BUSCHMANN, Johann Carl Eduard and Guillaume de HUMBOLDT.

Aperçu de la langue des iles Marquises et de la langue Taïtienne, précedé d'une introduction sur l'histoire et la géographie de l'archipel des Marquises.Berlin, C. G. Luderitz, 1843. 8vo. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers.

197, [2] pp.A rare first edition of a work about the history, geography and language of the Marquesas islands.Johann Carl Eduard Buschmann (1805-1880) was a German philologist, who resided in Mexico for a few years to study the indigenous languages of Middle America and was later employed at the Alte Bibliothek in Berlin, where he focused his research on the dialects of Malaysia, Indonesia and Polynesia. His Aperçu includes a short history of the earliest voyages to the Marquesas islands and a comparison of different Polynesian dialects. The second half includes a more detailed look at the Marquesan language.Buschmann worked closely with linguist William Humboldt (1776-1835) and assisted him in his research of the Kawi language of Java, which resulted in a three-volume work. Humboldt passed away before it was finished, so Buschmann wrote and published the final volume alone. He had access to Humboldt's notes and revised them for publication. Humboldt's French-Marquesan vocabulary is part of the Aperçu and makes up the second half. With two labels ("D" and "4") pasted on the front paper wrapper and a manuscript owner's inscription on the title-page ("Gorscalo de Murga(?)"). The paper wrappers are loose, the spine is cracked. Edges somewhat frayed and internally foxed throughout.l O'Reilly and Reitman, Biographie de Tahiti, 5682 and 6139.

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BUTTURA, Antonio.

Sonetti a Bonaparte.Paris, Pierre Didot l’aîné, An VIII [after Floréal, so 1800]. 8vo. Finely printed on vellum. Contemporary long-grained and gold-tooled red goatskin morocco, each board with a frame made from a decorated roll with palm leaves between 2 fine-line fillets, the smooth spine with the title in the 2nd of 6 fields, an acorn with leaves in each of the others, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, light green watered silk endleaves.

[2 blank], [1], [1 blank], [8], [4 blank] pp.The only copy known to have been printed on vellum, probably for presentation to the First Consul and future Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte, of the very rare first and only edition of eight Italian sonnets in praise of Napoléon, the first published work of Antonio Buttura (1770-1832). The sonnets, each occupying one page with four verses of 4, 4, 3 and 3 lines, concern Napoléon's progress in the years 1797 to 1800, primarily his campaigns in Italy but also in Egypt. The book is exquisitely printed by Pierre Didot l'aîné (1761-1853), the greatest printer of his age, using some of the brilliant early types cut by his younger brother Firmin Didot le jeune (1764-1836). At this date they were just beginning to produce their greatest monuments to the neoclassical book arts that were to revolutionize the bibliophile book and bring them international fame.None of the largest present-day collections of books printed on vellum has a copy of the present book on vellum, and we have located only two regular copies, both in Paris.With a small and faint brown patch on an open are of the title-page, but otherwise in fine condition with a crisp impression and generous margins. The binding shows a very small and superficial gouge on the front board, a few minor scratches and minor wear at the hinges and corners, the paper endleaves are browned, slightly affecting the first and last blank vellum leaves and the watered silk endleaves, but the binding is still very good. Eight Italian sonnets in praise of Napoléon, beautifully printed on vellum and finely bound.l KVK & WorldCat (2 copies); Parke Bernet 14-15 May 1946 (property of F.S. Vories and others), lot 115 (the present copy, printed on vellum); not in Cat. des livres imprimés sur vélin; A. Jammes, Les Didots (1998).

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BUXTORF, Johannes.

Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum: complectens omnes voces, tam primas quam derivatas, quae in Sacris Bibliis, Hebraeâ … extant. Accessit Lexicon breve Rabbinico-Philosophicum … Editio quinta, de novo recognita.Basileae, heirs of Ludovicus König, 1645 (dedication signed 17 August 1647). 8vo. With woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum.

