BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). 3 letters in English to Cornelius Nozeman (1720-1786), London, 20 May 1754, 15 Sept. 1756 and 10 Nov. 1757. 3 fold. lvs., r° & v°, all signed.

CUVIER, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, (1769-1832). Letter in French to 'Monsieur' Tydeman, Paris, 11 November 1811. 1 leaf, r° only. W. printed letterhead 'Université Impériale'.

DEKEN, Agatha Pieters (Aagje), (1741-1804). Letter in Dutch to Elias van Nymegen, (De) Rijp, 3 Oct. 1779. 1 fold. leaf, r° only, signed, also by E. (Betje) Wolff. -- Added: Early copy in ms. (written by Deken??) after a printed edition of 'De onveranderlijke Santhorstsche Geloofsbelijdenis In Rijm gebragt door Eene Zuster der Santhorstsche Gemeente. [gevolgd door:] De Menuet en de Dominees Pruik. [en:] Vergeefsche Raad'. Ms. on paper, 22 fold. lvs., r° & v°. -- (2).

DISJECTA MEMBRA -- COLLECTION of c. 40 manuscript fragments from the 14th/15th c., written on vellum, partly retrieved from restoration of old bindings. Various sizes. In plastic folders in A4 ring binder. -- Added: 4 similar ring binders containing i.a. a collection of c. 80 loose folia (or fragments of folia) from, primarily German (post-)incunabula, partly with ms. notes about their origin.

ETHIOPIAN (MAGIC HEALING?) SCROLL on goat skin, consisting of 2 pieces sown together. Length 114 cm., width ± 8 cm. Text and figurative decoration in black and pale orange.

GELDERLAND - HEERLIJKHEID MILLINGEN -- "GEËRFDEN DAGH gehouden van 13 Maij 1741" (tot en met 10 maart 1775). Ms. on paper in various (legible) hands, r° & v°. 5-179 lvs. Sm-4°. Bound in 19th c. hcl. w. marbled paper sides. (First 4 lvs. lack, and lvs. 27, 51, 52).

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang v., (1749-1832). Envelope cut out w. red wax seal w. family crest and hand written initials in black ink. N.d.

HALLER, Albrecht von (1708-1777). Autograph letter to Eduard Sandifort. Bern, 19 Oct. 1768. 1 leaf, r° only, in Latin, signed, w. black wax seal.

HEMSTERHUIS, Franciscus (Frans/François), (1721-1790). 3 letters in Dutch to Cornelis Nozeman (1720-1786), Leiden 14 December 1742, 6 Jan. 1743 and 4 July 1746. 3 fold. lvs., r°. & v°, all 3 signed. W. 2 loosely inserted lithogr. plates and 1 drawing in ink relating to 2 of the letters.

HERALDRY -- "DIT ZIJN DIE WAPENS DER GRAVEN, die baronnen, die banner heeren, die Ritteren, en die knegten, die waeren inde tornoys ten berghe, int jaer ons Heeren 1310 en ook die daer waaren ontrent int getalle hondert en negentig". 17th c. Anonymous ms. in Dutch on paper, consisting of 29 ms. lvs. and 82 engr. plates w. 1640 heraldic/family crests, all cold. by hand. Fol. In 19th c h. vellum binding.

HERALDRY -- "WAPENEN DER GRAVEN, BAENDER-HEEREN, RIDDERS EN SCHILD-KNECHTEN, welken verscheenen sijn op de Tournoy tot Bergen in Henegouwen in den Jaare 1310, ten getale van Honderd en negentig" - Bound with: "WAPENEN DER HERTOGEN, GRAVEN, BARONNEN, RIDDEREN EN KNECHTEN welken met Albrecht, Hertog van Beijeren, (…), In den Jaare 1396, waaren op de Tournoy te Cuijnre in Vriesland, ten getale van Vierhonderd en vier" - And: "NAAMEN, WAPENEN EN STAM DEELEN der Hoog Edele Heeren Ridderen Welken in den Jaaren 1585 verscheenen sijn op de Vorstelijke Tournoy tot Gulick". - 3 parts in 1 vol. Anonymous ms. on paper, consisting of section titles in ms. and 134 lvs. w. on each leaf 9 heraldic/family crests accompanied by names in ms., all cold. by hand. Fol. Old marbled paper brds. (Loose, a bit browned).

