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Second and best edition of a comprehensive history of the Hussite wars,
complete with all 17 portraits, often lacking

THEOBALD, Zacharias. Hussiten Krieg: darinnen begriffen, das Leben, die Lehr, der Todt M. Johannis Hussii, auch wie derselbe von den Böhmen, besonders Johann Zischka, ist gerochen, und seine Lehr hernacher inn dem Königreich erhalten worden ...
Nuremberg, Simon Halbmayer, 1621. 4 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With the full-page portrait of the author (1621), and 17 numbered full-page portraits of Johannes Huss, popes, kings, emperors and other Bohemian reformers, by Johann Conrad Klüpffel. The 4 titles printed in red and black, the first 3 with the woodcut coat-of-arms of Bohemia, Halbmayers woodcut device at the end of all 4 parts, folding letterpress genealogical table in the 4th part, the added Confessio. Contemporary vellum, title on spine. [8], 322, [2]; 228; 179, [9]; 107, [5] pp. Full description
€ 4,750
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King William III of Orange victorious

[TRONCHIN DE BREUIL, Jean]. Relation de la Campagne de Flandre, et du Siege de Namur, en l'année 1695.
The Hague, Henry van Bulderen, 1696. Folio. With the title-page in red and black, with 4 folding engraved maps and plans of the Namur region and of the fortifications of the city of Namur (plate size ca. 58 x 44 cm), by Nicolaas Visscher II (= Claes Claesz. Visscher (1618-1709)) after designs by Ottmar Elliger the younger, a large arabesque tailpiece on the title-page and a different one at the end, and one woodcut decorated initial. Contemporary half roan (sheepskin). 61, [1 blank) pp. Full description
€ 1,750
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Classic work on warfare by one of the greatest military commanders of the 16th century

VERE, Francis. Commentaries, being diverse pieces of service, wherein he had command. Published by William Dillingham.
London, Peter Parker, 1672 (first title-page: Cambridge, John Field, 1657). Folio. With two title-pages, the first dated 1657 with the woodcut device of Cambridge University, the second dated 1672 with a London imprint, 3 full-page engraved portraits, of Sir Francis, Sir Horace Vere and John Ogle, double-page engraved plate of Francis Vere's monumental tomb by R. Gaywood, and 6 double-page engraved maps and plans by Robert Vaugham, of the sea-coasts of Europe, the Netherlands, Cadiz and the Azores, the armies arranged for battle at Turnhout and Newport, and the siege of Ostende. Later gold- and blind-tooled dark red calf. [18], 209, [2], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,500
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Sailing orders in the aftermath of the Battle of Beachy Head

WICHERS, Wicher. [Manuscript letter to Hans Hartwich, Capiteyn op s'landts oorlogschip Harderwijk].
The Hague, 29 July 1690. Small folio (31 x 20.5 cm). Manuscript letter in in 7 lines on one page, with the signatures of Wicher Wichers and François Fagel, followed by two blank pages, and the name of the addressee in manuscript on the fourth page with a seal. [1], [2 blank], [1] pp. Full description
€ 575
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German translation of an Arabic text on the death of Muhammads companion Musab ibn al-Zubayr and on the Zubayr genealogy, including a family tree

WÜSTENFELD, Ferdinand (transl.); Abu Abdallah AL-DIMASCHKÍ (ed.); Zubair ibn BAKKAR. Die Familie el-Zubeir. Der Tod des Muc'ab ben el-Zubeir aus den Muwaffakîjat des Abu Abdallah el-Dimaschkí. Arabisch und Deutsch.
Göttingen, Dieterich'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1878. Large 4to. With 1 folding genealogical table of the Zubayr family bound at the end of the book. Contemporary half blue cloth, decorated paper sides, grey spine label with title in gold. 112 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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