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Opposing the fencing ideas of his father View picture(s) 1 BOËSSIÈRE the younger, Texier la. Traité de l'art des armes, a l'usage des professeurs et des amateurs. Paris, Didot l'Ainé, 1818. 8vo. Conteporary polished calf, decorated gilt spine with title lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. With 20 numbered folding engraved plates depicting various fencing positions, by Adam after Bodem. xxii, 309, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Fencing  France  Manuals  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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All main information about all countries and continents of the world View picture(s) 2 BOHN, Henry George. A Pictorial hand-Book of modern geography, on a popular plan, compiled from the best authorities, English and foreign, and completed to the present state; with numerous tables and a general index London, Henry G. Bohn, 1861. Sm.8vo. Orig. green cloth, richly blind-stamped, with gilt title and publisher's address on spine. With 51 steel-engraved maps, one folding, and 150 wood-engraved views and illustrations in text. X, (2), 529, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Encyclopædic Works  English  Geography  Manuals  Popular Books  Provenance  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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By the designer of the first railroad in the Netherlands View picture(s) 3 BRADE, Willem Christiaan. Theoretisch en practisch bouwkundig handboek, ten dienste van ingenieurs, architecten, opzigters, timmerlieden, metselaars en verdere bouwkundigen. The Hague, A.J. & J.A. Van Weelden, 1827-34. 4 vols. 4to. Uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, modern marbled boards. Vol 1: Table in text, 24 numbered tables at the end; vol. 2: 18 folding engraved plates by J.C. Zurcher and Verbeke of foundations, brick- and stonework and wood constructions, 2 tables in text; vol. 3: 17 double-page engraved plates by J.C. Zurcher and Verbeke of the classical orders, and designs of various buildings (theatres, manor houses, town halls, etc.; vol. 4:  Engraved frontispiece (90 x 125 mm) of the opening of the first English railroad, 2 folding engraved plates of (1) details of railroads and wheels and (2) one of the first locomotives, and 5 tables in text. XII, 178, (24); (4), IV, 192; (6), II, 71, (3); VIII, 166 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Architecture  Dutch  Engineering  Manuals  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Most extensive manual on the beetles of New Zealand View picture(s) 4 BROUN, Thomas. Manual of the New Zealand coleoptera. Wellington, James Hughes, 1880-1893. 7 parts (all published) in 3 volumes. 8vo. 20th-century blue half cloth with gilt lettered spines, marbled boards, original front wrappers of part 2-4 preserved. [2], XIX, [1 blank], 651, [1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Entomology  Manuals  Natural History  New Zealand  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch translation of an Italian manual on varnishing View picture(s) 5 BUONANNI, Filippo. Verhandeling over de vernissen, waar in de wyze opgegeeven wordt, om 'er een toe te stellen, dat 't Chineesch vernis volmaakt gelykt: benevens verscheyde andere zaken rakende de schilderkunst, 't vergulden, 't etsen, etc. In 't Italiaansch beschreeve, en nu uyt de Fransche inde Nederduytsche taal overgebragt. Leiden, Jacobus Willeke, 1742. 8vo. Wrappers. Title printed in red and black, 4 full-page engraved plates illustrating the necessities for varnishing and lacquering. 16, 218, (24) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Art General  Drawing & Painting  Dutch  Manuals  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to become a good sailor View picture(s) 6 COMTE, Pieter le. Praktikale zeevaartkunde en theoretische kennis voor handel en scheepvaart. Amsterdam, widow of Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1842. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to (27 x 25 cm). Modern polished brown calf, raised spine with black title label. Text part with numerous tables in text; the plates part with 121 numbered engraved plates (including LIII A), showing 684 numbered illustrations. VIII, 16, 313. [1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dutch  Manuals  Navigation  Ships & Shipbuilding  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First Dutch edition of one of the most popular law manuals View picture(s) 7 DAMHOUDER, Joost de. Practycke in civiele saecken, seer nut, profijtelijck ende nodigh allen schouten, borghemeesteren, magistraten ende andere rechteren. Uyt de Latijnsche inde Nederduytsche tale overgeset, ende met schoone figuren tot elcke materie dienende verciert. The Hague, widow and heirs Hillebrant Iacobsz. van Wouw, 1626. 