Lyon. [1780]. Engraving with letterpress text beneath, the whole measuring 9 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Mounted at corners to modern heavy paper. Lightly soiled. Trimmed a bit close at top edge, but not into image. Very good. Engraving with printed enumerated text beneath in French and Dutch, satirizing England's.....
New York. Sept. 17, 1754. [1]p. In Dutch. Previously folded, separated at center fold, lower fold beginning to separate. A few small chips at upper right. Tanned, light foxing. Dampstains in upper and lower right corners. Good. A letter between members of two prominent Dutch families from upstate colonial New.....
Batavia: Willem Nederlander, 1782. 30pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Wrappers a bit wrinkled. Text leaves lightly tanned. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. Continuation of this Dutch drama, featuring the character of Pieter Overal and his seven daughters. The first part was published in Batavia.....
Batavia: Willem Nederlander, 1781. 29pp. Modern green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt. Spine lightly sunned. Very clean internally. Near fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. Scarce printing of this Dutch drama, featuring the character of Pieter Overal and his seven daughters.
[Amsterdam? 1665]. 11pp. Small quarto. Later plain wrappers. Old Harvard Library stamp on verso of titlepage, bit tanned, else clean. Downing was British Ambassador to the States General during the difficult period before the outbreak of war in 1664. In this pamphlet "the English ambassador places blame upon the Netherlands.....
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[Holland. ca. 1778]. Broadside, engraved folio leaf affixed to folio text leaf, approximately 17 1/2 x 17 inches total. Plate size: 8 x 12 inches. In Dutch. Light toning and edge wear, small dampstain in right margin, not affecting image. Else a near fine copy. Untrimmed. A rare, illustrated Dutch.....
The Hague: Hillebrant Iacobz, 1609. [11]pp. Large vignette on titlepage. Modern marbled boards. Very good. The original edition of the official Dutch text of the "Twelve Years' Truce" between the United Provinces and Spain. There are thirty- eight articles, of which nine deal with foreign trade. The present issue, undoubtedly.....
[The Hague]: Jos. Smulders and Co., 1885. Folding map, 16 1/2 x 45 1/2 inches. Backed on linen. Moderate age-toning and dusting, particularly at outer margins. Slight paper loss along center fold and upper and lower outer margins of vertical folds. British mapseller's label pasted below printed map and advertisements.....
Utrecht. 1772. Two volumes bound in one: [16],223,[1]; [4],240,[8]pp., plus engraved titlepage, four copper-engraved plates (one folding), and a large folding map. Lacks the half title and three-leaf subscribers list ("Lyst der Intekenaren") in the preliminary section of the second volume. Half title in first volume. Large quarto. Contemporary three-quarter.....
Leyden: L. Herdingh, 1780. 9,[1]pp. Modern plain wrappers. First eight pages of text detached and loosely laid in. Signed by the printer on the verso of the titlepage. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. Regarding a resolution passed in Friesland, in northern Holland, in.....
[Amsterdam]. 1719. Sheet map, 22 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches. Modern color. Handsomely matted and framed. Old fold lines, some minor wear. Very good. Large and handsome chart of St. Thomas, now in the U.S. Virgin Islands but then a Dutch colony, made by the famed Van Keulen cartography firm.....
Amsterdam. 1648. 76pp. Woodcut titlepage vignette. Small quarto. Later marbled boards. Ex-lib. with shelf label and bookplate, some marginal dampstaining and tanning, marginal repair to one leaf slightly affecting sidenote, trimmed bit close but not touching main text. Overall very good. Lacks the folding plate. Reprint of the 1643 edition.....
Leyden. 1706. [2],52,[10]pp. Folding map. 3 folding plates. Dbd., leaves bit foxed, else a very good copy. Account of an early English voyage to the East Indies. Illustrated with beautiful engravings of European and East Indian exchanges and folding map of the East Indies. First published 1625 in London as.....
[Various places, see below. 1822-1862]. Various paginations, enumerated below. Most of the treaties are in folio format, with a few (noted below) in octavo. Entire collection bound in a single folio volume of 19th-century three-quarter red calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, raised bands. Boards worn and rubbed, later repairs.....
[Amsterdam]. 1720. Title-leaf, 25,[1],52,31,[1],8,10pp. plus seventy-five plates (forty-seven double page, sixteen folding) including frontispiece, and three maps. Large folio. Contemporary paneled calf, ornate gilt covers and spine, black gilt morocco label. Remarkably clean and bright. Bookseller's label pasted to front free endpaper. An excellent copy, with additional engraved plate laid.....
The Hague. 1665. 30,[2]pp. Small quarto. Modern half calf and marbled boards, vellum corners. Trimmed close, else very good. A variant edition, not in EUROPEAN AMERICANA. "This memorial was written for the purpose of convincing the King of France that in the war with England, England was the aggressor, and.....
[Amsterdam? ca. 1781]. 16pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Small closed tear in lower margin of titlepage. Near fine. Untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. A satirical conversation between three characters, Lodewyk, Coenraat, and Frans, regarding Dutch politics at the time of the American Revolution. OCLC locates.....
Copenhagen. 1857. [4],162,[2]pp. plus frontispiece map. Modern paper boards, printed paper label on front board. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage, 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown. Titlepage trimmed at lower edge, not affecting text. Light tanning, very faint foxing. About very good. Carl Petersen's rare account of his experiences as the.....
Utrecht: A. Stubbe, 1786. 27pp. Frontis. Plain cream wrappers, stitched as issued. Wear and light soiling to wrappers, lower portion of wrapper starting to separate at spine. Remains of label in lower margin of titlepage (not affecting text), tideline to upper gutter of titlepage and frontispiece (just touching edge of.....
Leyden: Pieter Vander Aa, 1707. [2],51,[5]pp. 12mo. Later marbled wrappers. Internally quite clean. Very good. The present pamphlet describes Pring's voyage to the East Indies from 1617 to 1620. With a remarkably through index. Issued in Pieter Vander Aa's series of famous voyages. Quite rare, OCLC locates only three copies.....
Campen. 1792-1794. Four volumes. iv,332; [2],331; [2],334; [2],328,[7]pp. Contemporary three-quarter morocco and boards, spines gilt, leather label. Corners bumped and lightly worn. Minor scattered foxing. Very good plus. In half morocco and cloth slipcases, spines gilt. Rare Dutch edition of David Ramsay's HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, first printed in.....
[Utrecht, Netherlands?]. 1782. [4],27pp. Engraved titlepage vignette of a turtle. Titlepage and introductory text printed in red and black. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Very clean internally. Very good. Untrimmed. Apparently a criticism of the Dutch politician Nicolaas Pesters, a member of the Provincial Executive for Utrecht.....
The Hague: Hillebrant Iacobsz, 1610. [8]pp. Large vignette on titlepage. Modern marbled boards. Very good. This pamphlet provides further definitions of the terms of the Twelve Years' Truce between Spain and the Netherlands. While negotiated as a prelude to permanent peace, both sides hoped to use the truce from the.....
The Hague. 1648. [27]pp. Engraved vignette of the coat of arms of the Netherlands on the titlepage. Small quarto. Modern gilt-stamped vellum, gilt label. Some chipping to label. Very good. The official Dutch edition of the important Treaty of Munster, by which the Dutch ended their long war with Spain.....
Rotterdam. 1651. 25pp. Small quarto. Later three-quarter vellum and boards, printed paper label. Very good. Discussion of the Dutch government, including treaty obligations, and thus the Dutch position in the New World. Not in EUROPEAN AMERICANA.
