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Shipbuilding & maritime flags, with 83 coloured plates View picture(s) 1 ALLARD, Carel. Nieuwe Hollandse scheeps-bouw, waar in vertoond word een volmaakt schip, met alle des zelfs uitterlyke deelen, ... Benevens de afbeeldingen van alle de voornaamste vlaggen, die men in zee ontmoet; ... Beneffens een beschrijving van het bouwen en toetakelen van allerly soorten van scheepen. Amsterdam, Carel Allard, 1695. 4to. Contemporary gold-tooled calf. With title-page in red and black, 1 unnumbered and 82 numbered engraved plates (a double-page plate of a ship, a sunburst compass rose with wind directions and a key to the heraldic colours, and 81 mostly heraldic maritime flags, 4 double-page), coloured by a contemporary hand and with gold and silver. 56 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Colour Platebooks  Ships & Shipbuilding  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the second Burmese war View picture(s) 2 BAKER, Thomas Turner. The recent operations of the British forces at Rangoon and Martaban. London, Harrison for Thomas Hatchard, 1852. 8vo. Original blindstamped cloth with gilt title on spine: "Rangoon", made by J. DEAN, at the Strand. Lithographed frontispiece in a beautiful colouring showing the Burmese deputation presenting the King of Ava's letter, one lithographed plate of a vessel which the Burmese gave th name "Yathunah-gee-mhou", meaning "Precious, Sleek, Excellent sailing ship" and two folding lithographed plates, one being a coastal view of the town of Rangoon and the other showing the attack of the Dunnoo Stockade, all platesd lithographed by Martin & Hood. VII, 78 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Burma  Colonial History  Colour Platebooks  England  India  Militaria  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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22 hand-coloured costume plates View picture(s) 3 BIEDENFELD, Ferdinand von. Ursprung, Aufleben, Größe, Herrschaft, Verfall und jetzige Zustände sämmtlicher Mönchs- und Klosterfrauenorden im Orient und Occident. Nebst der illuminirten Abbildungen von 77 verschiedenen geistlichen Orden. Weimar, Bernhard Friedrich Vogt, 1837-1839. 3 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards. With 21 full-page hand-coloured lithographs (including 2 frontispieces) and large folding table. XXX, 322; XX, 413 [= 414], [2]; XX, 120, [4] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Religious Orders  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A famous Dutch ichthyologist on Mauritius View picture(s) 4 BLEEKER, Pieter. Contribution à la faune ichthyologique de l'île Maurice. Amsterdam, C.G. van der Post. 1878. Large 4to. Original wrappers. With 3 plates (1 folding) by L. Speigler after drawings by Bleeker, chromo-lithographed  by Emrik & Binger. [1], 23 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Ichthyology  Mauritius  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Splendid description of orchids from Dutch East Indies and Japan, with 70 plates View picture(s) 5 BLUME, Carl Ludwig. Collection des orchidées les plus remarquables de l'Archipel Indien et du Japon. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, 1858[-1859]. Large folio (44.5 x 29 cm). Contemporary brown half sheepskin, decorated paper (embossed flower pattern) sides. With hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and 70 lithographed plates (numbered 1-66, 9b, 9c, 9d and 12b, including 1 double-page plate), 56 hand-coloured. [8], VI, 190 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Botany  Colour Platebooks  East Indies  Japan  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The universe in 104 chromolithographs View picture(s) 6 BLUNT, Charles F. The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe. New Edition. London, for Tilt and Bogue [by Whitehead & Co.], 1842. 8vo. Loose leaves in original decorated cloth, as issued. With 104 chromo-lithographed plates. VIII, 103, [1] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Astronomy & Cosmography  Colour Platebooks  Lithographs  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An interesting combination: the description of the hippopotamus and the decapitation of snails View picture(s) 7 BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de. De natuurlyke historie, van den hippopotamus of het rivierpaard. Vertaald door den Hr. C. van Engelen. Met eenige byvoegzelen uit oude en nieuwe schryvers vermeerderd. Verrykt met eene afbeelding van dit wonderlyk dier; nauwkeurig getekend en in 't koper gebragt naar het opgezette, dat tegenwoordig berust in het Kabinet van Natuurlyke Zeldzaamheden, van zyne doorlugtige hoogheid den Heere Prins van Orange, enz., enz. Neffens eenige waarneemingen gedaan by het opzetten, van 't voorgenoemde rivierpaard. Door den Hr. J.C. Klockner. Amsterdam, J.H. Schneider, 1775. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in 7 compartments, orange title label lettered in gold. Full-page engraved plate of a hippopotamus standing on the banks of the Nile by B. de Bakker after the drawing by A. Andriesen. 