BLACK DOG
RARE BOOKS
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Beautiful broadside celebrating Dutch naval hero Jan van Speijk, 1831
Out of stock - NEW ARRIVAL
Treatises on syphilis (1706) and scurvy (1705) bound with a 38-page manuscript
Price€ 725,00 - NEW ARRIVAL
Second copy located of a list of Schultheißen in Winterthur, 1734
Price€ 145,00 - NEW ARRIVAL
Code des Moeurs, ou la Prostitution Régénérée: regulating prostitution in 1830
Price€ 250,00 The most important treatise on gemology to appear in the 18th century
Price€ 3.500,00The first book on Mark Twain, from the library of the author
Price€ 1.450,00German economist Leonhardi on brothels and moral decline, 1792
Price€ 450,00A pamphlet on one of the most sensational murders in American history
Price€ 850,00- SOLD
Rare 1731 sermon fiercely condemning 'sodomy'
Out of stock With 32 finely hand-coloured etchings after Christina Chalon
Price€ 925,00A polemic defense of animal magnetism and hypnotism by Franz Mesmer, 1812
Price€ 850,00Blankaart, De nieuw hervormde anatomie, 1696, complete with 84 full-page plates
Price€ 975,00Le guide d'Amsterdam, 1802, with folding plan, folding view and 14 plates
Price€ 450,00- SOLD
Steganologia & Steganographia Nova: first major cryptologic treatise in German
Out of stock - SOLD
De vermakelijke heydin: a rare early 19th-century divination game
Out of stock Louis Betrand's awarded essay on suicide, 1857
Price€ 175,00- SOLD
Extremely rare account of the Siamese twins Chang & Eng, with a lovely portrait
Out of stock - SOLD
Neues Liecht vor die Apotheker, 1693. Very rare German pharmacopoeia
Out of stock - SOLD
Unrecorded edition of Genevan Psalter, in red morocco, gold brocade endpapers
Out of stock "I conquered pain through laughter and playfulness". Scarron in 7 volumes
Price€ 750,00- SOLD
Magic, demons, witches & werewolves: Bibliotheca Magica et Pneumatica, 1843
Out of stock First edition of Lasa's iconic Handbuch des Schachspiels, 1843
Price€ 875,00Essay on the history of printing with frontispiece and 5 engraved plates
Price€ 400,00- SOLD
Merkwürdige Schicksale und Galanterien eines türkischen Israeliten, 1830
Out of stock Engelsche spraakkunst: Dutch adaptation of Murray's renowned English grammar
Price€ 75,00Annotated copy of Spinozistic catechism banned in 1708
Price€ 750,00- SOLD
Unrecorded edition of French grammar, untrimmed, in fine pseudo-marbled boards
Out of stock Rare Dutch handbill distributed illegally by Vrij Nederland in 1944
Price€ 80,00Kurzgefasste biblische Geschichte, 1820: elementary book for Jewish schools
Price€ 175,00- SOLD
Handboek ter beoefening der boekdrukkunst: The first Dutch typographer's manual
Out of stock A surprisingly rare pamphlet calling for a boycott of the 1936 Summer Olympics
Price€ 100,00- SOLD
One of the most radical and entertaining books of the seventeenth century
Out of stock 't Geheim van't Fransche hof, 1680. With 8 plates, possibly by Romeyn de Hooghe
Price€ 1.650,00Celebrating the Golden Age of German book design. 520 pages of sheer beauty
Price€ 250,00- SOLD
Staff fencing: a late 19th-century hand-coloured 'Brevet de canne'
Out of stock A 1771 travel guide for tourists visiting Gouda's Sint Janskerk
Price€ 85,00Sammelband with 2 rare works by Rabbi Salomon Carlebach, 1895-1896
Price€ 135,00Monograph on Georg Salter, master designer of dust jackets and bindings
Price€ 75,00No swearing, cursing and boozing in printing houses
Price€ 70,00Spinozistic work published by Aart Wolsgrein in 1693, banned in 1708
Price€ 750,00- SOLD
Typographic gem, not containing one divided word throughout
Out of stock - SOLD
An atheistic and materialst bombshell, condemned by church and state alike
Out of stock - SOLD
Quintessential images of an 18th-century printing house
Out of stock - SOLD
Lovely set of a printer's classic, bound in full gold-tooled vellum
Out of stock
ABOUT
Dedicated to the weird and wonderful, Black Dog Rare Books was established in December 2018 by Steven de Joode. Based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, we offer quirky, unusual, interesting and rare books and ephemera from four centuries.
Steven has a BA (Hons.) in German and an MA (Hons.) in Book and Manuscript Studies (University of Amsterdam). Having worked as a bibliographer at the National Library of the Netherlands and as a cataloger and dealer at Antiquariaat Forum, Steven has broad experience in the world of rare books.
If you have any queries, wants or comments, please get in touch.
