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124, [12] pp.First and only edition of an account of the Battle of Bull Run by the chief-engineer of the Union Army of the Potomac, who was present at the battle. Written in an epistolary form as a "letter to an English friend", it aims to "vindicate the battle of Bull Run from the obloquy that had fallen upon it, and to establish a claim for it in the category of well planned and well fought battles". Barnard aimed for a broad overview, considering "the brief narrative of General McDowell, in his official report, was (unaccompanied by the reports of his subordinates) too general. The reports of the subordinate officers are too circumstantial" (pp. 3-4). The (first) Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle in the American Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory. Having expected an easy victory, the defeat combined with the poorly managed Union retreat led to great panic among the wealthy inhabitants of the nearby city of Washington, several of whom had come to watch the battle. The… Read More

Large wall map showing the Slaperdijk (literally: “sleeper dike”) in the Dutch region the Gelderse Vallei, running from the Utrechtse Heuvelrug (“Utrecht Hill Ridge”) in the south to Fort Daatselaar in the north. The dike was built in 1653 as a backup in case the northern Rhine Dike or Grebbe Dike between Wageningen and Rhenen should break (as depicted in the inset map), which had caused major flooding in the past. When in 1704 the Slaperdijk Managing Board wanted to prevent the illegal cutting of trees they asked the surveyor Justus van Broeckhuijsen (ca. 1670-1724) to make a map they could use as an instrument to enforce the law. The result was an appealing wall map, not only functional in character, but also serving a representative purpose. The present copy appears to be in the first state with the names of the original board members.The two sheets in the upper corners are trimmed off about a centimetre shorter as the two in the middle, likely as issued. There is some minor damage in the upper… Read More

[24], 661, [1 blank] pp.Jan van der Loe edition of Suetonius's biographies of the first twelve Roman emperors (including Julius Caesar). The book opens with a dedication by Hieronymus Gemusaeus to Gulielmus Yzernaeus, councillor to King François I of France, followed by a preface by the Italian humanist Poliziano (1454-1494). The lives of the twelve Roman Emperors (Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian) are printed on 626 pages with the commentary and annotations by Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus (1436-1506), a scholar and historian from Venice, in a smaller script in the margins. Sabellicus had studied under the Italian humanist Pomponius Laetus, became professor of eloquence at Udino and Venice, and was appointed curator of the San Marco Library in 1487. The main text is followed by the annotations on Suetonius by Joannes Baptista Egnatius (ca. 1478-1553), the commentary by Erasmus, a brief comment by Ausoni, a note on… Read More

[18], [2 blank] pp. (pp. 2 & 5 also blank).A Latin manuscript calendar for calculating the date of Easter and other movable feasts for the years 1400 to 1440 based on the solar and lunar cycles, as well as an aid for remembering the fixed feast days. The numerous diagrams and tables give golden numbers, Sunday letters and other data for making calendrical calculations, as well as Cisioianus syllables: a mnemonic device that uses the syllables of a twenty-four-line verse (with one syllable for each day of the year) to remind the user of the fixed feast days of the year, and zodiac signs. There are also indications of favourable and unfavourable days. The calendar is, of course, based on the Julian calendar (Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar only in 1582). A note in the foot margin on A5r records on “xvii k[a]l. Junii” (16 May) the celebration of the feast of Saint Peregrinus, patron saint of the city of Auxerre in France, so the manuscript was almost certainly used and perhaps also… Read More

[2 blank], XIII, [1 blank], 190, [2] pp.First edition of the letters written to a friend by Rose de Freycinet (1794-1832) aboard the ship named Uranie. Her husband, the great French explorer Louis Claude Saulces de Freycinet (1779-1841), smuggled her onto the ship when setting out on a voyage around the world in 1817. The French government, under the restored monarchy, organized the expedition to show the flag around the world and to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism and meteorology. Captain Freycinet himself published the official journal of the voyage, and the ship’s doctors Quoy and Gamard, and pharmacist, Gaudichaud contributed special zoological and botanical studies made during the voyage. Jacques Arago, the artist of the expedition, also published and beautifully illustrated a more popular and entertaining account. The present book is illustrated with his plates. The captain's wife, Rose, who secretly joined the voyage, wrote each day to her friend Caroline de Nanteuil. Her… Read More

