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RARE BOOKS

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BOOKS

NEW ARRIVAL
Large signed micrographic mizrah plaque by Levi(e) David van Gelder, ca. 1846
Price€ 5.000,00
NEW ARRIVAL
An engraved portrait of celebrated Dutch dwarf Simon Paap, 1823
Price€ 225,00
SOLD
Gastronomia, ou recueil d'anecdotes, with hand-coloured frontispiece
Out of stock
NEW ARRIVAL
Indagine's influential occult manual, with dozens of wonderful woodcuts, 1543
Price€ 975,00
NEW ARRIVAL
First edition of a classic study on giants and dwarfs, 1868
Price€ 275,00
NEW ARRIVAL
Pirate edition of Frezier's fireworks manual, The Hague, 1741, with 8 plates
Price€ 675,00
NEW ARRIVAL
A 1784 defense of animal magnetisme
Price€ 295,00
NEW ARRIVAL
Lovely copy of Linnaeus's Genera plantarum, with 2 plates and a table
Price€ 750,00
NEW ARRIVAL
The life of a deaf-mute, with an image of a manual alphabet, 1855
Price€ 250,00
Blankaart, De nieuw hervormde anatomie, 1696, complete with 84 full-page plates
Price€ 975,00
SOLD
A polemic defense of animal magnetism and hypnotism by Franz Mesmer, 1812
Out of stock
Colour plate book with 32 finely hand-coloured etchings after Christina Chalon
Price€ 925,00
RESERVED
A rare broadside on the loss of De Wassenaar, stranded off the coast of Egmond
Out of stock
A 1598 edition of Lemnius's Secrect miracle of nature
Price€ 1.250,00
SOLD
The rape and murder of a French bookbinder's apprentice, 1848
Out of stock
Rhyming Dick and the Strolling Player: a lovely chapbook, ca. 1805
Price€ 225,00
Enlarged edition of Frezier's influential fireworks manual, 1747, with 13 plates
Price€ 725,00
Atheistic utopian novel, banned upon publication
Price€ 650,00
SOLD
Illustrated manual on astrology, geomancy, physiognomy, and chiromancy, 1727
Out of stock
Medical dissertation on drinking warm water, 1689
Price€ 225,00
SOLD
Letters by Descartes in Dutch translation by Glazemaker, 1692
Out of stock
Specimen observationum academicarum, ad monstrorum historiam, 1765, 7 plates
Price€ 1.250,00
SOLD
A Catalogue of the Cabinet of Curiosities of Rotterdam Anatomical Theatre, 1740
Out of stock
1909 description of the brain of Charles Babbage, father of the computer
Price€ 550,00
Essay promoting durable and newly developed artificial teeth, 1857
Price€ 225,00
The British Workman, 1855-1864, illustrated by George Cruikshank and others
Price€ 750,00
Agostino Scilla's acclaimed work on marine fossils, complete with 31 plates
Price€ 1.250,00
Le Touriste en chemin de fer, ca. 1850, with 22 hand-coloured lithographs
Price€ 450,00
SOLD
Curing hernias and masturbation: an extremely rare medical prospectus, ca. 1825
Out of stock
Pregnancy without Intercourse: rare Dutch edition of Lucina Sine Concubitu, 1785
Price€ 275,00
Noortwyk, Uteri humani gravidi anatome et historia, 1743, with 4 plates
Price€ 1.450,00
SOLD
Printed for the blind in 1861 in a tactile alphabet designed by Valentin Haüy
Out of stock
Diploma of Doctor of Medicine for Wilhelmus Noortwyk, Leiden University, 1735
Price€ 2.350,00
SOLD
Memoirs of celebrated trapeze artist Jules Léotard, with lovely folding plate
Out of stock
Dissertation on the respiratory system of birds, with 6 hand-coloured plates
Price€ 1.650,00
Alken, The National Sports of Great Britain, 1825, with 50 hand-coloured plates
Price€ 2.250,00
Unique(?) poster advertising the auction sale of 1,300,000 Havana cigars, 1838
Price€ 300,00
Diorama Anglais, 1823, with 24 hand-coloured plates by Cruickshank
Price€ 600,00
The official 1901 guide in Dutch of the famous Barnum & Bailey circus
Price€ 200,00
SOLD
The most influential early modern book on witchcraft, magic & superstition, 1612
Out of stock
SOLD
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World, 1893
Out of stock
Les jumeaux Chinois Célèbres: unique pitch card of Chinese conjoined twins, 1901
Price€ 475,00
Rare 1790 document on the dire financial situation of the VOC
Price€ 400,00
SOLD
Beautiful broadside celebrating Dutch naval hero Jan van Speijk, 1831
Out of stock
SOLD
Treatises on syphilis (1706) and scurvy (1705) bound with a 38-page manuscript
Out of stock
The first book on Mark Twain, from the library of the author
Price€ 1.450,00
German economist Leonhardi on brothels and moral decline, 1792
Price€ 450,00
SOLD
An illustrated chapbook on the murder of prostitute Helen Jewett, ca. 1878
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 cataloguer and dealer at Antiquariaat Forum, Steven has broad experience in the world of rare books. Our clients include libraries, museums, private collectors and fellow members of the trade.

