TASSIN, CHRISTOPHE

Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France, Ensemble les Cartes generales de chacune Province:& les particulieres de chaque Gouvernement d icelles.

Paris, Sebastien Cramoisy, 1634. 16 cm, Leather binding. Engravings. Conditie: Good, Beautiful 18th century vellum binding wilt finely executed gilt decorations. Oblong size (16 x 20 cm). Top edge of pages gilt. Later end papers. Some wear to binding. Some waterstains along the edge at the start of the book, corner of page 29/30 missing, not affecting text. Short inscription on page aii ("... third book from Rotterdam 1748 ..."). Two ex libris plates. Some small spots as to be expected for a book of this age. With 199 plates/plans and views. Missing three plates from the last part but with two additional plates added to the second part. First volume (of two). With two folding plates. Each part (Picardie, Champagne, Lorraine, Bretagne, Normandy, l'isle de France and Brie) starts with a titlepage followed by a page describing the contents. Sometimes these two pages are included in the page of contents. The 199 plates/plans/views mentioned are the actual number (not counting the title pages or pages with contents). The first plate (folding plate of France) of the first part is bound prior to the title page. Plate with a view of Paris is also folding. Reverse sides of plans/maps/views blank. Rare first pocket edition of an atlas about France. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 7695

THARAUD, JÉRÔME; THARAUD, JEAN

L'An Prochain a Jérusalem! - Un Royaume de Dieu - Marrakech ou les Seigneurs de l'Atlas - Fez ou les Bourgeois de l'Islam

Paris, Plon, 1933. 20,5 cm, Leather binding. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, Vellum op rug. Letters in goudopdruk op rug. Originele covers mee ingebonden. Bovenzijde bladzijden goud op snede. Uitgegeven in een gelimiteerde oplage van 2450 exemplaren gedrukt op vélin Aussedat (waarvan 30 hors commerce), dit is nummer 597 (ieder deel genummerd). Ieder deel met 12 kleurengravures. L?An Prochain a Jérusalem! 200, (5) blz. 12 kleurengravures door Manuel Orazi. Un Royaume de Dieu. 207, (4) blz. 12 kleurengravures door Manuel Orazi. Marrakech ou les Seigneurs de l?Atlas. 237, (4) blz. 12 kleurengravures door A. Mammeri. Fez ou les Bourgeois de l?Islam. 243, (4) blz. 12 kleurengravures door Pierre Brissaud. Slijtageplekjes banden, boeken in goede staat voor leeftijd (laatste titel bladzijden deels nog niet opengesneden). Boeken compleet. Referentienummer 11439.

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Book number: 11439

TREMEARNE, MAJOR A.J.N.

The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria. An account of an official s seven years experiences in the Norther Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a description of the manners, habits, and customs of the native tribes

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912, 1st edition. Hardcover. 341+(1)+(10)+16 pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Very good, First edition. Blindstamp on titlepage with the text Presentation Copy. With illustrations and foldout map. With index. Slight wear to bindinging, some foxing. Top edge of pages gilt, binding decorated with gilt letters and illustration.

