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CLIPPER STAD AMSTERDAM. Amsterdam, Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, 1999. 4to. Wrappes. With many coloured illustrations. 38 pp. [Boeknr.: 35459 ]

€ 15,00

AARTSMA, N. Michiel de Ruyter 1607-1676. Een heldenleven in plichtsvervulling voor het vaderland. 's Gravenhage, Holle & Co., 1942. Folio. Original blue cloth gilt, with dust-jacket. With 101 plates. 42 pp. Fine pictorial overview of the three 17th century Anglo-Dutch seawars, including views of sea-battles and portraits. [Boeknr.: 16839 ]

€ 45,00

ABBOTT, John Stevens Cabot. Columbus, de ontdekker van Amerika. Vertaald naar het Engelsch door J.H. Geraets. Amsterdam, W. Versluys, 1887.Original decorated cloth (foot of spine sl. dam.). With 11 illustrations. 176 pp. Bibliotheek voor de jeugd.- First Dutch edition, a translation of Life and achievements of Christopher Columbus. 1879 [Boeknr.: 37335 ]

€ 35,00

ABRAHAMSZ Jr., Cornelis. Het goud in mijn beurs in plaats van op de rok. De 'Herinneringen' van koopvaardijkapitein Cornelis Abrahamsz. jr. (1802-1879). Bezorgd en ingeleid door W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyn. Zutphen, Walburgpers, 2022. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations and 11 coloured plates. 527 pp. Linschoten Vereeniging CXXI. - Cornelis (Kees) Abrahamsz Jr. (1802-1879) came from a family of Amsterdam merchants, charterers and shipowners. He wanted to join the navy, but it became merchant navy. At twenty-seven he became a captain. In total Kees made fifty sea voyages. He married Catharina (Kaatje) Douwes Dekker. His Memories, written for son Theodorus, are candid, humorous and at times emotional, especially about the influence of brother-in-law Eduard (Multatuli) on the family. Kees interweaves his private life with a detailed description of his life as a sailor and experiences in Suriname and the Indies. [Boeknr.: 36881 ]

€ 75,00

ABRAHAMSZ, Anna. Journaal eener Oostindiesche reis. De belevenissen van een tienjarig meisje in 1847 en 1848. Met een inleiding en slotbeschouwing van M.A. van Alphen. Amsterdam, Terra Incognita, 1993. Wrappers. With many illustrations. 71 pp. The ten-year-old Anna (1837-1908) wrote about her trip to Batavia an informative report about life and entertainment on board during the outward and return journey and about her stay on the island of Java. Anna was a first cousin of Douwes Dekker (Multatuli). [Boeknr.: 11279 ]

€ 25,00

ADELS, Wiert. Wiert Adels. Stuurman op het Hollandsch kofschip De Bloeijende Blom, die zig van dezen bodem, na dat dezelve door de Franschen genomen, met veel bravoure meester gemaakt en den 5 Augustus te Hellevoet opgebracht heeft. (Middelburg), W.A. Keel, (1796).Half-length mezzotint portrait by Charles Howard Hodges after Jacobus Perkois. Ca. 26,5 x 21,5 cm. (Margins trimmed). Wiert Adels was steersman for the ship De Bloeyende Blom which was bringing grain from the Baltic port of Libau. A Duinkerk privateer seized his ship but after a few days he managed to recapture his ship and to seize the chief of the privateers and to throw him overboard. Thus he succeeded to bring his ship into Hellevoetsluis in 1794. This fine engraved portrait of a brave sailor was done by the English mezzotint master Hodges (1764-1837) after a drawing by Perkois (1756-1804). Hodges worked in Amsterdam and was a famous portret painter around 1800. His mezzotint engraving is of very high quality. Cf. Van Someren 227; Muller, Portetten, 17; Van der Feltz 626. [Boeknr.: 21293 ]