[16], 976, [80] pp.Dictionary of Hebrew and Chaldaean words occurring in the scriptures, explained and annotated in Latin, for the use of Christian theologian students, here in an early edition. At the end of the book is a short dictionary of Hebrew words used in the works of Jewish Rabbis, a short warning to the students of the Hebrew language, and an index in Latin.The Hebrew lexicon is one of the most important works of Johannes Buxtorf (1564-1629), one of the greatest Christian Hebraists and a famous professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages at the University of Basel for 39 years, known as the “Master of the Rabbis”. Buxtorf published both a Hebrew textbook and a number of dictionaries, including the present Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum, the most important. This dictionary should not be confused with the Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum, et Rabbinicum, which he left incomplete upon his death in 1629 and which his son completed and published in 1639.The Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum was first published in 1607 under the title Epithome radicum Hebraicum et Chaldaicarum (Basel, Konrad Waldkirch, 1607), but Buxtorf reworked it and brought it out under the present title in 1615. Many editions followed, often enlarged and corrected.With an owner’s inscription on the title-page of the rector of the Gymnasium at Torgau. Front hinge weak, binding somewhat stained and dust-soiled. Some ink stains throughout, but overall in good condition.l Stephen G. Burnett, From Christian Hebraism to Jewish studies: Johannes Buxtorf (1564-1629) (1996), 81 (p. 250); 2181861 (6 copies); cf. E. Kautzsch, Joh. Buxtorf der ältere (1879), pp. 34-36 (other eds.); Rudolf Smend, Vier Epitaphe: die Basler Hebraistenfamilie Buxtorf (2010), p. 10 (other eds.).

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BYE, Marcus de (after Marcus GHEERAERTS).

[Bears].[Amsterdam], Nicolaas I Visscher, 1664. Oblong 4to. 16 engravings (ca. 10.5 x 13.5 cm) depicting bears in various poses. Loose prints.

[16] ll.Complete set of all 16 engravings of Marcus de Bye’s bear print series, depicting bears in various poses, here in its third state. Marcus de Bye (sometimes spelt De Bie or De Bije; 1638/39-1688) was a German painter and engraver known especially for his prints of animals, such as bears, lions, wolves, etc. He produced the present series with engravings of bears after designs by the Flemish (Bruges) painter, printmaker and engraver Marcus Gheeraerts (I) (also known as Marcus Gerards, ca. 1520-1590/91) and is the most extensive De Bye print series recorded by Hollstein, along with with another series of 16 engravings of sheep. The bear series appears here in its third state, printed by Nicolaas I Visscher, identifiable by the "No. 10" that appears below the date in the title of the first print (depicting a bear next to a stone wall).A little frayed and slightly browned along the edges, and with a few spots, but otherwise in good condition. A complete set of 16 engraved prints showing bears.l Bartsch 65; Hollstein IV, 61-76.

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BYLANDT, Henri Adrien Graaf van.

Hondenrassen. Punten, beschrijving, eigenschappen, gebreken, enz. Deventer, Ae.E. Kluwer [colophon: printed by G.J. Thieme, Nijmegen], [dedication dated: September 1904]. 2 volumes. Imperial 4to (33 x 26.5 cm). Richly illustrated with approximately 4100 photos and other illustrations showing more than 300 dog breeds. With a French title-page in both volumes including the same centre-piece illustration of dogs as on the front board. The work includes several extra pages of advertisements etc. Contemporary light blue and white cloth, title and author in gold on front board and spine, with a dark blue illustration of dogs as a centre-piece on the front board and dark blue decorative lines on the spine, head edge gilt, floral decorated endpapers. Each volume in a contemporary slipcase covered with green cloth, grey paste-paper sides.

796, [2 blank], [6]; [1], [1 blank], [3], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 795, [10], [1 blank], XXVIII, [16] pp.Edition in four languages - French, English, German and Dutch - of a famous classic on all breeds of dogs, first published in Dutch in 1894. The first volume treats the breeds of hunting dogs, and the second volume all other breeds of dogs. It is dedicated to His Royal Highness Prince (consort) Henry (Hendrik) of the Netherlands, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876-1934), husband of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.The author, Henri Adrien Count of Bylandt (1860-1943), was a notable cynologist (canine specialist), he was a dog breeder, participant of dog shows, a respected and certified show judge and member of several clubs and associations dedicated to certain dog breeds.With a Dutch inscription on the first free endleaf (vol. 1) in brown ink "Ter herinnering aan de ge-lukkigste dag van U [?] en gegen...enstijdt[?]. 25 Maart 1905. Guus". Occasional light foxing, mainly to the edges of the bookblock and in some of the margins, slipcases somewhat rubbed. Overall in good condition.l For the author: R. Horter, "Graaf van Bylandt ...", in: Onze hond 08 (2010) pp. 26-28.

