Alba amicorum and 'Poesie-albums', collection of 54

Late 19th cent. (one mid 19th cent.) to early 20th cent., a few mid 20th cent. Most Dutch, a few German and 2 in Czech. All w. decorations (mostly cut-outs of flower prints glued...

[Alba amicorum] 'Zusje's Guestbook'

'Zusje's Guestbook. Zusjes Gastenboek begonnen bij het Inwijdings - Diner van haar Eigen Kamer'. W. hundreds of entries and signatures of family and friends visiting Beukenburg...

Alba amicorum, lot of two with various contributions dated 1824-1853

The albums contain 13 drawings in var. techniques, 3 embroidered specimens, 1 "prikwerk" specimen, 9 specimens w. handwriting only and a number of unused blank lvs, both albums...

Album amicorum of N.C. de Gyselaar, ca. 1808

Containing 4 drawings, 6 apparently unrelated manuscript notes and approx. 65 unused blank lvs, loose in gilt red mor. chemise w. gilt-lettered 'N.C. de Gyselaar' and 'Album Amicorum'...

Album amicorum with contributions dated 1822-1845

17 contributions, of which 9 produced in Doesburg, containing 11 drawings in var. techniques (mainly black chalk), 2 embroidered and 4 manuscript contributions, together w. a stack...

[Batavia. Sri Lanka] Eleven letters in pen concerning the Van Qualbergh, Van Schinne(n) and Chasteleijn families

Dated 'Amst. den xvii 8n november 1672', 'Batavia den 2en feberwarie 1694', 'Batavia den 4 november 1694', 'Batavia den [open] Novem. 1694', 'Jassanapatnam in 't casteel den 30en...

[Belgium] De Baudequin family archive

Comprising approx. 45 manuscript documents on paper, ca. 1640-1766. Mostly official notarial and juridical documents, French and Dutch language, all concerning var. members of...

[Belgium] Manuscript description by Carel Joseph d'Haveloose

'stadhouder Bailliu der prochie, graefschap, ende leenhove van Wacken', folio-sized quire of 16 thread-bound lvs, dated 16 May, 1731 and signed C.J. d'Haveloose and w. paper seal...

[Belgium] Manuscript documents, lot of 130

Incl. an archive on a lawsuit by the 'Laetschap' of Oostnieuwkerkeagainst Anne Caroline de Draeck (1697-1775), 'Vrouwe van ter Beken in Gend Heescherigge', consisting of approx....

[Belgium] Pensionnat des Filles de la Croix à Liège. Valérie Lauwers

Manuscript in French, ca. 1874, 44 lvs w. (calligraphic) text, mottoes and drawings in pen and ink and watercolour (occas. heightened w. gold) recto only, incl. 16 manuscript maps,...

[Belgium] Ruien and the Behaghel family, small archive

21 var. items, all concerning the village Ruien in East Flanders and/ or members the noble Behaghel family. Comprises a.o.: (1) Manuscript cadastral map 'Commune de Ruyen Section...

[Belgium] Ten seventeenth century manuscript documents

Incl. a notarial document on vellum, 39 x 45 cm, concerning the sale of a piece of land, dated 6 Nov. 1626. Lacks the seals. Conveniently w. typescript description: 'Zegher vanden...

[Black interest] Curaçao, "Tegemoetkoming voor de slaven (...) dezen mijnen eersten Wisselbrief (...)"

Printed bill of exchange filled out in pen, of 1000 guilders to C.M. Gaente, crossed out, w. var. manuscript entries, signatures, (blind)stamps and seals recto and verso, dated...

[Black interest] St. Martin, "Tegemoetkoming voor de slaven (...) dezen mijnen eersten Wisselbrief (...)"

Printed bill of exchange filled out in pen, of 100 guilders to Cathrine Mildrum, crossed out, w. var. manuscript entries, signatures and (blind)stamps recto and verso, dated "St....

[Black interest] Suriname, "Opheffing der slavernij (...) betaald deze Eerste Wisselbrief"

Printed bill of exchange filled out in pen, of 1800 guilders to J.D. Charlouis, crossed out, w. var. manuscript entries, signatures, (blind)stamps and seals recto and verso, dated...

[Ceramics] Correspondence from Plateelfabriek De Distel

29 letters/ cards/ envelopes addressed to Plateelfabriek De Distel or its direction, ca. 1900-1930. W. a catalogue containing most models produced by De Distel, approx. 100 p.,...

Commonplace book in Arabic and Persian

Miscellany written in both Arabic and Persian in black and red ink, early 19th cent. (?). 88 lvs, var. lines per page. Incl. passages on a.o.: (1) Arabic syntax and grammar. (2)...

