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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 17h

Here's our new catalogue! 40 interesting rare books from the 17th century concerning Religion. Check out the pdf-version on our website.

#17thcenturybooks #17thcentury #rarebooks #bookcollecting #booklovers #religion #devotion #bookhistory #oldbooks #antiquarianbooks #rarebookcatalogue

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 1d

New on website: 2nd edition of popular practical manual teaching the art of drawing by famous Dutch painter Gerard de Lairesse (1640-1711). It also includes a treatise by Johann Andreas Segner, teaching how to construct lamps that are economic & efficient & spare the artist's eye-sight.

#rarebooks

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 2d

Depicted here is the first French edition of "De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas", the most important 17th-century work on China, written by Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci who was born #onthisday, 1552. Ricci played a pivotal role in the mission to China. Find out more on our website.

#rarebooks

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 7d

Here's a new #catalogue on one of our favorite subjects, #MaritimeHistory. 60 rare books, manuscripts and prints with exciting stories of Mutiny, Piracy and Shipwrecks. Head over to our website to view the pdf-version.

#rarebooks #pirates #history #manuscripts
#booksellerscatalogue

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 8d

Random highlight from our website: beautifully coloured #firstedition of a most important history & description of #Friesland by Pierius Winsemius (1586-1644).

Presentation copy by the author to Johan Adler Salvius (1590-1652), one of Sweden's most capable and influential diplomats.

#rarebooks

Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 9d

If you were not in the Zuiderkerk in #Amsterdam last weekend, you missed a great event at a beautiful location. A big thank you to everyone involved! Hope to see you all next year at the Amsterdam Book Fair.

Trivia question: who is the famous painter in the portrait?

#rarebooks #Amsterdambookfair

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 14d

It is a great pleasure to present our catalogue for the Amsterdam Book Fair (September 27-28). Check out pdf on our website (link in bio).

55 #rarebooks #manuscripts #maps, incl. many recent acquisitions, on #BookHistory #Cartography #History #Travel, etc.

This weekend, Stand 16 at the Zuiderkerk.

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 15d

This weekend we're not only participating in the Amsterdam Book Fair, but also in the ABAA Virtual Book Fair. A highlight in our booth there will be this finely printed 1523 edition of complete works of Roman poet Claudian, published by #AldinePress .

#rarebooks #earlyprinting #bookcollecting

Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 16d

It's almost there, the Amsterdam Book Fair!

September 27-28, Zuiderkerk.

In the meantime, here's another highlight from our #Amsterdam750 cataloge. One of the important histories of Amsterdam at the time the city grew into one of the most important cities of the world (1665). More on our website.

Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 21d

It's a great pleasure to present not just one, but two brand new catalogues: Amsterdam 750, published on the occasion of the 750th birthday of the Dutch capital, & Castles, Mansions & Gardens in the Low Countries. Pdf-versions of both catalogues can be found on our website!

#Amsterdam750 #rarebooks

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 22d

This year #Amsterdam celebrates its 750th birthday. Next week the most important Dutch antiquarian book fair takes place in the same city. 2 great reasons for a special catalogue, Amsterdam 750. Here's a 1st highlight: Olfert Dapper's influential "Historische beschryving der stadt Amsterdam" (1663).

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 23d

Our new catalogue delivers on the promise of its title. It contains over 90 (rare) books, maps and manuscripts Printed and/or Written (between 1582 and 1931) in Asia. Check out the pdf-version on our website.

#rarebooks #Asia #Japan #China #bookcollecting #rarebookcatalogue

Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · 28d

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Coming up: the Amsterdam map fair! Saturday September 6 at the Scheepvaartmuseum.

Sneakpreview of our stand: a remarkable album with 77 beautiful examples of 16th-century Italian cartography, engraved by by several cartographers from the school of Antonio Lafreri (1512-1577).

#Italia #Italy #maps

Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our next short list will be on #Japan. It contains mostly #rarebooks, but also this attractive large handmade model of a Japanese teahouse, probably dating to the late 1890s. Check our website for more info.

#japanese #teahouse #scalemodel #woodworking #Nippon

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Have you ever struggled to fit 9 sleeping men in 1 tent? We have just the book for you! The solution to this problem is just one of the many things Jean-François de Chastenet, Marquis de Puységur discusses in his "Art de la guerre" (1749), a classic work on warfare, written by an expert.

#militaria

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

Random #rarebook from our stock: sumptuous and wonderfully illustrated 3rd edition, extensively revised & edited by riding master Valintin Trichter, of Georg Engelhard Löhneisen's celebrated "Della cavalleria", 1 of the chief #equestrian works of early modern period. More on our website.

#horses

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our #bookoftheday is Giuseppe Ceredi's "Tre discorsi sopra il modo d'alzar acque da'luoghi bassi". Published in 1567, it's not only 1 of the earliest works on hydraulic engineering, it must also be considered as 1 of the most important publications in the history of the subject. In musical binding.

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Aug 11

#onthisday in 1715 Alessandro Zondadari entered #Siena as new archbishop. For this special occassion five triumphal arches were erected at various locations in the city. Depicted here are original ink and ink-wash #drawings of these arches. Find out more on our website.

#otd #Toscana #originalart

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our book of the day is a wonderful treasure trove of 16th- and 17th-century European knowledge of the world: the most extensive edition of Sebastian Münster's monumental "Cosmographia" (Basel, 1628), with almost 1600 illustrations, maps and views.

#rarebooks #bookhistory #worldhistory

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our #bookoftheday is a beautifully hand-colored copy, with liberal use of gold, of 1st edition (1765) of verse rendition by Willem Sels of the story of King Solomon. Splendidly bound by so-called "Three Acorn Bindery" in Amsterdam. All 12 plates beautifully drawn and engraved by Reinier Vinkeles.

Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thank you #Melbourne!

#MelbourneRareBookFair

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Jul 30

And here's our next highlight for the Melbourne Rare Book Fair, which opens tomorrow! Benito Arias Montano's "Humanae salutis monumenta" (1571) in a splendid contemporary fanfare binding. It was once owned famous book collectors Edouard Rahir, Edmée Maus, and Michel Wittock.

#rarebooks #bookbinding

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

Here's another highlight from our catalogue for the Melbourne Rare Book Fair: a beautiful copy of an unusual work on the Anne's of the House of #Habsburg, with the coat of arms of the dedicatee, Anne of Austria (1601-1666), on both boards. The catalogue can be found on our website.

#armorialbinding

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Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's a great pleasure to present our catalogue for the Melbourne Rare Book Fair. 77 #rarebooks, atlases, manuscripts, prints & photographs, incl. the Kenneth E. Hill copy of the #firstedition of the official account of the voyages of the Beagle, a milestone in the history of science.

#CharlesDarwin

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