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81 1418 Spain Colmenar J A de 81 1418 Spain Colmenar J A de
81 1418 Spain Colmenar J A de 81 1418 Spain Colmenar J A de
81 1418 Spain Colmenar J A de 81 1418 Spain Colmenar J A de
81/1418 [Spain]. Colmenar, J.A. de. Les delices de l'Espagne & du Portugal. Vol. 1 and 2. Leyden, P. vander Aa, 1707, 2 (of 5) parts in 1 vol., (26),216; (4),217-392p., 2 diff. double-p. engr. titles, double-p. map, double-p. plan of Madrid, 57 double-p. views/ plates, 2 full-p. plates, contemp. vellum.

- First title sl. cramped along central fold; the plan (nearly) torn in halves along fold; a few other plates partly torn on fold; occas. sl. yellowed. Vellum sl. soiled and stained.

= Contains fine views of i.a. Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Santiago and Aranjuez.

€ (150-250) 160
81 1419 Switzerland Poeschel E 81 1419 Switzerland Poeschel E
81/1419 [Switzerland]. Poeschel, E. Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Graubünden. Vol. I-VII. Basel, Birkhaüser, 1937-1975, 1st (vol.2 and 5)/ reprint ed., 7 vols., ills., orig. unif. gilt cl. (5x w. dustwr.). Hofer, P./ Mojon, L. Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Bern. Vol. I-V. Ibid., idem, 1947-1960, 1st ed., 5 vols., (col.) ills., orig. (unif.) gilt cl. (1x w. dustwr.). - AND 17 vols. from the same series, i.a. W. RUPPEN, Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Wallis. Vol. I-III (1976-1991, 3 vols.); M. GRANDJEAN, Les monuments d'art et d'histoire du canton de Vaud. Vol. I, III and IV (1965-1981, 3 vols., French text) and R. FRAUENFELDER, Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Schaffhausen. Vol. I-II (1951-1958, 2 vols.).

- All but 3 vols. w. bookplate on upper pastedown (all fine).

€ (150-250)
81 1420 Switzerland Rüeger J J 81 1420 Switzerland Rüeger J J
81/1420 [Switzerland]. Rüeger, J.J. Chronik der Stadt und Landschaft Schaffhausen. Schaffhausen, "In Commission bei Carl Schoch", 1884-1892, 2 vols., (10),V,(1),497; (2),499-1169,(3)p., fold. genealogical tables, later unif. cl., 4to.

- Second vol. final 4 textlvs. foxed/ soiled and margins strengthened; both vols. bookplate/ owner's entry on upper pastedown and first blank. Backstrip sunned.

AND 1 other: K. SCHIB, Geschichte der Stadt Schaffhausen (ibid., 1945, plates, orig. gilt cl., 4to).

€ (100-150)
81 1421 Switzerland and Italy Salmon T 81 1421 Switzerland and Italy Salmon T
81 1421 Switzerland and Italy Salmon T 81 1421 Switzerland and Italy Salmon T
81/1421 [Switzerland and Italy]. (Salmon, T.). Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van Switzerland en Italie. Eerste deel. Vervattende de Beschryving van gantsch Switzerland en van de onderhoorige en aanhoorige Landen. Als mede Van 't Noordelykste gedeelte van Italië. Amst., I. Tirion, 1760, vol. 1 only (of 2), (8),660,(24)p., engr. frontisp., 2 fold. maps, 1 fold. plan of Geneva, contemp. hcalf w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Lacks the plans of Basle and Venice; a few leaves loose. Corners worn.

€ (60-80) 70
81 1422 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K 81 1422 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
81 1422 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K 81 1422 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
81/1422 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Baedeker, K. Paris und Umgebungen, nebst Rouen, Havre, Dieppe, Boulogne, und den drei Eisenbahn-Strassen vom Rhein bis Paris. Koblenz, K. Baedeker, 1855, 1st ed., (2),XXVIII,368p., 17 (fold.) (col.) lithogr. maps and plans (some tinted blue), orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- One part of the large map of Paris w. tear along fold; part of first free endpaper cut off; stamp on first page, edges browned; occas. sl. foxed. Joints and spine-ends (sl.) rubbed; covers sl. wrinkled.

