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HH Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, KCIE, CSI (1872-1942) was the King (Hakim) of Bahrain from 1923 until his death. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, his palace in Al-Sakhir was a centre where both Gulf Sheikhs and British nobility and political figureheads were regularly invited to dine and discuss foreign policy of the region. The photograph shows the monarch in a deck chair on a ship in the company of noble retainers. The caption reads "Sheikh Hamad. Ruler of group of Islands Persian Gulf".A well-preserved, glossy print in good contrast.

[4], 24; [8] pp.First and only edition of a series of illustrations of the decorations displayed during the inauguration of William IV, Prince of Orange, who in 1747 became the Stadtholder of all the United Provinces and general and admiral of the Dutch army and navy. Together with the very rare continuation (published 15 years later), displaying the triumphal arches erected upon William IV's return to The Hague on 6 June 1747.Around 1740 the Dutch Republic got involved in the War of the Austrian Succession, which lead to the occupation of States' Flanders (the northern part of Flanders, part of the Dutch Republic since the Eighty Years' War) by the French in 1747. This caused an enormous unrest in the Republic as this fully exposed the weakness of the Dutch defences, leading to a strong wish for restoration of the stadtholderate. When this was restored by the inauguration of William IV, it brought an end to the Second Stadtholderless Period (1702-1747).Water stains in the margins of several leaves… Read More

115-124 [=10] pp.First edition of a brief treatise on Joseph Halévy’s journey through the Jawf region of Yemen, collating the version of Habshush with Halévy’s account. St. John Philby (1885-1960), also known by his Arabian name "Sheikh Abdullah", was an Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer. Very slight browning, a few minor stains on the first page, hinge in the middle slightly cracked. Overall in good condition.l Macro 1782; Smith, The Yemens, 84.

29, [1] pp.Second edition of an early treatise claiming to have squared the circle (geometrically constructed a square matching the surface area of a given circle, shown to be impossible in 1882). Falco (Valencia 1522-Madrid 1594), a humanistic poet and mathematician, and a Knight of the Order of Montesa, seems to have been a better poet than mathematician. His treatise has been called "more than commonly worthless" (De Morgan, A budget of paradoxes, 1872, p. 36), but it ends with a charming poem. In the first verse, the disappointed squared circle wonders who robbed it of its former noble form, and in the second Falco replies. With the direction line (containing the quire signature and/or catchword) shaved on 4 pages, but still in very good condition, binding fine. An ill-fated attempt to solve an impossible problem, here by someone who thought he had succeeded.l Anet 12863042; Netherlandish books 12099, 12097 (misdated) and probably 12098 & 12100 ; USTC 406886, 402179 (misdated) and probably 407081… Read More

XI, [1 blank], 805, [1 blank] pp. textFirst and only edition of an extensive and well-illustrated Dutch manual on shipbuilding, according to the title-page based on the works of the American naval architect John W. Griffiths (1809-1882) but actually for the most part directly translated from Griffiths's well-known Treatise on marine and naval architecture, or, theory and practice blended in ship building, first published in 1850. Also the black on white plates are copied, but of very high quality, making it an attractive Dutch translation.The plates volume foxed, but not visible in the images. Spines rubbed. Good copy.l Bruzelius, p. 203; Cat. NHSM, p. 736; cf. Bruzelius, p. 171 (Griffiths's manual).