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[CÁDIZ EXPEDITION].

Relacion verdadera de la extraordinaria tormenta que ha tenido la armade Olandesa, y Inglesa, que estava sobre Dunquerque, y de como los nuestros le tomaron, y destruyeron toda su pescaria, y otros varios successos.Lisbon, Pedro Craesbeeck, 1625. Folio. Not bound.

[3], [1 blank] pp.Rare Spanish propagandistic news publication emphasizing the success of the Spanish fleet against the English and Dutch during the Anglo-Spanish and Eighty Years' War, discussing the heavy losses of the Anglo-Dutch fleet on their way to Cádiz in 1625. In 1624, negotiations for the marriage between Charles, Prince of Wales, son of King James I, and the Spanish infanta Maria, sister of Philip IV, broke down and war broke out because the Spanish court could not accept a marriage as long as Charles refused to convert to Catholicism. In 1625, the English prepared a fleet to sail to Spain, more specifically Cádiz, an important trading port of the Spanish silver fleet. In October 1625, approximately 100 ships, including 15 Dutch warships, sailed for Cádiz. Soon the ships were plagued with difficulties, especially storms. Many ships were left barely seaworthy and it caused major delays. On 1 November 1625 fleet entered the Bay of Cádiz, but in the end, the mission failed.The present publication can be seen as Spanish propaganda presented as "news", emphasizing their victories. While sailing to Cádiz, the Anglo-Dutch fleet came in heavy weather near Dunkirk. The text describes in great detail how ships went down or how they were captured, but also the drowning of many people on board. The present publication in Spanish was printed in Lisbon, in 1625 still under the rule of the Spanish monarchs (the Crown of Portugal was united with the Crowns of Castile and Aragon from 1580 to 1640). It is an outstanding example of the Spanish annus mirabilis, praising the Spanish victories during the wars with England and the Dutch Republic.Edges frayed and slightly browned, with a few spots, the two leaves nearly separated at the fold, some minor foxing and a small jagged tear in the second leaf with minor loss of text. Otherwise in good condition. A rare piece of news and propaganda on the successes of the Spanish fleet against the Dutch and English ships.l Ensayo de bibliografía marítima Española 2467; Palau 257848; Pohler, Bibliotheca Historico-Militaris, p. 246; USTC 5025988 (9 copies); Wilkinson & Lorenzo (eds.), Iberian Books 55774; WorldCat (1 copy? noting no place of publication or publisher’s name).

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CADMAN, John.

The geographical journal. Vol. LXXXIV. No. 3.Beccles, William Clowes & sons, 1934. 4to. With several full-page black and white photographs and maps. Original publisher's blue printed paper wrappers.

X, 201-280 pp.First edition of volume 84, no. 3 of The geographic journal. This volumes includes an interesting article on the exploration and exploitation of oil in the Middle East: Middle East geography in relation to petroleum by Sir John Cadman. In this piece the author describes his pionering search for crude oil in south-western and western Persia and in the eastern regions of Iraq. The exploitation of oil in these area was still in a very early stage by the time of writing. The work is illustrated with a map of the Middle East with oil fields and pipe lines indicated and with photographs of several oil fields.In very good condition.

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CAESARIUS, Johannes.

Dialectica ... nunc recens Hermani Raiani Welsdalii fructuosis scholiis illustrata, & in multis locis emendata. Accessit huic Ioanni Murmelii Isagoge in decem Aristotelis Praedicamentas.Venice, Giovanni Maria Leni, 1579. 8vo. With Leni’s woodcut device on the title-page (a figure holding a set square up to the sun, in a scrollwork cartouche with motto, “In eo qui fecit me omnia possum”) which has the letterpress title “Dialectica” in a woodcut factotum with scrollwork and putti at the head, and woodcut decorated initials. Set in roman and italic type with occasional Greek. Contemporary vellum.

