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Extremely rare satirical print series lampooning Louis XIV with the total eclipse of the Sun King,
showing 1 major and at least 3 minor variants not recorded in the literature

[ALLARD, Carel]. Koninglyke almanach: beginnende met den aanvang der oorlog, van anno 1701 .... Waer in duydelijk de loop der zon der ongeregtigheid, met zyn eclipsen, of de regtvaardige straf des heemels, door XVIII zinnbeelden in koopere plaaten vertoond word; ... | Almanach royal. Commencant[!] avec la guere de l'an 1701 jusques .... ou est exactement observé le cours du soleil d'injustice; avec ses eclips; ou la juste punition du ciel. Demonstré dans XVIII emblemes. ...
"Paris" [= Amsterdam], "imprimé â limprimerie royale du Petit Louis" [= Carel Allard, 1706?]. Small folio (32 x 21 cm). Engraved print series with an engraved title page and 24 engraved prints (9 single-page and 15 double-page; 18 bound in and 6 loosely inserted), the double-page prints with extensive letterpress text flanking and/or below the engraving. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. Engraved title plus [25] engraved plates., some with letterpress text. Full description
€ 8,750
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Unrecorded issue, with an extra folding table

[ALMANAC]. Stichtse almanach na den nieuwen stijl, op 't jaar onses Heeren Jesu Christi, 1745. Voorzien met de jaar-, paarde-, beeste- en leermarkten, vacantien, 't reyzen der posten en boden, het varen der trekschuyten en veerschepen, ook het afryden der postwagens, zo in 't Sticht Utrecht, als in Holland, 't luyden der poort-klok, specie-tafels en watergetyden.
Utrecht, Jacob van Poolsum, 1745.
With: [TABLE]. Tafel, van 't geene elk ende een ygelyk van de Seven Vereenigde Provincien in een voorgegeven somme moet contribueren.
Utrecht, Jacobus van Paddenburg, [before 1730]. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of Utrecht on the title page, and 2 folding tables, the title and calendar have been printed in red and black, and the calendar is interleaved. Further with several thick blank leaves in the back for use with the included silver stylus. Contemporary black shagreen with 4 anchor plates (2 on each board), each with a silver eye extending over the fore edge, with a silver stylus used to fasten the book through the eyes, the thick blank leaves with gilt edges. [24] ll. + interleaving and several thick blank leaves in the back. Full description
€ 1,500
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Richly illustrated set of 10 educational almanacs on the history of Zeeland

[ALMANAC]. Zeelands chronyk-almanach, voor den jaare 1777 (1778-1780, 1785-1788, 1790, 1791-1792). Bevattende eene beschryvinge der Provincie Zeeland ... Ten dienste der Jeugd, gesteld in vragen en antwoorden, voorzien met alle het noodige, behooorende tot een Almanach. Als mede veele byzonderheden betrekking hebbende tot de Provincie Zeeland.
Middelburg, Jan Dane (1777-1780); P. Gillissen & Zn. (1785-1788, 1790); W.A. Keel & Comp., (1791), 1777-1791. 11 volumes. 16mo. With an engraved emblematic frontispiece in each volume, 18 folding engraved maps, plans, and views, and 18 full-page engraved plates. With the 1777 volume included twice. The second volume in contemporary beige printed wrappers with the coat of arms of Zeeland with the title on the front, and the coat of arms of Middelburg with the imprint on the back. Contemporary gold-tooled red, green, or brown morocco, with the coat of arms of Zeeland in a medallion in the centre of both boards, a banderol underneath with the title, both in an ornamental frame, gilt or marbled edges, gold-tooled board edges, marbled endpapers in all except the first volume. Each ca. 200 pp. Full description
€ 1,950
Almanacs Children's Books Education & Pedagogy History / 18th Century Zeeland
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Set of two almanacs on Dutch history and the European royal families

[ALMANAC]. Historische, geographische, konst- en reis almanach, voor den jaare 1779. Bevattende het voornaamste dat onder het opzigt van het Koninklyk Genootschap der Geleerden te Berlijn is uitgegeven. Overzien, en het nodige op de breette en lengte van Amsterdam overgebragt, als ook met eenige bijvoegselen vermeerdert.
Amsterdam, The widow Van Esveldt and Willem Holtrop, [1778].
With: [AMANAC]. Historische, geographische, konst- en reis almanach, voor den jaare 1783 ...
Amsterdam, Willem Holtrop, [1782]. 2 volumes. 12mo. Both volumes with an engraved title page within an ornamental border, an engraved page with the signs of the Zodiac, a folding map of Malakka, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo in vol. 1, and of the west coast of Africa in vol. 2, coloured in outlines, and 12 full-page engraved plates in the calendar. Contemporary sprinkled boards. [16], 216; [16], 204 pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Rare Frisian almanac for 1779, in an armorial binding with the coat of arms of Friesland

[ALMANAC]. Friesch comptoir almanach, op het jaar onzes Heeren Jesu Christi 1779. Waar in de voornaamste jaar-, paarde, beeste en leermarkten te vinden zijn: als mede de maans op- en ondergang: mitsgaders de vacantien voor den Hove van Friesland, enz.
Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda and Gerrit Tresling, 1779.
With (bound before ad 1): [MEMO BOOK]. Practisijns dagwijser, begrijpende de XII. maanden des jaars 1779. Benevens de maanden January en February van Ao. 1780.
Amsterdam, Petrus Schouten and Reinier Ottens, [1779]. 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page of ad 1, and a vignette built up from typographical ornaments on the title page of ad 2, the first two quires of ad 1 are interleaved with blank leaves. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf, sewn on 4 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the coat of arms of Friesland in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a double fillet frame with corner pieces, gold-tooled board edges, red sprinkled edges, red sprinkled end papers. [88]; [132] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Exceptionally rare almanac, bound in mother-of-pearl, and illustrated with anti-English plates

[ALMANAC]. Kooker en tas almanach voor het jaar 1782.
Amsterdam, Bernardus Mourik, [1781]. Ca. 6.7 x 2.7 cm; type area: 5.8 x 2.2 cm. With 14 full-page numbered engraved plates, 13 showing various jobs, nationalities, and naval scenes, with an 8-line verse underneath, and 1 with a time-table of the tolling of the gate-bells in Amsterdam, the work has been printed in red and black. Contemporary quarter silver with mother-of-pearl boards, a clasp and catch plate in the middle of the fore edge, gilt brocade paper pastedowns. [32] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
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On the history of the coins of Zeeland

[ALMANAC]. Zeelands chronyk-almanach, voor 't jaar 1782. Bevattende eene beschryving der provincie Zeeland ... ten dienste der jeugd, gesteld in vragen en antwoorden.
Middelburg, Jan Dane, 1782. 16mo. With an engraved title by R. Vinkeles, and 5 folding plates. Original publisher's printed boards, with the title and the arms of Zeeland in black on the front, and the arms of Middelburg with the imprint on the back, both within an ornamental border, red sprinkled edges. [70], 475-568 [=22] pp. Full description
€ 250
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Well-known German Almanac à la Française illustrated by Daniel Chodowiecki,
in a remarkable embroidered binding

[ALMANAC]. Almanac généalogique pour lan 1787 avec lapprobation de lAcadémie Royale des sciences et belles lettres à Berlin.
Berlin, George Jacques Decker, [1786]. 24mo (10.7 x 6.2 cm). With an engraved portrait of Princess Frederique of Prussia by C. Tounley after Cuningham, dated 1786 as a frontispiece. This is printed on one double-leaf with the engraved title page. Further with a folding engraved map (13 x 18.2 cm) by D.F. Soltzmann after C.L. Oesfeld (1785) showing the projected Kiel Canal, 12 numbered etchings illustrating the 12 months of the calendar by Daniel Chodowiecki. Text of all pages printed within a frame with small corner pieces. Contemporary German embroidered binding: ivory silk over boards, sides purled with (blackened) silver threat, a double row of silver sequins enclosing on the front cover the embroidered year "1787" within a wreath of silver thread hanging on an embroidered knot and on the back cover a basket with colored flowers also hanging on a knot, spine ornamented with silver thread, gilt edges. [240] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Series of six French Almanacs, illustrated with famous paintings