€ 275,00

ADEMA, Tjeerd. Dorus Rijkers. De Heldersche menschenredder. 4e druk. Den Helder, Egner, 1932. Sm.8vo. Wrappers. With illustrations. 111 pp. First edition 1928. - From 1923 onwards, the publisher H.J.P. Egners focused his attention on the Dorus Rijkers Fund, named after the rescuer Dorus Rijkers (1847-1928).De Boekenwereld 39, 2023. [Boeknr.: 35482 ]

€ 15,00

AIMARD, Gustave. De boekaniers. - De zeeschuimers. - De goudzoekers. Naar de zesde Fransche uitgave. Volksuitgave. 's Gravenhage, Erven J.L. Nierstrasz, (ca. 1890).Original pictorial red cloth. With 3 woodengraved plates. 127; 128; 127 pp. Gustave Aimard (1818 - 1883) was the French author of numerous books about Latin America and the American frontier. [Boeknr.: 37337 ]

€ 35,00

AKVELD, Leo M. Magnifiek maritiem. Voorwerpen uit het Maritiem Museum 'Prins Hendrik' vertellen hun verhaal. Amsterdam, De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1992. 4to. Wrappers. With many illustrations (several in colours). 142 pp. 157For each object, a text has been written that not only explains the object but also places it in its maritime, social, or technical context. [Boeknr.: 28310 ]

€ 18,00

ALBERTS, A. Per mailboot naar de Oost. Reizen met De Lloyd en De Nederland tussen 1920 en 1940. Bussum, De Boer Maritiem, 1979. 4to. Wrappers. With many illustrations (some in colours). 104 pp. [Boeknr.: 7218 ]

€ 18,00

ALMANAC. Amsterdamsche almanak voor koophandel en zeevaart. 1919. Uitgegeven door het bestuur van het college Zeemanshoop. Amsterdam, Erven H. van Munster & Zoon, 1919. Sm.8vo. Original black cloth, with gilt lettering. With 6 coloured plates with flags. 268,(12) pp. With library stamp of Collegie Zeemanshoop. - This almanac was issued between 1828 and 1943. [Boeknr.: 35505 ]

€ 20,00

ALMONDE, Philips van. Missiven, van den Secretaris T. Baden, geschreven aen Haer Hoog Mogende. Uyt Westmunster den derden ende sesden Junij 1692. Utrecht, Weduwe van J. van Poosum, 1692.Broadsheet. Ca. 46 x 32,5 cm. Reports to the Dutch States General of the naval battle of La Hogue by Philips van Almonde (1644 - 1711). He achieved his greatest fame, during the War of the Grand Alliance, in which the Netherlands and their allies faced off against Louis XIV of France. Lieutenant-Admiral. Van Almonde on De Prins commanded a squadron in the battle at La Hougue (also known as the Battle of Barfleur) on 29 May 1692. There he assisted in Admiral Edward Russell's victory over the French, who were under the command of Tourville, by launching his long boats against the trapped French ships. - (Some browning, small cut out of blank bottom margin rep. Cf Knuttel 13757 ('s Gravenhage, J. Scheltus, 1692). [Boeknr.: 38112 ]

€ 395,00

AMORIE VAN DER HOEVEN, Abraham des. Redevoering bij de plegtige inhuldiging van het standbeeld van Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter, te Vlissingen, op den 25 augustus 1841, in de groote kerk uitgesproken. Leeuwarden, G.T.N. Suringar, 1841.Original printed wrappers. (4),34 pp. Cat. NHSM I, p.460. [Boeknr.: 37473 ]

€ 18,00

AMSTERDAM. AAN DE EERSTE KAMER VAN HET VERTEGENWOORDIGEND LICHAAM DES BATAAFSCHEN VOLKS. Geven te kennen de ondergeteekenden, allen handeldryvende ingezeetenen, woonende te Amsterdam. (No pl., 1800).Folio. Marbled wrappers. 8 pp. 'Requeste, voor diverse handeldryvende ingezeetenen, woonende te Amsterdam'. Complain by the bargemen about the stop on export of diary products. [Boeknr.: 24158 ]

