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1728Best.-Nr. A2RGD4WT38YEAmsterdam: Leonardus Schenk 1728. In black passepartout and gilt frame 82 x 121 cm. Large engraved wall print on 2 sheets together 58 x 97 cm the sheets overlapping each other slightly showing the traditional business centre of the city of Leiden. The title both in Dutch and French is printed in a banderole at the head with putti on each side supporting the arms of Leiden and Holland. Leonardus Schenk's name appears as engraver and publisher at the right tip of the banderole. A large engraved wall print in two sheets showing the trading and commercial centre of the city of Leiden at the convergence of the Oude Rijn and Nieuwe Rijn canals. Unlike most other Dutch towns Leiden had no central market square so that the waterways formed the major access routes for merchandise. On the banks of the canals there is a lively market that converges on the bridge central in the print. Market traders and customers come and go. Women from the coastal fishing villages of Katwijk and Noortwijk display fresh fish for sale. Right in the print we see the monumental "Waag" the weigh-house built in 1658 following a plan by the Dutch architect and engraver Pieter Post. The splendid relief designed by Rombout Verhulst that crowns the entrance is reproduced with a sharp eye for detail. In front of the building commercial goods are hoisted up from carts and a number of ships for transport to the weigh-house. Several other ships had moored and now continue to their destination. A boat flying the Dutch flag brings in a prominent party while a herald standing precariously at the bow trumpets for right of way. We know of several other wall prints by Schenk depicting local situations with almost photographic detail. Thanks to this detail important socio-historical aspects have been passed on to later generations giving these prints an important cultural meaning today. With some faint foxing otherwise in very good condition.l Overvoorde Catalogus van de prentverzameling der Gemeente Leiden 1906 no. 964; Waller Biogr. woordenb. Noord Ned. graveurs p. 287. Leonardus Schenk, unknown
1946Best.-Nr. 20219Paris: Farband Fun Di Vilner in Frankraych 1946. 8vo; 238 pages; 24 cm. 1st edition. In Yiddish. Personal narrative of life in the Ghetto including the authors' role as a leader in the resistance. 11 photo plates. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum keeps their copy of this book in their Rare Book Collection. Chip to corner of of front cover no text affected otherwise Good Condition. YIZ-3-5A. Farband Fun Di Vilner in Frankraych unknown
Best.-Nr. 67714Dutch translation of a German original. Children's book on the exemplary story of Tobias a boy who lived a virtuous life revered his parents and trusted God. With plates by Abraham Vinkeles father of Reinier Vinkeles.school book education leermiddel - school boek children's education - children's literature - biblical stories - manners and morals - Vinkeles - camel Bound in cardboard 16.6 x 10.5. Damaged spine some stains and discoloration. unknown
Best.-Nr. 219160La Haye, Genealogisch en heraldisch Archief, 1892 [1893 sur la couverture]; in-8, 75 pp., avec des illustrations en noir dans le texte, broché.
1954Best.-Nr. M14637Pennsburg PA:: Schwenkfelder Library 1954. 1954. Sq. 8vo. ix 3 175 1 pp. 5 plates 1 folding. Original quarter red gilt-stamped cloth decorative boards printed cover label. Ex-library copy from the Los Angeles County Medical Assoc. Historical Collection; rear pocket removed. Very good. Abraham Wagner was a Pennsylvania physician and poet. The author Berky was director 1951-73 of the Schwenfelder Library Pennsburg Pennsylvania. Schwenkfelder Library, 1954. hardcover books
1788Best.-Nr. 799861788. WEATHERWISE Abraham pseud. An Almanack for the Year of Christian ra 1788. Portsmouth NH: John Melcher 1787. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Early owner's name on final leaf some short closed tears else very good. Drake 4645 locates four copies. Evans 20859. ESTC W25187. Includes Franklin's "The Way to wealth. unknown
1787Best.-Nr. 713561787. WEST Benjamin. PANTHER Abraham. Bickerstaff's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1788. Being Bissextile of Leap Year and Twelfth of American Independence. Norwich. 1787. 24pp. Original plain wrappers stitched as issued. Faint contemporary ink notations on covers. Minor toning light foxing. Very good. A rare and important Bickerstaff's almanac containing the first printing of the famous Abraham Panther Indian Captivity. Titled "A Surprising account of the Discovery of a Lady who was taken by the Indians in the year 1787 and after making her escape she retired to a lonely Cave where she lived nine years" the captivity narrative covers pp.19-24 of the almanac. The captivity account was found to be fictional but was nonetheless popular and reprinted more than twenty times between this first appearance and 1814. Rare with only three copies reported in ESTC. EVANS 20875. DRAKE 416. TRUMBULL 1846. VAIL 767. SABIN 93891. AYER SUPPLEMENT 13. JONES CHECKLIST 608. ESTC W25617. unknown
