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Rotterdam Binder equal to Magnus View picture(s) 1 BIBLIA, Dat is, de gantsche Heylige Schrifture,  vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en  des Nieuwen Testaments. Leyden Wed. ende Erffgen. van Johan. Elzevier, 1663.- FIGURES de la Bible. Amsterdam, B. Picart, 1720. 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary black morocco over wooden boards, spines ribbed  and richly gilt, with broad gilt decorative borders on sides  and richly gilt borders around inner panel, with gilt ornaments at the four corners, the four inner corners filled with richly gilt ornamental design, and with large gilt ornament in centre, with in its blank inner square - gilt-divided in four - the fine gilt stamps of springing deer, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (HERTEN-BINDERIJ, Rotterdam). With 2 richly engraved allegorical frontispieces, one for the Elsevier Bible and one for Picart's Print-Bible, engraved half-title for Picart's Print-Bible, 6 double-page engraved maps and plan of Jerusalem by Nic. Visscher in the Elsevier Bible, and 209 full-page, incl. 29 double-page, fine engraved  plates by G. Hoet, B. Picart, etc. in the Print-Bible. (22), 468; (13, 1 blank), 167; (4), 77 (1 blank) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bibles  Bindings  Dutch  Engravings  Illustrated Books  Religion  Rotterdam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Finely illustrated and hand-coloured instructive children's book on natural history View picture(s) 2 DE KLEENE FREDERIK in het Groote Rijk der Natuur. Bevattende een aantal weetenswaardige Bijzonderheden, uit het Rijk der Dieren en Planten, waar meede de Zeedekunde, in de Gesprekken en Aanmerkingen op eene onderhoudende wijze vereenigd is. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald en met zeer veele bijzonderheden en nuttige zedekundige lessen vermeerdert. Zutphen, H.C.A. Thieme, 1800. Sm.8vo. Contemp. boards. With 23 illustrations on 12 full-page engraved plates, 11 with two illustrations above each other on one plate and one full-page plate, all beautifully coloured by hand. XII, 189, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Education  Illustrated Books  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With newly engraved emblems by the gifted Dutch artist Jan van Vianen View picture(s) 3 EMBLEMATA amatoria. Emblemes d'amour en quatre langue. London, Chez l'Amoureux, (ca. 1690). Sm.8vo. Contemporary calf with gilt decorated spine and gilt edges. With engraved frontispiece and 45 full page engravings by Jan van Vianen. (92) lvs. printed on 1 side only. Full description >> Related Subjects: Emblem Books  Illustrated Books  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Lavishly illustrated Book of Hours designed for the Spanish Court, 'one of the finest books ever produced in the Officina Plantiniana at the time of the Moretusses' View picture(s) 4 HORAE - Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, Pii V. Pont. Max. iussu editum. Nunc pluribus quàm hactenus umquam figuris aeneis illustratum. Antwerp, Ex officina Plantiniana (Balthasar Moretus, the widow of Johannes Moretus & Johannes Meursius), 1622 (Colophon: Balthasar Moretus, 1621). 4to. Early nineteenth-century dark violet morocco, lavishly gilt with elaborate borders on both sides with the name of the owner ('Marchesa Eleonora Bentivoglio Crivelli') stamped in gold, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, gilt inner dentelles, also on the first and last silk fly-leaves, g.e. Preserved in its original gold tooled leather slipcase. Title and text printed in red and black, engraved vignette of the Virgin with child, with the coat of arms of Archduke Albert & Duchess Isabella on the title, 57 large engraved full-page plates and 38 smaller engravings and vignettes (some of them used more than one time). (40), 696, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Book of Hours  Illustrated Books  Plantin  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Richly illustrated children's edition View picture(s) 5 LA FONTAINE EN ESTAMPES, ou Nouvelle Édition des Fables, plus complète que les précédentes; précédée de la Vie de l'Auteur, extraite du nouvel Ouvrage de M. Walckenaer. Paris, Nepveu, 1821. 4to. Contemp. half red morocco, spine richly gilt, g.e. With large engraving on title, and 110 half-page engraved plates illustrating the fables, based on the designs by Oudry. XXVIII, 462 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fable Books  Fontaine  Illustrated Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With 3 splendid ceremonies View picture(s) 6 PRAEL-TREYN verrykt door ry-benden, praelwagens, zinne-beelden en andere oppronkingen toegeschikt aen het duyzend-jaerig jubilé van den heldmoedigen martelaer, bisschop, bezonderen apostel ende patroon der stad ende provincie van Mechelen, den heyligen Rumoldus. Mechelen, J.