The Fatal Inheritance: Philip II and the Spanish Netherlands
Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. xii + 390pp., 8vo, cloth; portions of the dust wrapper pasted to inside front cover and front flyleaf. London: Victor Gollancz, 1969. A very good copy. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. xii + 390pp., 8vo, cloth; portions of the dust wrapper pasted to inside front cover and front flyleaf. London: Victor Gollancz, 1969. A very good copy. More
Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1980. 250 illustrations, 245 in original size and 17 in color. 4to, black cloth, d.w.; minor wear to edges of dust wrapper. Fribourg: Office du Livre, (1980). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2002. 466pp. 4to, blue and green boards. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, (2002). Fine Book is divided into four sections on Patrimonial Law, Real Rights, General Part of the Law of Obligations and Special Contracts. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2012. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. xiv, 355 pages. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (2012). Signed at half title page by the author. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1969. Lightly illustrated in b/w with photos and maps. 240 pages. 8vo, brown cloth, battered d.w. Chicago: Rand McNally, (1969). First printing. A very good copy--light foxing to outer edges--in a good wrapper. More
Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2006. Profusely illustrated in color. Short thick folio, black cloth, d.w. Washington: National Gallery of Art, (2006). First Edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Scribner, 1924. 294 pages. Thick 12mo, orange-lettered blue cloth (lightly edgeworn and spine a bit darkened; faint speckling to cloth on fore-edge). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First edition. Great Hollanders Series, edited by Edward Bok. More
Paris: Decaux, 1882. 25 heliogravures and hundreds of text drawings by Maxime Lalanne. 400 pages, scattered foxing, thick 4to, original 1/2 morocco, marbled boards (rubbed). Paris: Decaux, 1882. Very good. Third Edition on Large Paper. More
Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Illustrated with a handful of color and b/w plates. 288 pages. 4to, natural cloth, d.w. (Melbourne): Cambridge University Press, (1996). A very good copy--foxing to edges and front cloth; in a very good(-) wrapper--crinkles to upper edges, lightly sunned spine. More
New York: Pantheon, 1983. Introduction by J.G. Gaarlandt. Translated from the Dutch by Arno Pomerans. xiv, 226 pages. 8vo, tan cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. New York: Pantheon Books, (1983). First American edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Nuremburg. Map. Engraving with original color wash. Image measures 20" x 22.25". This lovely map of the Hague includes a plan and view of the prominent Dutch city. Published circa 1739, the plan shows the city before it became the international and political hub it is today. Rather than the modern buildings that house the International Court of Justice and embassies, the significant buildings highlighted are mainly churches and Dutch governmental buildings, labeled according to keys at the sides of..... More
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 20.75" x 23.25". This lovely map of the Hague includes a plan and view of the prominent Dutch city. Published circa 1739, the plan shows the city before it became the international and political hub it is today. Rather than the modern buildings that house the International Court of Justice and embassies, the significant buildings highlighted are mainly churches and Dutch governmental buildings, labeled according to keys at..... More
London: R. Faulder, 1790. 8 volumes. 214 fine colored plates. These plates include some of Shakespearean interest, also some relating to the French Revolution in its earlier stages. Tall 8vo, many pages uncut, uniformly bound in full burgundy morocco, gilt floral design on spines, gilt fillet borders, inner dentelles, top edges gilt. London: R. Faulder, 1790 - 1800. First Edition. An exceedingly handsome set of these beautiful and desirable volumes. Picturesque Views of the River Thames, From its Source in..... More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1900. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Photogravure frontis. 39 reproductions of drawings by the author. xii + 224pp., tall 8vo, green cloth with gilt-stamped lettering and illustration, decorative endpapers; spine ends lightly bumped & dent mid spine. London: John C. Nimmo, 1900. A handsome book, very good copy. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 1963. More
New York: Scribner, 1909. Maps and facsimiles illustrated in black and white. xxi, 478pp. 8vo, green cloth. New York: Scribner, (1909). Spine sunned, text block evenly toned. A very good copy. More
Amsterdam: Jansson, J., 1666. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 15.25" x 19.5". Map of three of the West Frisian Islands, Vlieland, Terschelling and Ameland, as well as part of Friesland. Shows rail lines, post roads and major churches. Latin text on back. Minor staining along top margin, some wear to lower corners. Jan Jansson was part of an influential family of map publishers from the Netherlands throughout the 17th century and beyond. They were based in Arnhem then in Amsterdam..... More
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1904. Plates, several in color. xxiv, 523pp. 8vo, publisher's 3/4 brown morocco, margins uncut, head of spine worn, spine rubbed and sunned. Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1904). One of 100 numbered copies. History of the colonization of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland up to 1765. The History of North America, volume IV. Edited by Guy Carleton Lee. More
Amsterdam: Schelten & Giltay, 1948. Initiated by Mr. J. R. H. Van Schaik. Color frontis., extensively illustrated. 331pp., thick 4to, decorative cloth, d.w.; minor chipping to dust wrapper. Amsterdam: Scheltens & Giltay, 1948. More
Syracuse: University Press, 1969. Illustrated sparingly in black and white. xxvi, 322 pages. 8vo, mustard yellow cloth with a blue spine label, d.w. (price clipped). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, (1969). First Edition. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 1996. Numerous color and b/w Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, (1996). Fine. More
London: T & W Boone, 1830. 12mo, 3/4 black contemporary calf, marbled boards, rubbed. London: T. & W. Boone. 1830. First Edition. Ex-library copy with bookplate and partial label on spine, still a very good copy. More
Otterlo: Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, 1953. Exhibition catalog. Text in dutch. Illustrated at back in color and b/w. 118pp. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Otterlo: Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, (1953). Second enlarged edition. A near fine copy. More
London: John Murray, 1874. Based on the Handbook of Kugler. Originally edited by the late Sir Charles L. Eastlake. Illustrated with numerous folding plates.Together 4 volumes. 8vo, beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in full polished green calf with ornately gilt spines and red and brown spine labels, inner dentelles, top edges gilt. London: John Murray, 1874. A lovely set. Near Fine. More
Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 1916. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Chicago: Open Court Publishing, (1916). Very good. More
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