Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Esposizione: giovedì 19 novembre 2026 – domenica 22 novembre 2026, 10:00 – 16:00 · Ordine dell'asta

6.512 lotti

Lotti

Lotto 2522MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Great Britain]. George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820). AUTOGRAPH SIGNED APPOINTMENT LETTER

signed "George", to "Our Trusty and Welbeloved Hubert de Salve Gent", dated "Given at our Court at Saint James's the twentyfifth day of November 1795 in the twentysixth year of our reign", printed text, details filled out in pen and ink on paper, 1 leaf, recto only, w. 2 blindstamped paper seals and 1 engr. stamp on paper attached, vellum.

Stima 120 € – 150 €

Lotto 2523MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[House of Orange]. Beatrix, queen of the Netherlands (b.1938). Lot of 4 Christmas cards w. mounted col. photograph,

all signed in black pen, all w. the signature stamp of prince Claus, 1988, 1989, 1992 and 1993. - AND ±150 printed cards of gratitude by various members of the House of Orange and other royalty, i.a. princess Margriet and her husband Pieter van Vollenhoven (4x signed in blue pen), princess Christina, her husband and children, princess of Wales (lady Diana), prince Rainier and Albert of Monaco. - AND 14 printed invitations from queen Wilhelmina to baron Snouckaert van Schauburg (1906-1927). - ADDED: printed ephemera related to the House of Orange, i.a. programs and booklets, incl. PROGRAMMA VOOR DE BEGRAFENIS VAN ZIJNE MAJESTEIT WILLEM II (printed by J. de Groot, Delft, 1849, without wr.) and E.J. VEENENDAAL, Oranje Boven (Harderwijk, 1874, orig. lithogr. wr. Rare).

Stima 150 € – 250 €

Lotto 2524MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Jesuits]. Archdeacon, R. "Tractatus de Gratia". Vol. 2 and 3.

Manuscript, pen and ink, n.pl., 18th cent., 2 vols. (of 3?), XI,955; X,285,10,(3)p., contemp. unif. gilt calf. Idem. "Tractatus de Ecclesia". Vol. 2-4. Manuscript, pen and ink, n.pl., 18th cent., 3 vols (of 4), VIII,380; III,296; XVI,180p., contemp. unif. gilt calf, sm. 8vo.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 2525MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Judaica and hebraica]. (Psalm 121).

Pen and ink on paper, 1 leaf, 17x10 cm., 2nd half 18th cent. AND 4 other miscell. sm. manuscript documents and 1 printed quire from a book in Hebrew.

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 2527MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

Lot

of 3 AUTOGRAPH SIGNED FOLDING LETTERS, 1x letterpress/ 1x manuscript/ 1x letterpress and manuscript, dated between "11 Maggio 1777" and "8 july 1834", pen and ink on paper, all 1 (fold.) leaf, 2-4p., recto only/ recto and verso.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2528MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Maastricht]. Lot

of ±70 manuscript official documents, 18th-early 19th cent., pen and ink, partly cordbound. ADDED: Crahay, L. Coutumes de la Ville de Maestricht. Brussels, F. Gobbaerts, 1876, (4),XCV,(1),526,(1)p., later hcl. w. (part of) orig. wr. paid down., 4to.

Stima 150 € – 250 €

Lotto 2529MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Maritime history]. Insurance agreement and muster roll

for the ship "De Onderneming onder Hollandsche vlag daar Capitein op is Gotfried Lodewich Schönbeck (...) om te vaaren naar Madera". Two letterpress/ manuscript documents, dated Amsterdam, 5 and 10 December 1801, 1 leaf, recto and verso/ (2),(2 blank)p., folio, folded. AND 1 other: "Vragtlijst van het Schip Ceres Capitein Jan de Vries van Suriname in Texel binnen den 17 May 1803." Manuscript cargo list, 5,(1 blank) lvs., recto and verso, folded.

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 2531MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf

from a Book of Hours, Northern Netherlands, ±1450, Middledutch text in black ink on vellum, rubricated, recto and verso, ±14,6x10,6 cm. (leaf), 10,4x6,1 cm. (text), 22 lines to each page, two 2-line initials in blue ink.

Stima 60 € – 80 €

Lotto 2532MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf

from a Book of Hours, France, 15th cent., Latin text in black ink on vellum, littera textualis, recto and verso, ±16,2x11,1 cm. (leaf), 9,9x6,2 cm. (text), 17 lines to each page, two 2-line foliate initials, ten 1-line initials, 9 foliate line-fillers.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2533MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf

from a Book of Hours, France, ±1480, Latin text in black ink on vellum, littera bourguinonne, recto and verso, ±15x12 cm. (leaf), 9x6 cm. (text), 17 lines to each page, 1 3-line foliate initial, recto and verso w. 1/4 border of leaves, flowers and fruits in colours and gold, framed. - AND 1 other framed leaf from a printed missal.