[ALMANAC]. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1807.
With:
(2) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1809.
(3) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1814.
(4) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1815.
(5) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1824.
(6) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1825.
Paris, imprimerie de J.M. Eberhart (volumes 3-6: imprimerie de Richomme) for Janet, [1806-1824]. 6 volumes. 12mo (ca. 11.5 x 6.5 cm). Each volume with an engraved title and 4 full-page steel-engraved plates protected by tissue paper guards, volume 4 with an extra portrait of Louis XVIII. Contemporary coloured boards (green, pink, blue or grey), gilt edges, volume 3 with lithographed boards and the title printed in black on the spine, volumes 5 and 6 in a matching slipcase, with the title lettered in gold on the spine. [32], 190, [2], [12]; [32], 196, [4], [12]; [32], 240, [8]; [32], 228, [4]; [32], 254, [2]; [32], 254, [2] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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With instructions for the newest dances of 1814

[ALMANAC]. Almanach der musen en gratiën, aan vriendschap, liefde en kunst gewijd. 1814.
Amsterdam, E. Maaskamp, [1813]. 16mo. With an engraved title, 7 full-page stipple-engraved plates by Willem van Senus (1773-1851), and 4 engraved leaves with dance instructions. Contemporary orange paper over boards, gilt edges. The work is housed in the original orange slipcase. [16], 15, [5], 112, [2] pp. Full description
€ 650
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Women's almanac, with songs from the popular opéra comique "Joconde"

[ALMANAC]. Joconde ou les coureurs d'aventures.
Including: [IDEM]. Petit souvenir des dames.
Paris, chez Janet, [1815]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 16mo. With an engraved title for both parts, and 6 fine stipple-engraved plates by Massol after designs by Sébastian Le Roy, protected by tissue paper guards. Contemporary gold-tooled dark red paper, imitating straight-grained morocco, with a vine on the spine and an ornamental border on both boards, gilt edges. Housed in a matching slipcase. 48, [36] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Official almanac with the names of all Dutch government officials from 1819

[ALMANAC]. Calendrier royal de la cour, pour lannée 1819. Publié pour la première fois en 1756.
The Hague, Gosse et Comp., [1818]. 12mo. With the coat of arms of the Dutch Kingdom on the title page, and a folding engraved hand-coloured map of the Dutch Kingdom in a roundel by Basnel & son, with a list of all the provinces of the Kingdom with the numbers of their populations, and distances from Amsterdam, The Hague, and Brussels. Contemporary gold-tooled imitation long-grained red Morocco, with an ornamental border on both boards, gilt edges. The work is housed in the original matching slipcase. 84, 192, 55, [1] pp. Full description
€ 600
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One of the most succesful Dutch literary almanacs

[ALMANAC]. Almanak, aan bevalligheid & deugd gewijd. 1819.
Amsterdam, Marten Westerman, [1818]. 16mo. With an engraved calligraphic title, a folding engraved leaf with musical scores, and 6 full-page engraved plates by P. Velyn. Contemporary vellum over thin boards, gilt edges, house in the original matching slipcase. [28], 15, [1], 99, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 350
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Illustrated public travel guide for the Kingdom of The Netherlands,
including short descriptions of the cities

[ALMANAC]. Almanak voor reizigers in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Met platen en plattegronden van steden. Eerste jaargang 1819.
Amsterdam, Mortier Covens & son, Ten Brink & De Vries, 1819.
With: [ALMANAC]. Almanak voor reizigers in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Met platen en plattegronden van steden. Tweede jaargang 1820.
Amsterdam, Mortier Covens & son, Ten Brink & De Vries, 1820. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With 5 full-page engravings with views of Boskoop, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Texel, and Medemblik by D. Veelwaard, protected by tissue paper guards, 2 full-page maps of the routes in South-Holland (ad 1) and North Holland (ad 2), and 14 city plans of Amsterdam, Leiden, The Hague, Delft, Rotterdam, Gouda (ad 1), Haarlem, Enkuizen, Medemblik, Alkmaar, Purmerend, Monnickendam, Edam, and Hoorn (ad 2), each with an accompanying leaf with explanations. Contemporary gold-tooled straight-grained red morocco, with the rod of Asclepius, a ship, and an anchor on the spine, a floral border on both boards, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, a red morocco pencil holder on the fore edge of the back board, a folding pocket in the back, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. [24], iv, 52, [2], 20; [26], "53-84" [=31], [2], "21-48" [=27], [2] pp. + 43 blank leaves. Full description
€ 750
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Beautifully illustrated French miniature almanac with songs for children

[ALMANAC]. Calendrier pour l' année 1826.
Paris, chez Janet, [1825].
With: [SONGS]. La morale du cœur.
Paris, chez Janet, [1825]. 2 works in 1 volume. 32mo. With an engraved title page, and 6 full-page engraved plates. Original publisher's pink boards, gilt edges, housed in a matching pink slipcase. [2], 24, [2]; 24 pp. Full description
€ 750
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Extensive almanac for the city of The Hague for 1835

[ALMANAC]. sGravenhaagsche stads-almanak, voor het jaar 1835. Met vergunning van Hun Ed. Achtb. de Heeren Burgemeester en Wethouders.
The Hague, A.P. van Langenhuyzen for J. Belinfante, [1834]. 8vo. With a lithographed title with vignette with coat of arms of The Hague, 12 lithographed headpieces and 12 small illustrations in the calendar (1 for each month). Original publisher's printed wrappers. [4], 1-48, 48a-48d, 49-222, 92* pp. Full description
€ 200
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The first and most successful Dutch literary almanac

[ALMANAC]. Nederlandsche muzen-almanak, 1837.
Amsterdam, A. Spin for J. Immerzeel Jr., [1836]. 12mo. With a steel-engraved title, a full page steel-engraved portrait of Jan ten Brink, 6 full-page steel engraved plates protected by tissue paper guards, and a folding leaf with musical annotation. Original yellow lithographed publisher's boards, with the title and year of publication printed on the spine. [16], 250, [4] pp. Full description
€ 250
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Dutch literary almanac

[ALMANAC]. Miniatuur almanak voor het jaar 1838. 2de jaargang.
Utrecht, L.E. Bosch en Zoon, [1837]. 12mo. With a lithographed title printed in blue and gold, 4 full-page lithographed plates by H.J. Backer and by De Weijer at Utrecht, and 4 folding leaves with musical score. Original publisher's lithographed pink boards, gilt edges. 51, [2], 121 [5], V, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 250
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Exceptionally rare almanac for Friesland

[ALMANAC]. Zak-almanak voor de provincie Friesland. Voor het jaar 1843.
Leeuwarden L. Schierbeek [1842]. 32mo. With 4 full-page engraved plates, showing Pieter Derksz. Langebaard, a Turk, an Owl, and a view of the charitable colony Veenhuizen, the work is interleaved. Contemporary gold-tooled red imitation morocco, with an ornamental border on both sides. [24] ll. + interleaving Full description
€ 675
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Set of three literary almanacs, with dozens of Dutch short stories and poems

