Album amicorum for M.C. Elsbroek

Dated 1809. Contains 3 drawings in watercolour and ink, 2 works of paper-cut art, 1 embroidery, and 17 poems. Album in boards w. green ties, a.e.g., oblong, 9.5 x 16 cm.

Album amicorum/ poesie-album. Lot of six

(1) Anonymous album, dated 1849. Contains five contributions of paper-cut art and embroidery, in gilt dec. and embossed box, 8.5 x 15.5 cm. (2) Album amicorum for "Maria", ca....

[Astronomy] "Physicae de Astronomia"

Ca. 1790. 72 p., paper wr. An extensive 18th-cent. treatise about astronomy, divided into the following sections: Introductio, De sphera celestis, Copernicanum systema, De Heliographia,...

[Atlases] Behaghel, Laure (1827-1907). "Atlas Histoire"

"Première Classe 1849". Manuscript atlas of historical France, containing title-p., 22 maps (col. or w. outlines), 10 illustrations of weaponry and armor, 1 illustration of crowns,...

[Atlases] Boonzajer, F.J. Atlas der Aarde/ Atlas van het Fransche Keizerrijk

Netherlands, late 18th/ early 19th cent. 3 vols., w. 143 maps in ink and watercolour "getekend volgens de stellingen van G. de l'Isle", contemp. uniform gilt half calf w. 2 contrast....

[Brabant] Fourteen miscellaneous documents on vellum,

15th-20th cent., var. (partly large) sizes, partly w. wax seals. Comprises a.o.: (1) Official document by the "Staaten van Brabant", dated "den maend van mey inden jare XVI vijffenveertigh"...

[Calligraphy] "Christi vitam non imitaris, non igitur es Christianus"

(You do not imitate the life of Christ, therefore you are not a Christian). Manuscript w. neatly written passages in French and Latin in pen, on paper w. occas. partial Strasburg...

Calligraphy manuscript Amersfoort

Broeder Novatus, Pensionaat "Sint Louis" Amersfoort, ca. 1935. Calligraphy notebook, extremely refined and detailed calligraphy and letter decoration. (21 pp). (2) Calligraphy/...

Charcot, Jean-Martin (1825-1893). Authograph card

Ca. 1890. Nine lines. Personal information of Charcot printed on recto. 6 x 10 cm. It is unclear to whom the note is addressed; Charcot thanks this person for their letter and...

[Classical Antiquity] "Rondeaux sur les Métamorphoses d'Ovide dédiés à Monseigneur le Dauphin"

18th cent. (2),226,(14) p. Manuscr. copy of Isaac de Benserade's translation of the first two books of the Metamorphoses (first publ. in 1676). W. approx. 200 engr. plates compiled...

Coenegrachts, Matthias Hermanus, Zuid-Limburg, 1618. "Farrago precum Sacrarum

et aliorem excercitiorum piorum quae loco enchridii seu manualis esse poterit." (A medley of sacred prayers and other pious excercises, able to serve as a handbook or manual)....

[Dutch royalty] Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1880-1962). Letter and Christmas wish in pen

Devotional messages directed to "zendingsdirecteur" Jan Willem Gunning (1862-1926): (1) Autograph letter signed 'Wilhelmina'; in pen, bifolium on paper w. stamped royal monogram,...

Farrell, James T. (1904-1979). Berlin Impressions

Original manuscript draft for an essay written by American writer James T. Farrell, documenting his visit to Berlin in 1950. 29 loose leaves (recto only), written in pencil, signed...

French legal and notarial documents. Lot of forty

(1) Two 17th cent. documents, dated 1632 and 1633, vellum, both 4 p. Previously folded. (2) 38 documents, dated ca. 1790-1830, paper, many signed by "Beguin", most w. official...

[Gastronomy] Four Dutch language manuscript recipe books

First half 20th cent., written in var. hands, w. num. loosely inserted handwritten recipes or printed clippings (and some other related inserts), bound in hcl. (3x, 4to) and in...

[Gastronomy] Small archive of Dutch language manuscript and (rare) printed cookbooks

19th cent. to ca. 1960, incl. very rare printed books, partly w. many loose related inserts, partly in used (some dam.) condition. Comprises: (1) "Boek der rezeppen". Manuscript...

Gelder, Benjamin Jacob (1876-1964) and relatives incl. Gelder-Philipsen. Family archive

Consisting a.o. of 4 different passports from before, during and after the war, a flight log on his name (1949-1955, explaining why the passports are completely filled w. stamps),...

[Genealogy] Family book Van Taalman Kip

Ca. 1920. Contains 12 manuscr. family trees for the Dutch nobility Van Taalman Kip, most dating back to the 16th cent., with a further 20 lvs. w. related manuscr. notes. Incl....

[Government bonds] "Dassaus der Köngl. Bohln. und Chur- Fürstl. Sächs."

Six 20 Thaler interest bonds, issued by the Sächsische Ober-Steuer-Einnahme, dated 1742-49. Typeset, filled out in ink, one w. wax seal. Half-year interest receipt on a 1000 Thaler...

Historia Politica. Illorum Imperiorum Regnorum

et Rerum-Publicarum, quae Hodie per Orbem Terrarum Florent. Manuscript, (135) p., written in a very neat and legible hand, on paper w. foolscap watermark, probably final quarter...

