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Italian translation of the defence of John of Austria against the Prince of Orange and the States General

[GAMEREN, Hannard van, and Giuliano GOSELINI]. Vera Narratione de le Cose passate ne' Paesi Bassi Dopò la giunta del Ser.mo S.or Don Giovanni d'Austria luogotenente, Governatore, et Capitan generale del Rè Catholico in quelle parti. Con la Risolutione de gli obietti contenuti nel Discorso non vero, mandato in luce da gli Stati d'essi paesi, intorno à la rottura per loro fatta de la ultima Pace. Tradotto di Francese in lingua Italiana.
Milano, Paolo Gottardo Pontio, 1578. 4to. With some woodcut initials. Contemporary calf, ribbed and gilt spine. [4], 181, [3 blank] pp. Full description
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Early 16th-century collection of Lutheran works the press of Simon Corver in Zwolle,
featuring works of Wessel Gansfort and early Netherlandish reformers

GANSFORT, Wessel. De sacramento eucharistiae. Et audienda missa.
[Zwolle, Simon Corver, ca. 1521].
With:
(2) IDEM. Epistola adversus M. Engelbertum Leydensem ... et aliae epistolae. [Zwolle, S. Corver, between 30 July and the start of September 1522].
(3) IDEM. Tractatus ... De oratione & modo orandi cum luculentissima Dominicae orationis explanatione.
[Zwolle, S. Corver, ca. 1521].
(4) IDEM. Farrago ... olim uulgo dicti, rarae & reconditae doctrinae, notulae aliquot & propositiones ...
[Zwolle, S. Corver, beginning of 1522].
(5) GOCHIUS, Pupper. In divine gratie et christianae fidei, commendationem, contra falsam & Pharisaicam multorum de iustifiis & meritis operum doctrinam & gloriationem, fragmenta aliquot ... nunquam excusa.
[Zwolle, S. Corver, ca. 1521].
(6) GANSFORT, Wessel. De autoritate officio et potestate pastorum ecclesiasticorum.
[Zwolle, S. Corver, ca. 1522]. 6 works in 1 volume. 4to. Ads 1-3 and 6 with a woodcut title frame on each of the title pages and several large woodcut decorated initials. Ads 4-5 with several large woodcut decorated initials.
Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, sewn on 2 supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine. Further with brass catch- and anchor plates and one clasp, and a paper label at the head of the spine, lettered in ink referring that this is a collection of Wessel Gansfort's works, dated 1520. [3536]; [32]; [4], “CX” [= XC]; [4], XCVIII; “46” [= 44 (of 46)]; [16]; [24] (belonging to ad 2) ll. Full description
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First issue of the first edition of an important historical work by an early Dutch humanist,
which has been very influential in establishing the so-called "Batavian Myth" in Dutch and German history

[GELDENHAUER, Gerardus]. Historia Batavica, cum appendice de vetustissima nobilitate, regibus, ac gestis Germanorum.
Strasbourg, Christian Egenolph, January 1530. 4to. With an interesting woodcut by Hans Weiditz (or the Petrarch Master, 1495-1536) on the title page, not showing a Batavian Family scene as Kampinga interpreted, but being the printer's device of Christian Egenolph, depicting Adam and Eve after the Fall expelled from Paradise (see the extensive description and discussion, including illustr., by H. van de Waal, Drie eeuwen Vaderl. Geschieduitbeelding (1952), I, pp. 157-159), some decorated woodcut initials. Modern half calf. 26, [1] ll. Full description
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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
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Affirming the rights of Emperor Charles V to the Duchy of Gelre and the County of Zutphen

[GELDERLAND]. Het bescheet vanden Keyser Kaerle de vijfde van desen name, uutgegheven inden Rycxdach van Reynsborch Int iaer ons heeren M.D. ende XLI. vanden goeden rechte dat hij heeft tot ten hertochdom van Geldre ende Graefschap van Zutphen, Ende oock de wederlegghinghe, ende wederbescheet van heer Willem hertoch van Cleve te Franckfoort ghedaen Int iaer ons heeren M.D. XXXIX overgeset uiten latijn in duytsche.
Antwerp, Marten Vermeere, [1541]. 4to. With the woodcut coat of arms of Charles V on title-page. 19th-century half calf, brown decorated paper sides. [64] ll. Full description
€ 5,000
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The siege and capture of the Genneperhuis in 1641, with a detailed military plan

[GENNEPERHUIS]. Kort en bondich verhael wat sich heeft toegedraghen van dach tot dach voor het Huys te Gennep, zedert dat het door sijn Hoogheyt den Prince van Orangien is belegert geweest ...
Including: [GENNEPERHUIS]. Cort verhael wat gepasseert is aen des konincks van Hispanjens zijde 't sedert het belegh van het Casteel van Gennep.
[Amsterdam], sold by Broer Jansz. and Jan van Hilten, 1641. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and a large folding engraved map of the surroundings of the Genneperhuis Castle near Gennep (ca. 23.5 x 32.5 cm). Contemporary grey wrappers with the annotation "Frijntie Mars" on the front. [12] pp. Full description
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Second known copy of a 19th-century list for recording the yearly evolution of certain plants and flowers

GENOOTSCHAP VOOR LANDBOUW EN KRUIDKUNDE TE UTRECHT. Lijst der planten voor de jaarlijksche waarnemingen.
Including: Lijst der planten voor de dagelijksche waarnemingen der bloemen.
Utrecht, W.F. Schultze, 19th century [after 1841]. Large 4to (28.5 x 23.5 cm). Contemporary blue paper wrappers, stitched through 3 holes. [12] pp. Full description
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Rare science manual from Venlo

GEUNS, Petrus. Memoire sur les aimans. Ou description succinte de tout ce qui est necessaire pour la construction de toute sorte d'aiman imaginable; le changement de pôles suivant l'axe ou suivant les cotés de la pierre d'aiman. La construction & trempe des aiguilles de boussole. Une mémoire sur l'engrenage pour les horloger & autre artisans. Et pour les amateurs de l'histoire naturelle deux méthodes pour fermer les bocaux contre evaporation de l'esprit de vin.
Venlo, au dépens de l'Auteur, 1768. 8vo. With a folding engraved table and 5 folding engraved plates with technical illustrations and figures. Contemporary calf. XXIV, 143, [7] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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Unrecorded first issue of the third Ghent pharmacopoeia

[GHENT - PHARMACOPOEIA]. Pharmacopoea Gandavensis nobilissimi senatûs monitu concinnata, ejusque jussu edita.
Ghent, Joannis Meyer, [1756].
With: (2) [GHENT - TAXA]. Ordonnantie van heer ende weth der stad Gend op den taux der drogue ende medicamenten raekende de pharmacie van de apothecarissen der gemelde stad.
Ghent, Jan Meyer, [1757].
2 works in 1 volume. 4to. Contemporary calf, richly gold-tooled spine with a tulip in 5 of the 7 compartments, red edges. [1], [1 blank], [14], 274, [30]; 54, [2] pp. Full description
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