= Hinrichsen D329.

€ (300-500)
81 1423 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K 81 1423 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
81/1423 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Baedeker, K. Russland. Leipsic, K. Baedeker, 1901, 5th ed., L,478p., 19 (fold.) (col.) maps, 25 (fold.) (col.) plans, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- Two large fold. maps w. sm. tear in inner margin. Good copy. = Hinrichsen D460.

€ (60-90) 60
81 1424 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Bernard F 81 1424 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Bernard F
81/1424 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Bernard, F. Petit guide de l'étranger à Paris. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie., 1855, (4),119,(5)p., fold. handcol. engr. plan, orig. blindst. cl., 12mo.

- The plan loose; occas. trifle foxed; upper hinge weak.

€ (40-60)
81 1425 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Bucher B and Weiss K 81 1425 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Bucher B and Weiss K
81/1425 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Bucher, B. and Weiss, K. Wien. Führer für Fremde und Einheimische. Vienna, Tendler & Comp., 1868, 2 parts in 1 vol., (7),VII,(1),172; (8),207,(1)p., 2 loosely inserted fold. tinted plans (centre and larger Vienna) in front and rear pocket, orig. clothbacked printed boards.

- Trifle/ sl. foxed. Boards (finger)soiled.

= First part: Wiener Baedeker. Wanderungen durch Wien und Umgebungen. Second part: Das heutige Wien, ausführliche Beschreibung der Stadt, ihrer Institute und Sammlungen.

AND 2 others.

€ (60-80) 60
81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR 81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR
81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR 81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR
81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR 81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR
81/1426 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Seeing the USSR. N.pl. (Moscow), n.publ., n.d. (±1935), (32)p., photogr. ills., orig. dec. wr. (by "SZh").

- Fine copy.

AND a fold. brochure of the Soviet section at the World Exhibition in Brussels (1958), w. nice colourful (and photomontage) design.

€ (60-80) 60
81 1427 Turkey Ertug A 81 1427 Turkey Ertug A
81/1427 [Turkey]. Ertug, A. Istanbul: City of Domes. Istanbul, the author, 1992, 132p., tipped-in col. photogr. plates and num. (full-p.) col. ills., orig. gilt cl. w. mounted plate on frontcover, slipcase, folio.

= With tipped-in presentation on first blank (and loosely inserted presentation letter) to Pieter Kooijmans, former minister of foreign affairs of the Netherlands.

€ (80-100)
81 1428 Turkey MacFarlane C 81 1428 Turkey MacFarlane C
81 1428 Turkey MacFarlane C 81 1428 Turkey MacFarlane C
81/1428 [Turkey]. MacFarlane, C. Konstantinopel en Turkije. Uit het Engelsch vertaald. Amst., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1830, 2 parts in 1 vol., XII,378; X,364p., 4 lithogr. plates (1x fold.) by J.A. DAIWALLE, contemp. hmor.

- Bookblock trimmed; stamp on title-p.; partly (vaguely) watest.; final leaf sl. browned. Spine rubbed and sl. sunned.

€ (150-250) 150
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 [Turkey]. The Military Costume of Turkey. London, T. M'Lean, 1818, (6),VIII,(30)p., handcol. aquatint on engr. title, 30 full-p. handcol. engravings and aquatint, contemp. gilt and blindst. longgrained morocco, a.e.g., folio.

- Plates partly w. erroneous numbering, two diff. plates w. "11" and plate 26 shows "20", nevertheless complete; new endpapers; occas. trifle foxed/ waterstain in outer upper blank margin. Spine-ends worn; upper joint weak.

= Navari 813; Lipperheide Qp3; Colas 2059; Abbey Travel 373; Hiler 613; Blackmer 1125 and Blackmer sale 835 (ed.±1820). "These costume plates are by an unknown artist, though there is some connection between these plates and several in Wittman's Travels in Turkey, which are based on the same prototypes." (Navari). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIII.

