Album amicorum Drost family with contributions 1838-1843

with 6 drawn contributions, 1 embroidered contribution, 1 Chinese export gouache on pith paper in folded sheet with inscription, 8 manuscript contributions and 5 unused sheets,...

[Architecture] Student diary 1907-1909 Dirk Roosenburg (1887-1962).

± 90 p. with annotations/ letters in pen, several pages of comments in another hand (in pencil) of friends/ his beloved, included in the agenda part of the book Wellcome's medical...

[Gorinchem] Archive of the Jewish doctor N.H.D. Schöyer (1895-1970)

Archive consisting of e.g. his school diploma 1912, doctor's diploma 1918, copies of entries in the register office, manuscript cards, distributie stamkaarten from WWII of himself,...

[Rote Armee Fraktion] Josephine Dubois-Brinkmann (1933-2012). Diplomas, photos etc.

Collection of archival documents concerning Josephine Dubois-Brinkmann (1933-2012), known as the lawyer of Knut Folkerts (murderer of policeman Arie Kranenburg in 1977), and other...

Family archive of banker, athlete and artist Johan Hendrik Pootjes (1882-1944)

Archive consisting of a notebook with manuscript (and several mounted, printed) aphorisms and quotes, 2 passports of Pootjes (1923 and 1928), identity cards of his wife Antje Pootjes-Beenen...

[Album amicorum] Vrienden-Boek van Pauline en Willem Hovy

door den echt verbonden te Zeist, den 18 Mei 1866. Opening with a number of scriptural words and kept up to date to October 1914. 31 written pp. with names and/ or signatures with...

[Medicine] Jacobus van der Hout, degree certificate 1773

Manuscript certificate on parchment, 34 x 52 cm., Leiden University, 6 April 1773, following Jacobus van der Hout's "Dissertatio medico-practica inauguralis de febre petechiali,...

[Fables. Carel Christiaan Chappuis] "Levens geschiedenis van Ezopus den Fabeldichter.

Uit het Fransch door Carel, Christiaan, Chappuis. Met 24 platen. 1824". Manuscript, 78,(2 "Inhoud") p., with 24 mounted plates, contemporary boards, 4to (rebacked).

Manuscript leaves, parchment. Netherlands, late 15th century

2 leaves (28 and 29 in pencil) recto and verso with hymns (psalms) from a Dutch book of prayers. The capitals alternately gold-heightened and blue; several words in red. (total 2)

Goede Vriendschap. Eene Geschiedenis voor Dames, maar voor Kleinen

Manuscript (Dutch, c. 1865). Oblong folio, halfcloth with decorative illustrated front board with manuscript title and drawing of a girl with dollhouse and a small dog. Calligraphed...

"Coran. Handschrift" (spine title on slipcase)

Manuscript in Arabic in red and black ink, 19th century, on (238) p. (mostly bifolia, incl. ± 10% on smaller bifolia), loose between two contemporary sheets of vellum cut to exact...

[Religion] Phijsica Generalis

data a R.P. Firmino Murat e Soc. Jesu 1740. Manuscript of a lecture in Latin by Professor Murat at the Collegio Aquicinctino in Douai (French Flanders) preceded by a title and...

[Italy. Book of monastery names] "Libro delle Ven. Compagnia del Sant.mo Sacramento

in quale sono desciti li Confrati, e Sorelle di detta Campag.a/ Rinovato l'anno 1682 da noi Priori di essa Pietro. Fran.co Durante, Bernardo Aurame, e Gio: Batta Fignone". Manuscript...

Josephine Baker

Danish travel account 1955. Volume consisting of: Paris, André Martin, Spring Books, London, 1963. 160 p.; typoscript of the voyage in Danish, 29 p., 75 pages with photos and souvenirs...

Aesthetica. Lecture notes, Abraham Kuyper, 1894

Manuscript of lecture series Esthetica by Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), at the time of writing professor of theology and literature at the Vrije Universiteit, founded by himself....

[Theatre] Jan Hannema "Admiraal Tom Pouce" (1839-1878). Two album amicorum entries:

(1) "Ofschoon ik klein van wasdom ben, ben ik toch meester van de pen. Jan Hannema. Oud 9 jaar geboorer [sic] 23 april 1839 te Franeker lang 1/2 Ned. el. zwaar 8 Ned. pond. Zutphen...