€ 65,00

ANDRIESSEN, Pieter Jacob. Een woelig zeemansleven. Een verhaal voor jongelieden. Vrij bewerkt naar het Engelsche jongensboek 'The log of a Jack Tar'. Met medewerking van Jan Brouwer. Amsterdam, D.B. Centen, (1892).Original pictorial cloth. With plates by Joh. Braakensiek. VIII,231 pp. First English edition published in 1891 The log of a jack tar or life of Choyse master mariner GB. Navy Book. - Story of a whaling sailor. Captured in Peru and returning home to England via France. - A fine copy. [Boeknr.: 37399 ]

€ 30,00

ANTONIDES VAN DER GOES, Joannes. Op d�aenkomst in�t Vaderlant, van het lijk van het lijk van wijlen den ed. manhaften heere Michaël de Ruiter. Amsterdam, Pieter Arentsz, 1677. 4to. Marbled wrappers. With woodcut vignette on the title-page. 7 pp. This poem is a ceremonial elegy honoring the return of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter�s body to the Dutch Republic after he was mortally wounded in 1676 during the naval Battle of Augusta, Sicily, on 22 April 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War. When his body was brought back to the Republic in 1677 to be buried with great state ceremony in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, various poets wrote mourning poems in his honor. It praises him as a heroic defender of the nation, transforming his funeral into a symbol of patriotic mourning and enduring national glory. - RareOnly 2 copies known in STCN 097556696. [Boeknr.: 38133 ]

€ 475,00

ARKENBOUT SCHOKKER, A.E. De samenstelling van schepen. Benevens eenige beschouwingen over vorm, afmetingen en verdeeling van gewichten. Helder, C. de Boer Jr., 1885.Later cloth. With 120 illustrations. (6),231 pp. Manuel for shipbuilding.Cat. NHSM II, p.768. [Boeknr.: 38176 ]

€ 125,00

ASAERT, G., Ph.M. BOSSCHER, J.R. BRUIJN, W.J. van HOBOKEN. (Red.). Maritieme geschiedenis der Nederlanden. Bussum, De Boer Maritiem, (1976-78). 4 volumes. Folio. Cloth, with dust-jacket. Profusely illustrated (some in colours). 369; 389; 434; 398 pp. Standard work. - A fine set. [Boeknr.: 11817 ]

€ 75,00

AUER, W. Eene gedachte en bede. Uitgegeven ten voordeele van de acht treurende weduwen en een en twintig vaderlooze kinderen te Vlissingen. Middelburg, M.S. de Zeeuw, 1873.Original printed wrappers. 12 pp. Published on the occasion of the shipwreck of two ships from Vlissingen Twee Gebroeders and Clemens, loaded with coal and coming from England in 1872, for the benefit of the eight grieving widows and twenty-one fatherless children in Vlissingen.Not in WorldCat. [Boeknr.: 37490 ]

€ 65,00

BACKER DIRKS, J.J. De Nederlandsche zeemagt, in hare verschillende tijdperken geschetst. Tweede, vermeerderde en verbeterde druk. 's Gravenhage, Gebroeders van Cleef, 1890.2 volumes. Original printed boards. With 5 plates. (4),832; 752 pp. First published in 1871-76. - The Dutch naval power, sketched in its various eras. - A fine copy.Cat. NHSM I, p.491. [Boeknr.: 37461 ]

€ 225,00

BAKER, Samuel White. Aan Land gespoeld of lotgevallen van een schipbreukeling. Opgedragen aan alle jongens van acht tot tachtig Jaar. Uit het Engelsch vertaald. Arnhem, Ybe Ybes, (1885).Original pictorial red cloth gilt. With illustration on title-page and 10 plates by Huard. VIII,261pp. First Dutch edition published in 1869; first English edition, Cast up by the sea, in 1869. - The noted Afrcian explorer and abolitionist, Samuel White Baker (1821 - 1893) wrote this juvenile adventure story set in Cornwall which 'relates the activities of the wreckers who lure the unfortunate crews of ships to their doom by putting out false lights on every stormy night' (Quayle, Boys Stories, pp. 109-110) [Boeknr.: 38122 ]

