Rare books from Librarium of The Hague

London, James Nisbet, 1858. Hardcover. .. Crown octavo. Pp. vii, (1) errata, 424. Plus folding engraved map of the Sinaitic Peninsula as frontispiece (neat paper repair on verso), and 3 engraved plates bound in. With an appendix describing the route through the desert with a list of place names; an extended index, in practice a glossary, incorporating numerous words in Hebrew; a list of mountains' heights; and an index of scripture sources quoted in the text. Some illustrations to the text, footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's decorated brown cloth, large illustration embossed in gilt on upper cover, joints worn, partly split. In good condition. ~ Second edition. "This volume is really what it professes to be - 'Notes of a journey.' The notes were all taken on the spot, generally on the back of the camel, and extended afterwards." The author, Kelso, 1856. Not in Tobler. F-5 OUT

London, Watt (for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund), 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Three books in one volume. Crown Octavo. Pp. 51; 78; 207. Plus three folding lithographed maps, one of which is coloured, each as frontispiece to each book; two lithographed plans bound in Book III. With numerous engraved illustrations, some full-page, throughout. Indices of names with transliteration, Arabic script, and translation. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's ochre cloth, lettered in black, large iconic illustration stamped in gilt on cover. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Three books in one volume, published 1889, 1895, 1890 respectively. [Provenance:] Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy, with her bookplate. Schumacher was the first explorer to survey the regions described here, and his minute and thorough scientific observations, notes, maps, drawings, and sketches were prepared for publication at the request of the Palestine Exploration… Read More

Schwerin, Stiller (I. Ritter), 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Thick royal octavo. Pp. (vi), 635, (1). Fine collotype frontispiece plate, a composite of portraits, emblem, and crests, set within elaborate design. Plus 8 other collotype plates of which 2 are full-page portraits, each with a facsimile signature; 3 are composites of portrait vignettes within ornamental designs; and 3 are fine pictorial views. Plus 3 excellent chromolithograph plates of uniforms, printed on thick white card. Plus 10 maps, of which 6 are printed separately and bound in, some printed in colour, one fold-out. Plus large folding map, printed in black, red, and blue on thick paper, tipped-in at rear. Two fold-out tables. Elaborate initial, depicting the Regiment's standards. Numerous tables throughout the text, appendices, extended indices, registers of officers' names. Title-page with Royal regimental crest. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, bound in the original ivory cloth, upper cover with Royal regimental crest… Read More

London, Virtue, (1889).. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Three volume set. Complete. Royal quarto (32 x 27 cm). Pp. x, 240 plus 10 steel-engraved plates; vi, 240 plus 12 steel-engraved plates; vi, 240 plus 11 steel-engraved plates and a double-page engraved map of Palestine, printed in orange and blue, with inset plan of Jerusalem. The total number of 33 plates includes four different steel-engraved frontispieces and four different, large steel-engraved title vignette, all printed on heavy paper bound-in, with tissue-guards. The three volumes are illustrated with a total of 429 wood-engraved illustrations, many of which are full-page, all with explanatory captions. Index to each volume. Titles printed in red and black. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in the original publisher's richly decorated green cloth, gilt panelled and lettered, spine gilt, bevelled boards, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. In about fine condition (occasionally some spotting; slight wear to spine ends.) A very handsome set, very… Read More

Paris, Agricole, n.d. (ca. 1860). Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 472. With over 180 engraved illustrations to the text, one folding. Tables. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, cracked inner hinge, decorative spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, cloth ribbon marker. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. Scarce. B-2

Paris, Jules Renouard, 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Four books in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 391 (but 387, as pagination skips numbers 257-260 which are nevertheless counted in the total). Nice Publisher's device to title. HARDCOVER, original half calf and marbled boards, untrimmed; corners and spine chafed, head of spine worn, foxed. In fair condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Later editions and reprints appeared in the same year (Bruxelles, Le Charlier) and in 1837, 1841, 1846, 1854, and 1874. Francois Xavier Joseph Droz (1773-1850), French economist and historian. His "Économie politique" contains the widely-quoted remarks, "Certain economists seem to think that products are not made for men, but that men are made for products" and "Capital left to itself is an idle toll." Of his historical writings, "Histoire du regne de Louis XVI" (1839) is well known. Palgrave 1894-1901. Goldsmith 25751. Kress C.2268. Not in Einaudi. TIMO-2

(Paris), n.p., 1784. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Three volumes. Octavo. Pp. Half-title (verso blank), title (verso blank), (ii numbered v-vi) Table des chapitres, clix, (i) blank, 352 [with section 65-112 bound within the introduction]. Plus 2 tables printed on a single folding sheet; half-title (verso blank), title (verso blank), (ii numbered v-vi) Table des chapitres, 536; half-title (verso blank), title (verso blank), (iv) Table des chapitres, 468. Volume II contains the 4-page Supplément. Head- and tail-pieces. Printer's device to each title. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in handsome contemporary full mottled calf, gilt decorated spines in compartments between raised bands, two matching gilt morocco labels to each, boards' edge rolled in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges red, green ribbon markers; some wear to spine ends, small other blemishes to leather. In a very fine internal condition. ~ FIRST EDITION, corrected. This work again strengthened Necker's (1732-1804) popularity.… Read More