Best.-Nr. 54959Gebonden in geheel perkament uit de tijd. 1 112 128 pag. 2 144 pag. 3 4 112 43 1 pag. 3: geillustreerd met uitvouwbare plattegrond van de Dam te Amsterdam d.d. 28-6-1748. c2359 unknown
1673Best.-Nr. 76SED10JGA06The Hague 1673. 4to. Jan and Daniel Steucker Contemporary vellum with the gold-stamped and crowned initials "E.F.V.D" on the front board. With 10 scenes on the horrors of war on 8 folding engraved plates ca. 31 x 20 cm by Romeyn de Hooghe. 1 1 blank 202 pp. First edition of a famous Dutch history book vividly describing as well as depicting the cruelties of war committed by the French army of Louis XVI in The Netherlands in the years 1672 and 1673. The illustrations also rank among the best masterpieces of Baroque book-illustration. By their passionate denunciation of the horrors of war Romeyn de Hooghe's illustrations stand comparison with Goya's Desastres de la Guerra. Thieme & Becker calls the artist "the most important and fertile master of the second half of the 17th century in Holland". And Furstenberg judged the present print-series "One of the few and too-little known masterpieces of the period The Book Collector 1960 p. 432.''The text includes a detailed account of the cruelties committed by the French army of Louis XIV in the Dutch villages of Bodegraven and Swammerdam. The work was published anonymously because the author Abraham de Wicqefort 1598-1682 a diplomat and politician was well-known at Paris and the French court. He also wrote an excellent manual for ambassadors: "L'Ambassadeur ses fonctions" published at The Hague in 1682. The present work became popular in The Netherlands and was several times republished in Dutch with the plates reduced.Back hinge loosening. Fine large paper copy with contemporary manuscript owner's entry on the title page. Otherwise in good condition.l Hofer Baroque Book Ill. plate 140; Hollstein Dutch & Flemish IX pp. 90-96 only 7 plates; Landwehr De Hooghe Book Illustrator 30; Nierop Grabowsky etc. Romeyn de Hooghe 1673.19 p. 263; STCN 851219519; Thieme & Becker XVII p. 458; Willems 1874. hardcover
1673Best.-Nr. ABC_46764The Hague: Jan and Daniel Steucker 1673. 17th- or 18th-century calf gold-tooled spine with a red morocco title label lettered in gold blind-tooled triple fillet frame on both boards gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins red edges marbled endpapers. 4to. With 10 finely engraved scenes on the horrors of war on 8 folding/double-page plates. Further with a woodcut device on the title page and a woodcut tailpiece on the final page. First edition of a famous Dutch history book vividly describing and depicting the cruelties of war committed by the French army of Louis XIV in The Netherlands in the years 1672 and 1673. The illustrations also rank among the best masterpieces of Baroque book-illustration. By their passionate denunciation of the horrors of war Romeyn de Hooghe's illustrations stand comparison with Goya's Desastres de la Guerra. Thieme & Becker calls the artist "the most important and fertile master of the second half of the 17th century in Holland". And Furstenberg judged the present print-series "One of the few and too-little known masterpieces of the period" The Book Collector 1960 p. 432.'The text includes a detailed account of the cruelties committed by the French army of Louis XIV in the Dutch villages of Bodegraven and Swammerdam. The work was published anonymously because the author Abraham de Wicqefort 1598-1682 a diplomat and politician was well-known in Paris and at the French court. He also wrote an excellent manual for ambassadors L'Ambassadeur ses fonctions published in The Hague in 1682. The present work became popular in The Netherlands and was several times republished in Dutch with the plates reduced.With a manuscript note on the recto of the final flyleaf. Slightly foxed throughout the two double-page plates loose. Otherwise in very good condition.l Hollstein Dutch & Flemish IX pp. 90-96 only 7 plates; Landwehr De Hooghe Book Illustrator 30; STCN 851219519; Van Nierop Grabowsky etc. Romeyn de Hooghe 1673.19; Willems Les Elzevier 1874 note. Jan and Daniel Steucker], hardcover
Best.-Nr. #[54630]4° 2202 pag. contemporain perkament geillustreerd met 8 geetste platen over twee pagina's de laatste twee met elk 2 afbeeldingen door Romeyn de Hooghe. Enkele wormgaatjes in bovenmarge. C2020 l Landwehr 30; Hollstein 90-96; Willems 1874 De Hooghe's schitterende prenten in het 'Advis fidelle' behoren niet alleen tot de hoogtepunten van zijn werk maar ook tot de artistieke hoogtepunten van dit tijdperk. Ze tonen de wreedheden waaraan Franse solda unknown