[ALMANAC]. Van Zwaamen's en Thompson's Enkhuizer almanak, voor het jaar 1883. Aanwijzende alle jaarmarkten, kermissen, paarden-, beesten- en leermarkten in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden gehouden wordende ...
Rotterdam, E. de Bont & Zn., [1882].
With:
(2) [ALMANAC]. Alkmaarsche almanak voor het jaar 1887. Aanwijzende alle de jaarmarkten, kermissen, Paard-, beest- en leermarkten in het Konigrijk der Nederland.
Alkmaar, Hermannus Coster& Zn. [1886].
(3) [ALMANAC]. Alkmaarsche almanak voor het jaar 1891. Aanwijzende alle de jaarmarkten, kermissen, Paard-, beest- en leermarkten in het Konigrijk der Nederlanden.
Alkmaar, Hermannus Coster& Zn. [1890]. 3 volumes. 16mo (ca. 9.5 x 7.5 cm). With the title and calendar of each work printed in red and black, the woodcut coat of arms of Enkhuizen on the title page of ad 1, and of Alkmaar on the title page of ads 2 and 3, 12 woodcut illustrations in the calendar of each work (1 for each month), and 12 full-page woodcut plates in each work, illustrating the literary contributions. Uniformly bound in contemporary overlapping vellum wrappers with a red closing tie. Each ca. 500 ll. Full description
€ 400
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Extremely rare miniature almamac in a mother-of-pearl chemise

[ALMANAC - DUTCH]. De kleine tydwyzer of jufferlyke almanach voor den jaare 1797.
Amsterdam, Jan van Gulik, [1796]. 16mo (ca. 6.3 x 3 cm). With an engraved title page, 5 numbered double-page engravings, and an engraved text page on the sounding of the bell of the Amsterdam Gate. Contemporary decorated wrappers, side stitched through two holes. The work is inserted into a contemporary mother-of-pearl chemise with a silver spine and a metal clasp. [24] ll. Full description
€ 1,500
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Only know copy of this miniature Almanac for 1763, in a fine gold-tooled red morocco binding

[ALMANAC - FRENCH]. Le joli Pont-Neuf, ou recueil de chansons; vaudevilles, &c. Almanach nouveau.
"Amsterdam" [= Paris?], sold in Paris, Duchesne, [1763]. 24mo (9.5 x 5.6 cm). Each page printed in simple woodcut border, with several small head and tailpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled French red morocco, fine green, gold, and white brocade paper endpapers with a foral pattern. [40] ll. Full description
€ 1,700
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Attractively bound copy of this interesting French almanac published
in the first year of the rule of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

[ALMANAC - FRENCH]. TESTU, Laurent Étienne (publisher). Almanach impérial pour lan XIII [= 1804-1805] présente a sa Majesté lEmpereur par Testu.
Paris, L.É. Testu, [1804]. Large 8vo (ca. 19.5 x 12 cm). With the engraved coat-of-arms of the First French Empire on the title page and numerous letterpress tables. Contemporary gold-tooled tree marbled calf. [16], 832 pp. Full description
€ 3,500
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Beautifully illustrated

[ALMANAC - GERMAN]. Calender 1805.
Offenbach, C.L. Brede, [1804]. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title with a vignette, and 8 full-page numbered engraved plates by Neubauer. Contemporary pink boards tooled in black, with a floral ornament in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a dotted frame, paste paper pastedowns. The work is housed in a brown decorative paper slipcase. [18], 37, [1] pp. Full description
€ 725
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One of the most charming examples of the German pocket almanac

[ALMANAC - GERMAN]. Frankfurter Taschenkalender für freundschaftliche Cirkel auf das Jahr 1808, enthaltend: Sinn-Gedichte, auch in Stammbüch brauchbare, kurze Geschichten, Sentenzen, &c.
Frankfurt, In der Jägerschen Buch- Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, [1807]. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title with a view of Frankfurt, and 12 full-page numbered engraved plates in the calendar (1 for each month). Contemporary green boards tooled in black, with a central ornament on both boards, surrounded by an ornamental border, gilt edges. The work is housed in a decorative paper slipcase. [32], 31, [1] pp. Full description
€ 725
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Complete set of the well-known literary almanac from Zealand

[ALMANAC - ZEELAND]. Zeeuwsche volks-almanak voor het (schrikkel)jaar 1836 (-1847).
Zierikzee, J. van de Velde Olivier (vol.12: P. de Looze), [1835-1846]. 12 volumes. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of Zeeland on the title page of each volume, 16 folding lithographed plates, 17 full-page lithographed plates, 2 leaves with musical annotations, and several folding tables. Original yellow or blue printed publisher's wrappers, with the title printed on the spine and front, within an ornamental border, the coat of arms of arms of Zeeland on the back. Each ca. 200 pp. Full description
€ 700
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Complete set of a literary almanac for Zeelandic Flanders, edited by J.H. van Dale,
the composer of the famous Dutch dictionary

[ALMANAC - ZEELAND]. Cadsandria, jaarboekje voor 1854 (-1859).
Comprising:
(1) Cadsandria, jaarboekje voor 1854.
(2) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor 1855.
(3) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor het schrikkeljaar 1856.
(4) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor het jaar 1857.
(5) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch jaarboekje voor 1858.
(6) Cadsandria, Zeeuwsch jaarboekje voor 1859.
Schoondijke, A.J. Bronswijk (volumes 2-3 printed by J.C. & W. Altorffer at Middelburg), [1853-1858]. 6 volumes. 12mo. With 5 lithographed plates (1 folding, 4 full-page), 1 in each in volumes 2-6. Later quarter black buckram, marbled paper sides, with the original front wrapper pasted to the front board. XLIII, 152; XXXVI, 182, [2]; XXXVI, 151, [2]; XXXVI, 226, [2]; XLIV, 240; XLIV, 176 pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Bottle made to look like a book, ca. 1830, with images of Benjamin Franklin and the distillery

[BOTTLE IN BOOK FORM]. Esprit de Francklin ... Le B[on].homme Richard.
Chalonnes sur Loire, Fremy frères, Bottrel et Cie., [ca. 1830]. Blown glass bottle made in the form of a book (15 x 10 x 3 cm plus 1.5 cm neck and lip). The "spine" is covered with gold-tooled red morocco, with 7 horizontal rolls dividing it into 5 fields plus a smaller 6th at the foot, the title and the French form of Franklin's pen-name in fields 3 and 4 and a decoration in fields 1, 3 and 5, the "boards" covered with paper, each with an lithographed rectangular decorative border enclosing an oval laurel wreath around an oval paper overlay with a lithographed view, that on the front board showing Benjamin Franklin and that on the back board showing a man in the distillery, each with accompanying texts above and below the wreath. The paper sides (but not their overlays) have a slight reddish cast. Full description
€ 9,500
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An extensive information source for British colonialists in Madras (India)

[BRITISH-INDIA - MADRAS ALMANAC]. The Madras almanac for the year of our lord 1829, calculated for the meridian of Port St. George. To which are added: lists of the civil, judicial and medical establishments, and of the Europeans not in the King's or Company's service. With other matters of useful information.
Madras, Asylum Press, [1828?]. 8vo. With 1 engraved hand-coloured folding plate showing different kinds of ships flags. Lacking 2 leaves.Contemporary red sheepskin, sprinkled edges. Rebacked in calf, red sheepskin spine label, blue paper pasted over the sides. [1 blank], [2], [1 blank], VI, 1-146, [2], 147-361, [1] blank, XXX, VIII pp. (lacking pp. 19-22). Full description
€ 1,750
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Humorous and slightly scandalous party game for young people

[CARD GAME]. Cloris en Roosje. Verkeerd apropos-spel. Met 42 gekleurde naïve vignetten voor vrienden van vrolijkheid en scherts.
Amsterdam, Steendrukkerij van C. Goos, [ca. 1840]. Set of 42 lithographed miniature playing cards, 21 for Cloris, printed in grey, and 21 for Roosje, printed in blue. The cards are kept in the original publisher's marbled slipcase (ca. 4.8 x 7.2 cm) with 2 engraved labels, one with the title and imprint, and one with the rules of the game. Full description
€ 500
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Amusing miniature book, printed by Didot

