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2 works in 2 volumes, the first in 2 parts and the second in 3 parts. Two consecutive volumes of the yearbook of the city of Middelburg, which contain the names of the most important people in the city at the time, including council members, city officials, physicians, judges, headmasters, and firefighters, as well as the local…

4to. Interleaved copy of the first edition of an early catalogue of woodcuts and engravings depicting Nuremberg and surroundings by Christian Gottlieb Müller. It is divided into 26 chapters, each devoted to a different subject: maps, views, traditional costumes, monuments, coins, war, art, crafts, etc., mentioning the publicatio…

Bilateral treaty between the United Kingdom and the government of His Majesty the King of Yemen, presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The negotiations between the governments commenced on 29 August 1950 and ended on 12 October 1950. Some of the terms agreed are: the establishment of diplomatic r…

A political pamphlet in verse celebrating peace and dated less than a month before the signing of the Twelve Years' Truce between Spain and the Dutch Republic. The main poem takes the form of a "codicil" to War's "last will and testament." It recites the various legacies, both good and bad, that the War has left to people on bot…

Ordinance, or by-law on the inspection of the famous Frisian jumper-stallions, including instructions and test requirements for the inspectors following the revised rules confirmed at Leeuwarden on 5 September 1772, and signed by U. van Burmania and H.W. v. Plettenberg.Edges a little dust-soiled and frayed, otherwise in good con…

Though signed as 'Hugo de Groot' (the famous scholar and jurisconsult Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), this satirical pamphlet from 1685 is by an anonymous writer using Grotius' name as a pseudonym and using also many other classical names and places (the Parnas, etc.) to denounce the procedures for the nominations and appointments in…

First edition of a biography of General Sir Edmund Allenby (later, Field Marshal and Viscount, 1861-1936). The work treats his Arabian period as commander of the cavalry division in Palestine during the First World War. Allenby made his name in Palestine. He rebuilt the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, established up-to-date Wester…

First edition of a biography of General Sir Edmund Allenby (later, Field Marshal and Viscount, 1861-1936). The work treats his Arabian period as commander of the cavalry division in Palestine during the First World War. Allenby made his name in Palestine. He rebuilt the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, established up-to-date Wester…

Answer to a question of the yearly prize contest, offered in 1789 by the Amsterdam 'Geneeskundig Genootschap' (Medical Society) operating under the motto 'Servadis civibus': weather there would possibly be more simple, cheaper and local medicaments, even for severe diseases. The positive answer by Evert Jan Thomassen à Thuessink…

A charming little agenda 12mo edition, in the original Latin, of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino's most famous and most popular work, known in English as The art of dying well. Roberto Bellarmino (1542-1621) or Robert Bellarmine, a learned and pious Italian Jesuit had a great reputation with Catholics and Protestants alike. He joine…

Large format albumen print showing three Arabic men at prayer in the Algerian desert. The image is numbered and titled in the negative, and signed with the initials "ND", a photographer who is otherwise unknown. The present photograph is part of a series of images of the same three men in various praying positions. On the presen…

Letter addressed to Ferdinand II, King of Two Sicilies (1810-1859) signed by Maria Luigios, with congratulations on the birth of his eldest son with Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1816-1867), Luigi Maria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1838-1886) who was born on the 1st of August. The letter is signed by Maria Luigios, who was i…

Large map of the Pyrenees, a mountain range on the border between France and Spain, after Nicolas Sanson (1600-1675). Apparently printed from the original plates, differing from the map issued in Mortier's "Jaillot-Atlas".Very good copy, slightly browned.l Pastoureau, Jail. II C map 166. Engraved map on 2 assembled sheets (54.5…

Two beautiful photographs by Jean Pascal Sébah (1872-1947), one of the most famous photographers of his time, who specialised in Orientalist photography. He continued the business of his father Pascal Sébah (1823-1886), one of the first photographers working in Egypt. Apart from their photographs of important locations in the Mi…

Medical ordinances and a list of the new taxes on nearly 2000 named medicinal components. As the Habsburgs in the 1770's attempted to strengthen their control over the professional standards and business activity of pharmacists and medical personnel in their realms, the authorities imposed new taxes on behalf of Empress Maria Th…