€ 45,00

BALEN, Johan Hendrik van. De scheepsjongen van Willem Barends. De Nederlanders aan de Noordpool, 1594-1597. Amsterdam, Jan Leendertz, (1882). Original pictorial gilt cloth (backcover sl. soiled). With map, facsimile and 4 chromolithographed plates by Braakensiek. 199,(1) pp. De Nederlanders in Oost en West, te water en te land. - Account of Barentsz three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. Written by Johan Hendrik van Balen (1851-1921), a prolific writer of children's books on Dutch national history. [Boeknr.: 36334 ]

€ 35,00

BALEN, Johan Hendrik van. De scheepsjongen van Willem Barends. De Nederlanders aan de Noordpool, 1594-1597. 2e druk. Amsterdam, Jan Leendertz en Zoon, (ca. 1887). Original illustrated gilt cloth. With map, facsimile and 4 plates. 190 pp. De Nederlanders in Oost en West, te water en te land. - Account of Barentsz three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. Written by Johan Hendrik van Balen (1851-1921), a prolific writer of children's books on Dutch national history. [Boeknr.: 36335 ]

€ 45,00

BANCKERT, Adriaen. E. manhafte zee-held Adriaan Bankert, L. Admiraal van Zeeland. (No pl., ca. 1650). Engraved halflength portrait with sea-battle in the background after H. Berckman by Jean du Bois (Johannes van Houten) with 12 line poem by W. Brest. Ca. 44 x 34 cm. Adriaen (ca. 1620-1684) was the oldest son of the famous Joost Banckert (ca. 1597-1647; 'Gesel der Spanjaarden, schrik der Portugezen'). Adriaen played an import role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. He functioned as the most important adviser of the Zeeland admiralty and in 1678 even received a seat on the admiralty council which was exceptional for a navy officer. - A fine portrait.Cf. Muller, Portretten, 203 a; Hollstein 3; Van Someren 241. [Boeknr.: 30879 ]

€ 295,00

BATTLE AT LA HOGUE. The battle at La Hogue. De zeeslag bij Kaap La Hogue, 1692. Neuhaus,1837.Steelengraving after Woollett by G. Döbler. Ca 42,5 x 59 cm. Magnificent engraving of the sea battle of the combined Anglo-Dutch fleets under Russel and Almonde on the French under Tourville. The action at La Hogue in May 1692 formed a crucial scene in the wider context of the Battle of Barfleur. This was a naval battle of the War of the League of Augsburg, 1689-97, fought between an Anglo-Dutch and a French fleet. It was not finally brought to a conclusion until 24 May in the Bay of La Hogue, in the course of which the French flagship �Soleil Royal� as well as the �Triomphant� and the �Admirable� were burned by the English. Depicted is the moment Tourville steps from one boat into another and is seized by an Englishman whose hand he will cut off with his sword. With at the right and central French ships. It is after a painting by Benjamin West who became known for his large scale history paintings. Without caption. - Fine.Muller, Historieplaten, 2858; Atlas van Stolk 2883. [Boeknr.: 13936 ]

