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A German city punished by the hand of God View picture(s) 1 ACHILLES, Augustus Andreas. Eine durch ein unerhörtes Zornfeuer Gottes ganz und gar verstöhrte Stadt stellete am 6. April 1766. als Dominica Quasimodogeniti bey Gelegenheit der am 2ten eiusdem erfolgten erschrecklichen Feuerbrunst wodurch die Stadt Muszkau in der Oberlausitz in einen Aschenhaufen verwandelt, und gänzlich zerstöhret worden, Seiner mit diesem Zornfeuer heimgesuchten, und in das höchste Elend versetzten Gemeinde. Dreszden, gedruckt mit Krausischen Schriften, (1766). 4to. Contemp. boards. (24) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Chapbooks  Fire Fighting  German  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two Easy Sisters in interesting Dutch wrappers View picture(s) 2 H.S. The history of the Davenport Family: in which is displayed a Striking Contrast between Haughty Indolence and Healthful Activity, in the Characters of the Young Davenports, and their Cousins Sophia and Amelia Easy. Interspersed with Moral Reflections. By H.S. London, Printed for E. Newbery, (1791). 12mo. Contemp. Dutch colour-printed flowered wrappers. With 6 full-page engraved plates, including the frontispiece, unsigned. 120 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Chapbooks  Children's Books  England  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Amusing eclectic poem, playing with all possible literary genres by a French chansonnier and composer View picture(s) 3 VADÉ, Jean Joseph. La pipe cassée, poëme epitragipoissardiheroicomique. A la Liberté, Chez Pierre Bonne-Humeur, (ca. 1750). 8vo. 19th century red morocco, spine ribbed with title lettered in gold, richly gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, g.e. (REYMANN; T. LECLERE Dor.). With large ornamental woodcut vignette on title, charming woodcut tailpieces, and 4 fine engraved headpieces by F. Aveline and D. Sornique after beautiful and lively designs by Charles Eisen. 45 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Chapbooks  Gastronomy  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dancing fairy Swedes View picture(s) 4 ZEIPEL, Carl von. Den Aterfunna. Berättelse för Barn. Andra Uplagan, Stockholm, P.A. Huldbergs Förlag. (1849). Sm.4to. Orig. pink boards, with title within typographical borders on front and publisher's advertisement on back cover. With 2 full-page lithographed plates, finely coloured by hand. 21, (3 publisher's catalogue) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Chapbooks  Children's Books  Fairy Tales  Sweden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The now lost secret of the eternally burning lamp View picture(s) 5 [CHAPBOOK - ALCHEMY]. Historie van de Man met de Bonte Muts. Vervattende een verhaal van een wonderlyke ontdekking in Duitschland. In tien printverbeeldingen, met derzelver uitleggingen, onder het oog en oordeel van de waereld gebragt. Den derden druk. Door een liefhebber van taal- en dichtkunde verbeterd. Rotterdam, J. Hendriksen, (1806). 4to. Orig. wrappers. With 10 double-page folding woodcut plates. (4), 20 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Alchemy  Chapbooks  Dutch  Literature  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The life and deeds of Charlemagne View picture(s) 6 [CHAPBOOK - CHARLEMAGNE]. Conquetes du Grand Charlemagne, Roi du France. Avec les faits historiques des douze Pairs de France et du grand Fierabras; et le combat fait par lui contre le petit Olivier qui le vainquit; et des trois frères qui firent les neuf épées, dont Fierabras en avait trois pour combattre contre ses ennemis, comme vous le verrex ci-après. Montbéliard, Deckherr Frères, (ca. 1800). 4to. Old boards, original blue wrappers preserved, with full-page popular woodcuts on front and back covers. With 8 full-page woodcuts in text. 100 pp. in 2 columns. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Chapbooks  French  Romances of Chivalry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Your dreams explained View picture(s) 7 [CHAPBOOK - PROGNOSTICATIONS]. Droomboek, met deszelfs uytlegging, waer in, uyt  natuerlyke oorzaeken der oude philosoophen en waerzeggers, verklaert en uyt geleyd worden alle droomen oft nagt-gezigten, die den mensch (als hy slaept) voor-komen mogen. Waer uyt dat men zyn geluk of ongeluk vernemen kan, zonder eenige vermindering der kragt Gods. Amst., Wed. Gysbert de Groot, is te koop tot Brussel, P.J. De Haes, (ca. 1695). Sm. 8vo. Preserved in modern wrappers. With popular woodcut of a sleeping man on title. 