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Auction 16 December 2023 Atlases, Rare Books and Manuscripts - Bruxelles

Bid on the lot list Arenberg Auctions : 16 December 2023 - <p>920-932: Cartographie &amp; topographie</p><p>933-950: Atlas, Livres topographiques &amp; Voyages</p><p>951-981: Photographie</p><p>982-1004: Archives</p><p>1005-1020: Manuscrits anciens</p><p>1021-1065: Musique</p><p>1066-1089: Editions XVIe s.</p><p>1090-1139: Editions XVIIe s.</p><p>1140-1204: Editions XVIIIe s.</p><p>1205-1224: Editions XIXe-XXe s.</p><p>1225-1260: Sciences &amp; médecine XVIIe-XXe s.</p><p>1261-1278: Beaux-Arts XVIIe-XXe s.</p><p>1279-1283: Books on books XVIIe-XXIe s.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> Arenberg Auctions - Bruxelles

Atlases, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Saturday 16 December 2023 - 13:00 (CET) - Live
rue aux Laines, 19/2 - 1000 Bruxelles, Belgique
Arenberg Auctions
Atlases, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lot n° 920 

ORTELIUS, Abraham Africae tabula...

ORTELIUS, Abraham Africae tabula nova. Antwerp 1570 Copper-engr. 37,3 x 50,4 cm, hand-coloured. Very nice copy. Framed. Ref. van den Broecke (2011) Ort8. - Betz 12 (fifth state, after 1595). - Bodenstein 10.

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Lot n° 921 

DE WIT, Frederik Accuratissima...

DE WIT, Frederik Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula recens emendata. Amsterdam De Wit c. 1675 Copper-engr., 49,2 x 58,3 cm, hand-coloured. Framed.

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Lot n° 922 

VALK, Gérard & Léonard Asia...

VALK, Gérard & Léonard Asia qua nulla beatior ora .... Copper-engr., 48,5 x 60 cm (visible), hand-coloured (3 vertic. creases during printing, some light spotting). Framed.

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Lot n° 923 

ORTELIUS, Abraham Leodiensis diocesis...

ORTELIUS, Abraham Leodiensis diocesis typus. Engr. 38 x 49.5 cm, delicately hand-coloured. Under passe-partout. Map of the diocese of Liège from Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarrum". 2nd st. with French text on verso, extracted from the 1598 edition....

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Lot n° 924 

DELISLE, Guillaume Carte de Tartarie....

DELISLE, Guillaume Carte de Tartarie. Dressée sur les relations de plusieurs voyageurs de differentes nations .... Paris chez l'auteur 1706 Engraving, 49,5 x 64,5 cm + margins, borders coloured (a few sm. spots). Large and well-detailed map, stretching...

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Lot n° 925 

FRIEDRICH I, Jakob Andreas Carte...

FRIEDRICH I, Jakob Andreas Carte de la Haute et Basse Alsace, Suntgaw, Brisgaw, Ortenaw et partie des Marquisats de Baden. Strasbourg J.R. Doulseker J. Reinhold or J.D. Dulsecker 1727 Printed on 3 sheets, 35,5 x 32 cm each, joined (sl. browned). Mounted...

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Lot n° 926 

MÜNSTER, Sebastian Franckofordianae...

MÜNSTER, Sebastian Franckofordianae civitatis situs & figura .... Wood-engraving, 24,5 x 39,3 cm (sm. perforation in upper marg., central fold). Nice bird's eye view of this important merchant town along the river Mainz, around 1549. 3 cartouches:...

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Lot n° 927 

BORGONIUS, Thomas (after) Augustae...

BORGONIUS, Thomas (after) Augustae Taurinorum Prospectus. Turin. Engr. 2 ff. together 50 x 110 cm (4 vertical folds, stain in right margin). Large bird's eye view of Turin with its fortifications, churches and palaces and a detailed legend, as figured...

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Lot n° 928 

MERCK, Johann Fortification plan...

MERCK, Johann Fortification plan of Antwerp. January 1647 Laid paper, 20 x 31 cm, brown pen, watercoloured, monogrammed and dated bottom left. Under passe-partout. Manuscript plan by J. Merck (1619-1669), German military surveyor who participated in operations...

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Lot n° 929 

MERCK, Johann Fortification plan...

MERCK, Johann Fortification plan of Damme. January 1647 Laid paper, 20 x 31 cm, brown pen, watercoloured, monogrammed and dated bottom left. Under passe-partout. Leaf LXII from the album "Festina Lente" which originally contained 124 plans of fortifications...

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Lot n° 930 

MERCK, Johann Fortification plans...

MERCK, Johann Fortification plans of Cruysschans, Liefckenshoek and Lillo with Blaugaren. October 1646 3 ff., laid paper, 20 x 31 cm, brown pen, watercoloured, monogrammed and dated bottom left. Under passe-partout. Leaves XLVI, XLVII and XLVIII from...

