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17th century drawing of Bruxelles
MERIAN, Matthäus (after) - Veduta di Bruxelles. Italy, c. 1650. Size: c. 50,5 x 16 cm.
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Remarkable mid-17th century series of bird engravings
Flamen, Albert (1620-1692) - Livre d'oyseaux, dedie a Messire Gilles Foucquet. (Paris) c. 1650.Oblong 4to. Engraved title and 11 plates.
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Satire on tobacco smoking
BIRKEN, SIGMUND VON; BALDE, JAKOB - Die Truckene Trunkenheit. Eine aus Jacobi Balde Lateinischem gedeutschte Satyra oder Straff-Rede wider den Mißbrauch des Tabaks. Samt einem Discurs von dem Nahmen, Ankunfft, Natur, Krafft und Würkung dieses Krauts. Nürnberg, Michael Endter, 1658. 8vo [123 x 70 mm]. (8), 256 pp., including engraved title. Later vellum binding.
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Rare set of ornithological prints after Collaert
Visscher, Nicolaes; Collaert, Adriaen (after) - Avium vivae et artificiosissimae delineationes. Amsterdam, Nicolaes Visscher, 1659.
Oblong-4to. 24 engravings.
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Very rare 17th century geographical board game of the Franco-Spanish War
DU VAL, Pierre - Le Jeu des François et des Espagnols pour la Paix Par P.D.V. G.D.R. Paris, Antoine de Fer, 1660.
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One of Becher’s main works
BECHER, Johann Joachim - Natur-Kündigung der Metallen. Frankfurt am Main, Johann Wilhelm Ammon und Wilhelm Serlin, 1661. Vellum. With engraved title.
Rare first edition.
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A newly discovered design for the the Villa Benedetti in Rome reflecting the coaction of the first professional woman architect and one of the leading architects of its time
Plautilla Bricci (Roma 1616 - Roma 1705) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Napoli 1598 - Roma 1680) (workshop) - La Pianta della Villa Benedetti a Roma. (c.1664).
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Very rare map of Florida by Pierre du Val from 1665
DU VAL, Pierre - "La Floride Francoise" (1665)
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A design by Cortona for the Galleria Pamphilj
Egid Schor (attr.) (1627-1701) or Philipp Schor (attr.) (1646 - 1701) after Pietro da Cortona (1596 - 1669) Design for a corner decoration of the ceiling painting at the Galleria Pamphilj. Pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; 201 x 275mm.
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A newly discovered design for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna
Egid Schor (1627-1701) - Design for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna. (c. 1664-1665). Pen, black ink and watercolor on two pieces of paper mounted together ; 252 x 448mm.
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A newly discovered design for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna
Egid Schor (1627-1701) - Design of a corner decoration for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna. (c. 1664-1665). Stencil, pen, black ink and watercolor on paper ; 217 x 264mm.
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17th century landscape art
PERELLE, Gabriel - Collection of 69 engraved plates with landscapes, including several complete series. Paris, Pierre Mariette, Francois and Nicolas de Poilly and Martinet, c.1665. Oblong-folio [310 x 460 mm] Later quarter leather binding with gilt spine.
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Exceptionally rare series of 17th century bird etchings
Le Roy, Henri (1579 - before 1669) - (Vogels / Owls and other birds). (Paris), Hermann Weyen, c.1665. Oblong 4to. 6 numbered engraved plates.
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Extremely rare 17th century treatise on dentistry
GOCKEL, Eberhard - Epitome Theorico-Practica, de Odontalgia, Oder Ein kurtzer/ jedoch aigentlicher Bericht/ von dem Zahnwehe ; Auß waserley Ursachen dasselbige entspringe/ auch wie von solchem/ vermittelst der Natürlichen Mitteln/ zu begegnen seye / verfasset von Eberhardo Gockelio, Ulm: D. p.t. Phys. Reip. Gieng. Ord. Nördlingen, Friedrich Schultes, 1668. Moderner Umschlag. 61 Seiten, 1 w. Bl. -- Einzige Ausgabe.
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4-sheet map of Ukraine
Blaeu family - "Ukrainae Pars que Kiovia Palatinatus vulgo dicitur. / Ukrainae Pars que Barclavia Palatinatus vulgo dicitur. / Ukrainae Pars que Pocutia Palatinatus vulgo dicitur. / Ukrainae, Pars que Podolia Palatinatus vulgo dicitur. Rare 4-sheet map of Ukraine. Amsterdam, Blaeu, c.1670.
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Unrecorded series of 17th century ornithological engravings
Bonnart, Nicolas (1637-1718) - (Series of 12 etchings representing various birds). L'Aigle, N. Bonnart, c.1670. Oblong 4to. 12 engraved plates.
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Frescoes by Raphael and the Caracci
MITELLI, Giuseppe Maria - L'Enea Vagante Pitture dei Carracci. Rome, Gian Giacomo de Rossi, 1663. Oblong-Folio [365 x 485 mm] 17 leaves. With engraved title and twenty etchings. Contemporary gold-tooled calf binding. Bound with: AQUILA, Pietro - Imagines farnesiani cubiculi cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis. and FANTETTI, Cesar and Pietro Aquila - Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, a Raphaele Sanctio Urbinato in Vaticani palatii xystis expressae.
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Portraits of ancient gods and hermetic writers
Mussard, Pierre - Historia deorum fatidicorum, vatum, sibyllarum, phoebadum, apud priscos illustrium; cum corum iconibus. Praeposita est dissertatio de divinatione et oraculis. Cologny near Geneva, Pierre Chouet, 1675. Contemporary half-leather. 4to. With 50 full-page engravings.
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Beautiful complete series of 17th century zoological etchings
Barlow, Francis (c.1626-1704) - Livre de plusieurs Animaux. Inventez par Barlou. (Paris), de Poilly, c.1675. Oblong 4to. Etched title and 10 etched plates.
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17th-century manuscript lectures from the Old University of Leuven
CHARNEUX, Henricus de / MELIS, Petrus - Physica et Metaphysica Data in Porco sub Eruditissimo Domino... scripta ab Edmundo Goossens Thenensi Anno 1679. Old University of Leuven, 1679. [212 x 164 mm] Engraved title page with manuscript title, 484 ll. With 19 text drawings, 15 whole-page drawings and 10 (2 fold. and 1 with folding part) engraved plates.
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Extremely rare astronomical broadside
Cometa Apparsa In Roma L'Anno MDCLXXX. Nel Segno Di Vergine Di Gradi XIII. : Vero Disegno Dell'Ovo Prodigioso Nato In Roma Alli II Di Decembre Del Presente Anno MDCLXXX. Nel Quale Continua A Comparire La Cometa Nella Forma Gia Stampata. Regensburg, Abraham Cosathe, 1680. Broadsheet. With copper engraving. Sheet: 384 x 278mm.
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Early design for the Galleria Colonna
Egid Schor (1627-1701) - Design of a corner decoration for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna. Pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; Image: 261 x 343 mm; Sheet: 270 x 355 mm.
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17th century Italian School drawing
(after) DOLCI, Carlo - Head Study. Drawing. Format: 340 x 224 mm; red chalk; old mounted, rebacked marginal tears, minor surface damage
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