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[Alkemade, C. Van]
Verissimae Imagines Comitum Hollandiae delineatae juxta vetustissimas picturas, in coenobio Carmelitano Harlemensi repertas. Accedit & Effigies Nob[ili]mi. Gerardi à Velsen. Waare Afbeeldingen van de Hollandse Graaven en Gravinnen, nevens de Afbeelding van Hr. Geraard van Velsen, en de Graf-kist van Graaf Floris, geschetst naa de Aaloude Schilderijen, gevonden van ouds in het Karmeliten Klooster, tot Haarlem.
[Leiden, Johannes de Vivie and Izaak Severinus, 1699]. Folio (33.9 x 22.0 cm). Letterpress title, Herault's poem, frontispiece engraving of a herault with index on verso; thirty-four engraved plates (one double-sized). Contemporary limp red-died and blind-stamped vellum, with large floral vignettes on front and rear board.
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[Bindings] Escher, M. C. [Bool, F. H., et al.]
Leven en Werk van M. C. Escher. Met een volledig geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn werk. [Unique copy in "Escher" binding].
Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 1981 [1988]. Large 4to (29.5 x 23.8 cm). 351 pp.; numerous illustrations, including several in full colour. 20th-century patterned full red morocco with gilt-bordered green inlays and additional black inlets, after Escher's Felicitas 1954 Eugène & Willy Trens (Bool 383). Iridescent green endpapers. All edges gilt. In matching clamshell box (33.1 x 26.5 x 4.5 cm). Spine with gilt double border and green title; front (top) board with green, gilt-bordered bird (also after Bool 383). An original copy of Bool 383 mounted on the front pastedown.
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[Book binding]
Extracten uit de Resolutien van de edele mogende Heeren Raaden van Staate der Vereenigde Nederlanden.
Haarlem, Johannes Enschedé [for the Raadt van Staate der Vereenigde Nederlanden], [1578] 1778. Folio (32.5 x 22.0 cm) [33.0 x 22.6 cm]. [vi], [66], [i] pp. Contemporary, probably original mottled burgundy morocco. Spine with six raised, gilt-rolled bands; compartments with gilt floral corner pices and central vignette. Boards with intricate gilt floral borders, gilt dentelles and gilt vignette of the Dutch lion. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
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Brown, E.
[Wunderkammer - Giant Library] Durch Niederland, Teutschland, Hungarn, Serbien, Bulgarien, Macedonien, Thessalien, Oesterreich, Steirmarck, Kärnthen, Carniolen, Friaul, &c. gethane ganz sonderbare Reisen...
Nürnberg, Johann Ziegler, 1685. 4to (20.3 x 16.5 cm). Engraved title, letterpress title in black and red; [viii], 334, [xii] pp.; 18 engraved plates, of which several larger, folding. Later blind vellum.
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Bylandt, H. A. Graaf van [Bijlandt]
Rashonden album.
Deventer, A. Kluwer, [1904]. Oblong folio (23.9 x 32.0 cm). Title page, [ii] pp., 250 photographic or engraved plates. Original pictorial full colour cloth with bevelled edges. Spine with title in gilt, red, green and gilt bands. Gilt floral endpapers.
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Bylandt, H. A. Graaf van [Bijlandt]
Raspunten-boek van de Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Liefhebbers en Fokkers van Rashonden "Cynophilia" [OR] Raspuntenboek van de meest bekende hondenrassen.
Maarssen, Cynophilia, [1894]. 4to (29.2 x 22.3 cm). 437 [404, 26, 7] pp.; over 400 illustrations. Contemporary red grained morocco over cushioned boards. Presentation copy with gilt title and initials on the front board. Gilt floral endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Original pictorial wrappers bound in.
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Driessen, A. [Jan Sluyters]
Bonbondoos. [Candy Box].
[Rotterdam], A. Driessen, ca. 1910. Cardboard box with lid (27.8 x 20.5 x 4.5 cm). Gilt edges, marbled sides; original chromolithograph after a gouache and colour crayon drawing mounted on front (top) board. Round, gilt vignette pasted on rear (bottom) board.
