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The various grades of nobility View picture(s) 241 ROU(C)K, Thomas de. Adelyk tooneel, of historische beschrijvinge, van allerley trappen van adeldom, en riddelijke ordens, met haar oorspronk. Mitsgaders der zelfder wapen-schilden, en toestel, in koningrijken, gemeene-besten, steden en volkeren, van oude tijden af, tot deze eeuw toe in gebruyk geweest zijnde. Amsterdam, Hendrik en Dirk Boom, 1673. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary vellum with title on spine. Title in red & black with woodcut vignette, engraved frontispiece, 7 almost full-page engraved portraits in text, 3 almost full-page plates with coats of arms in text (2 engraved, 1 woodcut), many double-page woodcut genealogical trees in text, numerous smaller woodcut illustrations of crowns, escutcheons, coins, insignias, coats of arms and cuirasses in text, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials. (12), 370 (1, 1 blank); 56 (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Amsterdam  Engravings  Nobility  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The best edition of this famous work with plates of the castles, houses and monasteries of Brabant View picture(s) 242 ROY, Jacob le. Castella et prætoria nobilium Brabantiæ, coenobiaque celebriora ad vivum delineata, ærique incisa, in quatuor partes divisa, complectentes agrum Lovaniensem, Bruxellensem, Antwerpiensem, et Sylvæ-Ducensem. Cum brevi eorundem descriptione. Antwerp, for the author, 1697. 4 parts in one. Large folio (400 x 270 mm). 19th-century mottled calf with richly gilt decorated spine and gilt inner and outer fillets on boards. Engraved allegorical title with the coat of arms of Brabant after Abr. à Diepenbeke, engraved title vignet with the coat of arms of Spain, engraved allegorical head-piece with the coat of arms of Spain by Franciscus Erfinger, 2 folding double-page views, 24 double-page maps, plans & views, 5 full-page engraved plates (two with 2 views on one plate), and 181 half-page views of ca. 115 x 210 mm. One engraving in text ('Schema metallorum at colorum ...'). (2), 8, 4, 4, 4, pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Brabant  Castles  Geography  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The States General accuses Spain of breaking agreements View picture(s) 243 RUDOLF II, Holy Roman Emperor, and the STATES GENERAL. Brief des Keyserlijcke Majest. van Duytslandt, aende E. Mogende Heeren Staten vande Gheunieerde Provintien gheschreven. Op 't stuck vande Nederlantsche Vredehandeling Midtsgaders d'Antwoort vande voornoemde Heeren Staten ... (Amsterdam?), 1608. Small 4to. Disbound. With a woodcut device on the title-page. (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Low Countries  Pamphlets  Politics  Religion  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Agaist Geraerdt Brandt's famous 'Arminiaanse' History of the Dutch Reformation View picture(s) 244 RULAEUS (RUYL), Henricus. G. Brandts stoute geveynstheyt en liefdeloose geest vertoont in sijn boeck genaemt de Historie der Reformatie. Amsterdam, Johannes van Someren, 1676. 4to. Unbound. Oval woodcut printer's device on title. (10), 127, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  17th Century  History  Netherlands  Pamphlets  Reformation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two important manuals on fortification View picture(s) 245 RUSE, Hendrik. Versterckte vesting, uytgevonden in velerley voorvallen, en geobserveert in dese laetste oorloogen, soo in de Vereenigde Nederlanden, als in Vranckryck, Duyts-lant, Italien, Dalmatien, Albanien, en die daer aengelegen landen. Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1654. With etched title-page and 8 double-page etched plates. [8], 53, [1], [2 blank]. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Albania  Denmark  Dutch  Fortification  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of a famous anatomical work by a great Dutch surgeon and anatomist View picture(s) 246 RUYSCH, Frederik. Observatonum anatomico-chirurgicarum centuria. Including: RUYSCH, Frederik. Museum anatomicum Ruyschianum. Sive catalogus rariorum. Amsterdam, Hedrik & the widow of Dirk Boon, 1691. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Contemporary blind-stamped vellum. With title in red ad black, 46 engraved plates (4 folding and 42 full-page) and 2 woodcuts in text. [16], 138, [2]; [2], 120 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Anatomy  Gynaecology  Medicine  Natural History  Obstetrics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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By the author of the first pastorale View picture(s) 247 SANNAZZARO, Jacopo. Cinque egloghe pescatorie ed altri poemetti Latini. Recati in versi Italiane per domenico scipioni. Acc. intrepido, e conc. cogli argomenti, e con brevi annotazioni sopra de' luoghi piu importanti. Padova, Guiseppe Comino, 1768. Half vellum, with 2 red morocco title-labels on spine. 