€ (700-900)
81 1430 Turkey Ungewitter F H 81 1430 Turkey Ungewitter F H
81/1430 [Turkey]. Ungewitter, F.H. Turkije geschetst in zijnen tegenwoordigen, verledenen en toekomstigen toestand, of uitvoerig aardrijks- en geschiedkundig overzigt van het Turksche Rijk. Uit het Hoogduitsch. Tiel, H.C.A. Campagne, 1854, (4),316,(4)p., tinted lithogr. frontisp. portrait, 2 fold. maps, contemp./ sl. later clothbacked plain wr.

- Hinges strengthened; occas. sl. foxed. = Landwehr, Vergeten cultuurdragers 219.

€ (40-60) 50
81 1431 VOC and WIC Akveld L ed 81 1431 VOC and WIC Akveld L ed
81/1431 [VOC and WIC]. Akveld, L. (ed.). Machtsstrijd om Malakka. De reis van VOC-admiraal Cornelis Cornelisz. Matelief naar Oost-Azië, 1605-1608. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2013, 397p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

= Werken uitgegeven door de Linschoten-Vereniging CXII.

Breet, M. and Barend-van Haeften, M. De Oost-Indische voyagie van Wouter Schouten. Ibid., idem, (2003), 544p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Imhoff, W.B. van. Memoir left by Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, governor and director of Ceylon, to his successor Willem Maurits Bruynink, 1740. Colombo, H.C Cottle, 1911, IV,86p., modern cl. w. use of the orig. wr. Peters, M. De wijze koopman. Het wereldwijde onderzoek van Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), burgemeester en VOC-bewindhebber van Amsterdam. Amst., Bert Bakker, 2010, 520p., ills., orig. boards. - AND 12 others, i.a. P.H. VAN DER BRUG, Malaria en malaise. De VOC in Batavia in de achttiende eeuw (ibid., 1994, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); R. VAN GELDER, Naporra's omweg. Het leven van een VOC-matroos (1731-1793) (Amst./ Antw., 2003, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and H. KETTING JR., Leven, werk en rebellie aan boord van Oost-Indiëvaarders (1595-±1650) (Amst., 2002, ills., orig. boards).

€ (70-90) 70
81 1432 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed 81 1432 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed
81 1432 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed 81 1432 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed
81/1432 [VOC and WIC]. Diessen, J.R. (ed.). Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Voorburg etc., Asia Maior/ Atlas Maior etc., 2006-2010, 7 vols., num. (full-p.) col. maps and ills., printed in 1000 (vol.1)/ 1600 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., in orig. slipcases, large folio.

= Comprises: I. Atlas Isaak de Graaf; II. Java en Madoera; III. Indische Archipel en Oceanië; IV. Ceylon; V. Afrika; VI. Voor-Indië, Perzië, Arabisch Schiereiland; VII. Oost-Azië, Birma tot Japan. Text in Dutch and English.

Brommer, B. and Heijer, H. den (ed.). Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie. I. De Oude WIC 1621-1674; II. De Nieuwe WIC 1674-1791. Voorburg etc., Atlas Maior etc., 2011-2012, 2 vols., 416; 472p., num. (full-p.) col. maps and ills., printed in 1200 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., in orig. slipcases, large folio. - WITH a custom made wooden cabinet, 120(h.)x76(w.)x60(d.) cm., w. hinging upper part w. gilt incised VOC monogram.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1300
81 1433 Woensel P van 81 1433 Woensel P van
81 1433 Woensel P van 81 1433 Woensel P van
81/1433 (Woensel, P. van). De tegenwoordige staat van Rusland. Amst., A. Borchers, n.d. (1781), (26),106[=206],(2)p., engr. title w. portrait of Catherine the Great, contemp. hcalf, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo. - BOUND WITH: (Guibert, J.A.H. de). Beschrijving van de staat- en krijgskundige gesteldheid des Pruissischen legers. Nevens eenige anekdoten van het huishoudelijk leven des tegenwoordigen konings van Pruissen. Utr., S. de Waal and G. van den Brink, 1779, 3rd ed., (2),24,3-143,(1)p., engr. frontisp. portrait of Frederick the Great. - BOUND WITH: (Mouflé d'Ongerville, B.F.J.). De Fransche spion, of De geheimen van het hof van Lodewijk den XV. Amst./ Harlingen, P. Conradi/ V. van der Plaats, 1781, (2),II,440p. - AND BOUND WITH: Engelsche Tieranny. Amst., H. Gartman, 1781, (8),100p., 4 engr. plates by C. BROUWER after P. WAGENAAR.