[CHILDREN'S BOOK]. Le petit conteur d'anecdotes.
Paris, chez Marcilly (printed by A. Firmin Didot), [ca. 1820]. Oblong 32mo (ca. 4.2 x 5.5 cm). With a finely engraved title showing a merry company in the woods, and 6 full-page engraved plates of costumes and professions. Original lithographed pink boards, with the title on the spine, gilt edges. The work is preserved in the original lithographed matching pink slipcase. 95, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 450
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Miniature illustrated work on zoology

[CHILDREN'S BOOK]. Le petit naturaliste.
Paris, chez Marcilly; imprimerie de A. Firmin Didot, [1829]. Oblong (ca. 4.8 x 6.7 cm). With an engraved, hand coloured title page, and 11 full-page hand coloured engravings. Contemporary printed paper boards, gilt edges. Housed in the original matching printed paper slipcase. 127, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 750
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The powers of the four elements

[CHILDREN'S BOOK]. Les quatre elemens.
Comprising:
(1) La terre.
(2) L'air.
(3) L'eau.
(4) Le feu.
[Paris], Imprimerie de Maulde et Renou, [ca. 1840]. 4 volumes. 32mo. With 8 full-page steel-engraved plates (2 in each volume). Original publisher's glazed pastel boards (light blue, yellow, pink, or light green), with the title and a steel-engraved illustration of one of the four elements in the centre of the front board, within an embossed ornamental border. Each 24 pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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The small pleasures of the countryside

[CHILDREN'S BOOK - FRENCH]. Les plaisirs de la campagne.
Paris, Marcilly, imprimerie Maulde et Renou, [ca. 1825]. Oblong 32mo. With an engraved vignette on the title page, and 7 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary green boards, with the title printed in black on the front, surrounded by an ornamental embossed border. The work is housed in a contemporary green paper slipcase. 96 pp. Full description
€ 950
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'Very charming harlequinade'

[CHILDREN'S BOOK - FRENCH]. Petite histoire grotesque de Pierrot Goulu.
Paris, Marcilly, typographie de Firmin Didot frères et compagnie, [ca. 1835]. Oblong 32mo (ca. 5.6 x 7.3 cm). With a hand coloured engraved title, and 7 hand coloured full-page engraved plates. Contemporary publisher's pink boards, with the title on the front board, an illustration of Pierrot printed in the centre of the front board, surrounded by an ornamental embossed border, marbled edges. [4], 122, [2] pp. Full description
€ 950
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Naval poems and songs from the Franco-Dutch War

COOPMAN, Ocke Jeyes. Zee-clio, of gedichten in 's lants vloot gemaeckt in de jaren 1672, en 1673.
Amsterdam, Carel Allard, [ca. 1673]. 4to. With the woodcut device of the Amsterdam admiralty on the title page (Dutch garden guarded by a lion holding two anchors), 3 woodcut decorated initials (1 series). Modern half calf, marbled sides. 62, [2] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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Hand-coloured carnival costume plates

[COSTUMES - CARNIVAL]. Taschenbuch für das Carneval. Erstes Jahr. - Le carnaval ou representation d'une collection d'habits de masques. L'an premier.
Leipzig, Friedrich August Leo, 1804. 16mo? (14 x 10.5 cm). With 12 numbered engraved plates by Friedrich Wilhelm Nettling, all coloured by a contemporary hand. Original publisher's paperboards, printed from an engraved plate and hand-coloured. 31, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 4,500
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Two almanacs, one for business people and one for night watchmen,
in a striking contemporary silver-tooled baroque binding

DAM, Dirk Jansz. van. Almanach, d'erven stichters comptoir op 't jaar onses Heeren Jesu Christi, 1771. Voorzien met alle de jaar-, paarden-, beesten- en leermarkten, als mede de vacantien, het varen der trekschuyten en beurtschepen, het ryden der posten, &c. Nevens de maans op en ondergang.
Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichter, [1770].
With: [ALMANAC]. Schutters wagt-almanach, anno 1771, aanwijsende wat compagnien, en op wat nagt zy te zamen waken moeten, om de vijftiende nagt. Nevens een ordre wat posten yder heeft te besetten. Onder de E. E. Heeren Colonellen Jacob Elias. Arent Hartjes. Theodorus Wynants. Hendr. Balth. van Aalst. en S. J. B. Barchm. Wuytiers.Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichters, [1770]. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page of ad 1, a large coat of arms of Amsterdam on the title-page of ad 2, and 12 half-page woodcuts, one for each month, printed in red and black in ad 1. Contemporary elaborately silver-tooled vellum, with the coat of arms of Amsterdam in the centre of the front board, and an impression of three drummers on the back, both signed "Duisburg F[ecit]", both boards with a baroque ornamental border, with the coats of arms of each of the seven Dutch provinces at the top (with that of Holland prominently in the middle), the coats of arms of the 20 largest Dutch cities on the sides (Dordrecht, Delft, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Leiden, Gouda, Hoorn, Alkmaar and Enkhuizen on the left side; Middelburg, Vlissingen, Amersfoort, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Franeker, Zwolle and Deventer on the right side), and at the bottom an image that probably shows the transfer of goods near a city. [32]; [5], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Unrecorded 1712 almanac in an elaborately gold-tooled binding with a silver pin fastening, by the Amsterdam Art Book Bindery

DAM, Jan Albertsz. van. Nieuw geinventeerde koopmans comptoir- en schrijf-almanach, op het schrikkel-jaar onzes heeren J. Christi M DCC XII. Na de nieuwe styl. Versien met de jaarmarkten, paarde- beeste- en leer-markte, en de dageliksche uure van de maans op en ondergang.
Amsterdam, the heirs of Albert Magnus, [1711 (for the year 1712)]. 12mo. Printed in red and black throught, the title page with Magnus' woodcut device (Atlas with an armillary sphere on his shoulders), numerous typographical symbols in the text: for example a horse and a goat representing horse and other animal market days, moons in different phases, planetary signs and manicules (pointing hands). With a small etching of an angel (39 mm tall) holding a wreath, cut out of an unidentified source and loosely inserted between 2 blank pages at the end of the book. Contemporary, elaborately gold-tooled mottled calf over thin wooden boards by the so-called Art Book Bindery (1705-1741) in the style made famous by Albert Magnus himself, with more than 100 impressions of about a dozen stamps and one roll, gold-tooled board edges. Further with 4 silver anchor plates (2 on each board), each with the coat of arms of the States of Holland in a decorative cartouche, and each with a silver eye extending over the fore edge, with a silver combination stylus/lead pencil used to fasten the book through the eyes, gilt edges. [120] pp. bound with 46 blank free endleaves: [12] pp. at the front and [22 (coated paper)], [12] pp. at the back. Full description
€ 7,500
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Stichter’s comptoir almanac for 1788 in an Amsterdam VOC binding

DAM, Meyndert Dirksz. van. D'erven Stichters comptoir almanach, op t schrikkel-jaar onses heeren Jesu Christi, 1788 ...
Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichter, [1788]. 4to. With the title page and 23 calendar pages printed in red and black, a half-page woodcut vignette (depicting Father Time pointing at an armillary sphere) by Hendrik Numan on the title page and 12 half-page woodcut illustrations for the 12 months (each ca. 7 x 11 cm) by Hendrik Numan, nearly all signed in the block (including two dated "1779"). Contemporary gold-tooled brown mottled calf, bound by the so-called Acorn-and-Foliage Tool Bindery in Amsterdam (Storm van Leeuwen). Both boards show the large gold-tooled monogram of the Amsterdam chamber of the VOC as a centre piece sandwiched between the gold-tooled date "Anno 1788", all within a gold-tooled floral frame with floral corner pieces in the inside corners. [16] ll. interleaved with 24 blank (except for manuscript annotations) ll. Full description
€ 7,500
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Colourful collection of mostly 17th- and 18th-century devotional prints,
showcasing a wide variety of decorative techniques, from the library of a Belgian countess