-F. vander Elst, (1775?). 4to. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt flowers and red title label lettered in gold. Small engraved coat-of-arms in text, engraved vignette on p. 1, and 16 engraved plates of which 14 are large and folding, all depicting floats and other scenes as they were represented in the parade. (12), 34 (= 38 pp., i.e. p. 1-18, 15-34). Full description >> Related Subjects: Americana  Belgicana  Fireworks  Illustrated Books  Jesuits  Splendid Ceremonies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fable book illustrated by one of the best Swiss engravers View picture(s) 7 VINGT FABLES en prose et en vers, tirées de l'Allemand et du François. Berne, La Nouvelle Société Typographique, for Henri Steiner & Compagnie, Winterthur, 1780. Contemporary olive morocco, spine richly gilt, gilt borders on sides, with gilt ornament in centre with red morocco inlaid on both sides, g.e., marbled endpapers. With engraved frontispiece with the title 'Recueil de fables gravées à l'eauforte par I.R. Schellenberg. 1780', woodcut vignette on title, woodcut head-pieces, and 20 numbered beautifully engraved full-page plates by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg. (4), 60 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  Illustrated Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to behave well View picture(s) 8 WELLEVENDHEID, DE-, in afbeeldingen.- LA CIVILITÉ, en estampes. Turnhout, Glénisson, Van Genechten, (ca. 1830). Oblong small 8vo. Original lithographed wrappers. With 11 lithographed plates, all beautiful coloured by hand, showing scenes of children's good and bad behaviour. 22 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Courtesy Books  Illustrated Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The ancient world in 345 plates View picture(s) 9 (BARDON, MICHEL-FRANCOIS DANDRÉ). Gewoonten der aloude volken: behelzende de godsdienstige, burgelyke en krygsgebruiken der Grieken, Romeinen, Israëliten en Hebreeuwen, Egyptenaaren, Persiaanen, Scythiërs, Amazonen, Parthiërs, Daciërs, Sarmatiërs, en andere zo oostersche als wetsersche volken.  Versierd met drie-honderd-zes-en-vyftig koperen plaaten, vervaardigd door en onder het opzigt van den beroemden heer Cochin, ridder en orde van St. Michiel, en geheimschryver van de koninklyke akademie der schilder- en beeldhouwkunde te parys. Amsterdam, Joh. Allart en W. Holtrop, 1786. 4 parts in 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary half calf. 345 full page engravings. I-VIII, 32 pp; (1), 40 pp; IV, 41 pp; (1), 22 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  History  Illustrated Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Richly illustrated encyclopedic survey of games and pastimes through history View picture(s) 10 ALLEMAGNE, H.R. D'. Récréations et passe-temps. Paris, Hachette & Cie, (ca. 1900). Large 4to. Orig. richly colour-decorated boards, top gilt. With 132 full-page engraved plates, including 30 coloured aquatints, and 249 illustrations in text, all illustrating games of recreation and pastimes through the ages. 380 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aquatints  Encyclopædic Works  English  Games & Pastimes  Illustrated Books  Magic & Conjuring  Sports & Recreation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautifully illustrated history of sports View picture(s) 11 ALLEMAGNE, H.R. D'. Sports et jeux d'adresse. Paris, Hachette & Cie, (ca. 1900). Large 4to. Orig. richly colour-decorated boards, top gilt. With 100 full-page engraved plates, including 29 beautifully coloured aquatints, and 328 illustrations in text, all illustrating sports and outdoor games and pastimes through the ages. 382 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aquatints  Encyclopædic Works  Games & Pastimes  Illustrated Books  Lithographs  Sports & Recreation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A Dutch text with a famous English print series illustrating Biblical scenes View picture(s) 12 AMORIE VAN DER HOEVEN, Abraham des. Bijbelsche landschappen, naar afbeeldingen op de plaats zelve vervaardigd, met bijgevoegde tafereelen. Amsterdam, C.A. Spin for G.J.A. Beijerinck, (1836-) 1838-1839. