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Antiquariaat FORUM BV ASHER Rare Books Tuurdijk 16 Tuurdijk 16 3997 ms ‘t Goy 3997 ms ‘t Goy The Netherlands The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)30 6011955 Phone: +31 (0)30 6011955 Fax: +31 (0)30 6011813 Fax: +31 (0)30 6011813 E–mail: [email protected] E–mail: [email protected] Web: www.forumrarebooks.com Web: www.asherbooks.com www.forumislamicworld.com cover image: no. 12 v 1.0 · 05 Sep 2019 Illustrated work on ranunculi, with 6 hand-coloured engraved plates

1. AR DÈNE, Jean Paul Rome de. Tractat von den Ranunkeln worinnen nebst andern physischen Wahrnehmungen auch zum Feldbau und zur Gärtnerey gehörige nützliche Anmerkungen vorkommen. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von D.G.L.H. Nuremberg, Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, 1754. 8º. With the title-page and the engraved frontis- piece printed in red, and 6 folding engraved plates coloured by a contemporary hand. Later grey paper boards. € 1750 First edition of the German translation of a book on ranunculi by the French priest and botanist Jean Paul Rome d’Ardène, translated into German by G.L. Huth. Ranunculus is a genus of toxic flowering plants, including buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. It is divided into two parts. The first (pp. 1–39) deals with the history of ranunculi, how they got their name and where they originated, and gives a description of the physical appearance of the plant. The second part (pp. 40–450) deals in great depth with its cultivation, commenting on the perfect soil, how and when to water them and place them in sunlight, how to get rid of aphids and plant diseases, etc., followed by descriptions of the folding engraved plates and an index. One plate depicts the roots of the ranunculus, the others show different types of flowers, all coloured by a contemporary hand. A small hole in the frontispiece and title-page, a tear in 2 of the folding engraved plates, 1 slightly affecting the image, both restored, 2 plates slightly frayed along the margins, and some occasional minor foxing in the text leaves. Binding slightly rubbed and soiled. Overall in good condition. [14], 460, [20] pp. Cat. Lindley Libr., p. 10; Hunt 526 note; Nissen, BBI supplement 45nb; VD18 10529144. ☞ More on our website Introduction to Hindi, with an alphabet: the first book printed in any north Indian type 2. BELIGATTI, Cassianus and Giovani Cristoforo A M A DUZZI. Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis Kasí. Rome, Propaganda Fide, 1771. 8º. With the Propaganda Fide’s woodcut Christ and Apostles device on the title-page. Set in roman, italic and Devanagari types with a few words in Greek. Half sprinkled calf (ca. 1800?). € 1800 First and only edition of Beligatti’s Latin primer for the Hindi language, with alphabets and sample texts in what it calls Hindustani script, the first book with more than an occasional word set in type for any of the Indic scripts used in northern India. The style used here is called Kaithi sometimes regarded as a variant form of Devanagari or Bengali, with stylistic differences and a few additional characters. The Hindi language, derived from Sanskrit, not only served native speakers but also functioned as a lingua franca throughout northern India. Since native Indian grammarians had tended to favour the scholarly Sanskrit language over the colloquial Hindi, the book was a pioneering effort. In spite of its inevitable shortcomings it still provides valuable insights into the Hindi language used at that time and discusses several variant forms. After a dedication to Pope Clement XIV, a 16-page preliminary essay for the “erudite” reader discusses the language and script in the context of other languages, with references to the earlier literature. This essay shows the state of the art of European knowledge of Indian languages at this date. The main text begins with a brief introduction to the Hindi alphabetic system and vocabulary, with tables of the vowels, consonants and consonant-vowel combinations, a short paragraph on the pronunciation of each letter, a few simple vocabulary lists (with the Hindi words in the Kaithi type, a transcription in the Latin alphabet and a Latin translation). It also includes a brief discussion of the “Samscrit” of the Brahmans, a chapter on the numerical system and a few Catholic religious texts in Hindi (the Lord’s prayer, Ave Maria and Apostoles’ creed), each with an interlinear Latin version. It was intended primarily as an aid to missionaries who wished to learn Hindi, hence the use of Latin for the main text, but also for use among Hindi-speaking Christians (both for their religious edification and as reading primer for children or illiterate adults) and for the conversion of non-Christian Hindi speakers. With occasional minor browning but still in very good condition. The hinges are slightly worn and the paper sides slightly rubbed, but the binding is otherwise very good. A pioneering European effort in Indian linguistics and typography.` XX, 152 pp. Amaduzzi, p. 7; Birrell & Garnett 12; Tej K. Bhatia, A history of the Hindi grammatical tradition, 1987, pp. 58–66; Philologia orientalis 206; for Beligatti: Dizionario biografico degli Italiani XXI, pp. 477–788. ☞ More on our website Beautifully illustrated monograph on the genus Galatea

3. BER NAR DI, A.-C. Monographie des genres Galatea et Fischeria. Paris, Tinterlin, 1860. 2º (35.5 × 26.5 cm). With 10 (7 handcoloured) lith- ographed plates. Modern red half morocco, gilt-lettered spine original wrappers bound in. € 750 Beautifully illustrated monograph on the genus Galatea a type of bivalve molluscs. According to the introduction, the book aimed to collect the information on this type of molluscs which had appeared over the previous two decades. Many of the species featured were named in the monograph for the first time. For one remarkable mollusc, the author invented the new genus of Fischeria, now called Profischeria. The description of the genus was written by the zoologist and palae- ontologist Paul Fischer (1835–1893). The beautiful coloured lithographs were drawn and lithographed by the artist Eugène Levasseur (1822–after 1866) and according to the title-page “coloured by madam the widow Delarue” and subsequently “retouched with a fine brush by the author”. Binding lightly worn at the edges. Some of the plates slightly discoloured at the margins; a very good copy. 48 pp. Caprotti, l’Illustrazione malacologica, p. 173. ☞ More on our website First Spanish edition of an essential primary source for Portuguese India

4. CASTA NHEDA, Fernão Lopes de. Historia del descubrimiento y conquista dela India por los Portugueses, ... traduzida nuevamente en Romance Castallano. Antwerp, Martinus Nutius I, 1554. 8º (16 × 11 cm). With Nutius’s storks device. Set in roman and italic types. Contemporary (Antwerp?) calf, blind-tooled boards, showing a frame made from a vine, leaf and flower roll edged with triple fillets. € 25 000 First edition in Spanish of an essential source for any study of Portuguese India, first published in Portuguese at Coimbra in 1551, here including the author’s prologue and the publisher’s dedi- cation to the Spanish historian Luis de Ávila y Zuniga (ca. 1490–ca. 1560) in Rome. It is the first of eight “books”, often published as separate volumes, on the history of Portuguese voyages of discovery and military conquests in India. It was written by Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (ca. 1500–1559), born in Santarém, north of Lisbon. As a young man he accompanied his father, a judge at Goa, to India and probably the Moluccas, living there from 1528 to 1538. During that decade he collected information about Portugal’s exploration and conquests in India, from both documentary and oral sources and from events and circumstances he witnessed himself. In that way he amassed an extraordinary knowledge on the subject, much of it not available in any other source. On his return to Portugal he took a minor administrative post at the University of Coimbra and began writing his monu- mental history. The present first book covers the history to 1505. Its first edition, in Portuguese, is extremely rare, supposedly because it caused great offense to King João III and other prominent figures in Portugal. As a result, Castenheda had to rewrite it and most sets of the eight books in Portuguese include his revised 1554 edition of book I. The present first Spanish edition follows the 1551 edition, so that it gives us the author’s uncensored views that were suppressed in most editions. With the margins of the first 3 leaves somewhat browned by the turn-ins, a small tear in the gutter fold at the head of the title-page, a small marginal tear repaired in 1 leaf and occasional very minor foxing, but still in very good condition and including the final blank leaf. The binding has some worm damage at the head and foot of the spine, partly restored, a few smaller superficial defects on the boards, and slightly worn hinges, but most of the tooling remains clear. “220” [= 225], [6], [1 blank] ll. Alden & Landis 554/39; Borba de Moraes, p. 166; Howgego C67; Palau 140958; Porbase 363542 (= 411694); Salva 3351; USTC 440158; for the author and text: Lach & Van Kley I, pp. 187–190 and passim. ☞ More on our website Stories of hunting in India, with 8 tinted lithographed plates and chromolithographed binding illustrations 5. CASTILLON, A. and Jean Victor Vincent ADAM. Chasses aux Indes. Paris, A. Courcier (back of half-title & colophon: printed by Charles Noblet), [1861]. Oblong 4º (22 × 31.5 cm). With 8 tinted lithographed plates (the first as frontispiece) by V. Adam. Original publisher’s chromolithographed boards, with hunting scenes on the front and back. Rebacked. € 1750 Very rare first edition of 6 fictional hunting stories taking place in India, at least some near Kolkata (Calcutta), in which the western hunter Maxime, successively kills a boar and panther, a swan, a buffalo, an elephant, a rhinoceros and a tiger; the whole is followed by a conclusion to wrap up the story. The story is beautifully illustrated with 8 plates by the notable French draughtsman Jean Victor Vincent Adam (1801–1866), known for his depictions of military battles, horses and hunting scenes. It was published as part of the series Grande bibliothèque illustrée. With an inscription on the half-title. Some occasional minor foxing, otherwise in very good condition. The original binding rebacked, with the endpapers restored in the gutter, slightly rubbed along the extremities and some very minor soiling on the sides, otherwise good. 46, [1], [1 blank] pp. Jeanson I, 111; Thiebaud, col. 157; WorldCat (2 copies); cf. Schwerdt 1, p. 99; for Adam: Benezit I, p. 32. ☞ More on our website Printed in Goa 6. COTTINEAU DE K LOGUEN, Denis Louis and Miguel Vicente d’A BR EU (translator). Bosquejo historico de Goa escripto em inglez ... vertibo em Portuguez, e accrescentabo com algumas notas, e rectificações ... Nova-Goa, Imprensa Nacional, 1858. 8º. With a small illustration of one of the gates of Goa. Later half red morocco. € 950 First and only edition of a translation in Portuguese of a description and history of the Portuguese colony in India. It describes the history of Goa and gives an overview of the religious establishments, population, government, religion, language, trade and industry, as well as on the behaviour and dress of the inhabitants. Several notes and excerpts from other authors were added by the translator and include a more recent description of Goa, as well as a list of publications on the revolution of 1821, descriptions of the activities of the inquisition and a description of the tomb of St. Francis Xaverius. Written by a French priest who had visited Goa in 1829, it was originally published in Madras in 1831 as An historical sketch of Goa. With the colony surrounded by the much larger British possessions in India, the Goan elite tried to mimic the British model of empire. The belief that better knowledge led to better administration of the colony increased the need for studies such as those by Cottineau. “Despite the prevalence of detailed critical studies of the impact of the Portuguese on Goa in the form of economic histories or pamphlets, it was works such as Cottineau de Kloguen’s text that were said to represent the empiricist splendour achieved by the English academia, which Portuguese and Goans hoped to mimic... This combination of orientalist bureaucratic and ethnographic writing had begun to be admired and reproduced” (Pinto). With an oval cut-out on the title-page and repaired; a very good copy. VII, [1 blank] 5–”202” [=203], [1] pp. Pinto, Between empires, pp. 51–52; Scholberg, Bibliography of Goa and the Portuguese in India, C17. ☞ More on our website Introduction to Dalrymple’s views of the East Indies 7. DA LRY MPLE, Alexander. A collection of views of land in the Indian navigation. London, George Bigg, 1783. Small folio (31.5 × 24.5 cm). Contemporary, vellum backed, stiff marbled wrappers. € 8500 First edition of one the introductions to the newly planned work of the eccentric Scottish geographer Alexander Dalrymple (1737–1808), hydrographer for the East India Company and Captain Cook’s leading rival. In 1783 he started to re-arrange his earlier plans, charts and views into a new format, without navigational information, for general sale as a geographical work. This introduction concerns the part of the views and contains notes on the views to be included in the complete collection. Dalrymple had by then already published dozens of plans of ports and small-scale charts of parts of the East Indies and his reputation was based on these publications, whose spare style contrasted with the ornateness of commercial chart atlases. One leaf with some minor thumbing, but otherwise in very good condition. [2], 17, [1 blank] pp. Adams & Waters 594; A.S. Cook, Alexander Dalrymple (1737–1808), (PhD diss., 1992), A84; ESTC T76176 (7 copies); JCB MH 1316; JFB D12; for Dalrymple: A.S. Cook, “Dalrymple, Alexander (1737–1808)”, in: ODNB online (2008); Howgego, to 1800, D4. ☞ More on our website History of the military title “emir al-omera” 8. DEFR ÉMERY, Charles. Mémoire sur les émirs al-oméra. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1848. 4º. Contemporary green half cloth. With: (2) DOZ Y, Reinhart. Notice du mémoire de M. Defrémery relatif aux émirs al-oméra. [Paris], (colophon: Imprimerie Nationale, 1849). 8º. Blue wrappers. € 5500 Ad 1: First separately published edition, with a new title-page, page numbers and quire signatures, of an article on the “emir al-omera”, sometimes called amir al-umara, a military title often translated as “emir of emirs” or “commander of commanders”. The article was written by the French orientalist Charles Defrémery (1822–1883), who came across the title many times while studying the Seljuqs and Buyids, and found out there was hardly any research on the subject. In the days of the first caliphs the emir al-omera was the highest chief of the armies. He comments on the earliest mention of the title in Arabic sources, and how the position changed or evolved in the following years. Ad 2: First separately published edition of a reaction on the work above (ad 1) by Defrémery, written by the Dutch orientalist Reinhart Dozy (1820–1883). Dozy criti- cizes several aspects of Defrémery’s study, mostly the way how Defrémery translates and interprets several Arabic terms. Ad 1: Slightly browned and foxed. Binding rubbed along the extremities, corners bumped and somewhat damaged. Ad 2: Slightly browned with a few stains. Two good copies. [4], 92; 20 pp. Ad 1: cf. Cambridge medieval history IV, p. 833; ad 2: M. Kabir, The Buwayhid dynasty of Baghdad, p. 234. ☞ More on our website How to manage a country house and estate: rare Mennonite edition with much text and some images not found elsewhere