[Album amicorum] Lot with 3 mid-19th-century alba amicorum,

two blindstamped cardboard boxes and one box clad with silk and gold paper, all bookshaped with loose contents (incl. many loose sheets in various colours), various oblong 8vo sizes.

[In memoriam] Hair art, 19th century

Hair art woven in tree and flowers, lacquered finish, with photo of the deceased inside oval spherical frame under glass. France, 19th century. 60 x 50 cm.

[In memoriam] Hair art, 19th century

Two examples of Dutch hair art. (1) Work partly tooled in glass with grave, trees and plants of hair, on inside a mounted angel and border decoration in the glass, in black wooden...

[Astronomy] "De planetis" (spine title).

Manuscript in pen and ink in Latin on light-blue paper, c. 1800, (2),338,(2) p., with several illustrations, modern full blue leather in old style with gilt and ribbed back, 18 x 12.5 cm.

[Schiedam] Album amicorum with contributions by Emilie Knappert and François Haverschmidt

Poesie album of Mari Knappert (1871-1906), with contributions dated 1877-1881, 58 leaves, partly used on both sides with mostly manuscript contributions but also 7 drawings and...

[Keppler-Bavelaar family] Collection of 31 letters to/ from Jan Keppler

tobacco broker, mostly dated 1892-1898 (partly later), mostly by Keppler written to his future wife Bertha Bavelaar ("Mijn liefste Bertha"), a small part concerning tobacco trade,...

Schets van eenige zoorten van dieren welke in de bosschen omstreeks Cijlon gevonden worden

Small 8vo, notebook with coloured paper wrapper, 13 pp. with native Ceylonese animal species, followed by 4 pp. with trees, fruits, plants and crops; also stories and riddles in...

[Many well-known names] Album amicorum of pianist Fanny de Bas (The Hague, b. c. 1837)

Album with 21 international, manuscript contributions, nearly all well-known names (several very famous), of which 16 signed musical greetings and 5 signed poems, dated 1851-1865...

[Knokke. Numerous signatures 1936-1937] Casino - Kursaal - Communal de Knocke s/m.

Programmes des concerts saison 1936/ 1937 (morocco letterpieces on front boards). Two albums compiled by artistic director A. Mouru de la Motte for Joseph Nellens "Le fondateur...

[Special proof copy] "Proef-aflevering & Inteekenlijst"

Het leven van onze voorouders door Mr. N. de Roever. Met chromo's en houtsneden, Deel I. Amsterdam, Van Holkema, (c. 1890), (4),48,(4 on Japanese paper),(4 prospectus),(2) p.,...

[Genealogy and heraldry] Bellincamps castle and the Legrand family

Album, c. 1900, with 12 leaves on which a drawing in pen and ink titled "Bellincamps, 14 september 1887, vue de Mons en Pévèle" (signed "Michel"), a photo of the castle, 3 mounted...

[Drawing book] Livre des figures, paysages, animaux et autre dessins

Fait par moi L.ce van Uxem. 1768. [Laurence van Uxem]. 4to, (23 x 18.5 cm.), spine with ornaments in gilt stamping. Title leaf in manuscript (by the artist), title flanked by 2...

Hendrikus Colijn (1869-1944)

Interesting letter, written in exile to his personal friend De Wilde (= Arp de Wilde, minister of the Interior in Colijn's second cabinet). Letter written on both sides, dated 8-2-1943.

Family archive of acrobat and chimney sweep Cornelis Johannes Romijn (born 1927)

Large archive consisting of many photos (signed or with dedications) concerning his career as an acrobat, many later family photos, personal documents such as passports and drivers...

Noble family archive Van Coeverden-Van Raesfelt

Extensive and important family archive concerning the Van Coeverden and Van Raesfeldt/ Van Raesveldt families, the oldest piece dated 1532 (?) (another piece dated 1548), the last...

Ship's logs 1872 and 1873

(1) Log 1873 of the Dutch schooner Anna, captain Hesseling of Delfzijl with ballast with destination Memel. Other voyages mainly Riga, Borgo etc. Dated 1873, ± 40 p. The last 5...