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Elchers, P. (Ed.)
Papier 1-125.
Groningen, P. Elchers, 2007. Five volumes, Oblong folio (22.0 x 27.5 cm); each volume containing a separate title page with the artist's name, short biography of the artist (1 p.), and a description (recipe) of each of the paper samples (on two leaves, versos blank); and 25 paper samples. Original uniform white cloth with manuscript title (handwritten, apparently by the artists) on front covers; and matching original white cloth slipcase (23.3 x 21.7 x 28.4 cm).
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Escher, M. C.
Escher Adventures in Perception. [With handwritten letter by Maurits Escher to Han van Gelder, who produced an Oscar-nominated film about the artist and his work].
Laren, the artist, 1970. Handwritten letter in black pen, dated "Laren, 27-XII-'70", written on a folded postcard featuring Escher's "Cycle", produced in 1970 by The Vorpal Galleries in San Francisco, CA.
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Escher, M. C.
M. C. Escher 16 facsimile prints. With an introduction by J. L. Locher, former Director of the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague.
Baarn, The Escher Foundation, 2008. 16 prints, matching the original prints in shape, enlarged by 10%, all on separate sheets measuring 55.0 x 65.0 cm) and an introduction of 16 pp., and 4 pp. review (both 34.0 x 45.0 cm). In original full cloth dropbox (67.0 x 57.0 x 3.0 cm) with printed label on the front board and printed title on the spine.
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Escher, M. C.
Vissen. [In: De Tekens van de Dierenriem - limited edition, with extra letter and invitations to exhibitions of the artwork].
Amsterdam, De Grafische, 1963. Square 4to (20.4 x 20.5 cm). Title page; 36 pp., all with blank versos. Original pictorial soft cover (Lumbeck binding). Printed invitations tipped in.
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Girardin, J. [P. L.] [Moorsel, F. H. van, translator]
Toegepaste scheikunde naar J. Girardin. Voor Nederland bewerkt door F. H. van Moorsel. (Met 30 afbeeldingen). [AND] Algemeene scheikunde door J. Girardin. Voor Nederland bewerkt door F. H. van Moorsel.
Amsterdam, Weytingh & Van der Haart, 1855. 8vo (19.2 x 11.8 cm). 78 pp.; 30 text engravings [AND] 86 pp.; 25 text engravings. Slightly later pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Paper label with handwritten title on the spine.
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Groen, J. van der and P. Nylandt
Het vermakelyk land-leven. I. Deel. Den Nederlantsen hovenier, zijnde het I. Deel van het Vermakelijk Land-leven. Beschrijvende allerhande prinçelike en heerlijke lust-hoven en hof-steden, en hoe men deselve, met veelderley uytnemende boomen, bloemen en kruyden, kan beplanten, bezaeijen, en verçieren. ... Desen laetsten druk is doorgaens verbetert. [AND] De verstandige hovenier. Over de twaelf maenden van 't jaer. Zijnde het II. deel van het vermakelyk lant-leven. [AND] De medicyn-winkel, of ervaren huys-houder: zijnde het III. deel van het vermakelyk landleven.
Amsterdam, Weduwe Gijsbert De Groot, [1696-]1711-1721. Three parts in one. 4to (20.1 x 15.3 cm cm). Engraved title (or frontispiece, with "consent en privilegie" printed on verso), dated 1696; letterpress title page with wood-engraved vignette (dated 1721); [xxvii], 103, [iii] pp., including 69 full-page engraved plates (mainly garden designs, pergolas, etc.), and a few text engravings [AND] Engraved frontispiece, letterpress title page with engraved vignette (dated 1711), [v], 84, [iv] pp., including one engraved plate. [AND] Title page with large copper engraving (dated 1711), pp. [2]-38; half-title Den naerstigen byen-houder, with large copper engraving (verso blank), pp. 41-53, [54-56]; half-title De verstandige kok (dated 1711) with large copper engraving and "Privilegie" on verso, pp. [59-60], 61-88. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands, and morocco label with gilt ornamental borders and title.
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