9. ESTIENNE, Charles, Jean LIÉBAUT, Adam LONICER, Jean SCHRÖDER, Olivier DE SERR ES & Cornelis van SOMEREN. Hof-stede en landt-huys. ... Daar beneffens een ontwerp van den gehelen land-bouw. ... Als mede, de verhandeling van kinder-pokken en maselen, ... Dordrecht, Abraham Andriesz. (colophon: printed by Gillis Neering), 1662. 4º. With an integral engraved frontispiece, Andriesz.’s woodcut publisher’s device on title-page, and 4 engravings on integral leaves. Later half vellum, modern endpapers. € 2950 Rare Dordrecht Dutch edition (the only edition with the present title, content and arrangement) of a very popular work on country housekeep- ing (including medical and culinary matters) first published in Latin in 1554 by Charles Estienne (1504–1564), physician and King’s Printer in Paris, who also wrote much of the text. He is known in Latin as Carolus Stephanus, here rendered in Dutch as Karel Stevens. The Latin edition appeared under the title Praedium rusticum, containing a collection of treatises on different aspects of the country household, such as planting trees and creating gardens, including an herb-garden, vineyards etc., keeping cattle, fish and bees, dis- tilling, cheese-making, even creating a park for wild animals. We have found no other edition under the present title, nor any with a similar content. With a small restoration in the upped margin of the engraved title-page, only slightly touching the image, and a small restoration at the lower outer corner of letterpress title-page, some marginal thumbing and small water stains, otherwise in good condition. Binding very good. [8], 189, [27] pp. Bibl. Belg. II, pp. 1058–1059 (E43); BMN I, p. 58; STCN (6 copies). ☞ More on our website Concise artillery manual, second copy located 10. [EUGENIUS, Johann] and Joannes EDELIUM. Manuale bombardicum oder: Hand- Büchlein, über die Bixenmeisterey. Augsburg, Jakob Koppmayer, 1693. 12º. With engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates (5 folding) and a letterpress folding table. Contemporary half sheepskin parchment. € 3850 Second copy located, of the expanded second edition of a concise artillery manual. The present edition notes only that it was “ … beschrieben und vermehrt durch Joannem Edelium”, but it is almost certainly an expanded edition of the same publisher’s 1685 work with the same title, which explicitly notes Johann Eugenius as its author. Jähns approvingly says about this rare 1685 edition: “Das kleine, für die Brusttasche eingerichtete Büchlein ist prachtig angeordent und mit ganz guten Zeichnungen ausgestattet”. With chapters on how to aim, how to fire, how to shoot at night, how to use a howitzer, what to do when ammunition jams, etc. With an inscription on the first flyleaf. Two plates and one table bound in erroneous order, a tear in one folding plate, some minor foxing and a few small stains; a good copy. Binding rubbed and with some damage to the hinges, but still firm. 78, [5], [1 blank] pp. Gerrare 231; Jähns, p. 1227; VD17 12:641431M (1 copy); cf. VD17 39:120516V (4 copies of 1st ed.). ☞ More on our website Illustrated account of the levee failure and flood of 1809 11. [EW IJK, Hendrik]. Geschiedkundig verslag der dijkbreuken en overstroomingen, langs de rivieren in het Koningrijk Holland. Voorgevallen in louwmaand MDCCCIX. ... Eerste –[tweede] deel. Amsterdam, Johannes Allart and Jacobus Ruys, 1809. With 16 (of 17) folding engraved plates and maps (2 hand-coloured), a very large folding engraved map at the end (ca. 55 × 92 cm), 6 folding letterpress tables, and several letterpress tables in text. 2 text volumes (8º) and 1 atlas volume (folio). Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. With: (2) [EW IJK, Hendrik]. Platen en kaarten behorende tot het geschiedkundig verslag der dijkbreuken en overstroomingen, in louwmaand MDCCCIX. Amsterdam, Johnnes Allart and Jocabus Ruys, [1809]. With 6 engraved maps (duplicating 6 in text volumes) and 7 engraved plates (duplicating 3 in text volumes). € 2750 First edition of an illustrated work on the levee breach and subsequent flood of 1809 in the northern Netherlands by Hendrik Ewijk, here together with an atlas volume containing some additional maps and illustrations. Because the Biesbosch (Brabant) was frozen, too much water had to be carried to sea via the rivers Maas and Waal, which caused the levee failure and the flooding of the surrounding lands. The maps depict where the dykes were breached and which area’s flooded. The engraved illustrations dramat- ically depict cities under water, but also some huge animal bones that washed ashore. Lacking 1 plate (Gevaar, waarin de koning zich bevond op den Dalemschen dijk), 4 plates intended for the text volumes bound in the atlas volume. Slightly browned, but otherwise in very good condition. Bindings worn along the extremities, sides slightly scratched. Kemper, Repertorium der literatuur van den waterstaat van Nederland 139. ☞ More on our website Conjuror’s flip book of Prussian, Russian and Habsburg muskateers and cavalry 12. [FLIP BOOK]. [Magische[s] Buch, mit welchem man zehen Veränderungen machen kann ... Livre Magique, avec lequel on peut faire 10 Changemens]. [Germany, 1790/92]. Large 16º (14.5 × 11 cm). A conjuror’s magic flip book (or blow book) with tabs in 5 positions. With 14 full-page engravings of 7 subjects (6 of uniformed soldiers and 1 of tents), plus 5 repeats of each. With the original letterpress instructions in German and French on a single leaf tipped in. Coloured by a contemporary hand. In a contemporary decorated paper wrapper printed from woodblocks in green and ochre paste. € 15 000 A rare conjuror’s “magic book” of uniformed muskateers and cavalry, also known as a flip book or blow book, from the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (1790–1792). Remarkably, even the original printed instructions, in German and French, are preserved. The instructions bear the drop-titles “Unterricht zu diesem Magischen Buch, mit welchem man zehen Veränderungen machen kann” and “Instruction pour ce Livre Magique, avec lequel on peut faire 10 Changemens”. The conjuror holds the book by its spine in his left hand so that it faces the audience and flips through it with the thumb and fore-fingers of his right hand. He first does this using the lowest tabs and the book appears to be entirely blank. He then magically changes it (perhaps by blowing on it, tapping it, or saying magic words) and flips through it using the next tab. Now every page shows a Royal Prussian muskateer. He continues with the next tabs to reveal Imperial Russian muskateers, muskateers of the Holy Roman Empire and finally tents with flags. He then turns the book upside down and flips through in the same way. The book again first appears to be blank, then shows cavalry from Prussia, Russia and the Holy Roman Empire, and then the tents again. The Imperial muskateers have an “L” on their hats for the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, who reigned only from 1790 to 1792, and the other uniforms are also consistent with this date. Stafford & Terpak notes that no early English examples are known to survive and mentions no German ones, but notes that several Italian and French examples are known from the second half of the 18th century. In very good condition, with even the spine only slightly rubbed. A remarkably well-preserved conjuror’s flip book, with even the separate printed instructions. [96] engr. pp., including 12 blanks. Cf. Gumuchian 3843–3850 (examples from France, ca. 1780–1848); Kinderen lazen/Kinderen lezen 647, 663 & 668 (examples from France 1778 & Germany ca. 1850); Stafford & Terpak, Devices of wonder, pp. 252–255. ☞ More on our website Suggesting new ways of managing the forests in Portugal