4to. Contemporary or sl. later vellum with title in ink on spine. With engraved portrait of the author on title, and 14 full-page engraved illustrations. (50), 650 [i.e. 648], (40) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Law  Low Countries  Manuals  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very fine large paper set View picture(s) 8 DESAGULIERS, John Theophilus. De natuurkunde uit ondervindingen opgemaakt. Uit het  Engels. Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1746-51. 3 vols. 4to. Marbled calf, spine gilt, centre-piece and double border gilt on sides, gilt edges. With 114 folding plates. (24), 483, (25); (16), 510, (2); (8), 250, (66) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Education  Manuals  Philosophy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important collection of case records by the 'Father of German surgery' View picture(s) 9 FABRY, Wilhelm. Aanmerkingen ... rakende de genees ende heelkonst. Bestaande in zes deelen, yder deel in hondert geschiedenissen. Nevens een brief van een wonderlijk Lijf-moeders-scheurzel, daar de vrucht levendig uitgesneden is: beschreven door Michael Doringius: en beantwoort door Fabricius Hildanus. Uit de Latijnsche inde Nederduitsche taal overgezet, door Nicolaes van Assendelft, chirurgijn binnen Delft. Rotterdam, Arnout Leers, 1656. 4to. 19th-century half calf. With full-page engraved portrait of the author and numerous woodcut illustrations in text. [10], 358, [2 blank], 542 [= 540], [32] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Manuals  Medicine  Surgery  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An Austrian view on fortification View picture(s) 10 FISCHMEISTER, Johann. Abhandlung über die Feldbefestigungskunst, den Angriff und die Vertheidigung der Feldbefestigungen, nebst einem kurzen Anhange über Kriegsbrücken. Vienna, Universitäts Buchhandlung, 1840. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. 10 large engraved plates, all folding, and numerous illustrations. XII, 283 (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Austria  Fortification  Manuals  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On shipbuilding View picture(s) 11 FORFAIT, Pierre A.L. Traité élémentaire de la mature des vaisseaux à l'usage des élèves de la marine; ... Seconde édition, ... considérablement augmentée... Suivi d'un mémoire sur le système de construction des mâts d'assemblage en usage dans les ports de Hollande... Paris, Bachelier, 1815. 4to. Contemporary green half calf, spine gilt. With 25 engraved folding plates and with several tables folded because they exceed our copy its margins. 16, 340, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Manuals  Maritime History  Ships & Shipbuilding  Technology  Transport  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Good advice for young prints collectors View picture(s) 12 GILPIN, William. Verhandeling over Prenten. Uit het Engelsch Vertaald. Rotterdam, P. en J. Holsteijn, 1787. Sm.8vo. Contemp. marbled calf, spine gilt, with gilt borders on sides, g.e. With large allegorical vignette on engraved title by F. Sansom & H. Roosing after G. van Nijmegen. XVI, 164 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dutch  History of Printing  Manuals  Prints  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to produce indigo dye View picture(s) 13 KASTELEIJN, Petrus Johannes. De indigobereider en blaauwverwer; of beschrijving van de indigofabriek; verhandeling over het blaauwverwen; het bereiden der blaauwkuipen; het omslaan derzelven, en de middelen om zulks te verhoeden en te herstellen. Dordrecht, A. Blussé en zoon, 1788. Orig. boards. With 8 folding engraved plates, showing the apparatus used for the production of indigo dye. XVI, (2), 148 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Crafts  Dutch  Manuals  Painting & Drawing  Professions  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Make your own wax candles View picture(s) 14 KASTELEIJN, Petrus Johannes. De waschbleeker, en waschkaarsenmaaker, meerendeels naar het Fransche van den heere du Hamel du Monceau. Dordrecht, A. Blussé en zoon, 1792. Orig. boards. With 8 folding engraved plates, showing the working process of the wax candle maker. (VIII), 175, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Crafts  Dutch  Manuals  Professions  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to