36 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Chapbooks  Children's Books  Dictionaries  Occult  Psychology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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8 popular stories in one binding View picture(s) 8 [CHAPBOOKS - FRENCH]. Histoire de la belle Heleine de Constantinople, mère de St. Martin de Tours en Touraine, & de St. Brice, son frère. Troyes, chez (Pierre) Garnier, (ca. 1738). Sm. 8vo. Nineteenth-century half dark blue morocco, spine gilt with title 'Bibliothèque blue' lettered in gold (VANETTE). With woodcut on title, and 3 woodcuts in text. 96 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Chapbooks  French  Literature  Popular Books  Romances of Chivalry  Till Owlglass  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Colourful stories from the Old Testament View picture(s) 9 [CHILDREN'S BOOKS - BIBLES]. Bijbelsche tafereelen voor Lieve Kinderen. Eerste - Dertiende stukje. Amst., F.G.L. Holst, G. van der Linden, 1849-1867. 13 parts in 1 vol. Contem. plain half cloth. With a different woodcut on 13 titles, titles within decorative woodcut borders, and 133 popular woodcuts in text, 9 to 14 woodcuts in each part, all nicely coloured by hand. 16 pp. each part. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Bibles  Chapbooks  Children's Books  Dutch  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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When the herring is in, the physicians are out View picture(s) 10 [CHILDREN'S BOOKS - NATURAL HISTORY]. Tafereelen uit het rijk der dieren voor Kinderen. In samenspraken tusschen eenen vader en desselfs zoon. Amsterdam, Joannes Roelof Poster, (1811). 4to. Wrappers. With woodcut on title, and 23 half-page woodcuts in text. (4), 68 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Chapbooks  Children's Books  Dutch  Natural History  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare, richly illustrated dance of death View picture(s) 11 [DANCE OF DEATH]. La grande danse macabre des hommes et des femmes, historiée & renouvellée de vieux Gaulois, en langage le  plus poli de notre temps. Avec: le débat du corps & de l'ame.  La complainte de l'ame damnée. L'exhortation de bien vivre & de bien mourir. La vie du mauvais Antechrist. Les quinze signes du jugement. Troyes, Jean-Antoine Garnier, (1728). 4to. 19th century half cloth, spine gilt. With 60 mostly large half-page woodcuts of the Dance of Death of men and women of all ranks and profession, including a large allegorical woodcut on title, repeated at the end, a large woodcut of a dead man rising from his grave on verso title, also repeated at the end, 2 woodcuts of heralds blowing their trumpets, one repeated, an almost full-page woodcut of the author at the head of the women's Dance of Death, and 4 small oblong woodcuts of women in their  coffins, the Last Judgement, etc., at the end. 76 pp. in 2 columns. Full description >> Related Subjects: Chapbooks  Dances of Death  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A distorting mirror of the Golden Age View picture(s) 12 [SATIRE]. De gocheltas van Momus. Inhoudende meer als ses-hondert schrander-bedagte, en snedig uyt-gesprooken zin, pit, punt, en schimp-reden. Nergens, Jillis Overal, in de Steekel-Baars, 1716. 8vo. Contemporary half roan. With engraved frontispiece, showing Momus performing in the street, pulling "Bon Mots" from his magician's bag, with two men watching, and a little monkey in de foreground holding a card with the title. (8), 248 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Chapbooks  Literature  Magic & Conjuring  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fine facsimile of the first Dutch edition View picture(s) 13 [TILL OWLGLASS]. Van Ulenspieghels leven, Ende schimpelijcke wercken, ende wonderlijcke avontueren die hi hadde want hi en liet hem ghern boeverie verducten. Gheprint Thantwerpen by Michiel van Hoochstraten, (c. 1512). Facsimile-edition. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1898. 4to. Half cloth with gilt title-label on spine. With large woodcut on title, title printed in red and black, and 27 woodcuts in text. (40) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  19th Century  Chapbooks  Facsimiles  Popular Books  Till Owlglass  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Things you need to know when travelling View picture(s) 14 [TRAVEL - ALMANACS]. Jesus! der getreueste Gefährte und Helfer zu Wasser und Lande; darinnen enthalten: Morgen - Abend - Buss - Beicht - Communion - Reise - nebst anderns Gebeten und Liedern, allerhand Wegweiser, Landkarte, Städte - oder Meilenzeiger, Sonnenzeiger, Wind - und See-Kompass, immerwährender Calender, und andere nützliche Nachrichten. Waldenburg Christian Gotthilf Hofmann, [1802]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 18mo. Contemporary blind-stamped calf with central clasp. With frontispiece and 4 plates (including 2 folding maps and 1 folding engraved distance table), 2 delicate volvelles, and a woodcut illustrations of a sea compass. [8], 135, [1]; 252 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Chapbooks  German  Prayer Books  Songbooks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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