ALMANACKS -- FRIESCH COMPTOIR ALMANACH voor het jaar 1791. Leeuwarden, Joh. Seydel, (1790). (16), 116, (12) pp. Sm-8°. Bound in contemp. black ray skin w. 4 silver decorated catches (all blank coats of arms), and silver stylus, a.e.g. (Bind. trifle worn, but a good copy).

ATLASES -- SCHOTANUS À STERRINGA, B. Uitbeeldinge der Heerlijkheit Friesland. Zoo in 't algemeen als in haare 30 bijzondere Grietenijen. (Leeuw.), Fr. Halma, 1718. (2) lvs. W. fine engr. allegorical front. by Folkema, full-p. engr. coat of arms of Friesland, 2 full-p. dedicatory engr. consisting of coats of arms (i.a. of noble Frisian families), 1 general map of 'Friesland' in cont. handcolouring, and 38 engr. double-p. plain maps, of which 2 extra large. Lge-fol. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt spine, gilt coat of arms of Friesland on both sides, surround by 2 gilt borders. (Some paint stains in front side, top of spine sl. dam., corners a bit worn/dam., occasional splits on central folds).

(AUCTION/SALE) CATALOGUES -- (LE LONG, I.), Bibliotheca selectissima, sive catalogus librorum (…)/Een uitgezochte bibliotheeck Van de allerraarste boecken (…). Amst., S. Schouten, 1744. (10), 179, 265, 40 pp. Cont. vellum.

EMBLEM BOOKS -- (BOUTTATS, P.B.). Illustrissimo ac Reverendissimo Domino D. Josepho Anselmo Werbrouck ex Antistite Ruraemundensium XIV. Antwerpiensium Episcopo in solemni ad cathedram suam Adventu gratulatur (…). Antw., widow of J.B. Jouret, (1746). 35, (4) pp. W. a full-p. engr. of Bishop Werbrouck's coat of arms, an etched view of Antwerp in a separate scrollwork cartouche, an etching with the Bishop's residence(?) behind two putti supporting his arms and those of Roermond and Antwerp, the latter topped with the Imperial eagle, 8 engr. emblems, each in a second scrollwork cartouche, 2 woodcut tailpieces, 2 woodcut dec. initial letters and a woodcut dec., most of the engrs. are signed by P.B. Bouttats. 4°. Wrps. (Slightly soiled and some minor traces of use).

EMBLEM BOOKS -- SMIDS, L. Emblemata heroica, of de medalische zinnebeelden der ses en dertigh graaven van Holland. Amst., J. Oosterwyk & H. v.d Gaete, 1712. (16), 72, (8) pp. W. engr. front. & 72 engr. emblems on 36 plates by I. Schynvoet. - Bound after: J.v. BROEKHUIZEN. Gedichten. Amst., G. onder de Linden, 1712. (20), 56, (6), (2), 124 pp. W. engr. front., engr. ti.-vign. & engr. head-piece. - 2 in 1 vol. Cont. vellum w. title neatly written on spine in an old hand. (Former owners' names on first free endpaper, a very neat vol.).

EMBLEM BOOKS -- VEEN, J. v.d. Zinne-beelden, oft Adams appel. Amst., Wed. G. de Groot, 1703. (24), 671, (1) pp. W. ti-engr. & 50 engr. emblems in the text after S. Savery. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum. (Stamp on v° ti-p.).

(FREDERICK THE GREAT). (L'Antimachiavel ou) Examen du Prince de Machiavel, avec des notes historiques & Politiques. 3me ed. Enrichie de plusieurs pieces nouvelles & originales, la plupart fournies par M.F. de Voltaire. The Hague, J. v. Duren, 1741. 2 in 1 vol. lx, 248; (2) 322 pp. W. 2 ti-pp. w. identical engr. printer's vignette. Cont. h. sheepskin. (Spine chafed, top of spine chipped, upper joint split, corners bumped, inside clean w. some yellowing).

HERALDRY -- ROUCK, Th. de. Den Nederlandtschen Heravld, ofte Tractaet van Wapenen, en Politycken Adel. Amst., (W.Chr. v.d. Boxe for) Jan Janssen, 1645. (12), 370; (2), 56, (8) pp. W. 9 text-engr. (7 portrs. & 2 plates w. coats of arms) and well over 100 woodcuts in the text, partly in cont. handcolouring. Fol. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Some old owners' entries on ti-p., sl. browned/foxed).

MACHIAVELLI, N. De discoursen. De tien eerste boecken van Titus Livius. Hier is by gevoecht des selven autheurs boeck, vanden Prince (…). Beijde wy den Italiaenschen in onse Nederduijtsche tale overgeset d. A. v. Nievelt. Amst., 1615. 2 in 1 vol. (16), 456, (10); 121, (3) pp. Cont. limp vellum w. overl. sides. (Vellum soiled/stained, spine a bit dam., endpapers and last 2 blank lvs. lack, ti.-p. a bit dam. & laid down, ex libr. copy w. stamps, some marg. stains, a bit browned, apart from the blanks a complete, but rather smudgy copy).