13. [FORESTRY–PORTUGAL]. Observações geraes sobre um novo plano de administração geral das matas do Reino: seguidas do modo pratico da sua criação, cultura, e augmento; e de tirar toda a conveniente vantagem d’estas preciosas propriedades do Estado. Por um empregado na Administração Geral das Matas. Lisbon, Imprensa de Candido Antonio da Silva Carvalho, 1839. Small 4º (21 × 15.5 cm). With a small wood-engraved illustration on title-page. Sewn. € 750 Rare first and only edition of a brief treatise containing suggestions for improving the management and administration of forests in Portugal. The main goal of the treatise is to offer new ways to improve the forest’s yield and to lower the costs of administrators and foresters. It covers the planting of new trees, cultivating the forests and the felling of trees. Included at the end are two tables, listing the salaries of administrators of the Portuguese forests, one covering 1836, the other covering 1838. First and last page slightly stained, otherwise in very good condition. 17, [1 blank], [2] pp. Porbase (2 copies); WorldCat (2 additional copies); not in Bradley. ☞ More on our website Two series of handcoloured lithographs of Dutch folk costume, one possibly in the only complete issue known 14. GR EEV EN, Hendrik (artist) and Justin Vallou VA LLON DE V ILLENEU V E (lithographer). Collection des costumes des Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas | Verzameling der kleederdragten in de nordelijke provincien van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Amsterdam, Frans Buffa and sons; Paris, Engelmann et cie. (printed by Thierry brothers). 1828[–1829]. With lithographed title in French and Dutch, one leaf with lithographed index in Dutch & French, and 20 lithographed plates, all captioned in French and Dutch underneath and all richly and beautifully coloured by hand. Contemporary boards, side covered with marbled paper. With: (2) [GR EEV EN, Hendrik, Luigi CA L A M ATTA and others]. Souvenirs de la Hollande. Amsterdam, Buffa brothers and co., 1838. With a handcoloured engraving mounted on the title-page and 14 handcoloured lithographed plates (7 of Dutch landscapes and scenery and 7 of folk costumes). 2 works in 1 volume. large 4º (32 × 24 cm). € 5500 Ad 1: Finely coloured series of folk costumes from the Netherlands (then forming the northern part of a united kingdom with modern Belgium and Luxemburg) with explanatory text in French and English. Heavily inspired by the publications of folk costumes of the publisher Evert Maaskamp, the firm of Frans Buffa aimed to compete in this popular genre. The costumes in the Buffa-book, drawn by Hendrik Greeven, are almost identical copies of those in Maaskamp’s Afbeelding van kleeding, zeden en gewoonten. However, the drawings by Greeven excel in the quality of the composition and drawings and the placement of the figures against scenic backgrounds. The most revolutionary aspect is the use of the modern technique of lithography, produced and coloured in Paris. Ad 2: Very rare series of handcoloured lithographs of Dutch folk costumes and scenery. Probably intended as a souvenir album for tourists visiting the Amsterdam region. Besides the current issue containing 14 lithographs, two other copies of this series possibly exist, both with a different number of litho- graphs. Buffa produced several of these series, often containing identical images. Bound in albums with titles such as “Souvenirs de la Hollande” or “Souvenirs des Pays-Bas” and often lacking the title-page, it is unknown as part of which series these lithographs originally appeared and whether or not their titles corre- spond to the originally title of the publication. The current issue with 14 lithographs contains a title-page and a (letterpress-printed) list of plates and collates according to this list. It is unknown whether or not the other two copies contain this list of plates, which would make the current copy the only one complete as published. Several of the plates would be reissued in Album de costumes des Pays-Bas (1848) and Souvenirs des Pays-Bas (1845). Binding worn at the edges and spine damaged. With a small tear at the top of the text describing plate XIII of ad 1; 4 of the plates from ad 2 remounted on stubs and several of the tissue interleaves missing; slightly foxed but nevertheless very good copies. [24] ll. text in French and English. Ad 1: Colas 1311; Landwehr, Coloured plates 289; Lipperheide 960; ad 2: cf. Colas 2777; Landwehr, Coloured plates 291 & 443; Lipperheide 961; both titles not in Bobins. ☞ More on our website Study on Carolus Clusius’s “Fungorum in pannoniis observatorum brevis historia”

15. IST VÁ NFFI, Gyula. Clusius Codex, mykologiai méltatása ... | Études et commentaires sur le Code de l’Escluse augmentés de quelques notices biographiques. Budapest, 1900. 2º. With 86 chromolithographed plates (2 double-page) and 22 illustrations in text. Later black cloth. € 475 First edition of a bilingual study of Carolus Clusius’s Fungorum in pannoniis obser- vatorum brevis historia, first published in 1601 and considered the starting point of scientific mycology. The present work includes the complete text of the Fungorum in pannoniis ..., also including the original woodcuts. The author, the Hungarian mycol- ogist Gyula Istvánffi (1860–1930), deals with the origin of the text and of the Codex Clusius, an album with watercolour drawings of numerous mushrooms on which Clusius based his research, now in the library of the University of Leiden. Istvánffi also discusses some letters by Clusius (also from the Leiden library) and includes a brief biography of Clusius. Included at the end are reproductions in colour of the drawings of the Codex Clusius. The text is included in both Hungarian and French. Some leaves slightly creased, otherwise in very good condition. [10], 287, [1 blank] Stafleu & Cowan 3198; Volbracht 958. ☞ More on our website British poisonous plants, with 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates

16. JOHNSON, Charles. British poisonous plants. London, Taylor and Francis, for John E. Sowerby, 1856. 8º. With 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary blind-blocked cloth, with the title in gold on front board. € 250 First edition of a compendium to poisonous plants in Britain, compiled by Charles Johnson, “botanical lecturer at Guy’s hospital” (title-page). He covers different families and species of poisonous plants and flowers, the majority of which are depicted on the hand-coloured lithographed plates. The text describes the appearance and habitat of the plants, with what plants they can be confused, the poisonous parts of the plants, the physical reaction when you touch or eat the plants, and how to recover (if possible) when poisoned. “.. the book is not intended for the use of the practical botanist, to whom of the forms and properties of the plants represented are of course familiar; but as one of reference for those who, owing to want of leisure or inclination, are only casual observers of such objects” (p. IV). From the library of Ellon Castle, Scotland, with the armorial bookplate of “Gordon of Ellon” on paste-down. Very slightly browned. Lacking the first blank flyleaf, spine very slightly worn at the head and foot. Overall in very good condition. IV, 59, [1 blank] pp. Nissen, BBI 993; Stafleu & Cowan 3373. ☞ More on our website Third enlarged edition of a famous Dutch-Latin dictionary, printed at the Plantin press

17. KILIA A N, Cornelis. Etymologicum teutonicae linguae: Sive dictionarium teutonico-Latinum, praecipuas teutonicae linguae dictiones et phrases Latine interpretatas, & cum aliis nonnullis linguis obiter collatas complectens: studio & opera. Editio tertia, prioribus auctior & correctior. Antwerp, officina Plantiniana, by Jan Moretus, 1599. 8º. With Plantin’s woodcut device on title-page and larger variant woodcut device on last blank. Vellum from two old bindings combined. € 1250 Third edition, the last corrected and enlarged by the author, Cornelis Kiliaan (ca. 1529– 1607), of easily the most famous Dutch-Latin dictionary, which stayed in use until the 19th century. Plantin published the first edition at Antwerp in 1574. It includes short dictionaries of Dutch loanwords from other languages, of geographical names and of Dutch personal names, all with their Latin equivalents. First and last leaves soiled or stained; title at the inner-hinge pasted to fly-leaf; wormhole at the end affecting some letters. In good condition. [16], 764, [4] pp. Belg. Typ. 1705; BMC STC Dutch, p. 111; Claes, Ned. Woordenlijsten 349; Machiels K-274; STCV (2 copies). ☞ More on our website First edition of a voyage to India 18. L A FLOTTE, M. de. Essais historiques sur l’Inde, précédés d’un journal de voyages et d’une description géographique de la Côte de Coromandel. Paris, Herissant, 1769. 12º. With 3 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt. € 600 Rare first edition of an interesting description of a voyage to India and the coast of Coromandel. The plates represent Brama, the God of the Indians, the tower of a pagoda, and a man playing the flute to his dancing snakes. A new edition was published in 1774 (Paris, Coustard). M. de La Flotte, who went on board of the squadron of general Lally, was a witness of the ‘destruction’ of India under the reign of this general. De La Flotte most likely fulfilled the position of scribe on board. He was imprisoned by the English and later went on board of an English ship on its way to China. With the bookplate of H.H. Jonkers; binding slightly rubbed; library stamp on first flyleaf. Good copy of an interesting account on the Coromandel Coast. [4], 360, [12] pp. Grimm & Diderot, Correspondance littéraire VI, p. 488; not in Brunet; Chadenat; Cox; Graesse. ☞ More on our website Rare complete run with ca. 1500 coloured plates 19. LEM A IR E, Charles, Jean Jules LINDEN and others. L’Illustration horticole, [in volume 1–16 followed by:] journal special des serres et des jardins, … [vols. 17–33:] revue mensuelle des serres et des jardins … [vols. 34–40:] revue mensuelle des plantes les plus remarquables …[vols. 41–43:] journal populaire de l’horticulture dans toutes ses branches. Ghent, Gyselynck, Meyer-Van Loo and VanderHaegen, 1854–1896. 43 volumes. Large 8º (vols. 1–39 & 41–43) & folio (vols. 34–40). With a total of 1551 plates, including 1495 numbered, mostly chromolithographed but in the earlier volumes also frequently lithographs coloured by hand, several uncoloured and some tinted lithographs, including single-page, folding and double-page plates. Further with numerous illustrations in text. Most of the plates were made by J.L. Goffart, P. De Pannemaeker and L. Stroobant after A. Goossens, P. Stroobant and P. De Pannemaeker. Contemporary brown (1–11), red/brown (12–14), black (15–16), black (34–40) and dark brown (41–43) half sheepskin and brown half cloth (17–33). € 38 500 Very rare complete run of a lavishly illustrated horticultural periodical, a collaborative effort of influential horticulturalists and the top botanical artists of the time. While the plates have alway been and still remain the main attraction, the series was published to inform the readers of newly discovered and cultivated species, so they might buy them from the associated nurseries. It covers a broad variety of (mainly exotic) plants and cultivars, mostly of flowering plants, but also including ferns, shrubs, (palm) trees, fruit-bearing plants, etc. The largest part of the illustrations were made after drawings by Alphonse Goossens (1866–1944), best known for his work in Cogniaux’s Dictionnaire icono- graphique des orchidees (1896–1907) and by and after Pieter De Pannemaeker, a prolific watercolour artist from a long line of tapestry weavers. While the plates take most of the attention, the accompanying texts are very extensive, giving highly detailed taxonomic descriptions, followed by notes on the cultivar’s history, the plants’ origins and a bibliography. During this part of the 19th century Belgium was the leading centre for botanical publishing and several notable botanical periodicals were published there. L’Illustration horticole seems unjustly overlooked in favour of these other Belgian periodicals such as the celebrated Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe (1845–1888). They share most of their editors and artists and are equally beautifully illustrated, but the present is much rarer. Although the stunning prints are often sold separately by art dealers, sets with all plates are almost never offered for sale. Volumes 1–11 with the bookplate of the Belgian stage poet and novelist Henri Philibert Delmotte (1822–1884). The last volume (43) lacks the half-title and title-page. A very good set, a complete run with all the plates. BMC NH, p. 901; Cat. Lindley Libr., p. 218; Coppens & Tavernier, Hortus botanicus, p. 235 (noting an incomplete set); R. De herdt, Gentse floraliën (1990), esp. p. 150; Livres de fruits … bibl. univ. Moretus Plantin, p. 201 (note); Nissen, BBI 2343; not in Bradley; GFB; Stiftung für Botanik; Plesch. ☞ More on our website Drawing of a scene on the Coromandel Coast for an engraving in a book by Johann Georg Jacobi

