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A rare 18th-century witch game
Hexenspiel. (The Witch game). (Munich)?, circa 1750/1760. (probably Franz Xaver or Franz Joseph Fetscher). 32/32 playing cards. 90 x 60mm; Hand-coloured woodcuts.
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Rare 18th century Atlas of Silesia
HOMANN Erben - Atlas Silesiae id est Ducatus Silesiae Generaliter quator mappis nec non specialiter XVI mappis tot principatus repraesentantibus geographice exhibitus Leipzig, 1750. Zeitgenössischer Halbleder-Einband mit Rückentitel und Rückenvergoldung [64 x 51 x 3 cm].
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Original Woodcut Blocks
Woodcut Blocks Tarot of Marseilles - Suisse (?), c. 1750.
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Le Jeu de l’oye, renouvelle des Grecs
Le Jeu de l'oye, renouvelle des Grecs. Toulouse, M. Peyrane, n.d. (c. 1750)
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A monster in Chile
Relacao de hum Monstruo prodigioso, que appareceo no Reyno de Chile entre os montes, que dividem este Reino das dilatadas Provoncias de Tucman, e Paraguai, ou do Rio da Prata, que sao confinantes com o Brazil. Lisbon, Miguel Manescal da Costa, 1751. unbound. 4to, 16 pp., with a title-woodcut depicting the monster.
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First German edition of a work on formal gardens by Baroque French architect Alexander le Blond
LE BLOND, Alexander and DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, Antoine-Joseph - Neueröfnete Gärtner-Akademie oder: Die Kunst Pracht-und Lust-Gärten samt dererselben Auszierungen und Wasserwerken wohl anzulegen Mit drey-und dreyssig kupfer-Taffeln versehen und aus dem Französischen ins Deutsche übersesset von Franz Anton Danreitter. 4to [183 x 118mm]. Augsburg, 1753. Original half leather with spine label and gold ornaments on spine. (13) 368 (2) pages. 1st German edition. With engraved frontispiece and 36 other copper engravings.
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Armorial Manuscript – Royal European families
„Blason et Armories des maisons souveraines & familles Illustres de l'Europe Commencant par celle de l'Auguste maison d'Austriche". 28 September 1758. Armorial manuscript with the coats of arms of Royal European families. In-folio [ca. 31 x 20 cm].
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Bavarian playing cards
GÖBL, Andreas Benedikt - Churbaierische Französische Karte. Munich, n.d. (c. 1760)
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A newly discovered important album with drawings by the Marquise d’Argens, depicting the collection of classical antiquities at the Sanssouci Palace
MARQUISE D'ARGENS, Barbe Cochois (1723/1725-1780) - Desseins originaux d'apres l'antique. Folio [37.2 x 24.3 cm]. 119 leaves, including printed title and two blanks. With 122 drawings in red chalk. Contemporary half leather binding.
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18th century botanical manuscript
CROIX, Louis-Joseph de (1725-1816) and Pierre de Savary - Recueil des plantes les plus usuelles peintes d'apres nature. Tome second. Lille, 1763. 4to. With 226 full page botanical watercolor and gouache drawings
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First map of Detroit ever printed
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas - La Riviere du Detroit depuis le Lac Sainte Claire jusqu au Lac Erie / Plan du Fort du Detroit. 1764. Rare original handcolored engraved map from Bellin's "Petit Atlas Maritime". Size of sheet: ca. 44 x 32 cm (ca. 17.3 x 12.6 inches).
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Göbl’s famous tarot for the wedding of Emperor Joseph II with Maria Josefa of Bavaria
Baierische Hochzeit. Coloured woodcut. Munich, Andreas Benedict Göbl, n.d. (1765).
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Geographical board game from the 18th century
Moithey, Murille-Antoine (1732-1805) - La Reacreation Europeenne ou Jeu des princes de l'Europe. Paris, Crepy, 1770.
Very rare geographic board game (game of goose) with 61 playing fields. Each field shows a map of a European region, including Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Ireland, Iceland, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Crete, Norway, Parma, Modena, Genova, Piemonte, Mantova, Venezia (Venice), Savoy, Tuscany etc.
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Zwei neu entdeckte Grubenkarten vom Salzburgischen Erzbergbau am Teisenberg
SCHALLHAMMER, Johann Baptista - Zwei neu entdeckte Grubenkarten vom Salzburgischen Erzbergbau am Teisenberg.
Achtal, 1771-1774.
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ORFELIN, Zakhariya - Istoriya o zhitii i slavnykh delakh Velikago Gosudarya Imperatora Petra Pervago Samoderzhtsa Vserossiiskago kot oruyu s predpolozheniem kratkoi geograficheskoi i politicheskoi istorii o rossiiskom tsarstve... Chast pervaya (-vtoraya). Venice: Demetrio Teodosio, 1772 [1774-1779]. 2 volumes. 4to (265 x 179mm.). With engraved title-page in each volume, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces.
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Nouveau jeu d’histoire universelle
LE MAITRE - Nouveau jeu d'histoire universelle. Paris, Crepy and the author, n.d. (1774).
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The first non-standard deck of the United Kingdom
Monarchs of Europe. London, Rowley & Co, n.d. (c. 1774-1776).
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18th-century manuscript lectures on physics
LACOUR, (?). - Cours abrégé de Phisique générale, particuliere et experimentale a l'usage de M. Guillaume Henri Godart, phisicien et pensionnaire du College royal de St. Louis. Metz, 1775. 4 parts in 1 volume. 4to Title, 219, 391 (i.e. 381) pp. With 44 text drawings.
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