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Low Countries / Amsterdam

Charming aquatints of Dutch historical monuments and folklore

[MAASKAMP, Evert (editor)]. Merkwaardige gezigten, gebouwen, monumenten en standbeelden in de noordelijke provintien van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. | Vues remarquables, edifices, monumens et statues dans les provinces septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas.
Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, 1816. Oblong 8vo. With an engraved illustration on title-page and 37 sepia aquatints by Ludwig Portman after Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, Franciscus Aandreas Milatz, and Cornelius Overman. Contemporary gold-tooled dark blue boards. [40] ll. + 37 plates. Full description
€ 1,750
Amsterdam City Plans, Topography & Views Netherlands Travel Low Countries
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Important Orangist pamphlet of the "Doelenlopersbeweging" against the Amsterdam Patriciate
and nepotism in September 1672

[ORANGIST MOVEMENT]. Dam-praetje tusschen vier Amsterdamsche Burgers: Waermondt, Geerlof, Stouthart en Heb-recht. Handelende van de oude privilegien, vryheden, en gerechtigheden van de burgery en schuttery.
[Amsterdam], voor de Doele-schutters, 1672. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page, and a woodcut initial. Modern light yellow marbled wrappers, with a printed label on the front. 16 pp. Full description
€ 425
Amsterdam Broadsides & Pamphlets Law & Politics
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The Ridderschap in the States of Holland and West-Friesland asks Amsterdam
to spent more money on the defense of the country - an old plea

[PAMPHLET - HOLLAND & WESTFRIESLAND]. Circulaire brief, van de Heeren Ridderschap en Edelen, van Hollandt en West-Vrieslant; nevens t antwoort van de Ed. Groot Achtb. Heeren Burgermeesteren en Regeerders der stadt Amsterdam, op de voorsz. Brief.
[Amsterdam,] Jan Cyprianus van der Graft [= Jacobus Hackius?], 1685. 4to. With a woodcut title vignette. Blue modern wrappers, new endpapers. 24 pp. Full description
€ 275
Amsterdam Law & Politics Military History (17th Century)
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Extremely rare souvenir of the first amusement park in Amsterdam

[PASSE, Crispijn de (the younger) and Jan VOS]. Verklaringe van verscheyden kunst-rijcke wercken en hare beweginghe, door orlogie-werck ghedreven, ... Alles te sien in 't Oude Doolhof tot Amsterdam, op de hoeck van de Loyers-gracht.
Amsterdam, Tymen Houthaeck, 1648. Small 4to (19 x 15 cm). With a engraved illustration of a labyrinth on title-page, an engraved plate by P. Holsteyn after A. Vinckenbrinck, 3 engravings in text and a folding engraved plate of David & Goliath. Modern marbled wrappers. [8] ll. Full description
€ 12,500
Amsterdam Castles, Gardens & Mansions Games & Sports Netherlands Wine / Viticulture
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Pendant of a drawing in the Amsterdam city archives, together with two engravings after the drawing

[AMSTERDAM]. PHILIPS, Caspar Jacobsz. Afbeelding van de Oostzijde der Muijder Poort te Amsterdam, na dat dezelve tussen den 29 en 30 Januarij 1769 bij na 16 voeten diep in de grond gezakt was.
[Netherlands], 1772. (23 x 29 cm). Original pen drawing.
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(2) KEUN, Hendrik. Afbeelding van de Muyderpoort te Amsterdam, zo als die zig vertoonde, na dat dezelve tussen den 29 en 30 Jannuary 1769 by de 16 voeten in de grond gezakt was.
Amsterdam, F.W. Greebe, [1769]. (22 x 28.7 cm)
(3) KEUN, Hendrik. Afbeelding van de Muyderpoort te Amsterdam, zoo als die ingezakt synde, van buiten af te zien zig vertoond.
Amsterdam, F.W. Greebe, [1769]. (21.7 x 28.2 cm.
Two engraved views with captions below the image, both signed "H. Keun Fecit" in the plate. Full description
€ 2,500
Amsterdam City Plans, Topography & Views Prints & Print Series
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Important and influential description of Amsterdam,
with accounts of the Dutch East India Company's maritime explorations around the globe

PONTANUS, Johannes Isaac. Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1611. Folio. With an engraved title, 7 engraved maps and plates (5 folding, 2 double-page), and 50 engraved maps and views in the text. Contemporary limp vellum. [8], 292, [6], 38, [3] pp. Full description
€ 9,000
Amsterdam Arctic & Antarctic Canada & Greenland Charts & Maps North America Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Europe Travel & Voyages North America VOC
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Beautifully hand-coloured and heightened with gold engravings in a splendid Amsterdam binding

SELS, Willem Hendrik. Salomon, Koning van Israël. In XII boeken.
Amsterdam, F. de Kruyff, A. van der Kroe, 1765[-1768]. 4to (23.5 x 17.5 cm; binding 24.5 x 19.5 x 4 cm). With an engraved allegorical frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, a small engraved scene on the title page, and an armorial engraving above the dedication, all coloured by a contemporary hand and heightened with gold. Contemporary richly gold-tooled dark olive morocco by the so-called "Three Acorn Bindery" in Amsterdam, with a central ornament on both boards, surrounded by an elaborate decorative frame, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, a red morocco title label on the spine, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, green ribbon marker. [22], 292 pp. Full description
€ 12,500
Amsterdam Bindings Dutch Literature Literature Religion (18th Century)
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Dedication copy van den auteur, winning the second prize of a contest
offered by the Amsterdam Geneeskundig Genootschap

THOMASSEN A THUESSINK, Evert Jan. Prijsverhandeling over de vraag, voorgesteld door het geneeskundig genootschap, onder de zinspreuk Servandis civibus, in hoe verre zou men, by gebrek aan de apotheek, uit kelder en keuken de vereischte geneesmiddelen, ook tegen de zwaarste ziekten en kwaalen, zo uit- als inwendig, kunnen bekomen; mits uitzonderende de volgende middelen, kina, kwik, opium, staal, delfzuren, rhabarber en ipecacoanna?
Amsterdam, Petrus Conradi, 1789. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled paper sides, brown morocco spine label lettered in gold. 266 pp. Full description
€ 400
Medicine & Pharmacy (18th Century) Pharmacy / Pharmacopaea
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