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First Dutch edition of a famous literary work View picture(s) 41 STERNE, Laurence. Het Leven en de Gevoelens van Tristam Shandy. Uit het Engelsch vertaald door Bernardus Brunius. Amsterdam, A.E. Munnikhuisen, 1776-1779. 11 parts in 5 vols. Sm.8vo. Contemp. half calf, spines gilt, with red title-labels. With 5 engraved titles, separate title to each part, engraved portrait of the author by C.F. Fritschius, full-page black plate, hand-marbled plate in colours on both sides of one leaf, engraved coat-of-arms and some figures in text, and including several pages intentionally left blank. Together ca. 1700 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  English  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Classic work on warfare by one of the greatest military commanders of the 16th century View picture(s) 42 VERE, Francis. Commentaries, Being Diverse pieces of service, wherein he had command. Published by William Dillingham. Cambridge, London, John Field, 1657, 1672. Folio. Later dark red calf, with gilt title, blindtooled and gilt decorated covers. Two titles; woodcut device of Cambridge University on first title, 3 full-page engraved portraits, of Sir Francis and Sir Horace Vere, and John Ogle, double-page engraved plate of Francis Vere's monumental tomb by R. Gaywood, and 6 double-page engraved maps and plans by Robert Vaugham, of the sea-coasts  of Europe, the Netherlands, Cadiz and the Azores, the armies arranged for battle at Turnhout and Newport, and the siege of Ostende. (18), 209, (2, 1 blank) PP. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  England  English  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The classic manual for anglers View picture(s) 43 WALTON, Izaak & Charles COTTON. The complete angler. To which are added, an introductory essay; the linnaean arrangement of the various river fish delineated in the work. Second edition. London, John Major, 1824. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo Contemporary gilt and blindstamped full calf, gilt and deocrated spine with two red morocco title labes lettered in gold, marbled endpapers and edges. Part I: Frontispiece engraved portrait of I. Walton after H. Slous, printed title-page, 10 full-page engraved plates, numerous illustrations in text. Part II: Frontispiece engraved portrait of C. Cotton after H. Corbould, printed title-page, 3 full-page engraved plates, numerous illustrations in text. LVIII, 1-262; 263-416 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  English  Fishing  Manuals  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The commander of the U.S. Camel Corps on the uses of the sword View picture(s) 44 WAYNE, Henry Constantine. The sword exercise, arranged for military instruction. Printed by authority of the war department. Washington, Gideon and co., 1850. 8vo. Modern half leather with gilt ribbed spine bound by STARR BOOKWORKS. First part contains 11 folding lithographed plates and the second part 12 such plates. 4, 62, 43 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  English  Fencing  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Nice pocket-atlas View picture(s) 45 [ATLAS - WORLD]. [Maps for a geographical grammar]. Edinburgh, for Alexander Kincaid, 1790). Modern half grey calf, with old title-label mounted on spine. With 33 folding engraved maps, by McIntyre, T. Conder, and some by J. Fraser after A. Kincaid. 1 leaf with manuscript index. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Atlases  Discovery & Exploration  England  English  Games & Pastimes  Maps  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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La Perouse's travels explained to children View picture(s) 46 [CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. The child's own book. A new edition: with considerable additions. London, 1832. 2 vols. Sm. 4to. Contemp. half cloth. Richly illustrated with wood-engraved frontispiece, illustration on title, and hundreds of wood engravings in text. VIII, 568 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  English  Robinson Crusoe  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Depicting daily business life in Surinam View picture(s) 47 [CLIFFORD, Jeronimy]. The case and replication of the legal representatives of Jeronimy Clifford; a British Subject; and late merchant and planter of Surinam, deceased; to the information of the directors of the Society of Surinam, presented, on the 7th of October 1762, to their High Mightiness the Lords States General of the United Provinces, upon the memorial presented by his Ecellency Sir Joseph Yorke to the Assembly of their High Mightinesses, on the 13th of July 1762. London, C. Say, 1763. Large 8vo. Contemporary blue-greenish morocco, spine gilt, richly gilt borders on sides, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Title printed in red and black, large folding engraved map of Surinam. [4], 478, [2 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Colonial History  English  Surinam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch edition of the popular English "History of Little Jack" View picture(s) 48 [DAY, Thomas]. De kleine Jack. Eene Geschiedenis voor Het Algemeen. Vrij  gevolgd naar het Engelsch. Zeer geschikt tot een Leesboekje  voor de Jeugd. Amsterdam, Schalekamp en Van de Grampel, 1828. 