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, raised bands. Two engraved frontispieces, 96 full-page steel-engraved plates, including the two frontispieces, by W. Finden after the drawings by C. Stanfield, J.M.W. Turner, J.D. Harding and others, of biblical locations in the Holy Land: the Death Sea, Ararat, Sinai, Jordan, Babylon, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Hebron, Petra, Libanon, Baalbec, Sidon, Patmos, Nile, etc. (8), VIII, (6), 96; (6), 96 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Bibles  Egypt  Holy Land  Illustrated Books  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Convolute of very rare, early French works on (filtering) fountains and water sanitation, with handcoloured plates View picture(s) 13 AMY, (Joseph). Nouvelles fontaines filtrantes. Approuvées par l'Académie Royale des Sçiences en plusiers rencontres, dont quelques-unes sont présentées dans ce livre, pour la santé des armées du Roi. Sur mer & sur terre, & du public, le tout accompagné de figures expliquées par lettres indicatives. Paris, A. Boudet, 1752. Two parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine with gilt compartments. 6 folding woodcut plates, 1 other woodcut plate and 7 (almost) full-page woodcut illustrations in the text. VIII, 72, 46 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Architecture  France  Illustrated Books  Medicine  Metals  Militaria  Science  Scientific Instruments  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The fine Jeudwine copy of the first edition of one of the most important natural history books of the Renaissance and "one of the earliest books dealing entirely with birds" (Zimmer) View picture(s) 14 BELON, Pierre. L'Histoire de la nature des oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions, & naifs portaicts retirez du naturel: escrite en sept livres. Paris, Benoist Prevost (colophon: imprimé ... par Benoist Prevost), for Guillaume Cavellat, 1555. 7 parts in one vol. Folio (33 x 22 cm). Contemporary French brown calf over thin pasteboard, covers with three concentric borders each consisting of triple fillets in blind, with a centre piece composed from two stamps with arabesques, tooled in silver (oxidised to black), the inner border with gilt floral corner pieces, the middle border with the same corner pieces tooled in silver (oxidised to black), spine in eight compartments with raised bands, the bands flanked by double fillets in blind, the compartments each with a single floral stamp, alternately gilt and tooled in silver (now oxidised); preserved in a modern half black morocco box, lettered and tooled in gold. General title-page and 6 divisional titles (books 2, 4-6 with Cavellet's large woodcut device of a fat hen, books 3 & 7 with Corrozet's device of a hand holding a heart bearing a rose device). Woodcut portrait of Belon 'Anno Aet. 36' on the verso of the title-page, large woodcuts of the skeletons of a man and a bird o pp. 40-41, 158 woodcuts of individual birds, numerous woodcut headpieces and decorated initials. (28), 381 (p. 275/6 blank), (3; the last 2 blank). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Anatomy  Illustrated Books  Natural History  Ornithology  Paris  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Music theory by a famous Dutch organ player View picture(s) 15 BLANKENBURG, Quirinus VAN. Elementa musica of niew licht tot het welverstaan van de musiec ende bas-continuo. Door regelen, met reden en bewys, gebouwd op een klare ontledinge der eerste beginselen. Na een voorafgaande wederlegging van de dwalingen dezes tyds; waar nevens: De vinding en opkomst der konst; De musiec der Ouden; De redenmaat der klanken; De ontdekking van een wiskunstige cirkel, waar in de wet der Nature al de toonen verdeelt; De stelkonst; De speeltuigen en de grondlegging van de zangkunst. Eerste & tweede deel. 's Gravenhage, Laurens Berkoske, 1739. 2 parts in one vol. 4to. Later half roan. With 28 full-page engraved plates with musical scores of which 3 with movable parts, 3 half -page engraved plates in text, woodcut head- and tail pieces. (30), 200, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Illustrated Books  Music  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First combined edition of the beautiful woodcut print-bible by Christoffel van Sichem and the biblical verses by Blens View picture(s) 16 BLENS, B. & SICHEM, CHR. VAN. Bybels Lusthof, ofte Twee Hondert en Veertig, zoo Historien als Leeringen, der Bybels; uyt het Oude- en Nieuwe Testament, met de Schriftuurplaatsen daar toe dienende. Zeer nuttig voor de Jeugd, om zig aan des Heeren Woord te gewennen, en in de Bybelsche Geschiedenissen ervaren te werden. Amst., Jan Klooster, 1743. 