[DEVOTIONAL PRINTS]. [Collection of 37 devotional prints and drawings].
[Flanders and Paris, various publishers, ca. 1630-1850]. 2 volumes. Oblong folio (ca. 29 x 42.5 cm); sheet size ca. 12 x 9 to 35 x 23 cm. With 24 contemporary hand-coloured engravings, of which some heightened with gold, 1 contemporary hand-coloured woodcut illustration, 1 chromolithographed print, 7 watercolour drawings (including 2 on vellum), 3 silk embroidered prints in various sizes, and 1 image made of paper ornaments glued onto a black netting fabric. Further with a folded alphabetical list of the Antwerp printers and engravers of devotional prints in a 19th-century hand tipped onto the first leaf of the album. Several prints are tipped into a 19th-century elaborately gold- and blind-tooled brown morocco album, a blind-tooled ornament in the centre of both boards with the crowned initials "J.B." on the front, surrounded by a double fillet frame with elaborate corner pieces, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, white watered silk endpapers. The work is housed in a 19th-century marbled slipcase, with a paper label with the name of Countess Julie Visart de Bocarmé mounted on the front. The remaining prints have been tipped onto a sheet of sturdy paper, inserted into a clear plastic file folder, which are loosely inserted into a 19th-century elaborately gold- and blind-tooled purple morocco album, with the word "album" lettered in gold on the front, surrounded by a blind-tooled Gothic style border and an elaborate gold-tooled border, gilt edges, black watered silk end papers. Full description
€ 16,500
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Exquisitely embroidered devotional prints

[DEVOTIONAL PRINTS]. [Collection of two devotional prints and a drawing].
[Antwerp, mid 17th century].
With: [DRAWING]. De liefde alleen maeckt twee maer een.
[18th century?]. 2 prints and 1 drawing. Prints: ca. 9 x 7 cm; drawing: ca. 12.5 x 9.5 cm. With 2 full-page engravings on vellum, silk embroidered, hand coloured, and heightened with gold, and 1 ink drawing on vellum, partly made with golden ink. The three works are housed in a clear plastic folder. Full description
€ 1,250
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Collection of the most important works by the first Dutch burlesque poet

FOCQUENBROCH, Willem Godschalk van. Eerste (-derde) deel van de Thalia, of geurige sang-godin.
Amsterdam, David Lindenius and Andries Vinck, 1679.
With:
(2) [ULAEUS, Johannes & Willem Godschalk van FOCQUENBROCH]. De herders-sangen van Virgilius Maro, in Nederduyts gesongen, op twee verscheydene toonen.
Amsterdam, David Lindenius and Andries Vinck, 1679.
(3) FOCQUENBROCH, Willem Godschalk van. Min in 't Lazarus-huys, blyspel.
Amsterdam, Jacob Vinckel, 1674. 3 works in 1 volume, the first in 4 parts. 8vo. With 3 finely engraved allegorical frontispieces by Schoonebeek, a large engraved vignette on the separate title to ad 3, and several decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum. [16], 447, [1 blank]; [16], 223, [1]; [16], 112; [8], 77, [3 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Enlarged third edition of the first printed secular Scottish songbook

FORBES, John (publisher). Cantus, songs and fancies, to severall musicall parts. Both apt for voices and viols. With a brief introduction to musick, ... The third edition, exactly corrected and enlarged. Together also, with several of the choisest Italian-songs, and New English-Ayres, all in three parts, (viz.) two treebles and a bass.
Aberdeen, John Forbes, 1682. Small oblong 4to (12.5 x 16 cm). With a facsimile woodcut title page (with woodcut arms on the back), a general letterpress title page (with the woodcut arms of King Charles Stuart on the back), a full-page woodcut of a human hand, and musical scores throughout. 19th-century brown morocco. [57] ll. Full description
€ 6,000
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Highly detailed and very rare issues of annual periodicals on French Polynesia,
mainly concerning Tahiti and Moorea

[FRENCH POLYNESIA - PERIODICAL]. Annuaire des établissements français de l'Océanie et du Protectorat des Iles de la Société et dépendances pour l'année commune 1863.
Papeete, Imprimerie du Gouvernement, August 1863.
With: (2) [IDEM]. Annuaire des établissements français de l'Océanie et du Protectorat des Iles de la Société et dépendances pour l'an 1864 (title on the front wrapper: Annuaire de Taïti pour 1864).Papeete, Imprimerie du Gouvernement, October 1864. 2 volumes. Small 8vo. With two original photographs in the 1863 edition, both reproducing maps, one showing the islands Tahiti and Moorea and the other showing archipels which were then under French protectorate. Original publisher's printed wrappers. VIII, 372; [4], LX, 126, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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The well-known "Enkhuizer Almanac" for the year 1819, with an article on vaccination

GELDER, Jacob van. De van ouds vermaarde Erve Stichters Enkhuiser (...), voor den jare 1819. Aanwijzende alle de jaarmarkt., kermiss[en], paard[en], beest[en] en leermarkt[en]. in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden gehouden wordende; het op en ondergaan de maan, benevens de watergetijden, enz. Berekend op den middag-cirkel van Amsterdam door Jacob de Gelder.
Amsterdam, H. van Leeuwen, [1818]. 16mo (ca. 9 x 7 cm). With the woodcut coat of arms of Enkhuizen on the title page, the title and calendar printed in red and black, 12 half-page woodcut illustrations (1 for each month), and 11 full-page woodcut illustrations. Original publisher's printed wrappers, with the title on the front and back. [252] pp. Full description
€ 500
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With fine etchings from Adriaen van Ostade

[GIJSEN, Jan van or Aaron van HULKENROY]. Het vermaaklyk buitenleven, of de zingende en speelende boerenvreugd. Met zangkunst verrykt, en tot gemak der speelers op de G sleutel gesteld.
Haarlem, Weduwe van Hermanus van Hulkenroy, 1716. 4to. With an etched frontispiece, an etching of a mermaid on the title, 2 folding etchings, 2 full-page etchings, and 21 etchings in the text, all after Adriaen van Ostade. Further with musical annotation to all songs. Early 19th-century marbled boards. [8], 63, [1] pp. Full description
€ 2,950
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Very rare Dutch songbook

GODDAEUS, Conrad. Nieuwe gedichten. Sonder rym, naa de Griexe en Latynse dicht-maten, op allerhande soorten van verssen, ingestelt. Noit voor desen in Neder-duits gesien, noch gebruiklik.
Harderwijk, Joannes Toll, 1656. Oblong 4to. With woodcut of King David playing his harp on the title page, a fine engraved frontispiece with an open music book below the title in centre, which is flanked by King David playing his harp and Horace playing his lyre, each on a pedestal, with a white swan above and publisher's address below. Contemporary mottled calf. [4], 184, [2] pp. Full description
€ 2,950
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Very rare French songbook

[GOETTHEM, Pieter van (attributed)]. La lyre d'Apollon en poësies meslées, et les mieux choisies de ce temps. Composées par un Zelandois, & amateur dicelles. En cançons, Aïrs, rondeaux, estrenes, & epitaphes, &c.
Middelburg, Pieter van Goetthem, 1657. Oblong 16mo. With the title page, and page 5 and 7 printed in red and black, 2 decorated woodcut initials, and a woodcut tailpiece. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 2 supports laced through the joints. 432 pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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One of the earliest recorded copies of the Deventer almanac

GRAPHEUS, Rodolphus. Schrijf almanack, offte calender na[er] de[n] olden stijl, op dat nije schalt iaer [...] MDXCVI.
(Colophon:) Deventer, Simon Steenbergen, [1595]. 16mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 12 woodcut illustrations in the calendar (1 for each month), and 2 woodcut illustrations in the text, the work is printed in red and black. Later vellum wrappers, with the manuscript year of publication on the back. [32] ll. Full description
€ 6,500
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How to teach young children to pronounce the various sounds of the Dutch language

