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8 complete print series with text, forming the collected architectural work of Pieter Post

POST, Pieter. Les ouvrages d'architecture.
Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1715. 8 parts in 1 volume. Royal folio (46 x 29.5 cm). With an engraved general title-page with a rectangular frame and a cartouche with Athena, architecture books and buildings, letterpress general title-page in red and black with engraved vignette (Athena with a view of Leiden, drawn by J. Goeree), 8 letterpress part-titles, 3 engraved part-titles, engraved dedication, a folding engraved portrait of Prince Johan Maurits after Govert Flinck by C. van Dalen (filling a whole Imperial sheet: plate size 60.5 x 46 cm!), and 8 series of 6, 12, 8, 5, 11, 7, 4 and 23 mostly double-page and some larger folding etched and engraved numbered plates after designs by Pieter Post, showing architectural plans, elevations, sections, etc. In total about 80 copperplates. Mottled calf (ca. 1750). [8], 6; 8; 10; 8; 12; 5, [1 blank]; 6; [2], 8 pp. plus plates. Full description
€ 12,500
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The siege of 's Hertogenbosch with engravings by Henricus Hondius II,
from the library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

PREMPART, Jacques. Récit, ou brefve description de ce qui s' est passé durant le très-fameux Siège de Bois-le-Duc. ...
Leeuwarden, Claude Fontaine, 1630. Folio. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page, 2 large folding engraved maps, showing the city of 's Hertogenbosch, its fortifications, and the besieging army under Prince Hendrik of Orange, and 7 folding engraved plans of the "approches" of the besieging army at various quarters. Contemporary vellum. [2], 26, [4] pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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First account of the famous siege of 's-Hertogenbosch by Frederick Henry in 1629,
with 9 folding maps, and bound together with the French translation

PREMPART, Jacques. Verhael oft corte beschryvinghe van 'tghene ghepasseert is inde seer treffelijcke ende vermaerde belegheringhe van 'sHertoghen-bosch. Hier by zijn gedaen, een generale kaerte van 'tgantsche leger, ende voorts verscheyden particuliere van d'approches van yeder quartier in't bysonder ...
Amsterdam, printed by Jan Fredericksz. Stam for Henricus Hondius, 1630.
With: (2) PREMPART, Jacques. Recit, ou brefve description de ce qui s'est passé durant le tres-fameux siege, de Bois-le-Duc, avec une carte generale du camp entier, & plusieurs particulieres des approches de chasque quartier à part ...
Leeuwarden, printed by Claude Fontaine, 1630. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Ad 1: with a woodcut vignette on the title page, 2 large folding engraved maps, 7 folding double-page engraved maps showing the battlefield of the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629 together with all the fortifications and approaches around the city. Ad 2: with a woodcut printer's device on the title page. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf. 28; [2], 26, [4] pp. Full description
€ 4,500
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Artist's manual with an exceptional collection of old master prints

[PRINT ALBUM]. Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI. Afbeeldingen van Landschappen, Landsdouwen, Watergezichten, enz. enz. Allen zoo veele Studiën van Silvestre, Perelle, Quinault, Du Moulin, Della Bella, Zaftleven, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Nolpe, Vermeulen, Visscher en Schenk, ten dienste van Teekenaaren, Plaatsnijders, Goud- en Zilversmeden en drijvers: bijzonder nuttig voor hun, die zichzelven het teekenen willen leeren zonder hulp van meester. Vooräfgegaan de eerste beginselen der Teekenkunst.
Amsterdam, Jan Steven van Esveld-Holtrop, [ca. 1808-1833]. Oblong 8vo. With 76 full-page engraved plates in various styles and sizes. The last 6 folding. Contemporary half calf with gold-tooled spine, blue title-label and marbled sides. IV pp. text. Full description
€ 7,500
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Complete series of beautiful engravings of the marble decorations of the Amsterdam Town Hall

[QUELLINUS, Hubertus]. Prima pars. Praecipuarum effigierum ac ornamentorum amplissimae Curiae Amstelrodamensis. - Het eerste deel van de voornaemste statuen ende ciraten van konstryck stadthuys van Amsteldam. - La premier partie. De plusieurs figures et onrements, de la maison de ville d'Amsterdam, le plus grand part faict d'marbre.
Amsterdam, Frederik de Witt, 1665. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With an engraved title page and index for each part, a full-page engraved portrait of the author, part 1 with 48 plates (4 double-page, 44 full-page); part 2 with 51 plates (2 double-page, 49 full-page), and 2 very large folding plates of the 2 tympana. 18th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf. With 105 engraved plates. Full description
€ 6,500
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