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76 3095 Rumphius G E 76 3095 Rumphius G E
76 3095 Rumphius G E 76 3095 Rumphius G E
76 3095 Rumphius G E 76 3095 Rumphius G E
76/3095 Rumphius, G.E. D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer, Behelzende eene Beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde Schaalvisschen, te weeten raare Krabben, Kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren, als mede allerhande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt: Daar benevens zommige Mineraalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde (...). Amst., F. Halma, 1705, 1st ed., (32),340,(44)p., engr. frontisp., title-vignette, portrait of the author, 60 full-page plates, 5 large vignettes, contemp. sprinkled calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, folio.

- Very fine, complete copy with the plates unblemished and in strong impression. A few rubbed spots on covers; corners rubbed.

= Landwehr, VOC 591; Nissen, ZBI 3518; Ruinen 26. Fine work on shellfish, minerals, shells, stones, curiosities found on Ambon where George Everhard Rumphius lived from 1653 until his death in 1702, in the service of the VOC. Cobres I, 104-105: "Berühmtes Handbuch der Konchyliologen (...) verdient die Aufmerksamkeit der Kenner". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXX.

€ (2.500-3.500) 5000
76 3096 Russell W  76 3096 Russell W
76/3096 (Russell, W.). The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763. In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son. London, G.G. and J. Robinson, 1794, new rev. ed., 5 vols., contemp. unif. treecalf, spines richly gilt w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces and vol. piece.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Joints splitting; covers sl. chafed. Otherwise a fine, attractively bound set.

€ (80-100)
76 3097 Russia  Catherine II the Great 76 3097 Russia Catherine II the Great
76 3097 Russia  Catherine II the Great 76 3097 Russia Catherine II the Great
76/3097 [Russia]. Catherine II, the Great. Nakaz (...) o sočinenii proekta Novogo Uloženija. Instructio (...) ad conficiendam ideam Novi Legum Codicis. Instruction (...) zu einem neuen Gesetz-Buch. Instruction pour la Commission chargée de dresser le projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy Press, 1770, (8),403p., 4 (2x diff.) engr. text ills., Russian, Latin, German and French text in 4 columns, contemp. calf, 4to.

- Final text lvs. sl. waterst. and mouldy; occas. sl. yellowed and fingersoiled. Binding rubbed and sl. worn.

= SK Russkoi Knigi XVIII v. I, 2151; Camus 3301. In 1767, Catherine appointed a special commission tasked with the construction of a new legal code. The Nakaz (Instruction) was meant to serve as a guideline for the commission. Part of the 655 articles is directly derived from the writings of Montesquieu and Cesare Beccaria. It can be seen as a first incentive towards a form of enlightened despotism in Russia.

€ (700-900)
76 3098 Russia  Pallas P S 76 3098 Russia Pallas P S
76 3098 Russia  Pallas P S 76 3098 Russia Pallas P S
76/3098 [Russia]. Pallas, P.S. Voyages du Professeur Pallas, dans plusieurs provinces de l'Empire de Russie, et dans l'Asie Septentrionale; traduits de l'Allemand par le Cit. Gauthier de la Peyronie (...). Tome neuvieme (planches). Paris, Maradan, "An deuxieme de la République" (1794), atlas vol. only, (4) textp., 108 (fold.) maps/ plates incl. the large fold. engr. map "Carte générale de l'Empire de Russie 1787" (56x120 cm.), contemp. boards, folio.

- Backstrip worn off; frontcover loose(ning).

= Nissen, ZBI 3076; Cox I, p.199: "Pallas was one of the savants chosen by the St. Petersburg Academy to carry on the work of examining the resources of the far distant parts of the Russian Empire. He left St. Petersburg in 1768 and spent full six years investigating various districts of Siberia - the Urals, the Caspian, Tobolsk, Lake Baikal, the Lower Volga, etc. His reports on the geology, fauna and flora are of great scientific value."

€ (300-500) 300
76 3099 Russia  Pallas  P S  76 3099 Russia Pallas P S
76 3099 Russia  Pallas  P S  76 3099 Russia Pallas P S
76 3099 Russia  Pallas  P S  76 3099 Russia Pallas P S
76/3099 [Russia]. Pallas, (P.S.). Voyages entrepris dans les gouvernemens méridionaux de l'Empire de Russie, dans les années 1793 et 1794. Paris, Deterville, 1805, 2 vols., XXIII,653; (4),653p., 6 (fold./ double-p.) engr. maps/ plans, 20 double-p. views, 57 (fold./ double-p.) plates, contemp. unif. gilt green hmor., 4to.