Stima 150 € – 250 €

Lotto 2534MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf

from a Breviary, Southern Netherlands/ Northern France, 14th cent., Latin text in black ink on vellum in 2 columns, littera textualis, rubricated, recto and verso, 18x13 cm. (leaf), 11,2x3,8 cm. (text per column), 30 lines, 4 2-line initials alternating in red and blue w. penwork flourishings extending into margins.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2535MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Medieval manuscripts]. Lot

of 6 manuscript leaves from a Book of Hours, Italy, 15th cent., Latin text in black and red ink on vellum, littera rotunda, all recto and verso, ±9,8x7,1 cm. (leaf), 5x3,6 cm. (text), 12 lines to each page, eleven 2-line initials on a red and blue field, heightened w. gold, 7 1-line initials in blue/ gold, in modern velvet binding, 12mo.

Stima 250 € – 350 €

Lotto 2538MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Militaria]. "Recueil de Principes elémentaires sur l'art de la Guerre".

Manuscript, pen and ink on paper, ±1770, (2),175,(5)p., 22 fold. manuscript plates w. diagrams/ (fortification) plans etc. (pen and ink, pencil and watercolour), all signed "Chaulet D.[?]", contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, folio.

Stima 400 € – 600 €

Lotto 2539MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Militaria]. Schenk van Nydeggen, M. (1540-1589). MANUSCRIPT LETTER

to "Eersame goede vrindt Henrick Feckens", pen and ink, 1 leaf, recto and verso, w. heading "Copie". ADDED: "De Gelegentheyt ende Belegeringhe van Schencken Schans". Engr. plan w. inset view, 27,5x36 cm., from I. COMMELIN, Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw, prince van Orangien. Zyn leven en bedryf (Amst., 1651).

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2540MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Militaria]. Lot

of 6 Belgian and Dutch AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTERS, dated "Octobre 4 1830"-"31 mei 1831", pen and ink, 1 fold. leaf, recto (and verso), (1)-(4)p. (incl. address).

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 2542MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Music]. Songbook

with antiphons and hymns for Candlemas, Feast of the Cross, Easter, Feast of Ascencion and a Requiem. Manuscript, German, early 18th cent. (1 leaf dated "1715, 26 octobris"), pen and brown ink, gouache, 83 lvs. w. scores throughout, w. decorated initials, incl. 6 (tiny) miniatures, bound in contemp./ sl. later calf w. 2 clasps and catches.

Stima 300 € – 500 €

Lotto 2543MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Netherlands]. Holtrop, W. (1751-1835). Lot of 18

AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTERS, all addressed to Willem Holtrop, dated between "Junij 1818 and "5 January 1848", pen and ink on paper, 1 (fold.) leaf, recto only/ recto and verso. AND 1 other: DE NAGEDACHTENIS VAN WIJLEN WILLEM HOLTROP (Amst., (1835), lithogr. frontisp. portrait by M. DESSAUR, contemp. boards).

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2546MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Oriental manuscripts]. (Islamic tutorials).

Javanese, prob. (late) 19th cent., 2 vols., pen and ink on thin vellum, both ±200 lvs., Arabic main text with notes in Javanese, rubricated in red, contemp. blindst. leather, 4to/ folio.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2547MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Oriental manuscripts]. Palm-leaf manuscript,

Cambodian, prob. late 19th/ early 20th cent., ±120 large rectangular palm lvs. w. engr. Pali/ Khmer script on both sides, cordbound between 2 wooden covers, 58x13x4,5 cm.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2548MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Oriental manuscripts]. Qur'an.

Javanese, dated(?) 1909, pen and ink on paper, ±300 lvs., Arabic text (1st leaf Javanese), rubricated in red, contemp. blindst. leather, 4to.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2549MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Oriental manuscripts. Qur'an]. Leaf from a Persian Qur'an.

19th cent., 10,5x6,5 cm. (text only), nasta'liq calligraphy in pen and black ink on recto and verso, w. sm. gold ornaments to separate the verses, w. a gold border around text and a medallion in margin, probably indicating the juz' (2x). AND a similar manuscript leaf, 19th cent. (calligraphy in pen and black ink on recto and verso, w. sm. painted gold ornaments to separate the verses, w. a gold border around text, 1x gold banner in the text w. floral decoration in white, blue and green and a medallion in margin. Margins frayed, soiled and spotted; sl. affecting the text. Prob. verses from Al-Baqarah and Ali 'Imran).