20. LIPS, Johann Heinrich. Die Küste Coromandel. [Zürich, 1803]. Pen drawing (10.3 × 6.3 cm) in grey ink with washes on paper (12.5 × 8.5 cm), signed by the artist in the lower right corner of the illustration and with the title in pencil in the lower margin. The whole mounted on a larger paper leaf (with notes: “dessin no 522” and “Lips f.” in ink), with a passepartout and in a gilt wooden frame. € 6500 Skilfully executed pen and ink drawing by the notable Swiss draughtsman Johann Heinrich Lips (1758–1817), showing a naval officer on a tropical beach on the Coromandel Coast, being welcomed by four half-naked local women with their five children. In the background are three native men in a small rowing boat touching the beach. The present drawing was made for an illustration in Johann Georg Jacobi’s Iris. Ein Taschenbuch für 1804 to accompany a text by Franz Xaver Schnetzler titled “Le Vaillant und Mungo Park” (pp. 157–184). The illustration was engraved by Lips himself and contains, besides the caption “Die Küste von Coromandel”, the subtitle “Au seiner französischen Handschrift”, suggesting the drawing was made after one found in a French manuscript. Slightly browned along the edges of the paper (covered by the passepartout) and a few tiny specks. Otherwise in very good condition. Cf. Andreas Klein, Johann Georg Jacobi (2012), 359; Nagler VIII, pp. 555–558; Thieme & Becker XXXIII, p. 279. ☞ More on our website First Dutch Livy, with hundreds of woodcuts 21. LIV IUS, Titus. Roemsche historie oft gesten, . . . nu erstmael in onser Nederlantscher spraken ghedruckt. Antwerp, (colophon: printed by Jan Grapheus and sold by Jan Gymnicus), August 1541. 2º. With the title-page and each of the 3 part-titles in a frame built up from 4 woodcuts (part 2 with different blocks than the others), well over 200 woodcuts in the text (including repeats). Late 17th-century calf, richly gold-tooled spine. € 6500 First Dutch edition of Livius’s classic history of Rome, beautifully illustrated with hundreds of woodcuts, many measuring about 12×14 cm. Written about 10 AD, it is the most extensive work to survive from classical antiquity, and the present translation for the first time acquainted a wider audience in the Low Countries with the “knightly, manly deeds” (as the title puts it) of classical heroes. The woodcuts provide a fascinating view of clothing, architecture, military and other equipment, boats and sometimes trades and other human activities. The view they provide is not of classical Rome, however, but of the early sixteenth-century, for the artists made very little attempt at historical accuracy. A few showing battles, sieges, councils, visitations, etc. are used many times to illustrate different events, but others more specifically reflect the subjects of the text. So we see a hundred-and-twenty-foot dragon, the death of Archimedes, the use of elephants in battle, the burning of books (very topical in 1541!) and many other lively scenes. Owner’s entry on title-page, partly erased. Leaves *2–5 misbound, title-page and leaf 207 detached, water stains, affecting the text in the first and last few quires. Front hinge and head and foot of spine damaged. Overall in good condition. An influential and beauti- fully illustrated edition of a great classic. [14], 567 ll. Belg. Typ. 1958; BMC STC Dutch, p. 123; Funck, p. 401; Machiels L404; USTC 403306; not in Bibl. Belg. ☞ More on our website Important edition of the London pharmacopoeia, expanding the use of inorganic chemicals 22. [LONDON–PHARMACOPOEIA]. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Londini. London, Thomas Newcomb for John Martyn, John Starkey, Thomas Basset, John Wright, Richard Chiswell, Rob Boulter, 1677. Small folio (31.5 × 20 cm). With an engraved frontispiece drawn and engraved by David Logan, a folding engraved view of the Royal College of Medicine also by Logan, and the large woodcut coat of arms of Charles II on title-page. Contemporary or near contemporary calf, gold-tooled board edges. Rebacked (in the late 19th century?) preserving the original endpapers along with new ones. € 3000 The third major revision (often called the third edition, but probably the eighth) of the London Pharmacopoeia, dedicated to King Charles II and with a dedicatory epistle to his son, the future King James II. After a list of simples, the recipes are arranged under numerous categories: waters, spirits, tinctures, vinegars, decoctions, syrups, conserves, powders, pills, lozenges, oils, ointments, plasters etc. The present edition greatly expands the presentation of medicinal inorganic chemicals, espe- cially metals and metal compounds, and arranges them in various categories. It also includes a list of members of the College. With two library stamps erased and a 1830 presentation inscription. With a tear along one fold of the folding view and the erasure of the stamps on the title-page has caused very slight damage to its border and the edge of the arms, but otherwise in good condition. The boards are rubbed and show superficial cracks, but the later spine and corners are in good condition. Engraved frontispiece plus [16] ,208, [6], [2 blank] pp. ESTC R6267; Marriott, Pharmacuetical compounding, pp. 9–10; Wellcome IV, p. 363; cf. Krivatsy 8930. ☞ More on our website Very rare Dutch edition of “The Mediterranean pilot” 23. MICHELOT, Henri. De waare wegwyzer voor de stuurlieden en lootzen in de Middelandsche zee. Leiden, Johan Arnold Langerak (colophon at the end of the main text: printed by Jacques Gueryn, Paris; colophon at the end of the work: printed by Hendrik van Damme), 1745. 4º. With a large engraved armorial headpiece above the dedica- tion, a folding engraved plate, a letterpress folding table and an engraved volvelle. Contemporary boards, rebacked with calf. € 1500 Very rare first Dutch edition of Henri Michelot’s pilot guide to the Mediterranean, origi- nally published in 1703 as Le portulan de partie de la mer Mediterranée and here translated by Willhem van Wassenaer (1712–1789). An undated second edition was published later by Van Keulen. It was also translated into English in 1715 as The Mediterranean pilot. The pilot guide is followed by a description of Hadley’s octant (with an engraved illustra- tion of the instrument), notes on the English Channel by Edmund Halley, comments on new French maps of the Mediterranean and the Aegean archipelago, a letterpress folding table for the conversion of French and Dutch measurements and an engraved volvelle compass. Lacking the 19 engraved plates with 71 maps. Stains to the first two leaves and the volvelle and the volvelle with a new cord, otherwise in good condition. [8], 214, [10] pp. Cat. NHSM, p. 69 (“ 1754” ed., erroneously catalogued); Crone Library 499 (3 copies, incl. 1 the same) with maps ; STCN (2 copies); Maritiem Digitaal (3 copies, incl. 2 the same); WorldCat (3 copies, incl. 2 the same); for Van Wassenaer: NNBW II, col. 1535. ☞ More on our website Dutch rulers from the 15th and 16th centuries, with ca. 1000 engravings of coins and medals

