Rare books from Librarium of The Hague

London, William Little, 1843 (i.e. 1842).. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. The paper's first 34 issues bound in one volume. Imperial folio. Paginated consecutively. Pp. vi, 554. Illustrated throughout. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's half calf and marbled boards, spine decorated, lettered and dated in gilt, sides gilt ruled; binding rubbed & chafed in places, worn in places, restored in places, withal a good binding; few closed tears without loss at bottom of leaves. In a very good condition. Overall a well preserved, tightly bound, clean, presentable copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. The paper's first issue, first complete volume, first complete year. Published as a volume with Title, Preface and Index, in 7 January, 1843. Rare survivor, a landmark in the history of journalism. The Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper. The first issue, 16 pages with 32 woodcuts, appeared on Saturday, 14 May, 1842, marking a revolution in journalism and news… Read More

Paris, Firmin Didot, Dezauches, Bossange, Baudelot et Eberhart; Amsterdam, D. J. Changuion & Gabriel Dufour, 1791-96.. Hardcover. .. Four parts in two volumes, bound in one. Crown quarto (290 x 215mm). With a total of 38 folding engraved plates with multiple images to each, totalling 156 images. Vol. I, Part I: Pp. viii, 157, (2) Errata (verso blank). Plus 22 folding plates, numbered I-XXII; Volume II, Parts II-IV: Pp. vii, (i) Errata, 128. Plus 16 folding plates, numbered XXIII-XXXVI including XXVII bis and XXVIII bis. With Supplements and Observations. Engraved device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Half-title present.HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary plain blue paper-covered boards, rubbed and chipped in places, floral shelf label to spine, few sporadic institutional stamps. In fine condition, preserved in the original state, wide-margined, untrimmed. Excellent copy practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ First French edition. Very rare. The English "An essay on naval… Read More

Paris, Chez l'Auteur et chez les principaux Libraries de Paris & de la France, 1791. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 32 unpaginated text pages. Plus 32 copper engraved plates, numbered, captioned, and extensively explained on the copper. Charming device to title-page depicting a cherub cheerfully striking two kettledrums. Bound in contemporary waxed marbled paper, double layered; few marginal spots and light smudges. In overall fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare. Exquisitely illustrated. The first part shows the choreographed movements that the infantryman makes while progressing through the 12 classic steps: "Load your weapon", "Open the pan", "Take the cartridge", "Bite the cartridge", "Prime", "Shut the pan", "Weapon to the left", "Cartridge in the barrel", "Draw ramrod", "Ram", "Replace ramrod", "Shoulder arms". The second series of plates… Read More

Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1908-22; Glückstadt, Hamburg, New York, Augustin; Zwicau, Manuldruck F. Ullmann, 1935-62.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Ten volumes. Die altägyptischen Pyramidentexte: Four volumes. Quarto. Pp. xiii, 508; iv, 543, (4); iv, 179, plus 2 plates; 130, plus a leaf of illustrations at end. The main two volumes are hardcover, very nicely bound in duo-colour full cloth, spine and corners are crimson, boards are light grey, gilt lettering to spine. In fine condition. Volumes III+IV are in the original printed stiff wrappers, moderately worn along spine panels, else in fine condition. An excellent set. [AND:] Übersetzung und Kommentar. Six volumes. Royal quarto. Pp. viii, 409; 420; 443; 376; 517; 234. HARDCOVER, the first four volume uniformly bound in nice three-quarters buckram and matching boards, spine strips from original wrappers laid-down. The last two volumes are in the original publisher's blue full cloth, gilt lettering on red morocco labels to spine, gilt… Read More

Leipzig, Hinrich, 1901-11.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Three volumes bound in one. Imperial folio (elephant). Pp. ii, plus 67 plates; II: ii, plus 52 plates; III: ii, 42, plus 42 plates. Many of the plates are folding. HARDCOVER, bound in half calf and pebbled boards, patterned endpapers; corners rubbed. Backstrip gone, but the interior of the book is in a supereb condition and all the plates, including the many folding ones, are rather crisp. Binding is very solid, the cloth inner hinges are perfect, and the gatherings tight. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare complete set of the first three volumes of this outstanding work. [Provenance:] From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts (1939-2018). Beinlich-Seeber 9902. Y-1

Le Caire, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1934-78.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Folio. 16 volumes, comprising of 8 Text Volumes and 8 Plate Volumes, bound in 10. Volumes I-VI are hardcover, uniformly bound in cloth and boards with the original front wrappers laid-down, manuscript label to each spine, bit shabby; Volumes VII+VIII are bound in 4 volumes as issued in original IFAO white stiff wrappers printed in red, bit worn at spine ends. Some leaves in the earlier hardcover volumes are loosening, some text leaves are edge frayed due to paper quality. Scholarly annotations in pencil in places. In good condition, with crisp plates throughout. ~ FIRST EDITION. A superb production comprising of over 800 finely printed plates. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and… Read More