- Both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown; one view loose and cut sl. short in margins. Backstrips dam./ loose(ning.

= Originally published with a separate atlas vol. containing 55 maps/ plates. In our copy these maps/ plates are bound in the 2 text vols. Cat. (...) des Russica P57; Nissen, ZBI 3066; Cox I, p.199: "These travels of Professor Pallas into the Crimea and to the Caucausus are less confined to scientific objects and therefore are more generally interesting than his former work. (...) Pallas was one of the savants chosen by the St. Petersburg Academy to carry on the work of examining the resources of the far distant parts of the Russian Empire. He left St. Petersburg in 1768 and spent full six years investigating various districts of Siberia - the Urals, the Caspian, Tobolsk, Lake Baikal, the Lower Volga, etc. His reports on the geology, fauna and flora are of great scientific value." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.

€ (800-1.000)
76 3100 Russia and Scandinavia  Salmon T 76 3100 Russia and Scandinavia Salmon T
76/3100 [Russia and Scandinavia]. Salmon, T. Hedendaagsche Historie, of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volkeren (...). VII. Deels, (behelzende ene korte Beschryving van den Tegenwoordigen Staat van Rusland, Zweden, Denemarken en Noorwegen: Alsmede van de Landen onder de Noord Pool gelegen, en van de Groenlandsche Visscherij). Dutch transl. and enl. ed. M. van Goch. Amst., I. Tirion, 1735, (8),317-976,(8)p., engr. frontisp., 4 fold. maps, 1 fold. plan, 4 (fold.) plates, 2 (of 3) portraits, rebound in modern hleather w. gilt letterpiece, w. use of contemp. covers.

- Lacks 1 portrait; sl. yellowed (incl. the maps/ plates).

= Cat. des Russica 1376; Tiele 1033. With extensive descriptions of Russia (incl. a plan of St. Petersburg), Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Arctic. Including details about whaling, illustrated by 2 plates (depicting Zorgdrager's Greenland bowhead whale and the sperm whale (Ingalls 374)).

€ (120-150) 120
76 3101 Ruyter M de  Brandt G 76 3101 Ruyter M de Brandt G
76/3101 [Ruyter, M. de]. Brandt, G. Het leven en bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter. Amst., Wolfgang, Waasberghe a.o., 1687, 1st ed., (6),1063,(23)p., woodcut printer´s mark, engr. frontisp., portrait of M. de Ruyter, 6 double-p., 2 (fold./ full-p.) plates by D. STOOPENDAEL, 19th cent. gilt hvellum, folio.

- Lacks 2p. ("Voor-reden"); hinges broken; blank margins of portrait, 1 plate and 2 text lvs. strengthened; occas. sl. foxed and/ or stained. Paper over boards partly worn off.

= Cat. NHSM p.844. The most important old source on the famous Dutch admiral.

€ (150-250)
76 3102 Ruyter M de  Brandt G 76 3102 Ruyter M de Brandt G
76 3102 Ruyter M de  Brandt G 76 3102 Ruyter M de Brandt G
76/3102 [Ruyter, M. de]. Brandt, G. Het leven en bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter, Hertog, Ridder, &c. L. Admiraal Generaal van Hollandt en Westvrieslandt. Amst., Wolfgang, Waasberge a.o., 1687, 1st ed., (8),1063[=1065],(23)p., woodcut printer´s mark, engr. frontisp., portrait of M. de Ruyter, 7 (of 8) (fold./ double-p./ full-p.) plates, mainly by D. STOOPENDAEL, mottled calf w. central gilt mirror ornament and gilt double fillet border, richly gilt spine, folio.

- Lacks one plate; occas. (sl.) yellowed; 2 lvs. loosening. Corners bumped/ dam.; foot of spine worn.

= Nice plates of sea-battles. Cat. NHSM p.843. The most important old source on the famous Dutch admiral.

