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Rare and charming oblong 16mo edition of the first collection of poems by one of the greatest poets of the Dutch Golden Age View picture(s) 281 HUYGENS, Constantijn. [Ses Boecken van de ledige uren] Otiorum libri sex. Poëmata varij sermonis, styli, argumenti. Haarlem, Hans Passchier van Wesbusch, 1641. Oblong 16mo. Contemporary half vellum; boards covered with sprinkled paper, title written in ink on spine; with charming 'claves' for the six books, protruding from the fore-edge. 543, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the Jesuit mission in China, 1581-1669 View picture(s) 282 INTORCETTA, Prospero. Compendiosa narratione dello stato della missione Cinese, cominciado dall'anno 1581 fino al 1669. Offerta in Roma. Alli eminentissimi Signori Cardinali della Sacra Congregatione de Propaganda fide ... con l'aggiunta de prodigii da Dio operati; e delle lettere venute dalla Corte di Pekino con felicissime nuove. Rome, Francesco Tizzoni, 1672. 8vo. 19th century half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers. Round woodcut Jesuit monogram on title, nice woodcut initial. 126, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  China  Jesuits  Mission  Religion  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of an important German Emblem book View picture(s) 283 IS(S)ELBURG, Peter & Georg REM. Emblemata Politica. In aula magna Curiae Noribergensis  depicta quae sacra virtutum suggerunt monita prudenter administrandi fortiterque defendendi Rempublicam. (Nürnberg, Peter Isselburg, 1617). Small 4to. In a beautiful modern bibliophile binding: brown morocco with a large panels on both sides of green imitation reptile leather, encrusted with small gems in centre, chamois endpapers, with matching half morocco overlapping wrappers with title lettered in gold on spine, insides chamois, and matching half morocco slipcase (PEREZ-NORIEGA 1995). Title within richly designed allegorical etched  borders including a view of Nürnberg at foot, signed by Petrus Iselburg, full-page  etched dedication with the Nürnberg coat-of-arms and the eight coat-of-arms of the eight Nürnberg Senators to whom the book is dedicated, dated 1 January 1617, and 32 full-page beautifully designed etched oval emblems, all within ornamental borders of various design by Peter Isselberg, with engraved captions above and four-line Latin verses below, versos blank. (5) lvs. of text. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Emblem  German  Germany  Nuremberg  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Unrecorded edition of a Dutch handbook on distillation View picture(s) 284 J.K.B. Verbeterde nieuw ontdekte distilleer en stook-konst. Behelzende een uitvoerig bericht, van de maat en gewichten, konstwoorden, werktuigen, luteren, het vuur, inweeking, moutmaking, stooken en distilleeren van ruwe en fyne wateren, olien en cordialen: Het distilleeren van gewassen en planten; wyn, azyn &c. Eerst beschreven door J.K.B. ervaren distillateur. Tweeden druk. Overzien, verbeterd, vermeerderd en verrykt met veele fraaye geheimen door Polyhistor. Tweede druk. Amsterdam, Steven van Esveldt. 1763. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum. With engraved frontispiece of the interior of a distillery, "De nieuw ontdekte distilleer konst"  with the imprint: "Te Amsterdam by Steven van Esveldt, boekverkoper", and one half-page engraving of a press in the text. 272, (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Alchemy  Chemistry  Dutch  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Emblematic representation of Horace View picture(s) 285 JANSEN, ANTONI. Zinnebeelden, Getrokken uit Horatius Flaccus, Naer de geestrijke vinding van den geleerden Otto van Veen, Op de Zeden toegepast; en Met Bygedichten, op nieuws gerijmt. Amsterdam, Justus Dankerts, 1683. 4to. Contemporary vellum. With engraved portrait of Horace on title, and 103 fine engraved emblems by A. Loeimans and A. Seil after Otto Vaenius. (8), 205, (2, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Emblem Books  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Latin translation of a famous fierce anti-Jesuit pamphlet View picture(s) 286 JARRIGE, Pierre. Jesuita in ferali pegmate ob nefanda crimina in provincia Guienna perpetrata. E Gallico latinitate donatus, cum judicio generali de hoc ordine. Leyden, no publ., 1665. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, title in ink on spine, gilt initials and date ''GGMVH 1677'' on front cover. (17), (1 blank), 264 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  America, South  Jesuits  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Unrecorded (?) issue with 92 portraits of Popes, Emperors, Kings, rulers and military men View picture(s) 287 JODE, Petrus de (I &) II. Theatrum principum. Antwerp, (ca. 1650-60). Small folio (183 x 280 mm). Contemporary vellum. Engraved allegorical title-page: title engraved on a fragment of a column on a piedestal with a medallion with Europa on the bull, a globe on top; flanked by the personifications of 'Nobilitas' (left), and 'Virtus Augg.' (right), by Petrus de Jode after Erasmus Quellinus; 92 portraits (one repeated: 56 = 87) of popes, emperors, kings and rulers and their spouses, 90 signed by Petrus de Jode (I, at least 5) and II - 2 are unsigned: nr. 56 (=87) and 61 - after Eg. Rucholle (nr. 2, 22, 78), Titiaan (nr. 4, 49), Ant. van Dyck (nr. 19, 25, 38, 42, 58, 69, 70, 75), P. van Mol (nr. 21), Otto Vaenius (nr. 33, 51), Rubens (nr. 37, 52), Corn. Galle (41), Corn. de Vos (nr. 43), Gaspar de Crayer (nr. 45), Coenraerd Waumans (62), Charles Woutier (nr. 80), Franciscus Nys (nr. 81) and T. Willebroorts Bossaerts (nr. 82). Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Antwerp  House of Orange  Portraits  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Burlesque description of Amsterdam in French verses View picture(s) 288 JOLLE, Pierre le. Description de la ville d'Amsterdam, en vers burlesques. Selon la visite de six jours d'une semaine. Amsterdam, Jacques le Curieux, 1666. 12mo. 19th-century full red morocco, 2 double fillet borders on covers of which one along edges and the other forming a central panel with gilt central ornament and cornerpieces, gilt binding edges and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, g.e. With engraved frontispiece: Minerva with a pointer in front of a map of Amsterdam which is depicted on a cloth holded up by a cuckolded man, she is pointing at the street plan of Amsterdam to show four foreigners and a child, dressed in costumes from all over the world, the ropes of the city, woodcut vignette on title. (16), 317, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Amsterdam  Elzevier  History  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Only source of Western zoology in Japan until 1750 View picture(s) 289 JONSTON, John. Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren, vissen en bloedlooze water-dieren, vogelen, kronkeldieren, slangen en draken. Amsterdam, J.J. Schipper, 1660. 6 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary calf with six raised bands and gilt on spine. With 4 richly engraved titles, and 250 full-page fine engraved plates, showing all kinds of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., including legendary ones. (8), 194; (2), 179, (1), 56; 181, (3); (8), 152; 39, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Natural History  Rangaku  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the first complete Dutch translation of both the satires by Juvenal and Persius View picture(s) 290 JUVENALIS & PERSIUS. Schimpdigten. In 't Neerduyts vertaeld Door Abraham Valentijn. Leyden, J. vander Linde, 1682. 12mo. Contemp. vellum, with blindstamped borders on sides and blindstamped inner panel with flowered ornaments at the four corners and larger ornament of a pot of flowers in centre. With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece. (12), 288 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Classical Antiquity  Dutch  Greek & Latin  Satire  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Vi coactus View picture(s) 291 KEMP, Jacobus. Klucht van de bedrogen Smith, Gespeelt op d'Amsterdamsche Schouwburgh, op het spreeckwoort Die eens verliest sijn faem en eer die krijghtse noyt en selden weer. Amsterdam, Jacob Lescaille, 1661. 4to. 19th-century brown paper wrappers. Woodcut printer's device ('Perseveranter') on title-page, woodcut initial. (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Amsterdam  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The famous circumnavigation by Jacques L'Hermite, with a description of Peru and Chile by Madriga and Spilbergen View picture(s) 292 L'HERMITE, Jacques DE. (Johan van WALBEECK). Journael van de Nassausche vloot, ofte beschrijvingh van de voyagie om den gantschen aert-kloot, gedaen met elf schepen: onder 't beleydt van den admirael Jacques l' Heremite ende vice-admirael Gheen Huygen Schapenham, inde iaren 1623. 1624. 1625. en 1626. Noch is hier by gevoegt een beschrijvinge vande regeeringe van Peru door Pedro de Madriga, geboren tot Lima. Als mede een verhael van Pedro Fernandez de Quir aengaende de ontdeckinge van 't onbekent Australia, sijn grooten rijckdom en de vruchtbaerheyt. Oock mede eenige discoursen de Oost-Indische vaert en de coopmanschap betreffende. Amsterdam, Joost Hartgertsz., 1648. 4to. Nineteenth-century marbled wrappers. Title with half-page woodcut with two ships, large engraved double-page plate with 6 views of the fleet in various bays and harbours, including the harbours of Lima and Acapulco, on the roads of the Ladrones islands and Puna, and Indians without a neck. (2), 76 (=78) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  America, South  Chile  Dutch  Navigation  Peru  Travel  VOC  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The famous circumnavigation by Jacques L'Hermite, with a description of Peru and Chile by Madriga and Spilbergen View picture(s) 293 L'HERMITE, Jacques DE. (Johan van WALBEECK.). Journael van de Nassausche vloot, ofte beschrijvingh van de voyagie om den gantschen aert-kloot, gedaen met elf schepen: onder 't beleydt van den admirael Jacques l' Heremite ende vice-admirael Gheen Huygen Schapenham, inde iaren 1623. 1624. 1625. en 1626. Noch is hier by gevoegt een beschrijvinge vande regeeringe van Peru door Pedro de Madriga, geboren tot Lima. Als mede een verhael van Pedro Fernandez de Quir aengaende de ontdeckinge van 't onbekent Australia, sijn grooten rijckdom en de vruchtbaerheyt. Oock mede eenige discoursen de Oost-Indische vaert en de coopmanschap betreffende. Amsterdam, Joost Hartgertsz, 1648. 