Berolini, Andr. Rüdiger [Berlin, Johannes Andreas Rüdigerus], 1705. Hardcover. .. Octavo. (205 x 170mm). Pp. (xxii), 175. Plus 64 numbered copperplates leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins. Engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait. Handsome woodcut head-and tail-pieces and initials. Title printed in red and black; old inscription in neat contemporary hand to first free endpaper. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to spine. Plates browned as usual in this edition due to stock quality. Overall a fine copy, neatly preserved. ~ The present Berlin edition, printed by Johannes Andreas Rüdigerus, was preceded by the Antwerp editions of 1615 and 1627 (Beller), and followed by the enlarged, 1738 Amsterdam edition (Schagen). B-1

Amsteldam, Martinum Schagen, 1738. Hardcover. .. Three parts in one volume. With a total of 92 plates. Royal quarto (280 x 225mm). I: Pp. (xiv), (iv) half-title, second title-page dated 1737, (viii), 186, (6) index. Plus engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait. II: 64 numbered copperplate leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins, printed on recto only. III: Pp. 28, second engraved frontispiece, a suite of 12 splendid copperplate portraits of Roman emperors mounted on horses, with historiated backgrounds, each portrait accompanied by a verse engraved at bottom. Plus a 13th such plate, this with allegorical illustration, concluding the suit. Plus 12 copperplate leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins, printed on recto only. Main title-page printed in red and black. Footnotes; small chip to blank margin of a single plate, well away from image. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary quarter goat skin, dyed and glazed, and marbled boards, spine with 5 raised bands; paper on boards rubbed,… Read More

Amsterdam, Adold M. Hakkert, 1971. Hardcover. .. Two volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. v, 474; iv, 424. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition. Excellent copy, crisp interior. ~ Reprint of the edition Oxford, 1832. G-4 IN

Lyon, Secrétariat de la Société de Géographie, 1877. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. x, 201. Bound in the original printed wrappers, slightly soiled, vague dampmark at blank bottom of first few leaves. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ FIRST EDITION. Mémoire couronné par la Société de Géographie de Lyon. Rare. 010-7

Tokyo, Bunkyudo-shoten, 1916. Hardcover. .. Three parts in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. (ii), 244, (viii) blanks, (ii) verso blank. Tissue guard between English and Chinese title-pages. HARDCOVER, bound in modern full burgundy cloth, placed in matching, custom-made full cloth slipcase, with the original morocco gilt lettering-piece laid-down, gilt lettering to spine panel, marbled edges, round corners. Some pencil underlining to index, light wear to outer bottom edge of a section of leaves, neatly repaired in places, some marginal stains at end. A very good, handsome copy, beautifully bound. ~ Eleventh edition, revised and enlarged. See also: Japanese National Bibliography, National Diet Library, Tokyo. Provenance: from the private library of the late scholar Frits Vos (1918-2000), professor of Japanese and Korean studies, with his neat signature. I-5 OUT

London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. ix, 333, (6) publisher's catalogue. Half-title present. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full brown cloth, upper cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt and black, some stray spots on back cover, floral endpapers, trimmed rough, spine ends very lightly bumped, inner hinges about starting. In fine condition. Excellent copy, bright and fresh, beautifully preserved interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Sir Henry Knollys (1840-1930) served as a major in the Royal Artillery, later became private secretary to King Edward's daughter Maud, queen of Norway. He was a descendant to a distinguished British family. Sir Francis Knollys (1514-1596) was an English statesman, became a member of parliament in 1542 and was knighted in 1547. His father, Robert Knollys, a courtier in the service of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Sir Francis's three sons were all courtiers and served Queen Mary in parliament or in the… Read More

Bonnae (Bonn), Typis Regiis Arabicis. In Officina Fr. Baadeni, 1836. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two parts in one volume. Octavo. Pp. (ii), iv, 134, 4; 33 in Arabic. Two title-pages including one to the Arabic part. Includes the 11-point Thesis Statement. HARDCOVER, bound in the original paper-covered boards, spine and corners worn; green endpapers, first paste-down lightly stained; all edges gilt; signature to title, split gutter after first blank. In a very good internal condition, interior rather fresh. ~ FIRST EDITION. Schmoelders' pioneer work on Islamic philosophy. Containing: "Abu Nasr Alfarabii de rebus studio Aristotelicae philosophiae praemittendis commentatio"; "Abu Ali Ebn Sina, de logica poema"; and "Abu Nasr Alfarabii fontes quaestionum". Added title-page in Arabic: "Rasa`il falsafiyah lilshaykh Abi Nasr al-Farabi wa-lil-shaykh al-ra`ieh Abi Ali ibn Sina". Franciscus August Schmoelders (Schmölders) (1809-1880). Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn… Read More

Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. I. Text: Quarto. Pp. xx, 581; II. Plates: Oblong small folio 28x36cm. Pp. x, plus 67 plates. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full cloth, decoration to cover. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare editio princeps of this renowned work with the wonderful plates in folio size. X-4