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"Based on a true story" View picture(s) 61 [CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. Spiegel der jeugd, voorgesteld in het veertien-jarig leven van René d'Aubert; eene ware geschiedenis. Derde en verbeterde druk. Amsterdam, Schalekamp, Van de Grampel, (ca. 1825). Sm.8vo. Orig. boards. With illustration on engraved title, and 2 full-page engraved plates, all beautiful coloured by hand. (6), 123 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Dutch  Education  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Four popular works, erotic as well as occult, bound contemporarily in one volume View picture(s) 62 [COURTIN, Antoine DE]. Traité de la jalousie, ou moyens d'entretenir la paix dans le marriage. Jouxte la copie imprimée. Paris (= Utrecht), Helie Josset (= Elzevier), 1682. 12mo. Contemporary calf. With fine engraved frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe. (12), 168, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Courtesy Books  Erotica  Literature  Occult  Occult Sciences  Popular Books  Women  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two French comedies View picture(s) 63 [DESFORGES]. Memoires anecdotes pour servir a l'histoire de M. Duliz, fameux juif Portugais a La Haye. Et la suite de ses avantures, après la catastrophe de celle de mademoiselle Pelisser, actrice de l'Opera de Paris.- (BOISSY, L. De.). Le triomphe de l'intere't comedie. London, Samuel Harding, 1739. 8vo. Contemporary wrappers. Engraved frontispiece depicting Mr. Duliz offering all kinds of luxurious gifts to Mme Pelisser, engraved vignette on title, title in red & black. 188 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Literary History  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Famous letters, full of contemporary news and gossip on the city of Utrecht View picture(s) 64 [DUNOYER, Anne-Marguerite PETIT]. Lettres historiques et galantes, de deux dames de condition, dont l'une étoit à Paris, & l'autre en Province. Ouvrage curieux. Où l'on trouve les plans & la description de la ville d'Utrecht; une rélation de  ce qui s'y est passé de plus particulier pendant la  tenuë du congrès; avec les armes de tous les ambassadeurs. Cologne (= Amsterdam), Pierre Marteau, 1713. Small 8vo. Original vellum. With woodcut publisher's monogram on title, richly  engraved allegorical frontispiece, folding plan and folding view of Utrecht, and 12 full-page engraved plates with the coats-of-arms of the delegates to the Peace Conference, held at Utrecht in 1713. (12), 468 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Courtesy Books  Erotica  Politics  Popular Books  Utrecht  Women  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Satirical work on inebriety and other 'sins' View picture(s) 65 [EOBANUS HESSUS, Helius]. De generibus ebriosorum, et ebrietate vitanda, iocus quodlibeti Erphurdien. lepidissimus. Cui accessere de ebriorum affectionibus & moribus problemata. Item de meretricum in suos amatores, & concubinarum in sacerdotes fide: quodlibeti Heydelbergensis, quaestiones salibus & facetijs plenae, tum quam pulcherrimis optimorum scriptorum flosculis refertae: novis quibusdam rhytmorum carminumque additionibus festivissimis, laxandi animi, iocique suscitandi causa, nuper illustratae. (Frankfurt, ca. 1530). 4to. Modern wrappers. Fine woodcut on title showing drunken animals around a table with an eight-line Latin poem underneath. (32 of 56) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Popular Books  Satire  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A rare collection of facetiae View picture(s) 66 [FACETIAE]. Les Ecosseuses ou les oeufs de Pasques. Troyes, Chez la Veuve Oudot, 1745. Small 8vo. Contemporary dark green morocco, spine richly gilt, with red title-label, double gilt fillet borders on sides, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With woodcut frontispiece printed in golden green, showing two girls at work sitting opposite each other, by Comte de Caylus after design by De Boucher, woodcut vignette of crossed beans also printed in golden green on title, title partly printed in golden green, and a second separate printed title, dated 1739. (4), 172 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  French  Popular Books  Women  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Behind the scenes of an international peace conference: erotic scandals and other gossip View picture(s) 67 [FRESCHOT, Casimir]. Histoire amoureuse & badine du Congres & de la Ville d'Utrecht, en plusieurs lettres écrites par le domestique d'un des plenipotentiares à un de ses amis. Liege, Jacob le Doux, (1713). 12mo. Contemporary vellum. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, and title printed in red and black. (8), 292 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  French  Popular Books  Women  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Popular text book on a game of cards View picture(s) 68 [GAMES - PASTIMES]. Le jeu de l'hombre augmenté des decisions nouvelles sur les difficultez et incidens de ce jeu. Paris, Pierre Ribou, 1709. 