349
(1542-1626). Mark on title. Libr. ticket and stamp.
Ref.
Merland (Rigaud) 228. Arbour 6644. DBS
VI c. 1012 nr. 5. Not in BnF, BL, Matagne (Namur). (2 vol.)
1373 [Netherlands]
-
Four pamphlets on Dutch foreign politics and events
, 4to, mod. half leather or
cloth. In good condition.
€
120/200
Winterpraatje voorgevallen in een treffelijke herberge
in den Hage (…) handelende van den
Ooorlog [!] inde Zont, van zyijn Exellentie, den Heere Baron van Wassenaar (…) van den Admiraal
de Ruiter. The Hague, [s.n.], 1660. [24] ff. Gothic type. Eyewitness’ defense of Wassenaar’s actions
in Scandinavia. With a Dutch poem ‘Bato redivivus’.
Ref.
Knuttel 8292. -
De Geest van Jan de
Wit
, aen den Heer van Beverningh. [S.l., s.n., 1672]. [2] ff. Dutch verses against Beverningh’s
changed loyalty.
Ref.
Knuttel 10454. -
Haec libertatis ergo.
Of Brandmerk van de Stadhouderlike
regering. “Gedrukt in Vrystad, by Waarmond Staet-Vorst” [Netherlands, s.n., 1704], 14-[2] pp.
Dutch verses against the Stadholder, signed “H.S.E.”.
Ref.
Knuttel 15137. -
De voornaamste
levensbyzonderheden van Pieter Brakel
, boomkweeker te Boskoop, thans gevangene op de
Voorpoorte van den Hove van Holland. Amsterdam [etc.], Conradi [etc.], [1782]. [2]-15-[1] pp.
On Brakel’s supposed part in a planned English invasion in Zeeland during the Anglo-Dutch War
(1780-1784).
Ref.
Knuttel 20023.
1374 [Nobility]
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MIRAEUS, Aubertus
- Origines equestrium sive militarium ordinum libri duo.
Antwerp, D. Martinius, 1609, 4to, mod. wr., [8]-46-[2] pp. (paper age-toned). Very nice wide-
margined copy.
€
140/180
Rare treatise on knighthood by the Brabant historian Miraeus (1573-1640), written on occasion
of the marriage of Marquis Spinola. The text also appeared in French. Woodcut on title.
Ref.
De
Ridder XVIII. Simoni (BL) L-67. STCV.
1375 [Numismatics]
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FOY-VAILLANT, Jean
- Seleucidarum imperium, sive Historia regum Syriae
ad fidem numismatum accomodata. Paris, L. Billaine, 1681, 4to, cont. vellumcovered boards (front
joint starting to split at top), spine on 5 raised bands with gilt label, red marbled edges, [24]-463-[1]
pp. (paper age-toned). Good copy.
€
250/400
1st ed.
of this numismatic classic of Foy-Vaillant (1632-1708), giving a detailed numismatic history
of the 27 emperors of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire in the Near East (312-63 B.C.). Engr. titel and
138 engravings
in text.
Ref.
Dekesel F-50. Goldsmith (BL) F-444.
1376 [Numismatics]
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PATTIN, Charles
- Imperatorum Romanorum numismata ex aere mediae et
minimae formae. Paris, Wid. Cramoisy, 1696, folio, cont. calf (rubbed, some def. expertly repaired),
richly gilt spine on 6 raised bands with gilt label, sp. edges, mod. marbled endpapers, [28]-432-[2]
pp. (some quires browned, sm. tears in margin of pp. 369-370 and of Pl. facing p. 124 & 228). Very
good copy.
€
350/500
Major numismatic work on the Roman Emperors by Ch. Pattin (1633-1693). Engr. front. Large
engr. on title. 2 folding engr. maps (Mediterranean). Full-page engr. portrait, 7 sm. engr. in the text
and 6 full page engr. Title in red & black.
Ref.
Dekesel P-71. Goldsmith (BL) P-646.
1377 [Ottoman Empire - Islam]
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RYCAUT, Paul
- Histoire de l’état présent de l’empire Ottoman:
contenant les maximes politiques des Turcs (...). Amsterdam, A. Wolfgang, 1678, 12mo, cont.
polished calf (corners sl. bumped), spine on 4 raised bands (rubbed), 498-[6] pp. (sm. hole in lower
border of pl. p. 110 touching the description). Good copy.
€
200/250
Corr. enl. ed. of this important work on the Ottoman Empire translated by P. Briot. The work is
mainly based on Rycaut’s (1628-1700) personal experiences during his secretaryship to the British
Ambassador in Constantinople from 1661 to 1667 (then appointed consul at Smyrna). Frontisp. and
18
(mostly fold.)
pl. depicting Turkish costumes
. Ms. dedication to “Chevalier J. B. De Goethem”.
Ref.
STCN (4). Graesse. Cp. Atabey 1069. Lipperheide 1408, Willems 1872 (all Amsterdam 1670).