HEIJNINGEN BOSCH, Mattheus van. Figuurlijk onderwijs. Abe-prentjes voor moeder en kind.
Groningen, Mattheus van Heijningen Bosch, 1820. Oblong 32mo (ca. 7.8 x 9.5 cm). With 31 small woodcuts on 16 pages, illustrating the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet which are printed in red, all pages are framed in a typographical border. Original blue wrappers with title printed on the front and an advertisement for educational booklets by the same publisher on the back, both in a lithographed floral border. 18, [4] pp. Full description
€ 600
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Collected poems by the owner of one of the most famous Dutch Alba amicorum

HEYBLOCQ, Jacobus. Farrago Latino-Belgica, of mengelmoes van Latijnsche en Duitsche gedichten, gepast op allerhande gelegentheden en voorvallen.
Amsterdam, Pieter van den Berge, 1662 (engraved title: 1663). 8vo. With the title printed in red and black with an engraved printer's device, an engraved title, a full-page engraved view of 't Huys Mannepat, an engraved illustration in the text, several decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum. [24], 267, [1] pp. Full description
€ 950
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The collected poems, plays, and songs, bound with the biography of king Henry IV

HOOFT, Pieter Corneliszoon and Jacob vander BURGH (ed.). Gedichten.
Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1636.
With: (2) HOOFT, Pieter Corneliszoon. Henrik de Gróte. Zijn leven en bedrijf. Naerder overzien, ende vermeerdert.
Amsterdam, Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1638. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page of each work, an engraved portrait of Pieter Dirkszoon Hasselaer in the text, and 30 engraved emblems by Christoffel le Blon in ad 1, a full-page engraved portrait of Hendrik de Grote in ad 2, and several decorated woodcut initials, head-, and tailpieces in both works. Contemporary vellum. [2 blank], [6], "464" [= 460]; [8], 203, [5] pp. Full description
€ 1,850
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The second ever work to be printed in Didot's microscopic Polyamatype

HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus and Auguste FILON (editor) Opera Omnia, recensuit Filon.
Paris, A. Sautelet, 1828. 32mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page. Contemporary gold-tooled dark blue morocco, with the author lettered in gold on the spine, a floral border in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a single fillet frame, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, white watered silk end papers. VIII, 229, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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German manuscript of private devotion by a woman

[MANUSCRIPT - PRIVATE DEVOTION - MÖHLMAN, Geertruy]. Möchte meiner Seuftzer schallen, möchte das Vergnügte wallen...
[Germany], 1746. 8vo (ca. 16.7 x 9.4 cm). With a colourful hand-drawn title page. Contemporary gold-tooled brown calf. [33] ll. Full description
€ 1,950
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In defence of the fart, bound by Thouvenin

MARTI, Manuel. Oratio pro crepitu ventris habita ad patres crepitantes.
Cosmopoli [= Strasbourg], ex typographia societatis patrum crepitantium, 1768. 32mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 2 headpieces built up from typographical ornaments, a tailpiece built up from typographical ornaments, and a woodcut tailpiece. 19th-century gold-tooled brown morocco by Thouvenin. 70, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Miniature almanc in a slip-off case

[MINIATURE ALMANAC]. Le petit gastronome almanach. Pour l'année 1810.
Paris, chez Janet, [1809]. Ca. 2.7 x 1.9 cm. With 8 full-page engravings. Original publisher's gold-tooled red morocco, with a fleuron in the centre of both boards, surrounded by an ornamental border, gilt edges. The work is housed in a gold-tooled dark red morocco pull-off case (ca. 3.6 x 2.5 cm), shaped like a book. 64 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Beautifully bound late-18th-century London Almanack

[MINIATURE BOOK - ALMANACK - LONDON]. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1788.
London, T. Carnan, [1788]. 24mo(?) (5.7 x 3.3 cm). With an engraved armorial title page, 4 full-page engraved portraits, and a half-page engraved view. Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled red morocco, the gold-tooled boards are beautifully decorated with a white morocco trellis-like (mosaic) pattern with red and green lozenge shaped morocco inlays, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. [24] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
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Beautifully bound mid-19th-century London Almanack

[MINIATURE BOOK - ALMANACK - LONDON]. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1851.
[London, Company of Stationers, 1851]. 24mo(?) (5.8 x 3.3 cm). With a steel-engraved armorial title page, a four-page steel-engraved view, and a steel-engraved half-page armorial vignette. Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled black morocco, both boards show a beautiful geometrical design of gold-tooled black, white, and green morocco, gilt edges, in a matching slipcase. [24] pp. Full description
€ 1,350
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Beautiful first edition of De Groots miniature Bible summary, illustrated with 7 tiny woodcuts

[MINIATURE BOOK - BIBLE]. Kern des Bybels.
The Hague, Anthoni de Groot and sons, 1750. 128mo (or possibly 96mo) in 4s (4.5 x 3 x 1 cm). Title-page in red and black with a woodcut title-vignette (an open book on a shell, with decorations), 7 full-page (3.3 x 1.6 cm!) woodcuts depicting important scenes from the Bible (1 as frontispiece and 1 opening each of the 5 "books" and the appendix). Contemporary gold-tooled calf. 80 pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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First edition of an instructional miniature library on all school subjects

[MINIATURE BOOKS - DUTCH]. Bibliotheek in miniatuur.
Comprising:
(1) De aardrijkskunde.
(2) De gewijde geschiedenis.
(3) Vaderlandsche geschiedenis.
(4) Natuurlijke geschiedenis der viervoetige dieren.
(5) De natuurlijke geschiedenis der vogelen.
(6) Natuurlijke geschiedenis der insekten, kruipende dieren en visschen.
(7) De kruidkunde.
(8) Zedelijke verhalen.
(9) Arabische vertellingen.
(10) De mythologie.
Amsterdam, M. Westerman, 1823. 10 volumes. Ca 7.7 x 6.5 cm. With 31 engraved plates and 5 engraved maps, including a folding world map. In the original pink and green cardboard case with glass lid, green printed paper wrappers, with cream paper dust jackets with the titles in manuscript on the front. Full description
€ 3,750
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Extremely rare and early almanac in a remarkable binding

NIEROP, Dirck Rembrantsz. van. Zaagmans comptoir almanach op 't Jaer ons Heeren Jesu Christi M.DC.LXXXI. na de Nieuwe en Oude-stijl. Versien met de jaer-marckten, paerde, beeste- en leer-marckten: daer neven een prognosticatie, op alle nieuwe, volle en quartier-maenden. De dagelijkse uuren van des maens op en onder-gangh door Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop, mathematicus. Mitsgaders de vacantien voor den Hove van Hollant in 's Graven-Hage, Utrecht, Vrieslandt, Groeningen, en de Stadt Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Gillis Joosten Zaagman, [1680]. 4to. With the title and calendar printed in red and black, a large woodcut view of the Amsterdam stock-exchange on the title page, 12 large woodcuts in the calendar (1 for each month, depicting the main activities practised during this month), a small woodcut of an eclipse and a larger woodcut of a Zodiac man. Contemporary silver-tooled vellum, with on the front a central panel with a maid carrying a lance next to a book (the Bible?) on a column, and on the back a central panel with three drummers, both surrounded by an elaborate large frame block with the coat-of-arms of Holland in the "garden" of the Dutch Republic flanked by the other provincial arms at the top (the arms of the major Dutch cities at the left and right and a view of Amsterdam from the IJ at the bottom). [16] ll. Full description
€ 2,500
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Unrecorded issue