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 2551MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Pompe van Meerdervoort family]. "Inventaris van de effecten behoorende aen den Boedel van Zalr. de Heer en Vrouwe van Meerdervoort, Beijde overleden in November 1680".

Manuscript inventory, ±1680, pen and ink, (51) lvs. (incl. 6 blank lvs.), pen and ink, contemp. limp vellum w. leather ties, folio. WITH loosely inserted three 18th cent. manuscript documents (2 concerning the Van Meerdervoort family), i.a. a list headed "7 Cavel", enumerating various goods with their values (i.a. "2 contre fijtsels van cornelis en johan de Witt met vergulde lijsten" and several other paintings) and a manuscript signed "Cornelia Vivien" (a final quittance with her cousins, dated "23. January 1722").

Stima 800 € – 1.000 €

Lotto 2552MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Post Byzantine Greek manuscript]. Codex,

17th/18th cent.[?], pen and black and red ink on paper, (98) pages, 17 to 18 lines per page, bound in 20th cent. plain cl.

Stima 250 € – 350 €

Lotto 2555MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[Russia]. Lot

of 3 passports, letterpress and manuscript, Russian and German text, dated 1797-1798, 2 engr. coats of arms, 2 wax seals (1x crumbled), signed by the Russian ambassadors in London, Berlin and Warsaw. ADDED: 3 other passports, issued to the same, by the Dutch, British and French authorities.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2557MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

[South Africa]. Mandela, N.R. (1918-2013). SIGNATURE

"Mandela" and "8.11.99", black ballpoint. - ON the htitle of: Idem. De lange weg naar de vrijheid. Autobiografie. Amst./ Antw., Contact, 1995, 580,(1)p., plates, orig. wr. (sl. dogeared). - WITH: a fold. election poster of the ANC.

Stima 300 € – 500 €

Lotto 2562OLD and RARE BOOKS

Abraham van St. Clara. Iets voor Allen, Zynde een Verhandeling en Verbeelding Van allerhande Standen, Studien, Konsten, Wetenschappen, Handwerken enz. Waar in derselver Oorsprong, Opkomst, Aardt, Eygenschap, Deugdt en Ondeugden, op een Geestige wyze beschreeven werdt. Dutch transl. J. le Long.

Amst., Janssoons van Waesberge (vol.1) and Jan Roman de Jonge (vol.2-4), 1736-1745, 4 vols., 1 engr. frontisp., portr. and 202 plates of professions after J. LUIKEN, modern unif. vellum w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.

Stima 500 € – 700 €

Lotto 2564OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Africa]. Bosman, W. Nauwkeurige beschryving van de Guinese goud- tand- en slave-kust. Nevens alle desselfs Landen, Koningryken, en Gemenebesten: Van de Zeeden der Inwoonders, hun Godsdienst, Regeering, Regtspleeging, Oorlogen, Trouwen, Begraven, enz. (...).

Amst., I. Stokmans, 1709, 2nd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (24),207,(1); 279,(29)p., engr. frontisp., 1 portrait, 2 fold. maps, 26 (fold.) plates, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

Stima 800 € – 1.000 €

Lotto 2570OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Almanacs]. Almanach Op 't Schrikkel Jaar onses Heeren Jesu Christi, 1776.

Voorsien met Jaar-/ Paarden-/ Beesten- en Leermarkten. Als mede de Vacantien/ het varen der Trekschuyten en Beurtschepen/ het vertrek der Posten en Postwagens. Nevens de Maans Op- en Ondergang. Door Dirck Jansz. van Dam. Amst., Erfgen. van de Wed. C. Stichter, (1775), (24)p., printed in black and red, woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam on title, contemp. paste paper wr., a.e.g., 12mo.

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 2572OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Almanacs]. Comptoir Almanach Op 't Jaar onses Heeren Jezu Christi, 1727.

Voorsien met alle de Jaar, Paarden, Beesten en Leer-markten. Als mede de Vacantien, het varen der Trek-schuyten en Beurt-schepen, het Reysen der Posten en Boden, &c. Nevens de Maans Op en Ondergang, Door Jan Albertsz. van Dam. Amst., Erfgen: van de Wed: C. Stichter, (1726), 2 parts in 1 vol., (48); (15)p., large title-woodcut, 12 half-p. woodcut ills. to the months, 1 illustration at the end and num. tiny woodcuts indicating the change of the moon, printed in red and black, contemp. vellum, frontcover w. central image of Minerva and backcover w. central image of 3 tambours, both covers w. a profile view of Amsterdam below, an image of the Dutch lion and Minerva holding the coat of arms of Holland in the Dutch garden above, and flanked by the coat of arms of Gelderland, Zeeland and Friesland on the left and those of Utrecht, Overijssel and Groningen on the right.