€ 450,00

BATTLE OF SENEFFE. Relation des zwischen der Kayserl. Spanischen und Holländischen, und der Frantzösischen Armee unterm Printzen von Conde, den II. Augusti bey Mariemont gehaltenen bluttigem Treffen, so ausz einem Schreiben, welches ein hoher Officier, so selbst mit und darbey gewest genommen worden. (No pl., 1674).Broadsheet. Ca. 43 x 33 cm. The Battle of Seneffe took place on 11 August 1674 during the Franco-Dutch War, near Seneffe in Belgium, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A French army commanded by Condé and a combined Dutch, Imperial, and Spanish force under William of Orange. One of the bloodiest battles of the war, over 20% of those engaged on both sides became casualties, and the result is disputed. The report includes lists of fallen and wounded officers on both sides. - (Without the engraving of the battle).Atlas van Stolk 2600; Cf. Muller, Historieplaten, 2554 for the Dutch ed. [Boeknr.: 38128 ]

€ 395,00

BEEN, Joahan Hendrik. Dagen en daden van Admiraal dubbel Wit. Amsterdam, S.L. van Looy, 1899.Original pictorial cloth. With 4 plates and 16 illustrations by J. de Waardt. 158 pp. First edition. - School price for Jan Pieter van Schravendijk, 1902. - Juvenile on Witte Corneliszoon de With (1599 - 1658), a Dutch naval officer who served during the Eighty Years' War and the First Anglo-Dutch War.Cat. NHSM I, p.429. [Boeknr.: 37188 ]

€ 25,00

BENTINCK, Wolter Jan Gerrit. Wolter Jan Gerrit Baron Bentinck, Schout bij Nacht van Holland en Westvriesland .. overleden aan zyne wonden, bekomen in den roemrugtigen zeeslag, op Doggersbank, den 5den augustus 1781. Amsterdam, Allart, (ca. 1781).Engraved half length portrait of Jan Gerrit Baron Bentinck after Pieter Oets by Reinier Vinkeles. Ca. 33 x 24,5 cm. (not including the wide blank margins). Wolter Jan Gerrit Bentinck (1745-1781), rear-admiral of Holland and West-Friesland, In 1776 was commander of the warship Venus. With it, he drove two Moroccan privateers onto the cliffs and made the Strait of Gibraltar safe for merchant shipping. In 1781, he died in the Battle of Dogger Bank. The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, contemporaneously related to the American Revolutionary War, in the North Sea. It was a bloody encounter between a British squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Hyde Parker and a Dutch squadron under Vice Admiral Johan Zoutman, both of which were escorting convoys.Muller, Portretten, 337. [Boeknr.: 25788 ]

€ 175,00

BERGE, A. van der & H.P. ter AVEST. (Red.). Woelend water, leven en werk van de zeeschilder Nicolaas Baur (1767-1820). Harlingen, Gemeentemuseum Het Hannemahuis, 1993. 8vo. Wrappers. With 77 illustrations (several in colours). 100 pp. Baur was born at Harlingen in 1767, the son of the portrait painter Hendricus Antonius Baur (1736-1817). He painted landscapes, views of cities, and moonlight and winter scenes; he was particularly successful in marine subjects. He is considered one of the best of the later Dutch marine painters. He died at Harlingen in 1820. [Boeknr.: 35471 ]

€ 20,00

BERGH, Samuel Johannes van den. Merkwaardige mannen. Schetsen voor jongens. Gedeeltelijk uit den vreemde. Tweede serie. Rotterdam, P.C. Hoog, (1860).Original embossed cloth, with central gilt decoration on frontcover, spine gilt (extremities sl. dam.). With 4 tinted lithographed plates by P.W.M. Trap. 241 pp. Remarkable men. Sketches for boys. Like Michiel de Ruiter, John Franklin, Karel Linnaeus, a.o. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 36201 ]

€ 45,00

BERKUM, Sandra van. De Rotterdam. De kunst van het reizen. Schiedam, Scriptum, 2006. 4to. Pictorial boards. With many coloured photographic illustrations. 220 pp. [Boeknr.: 36531 ]

€ 30,00

BERKUM, Sandra van. Op reis met de Rotterdam. Welcome on board. Schiedam, Scriptum, (2019). 4to. Wrappers. With many coloured illustrations. 106 pp. [Boeknr.: 36506 ]

