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1925ABC_47726Calcutta: Government of India Press 1925. Original tan cloth map-case with original printed label to cover. 25 of 26 folding maps sketches etc. as always lacking the "Explanation of the Method of giving Map Co-ordinates adopted in Chapters XIII and XX". An excellent set of maps documenting the battlefields of the Mesopotamian Campaign of WWI: "In the Autumn of 1923 a tour of the Mesopotamian battlefields was undertaken by the instructors and students of the Staff College Quetta and the course of the campaign and the principal operations were studied on the spot" Introduction Part I not present. Printed at the Survey of India Offices Dehradun the maps cover the major sites of the conflict. Maps of note include a simplified version of the sought-after "Lower Mesopotamia" War Office map an elegant map of the Battle of Ctesiphon and a detailed map of Sheikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara which includes an interesting note on the burgeoning cartography of the area: "The first map with any pretensions to accuracy was not produced till the summer of 1916". Designated "For Official Use Only" this study is uncommon. There are no print-run details given in the text volume but the markings on the maps suggest that there may have been 1000 copies produced. LibraryHub locates three copies at King's College London the London Library and the British Library. WorldCat adds seven more with three in North America three in Australia and one in South Africa.Without the text volume Part I and lacking 1 maps as usual. Some spotting and closed tears to several of the smaller maps printed on thin paper larger folding maps in very good condition. Map-case rubbed with some wear and splits to extremities. Ownership inscription of R. T. Holland to front cover. Government of India Press, hardcover
1925185029Calcutta: Government of India Press 1925. The ground enormously favoured the defence First edition of this detailed campaign history issued for official use only and complete as a two-part set. Nine sets are held institutionally but we have traced only a standalone copy of Part II in recent commerce. Comprehensive in scope the work was compiled for officers studying military strategy and tactics and was intended to be read alongside the published volumes of Brigadier-General F. J. Moberly's History of the Great War: The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. "Where on point of fact the story is at variance with the version given in the official history it has been allowed to stand unaltered nor have the criticisms been changed in any way" introduction. The contents grew out of a 1923 tour of the Mesopotamian battlefields by personnel from the Staff College Quetta and several chapters were contributed by the military strategist and historian Major General Sir Wilkinson Dent Bird. Chapter XXV offers insightful reflections on the affect of terrain and geography on the prosecution of the war. This point is also stressed by plates reproducing aerial battlefield photographs that were taken specially by the RAF. The table of contents for Part II calls for 26 maps but the 26th "Explanation of the method of giving map co-ordinates" was likely either never issued or only issued with a few copies. It is not included in the set held in the India Office records at the British Library nor in the other copy traced in commerce. Our copy similarly has only 25. Sets are recorded at the British Library Imperial War Museum King's College London the London Library Texas A&M SUNY Potsdam Stellenbosch Defence Science and Technology Group Australia and UNSW Canberra Academy the map volume incomplete. WorldCat also lists a holding at Calgary but this seemingly includes Part I only. 2 vols octavo. Part I: 20 half-tone plates that facing p. 186 not called for: "Part of Sinn Abtar Redoubt Looking East". Part II: 25 maps some folding. Part I: Original drab boards yellow cloth backstrip spine and front cover lettered in black. Part II: Original light yellow linen map case printed title label. Front free endpaper and map case with ownership signature of Captain A. G. Armstrong 8th Indian Infantry Brigade which served in the Mesopotamian Campaign; occasional pencil sidelining likely his internally. Volume and case worn as expected for this type of material but sturdy Part I with browning and staining to front cover and at places internally the maps in Part II with edge wear and creasing from evident use a few small splits: a very good set. Not in Wells. hardcover
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20172-6202244380Editorial Académica Española 2017. Paperback. New. 124 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.28 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