[10 (of 11)] ll.Sixth known copy of Johann Jacob Schönig's edition of a stunningly decorative Augsburg writing master's woodcut copybook, devoted primarily to decorated gothic capitals (versals), printed in the period 1680-1694 from the original woodblocks of the first edition of 1568. Hans Rogel the elder (1532-1592), writing master, school teacher, poet, wood-block cutter, engraver, printer and publisher at Augsburg cut the woodblocks and probably executed the lettering himself. All the lettering examples and the title-page are printed from large, richly calligraphic woodcuts with their lettering in white on black. Nine of the ten examples display versals (the missing leaf supplied in reproduction), including complete alphabets in three sizes. The final leaf displays alphabets of textura capitals, textura minuscules and roman capitals. As early as 1779 Paul von Stetten described Rogel's Capital und Versal Buech as "besonders fein geschnitten" and said that if Rogel executed the lettering himself he… Read More

[8], 262, [2] pp.Extremely rare second Spanish edition of the military treatise I carichi militari by the Neapolitan commander of the Habsburg armies in Italy, the Low Countries and Catalonia and aide-de-camp to Albert, Archduke of Austria, first published in Italian at Antwerp in 1610. The first Spanish edition appeared in 1639 and the third in 1710. It describes the duties and functions of soldiers and generals of the infantry, cavalry and artillery, as well as the sovereign's responsibility to ensure order within the military.Contemporary handwritten owner’s inscription on the title-page struck through. Later in the collection of Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe (1862-1956), commander of the Territorial Army and president of the Society for Army History Research. The invoice he received from Grafton & Co is loosely inserted. Binding with some water stains, hinges cracked. A few minor marginal defects, including tiny holes in the fore-edge margin of the first 75 leaves, not touching the text;… Read More

[4], "134" [= 136], [2] ll.First edition to include Muret's important and influential commentaries, of the poems of the passionate (if self-centred) Roman poet Catullus (84-ca. 54 BCE), often given the collective title Carmina. Both the poems and the commentaries appear here in the original Latin. Poems 18 and 19 are addressed to the fertility god Pirapus, best known for his enormous perpetual erection, and poem 20 is also a Priapeia. Many are addressed to "Lesbia", whom Catullus passionately loved. He gave her this pseudonym in allusion to the Greek love poems of Sappho from the Island of Lesbos, which influenced him strongly. She is generally identified as Clodia, the wife of a Roman nobleman. Catullus was one of her several lovers and he names and rails against some of the others. While Catullus's greatest passions were heterosexual, poems 48, 50 and 99 express romantic and sexual interests in men. In his poems he is quick to attack others, both politically and personally, and after he fell out… Read More

79, [1] ll.First and only edition of a comparison of the Frankish King Charlemagne (742-814) and the French King Henri IV (1553-1610), written by the Swiss theologian Johann Wilhelm Stucki (1542-1607). The work resembles Plutarch's Parallel lives, comparing the two kings on different aspects of their lives: politics, warfare, court life, religion, and even eating and drinking habits. Stucki states that Charlemagne's wars and conquests were more impressive than Henri IV's. The work opens with a dedicatory letter to the Elector Palatine of the Rhine, Frederick IV (1574-1610), and some laudatory poems.With some restorations in the head margins of the first three leaves, some water stains in the gutter, slightly browned. Binding rubbed along the extremities. Overall in good condition.l Morissey, Charlemagne and France: a thousand years of mythology, p. 333; VD16 S9772.

Attractive watercolour painting by the Italian orientalist painter Enrico Tarenghi (1848-1938), it shows three bearded men with carpets and two poufs. One of them is clearly the seller, another is inspecting the wares and the third is sitting on the ground rolling up one of the carpets. In the background a wide river (generally assumed to be the Nile), a dromedary and dozens of palm trees.Tarenghi made extensive use of photography in his work and often used photographs as a template for the background. The present setting is found more often in his work, not only showing carpet sellers, but also merchants selling fruit. The carpet trade, however, seems to be one of his favourite subjects regardless of the background. The carpets allowed Tarenghi to show off his skills, with their intricate motives, textures, creases and folds.Small water stain and minor defects at the foot and a few other negligible blemishes, but otherwise in very good condition.l For the artist: Thieme & Becker XXXII, p. 445.

