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Extremely rare work on the history of Bohemia by a Belgian officer serving in the Austrian army View picture(s) 61 DUMONT DE FLORGY. Histoire de Bohème depuis son origine jusqu'à l'extinction de la dynastie de Przémisl. Vienna, Antoine Strauss, 1808-1809. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, gilt borders on sides, gilt binding edges, g.e. 297, (1); 228, (1) pp.297, (1); 228, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Czechia  History  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With autograph letter by Prince Eugene View picture(s) 62 DUMONT, Jean. Histoire militaire du Prince Eugene de Savoye, Marlborough et du Prince de Nassau-Frise. Où l'on trouve un détail des principales actions de la dernière guerre, & des batailles & sièges commandez par ces trois généraux. The Hague, Isaac van der Kloot, Pierre Husson, Jean Neaulme, 1729-1747. 3 vols. Large folio. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt, triple gilt fillets on sides, marbled edges. Vol. I: the same engraved illustration on 2 titles in red & black, engraved portrait of Prince Eugende de Savoye, 22 engraved plates, 11 engraved headpieces; vol. II: again the same engraved illustration on title in red & black 58 engraved plates, 5 folding tables; vol. III:  engraved vignette by H. Eland on title in red & black, engraved triple portrait of Prince Eugene de Savoye, the Duke of Marlborough, and the Prince of Nassau, Johan-Friso, and 9 engraved plates. (2), V-LXI, (1 blank), (16), 132; (2), II, 336; (6), 358 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Economy  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the origins of cults View picture(s) 63 DUPUIS, [Charles François]. Planches de l'origine de tous les cultes, avec leur explication. Paris, H. Agasse, An III de la République (1795). 4to. Contemp. half calf. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, zodiac signs, ancient and archaeological artefacts suchs as vases and coins on 22 folding engraved plates. 16 pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Archaeology  Astronomy  Cultural History  History  Theology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The ocean and her rulers View picture(s) 64 ELWES, Alfred. De zee en hare beheerschers, of beknopte geschiedenis der voornaamste zeemogendheden uit vroegeren en lateren tijd. Naar het Engelsch voor Nederlanders bewerkt door A.A. Deenik. Sneek, Van Druten & Bleeker, 1861. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco. XXV, 368 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dutch  English  History  Maritime History  Navigation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of Friesland View picture(s) 65 EMMIUS, Ubbo. Rerum Frisicarum historiae. Libri X (= Decas prima) & Decas altera. Franeker, Aegidius Radeus, 1596 & 1598. 2 vols. (vol. 1: books 1-10; vol. 2: books 11-20). 8vo. 19th-century half mottled calf, gilt and decorated spine with title lettered in gold on green morocco label, marbled boards. Woodcut ornament on titles, woodcut genealogical tables in vol. 2, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials (some historiated). (16), 416; (47, 1 blank), 400 (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Franeker  Friesland  History  Low Countries  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important for the biography of Erasmus, including hitherto unplushing letters by Erasmus View picture(s) 66 ERASMUS, Desiderius & Petrus SCRIVERIUS (ed.). Magni Des. Erasmi Roterodami vita; partim ab ipsomet Erasmo, partim ab amicis æqualibus fideliter descripta; accedunt epistolæ illvstres plus quam septuaginta, quas ætate provectiore scripsit, nec inter vulgatas in magno volumine comparent. P. Scriverii, & fautorum auspicijs. Leyden, G. Basson, 1615. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, title in ink on spine. Title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut roundel with portrait of Erasmus on leaf 5, woodcut initials. (24), 286, (2 blank). Collation: *12, A-M12 (M12 blank). Full description >> Related Subjects: Biography  Erasmus  History  Philosophy  Rotterdam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Nicely illustrated description of Zeeland View picture(s) 67 ERMERINS, Jacobus. Eenige Zeeuwsche oudheden, uit echte stukken opgehelderd en in het licht gebracht. Middelburg, Willem Abrahams (vols. 1-4), Widow Willem Abrahams (vols. 5-8) & H. A. Bruining (vol. 8), 1780-1797. 8 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half purple cloth with interverting floral imprint, red title labels on spines, yellow painted edges. With an engraved portrait of the author, 3 folding engraved plates and 2 folding engraved maps in vol. 1; 1 folding engraved map en 3 folding engraved plates in vol. 2; 6 full-page coats of arms and 2 folding plates with facsimiles of seals and signatures in vol. 3; 1 folding engraved map in vol. 5; 1 full-page plan in vol. 6; 1 folding engraved map and 1 full-page coat of arms in vol. 7. 