Fine illustrated German almanac, with a calendar, and literary contributions, including poetry, a story in prose, and several aphorisms. Most are signed only with initials, but two have been signed by Von Münchausen. Each month in the calendar is accompanied by a poem. Several of these are listed at the beginning, which means th…

3 parts in 1 volume. The third and enlarged edition of the works on and by the Roman biographer Suetonius, edited by J.G. Graevius. Graevius was a specialist in Greek and Latin antiquities, and the works of the scholars from this period. It includes Suetonius' work on the twelve emperors of Rome, Charles Patin's notes on Suetono…

Manuscript death certificate, including a red wax seal, of a former employee of the French East India Company who is buried in the cemetery of the Église Notre-Dame-des-Anges in Puducherry, which was the capital of the Indian district (and later also the larger union territory) of the same name, which was ruled by the French fro…

Unrecorded issue of one of the most popular Dutch songbooks of the 18th century, containing songs for weddings, funerals, and other events where people traditionally sang together. Multiple editions of the work were published in the 17th and 18th centuries, but the present has been edited to only include songs that were actually…

First edition of the first national Pharmacology framed and edited by Sebald Justinus Brugmans, prof. of medicine and botany at Leiden University, Petrus Driessen, prof. at Groningen University, Gerard Vrolik, prof. at the Athenaeum Illustre, Amsterdam, and Joh. Rud. Deiman, physician at Amsterdam, by order of the Government of…

Rare second(?) edition of a peace treaty between the Dutch Republic and the Regency of Algiers, signed in 1757, ending the war that had started in 1755. It lists the agreements made between the two parties, especially concerning Algiers's attitude towards ships sailing the waters around and ports of Algiers. Some articles deal w…

Letter in French, signed and with a long autograph postscript, written from Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by the Dutch governor of Ceylon, Cornelis Dionysius Krayenhoff to Thomas de Saint Laurent, apparently Jean de Thomas (1762-1835), 3rd Count of Saint-Laurent, a French naval officer. Krayenhoff was a director of the Dutch Eas…

The original, heavily revised, juridical documents of a case handled by the bailiff of Rhineland, Johan van den Bergh, at the supreme court of Holland, against Pieter Oostenrijk "Broodbakker tot Soeterwoude", who killed the town's blacksmith Cornelis Jansz. Schrier using a knife. Pieter Oostenrijk was banned from Holland and Wes…

2 works in 1 volume. Largest edition of one of the most popular Dutch songbooks of the 18th century, containing songs for weddings, funerals, and other events where people traditionally sang together. Songbooks such as these are also known as mopsjes. This name is probably reminiscent of Mopsus, the shepherd who appears in many…

Rare and finely produced edition of Giovanni Battista Guarini's (1538-1612) famous pastoral drama Il Pastor Fido, here of special interest for its fine binding by the so-called "Bird's Head Bindery", Amsterdam. The design is exceptionally rich but light for a Dutch binding from the period. The spine compartments show a charming…

Signed autograph letter from Antony Troyer (1775-1865), an English translator of oriental literature and Indianist, to Joseph Toussaint Reinaud (1795-1867). It gives some account of the research that Troyer and probably also Reinaud were carrying out on the Rajatarangini, the historical Sanskrit chronicle of the north-western pa…

Album with manuscripts in French and Dutch from the notable Amsterdam literary family Alberdingk Thijm. More than half gives a full account, in French, of a tourist trip to Paris in 1838 by Mrs. Catharina Alberdingk Thijm (1793-1864) and her friends. Without their children they enjoyed the amusement and culture of fashionable Pa…

Collection of 11 snapshots from the early 1920s, likely taken by a British soldier stationed in the Middle East. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly where these photographs were taken, but presumably in Mesopotamia (present day Iraq). Great Britain was actively involved in Mesopotamia from 1914-1932. Prior to the First World War…

4 volumes. The history of Overijssel, by Gerhard Dumbar Jr. (1743-1802), in the original Dutch. The third volume is divided into three parts, with separate title-pages, but a single sequence of page numbers. Dumbar left it unfinished at his death, breaking off after the first part of volume four. It was published by the "Compagn…

First edition of the famous philosophical dialogues by Frans Hemsterhuis (1721-1790), probably the most original Dutch philosopher of the 18th century, who influenced Immanuel Kant and romanticism. In the dialogues between Aristée and Dioclès, Hemsterhuis discussed the existence of God and his relation to man, aiming at a synthe…