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AMERICA -- BRIEF DISCOURS DE LA TYRANNIE commise par les Espaignols, en les terres d'America & Mexico. N.pl., no publ., n.d. (late 16th c.). 20 lvs., printed on r° only and laid down on handmade paper, the majority embellished w. a typogr. border. W. 16 mirror-image engr. in text copied after Th. De Bry, incl. a map of Mexico ("Mexicana"), above texts in French. 4°. Mod. cf. bind. (Margins of lvs. cropped, incidentally w. loss of image).

€ 400

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(AUBERY, A.). Het leven en bedryf van den wytberoemden en grooten staatkundigen Julius Mazaryn, cardinaal, en eerste bedienaar van staat, (…). Volgens een Frans, en Italiaans manuscript, (…). Leyden, B. v.d. Aa, 1699. 2 in 1 vol. (8), 358, (22); 262, (18) pp. W. engr. front., engr. portr. & 14 engr. plates by C. Luyken. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back & red label. (A bit browned/foxed).

€ 140

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BELGIUM -- SCHOOCK, M. Belgium federatum, sive distincta descriptio Reip. Federati Belgii. Amst., J. Janssonius, 1652. (8), 414, (2), 131 pp. 12°. Cont. vellum. ((Dust-)stained but sturdy, biographical annot. in an old hand about Schoock on r° flyleaf, ex libris Jacob Frans Govaers (1791) on v° flyleaf, moderate waterstain in the first few pp.). -Loosely inserted: FRENCH PRAYER CARD in the shape of a hand, with devotional text. (18th C.?). 110 x 70 mm at its extremities. (Middle and ring fingers a bit damaged but altogether well-preserved, a charming addition).

€ 90

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(BOXHORN, M.Z.). Arcana Imperii Detecta: or, Divers Select Cases in Government; More Particularly, Of the Obeying the unjust Commands of a Prince (…) Of Peace and War &c (…). Lond., J. Knapton, 1701. (8), 366, (2) pp. Cont. cf., spine raised in bands w. gilt dec. compartments & remnant of a red label, blind tooled sides, gilt dec. board edges & speckled page edges. (Spine ends dam., joints split, dam. at extremities, bookplate of (?) Benson on paste down, upper margin of title-p torn, some name entries on title-p., some yellowing/foxing, textblock tight).

€ 240

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(HOOGHE, R. de). Esopus in Europa. Amst., Seb. Petzold, 1701. 24 (of 40) parts in 1 vol. 8 pp. (followed by 23 sequences of 8 pp, each w. separate ti.-p.). W. tog. 24 large engr./etchings in text. 4°. Cont. vellum. (A bit browned, but a very good copy).

€ 150

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ITALY -- GIRAFFI, A. Le rivolutioni de Napoli. Geneva, after Venice, F. Alberto, 1648. 206 pp. W. woodcut anchor device on ti. Cont. limp vellum. (Spine sl. dam., name entry on gfree endpaper, browned/foxed throughout).

€ 200

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JAPAN -- OVERMEER FISSCHER, J.F. v. Bijdrage tot de kennis v.h. Japansche Rijk. Amst., J. Müller & Comp., 1833. (x), 320 pp. W. 15 lithogr. plates on chine appliqué, exquisitely cold. by hand, all under tissue guards. Lge-4°. Cont. h. mor. extra, gold dec. spine raised in compartments, moire cloth sides ruled in gilt and blind tooled. (Corners a bit bumped, some marginal foxing, bookplate & bookseller's description tipped in on paste down, but a very handsome copy of this sumptuous work).

€ 3000

result € 2400

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PUTEANUS, E. Historiae Belgicae liber singularis, de obsidione Lovaniensis anno MDCXXXV. Antw., I. Cnobbarus, 1636. (20), 179, (9) pp. W. 1 map & 1 engr. plate. - Bound with: Id. Historiae Medicaeae libri duo. Antw., I. Cnobbarus, 1634. (4), 161, (2) pp. W. engr. portr.-front. - And: Id. Historiae Barbariae libri VI. Antw., I. Cnobbarus, 1634.(12), 149, (17) pp. - Tog. 3 works in 1 vol. 16°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides, title in ink on spine. (Endpapers very neatly replaced).

€ 200

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