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Rare account of the famous battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600 View picture(s) 161 NEOMAGUS, Anton. Expeditio Mauritiana Flandrica, cum exercitu potentissimorum D.D. Ordinum Unitarum Nederlandiae Provinciarum. Anno 1600. 2. Julii. Gouda, Caspar Tournaeus, 1615. 4to. Contemporary vellum. Woodcut printer's device on title (Huisstede & Brandhorst, p. 1050, no. 469). (8), 60 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: History  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Three works by Izaak van Nuyssenburg bound together View picture(s) 162 NUYSSENBURG, Izaak van. Korte beschrijving van Geertruidenberg, in deszelfs opkomst; bloeistand; in- en uitwendige aangelegenheid, en voorname lotgevallen, zoo in het burgelijke als kerkelijke: voorafgegaan door eene plegtige jubelreden, ten tweede vereeuwing van de eerstgebeurde verlossing dier stad uit de magt der Spanjaarden, op den laatsten der Oogstmaand' 1623; en gevolgd van eenige historische bijlagen. Dordrecht, A. Blussé en Zoon, 1774. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, boards covered with paper. Woodcut ornament on title,. (10), 1-61 (1 blank, 2), 63-200 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  History  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A colourful history of the West Yorkshire Regiment View picture(s) 163 O'DONNELL, Henry (Ed.). Historical records of the 14th regiment, now the Prince of Wales's own (West Yorkshire regiment,) from its formation, in 1685, to 1892. Devonport, A.H. Swiss, (1893). 8vo. Contemporary cloth with calf sides and gilt title on spine, gilt medaillon on front cover, gilt ornament tooling on inside of covers, g.e. With 13 full- page coloured plates (incl. frontispiece), 33 full-page b/w illustrations of which 5 portraits, some small b/w illustrations in text. XXII, 415, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arms & Armour  Costumes  History  Libraries & Collections  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Willemstad besieged by 8000 Frenchmen View picture(s) 164 OLDENBORGH, Pieter van. De Belegering en Verdediging van Willemstad, in Maart 1793. Dordrecht, Amsterdam, A. Blussé en Zoon, J. Allart, 1793. Modern half cloth, uncut. With black silhouet portrait of Baron Van Boetzelaer on engraved title, 13 black silhout portraits of military officers on 2 engraved plates by A. Zurcher, folding engraved plan, folding engraved view, and 3 folding engraved views of the battle in Willemstad by C. Bogaerts and D. Vrijdag after Handsdorff & Bulthuis. XXIV, 144 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  History  Militaria  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of Zwolle View picture(s) 165 OOSTKAMP, Jan Antonie. Korte Geschiedenis der Stad Zwolle, van derzelver eersten Oorsprong, tot op den Tegenwoordigen Tijd. In Leeslesjes voor de Jeugd. Zwolle, J.L. Zeehuisen, 1817. Sm.8vo. Orig. boards. With folding engraved plan of Zwolle by T. Koning after design by the author. VIII, 133, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  History  Overijssel  Schoolbooks  Zwolle  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Description of Leyden, including the first mention in print of Rembrandt View picture(s) 166 ORLERS, Jan Jansz. Beschrijvinge der stadt Leyden. Inhoudende 't begin, den voortgang, ende den wasdom der selver: de stichtinge vande kercken, cloosteren, gasthuysen, ende andere publijcque gestichten, etc... Leyden & Delft, Abraham Commelin & Andries Jansz. Cloeting (colophon: Leyden, printed by Jan Jansz. van Dorp), 1641. 4to. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut printer's device on title, large folding engraved plan, 2 double-page engraved maps (of which one large folding), 10 half-page engraved views and illustrations in text. [30], 738, [14] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  History  Leyden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two rare and important humanist studies on ancient Dutch and German history View picture(s) 167 ORTELIUS, Abraham & Johannes VIVIANUS. Itinerarium per nonnullas Galliae Belgicae partes. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1584. With woodcut printer's device on title, 2 folding engraved plates, and 3 large engravings and some woodcut inscriptions in text. 76, [3], [1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Archaeology  Dutch  France  Geography  History  Mercator  Plantin  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Ottomans and Europe. The history of the Austro-Hungarian region from 1395-1612 View picture(s) 168 ORTELIUS, Hieronymus. (= H. OERTEL, OERTL). Chronologia oder historische Beschreibung aller Kriegsempörungen unnd Belägerungen der Stätt und Vestungen auch Scharmützeln und Schlachten so in Ober und Unter Ungern auch Siebenbürgen mit dem Turcken von Ao. 1395 biss auff gegenwertige Zeit denckhwürtig geschehen. Alles gründlich unnd ordenlich (dergleichen vorniemals in Truck aussgangen) zusammen verfast und beschrieben. Nuremberg, Christoff Lochner for Johann Sibmacher, 1604. 