24. MIER IS, Frans van. Histori der Nederlandsche vorsten, uit de huizen van Beijere, Borgonje, en Oostenryk; welken, sedert de regeering van Albert, Graaf van Holland, tot den dood van Keizer Karel den Vyfden, het hooggezag aldaar gevoerd hebben. The Hague, Pieter de Hondt, 1732–1735. 3 volumes. Large folio (41 × 26.5 cm). With an engraved dedication page by Jan Wandelaar, a number of engraved vignettes and ca. 1000 engraved reproductions of both sides of coins and medals. Volume 1 with 2 letterpress folding genealogical tables. Lacking the frontispiece by Bernard Picart. Modern red half morocco. € 1000 First and only edition of an important history of the rulers of the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries, when the country was part of the Burgundian and Habsburg empires. The book is lavishly illustrated with about a 1000 reproductions of coins and medals illustrating the many protagonists, among which are rulers, statesmen, clergymen, artists, scholars and philosophers. With some early 20th century annotations. Some water stains on the spines, a large water stain on the top right of the first 6 leaves of volume 1 and wormholes in the last 13 leaves of volume 3. Lacking the frontispiece, but otherwise in good condition. [32], 466, [107]; [8], 484, 56; [4], 446, [58] pp. Brunet VI, 25144; Graesse IV, 521; STCN. ☞ More on our website Rare 1st edition with 12 large hand-coloured plates of uniforms of Napoleon’s Dutch honour guard 25. [MILITARY UNIFORMS]. Uniformes des gardes d’honneur des différens corps dans les sept départemens de la Hollande; formés pour la réception de ... l’Empereur et Roi. ...| Uniformen van de gardes d’honneur, van de onderscheiden corpsen in de zeven départementen van Holland; opgericht tot de ontfangst van ... den Keizer en Koning. Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, [1811]. Royal folio (42.5 × 32 cm). With 12 aquatint costume plates (plate size 32.5 × 23 cm), in the publisher’s original hand-colouring, with the original tissue guard leaf tipped onto each plate. Recent boards, with the original plain paper wrappers laid down. Kept in a matching green half morocco clamshell box. € 12 500 Beautifully coloured copy (with both a wide variety of bright colours and subtle shading) of the rare first (and only early) edition of a series of large aquatint plates showing the uniforms of Napoleon’s honour guards (cavalry, infantry and marine) in 11 Dutch cities, with the letterpress leaves providing both an explanation of the figures in the plates (in French and Dutch) and a list of the names of all the guards for each city. Since each city appears to have developed its own uniforms, the colours and style vary greatly. “Not only visually attractive but also extremely rare” (Legermuseum); “l’original est de la plus grande rareté” (Colas). When the French Revolutionary army toppled the Dutch Republican government in 1795 they found much support in the population and established the nominally independent Batavian Republic under French-sympathisers. After Napoleon declared himself Emperor in 1804 he established his brother Louis Napoleon as King of the Netherlands in 1806, but finding him more partial to his subjects than to the French he recalled him in 1810 and annexed the Netherlands. The honour guard was first set up under Louis Napoleon’s reign to receive him when he toured his realm, but it was reconstituted in the form shown here in preparation for the Emperor Napoleon’s visit to the recently annexed Netherlands. Book and binding in fine condition, with only an occasional very minor spot, tiny hole or smudge. The old wrappers mounted on the new binding are tattered. [48] pp. Colas 2937 note; Landwehr, Colour plates 457 (2 copies); Legermuseum, Boek van de maand, oktober 2011; WorldCat (5 copies). ☞ More on our website 73 hand-coloured costume prints from a rare series of Dutch military uniforms 26. [MILITARY UNIFORMS]. [De schutter- en jagerkorpsen. De legerkorpsen | Infanterie. De Oost- en West-Indische korpsen en marine | Kavallerie, artillerie, genie, etc.]. [Utrecht, Johannes Paulus Houtman, 1831–1832]. 8º (17.5 × 11.5 cm). 73 unnumbered lithographed prints plus 3 duplicates (leaf size 17 × 11 cm) with a brief caption in a round-hand script below each image, showing Dutch military personnel (including 1 woman) in their uniforms, the cavalry often shown on horseback and many others with flags, musical instruments, swords, firearms, backpacks, etc., coloured by a con- temporary hand, probably for the publisher. Contemporary paperboard portfolio in a paperboard slipcase. € 3950 Rare series of lithographed costume prints, with fine and delicate images of the uniforms of all sections of the Dutch army and navy, including the overseas corps in the Dutch East and West Indies, all coloured by a contemporary hand, many in bright colours. They come from the most extensive Dutch print series of military uniforms ever published, with 165 known prints, but no set containing all 165 is known and the prints are not numbered. Each print shows a single figure, including 5 with cavalrymen on horseback. The only woman in our set, a “mar- ketenster”, carries a tapped keg and a funnel-shaped cup to provide jenever (Dutch gin) for the soldiers. Nine figures carry military flags, five have musical instruments and many carry swords, firearms or backpacks. 4 prints show army uniforms in the Dutch East and West Indies, while 2 show navy uniforms. In 13 prints the printed images with their captions have been cut out of the print and each mounted on an 8º leaf of laid paper. These mounting leaves are somewhat browned, one or two badly, without affecting the print itself. 4 other leaves have their margins cut down, but 2 of these are duplicates. The printed image has been slightly shaved in 2 of the cut-down leaves and in one of the prints that has been cut out and mounted, but these affect only the tip of a bayonette in 1 print and one edge of the ground below the figure in 2 prints. The prints and their colouring generally remain in very good condition. The portfolio and slipcase are somewhat rubbed but still in good condition. A set of 73 rare prints of Dutch military uniforms, this copy providing some new information concerning the publishing history of the series. [73] prints plus [3] duplicates. Atlas Van Stolk 6823; Landwehr, Color plates 320; Muller, Historieplaten 6481 & suppl. 6481; WorldCat (3 copies); not in Colas; Hiler; Lipperheide. ☞ More on our website Original watercolours of military men and related people 1757–1852 in the realms of what was to become the Austro-Hungarian Empire

27. [MILITARY UNIFORMS]. [Military and quasi-military uniforms, portraits and scenes of battles, uprisings etc.]. [Austria or Saxony?, ca. 1870?]. Large folio album (39 × 30.5 cm). With 84 large watercolour drawings (28 × 16 cm to 25.5 × 36 cm) on wove paper, with captions in German and/or French, mounted on the (ca. 1962) album leaves, and with the coat of arms of Von Lindeman(n) of Sachsen- Anhalt (in coloured gouaches plus gold) mounted on the first page. Early 20th-century(?) half tanned sheepskin. € 35 000 An extraordinary set of original watercolour drawings, appar- ently unpublished, celebrating the creation of the Austro- Hungarian Empire through the military events that led up to it and the uniforms of the various nations and regiments involved. Except for one drawing concerning 1631, the events depicted are dated from 1757 to 1852. Officers and others in uniform from every corner of the Empire are shown: Prussians, Hungarians, Austrians, Poles, Czechs, Croats, Dalmatians, Transylvanians, Serbians, Bosnians and many more, with a few examples of local militias and of foreign army regiments from France, the Ottoman Empire, Russia and the British Isles (including kilted Scottish Grenadiers at Waterloo). A few appear in Islamic dress, including turbans. Some show portraits of leading figures, including Frederick the Great (1712–1786), King of Prussia and Mohammed Said Pasja (1822–1863) wali (governor) of Egypt. The uniforms are depicted in great detail, with vivid and bright colours, and some show the changes in uniforms at two or three different dates in a short span of years. The present set of 84 was no doubt part of a collection of at least 536. They may have been prepared for a publication that remained unrealised. The arms on the first page belong to the Von Lindeman(n) family of Sachsen-Anhalt, the binding has the name “Von Linden Just” on the spine and the first page bears a presentation inscription, below the arms, from the Freiin von Lindeman-Just, dated from Augsburg, 1962, to a relative in Italy. With occasional mostly marginal tears (3 drawings with significant tears into the image and 1 with a smaller one), and occasional spots or small scuff marks, but most of the drawings are in good or very good condition. The binding is somewhat rubbed, but otherwise good. A wide-ranging view of military and quasi-military people and events, with special emphasis on uniforms, in the prehistory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1757–1852. [44] album ll. ☞ More on our website Principal source for the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, by the architect of the modern Prussian army

28. MOLTK E, Helmuth von and Lucie DUFF-GOR DON (translator). The Russians in Bulgaria and Rumelia in 1828 and 1829, during the campaigns of the Danube, the sieges of Brailow, Varna, Silistria, Shumla, and the passage of the Balkan by Marshall Diebitch. London, John Murray, 1854. 8º. With folding map and 12 battle-plans on 11 folding plates. Publisher’s red cloth. € 650 First and only edition in English of a principal source for the Russo- Turkish War of 1828–1829, by the future chief of staff of the Prussian Army. The war broke out after the Ottoman sultan closed the Dardanelles for Russian ships in response to Russian military support of the Greeks, who were fighting a war of independence against the Ottomans. The Russian army invaded the Ottoman territories in Europe and defeated the Ottomans in several battles in Transylvania, Wallachia and Bulgaria before capturing Edirne. With their capital city of Istanbul directly threatened, the Ottomans sued for peace. Originally published in 1845 as Der russisch-türkische Feldzug 1828–29, the book was translated into English by Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon (1821– 1869) who, according to the preface, had the intention to abridge the book, leaving out all military details, but was interested by the “vivacity and clearness with which even technical matters are described” that she believed that “even those among my readers who are as ignorant of the art of war, as I am myself, would have cause to regret their omission”. Therefore she only left out “a few unimportant passages”. Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800–1891), often referred to as Moltke the Elder, served as a military adviser to the Ottoman Army in 1835–1839. From 1857 to 1888 he served as chief of staff of the Prussian and was the architect of the Prussian victories over Denmark, Austria and France, ultimately leading to the formation of the German Empire. Binding slightly soiled and worn at the extremities; spine damaged at the head and front hinge with a tear. The plates somewhat foxed; a structur- ally sound and good copy. VI, [2], 476 pp. Pearson, Russia and Eastern Europe 10.584. ☞ More on our website 30 finely-coloured lithographs of uniformed men in the Hessian army

29. MÜLLER, Franz Hubert and Joseph VÖLLINGER. Grossherzoglich Hessisches Militair. Nach der Natur aufgenommen von . . . der Grossherzoglichen Gemaelde Gallerie in Darmstadt und auf Stein gezeichnet von J. Völlinger. Karlsruhe, Johann Velten, [ca. 1830]. Royal folio (45×32 cm.) With a lithographic title- page and dedication to the Archduke Ludwig von Hessen (both by Johann Evangel. Mettenleiter), contents list and 30 numbered lithographs of army officers and enlisted men, many on horseback, all beautifully coloured by hand with watercolour, gouache and glazed highlights. Modern red half morocco. € 15 000 Fine and rare work on military costumes by Franz Hubert Müller (1784–1835) depicting the uniforms of military of all ranks in the Hessian army. The large costume plates are finely coloured by a contemporary hand, with rich, brilliant colours for the uniforms and subtle shades for the clouds and other background elements. With engraved dedication to Ludwig “Großherzog Von Hessen und bei Rhein”. The plates show a Major General, a warrant officer of the Duke of Hessen, a general officer, engineers and figures from all divisions of the army: cavalry, artillery, infantry, military police, etc., standing or on horseback in a landscape, in the barracks or in a town. Müller was an artist, engraver and author of books on fine arts. In 1817, having been appointed director of an art gallery in Darmstadt, he opened an academy of fine arts. The plates were lithographed by Joseph Völlinger (1790–1846) who worked in München and Karlsruhe. With the bookplate of F.C. Koch. With the contents leaf cut down and mounted on a modern leaf. Otherwise in fine condition, with only a small marginal tear, unobtrusively repaired, and an occasional minor spot. [2], 30, [1] ll. Cat. De Ridder 278; Colas 2155; Hiler, p. 634; Lipperheide 2211. ☞ More on our website Clever poem against peace, noting Spain’s Peruvian treasures