Best.-Nr. 25123Charles II on his way back to the throne: a lavishly illustrated contemporary account of his triumphant 1660 journey through Holland and departure from Scheveningen for England marking the dramatic beginning of the Restoration.An important and lavishly illustrated contemporary account of Charles IIs celebrated visit to the Dutch Republic in May 1660 immediately before his restoration to the English throne. After years of exile on the Continent Charles travelled from Breda through the Dutch Republic to Scheveningen from where he embarked for England. His departure marked the dramatic conclusion of the English Interregnum and the beginning of the Restoration monarchy.The work records the elaborate receptions banquets processions and ceremonies organised in Charless honour. Particularly important are the six large engravings documenting events at Delft The Hague and Scheveningen. They provide a vivid visual record of the political theatre surrounding the Restoration and of the crucial Dutch role in Charles IIs return to power. The contemporary vellum binding and the presence of the separately published celebratory poem Anglia triumphans make this an especially attractive historical ensemble.Folio. 4 108 pp. Contemporary full vellum. Illustrated with an engraved portrait and six large engraved plates showing the festivities and ceremonies at Delft The Hague and Scheveningen engraved by Philippe and Mathem after Jacob Toorenvliet. Bound with: Robert Keuchenius Anglia triumphans sive in inaugurationem Caroli II poemation. The Hague Adriaen Vlacq 1660. 36 pp.NL Folio 4 108 pag. Gebonden in eigentijdse geheel perkamenten band. Geillustreerd met portret en 6 grote gravures Delft Den Haag en Scheveningen door Philippe en Mathem naar Toorenvliet. Gebonden met: Rob. Keuchenius 'Anglia triumphans sive in inaugurationem . Caroli II . poemation. Den Haag Vlacq 1660 36 pag. hardcover
1660Best.-Nr. 23501The Hague 1660. Folio. Adrian Vlack Contemporary vellum sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints modern green closing ties. With the engraved coat-of-arms of Charles II on the title page an engraved folding portrait of Charles II 6 double-page engraved plates an engraved headpiece and two decorated woodcut initials. 4 "124" =126 6 pp. First edition of a beautifully illustrated account of Charles II of England's 1630-1685 travels through the Netherlands on his way to regain the English Crown. The splendid plates in the present copy are in their first states and the portrait of Charles II even in a proof state. The text was based on both eye-witness accounts and the government papers the author had access to.Charles I 1600-1649 father of Charles II had a long-running dispute with Parliament which lead to two English Civil Wars in quick succession and eventually to Charles' execution. After this Great Britain became a republic with Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658 as the Lord Protector. Charles II was then crowned king of only Scotland 1649-1651 but was threatened by Cromwell's army and forced into exile on the continent where he stayed in the Southern Low Countries. When Cromwell died he was succeeded by his son Richard. Richard had little experience however and quickly resigned. During the unrest that followed Parliament decided to accept the Declaration of Breda which were Charles' conditions for returning as king. He was crowned in Westminster Abbey in April 1661.Charles II received his invitation to return to England on the 8th of May 1660 while staying in Breda. The present work is an account of his journey to London via Delft The Hague and Scheveningen. The plates show Charles' arrival in Delft and The Hague on the Vijverberg his reception in The Hague with a banquet at the Mauritshuis where he was seated next to the later Dutch king William III two plates of Charles II addressing the Dutch Parliament one with the members standing and one with them seated and Charles's departure from Scheveningen. They were engraved after designs by Jacob Toorenvliet 1640-1719 and Adriaen van de Venne 1590-1662. The work was simultaneously published in French English and Dutch by the same printer and with the same plates.The author of the text was the colourful diplomat Abraham de Wicquefort 1598-1682 who after having been the Resident in Paris for the Elector of Brandenburg from 1626 to 1658 was appointed Historian of Holland by his patron the Pensionary Johan de Witt. He also was the Resident in The Hague of the famous art collector and collector of books the Duke of Brandenburg August of Wolfenbüttel. He wrote a number of works on diplomacy and Dutch history.The vellum is somewhat scratched with minor restorations new closing ties. The work is somewhat browned throughout with rusty paperclip marks on the first flyleaf and the lower margin of the first page the edges of the 4th plate Banquet in the Mauritshuis are somewhat frayed and the margins of the 6th plate Charles II addressing parliament have been cut somewhat short but without affecting the engraved image. Otherwise in good condition.l Franken Van de Venne p. 85 nrs. 17-18 plates; Landwehr Splendid ceremonies 126; Muller Historieplaten 2156 plates; Muller Portretten 2855 portrait of Charles II; STCN 853032696 11 copies; USTC 1845780 9 copies; not in Berlin Kat. hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 52883Cleburne