ALKEMADE, Cornelis van, and Pieter van der SCHELLING. Beschryving van de stad Briele, en den Lande van Voorn, behelzende, I. De beschryving zelf... II. De historie, genealogie, en successie van de heeren, en vrouwen van Voorn ... III. De politike regering, nevens de regten, ... mitsgaders de regtspleging ... omtrent het jaar MCCCC in de stad Briel, en 't Land van Voorn in gebruik geweest zynde. IV. De privilegien, octroyen ... betreffende de stad Briele, en den Lande van Voorn ...
Rotterdam, Philippus Losel, 1729. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With the title page printed in red and black with an engraved printer's device, a double-page plan of Den Briel, 3 folding engraved maps of different parts of Voorne (each ca. 50 x 70.5 cm), and an additional folding map (33 x 38 cm) of the southwestern part of South Holland. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf by the so-called Stag Bindery in Rotterdam, sewn on 6 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, a black morocco author and title label on the spine lettered in gold, the coat of arms of Den Briel in the centre of both boards, surrounded by two ornamental borders, gold-tooled board edges, mottled edges. [28], 1-224, [8], 225-376; [8], 1-306, [20] pp. Full description

BARLANDUS, Hadrianus. Hollandiae comitum historia et icones: Cum selectis scholijs ad lectoris lucem. Eiusdem Barlandi Caroli Burgundiae ducis vita. Item Ultraiectensium episcoporum catalogus & res gestae. Eiusdem argumenti libellus Gerardo Noviomago auctore.
Frankfurt am Main, Johann Wechel for Sigmund Feyerabend, 1585. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With a woodcut portrait of Gertrude of Saxony (repeated on p. 25) on the title page, a woodcut printer's device of Feyerabend ('Fama') on the divisional title page of part 2, a variant of his printer's device on the verso of the last page, 37 half-page woodcut portraits (all except the first three with their coats-of-arms and small ornamental woodcuts underneath), several decorated woodcut initials, and head- and tail pieces.
With: IDEM. Traiectensium episcoporum catalogus et eorum res gestae. Contemporary overlapping limp vellum. [16], "393" [=391], [1 blank]; 109, [1], [2 blank] pp. Full description

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

LE PETIT, Jean François. La grande chronique ancienne et moderne, de Hollande, Zelande, West-Frise, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel & Groeningen, jusques à la fin de l'An 1600. Receüillee tant des histoires desdites provinces, que de divers autres auteurs.
Dordrecht, Jacob Canin for the author (colophon volume 2:) printed in Dordrecht by Guillaume Guillemot, 1601. 2 volumes, Folio. With the title set within a richly engraved allegorical border, repeated for the title in volume 2, a full-page engraved portrait of the author, and 57 mostly full-page engraved portraits in the text, including one portrait in woodcut, and allegorical engraved plate of the States General of the Dutch United Provinces, by Christoph van Sichem. Further with several large woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco, with the small gold-tooled crest of Thomas Hutton and the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges. [1], [1 blank], [38], "650" [= 656], [2], 240; [1], [1 blank], [14], "779" [= 788], [15], [1 blank] pp. Full description

LEEGHWATER, Jan Adriaensz. Haarlemmermeer-boek. Of beschryving, hoe men de Haarlemmer en Leytse-Meer bedyken en droog maken zal ... Mitsgaders: van meest alle de meeren die in Noort-Holant tegen den Huigen-dyk en Saardam bedykt, en tot land gemaakt zyn, zedert het jaar 1608 tot het jaar 1641.
Amsterdam, Pieter Visser, 1724. 5 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an engraved map of the Haarlemmermeer on the title page of ad 1, and a woodcut vignette on the title pages of the other works, a full-page portrait of the author engraved by Jan Lamsvelt after J. de Keyser, 3 folding engraved maps, 3 half-page engraved plates, 2 half-page woodcut diagrams, several decorated woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. With: (2) LEEGHWATER, Jan Adriansz., Een kleyn chronykje ende voorbereidinge van de afkomste ende t vergoten van de dorpen van Graft en de Ryp ...
Amsterdam, Pieter Visser, 1724.
(3) COLEVELDT, Claes Arentsen. Bedenckingen over het droogh maken van de Haerlemmer ende Leydse Meer ... tegen tHaarlemmer Meer-boek van Jan Adriaansen Leeghwater.
Leiden, Johannes van Abkoude, 1727.
(4) VELSEN, Cornelis. Aanmerkingen over de tegenwoordige staat van de Haerlemmer Meer.
Leiden, Daniel Goetval, 1727.
(5) VELSEN, Cornelis. Aanmerkingen over de tegenwoordige staat, van de Haerlemmer Meer. Waar in wert aangetoont hoe noodszaakelyk die moet werden droog-gemaakt, en op wat wyze dit kan geschieden ... Tweeden druk, ... verbetert en verrykt.
Leiden, Daniel Goetval, 1727. Original quarter red roan, marbled paper sides. 48, 47, [1], [4], 27, [1 blank], 40, 40 pp. Full description

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

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

[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

[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

[ALMANAC]. Opregte sGravenhaagsche stads-almanak, voor het jaar 1823 (Eerste jaargang).
The Hague, Mozes Cohen Belinfante, [1823]. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of The Hague on the title page. Original publisher's blue printed wrappers. XII, 142, [2], 60* pp. Full description