NIEROP, Dirck Rembrantsz. van. Zaagmans almanach na de nieuwe en oude-stijl. Op 't schrickel-jaer onses Heeren Jesu Christi, 1680. Met de jaer, paerde, beeste en leer-marckten, s maens op en ondergang door D.R. van Nierop.
Including:
(2) Zaagmans tijt-wijser.
(3) Korte chronyck van alle de gedenkwaerdigste geschiedenissen t' sedert de geboorte onses Heeren Iesu Christi, tot desen tegenwoordigen jare.
(4) MAGINO, Antonio. De Italiaensche waer-segger op het jaer ons Heeren Jesu Christi 1680.
[Amsterdam], Gillis Joosten Zaagman, 1680. 4 parts in 1 volume. 24mo. With the title page and calendar printed in red and black, a woodcut vignette on the divisional title page of each part, 13 woodcuts in the calendar (1 for each months and 1 for the eclipses), and 4 half-page woodcuts in the text. Contemporary dark brown shagreen with blind ruling along the edges, gilt edges. [80] pp + 12 interleaved blanks and 6 thick cardboard leaves Full description
€ 3,250
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Persian almanac

[PERSIAN ALMANAC]. [Persian manuscript almanac].
[Qajar, Iran, 1869 CE =] 1285 AH. 8vo (11.5 x 18.5 cm). Persian and Arabic manuscript on laid paper. Black and red nastaliq script in rubricated rows and columns with Arabic headings in fine riqah script and gilt floral ornaments to each page. Contemporary blind-tooled brown leather, pink paste-downs. 11 ll. Full description
€ 3,500
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Only copy located of the 1850 Saint Helena almanac, portraying the island at the height of its importance
in transatlantic shipping and the suppression of the slave trade

[SAINT HELENA - ALMANAC]. The Saint Helena almanac and annual register for the year of our lord 1850, ... Containing a detailed account of the public departments and local institutions.
Saint Helena, George Gibb, Government office, [1849]. 8vo. With title-page printed in orange, with the woodcut royal arms of the United Kingdom. Later black half morocco, gold-tooled spine. [126], 37, [3] pp.; plus [3], [1 blank] pp. advertisements Full description
€ 3,500
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One of the earliest editions of a famous songbook

[SONGBOOK]. 't Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyser en Alkmaerder liede-boeck, versiert met veel mooye bruylofts-liedekens en gesangen.
Amsterdam, Pieter van Ryschooten, 1702. 32mo. With a woodcut illustration on the title page, a full-page woodcut illustration on the verso of the title page, and musical annotation. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with a clasp. 310, [10] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Unrecorded issue of one of the most popular Dutch songbooks

[SONGBOOK]. 't Nieuw groot Hoorns lied-boekje, bestaande in veel stigtige en vermakelyke bruylofts liedekens.
Hoorn, Reinier Beukelman, [between 1713 and 1735]. 32mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, a decorated woodcut initial, and several leaves with musical annotation. Contemporary gold-tooled morocco, sewn on 2 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, a panel design on both boards with a lozenge-shaped ornament in the centre surrounded by fillet and ornamental borders, two silver clasps, gold-tooled board edges, gilt edges, gilt brocade end papers. 311, [9] pp. Full description
€ 3,250
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Very popular "Mupsi" songbook full of love songs

[SONGBOOK]. 't Nieuw groot Hoorns lied-boekje, bestaande in veel stigtige en vermakelyke bruylofts liedekens.
Hoorn, Reinier Beukelman, [between 1713 and 1735]. 24mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, a decorated woodcut initial, and several leaves with musical annotation. Contemporary gold-tooled limp vellum. 310, [10] pp. Full description
€ 900
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Unrecorded issue of the famous Dutch songbook

[SONGBOOK]. 't Nieuw groot Hoorns lied-boekje, bestaande in veel stigtige en vermakelyke bruylofts liedekens.
Hoorn, Reinier Beukelman, [between 1713 and 1735]. 24mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, a decorated woodcut initial, and several leaves with musical annotation. Later marbled paper pasted over brown cloth. "210" [= 310], [10] pp. Full description
€ 750
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Beautifully bound copy of the largest edition of a famous Dutch songbook

[SONGBOOK]. 't Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyzer, Alkmaarder en Purmerender liede-boek. Vercierd met veel mooye bruylofts-liedekens en gesangen.
Amsterdam, Joannes Kannewet, [3rd quarter of the 18th century].
With: [SONGBOOK]. 't Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyzer, Alkmaarder, Edammer en Purmerender liede-boek, zijnde een vervolg op 't voorgaande, verciert met verscheyde nieuwe en aangenaame bruylofts-liedekens en snaakze gezangen.
Amsterdam, Joannes Kannewet, [3rd quarter of the 18th century]. 2 works in 1 volume. 32mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page of both parts, a full-page woodcut illustration in ad 1, and a decorated woodcut initial in each part. Slightly later gold-tooled red morocco. 312, [8]; 312, [8] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Largest edition of one of the most popular Dutch songbooks from the 18th century

[SONGBOOK]. 't Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyzer, Alkmaarder en Purmerender liede-boek, verciert met veel mooye bruylofts-liedekens en gezangen.
Amsterdam, Joannes Kannewet, [3rd quarter of the 18th century].
With (bound before ad 1): [SONGBOOK]. 't Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyzer, Alkmaarder, Edammer en Purmerender liede-boek, zijnde een vervolg op 't voorgaande, verciert met verscheyde nieuwe en aangenaame bruylofts-liedekens en snaakze gezangen.
Amsterdam, Joannes Kannewet, [3rd quarter of the 18th century]. 2 works in 1 volume. 32mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page of both parts, a full-page woodcut illustration in ad 1, and a decorated woodcut initial in each part. Contemporary green wrappers with brown ties. 312, [8]; 312, [8] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
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One of the most important and rarest Dutch songbooks, with early poems by Hooft and Vondel

[SONGBOOK - DUTCH]. Den nieuwen verbeterden lust-hof, gheplant vol uytgelesene, eerlijcke, amoreuse ende vrolijcke ghesanghen, als mey, bruylofts, tafel, ende nieu jaers liedekens, met noch verscheyden tsamen-spreeckinghen tusschen vryer en vryster...
Including: [VLACQ, Michiel]. Bruylofts bancket. Verciert met veerthien liedekens, dienende tot vermakelijckheyt ende stichtinghe, so wel in bruyloften als in andere eerlijcke vergaderinghen van oude ofte jonghe lieden...
Amsterdam, Dirck Pietersz Pers, [ca. 1610]. 2 parts in 1 volume. Oblong 8vo. Each title page with the same large engraving of a company making music after David Vinckboons. Later vellum, manuscript title on spine. [8], 96; 24 pp. Full description
€ 15,000
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Songs on the Dutch victories over the Spanish conquerors

[SONGBOOK - DUTCH]. Eerste [-Tweede] deel van 't nieu geusen liet boeck, waerinne begrepen is den gantschen handel der Nederlanden, beginnende anno 1564. uit alle oude geusen liet-boecken by een versamelt. Verciert met schoone oude refereynen en[de] liedekens, te voren noyt in eenige liet-boecken ghedruct. Met de figuren der gouverneurs.
Amsterdam, Gerrit van Breugel, 1616. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With the title page printed in red and black with borders built up from typographic ornaments, woodcut on title page, and 10 small woodcut portraits in text of the two parts together. Later limp sheepskin parchment, with remnants of ties. [1], 93, [1]; 86, [1] ll. Full description
€ 5,000
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Emblem book with engravings by Vander Vinne and Philips

SPINNIKER, Adriaan. Vervolg der leerzaame zinnebeelden, spiegel der boetvaardigheid en genade en eenige stichtelyke gezangen.
Haarlem, Jan Bosch, 1758. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With engraved frontispiece, engraving on the title page, 30 engraved emblems in text (ca. 10 x 12.5 cm) by Vincent vander Vinne in the first part, and 4 engraved emblems in text (10 x 12.5 cm) by Jan Caspar Philips in the second part. Contemporary marbled wrappers. [8], XII, 144, [2], 90 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Iconic songbook by the most famous Frisian poet of the Golden Age in its third most complete edition