[House of Orange] Willem I, Prince of Orange. Manuscript letter written during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland

Dated "October the 6th 1799", signed "Mr. Hereditary Prince of Orange", with his wax seal. Letter contains military instructions for the retreat of the Anglo-Russian army: "Permit...

[Indonesia] Kasboek 15 juni 1909 tot 12 januari 1911 Surabaya

Ledger with 97 entries of weeks between june 1909 and januari 1911 of a household in Surabaya, bookplate 'Rio Lim Khing Soerabaya on first free endpaper.

[Indonesia. Australia] Fokkens, T. Guchen-baai/ Dalim van de sultan te Ternate

Handwritten page (33 x 21 cm, recto/verso) illustrated with a pencil drawing (13 x 15 cm). 1856-1857. In Dutch. Page extracted from the logbook of a Dutch ship, the steamer Semarang,...

[Medicine] "Verzameling van Medicynen."

19th cent. Approx. 100 leaves, later binding, 4to. Catalogue of a medicine cabinet, ordered according to E.F. Geoffroy's Traité de la matière médicale (1743), in 4 columns w. Latin...

[Meppel] Album amicorum of Greetje Kleijenberg (1814-1889) of Meppel

Containing 15 contributions dated "13 Feb. 1833" to "11-4-'44", loose as issued in orig. gilt- and blindstamped book-shaped box in gilt morocco, front cover gilt-lettered "Souvenir"...

[Montessori education] Two letters in pen and one in typescript addressed to Mario 'Pao' Montessori (1898-1982)

Son of Maria Montessori, written by Albert Max ('Abs') Joosten, all in fluent Italian, all signed "Abs" in pen, dated "Dublin, 6 Giugno 1946", "Amsterdam, 2 Marzo 1947" and "Amsterdam,...

Muhammad ibn Suleymân al-Jazûlî (1404-1465). Dalâ'il al-Khayrat

Morocco, 19th century. Approx. 150 lvs, 8 lines per page, Maghrebi calligraphy using sepia and polychrome inks. With several decorated cartouches w. floral motifs and palmettes...

[Music] Leopold, J.H. (fl. 1800). Manuscript songbook

1807. Engr. vignette w. manuscr. name author and date, followed by 26 manuscr. leaves w. musical notations and song lyrics. Containing mostly liturgical songs. Orig. wr. (spine...

Nederlandsche Jongelingsverbond 1883-1908. "Huldeblijk aan den Heer J.Ph. Marmelstein,

op zijn 25-jarig Jubilé als Bondsbestuurder van het Ned. Jongelingsverbond, door Afdeelingen en Bondsleden." Five calligraphed vellum lvs by Joh. Visser (the first signed, the...

[Omwenteling van 1813] Kemper, Joan Melchior (1776-1824). Resignation letter as Commissioner-General

Letter addressed to Willem I asking for resignation as the Commissioner-General of the Algemeen Bestuur, on paper, 2 p., signed "J.M. Kemper", dated "Utrecht / 4 December 1813"....

[Philosophy] Manuscript lecture notes in Latin

First half of 17th cent., the first 7 and final 5 pages in French in a different hand, neatly paginated, (7),464,(32) p. (and a few loosely inserted fragments as bookmarkers),...

Poëzy-album

Ca. 1840. 143 p. Collection of poems in German and Dutch, with many drawings and striking designs, incl. a few musical notations. Most poems seem to be derived from other sources,...

Schuhmacher, W. (1894-1986). Small archive of letters and a few other items on/ by the artist

Several letters are directed to "Lieve Door" (= Wim Schuhmacher's wife Duttje Schuhmacher-Parrée (1895-1953)), w. five orig. envelopes (2x stamped and addressed 1926-1927) preserved....

[Soviet Union] Penot, E. "Mon voyage en Russie 15-30 Juillet 1936"

Travel diary of Emile Penot in Stalinist Russia. 1936. 31 p., purple and brown ink and pencil, sewn in upper left corner. 21 x 14 cm. The journal describes his arrival by train...

[Spain. Barcelona] Monjas de Barcelona de la orden de San Jerónimo ceden unos terrenos a perpetuidad, 1740

Notarial deed on laid paper with the seal of Felipe V and letterpress heading, 21 pages of manuscript text in old Catalan and Latin and a few blank lvs, threadbound. With folds...

Temple, Sir William (1628-1699). Manuscript diplomatic report

Dated 18 February 1668. 5 p., written in Latin, signed "Will. Temple". The document relates to the negotiation of the Triple Alliance between the Kingdom of England, the Swedish...

[World War I. Belgium] Manuscript extracts from press articles, poems, recollections etc.

Belgium, 1914-15, 156 p. of French language text (excl. several bis-, ter- and other pages), w. num. loosely inserted or mounted newspaper clippings, add. manuscr. lvs and additions...

[Zeeland. Surveying] Ommelooper met de Annexe kaarten tot elk begin van den Generalen Prins Willems Polder,

gelegen in 't Oostvrije Lande van Vlaanderen, daar af een gedeelte ten Jaare 1650, Uijtter Zouter Zee in 't versch is Beverst, te weten de Landen gelegen tusschen Isendijke ende...