Dictata ad Institutiones (Institutionum Iustineanarum). Liber Tertius & Liber Quartus

Ca. 1800. 137,(1 index); 103,(1 index) p. In Latin (recto only) in a legible hand by Nicolaus Smallenburg (?, 1761-1836) or an anonymous student. Hc in hcl w. marbled paper boards (sl. worn). 4to.

Drival, Eugène van. Voyage des Bords du Rhin

Voyage dans l'Est de la France, en Allemagne, en Belgique et en Hollande, fait aux mois de Juillet et d'Août 1861 par L'abbé E. Van Drival Professeur au Grand Seminaire d'Arras....

Dutch manuscripts, nine various documents on vellum, 1452-1756

All without wax seals. (1) Alderman's letter from Vreeswijk, Nov. 25, 1516, establishing that Alfert Adriaenssen and his wife Teunthgen bequeath a piece of land in Landveld in...

Dutch water management, small archive of 19th century manuscripts and printed documents

Comprises a.o.: (1) Verbaal eener Inspectie van de Lymersche dijken en vervolgens langs de rivier de IJssel, door den Inspecteur Generaal A.F. Goudriaan met adsistentie van de...

[Eindhoven] Horses, three very rare letterpress attestations: (1) Hengste-billiet 1784

Gedeckt de merrie van den onderschreven, woonende ter prochie van Gestel op den 7 Junij 1784 (...). Letterpress attestation, 7.5 x 12 cm, the final number of the year 1784, the...

[Genealogy and heraldry] Genealogical tree of the Sloet van Oldruitenborgh family

19th cent., consisting of 10 lvs w. coats of arms in pen and gouache, partly w. (juxtaposed) explanations in pen, all mounted in late 19th cent. hcl. album w. gilt-lettered "Overijssel"...

[Genealogy] Genealogie van De Oúde en Adelyke Famielie van Montfoort Beginnende

met den Jaare 1407 En Eyndigende met den Jaare 1791 met de 13de Generatie. Manuscript in black ink on handmade paper w. Dutch text recto & verso, consisting of 2 unnumbered leaves...

[Gnomonics] Saggio di Gnomonica

Per l'elevazione di settente da gradi (...). 1815. Three handwritten booklets, each approx. 30 p., on gnomonics (the study of sundials) and two loose letterpress sundial diagrams....

Ibn Malik. Alfiyyah

Full title: al-Khulasa al-alfiyya. Ca. 1620 (1029 A.H. of the Islamic calendar). 185 lvs, 21 lines per page. Arabic manuscript on paper of the Imam Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Malik...

Julien, Stanislas Aignan. Collection of 28 signed letters by Julien to various correspondents

Paris, 17 Jan. 1839 - 13 April 1869. Var. sizes. Handwritten signed letters in French in a neat cursive in brown ink; many letters on paper w. 'Collège Imperial de France' letterhead;...

Letters, lot of four: (1) Aylva, Hessel Douwe Ernst van (1700-1774)

Handwritten letter signed in pen, bifolium, 22.5 x 18.5 cm, addressed 'A Monsieur Huijgens Conseiller des Domaines etc. a la Haye', dated 'De Kinsington le 28 de D(ecem)bre (17)33'....

Livre des figures, paysages, animaux et autre dessins

Fait par moi L.ce van Uxem [Laurence van Uxem]. 1768. Title-p. in manuscript (by the artist), title flanked by 2 female figures and an allegorical scene finished w. ornaments and...

Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774). Letterpress military document signed 'Louis' in pen

Bifolium, 43 x 29.5 cm, 3 p., dated 'fait a Versailles le dix huit mars mil sept cent quarante sept' (28 March 1747), countersigned by the French secretary of state M.-P. de Voyer...

[Maritime history] Small archive concerning a dispute on overdue shipping payments by the King of Spain

A total of 28 manuscript documents, Dutch and Spanish language, 1686-1832, var. sizes. The archive incl. a document dated Amsterdam, 1832, that provides some insight into the complex...

[Medicine] Dumoulin, Nicolas (1827-1890), medical professor in Ghent. Lecture notes

Two convolutes of manuscript lecture notebooks entitled 'Pharmacologie 1868-1869' and 'Thérapeutique' of medical courses given by Dumoulin, written down by Cyrille van Cauwenberghe...

[Medicine] Three French language manuscript autopsy reports, 1817

(1) Autopsy report signed by the medical doctors Jerôme Renard and Jean-François Desprit, 1 folio leaf, dated 20 September 1817, on Xavier Cocquiard, who hanged himself in his...

[Medieval manuscripts] Complete medieval illuminated liturgical calendar

France (Dijon?), most likely from the atelier of Michauld de Peley, ca. 1450-1480. 12 vellum lvs. Each leaf ruled in 4 columns of 20 lines, written in red, brown and blue ink in...

Mengelberg, Willem (1871-1951). Five original signed letters to Otto Lanz (1865-1935)

All in German, on cards 12 x 14.7 cm, and w. the printed address of Mengelberg, Amsterdam, Van Eeghenstraat 107, 4 dated 1917-1930 and in the orig. envelopes, of which 3 stamped...