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172520852Amsterdam: Gedrukt Voor de Auteur 1725. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one both published 1725 lacking the final 3rd volume published 1728. Recently rebound cased copy in full calf leather gilt stamping to spine new end pages retains original front and rear blank binder leaves. Contents generally very good light soiling to a few pages age toning variations to paper generally bright although bottom blank margin edges show general toning; with undulation to the leaves. Title pages in black and red. Two full page copperplate engravings: by #1 I. Folkema and #2 portrait of the author by J. Houbraken after C. Troost each with minro foxing. 1# 24 370 8 pp. / 2# 40 371 1 blank <br /> <br/><br/>Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 selling online since 1998. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome. Gedrukt Voor de Auteur hardcover
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9a14Tweede Deel von 3 Bänden. Boucquet/Scheurleer/Jongh Gravenhage 1729. 2 Batt/12 S./3 Blatt mit 1 gestoch. Titelvignette 39 Textvignetten und 23 Tafeln in Kupferstich original Ganzleder mit Rückentitel und 5 Schmuckbünden etwas bst. u. berieben. unknown
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1729ABC_45605The Hague widow of E. Boucquet H. Scheurleer F. Boucquet J. de Jongh 1729 vols. 1-3; 1729. 4to. Dordrecht Ab Blussé & son 1769 vol. 4. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum with manuscript titles on spines. Sprinkled edges. With an engraved frontispiece title pages in red and black and with engraved vignettes a folding portrait of Willem Karel Hendrik Friso 1711-1751 Prince of Orange and from 1747 hereditary Stadtholder Willem IV a portrait of the author 40 engraved plates by Houbraken with multiple portraits of artists on each plate 1 plate with a night scene 1 mezzotint and 118 engraved vignettes. 4 volumes. 16 412 6; 4 412 6 4 446 4. First edition of richly illustrated biographies of more than 100 Dutch painters male and female still of interest for the history of Dutch art. The author Jacob Campo Weyerman 1677-1747 was one of the foremost Dutch authors of the Enlightenment and was known for his merry style. For this history of Dutch art he leans on Houbraken's De groote schouburgh der Neder-lantsche konstschilders en schilderessen 1718-1721.The first three parts were all published in 1729; the fourth - 40 years later - is mainly devoted to the painters from the Art Academy at The Hague. All 40 plates with artists' portraits the frontispiece 2 other portraits and the night scene are in the first 3 volumes the later volume 4 has no plates. The lavish vignettes throughout the volumes are worth mentioning as well mostly executed by Picart and apparently made for the present publication.The plates seem to be from a rare early state avant la lettre: all other copies we have seen have lettering on the plates but the present copy has the information written on the plates in ink. The title-page lettering seems to be very slightly moved compared to other copies but positions of the quire signatures all match. Perhaps this was a first impression or proof.From the library of Belgian artist/curator Philippe Jacques van Brée 1786-1871 with his owner's inscription on the front paste-down of each volume: "P.J. van Bréé". He was curator of the Royal Museum of Fine Art in Brussels from 1831-1861.With a few neat annotations in pencil in the margins of the plates and a small tear in the foot margin of a text page. Vellum slightly thumbed. Otherwise in very good condition.l Kunst op schrift 243-245; Arntzen/ Rainwater H129. ABE CAT Art History hardcover
1729196806Gravenhage: de Wed. E Boucquet H. Scheurleer F. Boucquet en J. De Jongh 1729. Hardcover. SOLD AS IS Boards are detached; spine strip is almost completely missing; interior is toned/foxed; bookplates ifc and ffep; marginalia in pencil in a few places. Half-leather and red marbled boards; marbled textblock edges; 412 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in Dutch. de Wed. E Boucquet, H. Scheurleer, F. Boucquet, en J. De Jongh hardcover
576324o gebonden in geheel leer uit de tijd. Bijgebonden: J.C. Weyerman Den Maagdenburgsche Alchimist of den gewaanden Baron van Syberg ontmaskert. Blijspel. Utrecht v. Paddenburg en Muntendam 1733 50 p. Dit exemplaar van 5 titels komedies en toneelspellen en tevens de Maagdenburgsche alchimist wordt genoemd onder nr. 345 in de Naemrol der Nederduitsche tooneelspellen verzameld door Johan v.d. Marck verkocht door Delfos en Hoogeveen 1774. Met gegraveerde frontispiece door A.V.L.B.: naar Cornelis Troost. Titelblad gedrukt in rood en zwart. Jacob Campo Weyerman 1677-1747 was een van de meest besproken en verafschuwde literaire figuren uit zijn tijd. Hij was briljant en zeer getalenteerd maar moest vaak het land uitvluchten wegens zijn liefdesaffaires. Hij had zo'n scherpe pen dat Het Hof Den Haag in 1739 hem tot levenslang veroordeelde. Rug beschadigd aan de bovenkant. Verder in uitstekende staat. Uniek exemplaar. unknown