If you have any queries, wants or comments, please get in touch.

CONTACT

Germaine Haak

Steven de Joode

+31 (0)6 30642066

+31 (0)6 46076471

Visitors welcome by appointment only.

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RARE BOOKS

BOOKS

Large signed micrographic mizrah plaque by Levi(e) David van Gelder, ca. 1846

An engraved portrait of celebrated Dutch dwarf Simon Paap, 1823

Gastronomia, ou recueil d'anecdotes, with hand-coloured frontispiece

Indagine's influential occult manual, with dozens of wonderful woodcuts, 1543

First edition of a classic study on giants and dwarfs, 1868

Pirate edition of Frezier's fireworks manual, The Hague, 1741, with 8 plates

A 1784 defense of animal magnetisme

Lovely copy of Linnaeus's Genera plantarum, with 2 plates and a table

The life of a deaf-mute, with an image of a manual alphabet, 1855

Blankaart, De nieuw hervormde anatomie, 1696, complete with 84 full-page plates

A polemic defense of animal magnetism and hypnotism by Franz Mesmer, 1812

Colour plate book with 32 finely hand-coloured etchings after Christina Chalon

A rare broadside on the loss of De Wassenaar, stranded off the coast of Egmond

A 1598 edition of Lemnius's Secrect miracle of nature

The rape and murder of a French bookbinder's apprentice, 1848

Rhyming Dick and the Strolling Player: a lovely chapbook, ca. 1805

Enlarged edition of Frezier's influential fireworks manual, 1747, with 13 plates

Atheistic utopian novel, banned upon publication

Illustrated manual on astrology, geomancy, physiognomy, and chiromancy, 1727

Medical dissertation on drinking warm water, 1689

Letters by Descartes in Dutch translation by Glazemaker, 1692

Specimen observationum academicarum, ad monstrorum historiam, 1765, 7 plates

A Catalogue of the Cabinet of Curiosities of Rotterdam Anatomical Theatre, 1740

1909 description of the brain of Charles Babbage, father of the computer

Essay promoting durable and newly developed artificial teeth, 1857

The British Workman, 1855-1864, illustrated by George Cruikshank and others

Agostino Scilla's acclaimed work on marine fossils, complete with 31 plates

Le Touriste en chemin de fer, ca. 1850, with 22 hand-coloured lithographs

Curing hernias and masturbation: an extremely rare medical prospectus, ca. 1825

Pregnancy without Intercourse: rare Dutch edition of Lucina Sine Concubitu, 1785

Noortwyk, Uteri humani gravidi anatome et historia, 1743, with 4 plates

Printed for the blind in 1861 in a tactile alphabet designed by Valentin Haüy

Diploma of Doctor of Medicine for Wilhelmus Noortwyk, Leiden University, 1735

Memoirs of celebrated trapeze artist Jules Léotard, with lovely folding plate

Dissertation on the respiratory system of birds, with 6 hand-coloured plates

Alken, The National Sports of Great Britain, 1825, with 50 hand-coloured plates

Unique(?) poster advertising the auction sale of 1,300,000 Havana cigars, 1838

Diorama Anglais, 1823, with 24 hand-coloured plates by Cruickshank

The official 1901 guide in Dutch of the famous Barnum & Bailey circus

The most influential early modern book on witchcraft, magic & superstition, 1612

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World, 1893

Les jumeaux Chinois Célèbres: unique pitch card of Chinese conjoined twins, 1901

Rare 1790 document on the dire financial situation of the VOC

Beautiful broadside celebrating Dutch naval hero Jan van Speijk, 1831

Treatises on syphilis (1706) and scurvy (1705) bound with a 38-page manuscript

The first book on Mark Twain, from the library of the author

German economist Leonhardi on brothels and moral decline, 1792

An illustrated chapbook on the murder of prostitute Helen Jewett, ca. 1878

ABOUT

CONTACT