24 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Colour Platebooks  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautiful shell book View picture(s) 8 BURTIN, François Xavier. Oryctographie de Bruxelles, ou description des fossiles, tant naturels qu'accidentels découverts jusqu'à ce jour dans les environs de cette ville. (Brussels), L'imprimerie de Le Maire, Se vend Chez L'auteur, 1784. Folio. Half calf. With engraved illustrated title by Pris after M.J. Speeckaert, and illustrations of shell fossils on 32 colour-printed engraved plates, finished by hand. 152 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Colour Platebooks  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The treasures of the Paris Museum of Natural History View picture(s) 9 CAP, Paul-Antoine. Le muséum d'histoire naturelle. Histoire de la fondation des développements successifs de l'établissement; biographie  des hommes célèbres qui y ont contribué (...), histoire  des recherches, des voyages, des applications utiles  (...) pour les arts, le commerce et l'agriculture (...), description des galeries, du jardin, des serres et  de la ménagerie. Paris, L. Curmer, 1854. 2 parts in 1 vol. Large 8vo. Contemporary richly gilt and colour-printed cloth, g.e. With general title, and 2 richly illustr. woodengraved half titles, 5 plans, of which 3 double-page, 5 full-page engraved plates and views, 16 full-page portraits, 15 plates beautifully coloured by hand, incl. the front., of flowers and birds, and numerous woodengraved plans, portraits, and illustrations in text. 180; 238 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colour Platebooks  Engravings  French  History  Museums  Natural History  Views  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Ottoman Empire from a beautiful French miniature perspective View picture(s) 10 CASTELLAN, Antoine Laurent. Moeurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, et abrégé de leur histoire. Avec des éclaircissemens tirés d'ouvrages orientaux, et communiqués par M. Langlès. Paris, Nepveu, 1812. 6 volumes. 18mo. Contemporary black morocco, spines gilt, sides with blind tooled floral border and gilt corner ornaments, gilt inner dentelles over marbled endpapers, g.e. 75 hand-coloured engraved plates: a frontispiece to each of the 6 volumes and 17, 17, 9 and 26 plates to resp. volume 3, 4, 5 and 6. Most plates depict costumes, but also tools and instruments are shown. All plates are very detailed and beautifully coloured by hand, in very fresh contemporary colouring, some even finished with gold. 20, XXXI, (1), 120; (4), 225, (3); (4), 251, (1); (4), 282, (2); (4), 231, (1); (4), 235, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Engravings  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Pompei wall paintings beautifully chromolithographed View picture(s) 11 CERILLO, Eduardo. Dipinti murali di Pompei - Medaglie Instituto d'Incoraggiomento di Napoli. Espozioni di Londra e Milano. Naples, proprietà Cav. Uff. Pasquale d'Amelio, (lithographed by) Richter & Co., [ca. 1886]. Large folio (ca. 62 x 43 cm). Contemporary half vellum (J. A. LOEBER, Leiden), original front wrapper with title "Dipinti murali scelti di Pompei" bound in. With lithographed title-page in red and black with vignette, and 20 fine chromo-lithographed plates numbered I-XX by and after Vincenzo Loria. With bilingual text (Italian and French) in 2 columns. IX, [1 blank], 20 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Archaeology  Art  Chromolithography  Colour Platebooks  Italy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the origins of speech View picture(s) 12 COURT DE GEBELIN, [Antoine]. Histoire Naturelle de la Parole, ou Précis de l'Origine du Language & de la Grammaire Universelle. Extrait du Monde Primitif. Paris. l'Auteur Boudet, etc., 1776. Contemp. green vellum, with red title-label on spine. With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece by C.P. Marillier, engraved by A. Romanet, folding engraved plate with two primitive alphabets, and folding colour-printed plate of tongue, larynx and speech-organs by DAGOTY. (4), 400 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bibliophily  Colour Platebooks  Linguistics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia depicted in fine coloured aquatints View picture(s) 13 DANIELL, Thomas and William. [A picturesque voyage to India by the way of China]. [London, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme at Paternoster-Row, William Daniell, Thomas Davison, 1810]. Folio. Original half calf portfolio, spine gilt with red title label, green ties. With 44 (of 50) full-page coloured aquatints. Lacking title-page, introduction, explanatory text leaves and 6 plates. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aquatints  China  Colour Platebooks  India  Indochina  Indonesia  Malacca  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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By Jean Jacques Rousseau's doctor View picture(s) 14 DARAN, Jacques. Observations Chirurgicales, sur les Maladies de l'Urethre, traitées suivant une nouvelle methode. Nouvelle edition. Paris, Debure l'Aîné, 1748. Sm.8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with red title-label, with gilt triple fillet borders on sides with gilt flowered ornaments at the four corners and large gilt coat of arms in centre on both sides, g.e. With large folding colour-printed plate by J. Gautier d'Agoty. (4), CCXX, 429, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Armorial Bindings  Colour Platebooks  Medicine  Printing Techniques  Urology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The natural history of India View picture(s) 15 DELESSERT, Adolphe. Souvenirs d´un voyage dans l´Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839. Paris, Bétrune et Plon for Fortin, Masson et Cie & Langlois et Leclerq, 1843. Two parts in one volume. 4to. Modern half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt, title lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. With 35 lithographed plates: 8 of landscapes and cities in India by V. Dollet in the first part, and 27 plates of mammals, birds and insects in the second part after the designs by J.G. Prêtre, Delahaye and Vaillant, of which 24 are beautifully coloured by hand by the famous 'coloriste' Gérard; one large folding map of Europe, Africa and Asia, indicating in red the traject of Delessert's journey. (6), III, 134; (4), 107 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  India  Travel & Voyages  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Württemberg army in 30 coloured plates View picture(s) 16 ECKERT, Heinrich Ambros and Dietrich MONTEN. Saemmtliche Truppen von Europa in characteristischen Gruppen nach dem Leben gezeichnet ... 6tes Heft [Kingdom of Württemberg]. Munich and Würzburg, Heinrich Ambros Eckert and Christian Weiss, [ca. 1842]. Portfolio (ca. 39 x 30 cm.) with lithographed title and illustration on front cover. With 30 hand-coloured lithographed plates (ca. 25 x 20 cm., some tipped and/or with pasted lithographed title and with embossed publisher's stamps below). Twenty of the plates with German and 10 with French title. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colour Platebooks  Germany  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Hessen-Darmstadt army in full colour View picture(s) 17 ECKERT, Heinrich Ambros, MONTEN, Dietrich and Christian WEISS. Das deutsche Bundesheer... 15tes Heft [Duchy Hessen]. Munich and Würzburg, H.A. Eckert and C. Weiss, [ca. 1838]. Folio. Original lithographed boards. With lithographed title-page including Weiss' dedication to Nikolaus I, 14 (of 15) hand-coloured lithographed plates (ca. 25 x 20 cm), each tipped on a leaf with lithographed title and embossed publishers stamp below. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colour Platebooks  Germany  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An Englishman abroad View picture(s) 18 FELLOWES, William Dorset. A visit to the monastery of La Trappe, in 1817. Fourth edition. London, for Thomas M'Lean, 1823. 8vo. Contemporary green morocco, covers with gilt & blind-tooled borders, gilt spine, all edges gilt. Full-page handcoloured aquatint view of the monastery of La Trappe for frontispiece and 12 full-page handcoloured acquantint plates by I. Clark after the author's original drawings, 2 full-page black & white etched plates. XII, 188 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Belgicana  Colour Platebooks  France  Paris  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From India overland to London, by the son of the Duke of Clarence, afterwards William IV View picture(s) 19 FITZCLARENCE, George Augustus Frederick. Journal of a route across India, through Egypt, to England in the latter end of the year 1817, and the beginning of 1818. London, Thomas Davison for John Murray, 1819. 4to. Contemporary calf with blind-tooled border and gilt fillet along the edges, edges marbled, marbled endpapers. With a large folding partly coloured map of the seat of war in India, a full-page map of Egypt with the route through the desert and down the Nile taken by Fitzclarence to reach Alexandria, 12 full-page aquatints (9 coloured, 2 uncoloured) and 5 full-page plans (4 partly coloured plans of battlefields in India; 1 of a temple). XXIV, 502 [including p. 168-169*] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Discovery & Exploration  Egypt  England  India  Militaria  Piracy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The family Frisch on German birds View picture(s) 20 FRISCH, Johann Leonhard. Vorsstellung der Vögel in Deutschland und beiläufig auch einiger Fremden nach ihrer Eigenschaften beschrieben. Berlin, Nicolaische Buchhandlung, 1817 [=1733-1763]. 12 parts in 1 volume. Folio. 19th-century half black morocco, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, gilt title. With an engraved frontispiece (black and white), 255 beautifully engraved and very detailed plates of birds (20 x 31 cm), all magnificently coloured by a skilful contemporary hand. Some nice woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. 108 ll. with descriptions and indexes, including 25 printed titles. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Germany  Natural History  Ornithology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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