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18th-century Amsterdam depicted - The famous atlas of Fouquet in its rare first edition with the text View picture(s) 21 (FOUQUET Jr., Pierre). Nieuwe atlas van de voornaamste gebouwen en gezigten der stad Amsterdam, met derzelver beknopte beschryvingen. Amsterdam, D. J. Changuion & P. den Hengst, 1783. 2 vols. Folio. Half calf with red and green labels lettered in gold. With the two titles printed in red and black, 1 double page plan of Amsterdam and 102 double-page engravings of city views (45 in the first and 57 in the second vol.; 2 unnumbered and 1-83 and star-numbers: 3, 4, 17, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 38, 39, 45, 46, 48, 50, 52, 61). Vol. 1: (2), 27; vol. 2: (1), 36 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Amsterdam  Engravings  Low Countries  Views  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The famous chronicle on Paderborn View picture(s) 22 (FÜRSTENBERG, Ferdinand von). Monumenta Paderbornensia ex historia Romana, Francica, Saxonica eruta et novis inscriptionibus, figuris, tabulis geographicis & notis illustrata. Francofurti et Lipsiae, Christoph Riegel, 1713. 4to. Contemporary vellum, red speckled edges. With engraved author's portrait, engraved title, 3 folding engraved maps, 2 folding engraved views, 26 full-page engraved plates, some small woodcut illustrations in text. (48), 309, (19) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Engravings  Germany  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The famous Protestant Martyrbook View picture(s) 23 (HAEMSTEDE, Adriaen Cornelisz. van). Historie der Martelaren, die om het getuygenisse der evangelischer waerheydt haer bloedt gestort hebben, van de tijden Christi onses Salighmakers af tot den jare sesthien hondert vijf-en-vijftigh toe. Niet alleen in dese Nederlanden, maer oock in Vranckrijck, Engelandt,  Schotlandt, Spanjen, Italien, Duytschlandt, America en andere landen, met vele van hare brieven en belijdenissen: als mede de moort van Parijs, de moort in Voltoline, d'ongehoorde wreetheyt in Yerlant: mitsgaders de schrickelike moort aen de vaudoysen in Piemont, en andere vervolgingen der geloovigen. In desen laetsten druck op een nieuw neerstelick oversien, verbetert, en veelsins vermeerdert; en el Amsterdam, Jan Fredericksz. Stam, 1658. Folio. Contemporary blindstamped vellum with title in ink on spine, remnants of ties, blue speckled edges. Full-page engraved frontispiece, full-page engraved plate in text divided in ten compartments, showing in different scenes the pride and haughtiness of the Roman Catholic popes, and 149 engravings in text, mostly depicting the horrifying manner in which the martyrs were put to death. (12), 483, (5) lvs. [Collation: *6 a6 A-6G4]. Full description >> Related Subjects: Engravings  History  Protestantism  Religion  Theology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Nice specialist work on the proper construction and use of chimneys View picture(s) 24 (HEBRARD, P.). Caminologie, ou traité des Cheminées, contenant des Observations sur les différentes causes qui font fumer les Cheminées, avec des moyens pour corriger ce défaut. Ouvrage Intéressant & utile, tant pour les Particuliers, que pour les Artistes. Dijon, F. Desventes, 1756. Sm.8vo. Contemp. mottled calf, spine richly gilt with floral decorations, marbled endpapers and edges. With engraved frontispiece depicting a compass-rose and 30 illustrations of chimneys on 20 folding engraved plates. (4), XLIV, 187, (17) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Applied Arts  Architecture  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the most attractive Dutch songbooks of the early seventeenth century View picture(s) 25 (HEEMSKERK, J. van). Minne-kunst. Minne-baet. Minne-dichten. Mengel-dichten. Amsterdam, printed by Pauls Aertsz. van Ravesteyn for Hessel Gerritsz, 1626-1627. 4 parts in 1 vol. Oblong sm. 8vo. Modern overlapping vellum. With 4 separate letterpress titles, 20 fine engraved full-p. illustrations (incl.  2 frontispieces) by Pieter Serwouters. (8), 466, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dutch  Engravings  Literature  Poetry  Songbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The first dated edition of Heinsius' 'Emblemata amatoria': the famous first emblem book in Dutch View picture(s) 26 (HEINSIUS, Daniel). Emblemata amatoria: Iam demum emendata. Amsterdam, Dirck Pietersz. Pers, 1608. Oblong 4to. Later vellum. With richly engraved title and 24 large engraved emblems in roundels by Jacques de Gheyn II, with captions in Latin and motto's in Latin, French or Italian in the circular borders of the emblems; the Dutch poems by Daniël Heinsius with the same motto's on the facing pages. (32) lvs. Collation: A-H4 Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Emblem  Emblem Books  Engravings  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The important second edition of the most precious of all Dutch Emblem books View picture(s) 27 (HOOFT, Pieter Cornelisz.). Emblemata amatoria. Afbeeldinghen van minne. Emblemes d'amour. Amsterdam, Wilem Janszoon (Blaeu), 1618. Oblong 4to. 19th century calf, spine with 5 raised bands and morocco title label lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, red painted edges. Engraved title-page and 30 full-page engravings. 