1746M2HB4ES5PXB4The Hague: Pieter de Hondt 1746. Contemporary richly gold-tooled dark red morocco by the so-called Van Damme bindery in Amsterdam sewn on 7 supports each board with Van Dammes typical hourglass- or vase- or flask-shaped central cartouche with a starry sky on a black ground here showing a short-stemmed chalice or goblet with fire or flame-like leaves like a snake plant Dracaena trifasciata in the cartouche and a basket of flowers topping the cartouche the whole in an elaborate frame built up from hundreds of impressions of numerous small tools the spine-title in gold on a black ground in the 2nd of 8 compartments each of the other 7 with flowers other decorations and a small flower in a pot gilt edges. With a tissue guard-leaf before each plate. Large folio 42 x 27 cm. Title in red and black with an engraved vignette Quixote and the windmill and 31 engraved illustration plates all coloured by a contemporary hand heightened with gold and set in in a gilt frame. Further with large woodcut initials and tailpieces and each text page in an ornamental frame built up from typographic ornaments the frames not in the 4to issue. Very rare large-paper copy of the first and only edition of a "free and joyous" Dutch translation of Cervantes's Don Quixote with 31 rococo style plates in spectacular contemporary hand colouring and with gold highlights. The plates have been engraved by leading Dutch artists Bernard Picart 12 Jacob van der Schley 13 Pierre Tanjé 5 and Simon Fokke 1 after paintings by leading French artists Antoine Coypel 25 Charles-Nicolas Cochin 2 Pierre-Charles Trémolières 2 François Boucher 1 and Jacques-Philippe le Bas 1. The impressions are crisp and the hand colouring is bright and of the highest quality with subtly graded tones and highlights in gold. Antoine Coypel 1694-1752 responsible for the design of most of the illustrations was one of the most important French history painters of the early 18th century. His Don Quixote paintings are highlights in his oeuvre and can be found in several museum collections.The Dutch edition was translated by Jacob Campo Weyerman 1677-1747 one of the foremost Dutch authors of the Enlightenment who was known for his merry style. He added to this edition a Dutch translation of the biography of Cervantes by Gregorio Mayans 1737 and explanatory texts to the plates. De Hondt issued the present edition in at least three formats: 4to folio on ordinary paper and folio on large paper. The present copy is the large-paper folio issue which is indeed very rare: several libraries have folio editions on ordinary paper usually about 35 cm tall but we have not located a copy of the large folio issue in any library. The only other large-paper copy we have been able to trace is slightly smaller.Cervantes's Don Quixote first published in Spanish 1605-1615 was first translated into Dutch in the early 17th century and went through several editions until 1732. Engraved prints after Coypel's famous Don Quixote paintings started circulating in 1734. De Hondt took this opportunity to publish a new Dutch translation with the Coypel illustrations and some others. He asked Weyerman who was already a famous writer but was imprisoned for slander to translate the text. He also commissioned new plates after Coypels paintings from the leading Dutch engravers. This came together in what became a masterpiece of rococo book production and the present hand-coloured copy of the large folio issue is the outstanding result.The Van Damme bindery was the "most important Amsterdam workshop of the 18th century" and is praised for the "high quality of its work" Storm van Leeuwen: 89 bindings are attributed to it. Although its earliest dated binding is from 1747 the present work and two others in similar Van Damme bindings in the British Library were printed in 1746 so these bindings may be among Van Dammes earliest work made in or soon after that year. Three of the six Van Damme bindings in the British Library as well as several examples in Storm van Leeuwen have a similar cartouche with a black interior but none includes the present vase or goblet of flames or flame-like leaves: we have not identified the patron.The boards are very slightly rubbed the corners and head and foot of the spine have been reinforced. A few small spots in the foot margin of the title page and slight browning of the paper of 2 quires. Otherwise in very good condition.l Arents Cervantes in het Nederlands 27: "Kneppelhout nr. 2587 gr. fol. rood verg. marok. verg. op sn. Zeer fraai ex. op gr. papier. Het titelvignet en de 30 prtn. allen alleruitmuntendst uit de hand gekl. en met goud afgezet. In oud-Holl. prachtbd. van rood marokyn. De rug verg. in afdeel. De platten met een zeer breed verguldsel randwerk en verg. middenfig. op zwart leder. Verg. op sn. Gekocht door Hr. Elte voor fl. 420."; Cohen & De Ricci 216 "superbes illustrations; livre tres recherche"; Van Gorp pp. 161-162; Mededelingen van de Stichting Jacob Campo Weyerman 18 1995 passim; Rius I 806; STCN 197115810 8 copies; Marleen de Vries Aanzet tot een bibliografie van Jacob Campo Weyerman 1990; cf. for the binding: Storm van Leeuwen I pp. 460-499. Pieter de Hondt, unknown