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Lot n° 931 

MERCK, Johann Fortification plans...

MERCK, Johann Fortification plans of Fort Frederik and Sandbergen with Keizershoft. October 1643, January 1647 and February 1648 2 ff. laid paper, 20 x 31 cm, brown pen, watercolored, monogrammed and dated bottom right. Under passe-partout. Leaves XLV...

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Lot n° 932 

CHATELAIN, Zacharias 2 titles (vol....

CHATELAIN, Zacharias 2 titles (vol. 4 and 7) and 1 frontispiece from the "Atlas historique ...". Amsterdam 1721 Engraving, 39,5 x 25 cm, hand-coloured. Frontispiece figuring the 4 continents as female allegories and Mercurius in an exotic setting.

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Lot n° 933 

Bernigeroth, Johann Martin CELLARIUS,...

Bernigeroth, Johann Martin CELLARIUS, Christoph Notitia orbis antiqui, sive Geographia plenior, ab ortu rerum publicarum ad Constantinorum tempora orbis terrarum faciem declarans. Leipzig J.F. Gleditsch 1731-1732 2 vol. 4to: front-14-1088-70, 12-20-970-62...

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Lot n° 934 

BLAEU, Joan Novum ac magnum Theatrum...

BLAEU, Joan Novum ac magnum Theatrum urbium Belgicae regiae. Amsterdam J. Blaeu 1649 Lge folio: 93 maps (dedication to de Bracamonte and 2 letterpress titles - Roermond and Cambrésis - not present, map n. 55 - Watten - bound before map n. 54, front flyleaf...

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Lot n° 935 

LEVASSEUR, Victor Atlas national...

LEVASSEUR, Victor Atlas national illustré des 86 départements ... avec le tracé de toutes les routes, chemins de fer et canaux. Paris A. Combette 1856 Folio: 2 ff.; 100 maps (occ. spotting, mostly marg., some marg. soiling). Contemp. quarter red shagreen,...

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Lot n° 936 

WINTERBOTHAM, William An historical...

WINTERBOTHAM, William An historical geographical, commercial and philosophical view of the American United States, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies. London printed for the editor, J. Ridgway, H.D. Symonds, D. Holt 1795 4...

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Lot n° 937 

Harrewijn, Jacobus ; Blokhuysen,...

Harrewijn, Jacobus ; Blokhuysen, Renier Le Grand Théâtre sacré du Duché de Brabant .... The Hague G. Block 1734 4 parts in 3 vols, folio: 6-176-40, 2-177/394, 2-212, 2-134-14 pp.; 275 pl. (2nd part of book 1 bound in vol. 1 instead of 2, vol. 2: corner...

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Lot n° 938 

Groot kerkelyk toneel des hertogdoms...

Groot kerkelyk toneel des hertogdoms van Brabant .... The Hague Chr. Van Lom 1727 Folio: 4-215 pp.; 2 maps and 96 pl. (half title and 2 pl. missing, mostly marg. dampst.). Contemp. sheep, gilt-stamped covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (tail missing,...

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Lot n° 939 

LE ROY, Jacques Groot werreldlyk...

LE ROY, Jacques Groot werreldlyk tooneel des hertogdoms van Braband .... The Hague C. Van Lom 1730 Folio: 4-94-2 pp.; 71 plates (mostly marg. dampst.). Contemp. sheep, gilt-stamped covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (joints rubbed, corners bumped)....

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Lot n° 940 

SANDERUS, Antonius Verheerlykt...

SANDERUS, Antonius Verheerlykt Vlaandre, behelzende eene algemeene en nauwkeurige beschryving van dat graafschap en van zyne algemeene en byzondere wetten .... Leiden, Rotterdam, The Hague J. Vander Deyster, J.-D. Beman, C. and F. Boucquet 1735 3 parts...

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Lot n° 941 

Borremans ; Ghémar ; Quinaux ;...

Borremans ; Ghémar ; Quinaux ; Lauters, Paul ; Boulanger, François Jean Louis ; Vermeersch, J. Views of Belgium. 19th c. In-4° oblong; 71 plates (some russeting, most marg.). Contemporary half-chagrin, gilt title to upper board (rubbed). Collection of...

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Lot n° 942 

BARTHÉLEMY, Jean-Jacques Recueil...

BARTHÉLEMY, Jean-Jacques Recueil de cartes géographiques, plans, vues et médailles de l'ancienne Grèce, relatifs au voyage du jeune Anacharsis, précédé d'une analyse critique des cartes. Second edition. Paris De Bure 1789 4to: xlii pp.; 31 pl. (light...

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Lot n° 943 

GUÉRIN, Victor La Terre Sainte....

