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Rare surviving example of an eighteenth-century perpetual Wall Calendar View picture(s) 21 HENNING, Veit Balthasar. Eeuwig Durenden Almanach. [Nuremberg], Veit Balthasar Henning, [ca. 1750]. (Ca. 345 x 204 mm). Wall calendar, consisting of a base and 2 volvelles fastened with wooden spindle, hand-painted and varnished engraving with floral motives and two climbing lions at the top and the motto 'Omnes continet unus' at the bottom, mounted on pasteboard, affixed to wooden mount with maker's paper label on back. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Almanacs & Calendars  Dutch  Germany  Volvelles  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Monuments along the Rhine at the end of the 19th-century View picture(s) 22 HERCHENHEIN, Friedrich. Panorama des Rheines von Mannheim bis Cöln. Mainz, Verlag von Joseph Halenza, (ca. 1880). Large 8vo. Orig. gilt blue cloth with Jugendstil decoration. Folded large steel-engraving (243 x 29 cm) with a map and views of the river Rhine, folded harmonica-wise in leporello, showing also coat-of-arms and anillustration of the Lorelei, two views of Cologne on the included double-page title, incl. a poem by Heinrich Heine in German, French and English, and 46 views of the cities, castles, monuments and landscapes on both sides of the narrow map of the river. Full description >> Related Subjects: Germany  Maps - Europe  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A trip to German Frisia View picture(s) 23 HETTEMA, Montanus de Haan & Rinse R. POSTHUMUS. Onze reis naar Sagelterland, benevens deszelfs geschiedenis, eene beschrijving van den aard, de zeden, de gewoonten enz. van deszelfs bewoners en een korte schets en woordenlijst van hunne taal. Franeker, G. Ypma, 1836. Large 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, spine richly gilt with green title-labels, with richly gilt decorative borders, center-piece and floral cornerpieces on sides, gilt binding edges, marbled endpapers. With folding lithographed map of Sagelterland, and 2 lithographed costume plates of the women of Sagelterland, one showing the usual dress and one the special Sunday dress, both finely coloured by hand. VI, 415, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Friesland  Germany  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The famous history of the Anabaptists at Münster and Amsterdam by an eye-witness View picture(s) 24 HORTENSIUS, Lambertus. Het boeck van den oproer der Weder-dooperen. Eerst int Latijn beschreven, ende ghedruckt tot Basel ... Ende nu in Nederlandts overgheset. Mitsgaders een voor-reden van den  selven autheur aen de E. Wijse ende Voorsienighe Heeren, Burghemeesteren, Schepenen ende Raedt der Stadt Amsterdam. Enchuysen, Jacob Lenaertsz Meyn, 1614. Folio. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut vignette on title, title within typographical woodcut borders, and one half-page and 8 full-page engraved  plates in text, one repeated: the plate from leaf 3r was mistakenly printed on leaf 5r (C1) and in some copies covered with a cancel of the correct engraving (second issue); in other copies the correct plate is directly printed on leaf 5r (C1) (third issue), in our copy the cancel not yet mounted (first issue), woodcut initials. (4), 26 lvs.; collation: A-H4 (last two blanks lacking as usual). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dutch  Germany  History  Mennonites  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Splendid ceremonies at the Württemberg court at Stuttgart View picture(s) 25 HULSEN, Esaias von. Aigentliche Wahrhaffte Delineatio(n) unnd Abbildung aller Fürstlichen Auffzüg und Rütterspilen. Bey deß ... Herren Johann Friderichen Herzogen zu Württemberg, und Teck, Graven zu Montpelgart Herren zu Haydenheim, etz ... jungen Printzen und Sohns Herzog Ulrichen wohlangestellterr Fürstlichen Kindtauff und dann bey ... Iro F. G. geliebten Herren Bruoders desz ... Fürsten und Herren, Herren Lüdwigen Friderichen Hertzogen zu Württemberg. etc: Mit der ... Furstin und Fräwlin Fraw Magdalena Elisabetha Landtgräffin ausz Hessen etc: Fürstlichem Beylager und Hochzeytlichem Frewdenfest celebriret und gehalten, in ... Stuetgartt. den 13. 14. 15. 16. unnd 17. Juij anno 1617. (Stuttgart), Esaias von Hulsen, (1618). Oblong 4to. Beautifully bound in contemporary blindstamped pigskin, remnants of ties. Engraved allegorical title and 91 (out of 92: plate 51 is missing) numbered engraved plates, one of which is folding, 78 depicting people in costumes, dressed horses, floats, musicians etc. all taking part in different festivities like a ballet, fireworks and and other plays, and 13 engraved titles announcing the different spectacles, the texts of these titles are printed separately and pasted down, and are not part of the original engravings. As usual, plates 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 have engraved slips of paper pasted down on them with engraved large hearts ornamented with ears and eyes; to see the original engravings the slips of paper have to be lifted. Some of the engravings had been already used for Van Hulsen's 'Festzug' of 1616. 