"189" [= 179], [1 blank] ll.Rare edition of a popular school textbook on dialectics (logic) by the important German humanist Johannes Caesarius (Jülich ca. 1468-Weidenbach near Cologne 1550). Here edited and enlarged with notes by his student Hermann Rayanus (Welsdalius) (fl. 1555-1577), also a celebrated German humanist teacher, and with the introduction to Aristotle's rules on rhetoric by Johannes Murmellius (1480-1517), famous Dutch humanist, poet and teacher, author of one of the most popular Latin primers, the Pappa puerorum. These additions appeared in Gabriel Cotier’s 1556 Lyon edition, which others appear to have followed, including Leni’s 1573 and present 1579 editions (both with the present device and factotum). We haven’t seen the 1540 Paris edition by Colines, but we doubt Buisson’s claim that it includes Rayanus’s notes. It quickly joined the earlier and influenced the later standard textbooks on the subject by Rudolph Agricola (1515), Philip Melanchthon (1520) and Petrus Ramus (1543), each of the four approaching a hundred editions in the 16th century. Melanchthon praised Caesarius’s highly in his 1533 Rhetorices elementa and urged all to read it (Bary, pp. 48 & 51, citing Mack for the numbers of editions ranging from 73 to 90, though the actual numbers must be somewhat higher). Caesarius himself revised his text many times up to his death in 1550, notably for the 1526 edition and Colines’s Paris edition of 1537, and his students added to it after his death.Together with Murmellius and Hamelmann he established humanist curricula for both public and private education. Erasmus dedicated his translation of Gaza's Greek grammar to Caesarius. There are some letters to and from Erasmus preserved, but it is obvious that they continued to write to each other as good friends. With early manuscript notes in Latin on blank verso of title and last blank. Slight traces of use, some minor stains, vellum slightly wrinkled, but still in good condition.l Contemporaries of Erasmus I, pp. 238-239; Scardilli et al., Incunaboli e cinquecentine della Biblioteca comunale di Troina 50; USTC 817541; cf. Buisson, Répertoire des ouvrages pédagogiques, p. 103 (similar 1556 Lyon ed.); BMC STC German p. 727 (similar 1559 Cologne ed.); this edition not in Adams; BMC STC Italian; for the author and text: Corien Bary, De Dialectica van Johannes Caesarius (ca. 1468-1550), Dutch master’s thesis, Catholic University Nijmegen, 2004.

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CAILLIAUD, Frédéric and Bernardino DROVETTI.

Voyage a l'Oasis de Thèbes et dans les déserts situés a l'orient et a l'occident de la Thébaïde, fait pendant les années 1815, 1816, 1817 et 1818. Paris, Royal press, 1821. With 24 numbered engraved plates, including 2 engraved maps (1 folding), 1 plate coloured by hand and 1 double-page. With: (2) CAILLIAUD, Frédéric and Bernardino DROVETTI. Voyage a l'Oasis de Syouah … pendant leurs voyages dans cette oasis, en 1819 et en 1820.Paris, Rignoux, 1823. With 20 numbered plates (1 engraved map and 19 lithographed plates). 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Contemporary green goatskin morocco, richly gold-tooled spine.

[2 blank], XVII, [1], 120; [12], 28 pp.Ad 1: first edition of the account of Cailliaud's travels in the Oasis of Thebes and his expedition to locate the ancient emerald mines of the Red Sea coast. Together with an account of Drovetti's discovery of the Oasis of Dakel. The plates include a map of the Eastern Desert ("Déserts fréquentés par les Arabes A'babdeh") and plans and beautiful views of antiquities discovered.Ad 2: after Cailliaud returned to Paris in 1819 he went back to Egypt on an official mission to continue the exploration of Egypt and its monuments in areas where Napoleon's scholars had been unable to penetrate. He set out on a journey to the oasis of Siwa, where he studied the temple of Umm al-Ibeida. Afterwards he joined up with Drovetti, who was part of the Hasan Bey expedition, a military expedition to get control over the inhabitants of Siwa. The plates include a map of the Siwa Desert and plans and beautiful views of antiquities discovered.The journals and notes of Cailliaud and Drovetti were edited and published by Edme-François Jomard.Some foxing, but otherwise in very good condition. Binding also very good.l Howgego, 1800-1850, C1; ad 1: Blackmer 268; cf. Gay 1967 (1822 ed.); Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p. 113 (1822 ed.); not in Atabey; ad 2: Gay 2515; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p. 113.

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CAILLIÉ, René-Auguste.