GUÉRIN, Victor La Terre Sainte. Its history, its memories, its sites, its monuments. Paris E. Plon et Cie 1882 Gr. in-4° (rare russets). Publisher's boards by A. Lenègre based on a model by A. Souze: red half-chagrin. Souze: red half-chagrin, beveled...

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Lot n° 944 

Bouché, Peter-Paul DE PARIVAL,...

Bouché, Peter-Paul DE PARIVAL, Jean Nicolas Description du Pays-Bas contenant toutes les villes des dix-sept provinces .... Nouvelle édition. Paris et se vend à Bruxelles L. De Wainne 1720 In-8° : front cover -308-14 pp. (pages E, I, N inverted but complete,...

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Lot n° 945 

Harrewijn, Jacobus Factitious collection...

Harrewijn, Jacobus Factitious collection containing c. 135 city plans and monument views of the XVII Provinces. 18th c. In-4° obl. (several faint stains, small wormhole in lower margin of several ff., several fainter prints, mod. mss. legends to 3 Brussels...

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Lot n° 946 

SERPA PINTO, Alexandre Alberto...

SERPA PINTO, Alexandre Alberto de Comment j'ai traversé l'Afrique. Paris Hachette et Cie 1881 2 vols, 8vo; 11 pl. (occ. light foxing). Mod. half leather, percaline boards. Joined: Casati, G. - Dix années en Équatoria, le retour d'Emin Pacha et l'expédition...

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Lot n° 947 

GERLACHE de GOMMERY, Adrien de...

GERLACHE de GOMMERY, Adrien de Quinze mois dans l'Antarctique. Preface by Élisée Reclus .... Brussels Ch. Bulens 1902 4to: vi-304 pp. (some tears near centerfolds of maps). Contemp. half shagreen, marbled paper on covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands,...

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Lot n° 948 

LECOINTE, Georges Au pays des manchots....

LECOINTE, Georges Au pays des manchots. Account of the voyage of the "Belgica". Brussels O. Schepens & Cie 1904 8vo. Contemp. half red cloth, marbled paper on covers, flat spine, sp. edges. First edition of this Arctic travel account by the second-in-command...

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Lot n° 949 

FRICK, Christoph; SCHEWITZER, Christopher...

FRICK, Christoph; SCHEWITZER, Christopher A relation of two several voyages made into the East-Indies. London D. Brown, etc. 1700 8vo: 16-358-2 pp. (some dampstaining; some pages cut short on top). Contemp. blind-st. and sp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with...

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Lot n° 950 

BRYDONE, Patrick Voyage en Sicile...

BRYDONE, Patrick Voyage en Sicile et à Malthe, translated from English by M. Brydone, F.R.S. by M. Demeunier. Amsterdam ; Paris N.-J. Pissot, Ch.-J. Panckoucke 1775 2 vols, 8vo: xvi-419, 4-400-4 pp. (minor foxing). Contemp. mottled calf, spines with raised...

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Lot n° 951 

Photos showing the Abtnaundorf...

Photos showing the Abtnaundorf Massacre at the "Leipzig-Thekla" Concentration Camp on 18 April 1945. 68 original photos, 13 x 18 cm, b/w, stamped and pencil marked on verso. Loose in a Gevaert box. Very poignant set of photographs showing the devastation...

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Lot n° 952 

Antarctic expedition 1957-1959....

Antarctic expedition 1957-1959. 218 silver prints, mainly b/w, various formats, pasted in, some ms. legends. 16 photos loosely joined. Obl. 4to-size leather ad-hoc album. Documenting the expedition made by Gaston de Gerlache (1919-2006), Belgian polar...

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Lot n° 953 

VANDERKINDERE, Marcel Album de...

VANDERKINDERE, Marcel Album de photo de Bruxelles et ses environs. C. 1939 52 silver prints, b/w, split format, pasted, mss captions, etiquette of "Central photo L. Marinus". In a green cloth obl. in-4° album. Views of Parc de Bruxelles, Chambre des Députés,...

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Lot n° 954 

MISONNE, Léonard Country house....

MISONNE, Léonard Country house. 1941 Period bromide print, 27.8 x 37.8 cm, signed and dated in graphite lower left. Framed and matted (not unframed). By Belgian pictorialist photographer Léonard Misonne (1870-1943), nicknamed "the Corot of photography"...

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Lot n° 955 

MISONNE, Léonard Cows in the Meadow....

MISONNE, Léonard Cows in the Meadow. 1913 Bromide print, 28.8 x 37.3 cm, signed and dated in ink lower left. Under mat and frame (not unframed). Ref. Directory of photographers in Belgium, 1839-1905, p. 284.

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Lot n° 956 

Sabena. 93 silver prints (44, 49),...