HOOGSTRATEN, David van (1658-1724). Autograph letter. Amst., 2 June 1713. 32 lines in ink on leaf, r° only, signed.

HOUSE OF ORANGE -- WILLIAM V of Orange, (1748-1806). Letter in Dutch appointing 'Oud Burgermeester' [of Purmerend] Philippus Reinier Boon as a member of the 'Commisie in Gecommiteerde Raaden'. The Hague, 16 January 1777. 1 fold. leaf, r° only, signed. -- And 2 o., 1 of which signed by king William I (1772-1843). (3).

MONTFOORT -- "GENEALOGIE VAN DE OUDE EN ADELIJKE FAMILIE VAN MONTFOORT. Beginnende met den Jaare 1407 En Eyndigende met den Jaare 1791 met de 13de Generatie". N.d. (c. 1800?). Ms. on handmade paper in a legible hand, r° and v°. Paginated 1-368 (incl. blanks) and 12 unnumb. lvs., incl. index at the end. Fol. 18th c. hcf., decorative paper removed from brds.

NEEDLEWORK -- "ALBUM D'OUVRAGES UTILS ET AGRÉABLES FAITS par A. Janssen au Pensionnat des Religieuses d'Ursulines a Hamont[-Achel]". N.d. (c. 1860?). Album containing 22 examples of beautiful knitting, lace, etc., for doll's clothes (?). All laid down on mounts. 4°-obl. Cont. green hcf. (Bind. a bit dam., loosening).

NOZEMAN, Cornelius, (1720-1786). Letter in Dutch to Pieter Bierumer, Alkmaar 10 May 1798. 1 leaf r° only, signed. Together w. the dried skin of a fish belonging to the family of perches ('gymnocephalus cernua').

NOZEMAN, Cornelius, (1720-1786) -- COLLECTION of letters addressed to Cornelius Nozeman. (1760-80's). 5 autograph letters by i.a. Christophe Saxe, Daniel Wyttenbach, Jan Kornelis Valk. Fold. leaves, r° (& 2 v°) (3 in Dutch, 2 in Latin), all signed. -- Added: authograph letter by David Ruhnken to Jan Kornelis Valk (in which Nozeman is mentioned) (N.d.). -- (6).

POOT, Hubert Korneliszoon (1689-1733). Autograph letter to Joan de Haes. Abtswoude (Delft), 18 Oct. 1721. 15 lines in ink on fold. leaf, r° only, signed.

RAAB, Antonius Gaspar (Rutger) (1726-??). "PHYSICA dictata a doctissimo domino domino (!) Carolo Verlaine professore primario Porci" - "Liber II: De qualitatibus corporum sensibilibus". Louvain (?), 1744(-45). 2 parts in 1 vol. Paginated by hand: 272; 164 pp. Ms. in Latin on paper in a legible hand. W. ms. title within a printed border, 1 full-p. engr. representing Mercury, Venus, etc. and numerous fine astronomical diagrams in text. 4°. Cont. cf. bind. (Bind. a bit worn in places, content a bit browned).

REINWARDT, Caspar Georg Carl (1773-1854) -- COLLECTION of letters addressed to the botanist Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt. (1810-30-s). 8 autograph letters by prominent European scientists (naturalists, botanists), i.a. Elias Fries, Thomas Horsfield, Charles Lyell, Leonard Horner, Nathaniel Wallich, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. (Fold.) lvs., for the greater part written on r° & v° (in diff. languages), all signed, 3 w. wax seal. Dif. sizes. (Some small defects).