12mo. Orig. boards. With engraved frontispiece, and 4 full-page engraved plates, all nicely coloured by hand. (8), 108 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  Dutch  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With the famous illustrations by Grandville View picture(s) 49 [DEFOE, Daniel]. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With a Memoir of the Author and an Essay on his Writings. London, William Tegg & Co., 1849. Contemp. richly gilt and blindstamped cloth. With illustration on title, frontispiece, and numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations in text by J.J. Grandville. 598, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  English  Literature  Robinson Crusoe  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Become an artist View picture(s) 50 [DRAWING - MANUAL]. The compleat drawing-book, Containing An extensive Collection of Examples in all Variety of Subjects, for the Improvement of Youth, in the pleasant and useful Art of Drawing. To which are annexed, Introductory Rules for the Use of Learners, with an Account of the Instruments and Materials used in Drawing. London, for Carrington Bowles, 1773. 4to. Contemp. half calf, red mottled edges. With 100 numbered engraved plates with drawing models of parts of the human body, heads and human figures, landscapes, animals, costumes, genre pieces, plants, butterflies, birds, etc., the first 50 plates after Sebastian Le Clerc, the other 50 after various artists. 4 pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Drawing & Painting  Education  English  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Exceptionally rare collection of 8 treatises on the cultivation of sugar cane, printed in Jamaica View picture(s) 51 [JAMAICA - SUGAR]. Eight practical treatises on the cultivation of the sugar cane, written in consequence of his excellency the Earl of Elgin's offer of a prize of one hundred pounds in the latter part of 1842. Jamaica (Kingston), Jordon & Osborn, 1843. 8vo. Original half green cloth with marbled boards. With four lithographed plates. (2), III, (1), 185, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  English  Jamaica  Treatises  West Indies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to protect and serve! View picture(s) 52 [LE MARCHANT, John Gaspard]. Rules and regulations for the sword exercise of the cavalry. [London], War office, T. Egerton, Military library, Whitehall, 1796. 8vo. Modern hald calf backing contemporary calf sides, remains of contemporary morocco letterpiece on spine. 29 engraved plates, all but 2 folding. XII, 90 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  English  Fencing  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Flushing imprint View picture(s) 53 [LINGUISTICS]. Colloquia et Dictionariolum Octo Linguarum, Latinae, Gallicae, Belgicae, Teutonicae, Hispanicae, Italicae, Anglicae et Portugallicae. Liber omnibus linguarum studiosis domi ac foris apprime necessarius. Collogues ou Dialogues, avec un Dictionaire en huit languages, Latin, Flamen, Francois, Alleman, Espagnol, Italien, Anglois & Portuguez: nouvellement reveus, corrigez, & augmentez de quatre dialogues, tres profitables & utils, tant au fait de marchandise, qu'aux voyages & autres traffiques. Colloquien oft tsamensprekinghen, met een Vocabulaer in acht spraken, Latijn, Francois, Neerduytsch, Hoochduytsch, Spaens, Italiaens, Engelsch ende Portugijsch: van nieuws verbetert ende vermeerdert van vier Colloquien, seer nut ende profitelijck tot der Coopmanschap, reyse ende andere handelinghen. Flushing, Martinum Abrahami, F. vander Nolck, 1613. Oblong small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. (208) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dictionaries  Dutch  English  French  German  Greek & Latin  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to learn 8 languages simultaneously View picture(s) 54 [LINGUISTICS]. Dictionariolum et colloquia octo languarum, Latine, Gallicae, Belgicae, Teutonicae, Hispanicae, Italicae, Anglicae, & Portugallicae. Liber Linguarum, emendatior stylo novissimé dertersarum, studiosis omnibus domi