Sabena. 93 silver prints (44, 49), mostly b/w, diff. sizes, pasted-in, no legends. 2 albums in blue-green percaline with gilt title. Photos of the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, Sabena, showing hostesses, pilots, mechanics, workshops,...

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Lot n° 957 

6 stereo photos on glass plates...

6 stereo photos on glass plates depicting monuments in Brussels. 6 pieces, 8.3 x 6.8 cm. Among them: old houses (now disappeared) in the Rue d'Assaut at the crossroads of Rue Montagne aux Herbes Potagères, now the National Bank of Belgium; the transformation...

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Lot n° 958 

Froment, V. ; Ghémar Frères ; Verhassel,...

Froment, V. ; Ghémar Frères ; Verhassel, Égide ; Louvois, A. ; Becker, Henri ; Hühn, Th. ; Hanus, D.F. ; Becker, F. "Cercle les XXX de l'Orsendal, Brussels. Testimonial of esteem April 26, 1909" Gilded inscription on upper flyleaf. C. 1880-1900 In-4°:...

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Lot n° 959 

Les trop échauffés: 1893-1896....

Les trop échauffés: 1893-1896. Communauté laïque. 62 albumen prints, 11,3 x 16,5 cm, pasted-in, with typed legends on pasted paper strips (spotting on support leaves not touching photos). Obl. 4to half red leather album, green cloth covers with gilt title,...

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Lot n° 960 

Belgian missionaries in Trinidad...

Belgian missionaries in Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Saint-Thomas, etc. 1924-1930 92+58, silver prints, b/w, various sizes, with ms. legends. 2 obl. 4to-sized ad-hoc albums. Two albums of a certain missionary V.d.B. active in the Caribbean area. A lot...

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Lot n° 961 

Madame Ramlot in China. 23 silver...

Madame Ramlot in China. 23 silver prints, diff. sizes, pasted on thick paper, no legends. Kept in an obl. string bound 4to album with cloth covers. Visit of Paul Ramlot (d. 1967), director of the Banque Sino-Belge, a branch of the Société Générale de...

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Lot n° 962 

Views of Honan. Published by the...

Views of Honan. Published by the Lung-Hai Railway. First volume-January 1920. 53 collotypes, 13,9 x 19 cm, on thick paper with captioned tissue guards in French and Chinese (some pp. loose). Kept in an obl. 4to string bound album, silk covered boards...

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Lot n° 963 

"August 8th. A l'Equateur". 8/08/1908...

"August 8th. A l'Equateur". 8/08/1908 Albumen print, 6,4 x 8,9 cm, with ms. pencil annotation on verso. Photo of the Belgian Socialist politician Emile Vandervelde (1866-1938) during his visit to Congo in 1908. At his right, seated, we see doctor Neri,...

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Lot n° 964 

Album with photos from Congo featuring...

Album with photos from Congo featuring Albert Charles Boone and his brother Ferdinand. C. 1890 48 albumen prints, c. 11,3 x 16,4 cm, slipped-in, ms. legends (some photos with reduced contrast). Kept in a 4to-size red cloth decor. album. Photo album with...

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Lot n° 965 

C.v.S. Clément von Stockhausen...

C.v.S. Clément von Stockhausen Congo Tanganyka Kivu Ruzizi. Cartographic mission of the Joint Commission for the establishment of the German-Congolese border. 1899-1901 273 albumen prints, slipped into an album, mss notes on verso of some photos. Album...

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Lot n° 966 

ALEXANDRE PHOTO "Après une chasse...

ALEXANDRE PHOTO "Après une chasse aux hippopotames". 13 July 1891 Albumen print, 40,5 x 55,5 cm, pasted on support paper (sl. browned and soiled), photographer's blindstamp in lower left corner "Alexandre Photo" and ms. dedication signed "A. Delcomunne"...

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Lot n° 967 

Album with photos from Belgium,...

Album with photos from Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Late 19th c 54 albumen prints, diff. sizes, pasted on thick paper. Kept in an obl. red cloth album, flat spine, (spine def.). Album with photos from Belgium: Brussels; Germany: Kyffhäuser, Erfurt,...

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Lot n° 968 

23 photos from the Mont Blanc region....

23 photos from the Mont Blanc region. 23 albumen prints, 8,1 x 10,9 cm, pasted on thick paper, ms. legends. Loose. In folder. Nice set of mountain photos with a.o. the Mer de Glace at Chamonix, the ice cave in the Glacier des Bossons, Le Brévent mountain,...

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Lot n° 969 

3 archival boxes with 41 photos...

3 archival boxes with 41 photos from the "Galerie contemporaine littéraire, artistique". In woodburytypie or photoglyptie, mounted on the original printed cardboard, fixed by the corners, under serpents, mats and plastic folders. Good set in very good...

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