VIII, 580 pp.Rare first edition in Dutch (a revised and expanded translation of a German gardenerÂ’s handbook) by the Utrecht tree nurseryman J.B. van Wintershoven. Although he never names the German book or its author, his book, including the authorÂ’s preface, are clearly based on Carl Gottlob Rößig (1752-1806), Handbuch für Liebhaber Englischer Pflanzungen und für Gärtner, Leipzig, 1790. The title notes that the book is especially interesting for those who are attracted to foreign species. African, American and Asian species are named, including 23 willows and 36 oaks. Each tree is described with its Latin, English, French, German and Dutch names and with additional information on cultivation and heritage.Spine slightly worn, paper somewhat browned and spotted, otherwise in good condition. Wholly untrimmed. With library stamps of the Bibliotheek der Landbouw Hogeschool on the front and back of the title-page.l Abkoude, p. 228; STCN (3 copies);Vaderlandsche letter-oefeningen, 1 (1796), p. 194;… Read More

VIII, 580 pp.Rare first edition in Dutch (a revised and expanded translation of a German gardenerÂ’s handbook) by the Utrecht tree nurseryman J.B. van Wintershoven. Although he never names the German book or its author, his book, including the authorÂ’s preface, are clearly based on Carl Gottlob Rößig (1752-1806), Handbuch für Liebhaber Englischer Pflanzungen und für Gärtner, Leipzig, 1790. Van The text provides an extensive alphabetical compendium of more than 1000 domestic and foreign trees and shrubs. The title notes that the book is especially interesting for those who are attracted to foreign species. African, American and Asian species are named, including 23 willows and 36 oaks. Each tree is described with its Latin, English, French, German and Dutch names and with additional information on cultivation and heritage.Binding worn, spine lost, front and back hinge nearly cracked, spine label a little damaged, untrimmed, otherwise still in good condition.l Bradley III, p. 75; STCN (3 copies);… Read More

Woodblock with the Arabic title “Book of the Song of songs of Solomon” followed by a reference to the Hebrew title “Shir hashirim” (Song of songs) transcribed in Arabic, probably produced in the Ottoman regions of the Levant for a rural printing office. A rare survival of an 18th-century printerÂ’s woodblock from the Islamic world, and also an important witness to cross-cultural printing for minority audiences in the Ottoman world. We include an inked impression of the block on 18th-century paper paper, clearly not printed recently, because it does not show the worm holes that now appear in the block. The text reads: "Safr Nishd al-nishad li-Süleyman waÂ’ighal ba-lÂ’Abraniyat Shir hashirim".The inked impression of the woodblock is pasted to a piece cut out of a Croatian printed prayer book compiled by a Croatian Catholic in Bosnia, Rafo Barišic, Pasha duhovna (Spiritual pasture), on spirituality and Passover, first published at Rome in 1842.Some small wormholes in the wood, post-dating the… Read More

VIII, 71, [1 blank] pp.First edition of a guide for young artists detailing the craft of drawing landscapes, including the rendition of shadows, use of water colour and hand-colouring of engraved prints. The author Evert Maaskamp (1769-1834), at the time a well-known Dutch engraver and print publisher, made all but one of the plates. They include the same two landscape scenes in two and three different techniques (engraving, aquatint, and hand-coloured aquatint), a romantic scene with a tree in the foreground and a bridge in the back, and a frontispiece with guide lines for (horizon) perspective.With a 5 cm tear along a fold of the frontispiece and a tiny tear in the margin, the boards slightly rubbed along the extremities, and the spine discoloured. Generally in good condition.l Cf. V.d. Aa XII, p. 22 (2nd ed.).

[1], 142, [1] ll.Second recorded copy of the second edition of the extremely rare first spiritual "handbook", a posthumous collection of 35 short lessons and advisory texts plus an appendix, all written by the leading Dutch Anabaptist and "arch-heretic" David Joris (ca. 1501/02-1556), the nine dated ones from 1544 to the year of his death. Many remained unpublished until they appeared in the Handt-boecxken around 1590, taken from Joris's manuscripts in the hands of his family. The appendix contains an untitled series of 16 brief advisory texts, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet in order from A to Q. The book closes with an index, listing the 35 titles alphabetically. Although Joris's name appears nowhere in the book, the titles page says the texts were written by "D.J.".At least four editions of the first Handt-boecxken appeared, from ca. 1590 to 1616, but each is known only from 1 or 2 surving copies or in one case only from a surviving title-page and a lost copy. In the years… Read More