STARTER, Jan Jansz. Friesche Lust-hof, beplant met verscheyden stichtelijcke minne-liedekens, gedichten, ende boertighe kluchten. Den derden druck op nieuws vermeerdert ende verbetert ... Midtsgaders oock noch verrijckt ende verçierd met schoone kopere figuren; ende by alle onbekende wysen de noten, ofte musycke gevoeght.
Amsterdam, Widow of Dirck Pietersz. Voscuyl, [1624]. Oblong 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved portrait of the author, 10 engraved plates in the text, musical annotation, and decorated woodcut initials. 18th-century mottled brown calf. [14], 206, [40] pp. Full description
€ 14,500
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One of the most important Dutch songbooks of the 17th century

STARTER, Jan Jansz. Friesche lust-hof, beplant met verscheyden stichtelijcke minne-liedekens, gedichten, ende boertighe kluchten. Den vierden druck op nieuws vermeerdert ende verbetert, met verscheyden dichten ende liedekens, soo geestige als boertige. Mitsgaders oock noch verrijckt ende vercierd met schoone kopere figueren; ende by alle onbekende wysen de noten, ofte musycke gevoeght.
Amsterdam, for Hessel Gerritsz., 1627. 2 parts in 1 volume. Oblong 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, a full-page engraved portrait of the author, a full-page engraved plate, 10 almost full-page engravings in the text by Jan van de Velde, and musical scores in the text. Contemporary vellum, with the manuscript author, title, and year of publication on the spine in a later hand, red sprinkled edges. [14], 207, [1 blank], 39, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 11,500
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The third Utrecht Students’ Almanac

[STUDENT ALMANAC]. Utrechtsche studenten almanak, voor het jaar 1825.
Utrecht, J. van Schoonhoven & Comp., [1825]. 12mo. With an engraved title page with the logo of the University of Utrecht. Original publisher's green boards, with the title printed on the front, and the logo of the University of Utrecht hand drawn on the back. [2], 127, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 150
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How to calculate longitude at sea

SWINDEN, Jan Hendrik van, Pieter NIEUWLAND and Gerard HULST VAN KEULEN. Almanach ten dienste der zeelieden voor het jaar 1788.
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(2) Over het bepalen der lengte op zee door de afstanden van de maan tot de zon, of vaste sterren, ...(3) Van tafelen, ten dienste der zeelieden, en voor al ter bevordering van het bepaalen der lengte op zee, door de afstanden van de maan tot de zon, of de vaste sterren; ...
Amsterdam, Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1787-1788. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With three title pages with woodcut printer's device, mathematical figures in the text, letterpress tables, and 4 large printed folding tables. Contemporary half vellum. XXX, 108, 87, [1]; XXIII, 136; [4], 30, [2], 60 pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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Miniature edition of an important classical work on human behaviour

THEOPHRASTUS. Characteres ethici, sive Morum descriptiones. Graecè et Latinè. Cum notis & monitis Ioannis à Werdenhagen.
Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1653. 24mo. With a vignette on the title page built up from typographical ornaments, the work is partly printed in Greek type. Contemporary vellum. 359, [1] pp. Full description
€ 450
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Popular emblem and song book by a Dutch pharmacist and poet, charmingly
and decoratively bound for the Duke of Marlborough in 1818/19

VEEN, Jan van der. Zinne-beelden, oft Adams appel. ... Mitsgaders syne oude ende nieuwe ongemeene bruydt-lofs ende zege-zangen.
Amsterdam, Everhard Cloppenburgh, 1642. 4to. With large emblematic engraving on the title page and 50 engraved emblems in text (10 x 13.5 cm), all by Salomon Savry, woodcut head- and tailpieces, numerous woodcut decorated initials (several series) and decorations built up from typographic ornaments. Set in roman and italic types. Gold- and blind-tooled red, grained sheepskin (1817/18) for George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough, gold-tooled turn-ins and board edges, gilt and gauffered edges, grey-brown endpapers, red satin ribbon marker. [23], [1 blank], 523, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
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A nice collection of georgic poetry

WELLEKENS, Jan Baptista & Pieter VLAMING. Dichtlievende uitspanningen. Bestaande in herders- hoef- en veldgezangen, tafereelen, brieven enz.
Amsterdam, sold by Andries van Damme (colophon: printed by Willem Goeree the younger), 1710. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved vignette on the title page, 7 full-page engraved part-titles, 7 engraved plates (1 folding, 6 full page), 16 engravings in the text, several woodcut endpieces and initials; all engravings by J. Goeree. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript authors on the spine, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints, red and blue sprinkled edges. [16], 228, [2] pp. Full description
€ 675
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A Middelburg printer's proof of mastery

WINTER, Anthony Pieter de. Proeve. Aanmerkingen op verscheide voorwerpen.
Middelburg, A.P. de Winter, 1796. 48mo (ca. 5.7 x 4.5 cm). With a woodcut vignette on the title page, and 7 small woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary printed boards, with a lantern in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a vegetal border with corner pieces, red sprinkled edges. [6], VI, [4], 48 pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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An indispensable source for genealogists

[YEARBOOK]. Naamwijzer, aantoonende alle de naamen en woonplaatsen van de edele achtbare magistraat der stad Middelburg in Zeeland ... Dienende van Novemb[er] 1792 tot Novemb[er] 1793.
Middelburg, Hermanus Snel, [1792].
With: (2) DAM, Dirk Jansz van. Middelburgsche wagt-almanach, na de nieuwe stijl. Op het jaar ... MDCCXCIII.
Middelburg, Hermanus Snel, [1792]. 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of Middelburg on the title page of each work. Contemporary green vellum wrappers in envelope style, with the manuscript year 1793 on the front. 129, [19]; [20] pp. Full description
€ 950
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The most important people in Middelburg in 1831 and 1832

[YEARBOOK]. Middelburgsche naamwijzer voor het jaar 1831.
Including: (2) [ALMANAC]. Middelburgsche almanak, naar den nieuwen stijl, op het jaar onzes heeren Jezus Christus 1831.
Middelburg, De erven J. C. Altorffer, [1830].
With: (3) [YEARBOOK]. Middelburgsche naamwijzer voor het jaar 1832.
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(4) [ALMANAC]. Middelburgsche almanak, naar den nieuwen stijl, op het schrikkel-jaar onzes heeren Jezus Christus 1832.
(5) [CONVERSION TABLES]. De specie-tafelen van rijksdaalders, dukatons, acht-en-twintigen, kwart guldens, vijf-franken en Fransche kroonen.
Middelburg, De erven J. C. Altorffer, [1831]. 2 works in 2 volumes, the first in 2 parts and the second in 3 parts. 12mo. Contemporary marbled board, with the manuscript year of publication on the spine. 120, [4], [24]; 119, [5], [24], 24 pp. Full description
€ 250
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Putting Zeeland on the literary map

[ZEELAND - POETRY]. Zeeusche nachtegael, ende de selfs dryderly gesang: geheel anders inder waerheyt verthoont, als de selve voor desen by sommighe uyt enckel mis-verstant verkeerdelijck is gheoordeelt. Door verscheyden treffelijcke Zeeusche poëten by een ghebracht; ende verciert met koopere plaeten.
Middelburg, Jan Pietersz. van de Venne, 1623.
With: (2) VENNE, Adriaen van de. Tafereel van sinne-mal.
Middelburg, Jan Pietersz vande Venne, 1623. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a large woodcut printer's device on the title page of each part, a woodcut headpiece with a view of Middelburg at the start of each part, a full-page engraved emblematic coat of arms and 7 large emblems by D. van Bremden, W. de Passe, P. de Jode, C. van Queboren and P. Serwouter after designs by Adriaen van de Venne in the first part; 8 large engravings in the text showing witty scenes, designed and engraved by Adriaen van de Venne in the second part. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum. [10], 86, [4], 60, [4], 63, [1 blank]; [8], 114 pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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