171 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Emblem Books  Engravings  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very interesting and important collection of voyages to and descriptions of parts of America and Africa; together with a standard work on Constantinople View picture(s) 28 (JUSTEL, Henri). Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique, qui n'ont point esté encore publiez; contenant l'origine, les moeurs, les coûtumes & le commerce des habitans de ces deux parties du monde. Avec des traitez curieux touchant la haute Ethyopie, le débordement du Nil, la mer Rouge, & le Prete-Jean. Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674. 4to. 18th-century full marbled calf, gilt and decorated spine in compartments with gilt title on green title-label, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. With 4 folding and one full-page engraved maps, 3 folding engraved plans, 9 full-page engraved plates, woodcut head- and endpieces and initials. (16), 262, 35 (1 blank), 23 (1 blank), 49 (1 blank), (2), 81 (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Africa  Americana  Engravings  Ethiopia  French  Jamaica  Travel  Turkey  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With 7 engravings after designs by Hendrik de Winter View picture(s) 29 (KINSCHOT, Gaspar Rudolph). Beschryving der stad Oudewater; waarin aangetoont word der zelver herkomst uit het Utrechtsche bisdom, overgang tot de graaflykheid van Holland en haare gemaakte onafscheidbaarheid van de zelve: mitsgaders der zelver voorrechten, regeeringsvorm, en droevige lotgevallen van aloude tyden af tot nu toe beschreven, uit de oudheid bewezen en met de nodige bewysstukken bevestigt. Als mede de handvesten, privilegien en octroyen, zoo eertyds door de Graaven van Holland, als naderhand door de staaten van dat gewest aan die stad van tyd tot tyd gegund en verleend, alles byëen verzamelt, opgestelt en in 't licht gegeven door den thans in dienst zynde bailjuw, dykgraaf en schout der zelfde stad. Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1747. 4to. Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine. With a red and black title-page with engraved armorial mark, full-page engraved dedication, 2 engraved maps and 5 views of Oudewater (all folding), engraved by F. van Bleyswyk, J. Besoet and J. van der Spyk after designs by H. de Winter, 2 engravings in text, woodcut endpieces and initials. XVI, 600, 16 pp. (last page blank). Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  Engravings  Geography  Maps  Netherlands  Topography  Utrecht  Views  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The first French encyclopedia of ornament, decorative arts and architecture View picture(s) 30 (LE PAUTRE, Jean & Pierre, and others). L'architecture à la mode ou sont les nouveaux dessins pour la décoration des bâtimens et jardins. Paris, N. Langlois (= Jean Marriette), (1741). 2 vols. Small folio. Contemporary full brown calf, spines gilt in compartments with 2 red morocco labels lettered in gold. With 2 engraved titles and 497 engravings on 496 plates, 52 of which are double-page. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Engravings  Ornaments  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The miracle of Amsterdam View picture(s) 31 (MARIUS, L.). Amstelredams eer ende opcomen, door de denckwaerdighe miraklen aldaer geschied, aen ende door het H. Sacrament des Altaers. Anno 1345. Door Boetius A Bolswert. Antwerp, Hendrick Aertssens, 1639. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. With richly engraved allegorical title, with a sailing ship with the flag of Amsterdam at the top, and 16 full-page engraved plates by Boethius à Bolswert, including one with the crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam flanked by two standing lions, the others all lively illustrating the story of the miracle of Amsterdam, all with a six-line verse in Latin underneath, engraved on the plates. (16), 304 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Amsterdam  Catholicism  Engravings  Legends & Sagas  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Only Dutch edition of this interesting emblem (or fable) book with plates after Marcus Gheeraerts View picture(s) 32 (MOERMAN, Johannes). Sedighe onderwiisen der creaturen. In rhijm ghestelt. Antwerp, Jacob Mesens, 1649. Oblong 8vo. Contemporary plain vellum, spine with - remarkable enough - the words "Emblem. Marcus Gerards" in contemporary handwriting! With 55 etched plates, numbered (1), 2-55. The first one (123 x 91 mm) is apparently the title of the original Latin edition with the engraved words 'Apologi creaturarum', the title of that edition: a woman comes out a cave approaching Mercure; in a banderole underneath is written 'Utilia prudenti inprudenti futilia'; as the book is in oblong 8vo, this is the only plate which is printed on its side, the other ones measuring ca. 74 x 116 mm. 56 lvs, the versos with the printed texts numbered 1-56 and the rectos with the plates numbered (I), 1-55. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Emblem Books  Engravings  Fable Books  Low Countries  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A distinct contribution to the subject of hyacinths View picture(s) 33 (SAINT-SIMON, M.H., MARQUIS DE). Des Jacintes, de leur Anatomie, Reproduction et Culture. Amsterdam, 1768. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, red painted edges. With large engraving on title, and 10 engraved plates. Full description >> Related Subjects: Botany  Engravings  Gardens  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With 50 attractive zoological engravings View picture(s) 34 (SARTORIUS, Johann Chr. and Caspar WUSSIN). Neues Thier-buch, Oder: Merckwürdige Beschreibung Der Thieren und Vögeln, Worinnen Deren unterschiedliche Arth, Grösse, und Kleine ... zu ersehen; Sambt allerhand lehrreichen Historien und Exempeln, ingleichen nebst mancherley guten Artzney-Mitteln, wie auch mit viel schönen Kupfern gezieret. Erster und Anderter Theil. Prague, Caspar Wussin, 1718. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Nineteenth-century green  boards, red title label lettered in gold on spine, gilt ruling on covers. With full-page engraved frontispiece of Adam in the Garden of Eden, playing harp to listening animals, engraved vignette on title-page of Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve and animals, and the snake is offering Eve the apple, 50 half-page engravings of animals in text, 30 of which are mammals and 20 birds. (6), 216 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Butterflies  Czechia  Engravings  Illustrated Books  Natural History  Ornithology  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to enter the land of the fairies View picture(s) 35 (SENETERRE, H.C. LE MARQUIS DE). Nouveaux contes de fées. Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie (= Paris), 1745. Sm.8vo. Contemp. calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with red and black title-labels, gilt triple fillet borders on side, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (SIMIER). With large engraved allegorical vignette on title, and with 6 fine engraved illustrations, at the head of each tale. XVI, 79 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Engravings  Fairy Tales  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Instructions for the French Royal army: on camping, marching, manoeuvring and fighting View picture(s) 36 (SPAR, Joseph Ignace Magnus, le comte de). Instructions militaires. Paris, Briasson, 1753. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title label lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, red speckled edges. With 17 folding numbered engraved plates, woodcut vignette on title, woodcut headpieces and initials. XIV, (2), 174, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Engravings  French  Manuals  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The latest fashion in garden art View picture(s) 37 (STIEGLITZ, CHR.L.). Descriptions Pittoresques de Jardins du goût le plus moderne. Leipzig, Voss et Comp., 1802. 4to. Contemp. half calf, with black title-label on spine. With illustrations of garden-plans, houses and gardens, garden-architecture with plans and garden-furniture on 28 full-page plates, engraved by Darnstedt, Schumann and Hüllmann after designs by Karl August Benjamin Siegel. VIII, 124 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Art General  Engravings  Gardens  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The earliest topographic print series in the Northern Netherlands View picture(s) 38 (TYSENS, Gysbert) & Claes Jansz. VISSCHER. Haarlemmer duinzang, tereere van des zelfs vermakelyke land-en watergezigten, van Sandtvoordt af tot Haarlem. Versierd met twaalf naauwkeurige afbeeldingen. Amsterdam, Hendrik Bosch, 1728. Oblong 8vo. Contemporary half red roan. Engraved vignette on title, 12 numbered full-page engraved plates by Claes I. Visscher (including allegorical frontispiece). (4), 12 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Engravings  Haarlem  Noord-Holland  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Prints and drawings from the collection of Pierre Wouters View picture(s) 39 (WOUTERS, Pierre). Catalogue de la rare et nombreuses collection d'estampes et de desseins qui compoisent le cabinet de feu M. Pierre Wouters, en son vivant Prêtre, Chanoine de l'Eglise Collegiale de S. Gomer, à Lierre en Brabant; Trésorier et Bibliothécaire de Sa Majesté Apostolique, etc. Précédé d'une table alphabétique des maitres. Par N.J. T'Sas. Bruxelles, N.J. T'Sas & G. Huyghe, L' An V (1797). 8vo. Contemporary green wrappers with paper title label pasted on spine. XXXII, 338 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Belgicana  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  Catalogues  Engravings  Painting & Drawing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated travels through Asia and the Middle East View picture(s) 40 ABDOUL-KERYM, W. HODGES & L. LANGLÈS. Collection portative de voyages traduits de diffrentes langues Orientales et Européennes. Paris, Imprimeries de Crapelet et de Delance, 1797-1805. 3 works in 5 vols. 12mo. Contemporary black morocco, spine gilt, gilt covers and inner dentelles, g.e. 20 engraved plates, mostly double-page, all depicted twice once in black-and-white and once beautifully coloured by hand. XXXII, 246; CXXXI, (1), 142; (4), 270(=274); (4), XVII, (1), 222; (4), 252 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  Colour Plate Books  Engravings  Middle East  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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