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RARE BOOKS

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An early 19th-century case of intersexuality, gender and sex, with 5 plates
Out of stock
NEW ARRIVAL
Cuthbertson's improved vacuum pump, with 2 plates
Price€ 950,00
NEW ARRIVAL
A defence of mesmerism by the preeminent magnetizer of Lyon
Price€ 325,00
NEW ARRIVAL
First edition of a rare Dutch algebra textbook, with a frontispiece portrait
Price€ 1.250,00
NEW ARRIVAL
3rd copy located of Antwerp medical textbook, with treatise on syphilis, 1726
Price€ 550,00
NEW ARRIVAL
One of the most important works in the history of public health
Price€ 375,00
NEW ARRIVAL
Coats-of-arms of monarchs, noblemen and clergy, 70 plates
Price€ 500,00
NEW ARRIVAL
The Marriage Progress of Marie Antoinette, one of only 25 copies printed
Price€ 250,00
Important account of the Atacama Desert with folding map and 27 plates
Price€ 950,00
An account of croup, lovely unopened copy, 1808
Price€ 275,00
An 1873 manual to cure stuttering
Price€ 450,00
Four medical works by Jean Varandal in one volume, from the library of Bob Luza
Price€ 2.750,00
SOLD
Detailed German manual on taxidermy, 1799
Out of stock
1842 Auction catalogue of Artaria & Compagnie
Price€ 275,00
Dutch astrological manual by mysterious author, untrimmed
Price€ 300,00
Spinozistic work published by Aart Wolsgrein in 1693, banned in 1708
Price€ 400,00
SOLD
A large etching of Brunings's flow velocity instrument, 1798
Out of stock
Unique(?) poster advertising the auction sale of 1,300,000 Havana cigars, 1838
Price€ 300,00
't Geheim van't Fransche hof, 1680. With 8 plates, possibly by Romeyn de Hooghe
Price€ 1.450,00
Large signed micrographic mizrah plaque by Levi(e) David van Gelder, ca. 1846
Price€ 5.000,00
RESERVED
An engraved portrait of celebrated Dutch dwarf Simon Paap, 1823
Out of stock
Indagine's influential occult manual, with dozens of wonderful woodcuts, 1543
Price€ 975,00
First edition of a classic study on giants and dwarfs, 1868
Price€ 275,00
Pirate edition of Frezier's fireworks manual, The Hague, 1741, with 8 plates
Price€ 675,00
A 1784 defense of animal magnetisme
Price€ 295,00
Lovely copy of Linnaeus's Genera plantarum, with 2 plates and a table
Price€ 750,00
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
Colour plate book with 32 finely hand-coloured etchings after Christina Chalon
Price€ 925,00
A 1598 edition of Lemnius's Secrect miracle of nature
Price€ 1.250,00
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
Medical dissertation on drinking warm water, 1689
Price€ 225,00
Specimen observationum academicarum, ad monstrorum historiam, 1765, 7 plates
Price€ 1.250,00
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
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
Diploma of Doctor of Medicine for Wilhelmus Noortwyk, Leiden University, 1735
Price€ 2.350,00
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
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
Les jumeaux Chinois Célèbres: unique pitch card of Chinese conjoined twins, 1901
Price€ 475,00

ABOUT

Dedicated to the weird and wonderful, Black Dog Rare Books was established in December 2018. Based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, I offer quirky, unusual, interesting and rare books and ephemera from four centuries.

I have 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, I have broad experience in the world of rare books.

I am a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). My clients include libraries, museums, private collectors and fellow members of the trade.

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

Steven de Joode

CONTACT

Germaine Haak

Steven de Joode

+31 (0)6 30642066

+31 (0)6 46076471

Visitors welcome by appointment only.

BLACK DOG

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RARE BOOKS

BOOKS

An early 19th-century case of intersexuality, gender and sex, with 5 plates

Cuthbertson's improved vacuum pump, with 2 plates

A defence of mesmerism by the preeminent magnetizer of Lyon

First edition of a rare Dutch algebra textbook, with a frontispiece portrait

3rd copy located of Antwerp medical textbook, with treatise on syphilis, 1726

One of the most important works in the history of public health

Coats-of-arms of monarchs, noblemen and clergy, 70 plates

The Marriage Progress of Marie Antoinette, one of only 25 copies printed

Important account of the Atacama Desert with folding map and 27 plates

An account of croup, lovely unopened copy, 1808

An 1873 manual to cure stuttering

Four medical works by Jean Varandal in one volume, from the library of Bob Luza

Detailed German manual on taxidermy, 1799

1842 Auction catalogue of Artaria & Compagnie

Dutch astrological manual by mysterious author, untrimmed

Spinozistic work published by Aart Wolsgrein in 1693, banned in 1708

A large etching of Brunings's flow velocity instrument, 1798

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

't Geheim van't Fransche hof, 1680. With 8 plates, possibly by Romeyn de Hooghe

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

An engraved portrait of celebrated Dutch dwarf Simon Paap, 1823

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

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

A 1598 edition of Lemnius's Secrect miracle of nature

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

Medical dissertation on drinking warm water, 1689

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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