68, (2), [69]-140, (2), [139]-176, (4), [177]-273; (4), 6, (4), [7]-386, (1); (6), 180, (6), 236; (6), 112, (4), [113]-235, (6), 148; (2), 468; (4), 308; (4), 232, (2), 159; (4), 175, 8, 328 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: History  Netherlands  Zeeland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fine edition of Eusebius's Historia Ecclesiastica in the first French translation in a beautiful contemporary binding View picture(s) 68 EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA. L'histoire ecclesiastique translatee de latin en francoys, par Messire Claude de Seyssel, evesque lors de Marseille, & depuis archevesque de Thusrin. Antwerp, Martin l'Empereur (Martin Keyser), 17 April 1533. 8vo. Contemporary calf acorn panels, surrounded by an elaborate blind-tooled border on both sides. Printed in De Keyser's Small Pica Bastarda. Title-page in woodcut border, numerous woodcut initials. [12], 160, 157-293 ll. 295-299 [1] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Bindings  Church History  French  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The origins of French civilization View picture(s) 69 FAURIEL, Charles Claude. Histoire de la Gaule méridionale sous la domination des conquérants germains. Paris, Paulin, 1836. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half marbled calf, spine gilt and decorated with title and volume number lettered in gold on red respectively green morocco label, marbled boards. X, 586 (1, 1 blank); (3, 1 blank), 530 (1, 1 blank); (3, 1 blank), 530, (1,1 blank); (3, 1 blank), 546 (1, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  France  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Popular Dutch edition with illustrations by Jacobus Buijs View picture(s) 70 FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. Alle de werken, naar het Grieksch in 't Engelsch gebragt en verkort, Waar by gevoegd is: De twee boeken van Josephus tegens Appion; Zijn richtsnoer der reden, of het martelaarschap der Macchabeen, en 't Gezantschap van Philo den Jood aan den keizer Cajus Caligula, Uit het Engelsch in het Nederduitsch vertaald. Amsterdam, J, van Gulik, 1780. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Contemp. half calf with 2 contrasting morocco letterpieces. With engraved portrait of Flavius Josephus by J. Houbraken after H. Pothoven, and 26 full-page engraved plates by Th. Koning after J. Buijs. XLVIII, 545, (1 blank); XXI, (1), 646 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Asia Minor  Bibles  Hebraica & Judaica  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated by Jacob Savery III View picture(s) 71 FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. Boecken; Te weten, twintigh van de Oude Geschiedenissen der Joden, en een van sijn eygen Leven: noch seven van de Joodsche Oorlogen, ende Verwoestinge Jerusalems: mitsgaders twee van de Joodsche Oudtheyt, tegens Apionem den Letter-konstenaer: en ten laetsten een van de Heerschappij des Vernufts, en het Lijden en Doot der Machabeen. Nu op nieuws uyt de Grieksche en Latijnsche sprake vertaelt, door L. v. Bos. Daer by gevoeght Egisippi Boecken, Van de Joodsche Oorlogen, en de Verstooringe der Stadt Jerusalem. Mede op nieuws uyt het Hooghduyts door S. de Vries vertolckt. Dordrecht, Jacobus Braat, for Jacobus Savry, 1665. 2 works in 1 vol. Folio. Contemp. mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by G.G. Fenaem, large woodcut printer's device on 2 titles, titles printed in red and black, and 250 large engraved illustrations in text, 230 in Flavius Josephus, and 20 in the work by Egesippus. (12), 402, (24); (4), 86, (2) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Hebraica & Judaica  History  Holy Land  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Roman history in a very rare IJsselstein prize-binding View picture(s) 72 FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus. Epitome Rerum Romanarum. Cum integris Salmasii, Freinshemii, Graevii, et selectis aliorum animadversionibus, recensuit, suasque, adnotationes addidit C.A. Dukerus. Leyden, Johannes vander Linden, 1722. Large 8vo. Contemp. vellum, spine gilt, with decorative gilt borders on sides with gilt flowers at the four corners and central gilt coat of arms of IJsselstein, with modern silk ties, red painted edges. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by F. Bleyswyk after H. van der Mey, folding engraved map of the ancient Roman Empire, and full-page engraved plate of a column decorated with rowing boats. (66), 960, (120), 52 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity  Greek & Latin  History  Prize Binding  Utrecht  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare influential handbook for the conversion of Mexican Indians View picture(s) 73 FOUCHER, Jean. Itinerarium Catholicum proficiscentium, ad infideles couertendos. Fratre Ioãne Focher minorita autore. Nuper summa cura & diligentia auctum, expurgatum, limatum ac praelo mandatum, per fratrem Didacum Valadesium, eiusdem instituti, ac provintiae sancti evangelii in nova Hyspania, professorem. Ad reverendissimum patrem, F. Franciscum Guzmanum, omnium Indiarum maris Occeani commissarium generalem. Hispali (Sevilla), Alfonsus Scribanus (A. Escrivano), 1574. 