€ 15,00

BESTEBREURTJE, Gert Jan. De wereld in vogelvlucht. Reizen en reisboeken door de eeuwen heen. Amsterdam, De Bataafsche Leeuw, 2013. Pictorial boards. With ca. 100 illustrations (several in colours). 236 pp. The world in a bird's-eye view. Travelling and travel-books through the ages. Including chapters on slavery and the slave trade. [Boeknr.: 33169 ]

€ 25,00

BEUKEMA, Hans. Op kruispost. Zeilende loodsen voor de Nederlandse kust. Haarlem, Stichting Spiegel der Zeilvaart, 1991. Boards, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations. 168 pp. [Boeknr.: 35491 ]

€ 18,00

BEYLEN, J. van. Zeeuwse vissersschepen van de Ooster- en Westerschelde. Amsterdam, P.N. van Kampen, 1964. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 36 plates. 70 pp. [Boeknr.: 35460 ]

€ 25,00

BEYLEN, Jules van. De hengst. De botvisserij en de mosselvangst in Zeeland en in Vlaanderen. Met medewerking van Han Reijnhout. (No pl., 2007). 8vo. Boards. With many illustrations (several in colours). 366 pp. [Boeknr.: 35500 ]

€ 35,00

BEYLEN, Jules van. De hoogaars en de visserij van Arnemuiden. Leeuwarden, Hedeby Publishing, 1993. Boards. With 285 illustrations. XVII, 380 pp. The hoogaars is a sailing ship mainly used in the provnice of Zeeland. [Boeknr.: 35495 ]

€ 35,00

BINDER, Franz. Die Zeeländische Kaperfahrt 1654-1662. Middelburg, Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap, 1976. Wrappers. (52) pp. - (Offprint). [Boeknr.: 24219 ]

€ 15,00

BLOK, P.J. Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter. 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1928.Large 4to. Cloth gilt, uncut (spine sl. discoloured). With 100 plates and facsimiles. XX,454 pp. Standard work by the Dutch historian Petrus Johannes Blok (1855 - 1929). - A fine copy printed on heavy paper. . [Boeknr.: 1560 ]

€ 95,00

BLOM, Theodorus A. Scheepsjournaal .. zijnde een naukeurig verslag van zijn menigvuldige omzwervingen in de Caraïbische wateren, behelzende vele merkwaardige gegevens omtrent zijn bevindingen en ontdekkingen, inhoudende avonturen ter zee alsmede gegevens betreffende onbekende gebieden, zijn omgang met wilden en getemden .. Amsterdam, Willem Bontekoe, 1950. 4to. Half cloth. With illustrations by Felix Haedus. 102 pp. [Boeknr.: 15547 ]

€ 25,00

BLUSSÉ, Leonard & Jaap de MOOR. (Red.). Nederlanders overzee. De eerste vijftig jaar 1600-1650. Franeker, T. Wever, (1983). Wrappers. With many illustrations (several in colours). 256 pp. [Boeknr.: 6002 ]

€ 18,00

BOER, G.J. de, A.J.J.MULDER, H.A. SLETTENAAR, E.W.J. VELTEROP. Koninklijke Java - China - Paketvaart Lijnen (K.J.C.P.L.). Alkmaar, De Alk, 1994. 8vo. Boards. With photographic illustrations. 192 pp. History of the Royal Interocean Lines, Amsterdam. [Boeknr.: 34597 ]

€ 18,00

(BOER, M.C. de & J.C. WESTERMANN). Een halve eeuw paketvaart 1891-1941. Amsterdam, J.H. de Bussy, 1941. 8vo. Half cloth. With many plates and illustrations (some in colours). 429 pp. [Boeknr.: 826 ]

€ 30,00

BOER, M.G. de. (Red.). Van oude voyagiën. Amsterdam, 1912. Facsimile editie. Amsterdam, Van Hoeve, 1979. 3 volumes. Oblong 8vo. Cloth, in cloth box. With many plates. VIII,119; VIII,111; 111pp. [Boeknr.: 30618 ]