dye silk View picture(s) 15 KASTELEIJN, Petrus Johannes. De zijdeverwer, naar het fransche van den heere Maquer; vermeerderd met aanmerkingen en aanhangzels. Dordrecht, A. Blussé en zoon, 1791. Orig. boards, with title pasted on spine. With 8 folding engraved plates, showing the process of dyeing of silk. (8), 231, (1) pp Full description >> Related Subjects: Dutch  Manuals  Professions  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to construct sundials and mix colours View picture(s) 16 KNOOP, Johann Hermann. Verhandeling van de sphaerische of klootsche zonne-wysers; namelyk, hoe men op een sphæra convexa, of ronde kloot, allerley zonnewysers meetkonstig beschr?ven kan. Als mede om in een sphæra concava of halve holle kloot, veelerley uur- en andere cirkels te beschryven. Mitsgaders een berigt, hoe men de sphæra armillaris gnomonica, of hemel-kring-zonnewyser toestellen kan. Amsterdam, H.A. Chalmot, 1761. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine ribbed and with black title label lettered in gold. Title printed in red & black, with engraved publisher's device by J.C.Philips, 21 engraved folding plates with 50 figures including a sundial drawn on the inside of a hollow half sphere, and a "gnomic" armillary sphere, drawn by Knoop and engraved by J.C. Philips. (8), 244, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Geography  Manuals  Mathematics  Painting & Drawing  Sundials  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dated prize binding made for the Middelburg Drawing Academy View picture(s) 17 LAIRESSE, Gerard de. Groot schilderboek, waar in de schilderkonst in al haar deelen grondig werd onderweezen, ook door  redeneeringen en prentverbeeldingen verklaard; met voorbeelden uit de beste konst-stukken der oude en nieuwe puikschilderen bevestigd: en derzelver wel- en misstand aangeweezen. Tweden druk, vermeerdert met des schryvers levensbeschryving. Haarlem, Johannes Marshoorn, 1740. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. 19th-century calf (dated 1841), richly gilt and decorated spine with green title-label lettered in gold, sides with two gilt floral rolls, corner pieces and central medallion of green morocco inlay surrounded by a gilt wreath and 'hanging' on gilt chain, with gilt text: on front cover 'Vernuft en Vlyt' and on back cover the date: 15 September 1841, gilt binding edges, marbled edges. Engraved frontispiece by G. van der Gouwen after De Lairesse and Ph. Tiedeman, titles with woodcut vignette, title to part 1 in red & black, engraved portrait of De Laraisse by J.C. Philips after a self portrait by De Lairesse, and 66 engraved plates, of which 5 folding, by J. Boelens, G. Van Gouwen, C. van der Hem, J. Hoogsaat, C. van Ingen, his son Joh. de Lairesse, G. Rademaker, J. Schijnvoet, Stopendaal, P. Tiedeman, and others. (56), 434, (33, 1 blank); 400, (28) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  19th Century  Art  Manuals  Middelburg  Painting & Drawing  Prize Binding  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the art of dying cotton View picture(s) 18 LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY, [Placide Auguste]. L'Art de la Teinture des Fils et Etoffes de coton, précédé D'une Théorie nouvelles des veritables causes de la fixité des couleurs de bon Teint, suivi Des Cultures du Pastel, de la Gaude et de la Garance, à l'usage des Cultivateurs et des Manufactures. Paris, Chez Serviere, An VI - 1798. 12mo. Contemp. boards. XXXIII, 261 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dyeing  Manuals  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Manual on music by the organist of the Martini Church at Groningen View picture(s) 19 LUSTIG, Jacob Wilhelm. Inleiding tot de muzykkunde; uit klaare, onwederspreekelyke gronden, de innerlyke geschapenheid, de oorzaaken van de zonderbaare uitwerkselen, de groote waarde, en 't regte gebruik der muzykkonst aanwyzende. Groningen, Hindrik Vechnerus, 1751. Sm.8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments with red title-label lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, marbled edges. (16), 340, (20) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Manuals  Music  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Minute description of the burning of wood into charcoal View picture(s) 20 MARTINET, Johannes Florentius. De houtskool brander. Dordrecht, A. Blussé en zoon, 1790. Orig. wrappers. With 1 folding engr. plate. 24 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Crafts  Dutch  Manuals  Professions  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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