93 lvs. (title, dedication and 91 engravings). Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Fireworks  Germany  Horses & Horsemanship  Splendid Ceremonies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of an important German Emblem book View picture(s) 26 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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Archaeological adventures in Kleve View picture(s) 27 JANSSEN, Leonhardt Johannes Friedrich. Gedenkteekenen der Germanen en Romeinen, aan den Linker Oever van den Neder-Rijn, ontdekt en opgehelderd. Utrecht, Robert Natan, 1836. 8vo. Original printed boards. With 18 lithographed plates, a folding map, and a folding plan by Romen à Emmeric. XI, [3], 226, [18] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Archaeology  Classical Antiquity  Dutch  Germany  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to raise your children View picture(s) 28 KRAUSE, Adolph Gottlob Ferdinand. Die physische Erziehungskunde für Lehrer und Erzieher, systematisch bearbeitet. Leipzig, Friedrich Christain Durr, 1808. 8vo. Contemporary boards, library number on spine, sprinkled edges. XVI, 172 , (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Education  Germany  Sports & Recreation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare handbook for students of theology, with mnemotechnical plates View picture(s) 29 LAIRITZ, Johann Georg. Synopsis historiæ ecclesiasticae Novi Testamenti. Leipzig, heirs Lanckisch, 1700. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. With engraved frontispiece author's portrait of by J.O. Oberdorffer and 4 large folding 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 springs of Cleves as pictured by Jan de Beijer and sung by the Dutch poet Pieter Langendyk View picture(s) 30 LANGENDIJK, Pieter. De stad Kleef, haar gezondheidbron, en omleggende landsdouwen, in kunstprenten verbeeld. Haarlem, Jan Bosch, 1747. 4to. Contemporary half calf with remains of gilt title label on spine. Title vignette with the Iron man and the amphitheatre in Cleve, and 5 folding and 5 double-page plates, engraved by H. Spilman after Johannes de Beyer. (2), 63, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Germany  Illustrated Books  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare work on microscopy by the famous naturalist Ledermüller View picture(s) 31 LEDERMÜLLER, Martin Frobenius. Versuch, bey angehender Frühlingszeit, Vergrößerungs Werckzeuge zum nützlich und angenehmen Zeitvertreib anzuwenden. Essai d'employer les instruments microscopiques. Nuremberg, A.L. Wirsing, 1764. Folio. Contemporary boards. With engraved hand-coloured title-page and 12 full-page hand-coloured engraved plates. 48 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Germany  Microscopy  Natural History  Science  Scientific Instruments  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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19th century tourist guide View picture(s) 32 LEHNHARDT, J. Holland, Belgium, The Rhine and the Northern and Eastern part of Germany. Illustrations to the Hand-Book for Travellers on the Continent: contained in a Series of Maps of the most frequented Roads through Holland, Belgium and Germany, with the By-Roads through the most interesting and picturesques Districts and with a great number of Plans of the Principal Towns.- Appendix, containing: 1) A List of the Principal Hotels and Inns. 2) The taxe for posthorses, postillons and Waggonmasters.  3) A table of the comparative value of German and foreign coins. Frankfurt, Ch. Jugel, Sold also by J. Murray, London, Amyot, Paris, Ch. Mucquardt, Brussels, 1842. 8vo. Original boards, with title in English on front cover and title in German on back cover. With double-page index map, 21 double-page folding lithographed maps, hand-coloured in outlines and with city-plans at either side, and 8 full-page lithographed plans of the major towns. 32 pp. Appendix in English and German. Full description >> Related Subjects: Belgicana  Cartography  Germany  Guide Books  Netherlands  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Famous discours on the fable View picture(s) 33 LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim. Fabeln. Drey Bücher. Nebst Abhandlungen mit dieser Dichtungsart verwandten Inhalts. Berlin, Christian Friedrich Voss, 1759. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt with orange title-label, peacock-fashion blue marbled edges. With allegorical engraving of an owl sitting on a book on title, and fine engraved allegorical frontispiece comprising Minerva holding a mask and little Putti looking at the large shield at Minerva's feet which shows a head of Medusa on the outside and a little monkey on the inside, both signed by J.W. Meil. XII, 249 [=250] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Enlightenment  Fable Books  Germany  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare tourist guide on Aachen and surroundings View picture(s) 34 MAASKAMP, Evert. Tableau de la ville d'Aix-La-Chapelle, de Borcette et de Spa, avec la carte de route et vues en couleur. Amsterdam, E. Maaskamp, 1818. 