Stima 300 € – 500 €

Lotto 2574OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Almanacs]. d'Erv. Stichters Comptoir Almanach, Op 't Jaar ons Heeren Jesu Christi, 1776.

Voorsien met alle de Jaar-, Paarden-, Beesten- en Leer-markten. Als mede de Vacantien, het varen der Trekschuyten en Beurtschepen, het Reysen der Posten, &c. Nevens de Maans Op en Ondergang. Door Dirk Jansz. van Dam. Amst., Erfgen. Wed. C. Stichter, (1775), (20),(2),(50)p., frontisp. w. engr. Amsterdam coat of arms and the Amsterdam stock exchange ("bursa Amsterdamensis"), 12 woodcut ills. to the months, orig. green vellum wallet binding. w. black printed coat of arms of Amsterdam and "Anno 1776" on both covers, sm. 8vo.

Stima 150 € – 250 €

Lotto 2575OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Almanacs]. d'Erv. Stichters Comptoir Almanach, Op 't Jaar ons Heeren Jesu Christi, 1791.

Voorsien met alle de Jaar-, Paarden-, Beesten- en Leer-markten. Als mede de Vacantien, het varen der Trekschuyten en Beurtschepen, het Reysen der Posten, &c. Nevens de Maans Op en Ondergang. Door Meyndert van Dam. Amst., Erfgen. Wed. C. Stichter, (1790), (20),(50)p., frontisp. w. engr. Amsterdam coat of arms and the Amsterdam stock exchange ("bursa Amsterdamensis"), 12 woodcut ills. to the months, orig. green vellum wallet binding. w. black printed coat of arms of Amsterdam and "Anno 1791" on both covers, sm. 8vo.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2576OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Almanacs]. d'Erv. Stichters Comptoir Almanach, Op 't Jaar ons Heeren Jesu Christi, 1797.

Voorsien met alle de Jaar-, Paarden-, Beesten- en Leer-markten. Als mede de Vacantien, het varen der Trekschuyten en Beurtschepen, het Reysen der Posten, etc. Ed. M. van Dam. Amst., heirs Widow C. Stichter, (1796), 2 parts in 1 vol., (20); (48),(52 blank)p., engr. frontisp. view of the "Bursa Amsterdamensis", woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam on title-p., 12 ills. to the months, contemp. green vellum wallet binding w. the coat of arms of Amsterdam and "Anno 1797" stamped in black on both covers, sm. 8vo.

Stima 250 € – 350 €

Lotto 2578OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Almanacs]. Gelder, J. de. Almanak, Voor den jare 1818. Aanwijzende alle de Jaarmarkten, Kermissen, Paarden- Beesten- en Leermarkten, in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden gehouden wordende; het op of ondergaan der maan.

The Hague, Drukkery van H. van Leeuwen for Amst., C.C.L. van Staden, (1817), (32),(16),(8 blank),32,(16)p., partly printed in black and red, woodcut title ill., 7 large ills., contemp. green vellum binding, frontcover w. ill. of a mermaid stamped in black and backcover w. ill. of a ship, 16mo.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 2579OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Almanacs]. Neuverbesserter genealogischer Sack- und Schreib-Calender, auf das Jahr 1790.

Stuttg., Herzogliche hohe Carlschule, 1789, title-p. w. woodengr. coat of arms of the duchy of WÜRTTEMBERG, (23)p. to the months and (bound before) 4 bone-coated paper lvs. specially prepared for the use of writing with a silverpoint, contemp. blindst. green vellum w. central image of two boys hung with flowers within dec. border, narrow 8vo.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 2580OLD and RARE BOOKS

[Almanacs]. Zaagmans Almanach Na de Nieuwe en Oude-stijl. Op het Jaer onses Heeren Jesu Christi 1679.

N.pl. (Amst.), G.J. Zaagman, 1676, (32)p., woodcut title-ill. of the Amsterdam exchange, heraldic woodcut on verso title-p., printed in black and red, 12 ills. to the months, 2 other ills., contemp. shagreen binding w. 2 silver clasps and catches, 7,5x4,5 cm. - BOUND WITH: Zaagmans Tijt-wyser Waer in men sien kan op wat uren de Veer-schepen en Treck-schuyten af varen moeten. N.pl. (Amst.), idem, n.d. (1679), (16)p., title-woodcut. - AND WITH: De Italiaensche Waer-segger Op 't Jaer ons Heeren Jesu Christi 1679. N.pl. (Amst.), "Gedrukt voor den Autheur", n.d. (1679), (16)p., title-woodcut and 2 ills.

Stima 800 € – 1.000 €