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Book number: 6546

Tschaikowsky

Romeo and Juliet. Album for Piano. Album f?r Klavier

Budapest, Edition Musica, 1964. 29,5 cm, Leather binding. 112, (4) pp. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Very good, Ingebonden in een zeer fraaie leren band met ingelegd leer. Op voorplat een toetsenboord van een piano in ingelegd wit leerop een zwartleren ondergrond met daarboven sterren in goudopdruk. Op rug titel in blinddruk en ingelegd wit leer en goudopdruk. Op achterzijde veranderd het toetsenbord in een tegelpatroon in perspectief in ingelegd leer en goudopdruk met daarboven een portret in silhouet van Romeo en Juliet met een bruine achtergrond. Originele covers (voor en achterkant) mee ingebonden. Frontcover en vier platen buiten de tekst door J. Kass met witte lijnen op een zwarte ondergrond met wat accenten in diverse kleuren. Bladzijden goud op snede. Met een speciaal op maat gemaakte doos welke voorzien is van de titel in goudopdruk en aan de binnenkant bedekt is met rood vilt. Achterkant originele ingebonden kaft iets smoezelig, minieme slijtageplekjes band, band en inhoud voor leeftijd nog zeer goed. Linnen doos aan achterzijde rug deels gespleten maar verder nog goed.Uitzonderlijk fraaie band met bladmuziek en voorzien van fraaie illustraties door J. Kass. Echt een bibliofiele uitgave. Geen naam van boekbinder kunnen ontdekken maar een band van niveau. Stunning binding, contains sheetmusic. More photos available upon requess.

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Book number: 8522

Ullman, Manfred

Worterbuch der Klassischen Arabischen Sprache. Band I; Band II,1; Band II,2; Band II,3

Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz, 1973-2000. 30 cm, Hardcover (cloth). No images. Conditie: Very good, 1970, 1983, 1991, 2000. Formaat circa 30 cm, gewicht ongeveer 8,2 kg. In goede staat. Heavy set.

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Book number: 11170

UZANNE, OCTAVE

La Chronique Scandaleuse

Paris, A. Quantin, 1879. 27 cm, Three quarter leather binding. xiv, (2), 325, (2) pp. Engravings. Conditie: Very good, Bound with calf leather on spine and corners, beautiful paper on boards. Five raised bands on spine. Top edge of pages gilt. End papers with the same paper used on the boards. Large beautiful ex libris (Konrad Meissner). Etching or Engraving by A. Lalauze. Title page printed in black and red and with a vignet. Preface with illustration at the top of the page. Smaller illustrations at the start and end of the different parts. First capital letter of these part illustrated. Binding with little wear, contents with some foxing but still good. Original cover bound in. Very nice binding. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 10540

VAN DER HORST, TILEMAN; POLLEY, JACOB

Theatrum Machinarum Universale: of Keurige Verzameling van verscheide grote en zeer fraaie Waterwerken, Schutsluizen, Waterkeringen, Ophaal- en Draaibruggen - 1736-1737

Amsterdam, Petrus Schenk, 1736. 54 cm, Leather binding. (10), 14, (25 platen),(4), 12, (30 platen). Engravings. Conditie: Good, Full leather (calf) binding (rebacked preserving old spine), binding a little rubbed and bumped. With half titles, title pages (printed in red and black). Part one (published 1736) with two leaves with engraved dedication (including coats-of arms), not showing on digitised copies. A little light spotting and staining, mainly to the text. Contents good. With 47 double paged or folding plates (more than double-paged), all numbered (the eight folding plates numbered as 2 plates, so 55 numbered engravings). Rare first edition. Large paper copy. .

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Book number: 10559

VERLAINE, PAUL

Oeuvres completes - set of eight volumes (8)

Paris, Librairie de France, 1931. 24,5 cm, Hardcover. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, Set of 8 volumes. Marbled boards with brown leather title shield on spines. Original covers bound in. Printed in a limited number of 1500 sets, this is number 273. Original prospectus added to the first volume. Beautiful plates in colour and black and white by Berthold Mahn. Some volumes with a slight waterstain to the bottom of the pages, otherwise still very good. Heavy set (more than 8 kgs). Rare as complete set.

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Book number: 7669

VERLAINE, PAUL

Poemes Saturniens - Binding Jacques Weckesser #44/50 sur Japon

Paris, Albert Messein, 1914. 25,5 cm, Hardcover. 152 pp. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, Bound in full green/grey morocco by Jacques Weckesser (signed in gilt on turn-in and dated 1919). Gilt lettering on spine. A small stain to spine and a light stain at the lower board. With slipcase (shows wear). Beautiful binding. Marbled endpapers. Topedge of pages gilt. Contents in very good condition. This book is one of only 50 copies printed on Japon (in total there were 550 printed: 500 sur Velin and 50 sur Japon). With an extra suite in green-white of the colour illustrations. Illustrations by H. Bouche-Leclercq. Rare copy of the edition printed on Japon.