30. [NIEROP, Adriaen van]. Echo ofte galm, dat is weder- klinckende gedichte van de teghenwoordighe vredehandelinghe. [Amsterdam?], 1608. Small 4º (19 × 15 cm). 19th-century half roan. € 300 A political pamphlet warning of attempting to negotiate peace with Spain, in the form of a poem full of plays on words and names, the “echo” at the end of most lines cleverly selecting the syllables to echo to give intel- ligent answers to questions or comments on statements. A reference to Spain’s Peruvian treasure, for example, echoes back as desecrated treasure. In addition to the principal poem (in Dutch), which occupies four-and- a-half pages, there are several shorter poems in Dutch and Latin, as well as an anagram, a chronogram, and a musical scale imbedded as solfège syllables in a Latin phrase. The poem was originally published in 1607, but was not issued with the famous Nederlantsche Bye-Korf collection of pamphlets against the peace negotiations until the third edition, when it appeared in either of two 1608 editions. The present is said to be the first of the two. It was explic- itly named when most of the Bye-Korf pamphlets were banned on 27 August 1608, so it was apparently considered especially dangerous. In very good condition, and an unusually large-margined copy. With only an occasional small browned patch, mostly in the head margin. [8] pp. Alden & Landis 608/120; Asher 28/37; Knuttel 1406; Simoni N-203; Tiele 627. ☞ More on our website On the toll road between Breukelen and Ouderkerk

31. [ORDINANCE–TOLL ROAD]. Ordonnantie rakende de gabelle of weg- en bruggeld van het zandpad tusschen Breukelen en Ouderkerke. Gearresteerd den 21. May 1774. Utrecht, Willem Jan Reers, 1774. 4º. With a woodcut ornament on the title-page. Disbound. € 300 Rare ordinance regarding the toll that has to be paid on the road between Breukelen and Ouderkerk (aan de Amstel). Two quires detached from each other, last one with a fold. Otherwise in very good condition. [11], [1 blank] pp. STCN 316345741 (2 copies). ☞ More on our website First edition of the Jesuit annual letter reporting on Japan in 1601

32. PASIO, Francesco. Lettera annua di Giappone scritta nel 1601. e mandata dal P. Francesco Pasio V. Provinciale. al M.R.P. Claudio Acquaviva Generale della Compagnia di Giesù. Rome, Luigi Zannetti, 1603. 8º. With a woodcut Jesuit device on the title-page. Contemporary(?) sheepskin parchment wrappers, later (ca. 1900?) endpapers and paper reinforcing on the spine. € 9500 First edition, in the original Italian, of the annual report and letter on the events that had taken place in Japan during the year 1601, especially regarding the Jesuit mission there. Father Francesco Pasio (1551–1612) in Nagasaki sent the letter to Claudio Acquaviva (1543–1615) in Rome, Superior General of the Jesuit Society. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598) had succeeded in unifying Japan by 1590 and dreamt of conquering China as well, but his death in 1598 threw Japan into chaos and civil war. Pasio’s report paints a bleak picture of these circum- stances, with special emphasis on the hardships of Japanese Christians. The Christian daimyos had generally opposed Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), and the letter describes in detail how he persecuted them after he defeated his rivals at battle of Sekigahara, 21 October 1600. Pasio feared the mission would not survive, but to the Jesuits’ relief Ieyasu managed to restore order, leading to the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603, and the Jesuits found him friendlier than expected, though he also largely closed Japan to foreigners. With an early owner’s inscription on the title-page. With faint stains in the last few leaves, a small hole in the last two and occasional foxing, but still in good condition. 77, [1 blank] pp. Alt Japan Kat. 1121 (4 copies); Cordier, Japonica, col. 241; De Backer & Sommervogel VI, col. 328, no. 5 (cf. II, col. 422); Lach & Van Kley III, pp. 368–370, 1828–1829, 1838–1839; USTC 4035538 (6 copies). ☞ More on our website Extremely rare work on the cultivation of roses in North Africa, printed in Tunisia 33. PILE, Alfred. Culture pratique du rosier dans l’Afrique du Nord. ... augmenté d’une notice: les ennemis du rosier par Théophile Pagliano. Tunis, G. Finzi, [1926]. 8º. With numerous illustrations in text, including botanical drawings and reproductions of photographs, some full- page, and 2 folding plates. Original publisher’s printed paper wrappers, with advertisements printed on the paste-down. € 475 Extremely rare manual on the cultivation of roses in North Africa by Alfred Pile, a teacher of horticul- ture at the Colonial School of Agriculture in Tunis, Tunesia. The book deals with the history of the rose in northern Africa, different species of roses, how to cultivate, prune, graft and fertilize them, and how to start a rose garden. Included at the end is a list of different rose species, arranged by colour. Pile’s work is followed by a brief treatise on the enemies of roses by Théophile Pagliano, “Professeur de parasitologie” at the same school. Besides the advertisement on the inside of the wrappers, this copy contains 4 additional leaves of advertisement. Some advertise for books on roses and botany, published in Alger or Tunis, others for businesses in Tunis, including an electrician, the photographer, and Galeries Lafayette. With a stamp on the title-page. Somewhat browned, with some annotations and underscoring in pen and pencil, and with a tear in one of the folding plates. [4], 132 pp. Stock 2253A; not in WorldCat. ☞ More on our website The best description and history of The Hague 34. R IEMER, Jacob de. Beschryving van ‘sGraven-hage, behelzende deszelfs oorsprong, benaming, gelegentheid, uitbreidingen, onheilen en luister, mitsgaders stigtinge van het hof, der kerken, kloosters, kapellen, godshuizen, en andere voornaame gebouwen... Delft, Reinier Boitet (part 1); The Hague, Johannes de Cros (part 2), 1730–1739. 2 parts in 3 volumes. 2º. With engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication in volume 1 and 3, and a total of 57 engraved plates, mostly folding. Contemporary red half sheepskin. € 2750 First and only edition of an extensive, thorough and lavishly illustrated work on the history and topography of the city of The Hague. The beautiful frontispiece is explained in an allegorical poem by Hendrik Schim on the verso of the half-title. More laudatory poems on The Hague and the author Jacob de Riemer (1676–1762) follow in the preliminaries of the first part by Caspar Barlaeus, Joannes Van Dam, Constantijn Huygens and Hendrik Schim. The main text starts with the founda- tion of the city, followed by descriptions of different buildings, including several churches and monasteries, the orphanage, schools and much more, most of them are shown in the engraved folding plates as well. The second part (volume 3) of 1739 contains the description of the government of The Hague and its organization. Binding worn, corners bumped and lacking the paper on the front side of volume three, but the bindings are structually sound. Text and plates with some occasional spots and a few wormholes, and some of the folding plates are reinforced with tape at the back; a good copy, wholly untrimmed. [38], 509, [3] pp.; [2], 511–756, [2], 759–946, [54] pp.; [12], 289, [3], 293–495, [1], 497–520, [2], 3–78, [20] pp. Nijhoff & V. Hattum 267. ☞ More on our website Defending Holland and Utrecht without resorting to tactical flooding

35. RU YSCH, Hugo and Barnard de ROY. Goedbevonde aanwysing, daar in werd vertoond, hoedanig Holland, het Neder- Stigt en de stad Utrecht tegens alle invasien des vyands kan werden gedefendeert, sonder nogtans der selver landen door het water te doen ondervloeyen. Amsterdam, Jan Rieuwertsz, 1701. 4º. With a woodcut ornament on title-page and a woodcut initial on first page. Disbound. € 600 First and only edition of a brief treatise on the defense of the Dutch province Holland and the city Utrecht, written by the Dutch engineers Hugo Ruysch and Barnard de Roy (1638–1707). They propose a plan to defend the Holland and Utrecht against enemies without making use of the unique Dutch tactic of breaking dikes to flood invading armies. He includes the construction of new dikes, roads and canals. Title-page somewhat browned, a faint water stain in the gutter, spine frayed. 4 ll. Knuttel 14629; STCN 146924142 (3 copies); WorldCat (2 other copies); not in Sloos, Warfare. ☞ More on our website Handbook of the central Tibetan language, with an appendix on Mongol words

36. SA NDBERG, Graham. Hand-book of colloquial Tibetan. A practical guide to the language of central Tibet. In three parts. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and co. (back of title-page: printed at the Baptist Mission press), 1894. 8º. With a folding leaf with letterpress descriptions of Tibetan characters. Original publisher’s brown cloth. € 500 First edition of a handbook of the Tibetan language, compiled by Graham Sandberg, chaplain at the British government of Bengal. “The present work is designed to afford not only a complete guide to the Vernacular of Tiber Proper, but also considerable technical information to the traveller in that little-explored land” (p. v). The first part of the book is devoted to the Tibetan grammar, the second part contains some phrases and conversational exercises, and the third part is a vocabulary, listing English words next to their Ladakhi and Central Tibetan translations and the words in Tibetan script. The book closes with a brief appendix listing some Mongol-Tartar words, as Mongol traders are often encountered in Tibet. Only slightly browned, otherwise in very good condition. VIII, [1], [1 blank], 9–372 pp. Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica, col. 2937; Gawne & Hill, Evidential systems of Tibetan languages (2017), p. 36. ☞ More on our website First and only edition of an unrecorded 1683 grammar of and guide to the Tuscan Italian language