4 parts in one volume. 4to. Contemporary vellum, title in ms. in ink on spine, original ties, blue painted edges. With engraved title in elaborately decorated border with cavalry, arms and armour, large engraved folding map (28 x 51 cm), 30 double-page engraved views, 26 full-page engraved portraits, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. [6], 581, [34], [10] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Austria  History  Hungary  Militaria  Ottoman Empire  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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"Who is who'' in Germany before 1566 View picture(s) 169 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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Hongkong imprint View picture(s) 170 PAPINOT, Edmond. Dictionnaire Japonais-Français des noms principaux de l'histoire et de la géographie du Japon. Suivi de 17 appendices sur les Empereurs, Shogun, Nengo, Sectes bouddhistes, provinces, départements, mesures, etc. Hongkong, Imprimerie de Nazareth, 1899. 8vo. Contemporary glazed green calico, title lettered in gold on spine, blind-tooled triple fillet on covers. With engraved printer's device on title, engraved tailpieces and Japanese characters. VII, 297 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dictionaries  Geography  History  Japan  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the history and significance of the crown View picture(s) 171 PASCHAL, Charles. Coronae. Opus quod nunc primùm in lucem editur distinctum X. libris; quibus res omnis coronaria è priscorum eruta & collecta monumentis continetur. Paris, Ex officina Plantiniana apud Hadrien Perier, 1610. 4to. Contemporary vellum, ribbed spine decorated in gilt spine, large gilt coat-of-arms of Amsterdam in the centre, 4 smaller arms of Amsterdam as corner pieces, and gilt borders on both sides, sprinkled edges. Engraved vignette with the coats of arms of the French king Henry IV on title, woodcut head- and end pieces, woodcut initials. (16), 730 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Amsterdam  Classical Antiquity  History  Nobility  Plantin  Provenance  Royalty  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A Scottish botanist in the interior of South Africa View picture(s) 172 PATERSON, William. A narrative of four journeys into the country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria, in the years 1777, 1778, 1779. The second edition, corrected. London, printed for J. Johnson, 1790. Large 4to. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments with red morroco title label lettered in gold, the sides with blind tooled filet border, g.e. Large folding engraved map (56 x 34 cm.) of the Southern extremity of Africa, and 19 fine engraved and hand coloured plates, 15 depicting plants (one of which is misbound), 2 depicting animals, one depicting "Hottentots" and one "Boshiesmens habitations". XII, 175, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Botany  Exploration  History  South Africa  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The birth of Bolivia View picture(s) 173 PEDEMONTE, Don Carlos. Discurso que, en el segundo dia del Octavario de Cincepcion, y anniversario de la batalla de Ayacucho, con motivo de la constitucion y presidencia VCitalicia del libertador en el Peru, pronunció el ilustrisimo señor Arzobispo electo de Lima, doctor Don Carlos Pedemonte. Lima, Imprenta de la Libertad, por José Maria Masias, 1826. Small 8vo. 36 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  Bolivia  History  Peru  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare contemporary history of the Dutch Revolt against Spain View picture(s) 174 PERS, Dirck Pietersz. De verwarde adelaer, en ontstelde leeuw: waer in de spring-ader der beroerten, die in Duytsland en Nederland, soo in den staet als religie, van Lutheri tijden af, onder Keyser Karel V. en zynen sone Phlippus, als mede onder de bestieringe der Staten van de Vereenighde Nederlanden, tot den dood des Princen Wilhelmi van Oragnien, zyn voorgevallen, klaer en beknopt werden voorgedragen. Wt de geloofwaerdighste schrijvers en schriften, en verscheyden taelen opgesocht, en by nae de helft vermeerdert. Amsterdam, Paulus Matthysz. for Dirck Pietersz. Pers, (1647). 