ACCOUNT BOOK of the Trust of John Ackland Esq. Devon/Somerset (likely Wiveliscombe region), 1746–1767. Ca. 190 leaves, of which 86 leaves with manuscript entries in ink, neatly ruled throughout in double columns. Fol. Cont. vellum w. hand-lettered title to upper cover: "The Account Book of J. Ackland Esq., Trustee, begun 26th December 1746." (Vellum a bit soiled).

ACTEN EN RESOLUTIEN vande Hoogh Mogende Heeren, Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, genomen in de maanden van Januarij, Februarii, Maart, April, Meij en Junij, des jaars seventien hondert en sestien. 1716. 2 vols. 18th c. manuscript in Dutch and incidentally in French. Tog. c. 1100 pp. Cont. marbled limp brds., spines w. printed year and volume number, uncut. (Spines worn).

ALBUM AMICORUM for M(aria) J(ohanna) Haak. 1820. W. 9 contributions in various media and ± 30 blank lvs. 8°-obl. Loose in cont. red h. mor. sleeve w. green mor. oval inlay w. gilt-lettered text "Uit genegenheid" on front cover and "M.J. Haak 1820" on back cover, the inlays surrounded by a gilt laurel border. In marbled board slipcase.

ALBUM containing a collection of 36 autographs cut out of documents, letters &c. & tipped on to the page. 8°-obl. Old h. vellum extra w. marbled sides. (Spine dam., sides chafed, inner condition excellent w. sturdy bindwork & nice laid paper).

ALKMAAR -- LETTER OF DEDICATION from the Domain Chamber of the States of Holland and West Friesland to Jacob Coorn as bailiff of the Nijenburch, successor to Willem Coorn. The Hague, 15 augustus 1656. Ms. in Dutch on vellum, r° only. 340 x 420 mm. W. 2 blind stamped seals. Hinged to mount. In fine condition.

BERZELIUS, Jöns Jacob (1779-1848). Letter in Swedish to 'Min käraste bror' (Göran Wahlenberg (?)). Stockholm, 17 May 1821. 1 leaf r° & v°, signed. -- Carl Adolph AGARDH (1785-1859). Letter in Swedish to Göran Wahlenberg. Lund, 6? Nov. 1825 (?). 1 fold. leaf, signed. -- (2).

BIJLAERT/BYLAERT/BIJLART, Johan Jacob (1734-1809). (Watercolour coats of arms of Dutch nobility). (Probably Leiden), 1786. Original water coloured pen drawings of 15 coats of arms on vellum, r° only. 325 x 423 mm. Signed and dated in ink in the lower margin.

BIRTHDAY WISH -- "JUBEL ZEGEN-WENSCH Wegens de Verjaringe van den Eerwaarde Heer Johan Klaus Oud geworden zijnde 50 jaren, de 3 August. 1749". Handwritten poem w. a border of expertly handdrawn flowers, neatly coloured & cut & pasted onto a blue-gray folio. 590 x 410 mm. (Top of the 'crown' seems to lack, upper margin of background yellowed, pencil annot. on lower margin of background). -- Added: 7 similar testimonies of joy. (8).

BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1752-1840). Letter in German. Göttingen, ? Sept. 1777. 1 leaf, r° only, signed.

BREVIARY/MISSAL, Cistercian use. France, Valbonne (?), 17th-18th c. Latin manuscript on paper. (14) pp. (calendar) & 474 numb. pp. (chant). Written in red and brown ink, with square Gregorian notation on a four-line staff, w. dec. initials in red, blue, green, some heightened w. gold. Old cf. (Bind. severely chafed, stamp on free endpaper, inner margin stained throughout, some scribbling on last page).

BRONGNIART, Alexandre (1770-1847). Letter in French to Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854). Paris, 23 Aug. 1835. 1 fold. leaf, r° & v°, signed. W. stamps & wax seal.

CALLIGRAPHY -- "PENNE KUNST. Maatigheid, Behoud, Versterkt, (etc.)". Calligraphed in red and black ink and w. a drawing of a hand holding a feather writing pen. Signed in right lower corner Kornelis Bosman and "a berge 1819". 270 x 350 mm (paper size). (Upper left corner torn off and replaced by blank paper). -- Added: 7 similar writing excercises, all in Dutch, of which 1 dated 1695. -- (8).

CALLIGRAPHY -- PIPER, J.J. "Pennewerk. AGDSM Amsterdam Tot Nut van 't Algemeen. (…)." - "Pennewerk. ABC Prüfet alles, und das Gute behaltet. (…)." - 1807. Writing exercises in ink on 2 vellum lvs. 182 x 215 mm. -- Added 1. o on paper, by H.A. (?) Steur, te Westerlee, dated 18 July 1805. -- (3).