[1 blank], [15], [1 blank] ll.Original ornate “carte de visite” album containing 26 carte de visite photos and illustrations of 2 members of the first Japanese embassy to Europe in 1862, European Royalty and other prominent figures. The “cartes de visite” in the present album are a combination of original albumen prints and reproductions of engravings and other drawings of people and places.Most notably, the present album contains two photos of members of the first Japanese Embassy to Europe in 1862, published by the firm of photographer R. (Robert) Severin in The Hague. This embassy was a diplomatic mission dispatched to Europe in 1862, by the Tokugawa Shogunate, to negotiate the deferment of the opening of Japanese cities and ports to foreign trade. Despite the name, it is more accurately the third Japanese embassy to Europe, being preceded by the Tensho embassy (1582-1590) and the expedition led by Hasekura Tsunenaga between 1613 and 1620.These two Japanese men were probably part of the support… Read More

A hand-drawn map of the Red Sea region of Arabia, based on a Western printed map but with compelling evidence that it originated in early 19th-century Egypt, where it was apparently prepared, and with contemporary Arabic notes on the back. While based primarily on the excellent map published in James Bruce's Travels to discover the source of the Nile (1790), with more accurate cartography than any previously available, the present manuscript, drawn on a larger scale, is an enlarged, improved detail showing only the Red Sea and its environs, revealing a particular local interest in the region during the early 19th century. The Egyptian copyist follows the coast from the Sinai Peninsula along what is today southwestern Saudi Arabia as far south as Mocha in Yemen, and includes the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The copy bears a French title, dated 1827, in a cartouche at the lower left. A French translation of Bruce's work appeared in 1790-92, but no edition was published in 1827, which we therefore… Read More

LVI, CXII ll.First and only edition of a work on the history of medicine by the French doctor Symphorien Champier (1472-1539). During his career Champier switched several times from being appreciative to critical towards Arab authors. In one of his earlier works, he describes Avicenna (Ibn Sina) as "a man of most outstanding genius and certainly the most distinguished of all" (Siraisi). On the other hand, he later criticised Italian doctors, "who allowed their schools to be occupied by 'Arabs, Persians, Indians and Mahometans'" (Siraisi). In the present work, which he wrote late in his career, he takes a more moderate view, admitting that Arabs indeed made useful contributions to the study of medicine, and calling Avicenna the noblest of them all. The text can be seen as a brief history of medicine, dividing it in three sections: Greek, Latin and Arabic medicine. For the Latin he makes a distinction between Latini, those who follow Galen and Hipprocrates (Boqrat), and barbari, those who set out their… Read More

XX, 198, [2 blank], 119, [1] pp. plus 10 plates.First edition, in Spanish, of a catalogue of the royal armoury of Queen Isabella II of Spain, with descriptions of 2533 numbered items, followed by a 100-page dictionary giving lengthy definitions of hundreds of words relating to firearms, swords, crossbows, armour, fortification, heraldry, the armourer's art and other militaria. The plates show the marks that armourers, gunsmiths, swordsmiths and others stamped on their wares. Two appendices provide notes on Madrid gunsmiths and famous Toledo swordsmiths, the latter with a numbered list of 99 swordsmiths from the 16th through the 18th centuries, keyed to their marks in plate X.In very good condition, with the title-page slightly wrinkled. The paper on the boards shows a few scuff marks and the corners are bumped, but the binding is otherwise also very good. A wealth of detailed information on Spanish arms and armour.l Palau 151405.

XV, [1], 303, [1] pp.First edition of an important catalogue of a collection of antiquities formed by the Italian entrepreneur and dealer in ancient artifacts, Giuseppe Passalacqua (1797-1865) at Trieste. While it is neither an auction catalogue nor a priced sale catalogue, Passalacqua produced it with the sale of the collection in mind, and exhibited the artifacts in the Galerie d’Antiquites Égyptiennes in the new Passage Vivienne in Paris, now an historical monument. The spectacular display made it an international attraction, visited by many leading figures, including the future King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia. Passalacqua had hoped to sell the collection en bloc to the French government, but they declined. It had made a great impression on Friedrich Wilhelm, however, who bought the bulk of it in 1828 for Berlin’s new Altes Museum, where it still forms the core of their collection. After buying it, he appointed Passalacqua curator of the museum. The catalogue was innovative in its thematic… Read More