- Binding (sl.) worn/ rubbed; contents fine.

= Ad 1: rare work by the Dutch personal physician of Catharine II. Only 1 copy in STCN. Cat. (...) des Russica 729. Ad 2: rare, not in usual reference works. Ad 3: Buisman 1670; De Vries 351; Muller 259; Scheepers 684. Based on Vie privée de Louis XV (London, 1781). Ad 4: Buijnsters BNK 1181; Waller 1674. "Het beroemdste politiek geïndoctrineerde kinderboek uit de Patriottentijd, in de vorm van vier samenspraken tussen vader en zoon; fel anti-stadhouderlijk. Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog verspreidden de Duitsers om propagandistische redenen in het neutrale Nederland een facsimile-uitgave in grijsblauw bedrukte omslag, die dikwijls voor echt wordt gehouden." (Buijnsters). The plates illustrate the burning of Terschelling, murder on the coast of Guinea, Torbay prison and the plundering of St. Eustatius.

€ (150-250) 160
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81/1434 [World exhibitions]. Bernhoeft, C. Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1894. N.pl., C. Bernhoeft, 1894, 50 photogr. plates by C. BERNHOEFT ("Photographe de la Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg"), loose as issued in orig. gilt dec. cl. portfolio, obl. 4to.

- Flaps of portfolio w. some tiny worn/ dam. spots. Otherwise very fine.

€ (70-90) 140
81/1435 World exhibitions l'Exposition de Paris 1889 81/1435 World exhibitions l'Exposition de Paris 1889
81/1435 [World exhibitions]. l'Exposition de Paris (1889). Paris, La Librairie Illustrée, 1889, 2 vols., (4),324; (4),324p., 1 large fold. woodengr. panorama of the exhibition grounds (incl. the newly built Eiffel tower), num. double-p. (col./ tinted) woodengr. plates/ ills., orig. unif. richly gilt pict. cl., folio.

- Vol. 1 a few quires loosening and upper joint splitting.

AND 1 other: F. DUCUING, l'Exposition Universelle de 1867 illustrée. Vol. 1 (Paris etc., 1867, 1 vol. (of 2), ills., orig. gilt cl., folio).

€ (150-250)
81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel 81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel
81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel 81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel
81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel 81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel
81/1436 [World exhibitions]. Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne. Paris 1937. Album officiel. Paris, n.publ., 1937, 32 col. photogr. plates, orig. wr., 4to. Exposition Universelle & Internationale de Bruxelles 1935. Brussels, n.publ., 1935, 32 tinted photogr. plates, orig. wr., obl. 4to.

- Frontwr. sl. foxed and w. owner's entry.

AND 8 miscell. others, incl. official guides, souvenir booklets and special issues of periodicals, for exhibitions in Paris (1878, 1900, 1937 and 1939), Ghent (1913), Chicago (1934) and New York (1939).

€ (50-70) 60
81 1437 World exhibitions Orandakan 1970 81 1437 World exhibitions Orandakan 1970
81/1437 [World exhibitions]. Orandakan 1970. The Hague, Staatsuitgeverij, 1971, 128p., num. (col.) (photogr.) ills. by i.a. E. POSTHUMA DE BOER, bookdesign by W. CROUWEL and J. VAN DE WOUW, orig. silver wr., obl. 4to.

- Backstrip sl. dam. = Overview of the Dutch contribution to the Expo 1970 in Osaka. Rare.

Everts, F.E.C. Nederland op de Wereldtentoonstelling Brussel 1958. The Hague, Stichting Wereldtentoonstelling Brussel 1958 Afd. Nederland, 1960, XI,(1),96p., 73 photogr. ills. on plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. E. MATTIE, Wereldtentoonstellingen (Blaricum etc., 1998, (col.) ills., orig. cl. dustwr., 4to) and the official guide to the Expo 58 (Brussels).

€ (50-70)
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