12mo. Contemp. marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt with red title-label, binding edges gilt decorated, red marbled edges. With a finely etched frontipiece showing three card players at a table, a women, a nobleman and a clergyman, by Jean Baptist Bonnart, some woodcut figures in text, and woodcut illustrations of card games and problems on 21 pages, with the cards showing charming figures of jacks, queens and kings. (12), 166; (12), 33, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Games & Pastimes  Manuals  Playing Cards  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius translated into Dutch by the poet Cornelis van Beresteyn View picture(s) 69 [GUEVARA, Antonio]. T' gulden Boeck Van het leven ende Seynd-brieven van den welsprekenden Orateur ende keyser Marcus Aurelius, inde welcke veel schoone leeringhen ende sententien begrepen sijn, seer nut ende bequaem allen menschen. Eerste gedruckt t' Antwerpen by Ameet Tavenier. Nu wederom herdruckt. Amsterdam, Jacob Peetersz. Paets, 1612. Sm.8vo. Contemp. vellum. With woodcut ornamental vignette on title, title set within ornamental woodcut borders, and a charming grotesque woodcut tail-piece at the end of the preliminaries. 226, (2) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Courtesy Books  Literature  Popular Books  Schoolbooks  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Dutch edition of the in the Middle-Ages very popular "Lives of the Fathers" View picture(s) 70 [HIERONYMUS, Sophronius Eusebius]. Vitaspatrum ende is ghenoemt dat vader boeck Inhoudende die Historien ende legenden der heiligher vaderen die haer leven in strenger penetencie overghebracht hebben Ende met veel schone exempelen Ende miraculen Dat welc is seer oerbaerlic ghelesen voer alle kersten menschen gheestelic ende waerlic Overgeset in gueder verstandelreduytscher sprake ende is anderwerf gecorrigeert. Leyden, Jan Seversoen, 1511, 8 January. Sm. folio. Modern blindstamped calf in antique style. With large woodcut title-initial (the full height of the seven-line title), above an almost full-page woodcut of a pilgrim being regaled in the garden: three figures, two of them labelled 'lacteur' and 'entendement' and sitting at a table, within 3-side borders of 6 parts; large 7-line woodcut first initial. Final leaf with small woodcut printer's device (incorporating the coat-of-arms of the city of Leyden), underneath the colophon on recto and a full-page woodcut on verso: the large figures of a noble-man (again labelled 'lacteur') and a hermit (labelled 'entendement') standing at either side of an open door with caption 'c'est le cloitre de souvenance', behind which the attributes of a hermit's life are depicted. (4), CXXVI (= 132) lvs. (LII-LVII present twice). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dutch  Popular Books  Religion  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Etching on copper-plates for beginners View picture(s) 71 [KIKKERT, Pieter]. De Ets-Kunde gemaklyk gemaakt, of Verzameling van Plaatjens, door de ets-naald in 't koper gebracht, met bygevoegde leerzame lessen, de teken- en ets-kunde betreffende, Door een Bekwaame en in dat vak Beroemde Leermeester; Voorgesteld in aangenaame en bevattelyke lessen, byzonder geschikt voor eerstbeginnende, om in dit vak spoedig vorderingen te maaken. Vermeerderd met Gedichtjes op elk der Plaatjes, door Liefhebberen der Nederduitsche Dichtkunde. Amst., C. Timmer, (1798). Orig. wrappers. With 18 full-page etched plates by P. Kikkert, mostly after his own designs, some after J.H. Prins, Chalon, B.H. Thier, and J.C. Jansson, showing professions, human characters, and full-length portraits. 88 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Art  Etchings  Popular Books  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A happy new year from the orphans of Leyden View picture(s) 72 [LEYDEN - ORPHANAGE]. Nieuwjaarslied van de kinderen in het Gereformeerde  Weeshuis, genaamd: Heilige Geest of Armen- Wees- en Kinder-Huis te Leyden, voor het jaar 1847 - 1850, 1853 - 1861. Leyden, D. du Mortier en Zoon, E.J. Brill, 1847-1861. 13 leaflets. 8 pp. each leaflet. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dutch  Orphans  Popular Books  Songbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Written in the style of Tom Jones, Pamela and Joseph Andrews View picture(s) 73 [LITERATURE - DUTCH]. De post-koets, Behelzende het Caracter van de Heer Manly, en de Gevallen van zyn Reisgenoten. Op dezelve trant beschreven als de Historie van Tomas Jones, Pamela en Joseph Andriessen. Uit het Engelsch vertaald. Amst., Gerrit de Groot, 1761. Sm.8vo. Plain half cloth. With engraved frontispiece by J.C. Philips. (12), 467 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  Literature  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Dutch translation of Euphues,The Anatomy of Wit View picture(s) 74 [LYLY, John]. De vermaakelijke historie, zee en landt-reyze van Euphues, ofte een ontleedinge des vernufts. Waar in vervat zijn veele bezondere vermaakelijkheden des verstants, bestaende in aardigheeden, hof-reedenen, quinck-slagen, spreucken, vragen, antwoorden en brieven; gepleeght in de aangenaamheydt der minnelijke voorvallen, en een gelukkige ouderdom, die men verkrijgt door de volmaakte wijsheyt. Uyt het Engels vertaalt door J. G(lazemaker). Op nieuws van veel drukfouten verbetert. Amst., Andries Vink, 1682. 