Amsterdam in zyne opkomst, aanwas, geschiedenissen, voorregten, koophandel, gebouwen, kerkenstaat, schoolen, schutterye, en regeeringe beschreeven door Jan Wagenaar, derde stuk, te Amsterdam by Yntema en Tieboel, half leather bound, 1767 -4,5 x 34,5 x 22,5 cm-

Handwritten 'Register Van Lateloy' beginnende Ao 1642, to be viewed in person

Register der Goederen, Erfven, pacten, venten, …., Toebehoorende den Armen van Vliermael, written by the pastor of Vliermael, starting 1725, leather bound, to be viewed in person -5 x 33,3 x 22,5 cm-

'Register Jouffrau Barbara d'Edelbampt van allen hare renten, cheijnsen, lantspachten, erfpachten ende andere Innekomen', after 1683, leather bound -3,5 x 32,7 x 21 cm-

Fidel Castro Autographed Government Decree. Comes with certificate of Authenticity by Paul Fraser Collectibles, Bristol, United Kingdom, describing the document as follows: 'This two-page decree is signed by three members of government, including Fidel Castro's autograph, whose position is noted as Prime Minister. The document discusses the removal of surcharges to stamps, in response to the requests of the people of the Revolutionary Government. The decree is dated 20 November 1959, 'Year of Freedom', at the Palace of the Presidency, in the Havana. The signed page is embossed with two official seals, running underneath the signatures of the Minister of Collections and the Prime Minister. Castro's autograph is written over these seals in black pen. The second page features some handwritten notes. A blue government sticker and ribbons further officiates the document'.

Two books: 'Levens der heiligen voor ideren dag van 't jaer, met een oeffening en gebed naer elk leven: getrokken uyt de voornaemste en nauwkeurigste levensbeschryvingen, te saemen met eene verhandelinge op de roerende feest-daegen', 1ste deel, Tot Gendt, by Dominicus vander Ween, woonende in de Veldstraet, in den gulden Bybel, 1738, octavo, cii, 580, x pages, contemporary full leather binding; 'Divi Prosperi Aquitanici episcopi Rhegiensis, opera, accurata vetustorum exemplarium collatione a mendis pene innumeris repurgata. Quid vero in hac editione præter ditissimum indicem, tam scripturarum quam rerum accesserit, versa pagina demonstrat', Douai, Jean Bogard, 1577, ocatvo, later half linen over marbled boards

Large collection notarial deeds, some of them with seals, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, 16th/19th century, to be viewed in person

Album Amicorum with poems, drawings, etc., Tighelaar, Bangma, Van 't Kruijs, Dalebout, Jansen, Weisenborn, Haak, Bervyer, Burgers, Honig, Den Haag, Wageningen, etc., 1880's

Brass mounted leather bound bible with bronze clasps, Hendrick en Jacob Keur en T' Amsterdam by Marcus Doornick in compagnie, Anno 1688 -13,5 x 40 x 25 cm, defects-

Diurnum juxta ritum sacri ordinis praedicatorum reverendissimi patris Fr. Balthasaris de Quinones ejusdem ordinis Magistri Generalis Jussu Editum Romae MDCCLXXIX, Typis Octavii Puccinelli, Superiorum Facultate, leather bound -6,5 x 15,4 x 9,7 cm-

Nine books including: Henricus Adriani, 'Niewe legende oft d'leuen, wercken, doot, ende miraculen ons liefs Heere Iesv Christi met sijn lieue heylighen', by Hieronimus Verdussen ende Ian van Keerberghen, 1593; Jean-Baptiste Christyn, 'Brabandts recht dat is Generale costumen vanden lande ende hertoghdomme van Brabandt midtsgaders van het hertoghdom van Limborgh, stede ende lande van Mechelen', Brussel, 1682 -Various qualities-

HAGADAH, Ma’aleh Beith Chorin. With Commentaries. Translation Into Judeo-German By Joel Brill. Including commentaries by Moses Alsheich, Isaiah Horowitz, Judah Loewe and others. Title within typographical border. Additional engraved title. Numerous engraved illustrations. Additional fold-out map of the Holy Land ff. (2),9;50,(1). Browned, stained in places, repairs to title, neat marginal repairs to a few leaves. Modern blind-tooled brown morocco bords. 4to Vinograd, Amsterdam 2390; Yudlov 526; Yaari 370/Amsterdam: The Widow of Jacob Proops, 1810. Additional annotations in Dutch and Hebrew written to the endpapers. Quite a rare book.

Three vellum antiphonary music sheets, text in Latin, black and red ink, on both sides, 16th.-17th. century -47,5 x 32,5 cm- together with a vellum antiphonary music sheet with illuminated illustration -66 x 43,5 cm- (4)

Card with Christmas wishes from Princess Wilhelmina, decorated with a reproduction of one of her paintings, sent to M. Ebend in Nijmegen (posted December 19, 1962) - although Wilhelmina had died on November 28, Queen Juliana wished that the card would still be sent in her name. Added three small commemorative medals on Wilhelmina's inauguration in 1898.