Dagverhaal eener reize naar Temboektoe, van de westkust af van Afrika, door de binnenlanden, over Jenné, Kabra, Arawan en vele andere opmerkelijke plaatsen, de groote woestijn door, op Tanger... Uit het Fransch overgebragt door Herman van Lil. Haarlem, widow A. Loosjes, 1831. 2 volumes. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece and an engraved author's portrait by D. and A. Veelvaard, and a large folding map (41.5 x 28.5 cm) after E.F. Jomard. Contemporary half cloth.

XVI, 496; [4], 622 [= 582] pp.First Dutch edition of Caillié's travels to Timbuktu. In 1826 the Société de Géographie had offered a reward of 10,000 francs to the first European to visit Timbuktu (and return alive). Caillié, by that time already travelling in Africa, was determined to reach the fabled city. Dressed as a Muslim and well-versed in Arabic, he embarked on his journey in April 1827, reaching Timbuktu on 19 April of the following year. "Caillié was sorely disappointed with what he saw: a dreary, sleepy little town on the edge of the desert ..." (Howgego). Nothing was left of the legendary riches of the city, and the population lived in constant fear of Tuareg attack. Caillié remained in Timbuktu for only two weeks, leaving for Morocco on 4 May. He crossed the Sahara, and after many hardships reached Morocco's Tafilet region on 23 July. By way of Fez, Meknes and Rabat he arrived in Tangier from where he sailed for France.Caillié was preceded Benjamin Rose and by Alexander Gordon Laing in being the first European to enter Timbuktu. Laing, however, was murdered on the way back and Rose's account met with disbelieve. Accordingly, Caillié was rewarded the 10,000 franc prize after his successful return in October 1828. His narrative contains many interesting details on the secluded regions he traversed and the peoples he encountered, without romanticizing his adventures.Fine set.l NCC (6 copies; 1 incomplete); Saalmink, p. 338; cf. Gay, Bibl. de l'Afrique et l'Arabe248 (French edition); Howgego, 1800-1850, C2; not in Tiele, Bibl.

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[CAIRO]. WUTTKE, Carl.

A souk in Cairo.Cairo, 1902. Signed and inscribed "C. Wuttke. Cairo. 1902". Oil on canvas board (20 x 28 cm). Unframed.

Painting of a souk in Cairo, by the German orientalist Carl Wuttke (1849-1927). Paintings such as these were made to be reproduced as picture postcards, an archetypal consumer product from the early 20th century. Postcards, as a convenient alternative to the letter, had first appeared in the 1870s. The simultaneous improvements in photographic and printing techniques, led to the introduction of full-colour postcards in the 1890s. Although photographs were used as a basis for the creation of half-tone blocks, which were then used to print the postcards, well-made paintings such as these by Wuttke, were just as popular. For the numerous visitors to Egypt, picture postcards were a way of "collecting" the visited sights, thereby documenting their travels.Carl Wuttke was one of the most well-travelled artists of his time, visiting Italy, North-Africa, the United states, China and Japan. During his travels, he painted various views in Egypt and China for the Dresden firm of Römmler & Jonas that were subsequently reproduced as picture postcards. Wuttke's quick style, reminiscent of contemporary impressionism, but also of traditional oil sketches, was well suited to that end, giving an even better suggestion of a "snapshot" than contemporary photography.Relined at the back and numbered (on the relining) "94". Varnish yellowed; craquelure in the blue and white sky parts; otherwise in very good condition.l Ludwig, Münchner Maler im 19. Jahrhundert IV, pp. 405-406; cf. Starr, Remembering cosmopolitan Egypt.

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CALL, Jan van; Petrus SCHENCK.

[A series of 15 magnificent color-printed plates of the most impressive Dutch palaces of the Stadtholders: Het Loo (Apeldoorn), Huis ten Bosch (The Hague), Honselaarsdijk (near Naaltwijk) and Sorgvliet (The Hague).]Amsterdam, Petrus Schenck, ca. 1695. 4to (20 x 24.5 cm). 15 (from a series of 25) colour-printed plates (plate size ca. 13 x 17 cm). Loose leaves.

