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Famous and very rare suite of 76 portraits of the delegates and negotiators of the Westphalian Peace Treaty in 1648 View picture(s) 281 [HULLE, Anselmus]. Celeberrimi legati ad pacificandum Christiani nominis orbem, legati ad Monasterium et Osnabrugas ex omni pene gentium nationumque genera missi. Ad vivum Anselmi v. Hulle penicillo expressi eiusque cura et aere per ingeniores huius aevi sculptores caelo representati. [Antwerp, Daniel Middeler, ca. 1649]. Folio. Contemporary mottled and gold-tooled calf, g.e. With 76 magnificent portraits (ca. 30 x 20 cm) in oval with coat of arms and mostly with Latin motto circumscribed and Latin poem underneath, engraved by Petrus de Jode (25), Cornelis Galle Jr. (23), Paulus Pontius (10), Matthias Borrekens (7), Conrad Waumans (5), Antonius van der Does (2), Petrus de Baillieu (2) -2 are unsigned -, after the original paintings by Anselmus Hulle. The portraits are cut out and pasted to the leaves of an album measuring 34.8 x 23 cm. [76] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Germany  History  Netherlands  Portraits  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of a very important collection of early Jesuit letters from Japan, India, the Moluccas and Brazil View picture(s) 282 [JESUITS - JAPAN - BRAZIL]. Epistolae Iapanicae, de multorum gentilium in variis insulis ad Christi fidem per Societatis nominis Iesu theologos conversione. In quibus etiam mores, leges, locorumque situs, luculenter descibuntur. Louvain, Rutger Velpius, sub castro Angelico. 1569. 2 vols. in one. 8vo. Contemp. calf, ribbed spine in 5 compartments, both sides ruled in blind with gilt centre piece and four ornaments in the corners. Printer's device on second title and the last lvs of both vols.; first title in typographical border; interesting woodcut initials. (60), 263 (1); 310, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  India  Japan  Jesuits  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The last words of William of Orange, translated from the English View picture(s) 283 [JOHNSTON, James]. Lof-Verkondigende Verhandeling Over de laatste Bede van Willem den Eersten, Prins van Orange, Grondlegger van Neerlands Vryheid. By zyne schielyke en geweldige dood op den 10. Juli des jaars 1584. aldus uitgesprooken: Heere! Ontfermt U over het volk. Geschreve door een Engelsch Edelman, en uit die Taale, na den tweeden Druck, overgezet, en met Aantekeningen opgehelderd. 's-Grav., H. Scheurleer, 1734. 8vo. Boards. With engraved frontispiece, showing the shooting of William the First at Delft, by A. van der Laan. (32), 168 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  House of Orange  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the most important sources of British law View picture(s) 284 [LAW - GREAT BRITAIN]. Fleta, seu commentarius juris Anglicani sic nuncupatus, sub Edwardo Rege primo, seu circa annos abhinc CCCXL ab anonymo conscriptus, arque è codice veteri, autore ipso ipso aliquantulum recentiori, nunc primum typis editus. Accedit tractatulus vetus de agendi excipiendique formulis Gallicanus, Fet assavoir dictus. Subjungitur etiam Joan. Seldeni ad Fletam dissertatio historica. Editio secunda, multis erroribus purgata. London, 'Typis S.R.' for H. Twyford, T. Bassest, J. Place, & S. Keble, 1685. two parts in one vol. 4to. Eighteenth-century calf, blind fillets on sides and ribbed spine with title lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, red sprinkled edges. Title within a frame of double lines, a half-page engraved plate (127 x 103 mm) after a historiated initial from an medieval manuscript op p. 462. (8), 452, (2 blank), 453-553 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: England  History  Law  Middle Ages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Against false rumours! View picture(s) 285 [LEICESTER, Earl of]. Placcaet daer by verboden wert dat niemandt eenighe calumnien ofte valsche uutghevinghen verspreyen en sal moghen, vande handelingen ende actien soo wel vande Majest. ende d'Enghelsche natie, als vanden heeren Staten generael oft particulier, ende vande magistraten van den steden, ende andere particuliere officiers inden dienst vanden lande wesende. Middelburg, Richard Schilders, 1587 (14 August). 4to. Unbound. With printer's device on title. (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Low Countries  Pamphlets  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of nepotism in Rome View picture(s) 286 [LETI, Gregorio]. Il nipotismo di Roma, o vero relatione delle raggione che muovono i Pontefici, all' aggrandimento de' nipoti. Del bene, e male che hanno portato alla Chiesa doppo Sisto IV. sino al presente. Delle difficoltà che incontrano i ministri de' prencipi nel trattare con loro, & insieme  col rimedio opportuno per liberarsi da tali difficoltà. E della causa perche le famiglie de' Pontefici non sono durate lungo tempo in grandezza. (Amsterdam, Daniel Elsevier), 1667. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine in compartments, gilt-lined with gilt stamped ornaments. (24), 208; 248, (24) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Catholicism  Church History  History  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the political position of the city of Lille (Rijssel) ca. 1760 View picture(s) 287 [LILLE]. Observations historiques sur les discussions respectives qui divisent les trois états des deux Flandres, sçavoir: la Flandres Autrichienne et la Flandres Gallicanne. Présentées à MM. du Clergé & de la Noblesse, & même à MM. du Tiers-état de la Généralité de la Flandres. No place, no printer, 1763. 8vo Marbled wrappers. 141, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Belgicana  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare re-issue of a nice series of hand-coloured plates of early 18th-century Dutch costumes View picture(s) 288 [MAASKAMP, Evert]. Costumes populaires et villageois de La Hollande, représentés par vingt figures coloriées. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, (ca. 1834). 8vo. Contemporary boards covered with calf-like paper, title in gold on front cover. Title-page, table of contents and 20 hand-coloured engraved plates with tissue-guards, by L. Portman after J. Kuyper, D. van Oosterhout, A. Prince, D. Koning, Amersvoort, C. Overman and J.Caspari. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Dutch  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare work on inscriptions in Roman cathedral, bound by Albertus Magnus for the library of Paulus van Uchelen View picture(s) 289 [MARGARINI, Cornelio]. Inscriptiones antiquae basilicae S. Pauli ad viam Ostiensem. Rome, Franciscus Moneta, 1654. Folio. Seventeenth-century strong ivory vellum, bound by Albert Magnus for the Dutch collector Paulus van Uchelen, sides with double gilt fillet borders, inner borders with the gilt crowns in the four corners, spine gilt with seven raised bands and seven lozenge-shaped ornaments, red sprinkled edges. Engraved coat of arms of Pope Innocent X, the dedicatee, on title, many small woodcut figures in text, engraved illustration of Carolus Magnus or Charles the Fifth. (4), LXIV, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  History  Ornaments  Religion  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Anonymous history of the Mennonites View picture(s) 290 [MENNONITES]. Histoire des anabaptistes, Contenant leur Doctrine, les diverses Opinions qui les divisent en plusieurs Sects, Les Troubles qu'ils ont causez, & enfin tout ce qui s'est passé de plus considérable à leur égard, depuis l'an 1521. jusques à present. Amsterdam, Jacques Desbordez, 1700. Sm.8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with red title-label, red mottled edges. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, title  printed in red and black, and 17 full-page engraved plates. (6), 280 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  History  Mennonites  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare treatise on friendship, navigation and trade between The Netherlands and the United States of Mexico View picture(s) 291 [MEXICO - TRADE - NAVIGATION - ECONOMY]. Traktaat van vriendschap, scheepvaart en handel, tusschen de Nederlanden, en de Vereenigde Staten van Mexico.- Traité d'amitié, de navigation et de commerce, entre le Roi des Pays-Bas, et les États-Unis du Mexique. [Brussels], 1828. 8vo. Without binding. 27, [1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Economy  History  Law  Maritime History  Mexico  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The library of Marie Antoinnette View picture(s) 292 [MOREAU, Jacob-Nicolas]. Bibliothèque de Madame La Dauphine. No. 1. Histoire. Paris, Michel Lambert for Saillant & Nyon and Moutard, 1770 (1771). Large 8vo. Early 20th brown morocco (by Ferd. Bakala, Vienna), gilt floral border and fillets on both sides; richly gilt spine with red morocco label lettered in gold; inner dentells. Frontispiece of 'Madame la Dauphine', surrounded by the muses, engraved by Ch. Eisen Juvenil, and dated 1770. (2), 182, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: History  Libraries & Collections  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the French-English relations and hostilities during the last French and Indian war View picture(s) 293 [MOREAU, Jacob-Nicolas]. Lettres d'un François a un Hollandois au sujet des differends survenus entre la France et la Grande Bretagne, touchant leurs possessions respectives dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. Paris, P. La Rive, 1755. 4to. Modern boards preserving the original wrappers. 90 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  America, North  Americana  Canada  Colonial History  France  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the "Proces Scherenberg" View picture(s) 294 [NAARDEN - HILVERSUM - LAREN - HUIZEN - BLARICUM]. Inventaris van Stukken, gedaen maken, ende den Hove van Holland overgegeven, uyt den naem ende van wegens Burgermeesteren en Regeerders der Stadt Naerden, mitsgaders Buur-Meesteren en Regenten der Dorpen Laren, Hilversum, Huysen, en Blaricum in Goyland, Impettanten van Mandament van Rau Actie ter Eenre. Op en jegens. Abraham Scherenberg wonende tot Amsterdam, Gedaagde in voorschreve Cas ter andere syde. (No pl., 1760). Folio Bound. 171, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: History  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The life of a hero View picture(s) 295 [NAVAL HISTORY]. Leven en bedryf van den vermaarden Zeeheld Cornelis Tromp, Graaf van Sylliesburg, Ridder van den Olifant, Baronnet, &c. Lieutenant Admiraal Generaal van Holland  en Westvriesland. Ondermengd met de voornaamste daaden van verscheidene andere Zeehoofden, en voornaamentlijk met die van marten Harpertsz. Tromp. Benevens een naauwkeurig verhaal van der Nederlanderen en hunner Bondgenooten Oorlogen, sedert den jaare 1650 tegens verscheidene Volkeren gevoerd. Voorzien met alle de noodige authentyke Stukken en Bewyzen, en vercierd met schoone kopere Figuuren. Amsterdam, Haarlem, Timotheus ten Hoorn, Jakob van Beverwyk, 1692. 4to. Half calf, spine gilt, with red title-label, painted edges. With engraved title, 3 printed titles, full-page engraved portrait of Cornelis Tromp, 7 folding engraved plates and 2 full-page engraved plates. (8), 496, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Biography  Dutch  Dutch Golden Age  History  Maritime History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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"Codicil" to the Dying wars "Testament" View picture(s) 296 [NIEROP, Adriaen van or Simon van MIDDELGEEST?]. WAER-MOND, Yemand van (pseudonym). Codicille van de Nederlandsche Oorloghe, waer in sy eenighe Vrienden, Wel-Doenders ende Dienaren, in haer principael Testament van date den tweeden Februarij 1609. vergheten zynde, ... den 12. Martij des selven jaers. Noch een Wellecom-Dicht van het Bestandt. Noch andere ghedichten van bestandighe vrede. "Franc end al" [= Amsterdam?], "Frederijck de Vrije", (1609). Small 4to. Disbound. Poems celebrating the truce with Spain (though attributed to a former opponent of the truce), with the Dutch poems in textura types and Latin marginal notes in roman. (12) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  History  Low Countries  Pamphlets  Politics  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The only edition of this work to contain the appended essay on coffee and coffee plantations View picture(s) 297 [OLDMIXON, John]. Het Britannische ryk in Amerika, zynde een beschryving van de ontdekking, bevolking, inwoonders, het klimaat, den koophandel, en tegenwoordigen staat van alle de Britannische coloniën, in dat gedeelte der wereldt. Amsterdam, Rudolf & Gerard Wetstein, 1721. 4to. Contemporary full calf with richly gilt and decorated spine with red morocco title-label, marbled edge. Part I: Engraved frontispiece by J. Goeree dated 1720, title in red and black, 5 folding engraved maps, engraving in text, woodcut headpieces and initials. Part II: Engraved frontispiece by J. Goeree dated 1720 (same as in part I), title in red and black, 3 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plate, 2 full-page engraved plates, woodcut head- and endpieces and initials. The maps are by J. Keyser after H(erman) Moll. (26), 300 (i.e. 296); (2), 327 (14, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [Central]  America [South]  America, North  Americana  Economy  Geography  Great Britain  History  Maps  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An important treaty View picture(s) 298 [PACIFICATION OF GHENT]. Artyckelen vanden payse, verbontenisse ende Unie, gemaeckt, besloten ende bevestight tusschen de Staten van Brabant, Vlaenderen, Artoys etc...Besloten ende gheaccordeert tot Ghendt, opten 8 Novembris 1576. Delft (= Belgium?), 1576. 4to. Woodcut royal coat of arms on title, woodcut initial. (15, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Delft  History  Pamphlets  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Announcing peace between the catholics and protestants of Antwerp View picture(s) 299 [PAMPHLET - ANTWERP]. De religions-vrede. Gheaccordeert ende gepubliceert binnen Antwerpen den XII en Junii MDLXXIX. Antwerp, Christoffel Plantijn, 1579. 8vo. Half vellum. Large woodcut printer's vignette on title page. (11, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dutch  French  History  Pamphlets  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Bergen op Zoom under attack in 1605 View picture(s) 300 [PAMPHLET - DUTCH - BERGEN OP ZOOM]. Cort verhael ende rechte verclaringe vande entreprinse, die des Eertz hertogen Albertus volck ghedaen heeft op de stadt Bergen op den Zoom ende de wercken daer voren gelegen, op den XXIen Augusti 1605 onder t' beleyt ende conduitte van Mons d'Hericourt. Midtsgaders den bloedigen ende tyrannigen assault ende stormen, geschiet den XXen Septembris daer nae int selve jaer, met omtrent seven duysent soldaten te voet, ende sesse vanen ruyteren des Eertz Hertoghen volck, onder t' beleyt van Mons Detereille, door het aen dienen ende mede-geven van Mons de Labijsé, gouverneur tot Hulst in Vlaenderen, ende Mons de Dette, laetst gouverneur geweest (voor den Eertz Hertoch) op t' casteel van Wouwe, ende de uutcoemste en succes van dien. Ghevisiteert ende gecorrigeert by den Heere Ridder Jonch. Paulus Bax gouverneur deser stadt Bergen op den Zoom, ende den capiteynen des garnisoens ende der Borgerie der voorsz. stadts. Bergen op Zoom, Jacob Canin, 1605. 4to. Modern blue half morocco with gilt title on spine. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initial and small endpiece. (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  History  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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