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Book number: 7668

VERTEUIL, L.A.A.

Trinidad. Its Geography, Natural Resources, Administation, Present Condition, and Prospects

London, Paris & New York, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1884, 2nd edition. 23 cm, Hardcover (cloth). xi, 484, (8) pp. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, Gilt letters on spine. Some wear to binding. With large folding map in colour. Map with two tears, one on de right side to within the printed border but not touching the image, the other neatly on the fold (vertical) to within the image (easy to repair). Name in pencil on titlepage, a few other remarks elsewhere with pencil. A little foxing as expected, otherwise good. . Extensive study about this island just of the coast of Venezuela. Subjects are, amongst others, nature, climate, population, industry, agriculture, etc. Rare edition.

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Book number: 10383

VISSER, M.W. DE

The Dragon in China and Japan

Amsterdam, Johannes Müller, 1913. Hardcover (cloth back). xii, 242, (1) pp. No images. Conditie: Very good, Linnen on spine and corners, marbled boards. Gilt letters on spine a little faded. Ex Libris stamp on half tittle page. Contents with a little foxing and a few remarks with pencil. Pages yellowed. Still in good or better condition considering its age. Rare original 1913 edition (no reprint). More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 10484

VOETIUS, GIJSBERTUS

Nader Openinge van eenige stucken in de Cartesiaensche Philosophie Raeckende de H. Theologie, door Suetonius Tranquillus

Leyden, Cornelis Banheining, 1656. Paperback. 16 pp. No images. Conditie: Fair, Later wrappers (with on the inside of the back wrapper a title page of a later work published in 1881 in Leuven: Analectes pour servir a l'histoire ecclésiastiques de la Belgique). Author and year of publication in ink on front warpper, another inscription with red pencil on front wrapper. On title page some stamps (ex libris R.D.-E. Gelin and another one), and an inscription with red pencil. On last page another stamp. Waterstain in lower corner. Title page lacks part of top corner without loss of text. Small hole in tite page affecting first letter of author's name. Some dog-ears (folded corners). On title page printer's device with the text Haec Libertatis ergo. Bannheining was active between 1647 and 1657. First letter decorated, printed in a variety of fonts. Rare publication. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 5522

WARD, JOHN M.

British Policy in the South Pacific 1786-1893

Sydney Wellington London, Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1948. Different, met stofomslag. xii+364 pp. No images. Conditie: Good, Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket lacks a small portion . A Study in British policy towards the South Pacific islands prior to the establishment of Governments by the Great Powers.

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Book number: 7119

WHITEHOUSE, DAVID

Excavations at Siraf. Fifth Interim Report. Reprinted from IRAN, Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. Volume X

n.p., n.p., 1972. Paperback. Black & White images. Conditie: Fair, Pages 63 to 87 followed by 12 unpaginated pages containing illustrations. Text has several large illustrations of groundplans. Tear in cover, staples rusty. Short inscription on cover. Siraf was a Persian city situated at the Persian Gulf and a majar trade hub.

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Book number: 8444

Wilczynski, K.

Der Untergang der Stadt Sandschuh. Eine Senfonie in Rot Nr 2/110 ex SIGNED

Berlin, Pfeil Verlag, 1920. 34 cm, Hardcover (cloth back). 48 pp. Lithographs. Conditie: Good, Some wear to cover, some slight red spots to the lower part of the rear of the binding, contents with some foxing, otherwise still good for a book well over a century old. With 10 original lithographs which were hand coloured by the artist Jupp Wiertz, ample margins. Lithographs not included in the pagination and blank on the reverse side. Limited to 110 copies, this being numbered 2 and signed by both the author and artist. More photos available upon request.

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Book number: 10191