Low Countries

[WADDEN ISLANDS - TEXEL] Akte van kaveling van Eijerland, (eiland Texel.) verdeeld in zes hoofddeelen.
[The Netherlands], 1840. Folio. With the large folding map (87 x 74.5 cm) of Eijerland with hand-coloured in outline.
Half beige leather, marbled paper sides. [1], [1 blank],128 pp. Full description

WALBEEK, Willem and Frans WALBEEK. [Three calligraphic prize books by Willem and Frans Walbeek].
Warmond (near Leiden), the Netherlands, 1752-1756.
Comprising:
(1) WALBEEK, Willem. Prijs boek. Inhoudende verscheyde geschriften.
Warmond, 1752.
(2) WALBEEK, Willem. Prijs-boek. Inhoudende eenige schriften.
Warmond, 1753.
(3) WALBEEK, Frans. Prijs boek.
Warmond, 1756.
Three oblong albums (ca. 35 x 44 cm). With the same hand drawn illustration of 2 putti holding a laurel wreath on the title-pages of ads 2 and 3, and an ink drawing of a compass as part of a calligraphic exercise also in ads 2 and 3. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. [12]; [1 blank], [13]; [10] ll. Full description

[WALL MAP - THE NETHERLANDS - COLOM, Jacob Aertsz.]. Comitatus Hollandiae et Dominii Ultraiectini tabula = Carte nouvelle de la Comté de Hollande et de la Seigneurie d'Utrecht.
Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, [ca. 1725]. Ca. 160 x 289 cm. Mounted on linen, folded and kept together in a paper slipcase, the whole kept in a book-shaped box. Full description

WALSH, Edward. A narrative of the expedition to Holland in the autumn of the year 1799.
London, for G.G. and J. Robinson (colophon: printed by S. Hamilton, Fleet Street), 1800. Large 4to. With a double-page engraved map of North Holland and 7 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf. [2], ii, 164 pp. Full description

[WATERCOLOUR - BELGIUM]. [View of the church of St. Dagobert and the parc at Brussels].
[Brussels], 1794. Ca. 11.7 x 18.1 cm. Full description

[WATERCOLOUR - MEUSE RIVER]. [View of the Meuse River with a floating bridge].
[The Netherlands], 12 October 1794. Ca. 11.5 x 18 cm. Full description

[WATER, Jona Willem te]. Bericht wegens het verongelukte Oost-Indische schip Woestduin; ende reddinge der schepelingen door de gebroeders Naerebout.
Middelburg, P. Gillissen en Zoon, 1780. 8vo. With an engraved title page with 2 oval portraits, and a woodcut headpiece. Contemporary decorated wrappers. 52 pp. Full description

[WATER MANAGEMENT - SLUIPWIJK - BROADSIDE]. Waerschouwinge. Den schout ende heemraaden van 't waterschap van Sluypwijck, doen een ieder by dezen weeten dat zy op zullen schouwen alle de wegen, dijken en wateringen, daar zy schouwe op hebben.
[Gouda?, second half of the 18th century]. Ca. 46 x 35.5 cm. With a decorated woodcut initial. [1] l. Full description

[WATERMARK - ELEPHANT]. [A blank half-sheet of paper of the size called "Elephant"].
[France?, used in the Netherlands?], [ca. 1650]. Elephant folio leaf (35 x 52 cm). With a large (87 x 162 mm) elephant watermark. Full description

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