€ 25,00

BOER, M.G. de. Gedenkboek der Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland 1870-1920. Amsterdam., 1920. Folio. Decorated wrappers. With many photographic illustrations. 104 pp. The Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN), also known as the Netherland Line, was a Dutch shipping line that operated from 1870 until 1970, when it merged with several other companies to form what would become Royal Nedlloyd. [Boeknr.: 20764 ]

€ 35,00

BOER, M.G. de. Gedenkboek der Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland 1870-1920. Amsterdam, L. van Leer & Co., 1920. Folio. Original decorated gilt cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. With many photographic illustrations. 104 pp. Deluxe edition. - The Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN), also known as the Netherland Line, was a Dutch shipping line that operated from 1870 until 1970, when it merged with several other companies to form what would become Royal Nedlloyd. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 38157 ]

€ 75,00

BOER, M.G. de. Geschiedenis der Amsterdamsche stoomvaart. Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, 1921-1922.2 volumes in 3. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers, uncut. With many illustrations and photographic plates. XII, 240; VIII, 412 pp Survey of steamship companies operating between the Dutch overseas territories and China, Japan, South Africa and the Americas. - A fine set. [Boeknr.: 34585 ]

€ 75,00

BOER, M.G. de. Geschiedenis der Amsterdamsche stoomvaart. Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, 1921-1922.2 volumes in 3. Folio. Original pictorial gilt cloth, top edges gilt, uncut. With many illustrations and photographic plates. XII, 240; VIII, 412 pp Printed on behalf of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij, the Stoomvaartmaatschappij 'Nederland', the Koninklijke West-Indische Maildienst, the Hollandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij, the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, the Koniklijke Hollandsche Lloyd and the Java-China-Japan-Lijn. Survey of steamship companies operating between the Dutch overseas territories and China, Japan, South Africa and the Americas. - A fine set. [Boeknr.: 38156 ]

€ 125,00

BOER, M.G. de. De Holland-Amerika Lijn 1873-1923. Rotterdam, 1923. Folio. Decorated wrappers. With many illustrations. 99 pp. From 1873 to 1989, it was a Dutch shipping line, a passenger line, a cargo line and a cruise line operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America. As part of this rich legacy, it was instrumental in the transport of many immigrants from the Netherlands to North America. [Boeknr.: 20765 ]

€ 35,00

BOER, M.G. de. De Holland-Amerika Lijn 1873-1923. Rotterdam, L. van Leer & Co., 1923. Folio. Original decorated gilt cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. With many illustrations. 99 pp. Deluxe edition, binding design T. Nieuwenhuis with drawings by G. van Duffelen. - From 1873 to 1989, it was a Dutch shipping line, a passenger line, a cargo line and a cruise line operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America. As part of this rich legacy, it was instrumental in the transport of many immigrants from the Netherlands to North America. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 38158 ]

€ 75,00

BOER, M.G. de. Leven en bedrijf van Gerhard Moritz Roentgen grondvester van de Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij thans Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw 'Fijenoord' 1823-1923. Groningen, P. Noordhoff, 1923. 4to. Decorated cloth. With many plates. XII,168 pp. [Boeknr.: 11652 ]

€ 25,00

BOER, M.G. de. Piet Heyn en de zilveren vloot. Amsterdam, P.N. van Kampen en Zoon, 1946. Half cloth. With plates and maps. 146 pp. - (Patria). [Boeknr.: 443 ]

€ 15,00

BOER, M.G. de. Het proefjaar van Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp 1637-1639. Amsterdam, Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1946. 8vo. Cloth. With 10 plates. X,156 pp. - (Werken Commissie Zeegeschiedenis). [Boeknr.: 3551 ]