TX: T.L. Sanders 1899. Autobiographical Account of a Confederate Soldier The autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from an area described as having "Carolina's tallest peaks" on its southeastern horizon. Most names in the story appear to be fictional. Includes his capture at Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864; as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas Illinois; his journey home; and how he came to join an infantry company. Yeager 1842-1940 served with the 29th Tennessee Infantry Confederate until his capture. After the war he was a lawyer in Tennessee then a newspaperman and farmer in Johnson County Texas. Rare. Not in any of the standard reference works on the Civil War or Tennessee. Original printed wrappers. Small chip to top corner of front wrapper and toe of spine. Small stain to top corner of first few leaves. Last few leaves and rear wrapper chipped at lower corner not affecting text. Contents tanned as usual. Good plus. unknown
Best.-Nr. 68422YEAGER Abraham Hoss. Jacob Klodsoe One of the Nobodies. How He Came Home from the War--How He Grew Up and into It. Cleburne TX: T.L. Sanders Printer 1899. 1st ed. 129pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Small chip to front wrapper housed in custom red morocco-backed box else near fine. Rare. Not in any of the standard reference works on the Civil War or Tennessee. The autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from an area described as having "Carolina's tallest peaks" on its southeastern horizon. Most names in the story appear to be fictional. Include his capture at Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864 as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas Illinois journey home and how he came to join an infantry company. Yeager 1842-1940 served with the 29th Tennessee Infantry Confederate until his capture. After the war he was a lawyer in Tennessee then a newspaperman and farmer in Johnson County Texas. unknown
1899Best.-Nr. 52883Cleburne TX: T.L. Sanders 1899. Autobiographical Account of a Confederate Soldier The autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from an area described as having "Carolina's tallest peaks" on its southeastern horizon. Most names in the story appear to be fictional. Includes his capture at Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864; as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas Illinois; his journey home; and how he came to join an infantry company. Yeager 1842-1940 served with the 29th Tennessee Infantry Confederate until his capture. After the war he was a lawyer in Tennessee then a newspaperman and farmer in Johnson County Texas. Rare. Not in any of the standard reference works on the Civil War or Tennessee. Original printed wrappers. Small chip to top corner of front wrapper and toe of spine. Small stain to top corner of first few leaves. Last few leaves and rear wrapper chipped at lower corner not affecting text. Contents tanned as usual. Good plus. unknown books
1498Best.-Nr. ABC_49311Colophon: Venice: Petrus Liechtenstein for Johannes Lucilius Santritter 1498. 20th-century limp vellum sewn on 2 thin vellum straps laced through the joints with the manuscript name of the wrong author and year of publication on the spine. The work is housed in a modern marbled paper slipcase. 4to. With a woodcut title page and numerous tables. Highly important 15th-century work on navigation which helped sailors navigate more accurately. According to Gunn the work "immediately helped to revolutionize ocean navigation. Prior to the Almanach navigators seeking to determine their position in the high seas had to correct for "compass error" the deviation of the magnetic north from the true north by recourse to the quadrant and the Pole Star. But this proved less useful as they approached the equator and the Pole Star began to disappear into the horizon. Zacuto's Almanach supplied the first accurate table of solar declination allowing navigators to use the sun instead."The work contains dozens of astronomical tables charting the position of the sun moon and five planets between 1473 and 1530. The calculations were based on the Alfonsine Tables and the work of other astronomers. As the data were presented in simple tables with the positions of a planet easily interpolated between entries the work was easy to use. Zacuto's success in fusing his mathematical and astronomical observations with practical aspects of oceanic navigation such as the preparation of sea charts and instruments vital for the most important navigators of the time undoubtedly makes him a major contributor to the creation of the world of today.Abraham Zacuto 1452-ca. 1515 was one the most important geographers and cosmographers in the age of Columbus. His astrolabe astronomical tables and charts played a fundamental role in Portuguese and Spanish navigation to America and India as they were used by Vasco da Gama and Columbus. The navigators to Brazil and India also took Zacutos charts with them. As such Zacuto