Messchert van Vollenhoven, Jan (1812-1881). De Godspraken van Jesaias in Dichtmaat

(and) Bundel van Gewijde Poezy uit het Oude Testament (and) Lofzang van Judith uit de Apocriefe Boeken. Manuscript in a very fine and legible hand, (2),252,(4); 253-316,(2 blank);...

Mey, H.W. van der (1842-1914). "Enkele herinneringen aan mijn Levantreis in 1907"

Extensive manuscript travel journal, title followed by 224 p., 33 lines to the page, written in a lined paper notebook, orig. wr., front wr. w. "Mijn Levantreis door H.W. vd. Mey"...

[Militaria] Breda 1637. Handwritten letter signed by Marcel Vilters

Bifolium, 2 p., 31.5 x 20.5 cm, dated Brussels, 6 March 1637, w. loosely inserted manuscript leaflet mentioned in the letter, and w. leaf attached to the back w. wax in one corner,...

Mock, Herman (b. 1940) & Jaco Groot (b. 1942, De Harmonie publishers). Archive of correspondence,

original poems, a complete typescript book, newspaper and magazine clippings etc., the original material typescript or in pen, all but a few items by or concerning the poet and...

[Music] German music manuscripts, collection of 90

Late 19th to early 20th cent. Mainly German language but also incl. Dutch language texts, var. sizes, incl. many sm. leaflets but also more extensive manuscripts consisting of several pages.

[Ordinances and resolutions] Differenten met den keyzer

(letterpress title on front cover). Convolute containing 2 manuscript documents and 1 printed extract from a resolution, the manuscripts dated 7-10 December 1783 and 20 September...

[Provo] Heijermans, Lou (1943-1967). Rijm- en ongerijmdheden

Typescript poem "Aan mijn tante Lies voor haar verjaardag" (introd.), "Uitgeverij L. Heijermans Amsterdam 1963", (2),100 p. printed on the uneven sides only, 2 loosely inserted...

Quran, Sura 62 in manuscript

19th cent., (16) p., text in Arabic, first page w. fine large headpiece and juz' marker in colour gouache and gold, each page w. border in blue, black and gold, cont. thread-bound...

Redouté, Pierre-Joseph. Letter acknowledging payment from the Paris bookseller Debure for Les Roses

part 30. Paris, 18 Feb. 1824. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. Handwritten signed letter, in brown ink on paper, w. a note in a different hand recording a related payment.

Reguleth, Daniel Albert (1748-1794). "Gedigten van D. Reguleth"

Manuscript in pen, (50) p. of poems written in pen in a neat and regular hand, w. grisaille portrait on first blank (copied after the aquatint portrait of Reguleth by Benjamin...

Rumi, Jalal al-Din (1207-1273). Masnavi

Persian manuscript on paper, 102 lvs, most pages w. 27 lines per page (some pages also written in 3-4 columns), written in black and red ink, ca. 1490. Comprises three different...

Scrapbook album of Johanna Hendrina van Gogh, 1865

Cont. boards. Folio. Mounted and profusely decorated title and 89 pages w. over 700 scraps, incl. a.o.: (1) Lithogr. of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Arnhem, The Hague. (2) An early engraving...

Sint-Bertinuskerk, Poperinge. Small Archive

1650-1813, 17 documents on paper (one w. wax seal). Incl. a.o.: (1) 'Rekenijnghe bewijs ende reliquie omme Frans Loijs'. 1738. 38 lvs, cord-bound. (2) Judicial document, specifying...

Sluijters, Jn. Letter and card, dated 8 and 19 April 1941

to J. V. van Marken, Velp. On letter and one card, each on Sluijters' personal stationary, written both recto and verso, in orig. envelopes.

[Spain] Three attractive manuscript Spanish notarial documents on paper, 1779-1789

All folio sized, 2-6 p., w. tax stamps, 2 w. wax seal, num. signatures, 2 of the documents w. 19th cent. French transcriptions. Concerning members of the Belgian family De Waele,...

Statistical manuscript

After 1865. Dutch language, 15,(9 blank) p., thread-bound, without binding, folio. A nice manuscript containing all kinds of statistical data, for example a table w. data about...

[Theatre] Rikals. Clotilde ou la petite fille retrouvée

Drame en un Acte avec chants, Propre à être représenté dans les institutions de Demoiselles. [and] Geneviève Fincoeur ou La Soeur de Misèricorde. Nice, 1857. Two handwritten school...

Wijdeveld, H.Th. (1885-1987). Letter to his sister

Manuscript letter, 1960. One leaf written on both sides, in orig. envelope. Contents very personal. W. a few related articles and "Ode aan de stilte", mentioned in the letter....