37. SEBASTIA NI, Pietro de’. Nuovo metodo, che facilita la lingua Toscana disteso con regole grammaticali, ... Rome, Paolo Moneta, 1683. Small 12º (14 × 8 cm). Contemporary marbled wrappers. € 2750 Unrecorded first and only edition of a concise grammar of and guide to the Italian language (in its Tuscan variant, which had already spread to Rome by this date), dedicated to Massimiliano di Bethune, Prince of Henrichemont. Pietro de’ Sebastiani, professor of the Tuscan language in Rome, follows his dedication with a brief account of the origins of the language, followed by an introduction to the pronunciation and grammar. Little is known about the author. Moneta published his first three works in a single edition in 1677, similar to the present book in dimensions and layout: a brief introduction to the Tuscan language for foreigners (“per commodità delle nationi oltramontane”), followed by two tourist guides: to the churches in Rome and their artwork, and to Rome’s principal gardens, palaces, libraries, museums and galleries. Sebastiani went on to publish at least eight more small books in the years 1679 to 1686, mostly about the history and antiquities of Rome. He returned to his professional field, the Tuscan language, only in the present book. Its structure and content differ considerably from his 1677 Nuovo metodo per acquistare brievemente la lingua Toscana Romana. Dennis Rhodes first drew attention to the 1677 publication in 1983 and Aprea called its introduction to the Tuscan language “a source of considerable interest for the study of pre-unification Roman regional Italian”. From the Fürstlich-Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek, Donaueschingen. On the title-page, the author, place of publication, publisher and date are underlined in red pencil. With a faint stain in the lower outside corner throughout, not reaching the text and darkened only at the tip, and a couple tiny chips, but otherwise in very good condition. The wrapper is somewhat rubbed. [4], 47, [1 blank] pp. Not in Gamba, Serie dei testi di lingua ... Italiana; ICCU; KVK; Parenti, Prime edizioni Italiane; WorldCat; for Sebastiani’s 1677 grammar: Fabio Aprea, “Il ‘Nuovo metodo per acquistare ... la lingua Toscana Romana’ di Pietro de Sabastiani (Roma, 1677)”, in: Soc. Int. di Linguistica e filologia Italiana, XIV congresso (2016); BLC Italian (17th cen.), p. 838; Dennis Rhodes, “An anonymous guidebook to Rome, 1677”, in: British Library journal IX (1983), pp. 193–194; for other works by Sebastiani: Schudt, Le guide di Roma 411–413. ☞ More on our website Signed author’s presentation copy of a detailed eye-witness account of Senegal ca. 1880, not for sale with 2 chromolithographed maps, 3 original albumen prints and 4 wood-engraved views in a fine presentation binding by Lucien Magnin in Lyon

38. SZ Y M A NSKI, Félix. Essai sur la guerre dans le Soudan. Lyon, Imprimerie Mougin-Rusand, 1888. Large 8º (24.5 × 16 cm). With 2 large folding chromolithographed maps (50 × 60 cm; map images 44 × 58 cm; scale 1: 1,000,000), 4 wood-engraved illustrations in the text and 3 original photographic albumen prints (10.5 × 13 cm) mounted on paperboard plates. Contemporary gold-tooled, black goatskin morocco (signed at the foot of the front turn-in by Lucien Magnin in Lyon), richly gold-tooled spine, richly gold-tooled turn-ins, double fillets on board edges, gilt edges. € 6500 A detailed eye-witness account of Senegal in the years 1879 to 1883, by Félix Szymanski (1853–1923), an artillery captain of the French marine in the Senegal campaigns of 1879 to 1883. The first half of the book provides a general description of Senegal and its people and resources, while the second half discusses the colonial expeditions, administration and operations. As a whole it gives us an intensive view of the life of both natives and colonial troops in Senegal ca. 1880. The title of the book can cause confusion: the French used “Soudan” at this date to refer to the Sahel region along the southern edge of the Sahara desert from Senegal to Sudan. Szymanski notes that “le Soudan français” comprises Senegambia and parts of Niger, more or less the modern Senegal. This is the region discussed in the book and shown in the two folding maps, and explicitly called Senegal. While the French were not engaged in a war in Senegal at this time, they were trying to secure the region and develop the railways and other infrastructure, which inevitably led to skirmishes and other incidents. Szymanski had the book printed in an edition of 100 copies, but did not put them on sale. The book is therefore extremely rare. Szymanski clearly had the present copy bound for presentation, for he wrote and signed a pres- entation inscription “A mon cher pere monsieur le docteur Goncet”. Lyon offered one of the best binders of the time, Lucien Magnin (1849–1903), who had won a gold medal for his bindings at the 1884 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs (“choix des peaux, harmonie des colours, netteté du dessin, exécution impeccable de la reliure, de la dorure et de la mosaïque”) and was to cause a “sensation” with his work at the 1889 Exposition Universelle (Fléty, pp. 117–118). The albumen prints are somewhat faded as usual, the letterpress leaves show some foxing, minor except on the pages facing the plates or map, and there is a small tear on the fold of one map, but the book is still in very good condition, the binding fine. [4], 184 pp. For background information: Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Sénégal et Niger: la France dans l’Afrique Occidentale 1879–1883 (1884), pp. 113–232. ☞ More on our website 31 Sanskrit, Hindi and Bengali songs with music printed and bound in Calcutta

39. TAGOR E, Sourindro Mohun (Saurindra Mohana THAKUR A). A few specimens of Indian songs. Calcutta (Kolkata), published by the author, printed by I.C. Bose & Co. (The Stanhope Press), 1879. Royal 8º (23.5 × 15 cm). Set in Devanagari (for Sanskrit and Hindi), Bengali (for Bengali) and roman types with incidental italic and textura gothic. The present copy has the dedication leaf for Lord Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Viceroy and Governor- General of India, printed in blue with an elaborate red border built up from typo- graphic ornaments. Contemporary gold-tooled green sheepskin, made in Calcutta for the author, probably for presentation, each board with a decorative roll outer border, a thick-thin inner border with 4 large waterlily cornerpieces, the front board with the author’s family crest and motto, the back board with an ornamental centrepiece, title in the 2nd of 5 fields on the spine, the others with decorations, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges. € 3500 First and only edition of a collection of 31 numbered Sanskrit, Hindi and Bengali songs popular in India at the time of publication, with the words in the original language and script, with a transliteration in roman type, each song with a brief explanatory text in English. It includes songs in the native classical and modern traditions as well as devotional, operatic and pastoral songs. It preserves a record of both the words and melodies of many songs that might otherwise have been lost and therefore serves as an essential primary source. The present copy includes dedication to Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Viceroy of India, printed in blue with an elaborate border printed in red. This is probably a deluxe version of the dedication leaf, found only in a few copies intended for presentation. Sourindro Mohun Tagore (1840–1914) came from one of the leading artistic families in Calcutta. Well versed in traditional Indian music from his youth, he became a patron of Bengali and Hindu music but also studied Western music and became an internationally known musicologist. In very good condition, with only occasional and mostly marginal light foxing or faint water stains. The binding with only minor wear, mostly at the extremities, but otherwise very good. A an essential source for any study of Indian music, produced in Calcutta and bound for the author, probably for presentation. [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 113, [1 blank] pp. WorldCat 18700798, 870975830, 903627489, 497594560, 844448509; Public opinion and official communications, about the Bengal Music School ... (Calcutta 1876, with additions to at least 1879), item XXVI and supplement, p. 268. ☞ More on our website With a map of the island and a folding plan of the city of Funchal 40. TAY LOR, Ellen M. Madeira: Its scenery and how to see it. With letters of a year’s residence, and lists of the trees, flowers, ferns, and seaweeds. London, Edward Stanford, 1882. 8º. With a wood-engraved frontispiece, a lithographed folding map of the island of Madeira and a litho- graphed folding plan of the city of Funchal. Also with a publisher’s advertisement at the end with “books useful for visitors to Madeira” from the publisher Trübner and Co., London. Original publisher’s black- and gold-blocked green cloth. € 500 First edition of a description of the island of Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean. With a section on the trees, fruits, flowers and ferns found on the island, as mentioned in the title, on pp. 164–181. A second edition was published in 1889. A few occasional spots and a tear in the fold of the plan, otherwise a good copy. XVI, 261, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. Arnold Arboretum, p. 680. ☞ More on our website Descriptions and illustrations of eels 41. THUNBERG, Carl Peter and Jonas Niclas AHL. Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho, ... in audit. Horti Botanici, d. 27 Jun. 1789. ... Uppsala, Johan Edman, [1789]. 4º. With 2 engraved plates by Ahl, showing 4 different species of Muraena. Disbound. € 750 First edition of a dissertation on Muraena, a genus of large eels, and Ophichthus, a genus of snake eels, written by Jonas Niclas Ahl (1765–1817) with the prolific Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) as “praeses” (advisor). It contains detailed descriptions of 5 species of Muraena and 6 species of Ophichthus, with some general notes on the genera. Most of the species described are found in the Mediterranean or India. Although the imprint includes no date, the disserta- tion was defended on 27 June 1789. Plates a bit browned and a small corner torn off page 7/8, not approaching the text. One bifolium has come loose due to the removal of the sewing when the book was disbound. Good copy. 14 pp. BMC NH, p. 20; Cat. Linnean Soc., p. 761; Dean I, p. 14; not in Krok. ☞ More on our website Commercial treaty between Portugal and Russia 42. [TREATY]. Tratado de amizade, navegação, e commercio entre as muito altas, e muito poderosas senhoras Dona Maria I, Rainha de Portugal, e Catharina II. imperatriz de todas as Russias, assinado em Petersburgo pelos plenipotenciarios de huma, e outra corte em 9/20 de Dezembro de M.DCC.LXXXVII. e ratificado por ambas as magestades. Lisbon, Regia Officina Typografica, 1789. 4º. With woodcut Portuguese royal arms on title-page. Contemporary gold brocade paper wrappers. € 400 Quarto edition of a 1787 treaty between Portugal and Russia in 41 articles, with text in Portuguese and French on facing pages. The articles cover subjects such as freedom of religion for Portuguese or Russians when visiting both countries (article II), the trading of colonial products from Brazil (article VIII), contraband (articles XIII–XIV), export of Portuguese wines, desertion of sailors (article XIX), etc. Mostly faint dampstain throughout, otherwise in good condition 69, [3 blank] pp. Imprensa Nacional 552; Innocêncio VII, 385–387; not in Palau; Sabin. ☞ More on our website Pioneering work on Indian languages and society by an “unjustly forgotten” Indologist

43. V ESDIN, Filip. Viaggio alle Indie Orientali umiliato alla Santita di N. S. Papa Pio Sesto pontefice massimo … Rome, Antonio Fulgoni, 1796. 4º. With 12 engraved illustration plates (6 with 2 illustrations each to make 18 in total), engraved roundel portraits of Pope Pius VI (on the title-page) and the author (above the opening of the main text) and some small woodcut illustrations of “Indian hieroglyphs”. Set in roman and italic types with occasional words in Greek, Arabic, East Syriac, Devanagari and more extensive texts in Malayalam, plus a Malabar song with a double staff made with built-up round-head music notes. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. € 2500 First edition, in Italian, of a pioneering work of Indian linguistics and comparative philology by the Croatian Carmelite monk Filip Vesdin (1748–1806) who took the monastic name Paulinus a Sancto Bartholomaeo, with his 6-page dedication to Pope Pius VI. Although nominally an account of Vesdin’s travels as a missionary in southern India, including Pondicherry, Verapoly (Varappuzha) and Kerala, from 1776 to 1789, the book concentrates on religious teachings and practices, society, languages and scripts, taking a comparative approach. He discusses the spread of Muslim influence in northern India and its influence on Sanskrit traditions. He is outspoken in his opinions and clashed with other scholars of his day. Vesdin learned Sanskrit and especially Malayalam, which holds a position of honour in the book. The Malayan type, used most extensively on pages 164–165 and 325, seems to be the first ever made for that script, cut for the press of the Propaganda Fide in Rome, which first showed it in 1772. The East Syriac, Devenagari (used for setting Sanskrit) and Coptic types and perhaps some others were also cut for the Propaganda Fide. With a note that the book was donated by Lourenzo da Valebuona in 1835 and with a ca. 1870 library stamp on title-page. A tiny hole at the foot of three leaves, a few spots, but otherwise in very good condition. Some wormholes through the spine and the extremities rubbed, but still firm and good. XX, 404 pp. ICCU, RAVE 004982; Milka Jauk-Pinhak, “Some notes on the pioneer Indologist Filip Vesdin …”, Scandinavian Conference-Seminar of Indological Studies, XII (1984), pp. 129–137; A. G. Pattaparambil, A study of Viaggio alle Indie Orientali (Roma 1796) … (2007). ☞ More on our website Portraits and executions of four conspirators in the failed attempt to assassinate the Dutch Stadholder