"ELEMENTA GEOMETRIÆ. Elementorum geometriæ liber primus doctrina proportionum et progressionum tum arithmethicarum tum geometricarum". (18th c.). Latin manuscript on paper. 93 lvs. (incl. 4 blanks). W. calligraphic title-page within an elaborate ornamental border and an allegorical scene, section title also within ornamental border, executed in pen and ink, text written in a neat and uniform hand with numerous beautiful executed allegorical vignettes, all executed in pen and ink. 4°. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt spine, brown letterpiece, all edges red, marbled endpapers. (Spine a bit dam., corners worn, bind. chafed/rubbed).

"EXTRACT UIJT DE RESOLUTIE vande Heeren Staten van Hollandt ende Westvrieslant in haar Ed. Gr. Mog. vergaderinge genomen op vrijdag den xxvi Novemb. 1700" - "NOTA. Mr. Andries Hofland heeft kort daarna afstand gedaan (…). 1707" - "EDELE GROOT MOG. HEEREN (…) 13 April 1707" - 3 mss. on paper, connected w. a thread, r° and v°. (8) lvs. Fol.

FISCHER, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig (1782-1854). Letter in French to Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854). St. Petersburg, 19/31 March 1828. 1 leaf, r° only, signed. -- Added: Printed letter by 'Muséum d'histoire naturelle' to Reinwardt, accomp. a package of 175 species of seeds. Paris, 4 Febr. 1825. 1 leaf, r° only. -- (2).

's-GRAVENHAGE -- GAADE, F.J., (e.a.). Langs heeren straten. October 1857. (10), 47 letterpress pp., all within a unique cold. decorative border. W. 5 full-p. water coulour drawings by Johannes Christiaan d'Arnoud Gerkens, incl. the ti.-p. 4°. Cont. blind tooled and gilt dec. cl., a.e.g. (Spine a bit dam./split in places, but still present).

GRIMM, Friedrich Melchior Baron von (1723-1807). Letter to ?. Regensburg, n.d. Letter in French on 1 leaf, r° only. Signed.

"HERINNERING aan het bedrijf der Tweede Kamer van de Staten-generaal der Nederlanden van 1842 tot 1848". Arnhem, 27 July 1861. (34) lvs. Ms. on paper, r° and v°, signed at end 'for a true copy' w. the signature of Faber v. Riemsdijk. Fol. Wrps.

INDENTURE TRIPARTITE between Thomas Lowfield, citizen and draper from London, Richard How of the Parish of Christ-church in the County of Surrey, and Robert Smith of Staple Inn London. Dated December 1st 1676. Manuscript in brown ink w. calligraphed title on 3 vellum membranes (2 large and 1 small: "The Schedule"), conjoined along bottom with 2 vellum tags, one with red wax seal. Signed by Thomas Lowfield and Richard How and four scribes/witnesses.

JEAN PAUL (= Jean Paul Friedrich Richter) (1763-1825). Autograph letter to Heinrich Voss. Frankf. a/M., 12 June 1804. Fold. leaf, written in German on all 4 sides. Signed "R", w. (remnants of) wax seals, stamped (13 June). (Paper a bit browned/foxed, 2 small holes (not affecting text), small piece of paper missing).

KUHL, Heinrich (1797-1821)? Letter in German to H.C. Escher von der Linth. Amsterdam, 30 June 1820. 1 fold. leaf, written on r° & v°, signature cut out unfortunately.

LEIDEN -- DEED OF SALE of a house to Pieter Koppeschaar, located on the Rapenburg between Langebrug and Houtstraat (now Rapenburg 15). 17 May 1806. Letterpress and ms on vellum, folded. Sealed.

LEIDEN -- "EEDT VAN DE POORTERS". 8 April 1658. Citizenship appointment of Bartolomeus Lepier, letterpress broadside, supplemented in ms. W. blind stamp of the city administration.

LEIDERDORP -- DEED OF SALE of a house and property, located on the Lage Rijndijk, by Joseph Corneliszn. Becks, linen weaver, to Bastiaan Raaphorst. 22 December 1736. Letterpress and ms on vellum, folded. Sealed.

LIMBURG STIRUM, Herman Otto II van (1646-1704). Letter in French to his younger sister Anna Isabella. Camp du Philipsbourg, 23 Aug. 1676. 1 fold. leaf, written on r° & v°, signed "Stirum". W. wax seal. (Triangle-shaped paper cut-out affecting sev. words of text).

LORRY, Anne-Charles (1726-1783). Letter of respect in French to "Monsieur Cuyper". 5 April 1777. 1 leaf, r° only. No signature. (2 small holes in the centre, not affecting text).