Wybrand Van Warwijck, 'Historische verhael, vande reyse gedaen inde Oost-Indien, met 15 schepen voor reeckeninghe vande Vereenichde Gheoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie : onder het beleydt van den vroomen ende manhaften Wybrandt van Waerwijck, als admirael, ende Sebaldt de Weert, als vice-admirael : wt de Nederlanden ghevaeren in den iare 1602', Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1646, oblong, later binding. 88 pages, 3 full page engraved plates (of 4?). A rare and early travel account of Admiral Wybrandt van Waerwijck to the East Indies in 1602 for the Dutch East India Company.

Wagenaar, J. 'Vaderlandse historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen der vereenigde Nederlanden, inzonderheid die van Holland, van de vroegste tyden af: Uit de geloofwaardigste Schryvers en egte Gedenkstukken samengesteld.' 21 volumes complete, Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam, 1749, first edition of this historical work, engravings, portraits, etc. -Binding of volume 1 somewhat loose-

Famiano Strada, 'De thien eerste boecken der Nederlandsche oorloge, in 't Latijn beschreven (...) verduyscht door Guilliam van Aelst' Amsterdam, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, 1666, 703 pages + register, duodecimo, contemporary full parchment binding, frontispiece by Van Ravesteyn and numerous full page portrait plates

Peter Kolb, 'Nieuwe of Algemene Beschrijving van de Kaap de Goede Hoop', Amsterdam, Petrus Conradi, 1777, 2 volumes, octavo, contemporary 3/4 leather binding over boards, 486 and 342 pages, folding plates, plate opposite page 426 missing. Expanded and corrected Dutch edition of the most important account of the Cape of Good Hope and one of the most important works of all time on South Africa. Much of the material is based on Kolbe’s own observations in the years 1705 to 1713, but comparisons are also made with the observations and theories of earlier writers. A lovely set! -Front cover of volume one partially loose-

Bible with yellow gold clasp, makers mark Wijsman, J. & Pauvort, J.P., Amsterdam 1856-1878, -14 x 9 cm, wear to the leather binding-

N/A, 'Wilhelm en Maurits van Nassau, princen van Orangien, haer leven en bedrijf, of 't begin en voortgang der Nederlandsche oorlogen:vervatende een waerachtigh verhael aller belegheringhen ende victorien, daer de Ho. Mog. Heeren Staten der Vereenighde Nederlanden onder hun wijse regeeringe te water en te lande, door Godes zegen mede verrijckt zijn', Tot Amsterdam, by Jan Jansz, 1651, quarto, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, engraved title page -Waterdamage and defects, plates missing-

Général Comte Philippe de Ségur, 'Napoléon - Texte tire de la Campagne de Russie 1812', Paris, Ernst Flammarion, 1912. Folio, three quarter leather binding over board, five raised bands, gilt tooling. Deluxe edition. 54 colour plates and two double tone plates all tipped in on stiff gray paper with lettered tissue guards. Extracted from Philippe de Segur's 'La Campagne de Russie 1812', this work extracting the text relating to Napoleon, his rise and fall during his doomed siege of Russia.Most of the paintings reproduced in this work were in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Illustrated by various artists, including Charlet, Doou, Gerard, Kossak, Matvieff, and more.

A leather bound bible dated 1884 with brass and copper clasps, signs of wear

Jo Spier, 'Uit en Thuis' , drawings from a trip by steam boat to the Dutch Indies, 1936, together with 'Geillustreerde Flora van Nederland met ruim vijfduizend figuurtjes' by Heinsius and Thijsse

A miniature photographic book produced to celebrate the 300-year reign of the Romanovs and includes all heads of the Russian State from Mikhail Feodorovich to Nicholas II and his family, through Peter and Catherine the Great among the 18 tsars and tsarinas represented. Silver-gilt binding with silver Romanov family emblem. Made as a pendant with gilt chain. Moskow or St. Peterburg, 1913 -Book: 2,5 x 1,3 cm-

Framed foil fencing certificate at a regiment infantry, 1913 -outside frame 47 x 34 cm, yellowed, foxing- together with a folder with various menu's, 1927 and later

E.P. Frank, 'World Exhibition Paris' 1937 with stereoscope, and stereoscope pictures by Heinrich Hoffmann -30 x 21 cm, minor damage-

Four documents and a book: Health Bulletin 11 November 1852, Marsille-France; Health certificate for the New York ship 'Canada' is clear to set sail from New york to Montevideo; French health certificate Port de Cette and Brazillian document signed by Barao de Mamoré, allowing ships that came from Spanish ports between Gibraltar and Cabo Palos to dock in Brazil; together with a book entitled 'Historia de los Presidentes de los Estados Unidos'

Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968), 'Maskee, a Shanghai sketchbook', green silk bamboo cloth cover with hand-coloured illustrations, circa 1940, first and only edition -26,5 x 19,5 cm-

J.J.A. Goeverneur (1809-1889), 'Het vertelsel van den tijger en de ton', 3rd printing, published by Gebroeders Van der Post, Utrecht, lithographs by P.W.M. Trap (1821-1905), 19th century -rough edges, some foxing-

Original handwritten 'Register der Gedoopte Kinderen in de Gereformeerde Gemeente, binnen de Stad Edam, Begonnen Primo September Ao 1811', -1860, and original handwritten 'Grafb. Gr. Kerk vóór 1782-1830', Edam

Petrus Nylandt, 'De Nederlandtse Herbarius of Kruydt - Boeck, Beschryvende De Geslachten / Gedaente / Plaetse /Tijt / Oeffeningh / Aert / Krachten / en Medicinael gebruyck van alderhande Boomen'/ Heesteren / Boom-Gewassen/ Kruyden en Planten/ die in de Nederlanden in 't wilde gevonden / ende in de Hoven onderhouden worden./ Als mede De Uytlandtsen of Vreemde Droogens, die gemeenlijck in de Apothekers Winckels gebruyckt worden. Uyt Verscheyde Kruyd-Beschrijvers tot nut van alle Natuur-kunders / Genees-meesters/ Apothekers/ Chirurgijns/ en Liefhebbers van Kruyden en Planten by een vergadert / en beschreven…', Amsterdam, Wed. van michiel de Groot, 1682. 3rd edition. Octavo, binding missing. Engraved frontispiece, engravings throughout. 342 pages followed by registers. An interesting and rare early book on herbs. Some wear but well worth having rebound.

Simon Abbes Gabbema, 'Friesche lust-gaarde ofte Boom-heester-bloem- en kruyd-waarande, bestaande uyt der gewassen beschrijvinge, die in Hoog- en Neder-duyds-land en de aangrenzende land-schappen bekent zijn', Leeuwarden, Hendrik Rintjes, 1686. Octavo, contemporary leather binding, five raised bands. Frontispiece missing. 660 Pages and includes the rare two pages 4*5 and 5*5. Detailed botanical description of Frisian and Northwest European plants, trees, flowers and herbs by the Frisian historian Simon Abbes Gabbema (1628-1688). Quite rare. Internally very good, wear to binding and coming loose of front board.

An Ottoman Doaa or Gebet, a manuscript in Arabic script on paper, housed in gilt leather cover; illuminated double-page frontispiece and single on the backsheet in colours and gold; 119 sheets of texts in ink and gold, early 19th. century, attributed to Omar Lutfiy (roughly translated) -19 x 13 x 2 cm, worn binding, minor staining and foxing to the pages-

Two volumes: Geeraerdt Brandt and Sebastiaan Centen, 'Historie der vermaerde Zee-en Koop-stad Enkhuisen. Vervaetende haere herkomste, en voortgangh. Mitsgaders verscheide gedenkwaerdige Geschiedenissen, aldaer voorgevallen', Hoorn, Jacob Duyn, 1747. Second printing, octavo. Together with Sebastiaan Centen, 'Vervolg der Historie der vermaerde Zee-en Koop-stad Enkhuisen, behelzende verscheide gedenkwaardige geschiedenissen, die zo in als omtrent dezelve, en door geheel westvriesland en het noorderquatier gebeurt zijn'. Hoorn, Dacob Duyn, 1747. First printing, octavo. Some plates and folding plates. A rare set but unfortunately not in great condition.

Adriaan loosjes and Petrus Loosjes, Az., 'Beschrijving van de Zaanlandsche Dorpen, Oostzaan, Oostzaandam, Westzaandam, Koog, Zaandijk, Wormerveer, Westknollendam en Nauwerna', Haarlem, F. Bohn en A. Loosjes, Pz., 1794. 322 pages. First edition, octavo, 3/4 leather over marbled boards. 8 (of 9) folding plates, map missing.

Simon Witgeest, 'Het verbeetert en vermeerdert Natuurlyk toverboek, of, 't Nieuw speel-tooneel der konsten: verhandelende omtrent zestien hondert natuurlyke toverkonsten, zo uit de goochel-tas, als kaart-speelen, mathematische konsten, ook de verligt-teikenkunde en 't afzetten van bloemen, en meer andere diergelyke aardigheden, die tot vermaak en tydkorting strekken', Amsterdam, Philip Verbeek, 1713. Ninth printing. 461 pages, octavo, contemporary paper boards. A rare book on the subject of magic.