4to. Contemp. full calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with black title-label, with gilt fillet border on sides. With 240 woodcut plates, 120 for the Old and 120 for the New Testament, by Christoph van Sichem. (8), 240 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bibles  Illustrated Books  Religion  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Sixteenth century illustrated French edition of Boccaccio's first work View picture(s) 17 BOCCACCIO. Le Philocope, Contenant l'histoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur, divise en sept livres traduictz d'Italien en Francoys par Adrian Sevin. Paris, Denys Ianot for Iehan André, 24 February 1542. Folio. 18th century calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with black title-label, with blindstamped fillet borders on sides, g.e. With woodcut device of Iehan André on title and 36 woodcuts in text within four-part borders of various design, several with a coat-of-arms in the lower border. 6, 174 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  French  Illustrated Books  Italy  Literature  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch verses to a famous Biblical woodcut series by Bernard Salomon View picture(s) 18 BORLUYT, Guillaume. Ghesneden figueren uuyten ouden testamente naer tlevene met huerlier bedietsele. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1557. 8vo. Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments with brown morocco title label lettered in gold, gilt dentelles around double inside fillet borders with ornamental fleurons at the corners on covers, gilt binding edges, blue marbled edges. Title within ornamental woodcut borders, woodcut initials and head-and tailpieces, woodcut printer's device with banderolle "Son Art en Dieu" at end of the first part and 231 fine woodcuts by Bernard Salomon with title above and 4-line verse underneath. 119 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Bibles  Illustrated Books  Popular Books  Print Series  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Leporello book with 32 continuing views on the city of Utrecht, taken from the opposite side of the city canal over the complete 360 degrees around Utrecht View picture(s) 19 BOS, Jan & Pieter Wilhelmus van de WEIJER. Panorama van Utrecht vervaardigd in het etablissement van P.W. van de Weijer. Utrecht, Widow Herfkens & Son. (1859-60). 32 views, each 78 x 362 mm) Contemporary blind stamped red buckram with the gilt title 'Panorama van Utrecht', together with the coat-of-arms of Utrecht on the front cover, pink silk endpapers. 32 coloured lithographs of 78 x 362 mm. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Illustrated Books  Utrecht  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare and important devotional post-incunable: the first French edition of the lavishly illustrated 'Life of Christ' by a Carthusian monk from Antwerp View picture(s) 20 BRANTEGHEM, Guilielmus de. La vie de nostre Seigneur Jesu Christ par figures, selon le texte des quattre evangelistes, avec toutes les evangiles epistres & propheties de toute lannee, chantee en loffice de la Messe, avec aucunes oraisons. Antwerp, Adriaan Kempe de Bouchot & Matthieu Crom, 1539. 8vo. Modern violet morocco, spine ribbed and lettered in gold, gilt lines on binding edges and inside covers, marbled endpapers, g.e. Full-page woodcut title: Moses with the Tables of the Law and the Descent of the Holy Ghost (115x78mm) with title and mention of the privilege in letterpress and a woodcut tail piece underneath; full-page  woodcut border with the instruments of the passion and the flagellation for the beginning of "La Passion" on p. 255; 2 full-page woodcuts: (1) the Lineage of Christ, according to Matt. 1:1-16 (111x76mm.) and (2) the Descent of the Holy Ghost, Acts 2:1-13 (113x75mm); 185 half-page woodcuts (ca. 50x70mm.): 153 in the Life of Christ, 30 in the Passion and 2 in the Table; a few blocks used twice). The woodcuts are designed, and perhaps also cut (?), by Lieven de Witte; numerous tail-pieces and 28 small vignettes representing the tetragramme and biblical quotations (Veldman & Van Schaik (1989), figs. v and 187-208), used repeatedly for filing the blank spaces (sometimes more than one tail-piece - on p. (16) even 7 - on top of each other), and many charming woodcut initials. (16), 1-128, 119-294, (176) pp.- Collation: +8, A-Z8, a-g8 (248 lvs.). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Devotion  Illustrated Books  Low Countries  Post Incunabula  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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