12mo. Contemp. vellum. (8), 563, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Education  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first edition of one of the earliest books exclusively devoted to cats View picture(s) 75 [MONCRIF, François Auguste PARADIS DE]. Les Chats. Paris, Gabriel François Quillau, 1727. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt with a fleur-de-lys in every compartment, except one which is with a red morocco title-label. With large green-coloured woodcut vignet on title, large folding genealogical table of an Asian cat, engraving in Errata, and 9 full-page  engraved plates, 2 folding, illustrating cats, engraved by Comte de Caylus and 2 signed by Goypel and many woodcut borders and tailpieces. (2), 204, (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Natural History  Popular Books  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The unfortunate Napolitan View picture(s) 76 [OLIVIER, Abbé Jean]. D'ongelukkige Napolitaan, of zeldzaam levensbedrijf van Rozelli. Behelzende een historisch verhaal van zijne geboorte, Turkze slaverny, klooster leven, zitten in de inquisitie, en wat figuren hy verder in Italien, Vrankrijk, en Holland gemaakt heeft. Uit het Frans vertaald. Den tweeden druk. Utrecht, Jakob van Poolsum, 1716. 3 parts in 1 vol. Sm. 8vo in 12. Contemporary full calf, gilt and decorated raised spine with red morocco title-label lettered in gold. Full-page engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, 16 full-page engraved plates, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials. VI, 484, 36 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Biography  Dutch  Italy  Literature  Popular Books  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The fictional correspondence of an Asian prince and his Danish friend View picture(s) 77 [PONTOPPIDAN, Erik]. Gedenkwaardige, vermaakelyke, En in deze tyden zeer  nodige, nuttige en leerzaame Deensche Brieven, waarin  Op eene aangenaame wyze de Reize en byzonders ontmoetingen van een Asiatisch Prins, genaamt Mendoza, Door verscheide Landen en gedeeltens der Wereldt, als Indien, Portugal, Spanjen, Italien, Frankrijk, Engeland, Holland, Duitsland en Deenemarken gedaan en ondergaan, met oogmerk voornamentlyk om Opregte en Waare Christenen aldaar te zoeken, dog van het gezogte zeer weinig gevonden en ontdekt hebbende, beschreven worden. Tot algemeen nut, vermaak, leeringe en opwekkinge zyn dezelve vertaalt, en met verscheide nuttige zaken, gewigtige waarheden en aanmerkingen omtrent de helft vermeerdert, door Joh. Wilh. Heyman. Leyden, Abraham Honkoop, 1749. 3 vols. Contemp. half roan. With 3 titles printed in red and black. 588, (8); 514, (6); 640, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Denmark  Dutch  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A satire to entertain the sick View picture(s) 78 [POPULAR BOOKS]. Monsieur Scharxl, oder kurtzweilige Zeit-Vertreibung in der Bad- und Saurbrunnen-Cur. Bey dem G'sund-Brunnen zu Cucurbita, im Jahr, da frid war [= ca. 1699]. 8vo. 19th-century half vellum. With engraved frontispiece. [10], 297 [3 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  German  Medicine  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Baron Munchhausen's surprising travels View picture(s) 79 [RASPE, Rudol Erich]. "Complete Original Edition" of the surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen, in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Aetna, into the South Sea. Also, An Account of a Voyage into the Moon and Dog Star ... A Sequel, containing his Expedition into Africa... humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce. A New Edition. London, R.S. Kirby, 1819. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. Modern calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with gilt fillet borders on sides, with red title-label, gilt inner fillets, g.e. preserved in marbled slip-case (WALLIS). With frontispiece-portrait of Baron Munchhausen, and 27 engraved plates, 8 folding, all nicely coloured by hand. XII, 179, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: English  Munchhausen  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Includes the Life of Reynard's Son "Reynardine" View picture(s) 80 [REYNARD THE FOX]. The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox. Newly Corrected and Purged, from all grossness in Phrase and Matter. Augmented and Enlarged with sundry Excellent Morals and Expositions upon every several Chapter. To which may now be added a Second Part of the said History: As also the Shifts of Reynardine the Son of Reynard the Fox, Together with his Life and Death, &c. London, T. Ilive for Edward Brewster, A.M. and R.R. for Edward Brewster, and T.J. for Edward Brewster, and Thomas Passenger, 1701, 1681, 1684. 3 parts in 1 vol. Sm.4to. Contemp. mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with red title-label, red mottled edges. With large woodcut of King Lion's court on title and 61 large woodcuts in text, all signed EB, in the first part; and 15 large woodcuts, mostely repeats, in the second part. (160); (112); (4), 160 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Popular Books  Reynard the Fox  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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