Magnificent and rare colour-printed print series, the second part of the Admirandorum quadruplex spectaculum, published by Schenk ca. 1695.The prints are the result of an early experiment with multi-colour printing using a technique patented by Jan Teyler in Nijmegen, though it had already been used on rare occasions. With this so called “à la poupée” technique, each printing plate is inked in different colours (dabbed onto the plate with a cloth pad or ball) and then printed in multiple colours in a single print run. Since the colours had to be inked again after each run (like a monotype, but using an engraved or etched image), each print is unique, varying slightly in the composition of the colours. The result was a “printed painting” with deep purples, vivid oranges, cool turquoise blues and lush greens, with up to eight colours per impression to enhance perspective in landscapes, represent the volume of objects and record natural colours of birds, flowers and human figures.Colour printing remained rare far into the 19th century, but at the end of the 17th century, several people experimented with various techniques, especially in the Netherlands. In 1688 Johan Teyler (1649-1709), a Dutch painter, engraver and mathematician at Nijmegen, was granted a patent for a colour printing process in a novel manner that involved using different colours of ink at the same time when printing engravings or etchings. Pieter Schenk and Jan van Call knew Teyler from the time they lived also in Nijmegen, where Jan van Call studied mathematics with Teyler, and both Van Call and Teyler were members of the Bentvueghel club of artists in Rome.Some marginal staining, but generally in good condition. Magnificent colour-printed plates of Dutch palaces.l Hollstein 25 (1981), 181; 1440-60. Cf. Van Beers et al., Johannes Teyler: Nederlandse kleurendruk rond 1700; Van Delft, “Admirandorum quadruplex spectaculum”, in: Stijl; Van Eeghen, “Petrus Schenk en zijn ‘Afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam’ ”, in: Amstelodamum, 66 (1974), pp. 117-136; New Hollstein D&F (Johannes Teyler and Dutch Colour Prints), comp. by Ad Stijnman, ed. by Simon Turner, (2017), part III, pp. 182-278; Stijnman, Engraving and etching 1400-2000, pp. 347-355; Stijnman, “Colour printing in intaglio before c. 1700", in: Stijnman & Savage, eds., Printing colour 1400-1700, pp. 43-46; Turner, “Opus typo-chromaticum: the colour prints of Johannes Teyler”, in: Stijnman & Savage, eds., Printing colour 1400-1700, pp. 196-206.

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[CALLOT, Jacques].

[Album with 45 engravings and etchings].[Paris, largely Israel Silvestre and Israel Henriet, ca. 1609-1635]. Large 4to. With 12 smaller and 33 larger engravings and etchings mounted in the album on 39 leaves. 19th-century red morocco in the style of Andrieux, house binder to the Ducs de Orle´ans from 1837 to circa 1870, gold-tooled spine with title in gold, gold-tooled boards, each with a large unidentified monogram ("FGO"?), marbled endpapers.

[39], [1 blank] ll.Album containing a collection of 45 engravings and etching by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), from different series, spanning his whole career. Callot was a French print maker with a remarkable production of 1400 prints and 2000 drawings on various subjects. Although he was born in Nancy in France, he worked in Rome from 1608-1611, in Florence for the Medici family from 1612 to 1621 and then returned to Nancy, where he settled for the rest of his life. He is often considered one of the greatest printmakers of the 17th century, not only because he invented a new type of etching ground and the échoppe (a type of etching-needle), but also because he sometimes combined engraving with etching, allowing him constantly to create subtle gradations of line. His prints were extremely popular and much copied and he influenced generations of European artists, including the great Dutch master Rembrandt and the Italian etcher Stefano della Bella. He produced particularly military or religious illustrations.The present collection includes mainly etchings or engravings on religious subjects. They were mostly (perhaps all, but some are unsigned) printed by Israel Silvestre (1621-1691) and his uncle Israel Henriet (1590-1661). Henriet was not only Callot's best friend, but is also especially known as his publisher, signing most of his plates with "Israel' instead of "Henriet". One of the series in the present album is the Les quatre banquets (The four feasts), including the Marriage at Cana, the Feast of the Pharisees, the Supper at Emmaus and the Last Supper. This series appears here in two states, the first with the prints unnumbered and with the imprint of Israel Silvestre. Other series in the present collection include the Lux Claustri or La Lumière du Cloitre, many plates of the series Les grandes Apôtres and also some prints from a series depicting paintings and sculptures from churches in Rome, for example a statue of Saint Helena. The album also includes the etching and engraving, La massacre des innocents (The Massacre of the Innocents), illustrating the macabre Bible episode, with Herod looking on from the balcony on the left while the street soldiers take the newborns and kill them in front of their mothers. The plate, here in the second state, was engraved while Callot was working in Florence for the Medici family. Two other remarkable prints in this collection demand mention here: an engraving (here in the second state) depicting Judith placing the head of Holofernes on a tray held by an attendant, with the body of Holofernes on a canopied bed; and an etching entitled Les martyrs du Japon (The martyrs of Japan), which is interesting because it documents what was still a recent event. It shows us the crucifixion of twenty-six Christians in Japan in 1597, executed on the order of Emperor Taikosama. The martyrs depicted included several European missionaries. Callot likely made this etching on the occasion of the beatification of the martyrs by Pope Urban VIII in 1627, beautifully showing that he not only depicted historical or Biblical scenes and figures, but also responded to important (Christian) events in his own time.With the armorial bookplate of Moncure Biddle (1882-1956) on the front paste-down. Binding only very slightly worn around the edges, with some minor foxing and some staining in only three plates. Overall in very good condition. A very interesting collection of etchings and engravings, covering most of the highlights of Jacques Callot's work.l Meaume 6 ("La massacre des innocents"), 48-51 ("Le quatre banquets"), 155 ("Les martyrs du Japon"), 234-260 ("Lux Claustri" or "La lumiere du Cloistre").