8vo. Contemporary limp vellum with title written in ink on spine. With beautiful woodcut initials, full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion with the inscription 'Christo confixus sum cruci, vivo ego iam non ego, vivit vero in me Christus. Ad. Gal. 2', woodcut printer's device on last page, text of ll. 94-99 in red and black. [8], 99, [9] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Mexico  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Most complete edition View picture(s) 74 FRAISSINET, Édouard. Le Japon. Histoire et description. Rapports avec les Européens. Expédition Américaine. Paris, The widow Bouchard-Huzard for Arthus Bertrand, (1864). 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary half purple morocco, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, red sprinkled edges. With a large engraved folding map (345 x 310 mm) of Japan "d'apres les plus recentes cartes anglaises et russes" by V.A. Malte-Brun with hand-coloured outlines and a folding table of the islands of Japan, both in the second volume. (4), 499, (1); XII, 523, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: History  Japan  Mission  Religion  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Charming Nimes View picture(s) 75 FROSSARD, Emilien. Tableau pittoresque, scientifique et moral, de Nismes  et de ses environs, a vingt lieues a la ronde. Nismes, Bianquis-Gignoux, 1834-38. 3 parts in 2 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers, uncut. With 2 wood-engraved titles, 94 wood-engraved plates, one folding, and including folding plan of Nîmes, and 8 wood-engravings in text. VIII, 160; (4), 104; XII, 232 pp Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  France  French  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The ancient habits of Mexico View picture(s) 76 GARCIA CUBAS, Antonio. The Rèpublic of Mexico in 1876. A political and enthnographical division of the population, character, habits, costumes and vocations of its inhabitants. Translated into English by George F. Henderson. Mexico, La Enseñanza, 1876. 8vo. 19th-century red morocco, gilt title on gilt spine, sides blind tooled, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With 8 colour-printed lithographs, finished by hand, double-page map, and 4 leaves with musical scores, printed on both sides. 130, (12) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Ethnography  History  Mexico  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare print series depicting the execution of Mary Stuart in 1587 View picture(s) 77 GARDINER, William Nelson. Execution de Marie Stuart, Reine d'Ecosse, en sept estampes gravées. London, (Tebaldo Monzani, 1791). Oblong folio. Contemporary light-brown polished calf with decorated gilt spine, covers with decorated gilt border along the edgess, front cover with gilt green morocco inlay with title lettered in gold, decorated gilt binding edges, pastedowns and first and last flyleaf of paper decorated in eighteenth-century style with a pattern of red dots and trefoils. With seven full-page stipple-engraved plates (ca. 200 x 250 mm) printed in brown by W.N. Gardiner after the designs of J.F. Rigaud. (4) pp. with title and explanatory text. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  England  Engravings  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important history of the Kingdom of Naples View picture(s) 78 GIANNONE, Pietro. Bürgerliche Geschichte des Königreichs Neapel, nach der letzten ansehnlich vermehrten und verbesserten italiänischen Ausgabe ins deutsche übersetzet und mit neuen Anmerkungen vermehret von Otto Christian von Lohenschiold [und J. F. le Bret]. Ulm, Frankfurt & Leipzig, Gaum (Vol III: Hartknoch), 1758-1770. 4 vols. Large 4to. Contemp. calf with giltstamped label to spine. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. With the frequently lacking engr. portrait frontispiece, engr. plate, and an engraving in the text. PAGINERING? Full description >> Related Subjects: History  Italy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Paulus van Uchelen - Sir Andrew Fountaine copy View picture(s) 79 GIUSTINIANI, Agostino de. Castigatissimi annali con la loro copiosa tavola della eccelsa et illustrissima Republica di Genoa, da fideli et approvati scritti accuratamente racolti. Genova, Antonio Bellone, 1537. 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 five raised bands and gilt edges. Title with woodcut coat of arms of Genova in red and black, large woodcut showing St. Georges fighting the dragon on verso of the title; beautiful woodcut decorated and illustrated initials in the text. (14), 282 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  History  Italy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the war of Flanders in the first decade of the 17th century: an army general's account View picture(s) 80 GIUSTINIANO, Pompeo. Delle Guerre di Flandra, Libri VI. Posti in luce da Gioseppe Gamurini. Antwerp, J. Trognesio, 1609. 4to. Later vellum, spine ribbed, with red title-label. With title within richly engraved allegorical borders, and 29 folding engraved maps and plans of sieges and fortifications. (4), 329, (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Flemish  Fortification  History  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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