates and gardens in Utrecht (including De Bilt, Zeist, Doorn, Driebergen, Leersum, and Amerongen), protected by a leaf of rice-paper. Contemporary half green morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, marbled paper sides. [2] ll. + 75 plates. Full description

[MULDER, Joseph and DE LESPINE]. Veues de Gunterstein. Dediees A Madame de Gunterstein et de Thienhoven.
Amsterdam, Nicolas Visscher, [ca. 1690]. Oblong 4to (20.5 x 28 cm). With richely engraved allegorical title by J. Mulder, and 15 fine engraved views of the House and Gardens of Gunterstein, on the Vecht near Breukelen, engraved by De Lespine. Old boards. [16] ll. Full description

NOOT, Jan van der. Cort begryp der XII. boeken Olympiados. ... Abregé des douze livres Olympiades.
Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1579. With 1 engraved plate (portrait of the author), 17 full-page engravings (ca. 16 x 11.5 cm.) by Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert after designs of the monogrammist CVSK and a full-page woodcut of an obelisk at the end, signed with the monogram "HE".
With:
(2) NOOT, Jan van der. Lofsang van Braband. ... Hymne de Braband.
Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1580. With 4 full-page woodcuts (portrait of the author, allegorical illustration, arms of Brabant and the other 16 provinces, and an obelisk).
(3) NOOT, Jan van der. Verscheyden poeticsche werken. ... Divers oeuvres poetiques.
Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1581. With full-page woodcut portrait of the author, and a full-page woodcut obelisk at the end. 3 works in 1 volume. Folio. All 3 works with text in Dutch and French. Early 18th-century gold-tooled mottled calf. [14], 87, [1]; [8], 33, [4]; [40] pp. plus 1 plate. Full description