4to. Later decorative boards. Title with half-page woodcut with two ships, large engraved double-page plate with 6 views of the fleet in various bays and harbours, including the harbours of Lima and Acapulco, on the roads of the Ladrones islands and Puna, and Indians without a neck. (2), 76 (=78) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Circumnavigation  Netherlands  VOC  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Religious suffering vs. worldly pleasures View picture(s) 294 LA SERRE, (Jean-Puget) de. Le breviere des courtisans. Paris, Ieremie Boüillerot, 1642. Small 8vo. Fullgrained red morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, with small gilt bouquets of flowers at the four corners on sides, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (H. GAILLARD). With woodcut vignette on title and 7 full-page emblematic engraved plates depicting contrasting double-scenes, the one below on the life of a courtesan and the other above on Christ's Passion, after designs by Nicolaas van der Horst. (6), 304 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Courtesy Books  Dutch  Flemish  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare handbook for students of theology, with mnemotechnical plates View picture(s) 295 LAIRITZ, Johann Georg. Synopsis historiæ ecclesiasticae Novi Testamenti, ante plures, quàm viginti, annos præcipuo juventutis studoisae (sic) bono dextro & congruo ordine concinata, nunc verò perpetuis adnotationibus ultra dimidium aucta, & figuris æneis pro memoriâ illustrata. Leipzig, Haeredes Lanckisianos, 1700. 12mo. Contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine. With engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by J.O. Oberdorffer and 4 large folding anonymously engraved plates. (22), 820, (84) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  18th Century  Bibles  Education  Germany  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of a famous convent of the Regular Canons View picture(s) 296 LATOMUS, Joannes. Corsendonca sive coenobii canonicorum regularum ordinus S. Augustini de Corsendoncq. Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen II, 1644. 8vo. 18th-century calf with small blind stamped flowers and gilt lining on raised spine and borders of sides, new end papers. Small woodcut ornament on title, woodcut initials and endpiece. (16), 180 (28) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Antwerp  Belgicana  Church History  History  Religious Orders  Theology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first Dutch edition of the two main text books by the famous French architect View picture(s) 297 LE MUET, (Pierre). Verhandeling vande Vijf Orderen der Bouw-Konst, die byde Ouden zijn in 't gebruyk geweest, getrocken uyt den beroemden Italiaenschen Bouw-meester A. Palladio, Vermeerdert met een Tweede Deel: Inhoudende De Konst om wel te Bouwen. In 't Nederduyts overgeset door Cornelis Danckerts. Amsterdam, Cornelis Danckertsz., 1646. 2 parts in 1 vol. Sm.8vo. Contemp. half vellum. With 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces, 32 full-page engraved plates illustrating the Five Orders of Architecture in the first part, and 45 engraved plates in the second part, showing  plans and designs of galeries, roofs, domes, halls, ceilings, facades, doorways, windows, chimneys, staircases (including ingenious spiral staircases), etc. 30; 31, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Architecture  Art General  Perspective  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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60 designs of interior decorations for the houses and palaces of the French nobility at the end of the 17th century View picture(s) 298 LE PAUTRE, Jean. Collection of 10 print series of 6 plates each with model leaves for the design of Altars, tabernacles, armorial trophies, chimney-pieces, monumental doors, wainscotting, panelling, and ceilings. Paris, Pierre Mariette, Le Blond, c.1655-1670. 10 parts in 1 vol. Oblong 4to (leaves 255x185mm). Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt, covers with gilt stamped unidentified crowned coat-of-arms. With a total of 60 full-page engraved plates. 60 lvs. (numbered in pencil: 4-63). Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Architecture  France  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Translation into English of a short description of The Netherlands View picture(s) 299 LE PETIT, Jean-François. The Low-Country commonwealth contayninge an exact discription (sic) of the Eight United Provinces, now made free. Translated out of french by Ed. Grimeston. (London), G. Eld, 1609. 8vo. Nineteenth-century full gilt mottled calf, spine gilt with brown title label lettered in gold, gilt inner dentelles (by Riviere), marbled endpapers, g.e. Engraved allegorical title-page with Hollandia, the Dutch Virgin, at the top flanked by 6 provincial coat-of-arms (coat-of-arms of Utrecht not present); underneath a view of a Dutch harbour, woodcut head-piece and initials. (8), 303, (1, blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Geography  History  Low Countries  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Only edition View picture(s) 300 LE ROY, Jacques. Topographia historica Gallo-Brabantiae. Quâ Romanduae oppida municipia & dominia illustrantur, atque monasteria, nobiliumque praetoria castellaque in aes exhibentur. Amsterdam, Herman Allard, 1692. Folio. Contemporary calf, spine covered with green morocco, ribbed and gilt. Engraved frontispiece by A. à Diepenbeke, engraved map by Harrewijn, engraved vignette at dedication, engraved coat of arms in text (both by Erfinger), 7 woodcut coat of arms in text, 36 engraved illustrations in text and 19 engraved plates by Harrewijn, de Bruyn and van Weerden, of which 2 double page. (10), 272, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Belgicana  Brabant  Engravings  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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