Search Results: Authors starting with A from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books

Amsterdam, B.M. Israel, 1969. 7 volumes. 4to. Original cloth. With portraits.A.J. van der Aa's Biographical Dictionary of the Netherlands contains extensive 'life descriptions of such persons, who have made themselves famous in one way or another in our country', with references to primary and secondary literature.

Gorinchem, Jacobus Noordduyn, 1839-1851. 14 volumes (including Aanhangsel). Contemporary half calf with red and green title labels. With 13 engraved title-pages after A.J. van der Aa by J.P. Lange.First edition. - Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792 - 1857), a Dutch literary scholar, wrote an ample Dutch geographical dictionary. He was not critical, he gave a compilation of the state of affairs as it had grown in previous centuries.- (Agebrowned). - A fine set.

Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706. 8 volumes in 4. Large folio. Later half calf. With 4 engraved dedication-leaves to Abraham van Riebeek, 8 engraved allegorical frontispieces, 8 title-pages printed in red and black, 114 engraved maps (mostly with 2 on 1 folding leaf) and over 500 engravings in the text (1 rep. and 1 dam.).First folio edition. - Rare complete collection of the most memorable voyages to the East and West Indies covering the period from 1246 to 1696. Containing 128 early Spanish, Portuguese, French, English Italian, Danish, Germans, etc. travel-accounts, partly from the original manuscripts and published for the first time in Dutch, and also from the collections of de Barros, Herrera, Thevenot, Hakluyt, Purchas, etc. Including voyages by Acosta, Balby, Cabot, Cavendish, Chester, Columbus, Cortes, Coutinho, Da Cunha, Drake, Evesko, Frobisher, Gallonye, Da Gama, Garay, Garcia, Gilbert, Jenkinson, Harcourt, Herberer, Magallanes, Mildenhal and Cartwright, Mouette, Petelin and Andrasko,… Read More

Groningen, J.B. Wolters, 1916. Cloth. With 3 folding facsimile maps and several plates. (16),221 pp. -(Stamp on title-page).

(Amsterdam, 1685).Engraving depicting the siege of Aardenburg by Coenraet Decker, with legenda. Ca. 27,5 x 36 cm.From: Aitzema, Historien onses tyds, behelzende Saken van Staat en oorlogh. - The storming of the fortified city of Aardenburg by the French army on June 29, 1672.Muller, Historieplaten, 2367.

's Gravenhage, Holle & Co., 1942. Folio. Original blue cloth, with dust-jacket. With 101 plates. 42 pp.Fine pictorial account of the three 17th century Anglo-Dutch seawars.

(No pl., 1994). Wrappers. With drawings by Peter Saueressig. 80 pp.

(No pl., 1996). Large 8vo. Pictorial boards. With 37 plates with illustrations. 180 pp.Privately printed. - In 1946 Christiaan Abbenhuis (1893-1975) became the last governor of Java.

Amsterdam, W. Versluys, 1887.Original decorated cloth (foot of spine sl. dam.). With 11 illustrations. 176 pp.Bibliotheek voor de jeugd.

Groningen, J.H. Bolt, 1836.Original boards. With lithographed title (stamp on title). (4),258 pp.First edition. - Volume I only: letters to a friend dealing with Curaçao. - Very rare.Not in Tiele, Cat. NHSM, Muller America or Sabin.

Zutphen, Walburg, 2007. Boards, with dust-jacket. With many coloured illustrations. 224 pp.Discoverers of the eternal ice. Five centuries of polar journeys in travel journals.

(No pl., ca. 1950). Boards. ca. 50 x 65 cm.Colored building plate for cistern, blacksmith shop, extension, doghouse, chicken coop, shed and manure pit for Huize Abeele Walcheren.

Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1915-1918.4 volumes + atlas. 8vo and folio. Original decorated cloth, atlas volume original half cloth (sl. dam.). With ca. 500 plates and illustrations and atlas volume with 16 folding coloured maps.First edition. - Account of the scientific expedition in Central-Celebes 1909-1910 organized by the Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap. Including the history of the discovery of Celebes. Contributions by G.J. Hinde, G.F. Dollfus, W.F. Gisolf, J.H. Kruimel, S.J. Vermaes and M. Weber. 'During two years Abendanon crosses Celebes for geographical and geological research. 'The result of this expedition is recorded in a beautifully published, voluminous four-volume book of 1900 pages with many illustrations and maps, the most expensive publication ever financed by the KNAG.' (Wentholt, In kaart gebracht met kapmes en kompas, p. 76). - Rare with the atlas volume.Koeman VI, p. 67.

Colombo, Department of Nacional Archives, (ca. 1970). Wrappers.

Amsterdam, Terra Incognita, 1993. Wrappers. With many illustrations. 71 pp. The ten-year-old Anna (1837-1908) wrote about her trip to Batavia an informative report about life and entertainment on board during the outward and return journey and about her stay on the island of Java. Anna was a first cousin of Douwes Dekker (Multatuli).

Zutphen, Walburgpers, 2022. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations and 11 coloured plates. 527 pp.Linschoten Vereeniging CXXI. - Cornelis (Kees) Abrahamsz Jr. (1802-1879) came from a family of Amsterdam merchants, charterers and shipowners. He wanted to join the navy, but it became merchant navy. At twenty-seven he became a captain. In total Kees made fifty sea voyages. He married Catharina (Kaatje) Douwes Dekker. His Memories, written for son Theodorus, are candid, humorous and at times emotional, especially about the influence of brother-in-law Eduard (Multatuli) on the family. Kees interweaves his private life with a detailed description of his life as a sailor and experiences in Suriname and the Indies.

(No pl.), Ned.-Ind. Effectenblad, 1908. Original wrappers. 26 pp.Offprint Tijdschrift voor Nijverheid en Landbouw. - Tanjung Priok, a subdistrict of North Jakarta, is the city's main and oldest port area.

(No pl.), 1977. Folio. Boards. With numerous photographic illustrations. VIII,268 pp.First edition. - Bahasa Indonesian - English text. - 'This book is published by the Documentation and Information Center of Aceh to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the Dutch declaration of war of March 26, 1873 against Aceh. - Rare.

Amsterdam, by Broer Jansz. voor Jan Evertsz. Cloppenburgh, 1624.4to. Contemporary vellum (warped, 1 joint splitting but firmly holding). With large woodcut on title-page and 13 large woodcuts in the text. First published in Seville in 1590: Historia natural y moral delas Indias; first Dutch edition was published in Enkhuizen in 1598. - José de Acosta (1540-1600), Spanish Jesuit missionary and historian, wrote this early important eye-witness account of South America, dealing i.a. with the history of the Indians of Peru and Mexico. 'Agosta was one of the first scholars to formulate a systemic theory of anthropology, suggesting a classification of different peoples into different types, and anticipating later theories of social evolution' (Howgego p.3). It is one of the earliest balanced accounts of the New World. A great classic translated into nearly every European language. - (Age-browned; some small library stamps).Tiele 26; Tiele, Mémoire, 291 ; Muller, America, 8; Cat. NHSM I, p.261 (ed. 1598);… Read More

Enchutsen, Jacob Lenaertsz Meyn, 1598.Sm.8vo. 17th century vellum (back cover soiled). With woodcut device on titlepage and decorated woodcut initials and tailpieces. (7),389,(8) lvs. First Dutch edition, translated by Jan Huygen van Linschoten; first published in Seville in 1590: Historia natural y moral delas Indias. - José de Acosta (1540-1600), Spanish Jesuit missionary and historian, wrote this early important eye-witness account of South America, dealing i.a. with the history of the Indians of Peru and Mexico. 'Agosta was one of the first scholars to formulate a systemic theory of anthropology, suggesting a classification of different peoples into different types, and anticipating later theories of social evolution' (Howgego p.3). It is one of the earliest balanced accounts of the New World, concentrating on the Spanish possessions in Peru and Mexico, covering the Inca and Aztec people. A great classic translated into nearly every European language. It opened the eyes of Europe to the… Read More