REMONSTRANTS -- COLLECTION of letters, all addressed to Pieter (Petrus) Bierumer (1716-70). (1740-50's). 12 autograph letters (10 in Dutch, 2 in Latin) in different hands. All signed, partly w. wax seals. Dif. sizes.

SCARPA, Antonio (1752-1832). Autograph letter to Eduard Sandifort. Pavia, 4 Febr. 1786. Fold. leaf, r° only, in Latin, signed.

SLINGELANDT, Simon v. (1664-1736). ("Verhandelingen over de Hooge Regering" & "Over de Militie van den Staat"). N.d. (2nd h. 18th c.). 2 vols. Manuscript copy containing various chapters on affairs of state/political economy, written in a legible 18th c. hand. On fine handmade paper, r° and v°. Fol. Full 18th c. vellum. -- Added: Id. Staatkundige geschriften. Amst., P. Schouten, 1784-85. 4 vols. Mod. hcl., uncut. All warranted w. a signature by a member of the Van Slingelandt family. -- (6).

SMITS, Dirk (1702-1752). -- COLLECTION of letters addressed to Dirk Smits. (1740-50's). 7 autograph letters in Dutch, in different hands. All signed, partly w. wax seals. Dif. sizes.

SÖMMERRING, Samuel Thomas v. (1755-1830). Letter in German to Sebald Justinus Brugmans (1763-1819), München, 7 April 1819. 1 fold. leaf, r° & v°, signed.

STEJSKAL -- OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT on the occasion of the retirement of Franz Ritter von Stejskal. (Vienna, 1 January 1898). W. 3 calligraphed lvs. in German script with red and gold initials, two of which with elaborate floral borders heightened with gold (one with allegorical woman with naked little child with a view on Vienna at the background and the headquarters of the Sicherheitswache in Vienna in a medallion), both signed by 'K.k. S... Inspector Jos. Kumpost'. Lge-fol. (45 x 33 cm). Cont. pigskin over wooden boards, spectacular front cover divided in 10 partly raised compartments, partly w. cloisonné and cold. enameled decorations/coats of arms, with double raised brass bands and a circular raised armorial centre piece in the central panel with the coat-of-arms of Franz Ritter von Stejskal, paste downs and 'ivory' endpapers covered w. red watered silk. The binding is signed by August Klein, Wien. In modern cloth covered box.

SURINAMESE PLANTATION BONDS -- "EEN SURINAAMSE OBLIGATIE aan (Petrus [Pieter Jacob] Cantzlaar), genegotieerd (door Willem Suermondt) op de Plantagien Liverpool en Nieuwe Grond, groot, een duysend gulden à 50 p/c ƒ 500". Rotterdam, 1780. -- And 1 similar bond, also w. regard to Liverpool (also Leeverpoel) en Nieuwe Grond. -- Added: receipt for payment of "drie kleine prijs obligatiën". -- 3 bonds, written on paper, r° only, each c. 105 x 205 mm.

SWINDEN, Jan Hendrik v., (1746-1823). Letter in Dutch to his cousin Caspar Reuvens, Amsterdam 3(0?) July 1819. 1 fold. leaf, r° only, signed.

THUNBERG, Carl Peter (1743-1828). Letter in French to 'Monsieur' (probably Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854), at the time hortulanus of the Leiden Hortus Botanicus), Uppsala 23 Jan. 1828. 1 fold. leaf, r° & v°, signed.

VOLLENHOVE, Joannes (1631-1708). Autograph letter (to Gerard Brandt). The Hague, 19 November ('slagtmaand') 1680. 1 fold. leaf, r° & v°, signed.

WIENER KREIS -- WAISMANN, Friedrich (1896-1959). Typescript draughts in German on philosophy, philosophy of language, meaning, names, etc. W. many additions/corrections in ms. N.d., (after 1938 - before 1959). 2 vols., divided in 22 chapters, tog. c. 630 foliated typescript lvs. In 18 original cardboard covers. 4°. (Covers a bit dam. in places).