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CALLOT, Jacques.

Capitayn van de bende. [Amsterdam], Claes Jansz. Visscher, [ca. 1645]. A series of 24 numbered engraved plates by Claes Jansz. Visscher after Jacques Callot (some copied in mirror image), the first with the title on a banner carried by the beggar in plate 1. With: (2) QUAST, Pieter Jansz. T is al verwart-gaeren.[Amsterdam], Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1652. With 24 (of 26) numbered engraved plates, the first with the title at the foot. 2 works in 1 volume. Small folio (26.5 x 19.5 cm). 18th-century paste paper over boards.

24; 1-2, 5-26 (of 26) engr. ll.Ad 1: Only copy located, with the plates in their first state, of a print series depicting beggars and tramps published by Claes Jansz. Visscher after the original ca. 1625 print series by Jacques Callot, Capitano de Baroni. Hollstein notes that the stock list of Claes Jansz. Visscher's son Claes Claesz. Visscher II includes this title, but no copy could be located. The plates apparently descended to Carel Allard (active 1673-1707) for he published it with the plates in a second state, bearing his own name (known only from a copy at Yale University Library). Ad 2: A rare print series of tramps, cripples and beggars, originally engraved by Hondius after designs by the Dutch painter Pieter Jansz, Quast (ca. 1605-1647), first published in 1638 and still bearing that date at the end. The plates are here in their second state, reworked and published by Claes Jansz. Visscher and dated 1652 on the title-plate. Small spot on the title-page of the first work, a few faint stains in the margins, plates also numbered by hand, and lacking plates 3 and 4 of the second work. Very good copies.l Ad 1: Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) XXXVIII, p. 247 ("not traced"); cf. Meaume, Ouvrages De Jacques Callot (1852), 0685-0709 (original series); WorldCat (1 copy of Allard issue); ad 2: Wurzbach II, p. 369; cf. Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) XVII, p. 243, 7-33 (first state); Muller, Historieplaten 2046; not in WorldCat.

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[CALLOT, Jacques, Carel ALLARD & others].

[Collection of 120 engravings by French, Dutch, Italian and German artists].Venice, Paris, [Amsterdam], etc., 1601-1725 (album ca. 1745?), with additions [1788] & [ca. 1790]. 8vo, 4to, etc. (19 x 13 cm). 120 engraved prints, namely 44 from 4 complete print series (1 with a title-print), 57 (including 3 title-prints) from 10 or 11 other series and 19 prints apparently not from any series, by Jacques Callot (1 complete series), Odoardo Fialetti, Herman Weyen, Balthasar Moncornet, Henri Bonnart, Carel Allard (3 complete series), P. Landry and others (see contents, below). Mottled sheepskin (ca. 1745?).

