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DRAWING in black & grey ink (finished with black & grey wash) on paper, signed “Hugo Claus” in lower blank margin. Ca. 30 x 25 cm. Tipped onto a paper mount, loosely inserted in a stiff paper portfolio (ca. 40 x 30,5 cm.). – TOGETHER WITH: [CLAUS, H.]. Getekend Hugo Claus [vierentwintig tekeningen, aquarellen, gouaches en collages van Hugo Claus uit de periode 1954-1990, vergezeld van het gedicht Ha! Seele!]. [Knokke], Uitgeverij Jef Meert, [2003], without pagination. With 24 (col.) plates after Hugo Claus. Small folio, orig. dec. stiff paper wrappers. (2x)

Gent/ Antwerpen, Ergo Pers/ De Slegte, [2007], without pagination. With 4 etchings by Hugo Claus (printed by Henri Hemelsoet). Small folio, orig. wrappers, in the orig slipcase.

[Maastricht], The Halcyon Press, 1929, 28,[2] pp. Large 8vo, orig. blind-stamped brown morocco (bound by L. Malcorps) with gilt-lettered ribbed spine, top edge gilt, in the orig. slipcase.

Amsterdam, S.L. van Looy, 1897, without pagination. With col. lithogr. divisional titles & book-decoration by Theo Nieuwenhuis. Small 4to, orig. dec. cloth (in batik style des. by Theo Nieuwenhuis).

Collection of 57 (of 58) publications (mainly bifolia) accompanied by an introductory text-leaf (with title & “colophon”) printed by various Dutch private presses (i.a. In de Bonnefant, Frans de Jong, Ser J.L. Prop, Regulieren Pers, Statenhof Pers & Sub Signo Libelli) on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the Dutch printer Jan Keijser (Avalon Pers). Large 8vo, loose as issued in the orig. green cloth box (bound by Herman van der Kruijk, ca. 32 x 20 x 6,5 cm.). – ADDED: “Matrix 11. A review for printers & bibliophiles” (The Whittington Press, 1991. Printed in 955 copies on handmade paper). (2x)

[’s-Gravenhage, De Zilverdistel], 1916, 12,[2],[2 blank] pp. Large 8vo, 20th-cent. blue morocco (bound by “Studio Ars Libri Amsterdam”) with the ORIGINAL BLACK WRAPPERS (with gilt thistle-vignette on front-wr.) preserved, top edge gilt.

[’s-Gravenhage, De Zilverdistel, 1918], without pagination. Small 8vo, orig. gilt(-lettered) limp vellum with a gilt thistle-vignette on upper cover, in a modern slipcase.

beschreven en uitgegeven door het Bestuur der Vereeniging tot Regeling en Verbetering van de Vruchtsoorten te Boskoop, [..]. [Introd. by H.C. van Hall]. Eerste deel – Appels. Tweede deel – Peren en steenvruchten. Groningen, J.B. Wolters, 1868. 2 Vols.: XXIV,120,[6 index] pp. and [8],72,32,[2],24,8,[2],4,[16 index] pp. With 2 col. lithogr. frontispieces (i.a. a portrait of King William III) after Otto Eerelman. With resp. 60 & 64 col. lithogr. plates after S. Berghuis (printed by G. Severeyns, Brussel). Small folio, orig. unif. dec. gilt & embossed purple cloth. (2x)

“A Paris. De L’Imprimerie de Richard Breton [..], 1559, 42 (of 44) numb. leaves. With woodcut printer’s mark on title. Small 8vo, 20th-cent. half-morocco, ribbed spine with red mor. letterpiece, top edge gilt.

“En Lyon Por Gvilielmo Rovillio[=G. Rouillé]”, 1549, 256,[6 index] pp. With 201 (of 210?) emblematic woodcuts (incorporating 1 small map of Italy & 14 ills. dep. trees) surrounded by woodcut architectural & ornamental borders. 8vo, late 19th-/ early 20th-cent. vellum, gilt spine with mor. letterpiece, all edges gilt.