44. V ISSCHER, Claes Jansz. Cort verhael ende afbeeldinghe der justitie, geschiet den 5. mey 1623. in ‘sGravenhaghe. Amsterdam, Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1623. Engraved illustration (26.5 × 14.5 cm), giving four circular portraits and 10 separate scenes, flanked by a letterpress description in Dutch. € 750 First state of a rare print showing the portraits and execution and burial scenes of Hendrick Danielsz. Slatius, Willem Perty, Jan Blansaert and Abraham Blansaert. They were executed as conspir- ators in the failed attempt to assassinate Maurits of Nassau, Prince of Orange, in 1623. The illustration is engraved by the publisher and engraver Claes Jansz. Visscher. A heated theological and political conflict had raged in the Low Countries between the Arminians (from 1610 also called Remonstrants) and Gomarists for more than a decade when it came to a head with the Synod of Dort (1618/19), which decided in favour of the Gomarists. The Synod led to the 1619 execution of the Republic’s greatest statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, who had supported the Arminian cause. In revenge his sons Reinier and Willem conspired to assassinate the (Gomarist) Dutch stadholder Maurits of Nassau, Prince of Orange. Other prominent members of Dutch society who had political, religious or personal grudges against the Prince lent their support. The plot was betrayed in February 1623, and the conspirators arrested and executed from March to May. Strengthened ant the back, with some unobtrusive old folds and restored minor tears, obfuscating a few letters and slightly affecting the print, but otherwise good. Atlas van Stolk 1578; Hollstein XXXVIII, p. 32, no. 47 state I (5 copies of this state); Muller, Historieplaten 1498a; not in Knuttel. ☞ More on our website Portrait of the arrested Arminian preacher Slatius, one of the conspirators in the failed attempt to assassinate the Dutch Stadholder

45. V ISSCHER, Claes Jansz. Hendrick Danielsz Slatius, gewesene predicant tot Bleijswyck, naert ‘tleven afgebeelt den 12 maert 1623. [Amsterdam, Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1623]. Engraved illustration (22 × 12.5 cm), with an engraved title in Dutch at the head and Visscher’s name at the foot, and with two letterpress poems in French on the left signed “A. Lancel.”(measuring 24.5 × 25 in tital). Mounted on a larger blank leaf (36 × 41 cm). € 750 Engraved portrait of the Arminian preacher Hendrick Danielsz. Slatius (1585–1623), wearing handcuffs and the clothes of a farmer. Slatius was arrested (and later executed) as one of the conspirators in the failed attempt to assassinate Maurits of Nassau, Prince of Orange, in 1623. The print was issued with either Dutch or French poems at the left. A heated theological and political conflict had raged in the Low Countries between the Arminians (from 1610 also called Remonstrants) and Gomarists for more than a decade when it came to a head with the Synod of Dort (1618/19), which decided in favour of the Gomarists. The Synod led to the 1619 execution of the Republic’s greatest statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, who had supported the Arminian cause. In revenge his sons Reinier and Willem conspired to assassinate the (Gomarist) Dutch stadholder Maurits of Nassau, Prince of Orange. Other prominent members of Dutch society who had political, religious or personal grudges against the Prince lent their support. The plot was betrayed in February 1623, and the conspirators arrested and executed from March to May. A very good copy. Atlas van Stolk 1575 (Dutch issue); Hollstein XXXVIII, p. 30, no. 45 (all issues, 5 copies); Knuttel 3449 (this issue); Muller, Historieplaten 1495c (this issue). ☞ More on our website A masterly exposition of Roman-Dutch law 46. VOET, Johannes. Commentarius ad Pandectas. Den Haag, Abraham de Hondt, 1716. 2 volumes. 2º. Contemporary calf, richly gold-tooled spines. € 500 Third edition of an exhaustive commentary on Justinian’s Digest, the principal work of the Dutch professor of law Johannes Voet (1647–1713). This influential work was first published 1698–1704 and translated into Italian, Dutch and English. The second volume pays special attention to subjects relevant to the Netherlands, such as maritime law. “Voet … differs from most of the other Dutch commentators on the Pandecta in his thorough an masterly exposition of the Roman-Dutch law as it obtained in his day. He was not satisfied with a mere academic treatise on the civil law, but he showed how that law should be applied to the affairs of everyday life, and how it was actually practiced in the courts of Holland and the adjoining provinces. Into his treatise on the Roman law he wove the legislation of the United Provinces which had altered or modified the civil law, the decisions of the courts which had interpreted the law, and the disputes on controverted points of law which had been ventilated in the courts or in the works of Dutch and other jurists. Voet’s Commentary on the Pandects is therefore just as much a treatise on the law of Holland as the Introduction of Grotius or the Roman-Dutch Law of Van Leeuwen” (Wessels). Internally in very good condition, with only some occasional minor spots. Bindings a bit rubbed, but otherwise good. [20], 974, [61], [1 blank]; 1180, [68] pp. Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica juridica, p. 181, no. 9; STCN (7 copies); cf. Wessels, History of the Roman-Dutch law, pp. 320–330. ☞ More on our website Miniscule shells at the Sandwich sea shore, with 3 engraved plates

47. WA LK ER, George and William BOYS. Testacea minuta rariora, nuperrime detecta in arena littoris Sandvicensis; ... | A collection of the minute and rare shells lately discovered in the sand of the sea shore near Sandwich. London, J. March, [1784]. 4º. With 3 engraved plates depicting 90 species of shells. Later purple, gold-tooled half morocco. € 950 First edition of a work on tiny and miniscule shells found at the seashore near Sandwich (Kent) by the naturalist, surgeon and topographer William Boys (1735– 1803). The shells are depicted on three engraved plates ater drawings by George Walker, who studied the shells under the microscope. The text-pages contain a brief description of each shell, with text in both Latin and English. The work starts with a dedication to the Duchess of Portland and Sir Joseph Banks (1743– 1820), the famous naturalist who took part in Captain Cook’s first great voyage, followed by an introduction. Some minor spotting, otherwise in very good condition. [1], [1 blank], [1], V, 25, [3 blank] pp. ESTC T97429; Nissen, ZBI 524. ☞ More on our website The sculptures of the “Museum Wildeanum” in 60 engraved plates, with an attractive double-page view of the library during a visit of Peter the Great

48. W ILDE, Jacob and Maria de. Signa antiqua e museo Jacobi de Wilde. Veterum poeatrum carminibus illustrata et per Mariam filiam aeri inscripta. Amsterdam, Maria de Wilde, 1700. 4º. With engraved title-page, engraved author’s portrait, 1 engraved folding plate and 60 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine. € 4500 First and only edition of an attractive display of the statues of the Museum Wildeanum, once housed on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam. The Dutch tax collector Jacob de Wilde (1645–1721) began the collection, containing gems, coins, scientific instruments and statues. “This attractive account of a Dutch cabinet of the late seventeenth century is as much a eulogy of Maria de Wilde’s gifts as an engraver as of her father’s museum” (Grinke). The 60 plates by Maria de Wilde (1682–1729) show the ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman statues in the museum. The 6 text leaves include a brief introduction and several laudatory poems directed at Maria de Wilde and her engravings. The collec- tion drew some important visitors, including the Russian tsar Peter the Great in 1697, whose visit is illustrated on the engraved folding plate. After De Wilde’s death, the tsar acquired part of the collec- tion for his “Kunstkamera”, the first museum in Russia, which was completed in 1727. Some minor thumbing and some occasional small spots, not affecting the illustrations, otherwise in very good condition. [6] ll. Grinke 61; Murray I, p. 38 & III, p. 272; Tavernier, Russia and the Low Countries 3178. ☞ More on our website An important source for Veere’s economical connections with Scotland and vice versa

49. [YA IR, James and Charles STEWART]. The staple contract, betwixt the Royal Burrows of Scotland, and the city Campvere in Zealand. With the several amplifications, prolongations, and the ratifications thereof. Published by order of the General Convention of Royal Burrows, in July 1749. To which is prefixed, an historical account of the staple, by a private gentleman. Edinburgh, James Donaldson, 1776. 8º. Contemporary half calf. € 1250 Second edition of an account of the trade relations between Scotland and the city of Veere in Zeeland, the Netherlands. The first staple contract, which set out the privileges to be enjoyed by Scottish traders, was drawn up in 1541. The introduction of the work is an historical account of the staple written by Charles Stewart, who was at that time the deputy conserva- tor at London. The main text is written by James Yair, a minister of the Scottish Church in Veere (Campvere). Veere was Scotland’s staple port from 1541 until 1799. Scottish merchants could export certain goods such as wool, coal, tiles, arms and ammunition to Veere without paying customs. Veere was a prosperous trading city during the 17th and 18th centuries. With the armorial book plate John Whitefoord Mackenzie (1794–1884), whose library was auctioned in 1886. Also with a small faint library stamp of the Solicitors Supreme Court on the foot of the title-page. With a few spots, otherwise in very good condition. Binding slightly rubbed along the extremities, sides somewhat rubbed. [1], [1 blank], XXVIII, 97, [1 blank] pp. Cat. Goldsmith 11426; ESTC T085936; Hanson 6258; Kress 7278. ☞ More on our website More books, maps, drawings, photographs, manuscripts and prints available at our websites: www.forumrarebooks.com/categories.html www.asherbooks.com/categories.html Previously published and available for download at our websites www.forumrarebooks.com www.asherbooks.com

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