4to. Contemporary marbled boards. With folding engraved map as frontispiece. [2], 36 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Germany  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Sightseeing in 19th century Berlin View picture(s) 35 MALO, Charles. Berlin. Les capitales de l' Europe. Promenades pittoresques. Paris, Marcilly fils the elder, Imprimerie de A. Firmin Didot, (1829). 12mo. Contemporary pink boards, frontcover  embossed and with title printed in black. Handcoloured engraved view on Berlin. 35 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Germany  Guide Books  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Modelled on Plato's Phaedo: as a highlight of the German Jewish Enlightenment and the promise of the American Revolution View picture(s) 36 MENDELSSOHN, Moses. Phaedon oder über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele, in drey Gesprächen. Karlsruhe, Schmieder, 1780. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, ribbed spine with gilt floral stamp in compartments with two title labels lettered in gold, marbled end-papers, red painted edges. Woodcut vignette on title. (10), 52, 224 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Americana  Enlightenment  Germany  Hebraica & Judaica  Literary History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very usefull for 18th century travellers to Italy; beautifully illustrated View picture(s) 37 MISSON, François Maximilian. Nieuwe Reize na en door Italien, met een berecht voor de gene die voornemens zyn dezelve reize te doen. Vermeerdert  en opgeheldert met de aanmerkingen van Addison, door hem gemaakt gedurende zyne reize door Italien. Uit het Frans na den vyfden  druk vertaelt. Utrecht, Willem van de Water & Jacob van Poolsum, 1724. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title label, red painted edges. Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces by J. Goeree, 47 fine engraved views and plates of which 19 folding, in Misson's voyage, and 2 full-page engraved plates and several engraved illustrations of antique coins in Addison's "Remarks". (34), 422; (2), 426, (33) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Europe  Germany  Italy  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Attractively bound description of the district (Oberamt) Kirchheim, near Stuttgart View picture(s) 38 MOSER, Rudolph Friedrich von. Beschreibung des Oberamts Kirchheim. Herausgegeben von dem Königlich statistisch-topographischen Bureau. Stuttgart & Tübingen, J.G. Cotta, 1842. 8vo. Contemporary German red morocco, gilt spine with small ornaments, sides with decorative gilt 'rococo' border, binding edges with gilt fillet, edges of book block marbled. With a lithographed frontispiece, a folding map, 4 folding letterpress tables. [2], 303, [3] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Castles  Germany  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare chemical and medical work View picture(s) 39 MÜLLER, Philipp. Miracula chymica et misteria medica. Libris quinque enucleta, quorum summam pagina versa exhibet. (Wittenberg), Laurens Seuberlich for Clemens Berger, 1611. 12mo. Paper over boards, preserved in modern slipcase. Title printed in red and black, with 12 woodcuts of 19 chemical instruments and retorts in the text, interesting head- and tailpieces. (24), 189 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Astronomy & Cosmography  Chemistry  Germany  Mathematics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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"Who is who'' in Germany before 1566 View picture(s) 40 PANTALEON, Heinricus (BANDLIN, Hans Heinrich). Prosopographiae heroum atque illustrium virorum totius Germaniae, pars prima [secunda & tertia]. In hac personarum desriptione omnium tam armis et autoritate, quam literis & religione totius Germaniae celebrium virorum vitae & res praeclarè gestae bona fide referentur, à condito mundo [pars 1] ... ad ... annum 1566 usque [pars 3]. Opus plane novum et uicundissimum, ex omnium fere gentium chronicis, annalibus, & historiis magna diligentia excerptum: & vivis heroum imaginibus (quantum fieri potuit) passim illustratum: ac nunc primum ob patriae decorum in lucem editum. ita quod instar continuae historiae Germanorum esse queat. Basle, (Heirs of) Nicolaus Brylinger, 1565-66. 3 parts in 1 volume. Folio. 19th century boards. Woodcut printer's device on 3 titles, woodcut portrait of the author on the versos of the three titles accompanied by three different laudatory poems, numerous (ca. 1500)  woodcut portraits of famous men (Emperors, Kings, noble men, scholars, scientists, etc.) in German history; printed genealogical trees. (12), 291, (12); (8), 480, (12); (12), 565, (11) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Biography  Germany  History  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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