[Ed. by G.F. Baron Thoe Schwartzenberg en Hohenlansberg]. Te Leeuwarden, Gedrukt by Willem Coulon [vols. 1-3]/ Erven van Willem Coulon [vol. 4]/ Hermanus Post [vol. 5], 1768-1793. 5 Vols. With 5 ident. woodcut title-vignettes (dep. the coat-of-arms of Friesland). Folio (ca. 44 x 26 cm.), 20th-cent. unif. half-morocco, ribbed spine with black mor. letterpiece, uncut. (5x)

Amsterdam, R. & G. Wetstein [part 1-8]/ R. & J. Wetstein and W. Smith [part 9-10], 1721-1728. 10 Parts in 5 vols. With engr. frontisp. by J. Wandelaar, 5 ident. engr. title-vignettes, 2 engr. portraits (of G. Suikers & I. Verburg) by P. van Gunst, 4 fold. engr. maps (incl. a WORLD-MAP: “Platte Kaart van de geheele Werelt”, ca. 37,5 x 45,5 cm. & “De Oude Wereldt tot beter verstandt der Oude Geschiedenissen [..]”, ca. 36 x 70 cm.) by J. Keyser & num. engr. text-ills. (i.a. by J. Goeree & F. Ottens). Folio, bound (covers wrapped in 20th-cent. black paper), uncut. (5x)

Paris, Gihaut Frères, [after 1832], consisting of a lithogr. title (incorporating 1 lithogr. ill.) & 24 numb. lithogr. views by Auguste Raffet in a fine CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURING & partly “gommées”. Folio oblong, contemp. half-morocco.

Boulogne, Imprimerie De Le Roy-Berger, 1825, 154 pp. With 1 fold. lithogr. map (“Plan du siège de Boulogne par Henri VIII [..] au 20 Août 1544”, ca. 20,5 x 22,5 cm.) printed by Engelmann. – [BOUND-UP WITH:] MARMIN, A. Dissertation sur divers Fragmens de Lames de Bronze, avec Bas-Reliefs, trouvés dans les Fouilles faites a Bréquerecque, près Boulogne-sur-Mer, en 1826, [..]. Boulogne, Imprimerie de J. Le Roy, 1829, 21 pp. With woodcut title-vignette, 1 fold. lithogr. plate (dep. 10 bas-reliefs) after A. Marmin & 1 woodcut tail-piece. – [AND:] [VIGENÈRE, B. DE]. De L’Artillerie au XVIe Siècle. “A Paris, Chez Anselin, successeur de Magimel [..]”, 1829, XII,100 pp. – [AND:] MARION, [C.]. Chronologie des Machines de Guerre et de l’Artillerie, depuis Charlemagne jusqu’a Charles X [..]. Doullens, De L’Imprimerie de Quinquenpoix, 1828, 40 pp. With woodcut title-vignette. Tog. 4 parts in 1 vol. 8vo, contemp. half-calf with gilt(-lettered) spine. – ADDED: a poor copy of “Veritable Maniere de bien Fortifier de Mr. De Vauban [..]” edited by Abbé Du Fay & le Chevalier de Cambray (Amsterdam, P. Mortier, 1702, 2 parts in 1 vol. With 1 fold. engr. plan & 25 fold. engravings. Lacks at least text-pp. 17-32 in vol. 1 & 5 engravings in vol. 2). (2x)

DRAWING in brown ink & grey wash (with 4 cornerpieces in blue & white gouache) on paper. Signed “Carolus G Bibiena inventor: [..] fecit [..]” in black ink in lower right corner. Ca. 38,5 x 29,5 cm.

DRAWING in black ink (finished with watercolour) on paper. Signed “Eugène Brands” & dated twice “5/12/44” in pencil in lower right corner. Ca. 29 x 32 cm.