[1], [1 blank], [6], 113, [1 blank] pp.First edition of a rare 18th-century catalogue of the library of Haarlem, the Netherlands. The present copy comes from the celebrated Haarlemiana collection of A. M. van den Broek (1932-1995). It lists all the books present in the library in 1716. The work also includes a poem by Salomon van Echten (1643-1728), which was written specifically for the Haarlem library in 1673 and hung there for many years. A second edition of the catalogue, titled Catalogus librorum bibliothecae Harleminae novus, was printed by Johannes Enschedé in 1768, but the first edition is more scarce.The city library, or librije, of Haarlem was established in 1596, when the Prince of Orange gifted the collections of former convent libraries to the city as compensation for the damage after the siege of Haarlem (1572-73). The city library was primarily accessible for scholars and had an especially large collection of theology works. In the 19th century, the collection grew exponentially from… Read More

[4], 253 ll.Early edition of an influential collection of lives of the saints, first published in Vicenza in 1493, the principal work of Petrus de Natalibus (ca. 1350 or earlier-ca. 1400/06), Venetian Bishop of Equilio. "A very valuable work with a wide circulation. In his arrangement of the various lives he follows the calendar of the Church. The splendid woodcut (19 x 15.5 cm) by Urs Graf (ca. 1485-1528?) in Switzerland shows Christ's Ascension, with the Apostles before him, attributes of the four Evangelists in the corners, and God at the head. He gives an extremely expressive rendering of the faces of Christ and the Apostles in the tradition of Albrecht Dürer.With a 1596 owner's inscription and ca. 1700 engraved armorial bookplate on the front paste-down and ca. 1800 library stamps on the title-page, all from the Waldaufstiftung in Hall (near Innsbruck in Tirol): "Waldaufficæ fundationis/A[nn]o 1596 Halae", "Fundationis Baldauficæ" and "Ritte v. Baldauf'sche Stifts-Bibliothek". Binding rather… Read More

13 pp.Very rare pamphlet, printed in Jaffna, containing extensive lists of names (in Tamil and English) of all the instructors and students of the Jaffna American Mission Seminary, along with the year in which they entered the Seminary and the village to which they have been assigned. The only institutional copy we can trace is held at the American Antiquarian Society.With an old collection and deaccession stamp of the Andover Theological Library and an annotations ("Jaffna" and "Pamphs") on the front wrapper. The wrappers are faded and lightly foxed, internally only very slightly browned, edges slightly frayed. With a light vertical fold line. Overall in good condition.l WorldCat 950917175 (1 copy).

[4], 391, [1 blank] pp.First edition of a catalogue of the plants in the Kebun Raya Bogor, the large botanical garden near Jakarta (Batavia), Indonesia, formerly known as 's Lands Plantentuin te Bogor. It contains 1298 entries, including many east- and south-east Asian species, with new binomials, followed by an appendix and two indices, one listing vernacular plant names, including Japanese, Javanese, Malay and Sundanese. The word "alter"/"tweede" on the title-page refers to an earlier catalogue, entitled Catalogus horti Bogoriensis, edited by Blume and published in 1835.Internally in very good condition, with only an occasional spot. Binding rubbed and slightly worn along the extremities, otherwise good.l Merrill & Walker 1844a; Pritzel 3842; Stafleu & Cowan 2462.

[2], 30; [2], III, 68; 32; 36; VI, [2], 48; XX, 109 pp.Six very rare auction catalogues of the art collections of 19th-century Belgian connoisseurs, including Jacques Rottier, Jean-Charles Van Rotterdam, H. Ballin, Marie Maes, P.J.F. Vrancken and Jean Schamp D'Aveschoot, primarily containing master paintings from the Flemish, Dutch, Spanish and Italian schools. All lots have the results and buyer's names added in manuscript, either on interleaves or in the margins. 19th-century Belgium, and Ghent in particular, was famous for its private art collections.Some occasional spots and spine rubbed; a good copy.l Vandenhole 1093 (ad 1), 1128 (ad 2), 1217 (ad 5), 1288 (ad 6); ad 3 & 4 not in Vandenhole.