Low Countries
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[Wallpaper]
A collection of ten rolls of wallpaper, mainly borders, in late Jugendstil or early Art Deco "Amsterdamse School" style.
The Netherlands, unknown firm, ca. 1910. Various sizes. Height between 10 and 32 centimetres; five rolls, each with a length of more than 5 metres (547, 618, 621, 690 and 695 cm). Colour-printed and pochoir, some with additional hand-colouring.
Read more[Houttuyn, M.]
Afbeelding der houten, [eerste,] tweede uitgave; van 6 naar 't leven gekleurde plaaten...
Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1773. Folio (30.5 x 23.5 cm). Five title pages and five prefaces (in Dutch, German, English, French, and Latin); vi pp.; 12 engraved and finely hand-coloured plates. Original printed wrapper (to second part).
Read moreMarot, D.
Amsterdamse kermis vertonende de Burgery in de Wapenen sig presenteerende aan de Groot Agtb. Heer en Burgemeesteren - Foire d'Amsterdam represantens les Burgois sous les Armes saluans nos Seigneur les Burgermeesters.
Amsterdam. J. Gole, 1686. Very large broadside (69.0 x 100.0 cm) consisting of two, vertically combined, sheets. Large, very detailed engraving. Printed surface 65.0 x 93.0 cm.
Read more[Société royale de Botanique de Belgique]
Bulletins de la Société royale de Botanique de Belgique. Volumes 1 - 25. [Bulletin].
Bruxelles, M. Hayez [later: the Société itself], 1862-1881. 25 volumes in 25. 8vo (21.2 x 13.6 cm). Over 10,000 pp.; numerous plates of which several tinted or coloured. Uniform late 19th-century pebbled cloth; spines with black morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
Read moreKrauss, J. C.
Colutea arborescens (Bladder-senna) [from: Afbeeldingen der fraaiste, meest uitheemsche boomen en heesters die tot versiering van Engelse bosschen en tuinen, op onzen grond kunnen geplant en gekweekt worden].
Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1802. Folio (visible surface 28.2 x 22.0 cm). Mounted in a fine, elegant, early 20th-century gilt-ornamented frame (57.1 x 49.7 cm).
Read moreRees, W. A. Van
De Bandjermasinsche Krijg van 1859-1863. Nader toegelicht.
Arnhem, D. A. Thieme, 1867. 8vo (21.9 x 13.5 cm). Very large, triple-folded chromolithographed plate (as frontispiece); engraved, folded map; and very large, quadruple-folded engraved plate of a Kotta Mara (wooden warship), Title page, 139 pp. Contemporary pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and number.
Read moreAdriani, N. and A. C. Kruyt
De Bare'e sprekende Toradjas van Midden-Celebes. [Complete, in four volumes].
Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, 1912-1914. In four volumes. Text in three octavo volumes (26.5 x 18.0 cm) [AND] atlas in folio portfolio (37.0 x 26.5 cm). 1,636 pp.; 58 photographs on 26 sheets, 13 coloured plates of which seven partly in full colour, and four coloured folding maps (two showing adjacent regions). Original uniform quarter cloth over printed boards.
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