4to. Contemporary overlapping vellum with title written on spine. With engraving on title (85 x 120 mm) of a lion caught in a net, woodcut initials and centre piece. (20), 911, (23) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  17th Century  History  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Funeral traditions all over the world View picture(s) 175 PERUCCI, Francesco. Pompe Funebri di Tutte le Nationi del Mondo. Raccolte dalle Storie Sagre, e profane. In questa seconda impressione reviste, e con somma accuratezza da molti errori espurgate, e corrette Verona, Francesco Rossi, (1646). Oblong 4to. Contemp. calf. With 34 engraved plates illustrating the manner of burial and burial memorials of the various peoples of the world, 26 full-page, partly in text and partly versos blank. (16), 146 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cultural History  History  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare source for the literary history of Friesland View picture(s) 176 PETRI, Suffridus (Sjoerd Pietersz.). De scriptoribus Frisiae, decades XVI. Et semis: in quibus non modo peculiares Frisiae, sed & totius Germaniae communes antiquitates plurimae indicantur, & veterum historicorum ac geographorum loci, hactenus non intellecti, explicantur. Franeker, Jacobus Horreus, 1699. 12mo. Contemporary plain vellum; spine lettered in ink. (88), 498 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Bibliography  Friesland  History  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Thrilling recollections of a Rotterdam teacher travelling to East Asia View picture(s) 177 PHILIPS, Teunis Hermanus. Hoe ik taalmeester werd. Reisherinneringen. Een souvenir, zijn vrienden hier en elders aangeboden. Rotterdam, W.Wenk, [1871]. 8vo. Blank paper wrappers with pasted photocopied original front wrapper. Wth full-page lithographed author's portrait and 13 full-page lithographed plates, of which 11 tinted en 2 in black & white, all by P. Blommers (The Hague). [6], 226 [5, 1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  China  Dutch  Exploration  History  Indonesia  Lithographs  Philippines  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important work on the English penal colonies in Australia View picture(s) 178 PILORGERIE, Jules de la. Histoire de Botany-Bay, etat present des colonies pénales de l'Angleterre, dans l'Australie, ou examen des effets de la déportation, considérée comme peine et comme moyen de colonisation. Paris, Paulin, 1836. 8vo. Original green wrappers. Appendix 1 (= pp. 381-4) with in total four engraved tables on one folding leaf. [4], XIV, 394, [IV] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Colonial History  French  History  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early Antwerp edition of Pliny's letters in an interesting blind tooled pigskin binding View picture(s) 179 PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS, Caius. Epistolarum libri X. ad exemplar manuscriptum Rodol. Agricolae diligentiss. recogniti. Panegyricus Traiano Caesari dictus. Et is ad vetustissimum exemplar emendatus. De viris illustribus rei militaris & administrandae reipub.Acesserunt argumento non admodum abhorrentia. Suetonii Tranquilli liber de claris grammaticis & rhetoribus. Item. Julii Obsequentis, Prodigiorum liber. Latina interpretatio dictionum ac sententiarum Graecarum, quibus Plinius utitur. Indices duo ... Antwerp, Antonius Dumaeus, 1542. 8vo. Extraordinary well preserved contemporary blind tooled pigskin binding; rolls with square and oval portraits and panels with passion scenes and saints on both covers; floral motives are stamped in the central spaces of the covers and in the four compartments of the spine; in the middle of the front cover, between two paragraph signs, the initials 'E' and 'K' are stamped and decorated with black ink. Some woodcut initials. 3 fly-leaves, 494, (40) pp. and 3 fly-leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Greek & Latin  History  Literature  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most influential Dutch translation of the 'lives' of Plutarch View picture(s) 180 PLUTARCH. T'Leven der doorluchtige Griecken ende Romeynen, tegen elck anderen vergeleken door Plutarchus van Chaeronea. Wt de Griecsche sprake overgeset door M. Iaques Amyot. Mitsgaders het leven van Hannibal, Scipio den Africaen, uyt het Latyn verfranscht by Carolus Clusius. Voorder het leven van Epaminondas, Philippus van Macedonien, Dionysius den ouden, Augustus Caesar, Plutarchus ende Seneca: ende noch het leven vande negen treffelijcke krijgs-oversten, beschreven door Aemilius Probus. Met een cort begrijp op elcx leven: leeringen op de kant, chronijck ende leer-registers: alles versamelt ende uytgegeven by S.G.S. Tesamen van nieus tot gemeen nut verduyscht, door A.V.Z.V.N.. ende ten deele by eenen anderen beminder. Delft, Adriaen Gerritsen van Beyeren & Felix van Sambrix, 1644. Folio. Contemporary calf with large gilt centre-piece on both sides, spine in compartments, with gilt red morocco label. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, dated 1644 with Romulus and Theseus - the subjects of the first two 'lives' presented as a pair - holding a cloth with the engraved title and an oval portrait of Plutarch at the top. Printer's device on the title with the motto 'Durate'. (6), 548, (4) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Biography  Classical Antiquity  History  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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