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Dutch edition of a very popular contemporary account of the French retreat from Russia in 1812.

[PFUEL, Ernst von]. Geschiedkundig tafereel van den aftogt der Franschen uit Rusland. Vertaald naar het origineel, te Petersburg uitgegeven in 1812.
Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, 1813. 8vo. Sewn. [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 32 pp. Full description
€ 750
Central Europe Eastern Europe France Germany Military History (19th Century) Russia (incl. Siberia)
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Second edition of the official pharmacopoeia of Spain

[PHARMACOPEIA - MADRID]. Pharmacopoeia Matritensis regii, ac supremi Hispaniarum protomedicatus auctoriate, jussu atque auspiciis elaborata. Editio secunda locupletior, en longè emendatior.
Madrid, Antonio Perez de Soto, 1762. 4to. Title printed in red and black with a title-engraving with a view on Madrid engraved by Crutz, with a small portrait in a roundel of the dedicatee, King Carlos III, also engraved by Crutz, and woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, red morocco spine label with title in gold, marbled endpapers and paste-downs, red edges. [32], 556 pp. Full description
€ 750
Pharmacy / Pharmacopaea Spain Wine / Viticulture
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First edition of the German translation of the important Pharmacopoeia Austriaco-Provincialis (1774)

[AUSTRIA - PHARMACOPOEIA]. Oesterreichische provinzial-Pharmakopee...
Vienna, Johan Thomas Edlen von Trattnern, 1776. 8vo. With a woodcut coat-of-arms on the title-page and typographical head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, light brown morocco spine label with title in gold, red sprinkled edges. [10], 384, [18] pp. Full description
€ 300
Austria Central Europe Pharmacy / Pharmacopaea
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Second edition of the Bremen/Leipzig edition of the famous Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia of 1756.
With the only edition outside Britain of the Edinburg Pharmacopoeia for the poor

[PHARMACOPOEIA - EDINBURGH] Pharmacopoeia collegii regii medicorum Edinburgensis. Secundum editionis Edinburgensis. Novissimae exemplar recusa. In usum praelectionum academicarum.
Bremen and Leipzig, Georg Ludewig Förster, 1766. With engraved emblematical vignette with the motto Nemo me impune lacessit in the title-page, typographical headpieces and curious tailpiece.
(2) Pharmacopoeia pauperum, in usum Nosocomii Regii Edinburgensis.
Frankfurt a/M & Leipzig, Officina Fleischeriana, 1760. 8vo.
With engraved oval vignette with the coat-of-arms and seal of the Edinburgh hospital and its motto Patet omnibus in an oval, title in ornamental frame. With two added handwritten receipts. 8vo. Calf over boards, ribbed spine gilt in compartments. XII, 146, (18); IV, 76 pp. Full description
€ 650
Peru Pharmacy / Pharmacopaea UK - United Kingdom
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King Philip II mortgages then sells his lands of Voorburg and Voorschoten
near The Hague to help fund his wars

[MANUSCRIPT]. PHILIP (FELIPE) II, King of Spain. [Mortgage agreement, granting Jan Hanneman, Steward General of North Holland, the rights to the tithes of the King's lands of Voorburg and Voorschoten].
The Hague and Brussels, 1557 (with additions to 1565). Folio (36 x 25.5 cm). Manuscript mortgage agreement, signed by King Philip's representatives, written in brown ink on parchment in a nearly upright cursive gothic hand. With a typescript transcription of the main text and an interlinear translation in Spanish. [2 blank], 9, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 6,500
Economic History & Trade Law & Politics Manuscripts & Documents Netherlands Spain
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Among Le Pautre’s earliest work

PHILIPPON, Adam. Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques, et modernes, tant dans la ville de Rome, ques autres villes et lieux d'Italie.
Croissant, Adam Philippon, 1645. Wholly engraved print series consisting of a title-page, dedication, privilege, and 50 plates. The leaves are numbered 1-42, followed by 10 plates with their numbers changed by hand, and the privilege.
With: (2) LE PAUTRE, Jean. Frizes feuillages ou Tritons marins antiques et modernes.Paris, P. Mariette, [ca. 1664]. Series of 6 numbered engraved plates, each with two friezes . 2 series in 1 volume. Small folio (26.5 x 18.5 cm). Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment. [59] ll. Full description
€ 7,000
Architecture Art & Art History Classical Antiquity Italy Prints & Print Series
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Rare decree signed by the Spanish King Philip V, abolishing the Encomienda system
in Spains American colonies, in particular Chili and Peru

[PHILIP V, King of Spain]. [Drop title:] El Rey. Por quanto aviendose experimentado, que de muchos años à esta parte, ha sido poco, ò ninguno el fruto, que ha producido el premio, que por Reales ordenes està señalado, à los conquistadores de indios gentiles de la America, y pobladores de aquellas provincias, en las encomiendas introducidas en ellas, para remunerar los meritos de los que se dedicassen à las reduciones ...
[Madrid, 1720]. Folio (ca. 30 x 21 cm). Disbound. [3], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,750
Latin America Law & Politics Peru South America Spain
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First edition of a well-illustrated account of Phipps's arctic expedition

PHIPPS, Constantine John. A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773.
London, William Bowyer and John Nichols for J. Nourse, 1774. Large 4to. With 15 large double-page and larger folding engraved plates, and many letterpress tables in the text. Contemporary tree calf, gold-tooled board edges, rebacked soon after with a richly gold-tooled spine with globes and numerous floral stamps, red morocco spine-label. VIII, 253 pp. Full description
€ 4,000
Arctic & Antarctic Book History, Printing & Typography Charts & Maps Faunas & General Zoology Instruments & Microscopy Navigation Scandinavia Travel & Voyages Europe
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Important Spanish account of missionary activities in Japan in excellent, contemporary parchment binding

PIÑEYRO, Luys. Relacion del sucesso que tuuo nuestra santa fe en los reynos del Iapon, desde el año de seyscientos y doze hasta el de seyscientos u quinze, Imperando Cubosama.
Madrid, widow of Alonso M. de Balboa, 1617. Folio. With woodcut coat of arms on title-page, repeated at the end of books 1, 2 and 3. Contemporary parchment. [16], 516, [8] pp. Full description
€ 31,500
Church History & Missions Iran / Persia Japan & Far East Jesuits Spain
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