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joint vol. I sl. splitting), [719-1 bl.] pp. (some minor browning & foxing, 1 corner torn off). Good
copy.
€ 300/500
1st ed.
, originally publ. in parts, of a beautiful series of
72 (38 + 34) lithographed views
of all the famous old
Dutch manors and castles, executed by the most famous lithographers of the period, P. Lauters, M. Mourot,
C.C.A. Last, etc., mostly after designs by J.F. Christ. Historical descriptions by C.P.E. Robidé van der Aa
(1791-1851), a prolific poet and literator. The lithogr. show castles of i.a. Arnhem, Rozendaal, Maurick,
Amerongen, Amerzoden, Oijen, Wyarda, Ter Heyl, etc.
740
[Netherlands] - [SALMON, Thomas] -
Hedendaagsche historie, of Tegenwoordige staat van
alle volkeren (...). Xde deels, behelzende eene beschryving van den Tegenwoordigen staat der
Oosenryksch, Fransche en Pruissische Nederlanden (...). Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion, 1738, 8vo,
cont. calf, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (sl. rubbed esp. at head & tail, sl. bumped corners),
red sp. edges, [14]-562-[12] pp. (some minor browning, good margins). Good copy.
€ 180/250
Independent part of the Dutch trsl. of "Modern history" by Thomas Salmon (1679-1767), a monumental
collection amounting to 43 vols (1729-1803).
Engr. ills
: frontisp. by J.C. Philips,
4 maps
(XVII Provinces,
Namen-Luxemburg, Brabant and Flanders-Artois-Hainaut),
7 cityplans
(Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges,
Ostend, Ypres and Lille, lacking Tournai),
3 views
(Charleroi, Gelder and Scherpenheuvel) and
1 portrait
of
the Grandduchess of Austria, Maria Elisabeth.
Ref.
Tiele 1033. STCN. BL London.
741
[Spain - Portugal] - [ALVAREZ de COLMENAR, Juan] -
[Beschryving van Spanjen en
Portugal; waar in op het naauwkeurigste, al het geene, dat, zoo ten opzigte van hunnen ouden, als
tegenwoordigen staat, aanmerkens-waardig, noodig en vermaakelijk om te weeten is, verhaald en
door kunstige Print-verbeeldingen en Land-kaarten aangeweezen werd (...). Leiden, P. vander
Aa, 1707], 5 parts in 1 vol., folio, cont. leather (rubbed, corners bumped), gilt spine (front joint
loosening, def. esp. at head & tail), [8]-80, 84, 128, 52, 56-[64] pp. (lacking front., t.p. and 1st
quire, waterstains, most marg., marg. tear in p. 78, tear in D3 of 3rd part & E2 of 5th part,
running into the engr., tears on folds of general map rep., map loosely inserted, some minor
marg. staining & soiling, panorama of Barcelona clumsely rep. with tape). Still good copy.
€ 200/300
1st ed.
of the Dutch trsl. of the encyclopedic description of Spain and Portugal by Alvarez de Colmenar, who
was probably a Frenchman staying in the Netherlands. The orig. French ed. titled "Les Délices de l'Espagne
et du Portugal" was published in a sm. 8vo, at the same time as the Dutch folio ed. by P. vander Aa in
Leiden. This ed. is
richly illustrated with maps and engr. pls
:
fine large vign. at the end showing work in the
field around a rich corn-barn, within rich allegorical ornamental borders with in the lower border the Dutch
lion holding the coat-of-arms of Leiden, large folding
general map of Spain and Portugal
, not incl. in
collation,
163 almost half-page engrs
with regional maps, plans, views, and costumes. The extensive index
added to the present work presents, as pointed out in the preface, a complete geographical and historical
dictionary of Spain and Portugal. Text in 2 cols. Partly handwritten French title.
Ref.
Tiele 123. Palau 212.
STCN (i.a. BL London). BN Paris (1).
~ Splendid topographical work on Sweden ~
742
[Sweden] - [DAHLBERG, Erik] -
Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. [Stockholm], s.n., [c. 1693-
1714], folio oblong, cont. giltstamped mottled calf (corners sl. bumped, sl. rubbed), central
ornament on covers filled with flowers, birds, etc. within 2 rectangles, gilt orn. spine on 7 raised
bands (def. at head & tail, joints rubbed and splitting), 353 pl., 13-[1 bl.] pp. [Index] (sm. tear in
lower margin of 1 pl., some pl. somewhat browning and spotting). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 10000/14000
Rare
. One of the most important topographical and architectural works on Sweden by the architect and
military engineer Eric Dahlberg (1625-1703). Ill. with
353 engr. pl.
: 3 titles, portraits of kings Charles XI
and XII, author's portrait by S. Blesendorff, maps (i.a. "Veteris orifbis arctoi typus" and "nova et accurata
orbis arctoi tabula geographica", coat-of-arms of Sweden, views of monuments, settlements, manors,
fortifications, cities (Stockholm, Uppsala), castles, gardens, ancient relics, etc. Dahlberg drafted a large
number of sketches and drawings which were later engraved by a number of cont. European artists as Jean
Marot, A. Perelle, Joh. Jacob von Sandrart, Lepautre, J. Padtbrugge, E. Reitz, W. Swidde, J. van Aveelen,
etc. At end list of pl. (according to Brunet, 132 text pp. were printed but they are extremely rare, "n'ayant pas
été publiées").
Ref.
Berlin Kat. 2256. Ebert 21882. Brunet V 578. Lipperheide 1037. Bn-Opale plus.
743
[Switzerland] - [TSCHARNER, Vincent-Bernard de] -
Dictionnaire historique, politique et
géographique de la Suisse, contenant une description de ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable dans les
cantons suisses & dans les états de leurs alliés, la constitution politique de ces états (...) &c. &c.
&c. Nouvelle édition augmentée (...) enrichie d'une carte générale de la Suisse (...). Genève,