€ (150-250) 210
76 3103 Salmasius C 76 3103 Salmasius C
76/3103 Salmasius, C. De annis climactericis et antiqua astrologia diatribae. Leyden, Ex Officinâ Elzeviriorum (B. and A. Elzevier), 1648, 1st ed., (128),844,(18)p., woodcut printer's mark, tables/ diagrams, contemp. vellum.

- Extensive old annots. opposite title-p. Backcover sl. stained. A good/ fine copy.

= Willems 644; Caillet 9918; Houzeau/ Lancaster 5181; Poggendorff II, p.742. "Un jour que Saumaise se trouvait en visite chez l'ambassadeur de France à La Haye, la conversation tomba sur l'action supposée ou réelle qu'exerce sur la vie de l'homme l'année climatérique. On entendait par climatérique chaque septième, ou suivant d'autres chaque neuvième année de la vie, parce que cette période était jugée nécessaire pour le renouvellement intégral de toutes les parties du corps. (...). Saumaise disserta longuement sur ce sujet. L'ambassadeur, qui était alors Coignet de la Thuilerie, le convia à mettre son opinion par écrit, et c'est à cette invitation que nous devons le gros volume édité par les Elzevier. Non content de prouver, à grand renfort d'érudition, l'inanité des spéculations climatériques, Saumaise étendit ses recherches aux influences planétaires qui font l'objet de l'astrologie; en sorte qu'il aurait pu tout aussi bien intituler son livre: du rôle assigné aux causes occultes dans les choses humaines. Il s'attache à démontrer que ces influences sont nulles, que l'état sanitaire, chez les nations et chez les individus, est réglé par des lois naturelles; qu'il tient à l'air, au climat, à la constitution, au régime, et nullement aux astres; vérités devenues banales aujourd'hui à force d'avoir été rebattues, mais qui ne l'étaitent pas de ce temps-là, et que bien des gens, même parmi les doctes, se refusaient à reconnaître. (...)." (Willems).

€ (150-250) 150
76 3104 Salmon T 76 3104 Salmon T
76 3104 Salmon T 76 3104 Salmon T
76/3104 Salmon, T. Hedendaagsche Historie, of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volkeren (...). VII. Deel, behelzende ene korte Beschryving van den Tegenwoordigen Staat van Rusland, Zweden, Denemarken en Noorwegen: Alsmede van de Landen onder de Noord Pool gelegen, en van de Groenlandsche Visscherij. Dutch transl. and enl. ed. M. van Goch. Amst., I. Tirion, 1735, (8),317-976,(13)p., engr. frontisp., 4 fold. maps, 1 fold. plan, 4 fold. plates, 3 portraits, contemp. gilt calf w. richly gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, gilt tooled boardedges and marbled edges.

- Lower joint starting to split at top of spine. Fine copy.

= Cat. (...) des Russica 1376; Tiele 1033. With extensive descriptions of Russia (incl. a plan of St. Petersburg), Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Arctic. Including details about whaling, illustrated by 2 plates (depicting Zorgdrager's Greenland bowhead whale and the sperm whale (Ingalls 374)).

Idem. Hedendaagsche Historie, of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volkeren (...). IX. Deel Behelzende 't Vervolg (...) En wel in 't byzonder van de Opper-Rhynsche, Frankische, Zwabische, Beyersche en Oostenrijksche Kreitzen. Als mede van het Koninkryk Bohemen, Moravien, Silesien, Hungaryen, Zevenbergen en de Frontierlanden des Keizerryks. Dutch transl. and enl. ed. M. van Goch. Ibid., idem, 1737, (2),673,(15)p., engr. frontisp., 3 fold. maps, 1 fold. plan, 4 fold. plates/ views, contemp. gilt calf, richly gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks divisional titles; partly waterstained. Frontcover and first blank loose.

€ (200-300) 200
76 3105 Sanchez T 76 3105 Sanchez T
76 3105 Sanchez T 76 3105 Sanchez T
76/3105 Sanchez, T. Disputationum de Sancto Matrimonii Sacramento. Libri Sex. Genoa, J. Pavone, 1602, (28),1052,(82)p., engr. title-p. printed in black and red, contemp. panelled embossed pigskin w. central figure of Lady Justice w. caption "Iusticia quisquis pictura luminae cernis" on frontcover and Fortuna w. partly legible caption "Cassibus ..Quis Fortuna ...", both surrounded by smaller embossed panels of i.a. Jesus and Moses, w. brass clasps and catches, large 4to.