[164] ll.Third (first illustrated) edition of Osiander's Harmony of the Gospels. It brings the four Gospels together to make a single narrative, prefaced by a comparative synopsis of the content of the four Gospels. Having studied Hebrew and Greek in Ingolstadt, Andreas Osiander (1496-1552) became a priest in 1520. He subsequently came in contact with supporters of the Reformation and became a prominent Protestant leader. In 1548 he was appointed professor of theology in Königsberg. His last years there were, however, overshadowed by the bitter debates caused by his controversial doctrine of divine justice: the so-called "Osiandrische Streit". Osiander's writings consist for the most part of expositions of the scripture, sermons and essays on the theological controversies of the day.Osiander's present Harmony of the Gospels is his only work that was also published outside Germany. The woodcuts are ascribed to Levinus (Liévin) de Witte (ca. 1503- 1578 or soon after), a painter, designer and perhaps… Read More

189-207 pp.Abstract from The geographical journal, vol LXIII, no 3. Description of the famous Al-Ahsa oasis in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula, in modern day Saudi Arabia. The 9 photograph illustrations depict daily life and architecture of the people that live at the oasis. Historically, Al-Ahsa was the main city in Al-Bahrain province, making up most of its population and providing most of its agricultural output.In very good condition.

The standard reference work on Hawaii, number 22 of 50 copies of an issue specially bound for Hordern House and signed by the author. "The Hawaiian National Bibliography is intended to be a comprehensive, annotated record of all printed works on some aspect of the political, religious, social, cultural, and scientific history of the Hawaiian Islands from 1780 to 1900. That is, from the first printed notice mentioning the Islands in a German periodical of January 10, 1780, tot the beginning of the twentieth century" (preface). In fine condition.

[4], 494; [4], 533; [2], 614; [2], 224 pp.The history of Overijssel, by Gerhard Dumbar Jr. (1743-1802), in the original Dutch. The third volume is divided into three parts, with separate title-pages, but a single sequence of page numbers. Dumbar left it unfinished at his death, breaking off after the first part of volume four. It was published by the "Compagnie der Vaderlandsche Historie" (active from 1779 to 1810). This company included the six publishers in the imprint of the present volumes. As a part of their business venture, they published new editions continuing the Hedendaagsche historie-series to complete the description of the Dutch Republic. The dates on the title-pages of the four volumes are 1781, 1790, 1792 and 1803 respectively, but volumes 1 and 3 were published in two (1781, 1786) and three (1792, 1798, 1801) instalments respectively. Volume 1 was reissued in 1798. A planned further instalment of volume 4 never appeared.Apart from the beautiful frontispiece - an allegorical… Read More

Extremely rare complete set of all 44 volumes (published from 1729 to 1803) of the most extensive Dutch description of the world. The Tegenwoordige staat-series is an elaborately illustrated, historical, geographical and anthropological work. Aside from the volumes on the Low Countries and Europe, the series also contains detailed descriptions of most of the rest of the world. The description of Asia includes smaller kingdoms and regions, the many Southeast Asian islands, India, the mighty empires of Japan and China, and in a broader sense central Asia. A separate volume is dedicated to the description of the Middle East, including the Arabian Peninsula and notably a description and illustration of the Kaaba in the holy city of Makkah (Mecca). Other volumes detail and illustrate the (natural) history and other noteworthy information of the Americas, Africa and Europe.The present series consists of 44 volumes and includes a complete set of 386 maps, plans, views, and other illustrations. The majority… Read More

First Dutch edition of the first 3 volumes of The modern part of an universal history, devoted to the life of Muhammad and the history of Arabia under the first four Caliphs to the taking of Baghdad by the Mongols (1258), which put an end to the Abbasid Caliphate. The work, based partly on George Sale's authoritative studies on the Quran and Arabian history, includes fine views of Baalbek and the Ka'ba in Mecca. The Universal history met with great success and was admired by Edward Gibbon, Joseph Priestly and Voltaire. If was translated into several European languages and formed an important source of information about Arabian history.Spines damaged, otherwise in very good condition and wholly untrimmed (vols. 2 and 3 unopened).

