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A very rare Dutch miniature terrestrial globe with a diameter of 2,5 inches / 6 cm. 2 legends are inscribed and seen. One is in the Pacific Ocean in a small cartouche: t’AMSTERDAM / Excudit / Iohannes Deur. The second is in the Indian Ocean: I. Deur Fecit. There are only three recorded examples of [...]
(1, engraving) 186 (2) p. Contemporary Leather with gold, 8°. Fine presentation copy to the Queen of Spain. Second Spanish edition by Mariano Cabrerizo, of Goëthe’s Hermann and Dorothea. Provenance: María Cristina de Borbon, Queen of Spain. Engraved ex libris on front endpaper and gilt supralibris on both covers.
(titelprent, 22) 620 (12) p. Opnieuw gebonden half oud Perkament, 8°. Stichtelijke en ontdekkende verhandeling van de puritein Daniel Dyke, overleden in 1614 en de broer van Jeremiah Dyke (1584-1639). Uitgave in quarto, dus met een grotere letter dan de duodecimo editie. Keurig exemplaar, Laatste pagina in kopie op oud papier.
352, 384 p. 8°. Swedish Lutheran hymnal Multipainted and gold embossed vellum binding. The central field with: “With God and with You I will be married” is set within a heart.
Miniature terrestrial globe with a diameter of 2 inches / 5 cm. In a turned and stained beech two-section case, 10 cm. high. (With small damages to Africa, Asia, and Australia).
(LXIV) 174 p. 12°. Silver binding, probably Dutch 17th century. 8.5 x 5.5 cm. Fine and small silver binding, embossed with classical acanthus.
(368) p. Opnieuw gebonden in 17e eeuws Perkamenten band, 8° De laatst verschenen uitgave van dit psalterium, in de volksmond ‘Souter Liedekens’ genoemd. Deze Souter Liedekens zijn verzameld en samengesteld door Jonkheer Willem van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Heer van Berg-ambacht. Hij is de eerste geweest, die Davids psalmen in Nederlandse rijm heeft gezet, op de [...]
247 p. 8°. Fine red morocco binding, hand-coloured, gilt-edged, and gauffered text block. Rare binding with colorful, painted, and punched gilt edges on all sides from the collection of Hans (Jean) Fürstenberg, 1890-1982. He was a Franco-German banker and book collector.
Miniature terrestrial globe with a diameter of 1,5 inches / 3,8 cm. This lovely miniature terrestrial globe consists of twelve copper engraved, hand coloured gores over a plaster and papier-mache base. The gores are varnished. The colouring is both subtle and original. The simple title is found in the North Pacific Ocean. Two metal pinions [...]
Maker’s mark at the bottom of the silver case: CS PS “Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Hollings Shepherd. Floral open-worked cassette with two figures and a silver ring. H. 9 x W. 3,5 x D. 1,5 cm. Contents a Common Prayer book, London 1889.
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