- Partly wormholed (incl. frontcover); a few quires yellowed/ browned; later owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding sl. soiled and sl. rubbed; backcover repaired tear; foot of spine chipped.

= With contemp. owner's entry on title-p.: "Societatis Jesu Constantiae. 1602". The first vol. of this rare work on matrimony (2 more vols. were published later). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE.

€ (80-100) 100
76 3106 Schaten N 76 3106 Schaten N
76/3106 Schaten, N. Carolus M. Romanorum imperator, et francorum rex Romano-Catholicus, libris IV. Explicatus, et vindicatus, adversus Christianum Nifanium, Lutheranum Bilfeldiae Praedicantem, & Superintentent. caeterosq; horum temporum heterodoxos. Neuhaus, J. Todt, 1674, (24),726p., contemp. calf w. (unidentified) blindst. central coat of arms on both covers, surrounded by border w. corner fleurons, blindst. spine, all edges gilt and gauffered, sm. 4to.

- Sl. foxed; library stamps on title-p.; extensive contemp. annots. on upper pastedown and first free endpaper. Lacks ties; sl. chafed; upper joint split.

€ (80-100) 80
76 3107 Scheibler C 76 3107 Scheibler C
76/3107 Scheibler, C. Opus logicum. Quatuor partibus, universum hujus artis systema comprehendens: ut sunt, I. Introductio Logicae (...). II. Topica, de Argumentis sive locis Dialecticis. III. De Propositionibus, sive Axiomatibus. IV. De Syllogismis, & Methodis. Marburg, C. Chemlinus, 1634, new ed., (8),819,(53)p., contemp. overlapping vellum, 4to.

- Owner's entries on title-p. and part of right blank margin of title-p. cut out; browned; partly waterstained in upper (blank) margin; contemp. annots. on verso title-p.; remnants of bookplate on upper pastedown. Vellum soiled.

= Rare. Christoph Scheibler, 1589-1653, was a influential German philosopher, whose Opus Logicum was popular at the beginning of the 17th century.

€ (70-90) 70
76 3108 Schermer L 76 3108 Schermer L
76/3108 Schermer, L. Poëzy. Haarlem, W. van Kessel, 1712, 1st ed., (22),535,(6)p., engr. title and 20 plates, contemp. gilttooled calf.

- Occas. trifle yellowed/ stained. Rebacked, resulting in rather cramped hinges.

= Scheepers I, 205. "Verder etste Jan van Vianen de titelpagina van de in 1712 gepubliceerde Poëzy van de Haarlemse dichter en student in de rechten Lukas Schermer die in 1711 op 22-jarige leeftijd was overleden. Het boek geldt als een der fraaist geïllustreerde literaire werken uit de 18e eeuw en men neemt aan dat ook de ongesigneerde etsen in de tekst van de hand van Jan van Vianen zijn." (Cat. Harlemia illustrata 220-224).

€ (60-80) 60
76 3109 Schermer L 76 3109 Schermer L
76 3109 Schermer L 76 3109 Schermer L
76 3109 Schermer L 76 3109 Schermer L
76/3109 Schermer, L. Poëzy. Haarlem/ Amst., W. van Kessel/ J. Ratelband, 1725, 2nd enl. ed., (24),557,(7)p., engr. frontisp., 20 engr. plates (w. letterpress captions) by J. VAN VIANEN, contemp. vellum.

- Sm. stamp on title. Vellum over boardedges partly dam.; vellum sl. soiled.

= Contains i.a. ills. of the "Haarlemmer Hout", "Het Sparen" and "Het Haarlemmer Meer".

Kruyff, J. de. Gedichten. Amst., Yntema en Tieboel, 1776, (2),XVI,193,(3)p., engr. title and portrait by R. VINKELES, contemp. gilt hcalf.

- Endpapers foxed; 3 prel. lvs. (incl. portr.) w. sm. stains in blank margin; bookplate on verso first blank.

€ (70-90) 80
76 3110 Schiller F von 76 3110 Schiller F von
76/3110 (Schiller, F. von). Die Räuber. "Frankfurt und Leipsic", n.publ. [= Stuttgart, Metzler] , 1781, 1st ed., (2),222p., engr. title- and tail-vignette by J.E. NILSON, contemp. red hmor. by E. DUQUESNE w. marbled boards and richly gilt spine, sm. 8vo.

