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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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Bisher unbekannte, eigenhändige Handschrift des Franziskaners Valentin Bambach zum Liber Extra
Bambach, Valentin (1738-1819) "Brevis Introductio ad Ius Ecclesiasticum". Eigenhändiges kirchenrechtliches Vorlesungs- und Praxismanuskript mit fortlaufenden zeitgenössischen Aktualisierungen. 3 Bände.
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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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Playing cards for Aesop’s fables
Jeu des Fables d'Esope. France, n.d. (c. 1775) Orig. slipcase.
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Important Italian atlas from the 18th century
Zatta, Antonio - Atlante Novissimo. Venezia, 1775-1785. 4 volumes. With double-page engraved title, 4 engraved title-pages, 215 double-page engraved maps handcolored in outline. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards.
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Nürnberger Bergordnung des 18. Jh.
OERTEL, Johann Jacob - Des Kornberger Steinbruchs bey Wendelstein erneuert- und verbesserte Berg-Gerichts Gesetze und Ordnung. Anno 1775. Handschrift. Folio.
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Alchemical Catechism
(JUGEL, Johann Gottfried) - Goldmacher-Catechismus in Frag und Antwort. Berlin und Leipzig, Christian Ulrich Ringmacher, 1776. Cont. half-leather binding with printed back label. VIII, 80 pages.
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The newly discovered, unpublished watercolor drawings for Jean Baptiste de Lamarck’s Flore Francaise
BULLIARD, Jean Baptiste Francois (* 1752 Aubepierre-sur-Aube; † 1793 Paris) and LAMARCK, Jean Baptiste de (* 1744 Bazentin-le-Petit; † 1829 Paris) - 467 original watercolour drawings on 239 leaves, with handwritten descriptions and notes. n.d. (c. 1776-1778). Contemporary leather with blank spine label. 230x297 mm.
This very important manuscript represents the previously unknown botanical drawings for Lamarck's Flore Francaise and demonstrates the hitherto fameless cooperation between two of the foremost French botanists from the 18th century.
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Highly important unpublished eyewitness diary of the famous tour of France by emperor Joseph II in 1777, revealing, among other things, the true circumstances of the meetings with Benjamin Franklin and Jean Jacques Rousseau
COBENZL, Philipp von - Journal de mon voyage en France avec l'Empereur Joseph en 1777. Manuscript on paper. 92 pp. folio.
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Rare original etching by Francisco de Goya
DE GOYA, Francisco - Margarita de Austria Reyna de Espana, Muger de Phelipe III. Madrid, 1778. Platten-Masse ca. 37 x 31 cm. Blatt ca. 48 x 38,5 cm.
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Rare original etching by Francisco de Goya
DE GOYA, Francisco - Felipe III. Rey de Espana. Madrid, 1778. Platte ca. 38,5 x 31 cm. Blatt ca. 60,5 x 42,5 cm.
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Manuscript Biribi Game from the 18th century
Giuoco Reale denari in tavola oro coperto non si paga. Genova(?), 18th century
Size: 65,5 x 116 cm.
Rare manuscript Biribissi game from the second half of the 18th century.
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