is one of the men who helped usher Portuguese global expansion.With a later ownership annotation on the title page and contemporary annotations in the margins throughout. The vellum is somewhat creased and browned with a dent on the back. The lower corner of the first few leaves shows some thumbing with brown ink stains on some leaves a water stain in the lower outer corner of leaves 81 and 82 not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Bibl. Hisp. No. 1060; Brunet V 1518; Darmstadt LB: 33/7667; Goff R110; GW M37517; Hain-Copinger 13798; ISTC ir00110000; Panzer VIII p. 356; USTC 991591; cf. Chabás J. and B.R. Goldstein Astronomy in the Iberian peninsula: Abraham Zacut and the transition from manuscript to print. In: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society New Series 90 2 2000; Gunn Geoffrey C. Overcoming Ptolemy: The Revelation of an Asian World Region Lanham Lexington Books 2018; Jews and the Americas: 165 Years of Collecting at the JCB Fall 2010 - Winter 2011 https://jcblibrary.org/exhibitions/jews-and-americas-165-years-collecting-jcb. Petrus Liechtenstein, for Johannes Lucilius Santritter, hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781013849138Hardback. New. hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 27358New York: Macmillan Company 1939. Very Good/Very Good vol.1; Good vol.2. New York: Macmillan Company 1935 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher's cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp frontispiece thirty-six 36 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece sixty-six 66 leaves of plates & illus. throughout as above. Price-clipped jackets show a few shallow chips and tears along edges and folds with some smudging and soiling to surface heavy toning to spines with dampstaining along bottom few inches and heavy tape reinforcement to interiors at head and tail. Boards are sturdy and square with light shelfwear and some nudging at spine ends. Old bookstore price stickers The Strand to front pastedowns. Bindings are sound and pages unmarked. Both Very Good overall in Very Good copies of the uncommon jacket. Abraham Wolf was an English historian rabbi philosopher moral and intellectuallecturer and writer. As Wolf is credited with introducing the history of science as a field to University College London was the UCL's Professor of Logic and Scientific Method 1920-1941 and was co-editor of the 14th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Wolf's collection of works by and about Baruch Spinoza are now housed in the collections of UCLA. Macmillan Company unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 27358New York: Macmillan Company 1939. Very Good/Very Good vol.1; Good vol.2. New York: Macmillan Company 1935 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher's cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp frontispiece thirty-six 36 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece sixty-six 66 leaves of plates & illus. throughout as above. Price-clipped jackets show a few shallow chips and tears along edges and folds with some smudging and soiling to surface heavy toning to spines with dampstaining along bottom few inches and heavy tape reinforcement to interiors at head and tail. Boards are sturdy and square with light shelfwear and some nudging at spine ends. Old bookstore price stickers The Strand to front pastedowns. Bindings are sound and pages unmarked. Both Very Good overall in Very Good copies of the uncommon jacket. Abraham Wolf was an English historian rabbi philosopher moral and intellectuallecturer and writer. As Wolf is credited with introducing the history of science as a field to University College London was the UCL's Professor of Logic and Scientific Method 1920-1941 and was co-editor of the 14th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Wolf's collection of works by and about Baruch Spinoza are now housed in the collections of UCLA. Macmillan Company unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1330131673.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0483257192.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1838Best.-Nr. 001861Liverpool: A. Abraham & Co 1838. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. An illustrated trade receipt dated 1838 for a new Object Glass for a 30 inch telescope. I find this curious as I can find no mention of a telescope of this size in 1838. The receipt mentions the lens' construction by Dollond the famous telscope manufacturers of that time. Generally in very good condition with a 1cm closed tear on the edge of one of the folds of the receipt. With some light pencil notes on the rear An illustrated trade receipt dated 1838 for a new Object Glass for a 30 inch telescope. A. Abraham & Co unknown
2012Best.-Nr. BN558734Kniní klub 2012. 2012. Hardcover. Rez do ivého Rez do ivého A. Abraham Verghese Kniní klub hardcover
2024Best.-Nr. BN544950Tatran Bratislava 2024. 2024. Hardcover. Zmluva s vodou Zmluva s vodou A. Abraham Verghese Tatran (Bratislava) hardcover