ac foris apprime necessarius. Dictionaire et Colloques en Huit Langues, Latin, Flamen, Francois, Alleman, Espagnol, Italien, Anglois, & Portugues: Nouvellement reveüs coorigez, & augmentez de quatre Dialogues, tres-profitable & util,  tant au faict de marchandise, qu'aux voyages & aultres traffiques. Antwerp, Henr. Aertsens, 1662. Oblong sm.8vo. 19th-century half morocco. With fine engraved frontispiece by Lommelin, with the title in Dutch in center with the "Janus-Head" above, and a group of four men talking under a tree at either side. 358, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dictionaries  Dutch  English  French  German  Greek & Latin  Italy  Linguistics  Portugal  Schoolbooks  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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French translation of the Hermit View picture(s) 55 [LONGUEVILLE, Peter]. Le Solitaire Anglois, ou Avantures Merveilleuses de  Philippe Quarll. Par Mr. Dorrington. Traduit de l'Anglois. Paris, Etienne Ganeau, Guillaume Cavelier, 1729. Sm.8vo. Contemp. marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with red title-label, red painted edges. With fine engraved frontispiece showing Philippe Quarll with his pet monkey at work on his deserted island, and with folding engraved map. (12),368, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: English  French  Literature  Robinson Crusoe  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Unrecorded issue of this gorgeous series of hand-coloured Dutch costume plates View picture(s) 56 [MAASKAMP, Evert, Jacques KUYPER & Louis PORTMAN]. Representations of dresses, morals and customs, in the Kingdom of Holland, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Amsterdam, Printed for E. Maaskamp (and Colnaghi & Co, London), 1808 (series of plates: 1811). Large 4to. Contemporary half leather with gilt title on spine, boards covered with marbled paper. Allegorical frontispiece and 20 magnificent full-page hand-coloured engravings. 24 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Dutch  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With contributions by Gertrude Stein, Man Ray, Francis Picabia View picture(s) 57 [PERIODICAL]. The Little Review. Quarterly journal of art and letters. Stella number. Autumn 1922. (New York, 1922). Orig. wrappers. With 21 illustrations after work by a.o. Stella and 1 photograph of Stella. 62, (2). Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  English  Literature  Painting & Drawing  Periodicals  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Baron Munchhausen's surprising travels View picture(s) 58 [RASPE, Rudol Erich]. "Complete Original Edition" of the surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen, in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Aetna, into the South Sea. Also, An Account of a Voyage into the Moon and Dog Star ... A Sequel, containing his Expedition into Africa... humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce. A New Edition. London, R.S. Kirby, 1819. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. Modern calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with gilt fillet borders on sides, with red title-label, gilt inner fillets, g.e. preserved in marbled slip-case (WALLIS). With frontispiece-portrait of Baron Munchhausen, and 27 engraved plates, 8 folding, all nicely coloured by hand. XII, 179, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: English  Munchhausen  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The best description of Switzerland View picture(s) 59 [STANYAN, Abraham]. An Account of Switzerland. Written in the Year 1714. Edinburgh, Printed by Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill, 1756. Small 8vo. Modern half calf, spine ribbed, gilt and blind-stamped, with red title-label. VII, (1), 232 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  English  Switzerland  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interlarded with unexpected details and anecdotes View picture(s) 60 [TRAVEL - LOW COUNTRIES]. Billets in the Low Countries, 1814 to 1817. In a series of letters. Embellished with coloured plates. London, W. Shackell for J.J. Stockdale, 1818. 8vo. Modern half purple morocco with gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers, uncut. Engraved frontispiece of a 'Dutch peasant' and 3 engraved plates showing resp. a 'Flying bridge' or chain ferry, a 'Shrimp cathcher' and a curious 'Pulpit in the Netherlands', all 4 plates after the original drawings by the author and all handcoloured. (2) 228 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Costumes  English  Fishing  Low Countries  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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