95 ll.A remarkable collection of prints, many very rare, assembled by an unidentified collector ca. 1745 (with about 5 prints added later), with 120 prints by French, Italian, Dutch and German artists such as Odoardo Fialetti, Herman Weyen, Balthasar Moncornet, including 1 complete series by Jacques Callot and 3 by Carel Allard. Items 5, 15, 18 and 22 are complete series.With many contemporary manuscript annotations in French, written in pencil and brown ink. About 25 leaves have been removed from the book, probably including additional prints. The head of a few prints in the Landry landscapes and Allard military scenes (ads 17 & 18) very slightly shaved at the head, with only about 1 mm of the sky or tree tops lost, a small scuff on one scene and some small stains in some prints of the Bonnet circus series, affecting only the border of one print, but most prints remain in good condition. With chips and cracks at the head of the spine and a few other superficial cracks, hinges worn, and board slightly scuffed, but nearly all of the tooling remains clear. A ca. 1745 collection of 120 prints, many very rare.Contents:(1) (on front paste-down): LE CLERE. Ascension. Paris, Jean-Baptist Derbois, [ca. 1745?].(2) (on first free endleaf): [ANONYMOUS]. Sternwarte zu Paris|l'Observatoire à Paris.[Paris, before 1667?]. (3) (1v): ERTINGER, Franz. [Last Judgement]. [Paris?, ca. 1690?]. (4) (2-11): FIALETTI, Odoardo. Scherzi d'amore. Al magnanimo ... Baron Roos. Venice, 1618. (5) (12-36): CALLOT, Jacques. Capitano de Baroni. [Paris]. (6) (37-41): CALLOT, Jacques. Balli di Sfessania. [Paris?, ca. 1660?]. (7) (42r): [ANONYMOUS]. [Tomb of a soldier].Paris, Jacques Chéreau, [ca. 1720?]. (8) (43r): [ANONYMOUS]. Portrait de Madame Quilira. Ha voila mon portrait. [Paris, ca. 1720?].(9) (44r, 46r, 47r, 48r, 49r, 50r, 51r, 52r): MONCORNET, Balthasar, [and Herman WEYEN?]. [Passion and martyrdom scenes]. [Paris, ca. 1640/60?]. (10) (45r): CALLOT Jacques. [Road to Calvary with Veronica kneeling]. [Paris, ca. 1640/60?]. (11) (46v, 47v, 48v): WEYEN, Herman. [3 landscapes with scenes from the New Testament]. [Paris,[ca. 1660?]. (12) (53r-64r): BONNART, Henri. [12 views of Dutch and English circus acrobats jumping, vaulting and walking a tightrope]. (13) (54v): [ANONYMOUS]. [Dramatic scene in a church with an apparent victim of a sword fight].(14) (62v): BERCHEM, Nicolas. Animalia ad vivum delineata at aqua forti aeri impressa studio et arte Nicolai Berchemii. [Amsterdam?, ca. 1660?]. (15). (65r-71r): ALLARD, Carel. [The seven vices]. [Amsterdam], Carl Allard, [ca. 1690?]. (16) (71v-75v): [ANONYMOUS]. [Scenes in which several European kings and emperors play a role]. [France?, ca. 1725?].(17) (72r-75r): LANDRY, Pierre, after "E.B.". [French (or Italian) landscapes].[Paris]. (18) (76-78 and 88v): ALLARD, Carel. [4 Military scenes: army marching, in battle and in encampment]. [Amsterdam], Carl Allard, [ca. 1690?]. (19) (79-83, 85): WEIJER, D.G. [Landscapes with a theme of love]. Nürnberg, Heinrich Ulrich, 1601.(20) (84r): [ANONYMOUS]. [Landscape with the ruins of a castle].(21) (81v-83v): [ANONYMOUS]. [Scenes from a chivalrous story]. [Amsterdam & Paris, Nyon aîné & fils, 1788].(22) (86-93): ALLARD, Carel. Venationes piscationis et aucupii typi. [Amsterdam], Carl Allard, [ca. 1690?].(23) (86v): [ANONYMOUS]. [Military messenger with horse, bringing a message to an officer]. [France?, ca. 1790?]. (24) (89v): CLERC, S. le. [Landscape].(25) (90v): [ANONYMOUS]. Les songes du sage tradruit[!]. [Paris, 1664].(26) (94r-95r): [ANONYMOUS]. [Miscellaneous engravings]. 1725. Detailed description on request

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