MANUSCRIPT LEAF of a religious text in Latin w. small initial in red. 15th c. 170 x 130 mm. Framed behind glass. (Uninspected out of frame). -- Added: H. SCHEDEL. Fragment of leaf CXXI v° of the Liber Chronicorum, Nuremberg, 1493. Text concerning the Council of Vienne in 1311, w. a woodcut, depicting a pope and a forest of clerics, cold. by an old hand. Image size 210 x 295 mm. Under glass. (Uninspected out of frame). -- And 2 o. (4).

PAULUS, Pieter (1753-1796). Autograph letter. 6 Febr. 1795 (18 Pluviôse, Year III). Fold. leaf, r° only, in French, signed. (Some ink smudging).

RELAND, Adriaan (1676-1718). Letter in Dutch to "J. de Haas, koopman by t' admiraliteytshof te Rotterdam". Utr., 4 maart 1714. 1 fold. leaf, r° only and address outside, signed. W. black wax seal. -- Jan Jacob SCHULTENS (1716-1788). Letter in Dutch to a friend. Leiden, 4 april 1769. 1 fold. leaf, r° & v°, signed. -- (2).

SCHRADER, Heinrich Adolf (1767-1836). Letter in German to "Wertgeschätzter Freund". (Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt?). Göttingen, 6 April 1829. 1 fold. leaf, written on r° & v°, signed.

"SENTENTIEN van den Hove van Justitie (…) tegen Everhard Engelen, Jan Gerrit Waltelingh, Frans Metzger, en Margaretha Wilhelmina Waltelingh. Gepronunciëerd op den 29. July 1799". Den Haag, 1799. 53 pp. 4°. Printed report of a law case regarding a robbery of elderly people in the vicinity of Rotterdam, interspersed with 2 handwritten death sentences by Cornelis Felix van Maanen on 2 lvs. , r° and v°, imposed on two of the perpetrators, dated 26 July 1799 and 16 May 16 1800. Bound in folio early 20th c. clothbacked binding. -- Added: Binder containing 18 testimonies (copies), a.o. legal documents in ms. relating to various legal cases (mostly relating to man slaughter), dated between 1720 and 1807. c. 70 lvs., r° and v°. Fol. -- Also added: 4 similar binders w. various similar arrests, testimonies, from the 17th-18th c., etc., partly in letterpress, partly in ms. -- Tog. in 6 binders.

TISSOT VAN PATOT -- COLLECTION of c. 50 small drawings in ink and pencil and some documents by naval officer John Tissot van Patot (1871-1948), i.a. active in the Aceh War, including 2 'maps' drawn by hand: "Lombok. Schetskaartje van het oorlogsterrein omtrent 1 November 1894. Schaal 1:40.000" w. explication in ms. and "Schets van Groot-Atjeh". All between 1893-1920. In archive folder w. cords. (Filing holes in all documents).

UTRECHT -- "ROLLE EN KORTE HISTORIJ van de Bisschoppen van Utrecht door Petrus Corn. van Bokkenbergh uijt zijnen Latijnsche in onse nederduijtze spraake overgeset door Engelbertus van Eng[e]len Medicijne Doctor. Met bijvoegsels zoo tot de bisschoppen als de stad Utregt dienstig". 1722. Ms. on paper in Dutch in a legible hand on laid paper. (4), 109 pp., blank, (16) lvs. (r° only), (2) index lvs. Incl. tipped in frontispiece (by L.P. Serrurier, dated 1732) drawn in ink and grey wash and w. 83 cold. coats of arms in text, all drawn and cold. by hand. 4°. Cont. h. sheepskin, marbled paper on sides. (Bind. a bit worn/dam., but in fine interior condition).

VALENCIENNES, Achille (1794-1865). Letter in French to Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854). 'Au jardin des plantes, ce 10 janvier'. 1 fold. leaf, r° & v°, signed. W. remnant of wax stamp.

WAGLER, Johann Georg (1800-32). Letter in German to "Hochwohlgeborner (…) Herr Professor!" (= most likely Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854)). München, 1825. 1 fold. leaf, r° & v°, signed. (Tear on fold in lower margin).

WARDLE (GB) - LANCASHIRE -- "THIS INDENTUR made the 6th day of September in the yeare of our Lord God 1622 and in the yeares of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord James by the grace of God King of England, (etc.)." Ms. on 8 lvs., r° only, held together by a piece of threaded cord. Lge-fol. (390 x 310 mm). (Last l. a bit dam. and w. some loss of text, vertical folds, but in fine condition).

WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833). Fragment of a letter w. signature. N.d. 1 l., r° only.

WILLEM II -- LETTER in French to Landgrave Philip of Hesse-Homburg. The Hague, 16 Oct. 1839. 1 fold. leaf, 1 side r° only, signed 'Guillaume'. W. part of the or. envelope w. red postal stamp.