89, (1 blank) pp. parallel text in Latin and Italian. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Italy  Linguistics  Literature  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Of great importance for the knowledge of the use of artillery in the 16th and 17th century View picture(s) 248 SARDI, Pietro. L'Artiglierria, divisa in tre libri. Nel' Primo dei quali, si discorre sopra le Macchine Antiche, et Armi da offendere. Nel secondo, si tratta, che cosa sia Artigliera, e per che cosi chiamata, i suo Dini per, i quali su da gli Inventori inventata. Nel Terzo Libro si tratta con soma facilitata et ordine chiaro dell' Uso di tale Artiglieria. Venetia, Giovanni Guerriglia spese dell' Autore, 1621. Folio. Contemporary vellum. With fine engraved allegorical title including the coat-of-arms and the portrait of the author aged 60, illustrations on 9 engraved plates, and 18 large engravings in text, several full-page. (12), 142 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Italy  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two French early 17th-century works on the sword and duelling View picture(s) 249 SAVARON, Jean (Sieur de Villars). Traicté de l'espee Francoise. Paris, Adrian Perier, 1610. 8vo. Eighteenth-century full calf, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, marbled endpapers, red painted edges. Engraved vignette with hand appearing from a cloud holding a sword with the motto 'Pro religione et regno' on title, woodcut headpiece and initial. 56 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Duelling  Fencing  French  Militaria  Nobility  Royalty  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From the libraries of Guillaume de Lamoignon and Pierre Théodore Noël du Payrat View picture(s) 250 SAVARY, Jacques. (=Jacques TIMENT). Album hipponae sive hippodromi leges. Ad Christianissimum et invictissimum Galliae et Navarrae regem Ludovicum XIV Deo-Datum. Caen, Claudius Le Blanc, 1662. 4to. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt and decorated spine with pasted title label, sprinkled edges. With woodcut vignette on title, wood head- and endpieces, woodcut initials. (2 blank, 6), 72, (2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Horses & Horsemanship  Hunting  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Poem with the rules of tournaments and carrousels View picture(s) 251 SAVARY, Jacques. (=Jacques TIMENT). Album hipponae sive hippodromi leges. Ad Christianissimum et invictissimum Galliae et Navarrae regem Ludovicum XIV Deo-Datum. Caen, Claudius Le Blanc, 1662. 4to. 19th century boards, covered with marbled paper, red sprinkled edges. With woodcut vignette on title, and several woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. (6), 2, 72 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Horses & Horsemanship  Hunting  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most important of Italian late 16th century text books on military science View picture(s) 252 SAVORGNANO, Mario. Arte Militare Terrestre, e Maritima; Secondo la Ragione, et uso de piu valorosi capitani antichi, e moderni. Gia descritta, e divisa in quattro Libri. Venice, Seb. Combi, 1614. Folio. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut printer's device on title, 2 double-page tables, and 23 double-page woodcut plates. (20), 266 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  History  Militaria  Venice  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Treatise on the equinox by the 'Light of Leiden University' View picture(s) 253 SCALIGER, Josephus Justus. De aequinoctiorum anticipatione diatriba. Nunc primum edita. Paris, Hieronymus Drouart, 1613. 4to. Contemporary plain vellum, rests of ties. With printer's device on the title and 5 woodcuts with mathematical figures in the text. Some interesting woodcut initials and headpieces. (8), 96 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Astronomy & Cosmography  Horology  Leyden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch translation of this most important early work on Lapland, illustrated by Jan Luyken View picture(s) 254 SCHEFFER, Johannes Gerhard. Waarachtige en aen-merkens-waardige historie van Lapland: ofte een beschrijving van desselfs oorspronk, landschappen, geberchten, gewassen, gedierten, metalen, steenen, wateren, en voornaamste geschiedenissen. Benevens der inwoonderen zeden, regeering, godtsdiensten, oorlogen, drachten, koophandel, gebouwen, van tenten, schepen, sleden, etc. Als ook van hare tover-trommelen, en wind-koopery. Met noch een kort bericht van den toestand der Finnen. Nieuwelijks uit het Frans van den heer Scheffer vertaalt. Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1682. 4to. Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine. Engraved frontispiece by Jan Luyken, unsigned folding map of Lapland and 16 full-page engraved plates by Jan Luyken (2 not signed). (6), 99; 146; 73, (7) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Finland  Natural History  Religion  Scandinavia  Superstition  Travel & Voyages  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important early account of Lappish culture View picture(s) 255 SCHEFFER, John. The history of Lapland wherein are shewed the original, manners, habits, marriages, conjurations, &c. of that people. Oxford, At the Theater, sold by George West and Amos Curtein, 1674. Folio. Contemporary calf. With engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map, and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text (one repeated on the title-page). [4], 147, [1] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Arctic  Ethnography  Lapland  Scandinavia  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A very rare and interesting book on the art of memory View picture(s) 256 SCHENCKEL(IUS), Lambertus Thomas. Memoria artificialis. Omnibus litterarum et sapientiae amantibus luci donata. Una cum clavicula illam legendi, modum aperiente. Arnoldi Backhusii Lubecensis. Cologne, Wilhelmus Friessus, 1643. 12mo. Contemporary plain vellum, spine lettered in ink. With engraved allegorical title-page (112 x 80 mm) and some interesting woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. (12), 3-200, (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Psychology & Psychiatry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The first full depiction of one of the most beautiful estates of Gelderland View picture(s) 257 SCHENK, Pieter. Rozendael. Aan den hoog-edel welgeboren en gestengen heere den heere Joan Baron van Arnhem, heere van Rozendael tot Harslo, byzonderen Raad des vorstendoms Gelre en graefschap Zutphen ... word deze afbeelding van Rozendael, opgedragen. Amsterdam, Petrus Schenk, 1702. Not bound. Engraved dedication to Joan Baron van Arnhem and 14 (out of 16) engraved plates (ca. 165 x 195 mm) of the manor house Rozendael near Arnhem and its lovely gardens after the drawings by J. van Call, each with Dutch and Latin text at left and right underneath. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Castles  Gardens  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A 17th-century view on the history of the world View picture(s) 258 SCHOLTENS, Godefreed (or Godfried SCHOLTEN; = Gottfried SCHULTZE). De nieuwe bereysde wereldt ofte een korte en bondige beschryvinghe van alle landen en coningrijcken van dien. Waer inne yder bysonderlijck zijn manieren van leven, religien, huyshoudinge en vruchtbaerheyt haerder landen werden aengewesen: mitsgaders aller pausen, keysers, koningen en vorsten successie, begin en eynde. The Hague, Johannes Tongerloo, 1662. 4to. Modern half morocco, boards covered with marbled paper. With large engraved illustration on title, repeated in text (p. 138), and 3 full-page engraved plates with 9 scenes. (4), 152, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  America [Central]  America [South]  America, North  Asia  Asia Minor  Asia [Far East]  Dutch  Europe  History  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Seventeenth-century research into the historicity of the Pied Piper of Hamelin View picture(s) 259 SCHOOCKIUS, Martinus. Fabula Hamelensis, sive disquisitio historica, qua ostenditur fabulis accenseri debere, quod refertur de infausto exitu puerorum Hamelensium, qui inciderit in annum a Christo nato MCCLXXXII. Praemissa est dissertatio generalis de judicio circa historicas narrationes instituendo: atque in examine fabulae, distincte respondetur D.M. Samuelis Erich libello, qui inscribitur Exodus Hamelensis. Groningen, Frans Bronckhorst, 1659. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, blue sprinkled edges. With woodcut printer's device on title. (16), 212 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Anthropology  Fable Books  Folklore  Germany  Middle Ages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important encyclopedic work on magic & experimental science by a pupil of Athanasius Kirchner View picture(s) 260 SCHOTT, Kaspar. Magia universalis naturae et artis, sive recondita naturalium & artificialium rerum sientia, cujus ope per variam applicationem activorum cum passivis, admirandorum effectuum spectacula, abditarumque inventionum miracula ad varios humanae vitae usus erunntur, opus quadripartitum. Continet pars I. Optica. II. Acoustica. III. Mathematica. IV. Physica. Bamberg, Iohannes Arnoldusi Cholinus (vol. II), for Joh. Martin Schönwetter (vols. I, III and IV), 1674 (vol. II)-1677 (vol. I, III, IV). 4 vols. 4to. Contemporary vellum, red sprinkled edges. With 4 richly engraved allegorical frontispieces, and 25 full-page engraved plates in the first volume, 32 full-page engraved plates, of which 9 folding, in the second volume, 21 full-page engraved plates in the third volume, and 13 full-page engraved plates, of which 2 on 1 folding plate, in the fourth volume. (19), 538, (7); (12), 432, (8); (11), 732, (6); (16), 670, (9) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Games & Pastimes  Magic & Conjuring  Mathematics  Medicine  Physics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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