- Armorial bookplate on upper pastedown; two contemp. owner's entries and sm. stamp ("G. YORK") on first blank; title sl. yellowed; occas. trifle foxed (as usual). Binding rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities; two sm. dam. spots on upper joint.

= First edition of Schiller's first drama, anonymously published. One of the most sought-after books of classic German literature in a well-preserved and broad-margined copy. With the characteristic features as described by Deneke: the misprints "lansch" and "grossrr" on p. 65 as well as the erroneously paginated pages 69, 163 and 204, also with the uncorrected numbering of the 2nd scene in the 4th act. Very rare. Marcuse 31; Goedeke V, 162, 24; Kat. Deneke 749; Borst 429; Brieger 2102. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.

€ (8.000-10.000)
76 3111 Schoonebeek A 76 3111 Schoonebeek A
76 3111 Schoonebeek A 76 3111 Schoonebeek A
76/3111 Schoonebeek, A. Historie van alle Ridderlyke en Krygsorders; Behelzende Haar instellingen, plegtelykheden, gebruyken, voornaamste daden, en levens der Meesters; nevens desselfs Dragten, Wapens, en Zinteekenen. Amst., A. Schoonebeek, 1697, 2 parts in 1 vol., (40),281,(7); 327,(9)p., 2 (diff.) engr. frontisp., 2 ident. printer's marks, 120 (of 122) full-p. ills., textills., modern hcl., sm. 8vo.

- Lacks p. 1-2 and 309-310 (incl. 2 full-p. ills.); with an additional full-p. ill. (not mentioned in binder's index). Rebound w. use of contemp. backcover; portion of contemp. backstrip pasted on spine.

= Colas 2686; Lipperheide Of 13.

€ (70-90) 100
76 3112 Selva H R de 76 3112 Selva H R de
76/3112 Selva, H.R. de. Histoire de l'admirable Dom Inigo de Guipuscoa, Chevalier de la Vierge, et Fondateur de la Monarchie des Inighistes (...) Augmentée de l'Anti-Cotton, et de l'Histoire Critique de ce Fameux Ouvrage. The Hague, Veuve C. le Vier, 1738, new enl. ed., 3 parts in 2 vols., (4),326,(2); (2),178,(46); 148,(2)p., engr. frontisp. by J. VAN SCHLEY, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Upper corner sl. waterst./ mouldy at the end (vol. 1) and beginning (vol. 2). Bindings trifle rubbed.

= Disguised biography of Ignatius of Loyola.

€ (50-70) 70
76 3113 Senault J F 76 3113 Senault J F
76/3113 Senault, J.-F. De l'usage des passions. Leyden, J. Elzevier, 1658, (36),559,(1)p., engr. title, contemp. burgundy calf w. triple gilt fillet line around border on both covers, richly gilt backstrip w. green mor. letterpiece, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., 12mo.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; first few quires waterstained in lower half.

= From the library of Georges Montandon (bookplate on verso first free endpaper) and Le Baron de Gérando (bookplate on upper pastedown). Willems 836; Rahir 833. "Une première édition elzevirienne, suivant la copie imprimée à Paris, avait paru en 1643 (...). Celle-ci en est la reproduction littérale. (...)." (Willems).

La Rochefoucauld, F. de. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales. Amst., P. Mortier, 1705, (48),310,(18)p., engr. frontisp., contemp. calf w. gilt spine, sm. 8vo.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sl. browned throughout. Spine-ends dam.

= Also contains Maximes de madame la marquise de Sable and Pensées Diverses de M.L.D. and Maximes Chretiennes de M****. Quérard, La France littéraire IV, p.563.

€ (80-100) 90
76 3114 Sherlock W 76 3114 Sherlock W
76/3114 Sherlock, W. Du Jugement dernier./ De la Mort. French transl. by D. Mazal. Amst., P. Humbert, 1712, 2 works in 1 vol., new rev. ed., (12),412; (8),262,(2)p., 2 diff. engr. frontisp. and 1 portrait, contemp. hcalf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece.

- Title-pages and frontisp. bound conversely; both works partly sl. waterstained in lower inner corner; bookplate on upper pastedown; lower hinge weak. Spine dam. and w. paper ticket.

€ (150-250)