(double-page engraved titlepage), 4 p., 20 double page maps, Contemporary half Leather, large Folio 64 x 47 x 2,5 cm. (Binding rubbed and corner-tips and bottom spine-end worn. Some slight foxing throughout, mostly on verso of the engravings and some browning in the margins. The major cartographic work of Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826). The German [...]
Rare pocket globe with a diameter of 7 cm. held in the publisher’s shagreen case with two metal clasps. The globe consisting of 12 hand-coloured engraved gores and 2 polar caps, the top and bottom of the case each lined with 12 hand-coloured engraved half gores and a polar cap depicting the celestial hemisphere. The [...]
(engraved titlepage, 19) 302, (2) 134, (12) 164 (2) 66 folia. Contemporary gold-stamped Leather with 8 raised bands, 8 corner-pieces and 2 clasps, richly decorated with gold and gilt-edged text block, Folio H. 45,5 x L. 28 x W. 11 cm. (The spine-ends are somewhat split, bottom spine is worn and the top spine is [...]
(engraved allegorical titlepage) 32 double folio maps, Contemporary half Leather with marbled paper boards, large Folio 53 x 41,5 x 3 cm. (The binding is slightly worn near the edges, the bottom spine-end and the leather corner-tips have been restored. The central coat of arms on the titlepage has been painted over in red so [...]
A pair of rare Valk table globes published by Gerard and Leonard Valk at Amsterdam in 1750 and 1700. The Dutch globe makers Gerard Valk (1652-1726) and his son Leonard Valk (1675-1746) were the only significant publishers of globes in the Netherlands in the eighteenth century. The design of their globes was completely new and [...]
(4) 355, (4) 427 (1), (8) 366 (14), (4) 142 (8), 33 p. Contemporary Tortoiseshell binding, with 2 golden clasps, golden hinges, 28 decorative golden nails and gilt-edged text block, 8° H. 13 x L. 9 x W. 5 cm. (The final piece of the top clasp has been forged anew. The inner side of [...]
(engraved frontispiece) n.p., (4) 68 p. Contemporary Tortoiseshell binding, with 2 golden clasps, 4 golden hinges and gilt-edged text block, 8-12° H. 14 x L. 8 x W. 3 cm. (Slightly loose in the binding. Lacks the forms behind the psalmes. Dutch church book containing the States Translation of the New Testament, the Psalms -with [...]
(engraved titlepage, 22) 332, (2) 144, (2) 169 (12), (3) 61 folia. Contemporary blind-stamped Leather with 6 raised bands, 8 corner-pieces and 2 clasps, Folio H. 42 x L. 27 x W. 12,5 cm. (The spine-ends are restored, the borders of the binding are slightly worn, some of the nails that attach the catches are [...]
(gegraveerde titelpagina, 7) 220, 160, 96, (40) fol., 46 p. Origineel groen linnen met 8 hoeken, 2 centrale ornamenten, 2 kettingklampen plus ketting en 2 sloten, goud-op-snede en geciseleerd boekblok, 8° (Onder- en bovenkant rug gerestaureerd, het linnen van de band is wat verweerd en sleets, boekblok plaatselijk gebruind in de marges. Klampen en schanieren [...]