[20], 88, [2], 91-200, [4], 203-318, [2], 319-442, [4], 443-554, [8], 555-645, [19], [2 blank] pp.First edition of parts 5-6, with parts 1-4 in the second printing, of the Dutch translation of the first volume of Thomas Salmon's Modern history, or The present state of all nations, covering China, Japan, the Philippines, the Moluccas and Celebes (the present Sulawesi). The original English series appeared in 3 volumes while the enlarged Dutch translation was to appear in 44 volumes, treating the geography, history and culture of nearly every part of the world. The present volume is translated and much enlarged by Matthias van Goch and contains new maps by Isaak Tirion, later used in the German and Italian editions. The present first volume was originally issued in 6 parts, but by the time parts 5 and 6 came out the stocks of parts 1-4 were apparently depleted. Those parts were therefore reprinted for issue in the complete sets of 6 parts.Occasional foxing and browning, but still in very good… Read More

[1], [1 blank], [5], [1 blank], 212 pp.Interesting pharmacopoea for the use of surgeons, the second edition of the first Dutch translation (by A. Schráge) of Pharmacia chirurgica seu doctrina de medicamentis praeparatis ac compositis (Vienna 1775). In the same year Paddenburg in Utrecht published a second enlarged edition. The Japanese used the present Dutch translation to make their own pharmacopoeia, so that it played an important role in the development of Japanese pharmacology. Contemporaries praised the book for its practicality and especially recommended it for physicians in small towns and at sea.With a mostly erased owner's stamp and a stamped shelf mark. Binding heavily restored, worn at the corners and top edge and damaged at the front side; spine with a hole at the foot and damged at the top. Nevertheless a good, structurally sound, copy.l BMN I, p. 360; Kleiweg de Zwaan, p. 496; Maendelyke uittreksels, of de boekzaal der geleerde waerelt, 65 (1779), pp. 460-462; STCN (4 copies); Wellcome… Read More

[5] ll. and 71 plates with 65 blank protective leaves; [2] ll. and 51 plates with 49 protective leaves.A rare, complete, coloured and heightened in gold, first edition of Johann Ulrich Krauss' Heilige Augen- und Gemüths-Lust, or "holy delight of the eye and soul". Krauss (1655-1719) was a famous artist, engraver and publisher in Augsburg, South Germany during the second half of the 17th century. He was one of the most influential artists of the baroque period in the south of Germany. This work contains 120 numbered plates, with two illustrations each - one biblical scene, in a golden border, on the upper half of the plate and the lower half of the plate contains a circular emblem within a eleborately decorated frame. These distinct frames and the use of certain colours are characteristic of the German baroque style. Each plate is dedicated to a different holy day, indicated by a title at the head of the plate and inbetween the two illustrations the relevant bible text for that day is engraved. Unlike… Read More

Set of 2 unpublished botanical manuscripts by one Jan Ph. Carriére, with watercolour illustrations, clearly intended for publication, as is apparent from the introduction. The first work gives descriptions of 30 different flowering plants, each accompanied by a beautiful illustration. It is said on the title-page that it's the first part, but the other volumes in this set form, although clearly related, a separate work. The second work gives descriptions of 90 different trees and shrubs, each accompanied by a beautiful illustration of a leaf, including. The author notes in the introduction, that the illustrations aren't as distinguished as in the first work on flowering plants, as the illustrations of leaves are primarily intended for identification purposes.A few leaves a bit browned, some occasional thumbing and a large restored tear in the description of plate 24 in ad 2, volume 3. Ad 2, volumes 1 and 2 with their spines a bit rubbed and slightly discoloured, the other volumes rebacked. Otherwise… Read More