Ackermann, R. (publisher) [Hodson, T. and J. Dougall]

The Cabinet of the Arts, being a new & universal drawing book, illustrated by 130 engravings from drawings by various masters. Second edition with additions.

London, R. Ackermann, [1821]. Folio (28.2 x 22.5 cm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title; 126 engraved and aquatint plates, of which 31 originally coloured by hand. Later half calf over contemporary plain boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-bordered bands and gilt title. Olive endpapers; speckled edges.

€7,500.00

First Dutch edition, and first with a fine map and plate

Adams, W.

Twee brieven van William Adams; wegens sijn reys uyt Holland na Oost-Indien, met vijf schepen, anno 1598 en vervolgens. En wat ontmoetingen hem in Japan overgekomen zijn. Nu aldereerst uyt het Engelsch vertaald. Met konst-print en register verrijkt.

€1,250.00

Two zoologists, grabbed by crabs

Agassiz, A.

Original handwritten letter, signed.

€750.00

Tasteful quality

[Anonymous]

Mushroom Album.

€1,400.00

Just nine copies in libraries worldwide

Becker, W.

Album of the finest birds of all countries.

Philadelphia, PA, Weik & Wieck, [1854]. Oblong folio (27.2 x 36.0 cm). 25 finely lithographed plates, all in accurate original hand-colouring (14 plates with American birds; five European; one Asian; five Australian). Publisher's moiré silk-covered boards, with elaborate polychrome floral pattern larded with figures of birds and two gilt dragons. All edges gilt.

€6,200.00

Exquisite mushroom watercolours supervised by Great Britain's foremost mycologist

[Berkeley, M. J. (ed.)]

Lancashire fungi.

Lancashire, not published, 1872-1885. Folio (33.0 x 25.5 cm). 61 leaves, each with one or more (up to five) original watercolours - several heightened with gum arabic - mounted on rectos, and several additional ones on versos. Contemporary full calf. Spine with five gilt-bordered, raised bands and red morocco label with gilt title. Boards with double, gilt borders and gilt daisy corner pieces, and blind-rolled border, with blind-tooled fleur-de-lis motif corner pieces. Marbled endpapers with blind-tooled floral dentelles. All edges gilt.

€14,500.00

The theory of practical design made visible in a spectacular way

Bill, M.

Quinze variations sur un même thème.

€9,000.00

A fine and finely preserved binding

Binding

18th-century Italian 'Notebook' with blank pages.

Italy, ca. 1780. Small folio (22.7 x 15.9 cm). 24 blank leaves of laid paper. Full burgundy calf; boards rich gilt with floral ornaments in a late Louis XV style. Patterned pastedowns. All edges gilt with floral patterns. preserved pink buckram clamshell box (23.6 x 17.1 x 2.2 cm) with gilt title on the spine.

€1,250.00

An outstanding provenance for an outstanding work: The neighbour, the cousin, the future husband

Bonaparte, C. N.

Vues pittoresques de l'Amerique dessinés par la Comtesse Charlotte de Survilliers 1824. [Picturesque American Scenes by Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte].

[Brussels, Stapleaux et Jobard, 1824]. Oblong folio (23.8 x 30.3 cm). Lithographed pictorial title page, printed by Jobard after a drawing by Michel Stapleaux; 12 original - early - lithographs with script captions and signed Charlotte. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title.

€25,000.00

The grandest bird book in the German language