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- BONTEKOE, W.Y. Journael, Van de Acht-jarige, Avontuerlijcke Reyse (…) Gedaen nae Oost-Indien; Uyt Texel gevaren den 18. December, 1618 en t'huys gekomen den 16. November, 1625. Amst., G. J. Zaagman, n.d. (between 1670 and 1678). 60 pp. W. woodcut on ti., half-page engr. portr. & 9 illustr. in text (woodcut/engr.). Sm-4°. 19th c. hcf. w. marbled paper brds., red ti.-label. (Outer corners a bit worn, small (professional) rep. to lower corner of leaf 1a1 and 1a4, margins trimmed, small annot. in English added to 3 illustrations, but a good copy).

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- COOK, J. Troisième voyage de Cook, ou Voyage a l'océan Pacifique, Ordonné par le Roi d'Angleterre, pour faire des découvertes dans l'Hémisphere Nord, pour déterminer la position & l'étendue de la Côte Ouest de l'Amérique Septentrionale, sa distance de l'Asie, & résoudre la question du passage au Nord. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785. 4 vols. (4), cxxxii, 437, (3); (4), 422; (2), 488; (4), 552, (2) pp. W. 88 (fold.) maps, views & portraits of Cook's travels to the Pacific. 4°. Cont. mottled cf. w. richly dec. gilt spines raised in compartments, gilt floral borders on all sides, all edges red. (Upper joints of 2 vols. split, other joints only split at the ends, vol. 2 partly (water)stained in outer margin, general map rep. on v°, occas. mild foxing/browning).

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- DAMPIER, W. Nieuwe reystogt rondom de werreld, waarin omstandiglijk beschreeven worden De Land-engte van Amerika, verscheydene Kusten en Eylanden in Westindie, de eylanden van Kabo Verde, de doortogt van de Straat Le Maire na de Zuydzee, de kusten van Chili, Peru, Mexiko, (…), Cina, Formosa, (…). Vert. d. W. Sewel. The Hague, A. de Hondt, 1698. (6), 395, (11) pp. W. engr. ti., 6 (fold.) maps (incl. fold. worldmap), and 7 plates, of which 1 fold., by C. Luyken & J. Lamsvelt. 4°. Cont. vellum w. red ti.-label on spine. (Very good copy, but a bit browned throughout).

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- (EXQUEMELIN, A.O.). Historie der boecaniers, of vrybuyters van America. Amst., N. ten Hoorn, 1700. 3 parts. (8), 219; 136, (8) pp. (last leaf blank). W. engr. front. by C. Huijberts, 1 fold. map of South-America and 7 engr. plates (1 fold.), some signed J. Lamsvelt in the plate. - Bound with: G. TACHARD. Reis van Siam. Waar in veele tot noch toe onbekende Zaaken, so omtrent de gelegentheid van dit Land, als omtrent de Religie, Zeden, en andere dingen worden verhaald. Waar by komt het Verhaal van 't Ambassaadtschap des Ridders van Chaumont Aan 't selve Hof. Utr., J. Ribbius, 1687. 2 parts. (4), 196, (8); 77, (3) pp. - Tog. 5 parts in 1 vol. 4°. Cont. vellum. (A bit browned throughout, a bit loose, outer blank margin a bit stained in places/traces of use in places, some remarks and a kind of accolades (highlighting paragraphs) in pencil in outer margins in places, but altog. a sound copy).

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- NIEBUHR, C. Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien un andern umliegenden Ländern. Vols. 1 & 2. Kopenhagen, N. Möller, 1774-78. 2 vols. (1), vxi, (1), 505; (8), 479 pp. W. 2 title-vign., 124 engr., mostly fold., & 1 large map, cold. in outline. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. spine w. raised bands, gilt dec. & (dam.) letterpieces, & marbled sides. (Spine worn, delicate at hinges, wear to extremities; some yellowing & foxing in the text, but a very clean, bright, complete set of this important work).

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- RUYTER -- BRANDT, G. Het leven en bedryf van den Heere Michiel de Ruiter. 4e dr. Amst., (etc.), 1746. (8), 1065, (23) pp. W. engr. front., engr. portr., 1 full-p. engr. & 7 fold. engr. of sea battles by Stoopendael. Fol. Cont. cf., spine w. raised bands & gilt dec. (Letterpiece missing, slight yellowing of the outer margins, but a sound and clean copy).

MILITARIA -- (MARCHANT, J.G. le). Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry. Lond., for the War-Office, T. Egerton, 1805. xii, 98, 91 pp. W. 29 fold. plates. Fine cont. full green mor., spine w. raised bands & gilt dec., sides ruled in gilt, edges ruled, inside dentelles, t.e.g. (Some yellowing, plates all present but several misfolded & with small tears at attachment points, bookplate of J. Garcia Donnell on first free end-p.).

PALMISTRY -- GOCLENIUS, R. Physiognomica et Chiromantica Specialia. Nunc denuo recognita, (…). Access. in fine Memorabilia Experimenta, & Observationes Chiromanticae, (…). Hamburg, Joh. Naumann, 1661. 2 parts in 1 vol. 280 pp. Title printed in red and black with printer’s device, 16 woodcuts of 'hands' in text. Sm-8°. Old vellum w. red mor. label. (Bind. a bit stained, text a bit browned, but in v.g. condition).

PHILOSOPHY -- BURGHERSDYK, F. (Burgersdijck, etc.). Institutio logica, Dat is Reden-konstigh Onder-wys, Be-ghreepen in twe Boecken. Amst., N. v. Ravesteyn voor G. Willemsz., 1646. 2 in 1 vol. (32), 425; (4), 191, (1) pp. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Paste downs detached, but a very good copy).