Oxford, B. H. Blackwell, 1969-90.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Eight volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xxxii, 416; xxxii, 928; xxxii, 848; xxxii, 448; xxxii, 672; xxxii, 880; xxxii, 464; viii, 264. Few scholarly annotations in pencil here and there. Excellent set in fine condition, partly still unopened. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare complete set of this mammoth work in the original fascicles. Autographed in its entirety. Kenneth Anderson Kitchen (1932-). FOLIO

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Three volumes. I. Text: Quarto. Pp. xlviii, 209; II-III. Plates: Two Imperial folios with a total of colour 104 plates, 52 in each volume. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in the original publisher's cloth, bit rubbed in places. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. An outstanding production. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. Coloured collotypes the size of the plates in this set are very rare in book production, so much so in such superb quality. Reproduced extensively ever since the publication of the book, the grandeur of the original collotypes is breathtaking. Beinlich-Seeber 6273. FTV

London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, (1870-1878).. Hardcover. .. Royal quarto. Pp. 71, plus 24 chromolithograph plates, mounted on card and protected with tissue-guards. Plus frontispiece map. With 2 text figures. HARDCOVER, bound in original publisher's full cloth extra, richly decorated. A fine copy with just few minor blemishes. ~ First English edition. Karl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (1808-1894). Born and trained in Germany, Werner traveled extensively in Egypt and Palestine and produced there many splendid watercolours. The plates in this book are pantographic copies from the original watercolours, traced by mechanical means from the original. This method, however, could not reproduce the fine colouring which was done separately. The plates are accompanied by descriptive texts written mostly by Alfred Brehm (1829-1884) and Johannes Dümichen (1833-1894); both also wrote the preface. FTV

Haag, Martinus Nijhof, 1905-1932.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Fourteen volumes. Comprising of 284 collotype plates the size of ca. 70x48 cm each, all placed in 14 portfolios, uniformly bound in the original publisher's cloth and printed boards, with cloth ties. ~ FIRST EDITION. Mammoth work, complete with all text and plates. With a total of 703 collotype images on 284 leaves of plates and 325 images to the text. Fully collated for completeness and condition. FTV

London, John Murray, 1820-21.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. I. Text: Octavo. PP. xix, 438. Plus frontispiece portrait of the author, one engraved plates and a large folding map; II. Plates: Folio. Comprising of 34 heavy leaves with a total of 44 plates, some in colour, mostly one to a page, often compound. HARDCOVER, nicely bound in matching contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Save for some minor imperfections in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Text volume second edition. "As I made my discoveries alone, I have been anxious to write my book by myself, though in so doing, the reader will consider me, and with great propriety, guilty of temerity; but the public will perhaps gain in the fidelity of my narrative, what it loses in elegance." - Preface. FTV

München, Bruckmann, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Three volumes. Royal quarto. I. Text: xiii, (344), xxxiv, vi, figures; II. Plates 1-57; III: Plates 58-125. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, gilt spines. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Beinlich-Seeber 2889. FTV

Le Caire, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1911-1941.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. 11 works bound in 17 volumes. Royal quarto. Various paginations, Illustrated. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in three-quarters calf and matching boards, spines gilt. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Les Temples immergés de la Nubie. A massive body of work, comprising of 11 works in 17 volumes, published 1911-1941: I. The Temple of Dendûr; II. The Temple of Derr; III. Le temple d'Amada; IV. The Temple of Bîgeh; V. Le temple de Ouadi es-Sebouâ (2 volumes); VI. Le temple de Kalabchah (2 volumes); VII. Der Tempel von Dakke (3 volumes); VIII. Von Debod bis bab Kalabsche (3 volumes); IX. Der Felsentempel von Bet el-Wali; X. The Rock-pictures of Lower Nubia; XI. Documents sur l'état ancien des monuments. FTV

Paris, A. Franck, 1870-75.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Six volumes. Folio. I. 80 plates; II. 87 plates; III. 83 plates; IV. 90 plates; V. 9 plates; VI. PP. vi, 351. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in original cloth and printed boards. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare complete set. Comprising of Volumes I-II: Intérieur du temple; Volumes III-V: Cryptes. Terrasses. Supplément aux planches; Volume VI: Texte. Auguste Ferdinand François Mariette (1821-1881). Beinlich-Seeber 12887. FTV

Stuttgart, J.G. Cotta; Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1822-1827.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Folio. With a total of 78 plates. Pp. viii, 20, 13 leaves of explanation of the pates, plus 64 plates including 5 in colors; 29, plus 14 plates. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome contemporary quarter calf and pebbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering. Some blemishes to one plate else in a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Franz Christian Gau (1790-1853). French architect of German origin, born in Cologne but was naturalized French in 1826, changing his given names to François Chrétien. His monumental work was published in installments throughout a period of seven years. It was intended as a supplement to the "Description de l'Égypte" but Champolion criticized the accuracy of the drawings. Beinlich-Seeber 8482. Very rare. FTV