€ 25,00

BOERMA, A. (Red.). Ku(n)stvaart. Groningen, Groninger Museum, 1962. Wrappers. With portraits and plates. Work from marine artists: Jan van der Baan, W.H. Bouwsema, E.H. van Dulmen Krumpelman, Johan Dijkstra, Ruurd Elzer, Marten Klompien, Abe Kuipers, Evert Musch, Dick Osinga, Martin Tissing, Jannes de Vries & Jan van der Zee. [Boeknr.: 35432 ]

€ 18,00

BOGAERS, Adrianus. De togt van Heemskerk naar Gibraltar. 3e druk. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1882.Contemporary half red cloth. 96 pp. First edition was published in 1837. - Poem on the battle of Gibraltar (1607) in which a Spanish fleet of 21 vesels was entirely destroyed. Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk (1567-1607) was commanding the Dutch fleet. The Dutch lost 100 men, including Admiral Van Heemskerck, 60 Dutchmen were wounded. The Spaniards lost their entire fleet of 21 ships and 4000 men, including Admiral Alvares. He became best known as a winterer on Novaya Zemlya.Cat. NHSM II, p.1043. [Boeknr.: 32858 ]

€ 35,00

BOISSEVAIN, Charles F.C.G. Zeilvaart op Nederlands-Indië. Boissevain & Co, 1836-1882 Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2015. Boards. With many coloured illustrations. 144 pp. [Boeknr.: 36504 ]

€ 18,00

BOISSEVAIN, Charles. Het volk van de Ruyter. Toespraak, gehouden in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam, 23 Maart 1907, bij gelegenheid der plechtige viering van de 300ste verjaring van den geboortedag van Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter. (Amsterdam), 1907.8vo. Original printed wrappers. With plate. 48 pp. Celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birthday of Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter.Cat. NHSM I, p. 462. [Boeknr.: 37529 ]

€ 15,00

BOKKEL HUININK, J.A. ten. Constantijn Johan Wolterbeek (1766-1845) van adelborst tot admiraal. Maritieme biografie van een acttiende eeuwse marineofficier. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2004. Boards, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations (several in colours). 135 pp. Constantijn Johan Wolterbeek (1766-1845) was active in the East and West Indies. [Boeknr.: 36534 ]

€ 18,00

BOMMENEE, Adriaan. Het 'testament' van Adriaan Bommenee. Praktijkervaring van een Veerse bouw- en waterbouwkundige uit de 18e eeuw. Middelburg, 1988. Wrappers. With many illustrations. IX,357 pp. - (Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen). [Boeknr.: 37008 ]

€ 30,00

BONTEKOE, Willem Ysbrantsz. Journael ofte gedenckwaerdighe beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse.. Waar by ghevoeght is het journael van Dirck Albertsz. Raven na Spitsbergen, inden jare 1639. Hoorn, Jan Jansz. Deutel, 1648. Facsimile edition. Amsterdam, P.N. van Kampen, 1971. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With plates. (8),80 pp. This account of the ship-wreck, a wonder of seaman-ship, has became a classic and went through many editions and is the most famous story of a VOC ship ending its journey in disaster.Verhoeven & Verkruijsse p.272. [Boeknr.: 6146 ]

€ 30,00

BONTEKOE, Willem Ysbrantsz. Levensbeschrijving. Willem IJsbrandsz. Bontekoe. Geboren 1587, overleden 16.. Leyden, D. Noothoven van Goor, (second half 19th century).Broadsheet with 4 coloured woodengravings. Ca. 41,5 x 30,5 cm. Prenten-magazijn voor de jeugd. - After having passed Madagascar, Bontekoe's ship the Nieu Hoorn caught fire and exploded. The survivors continued their voyage in a small open sloop and after much suffering and many adventures they were rescued in Straits Sunda by a Dutch fleet in command of Frederik Houtman. This account of the ship-wreck, a wonder of seaman-ship, has became a classic. - A fine catchpenny print (Dutch centsprent) illustrating one of the bestsellers of the 17th century up to the 19th century. Verhoeven & Verkruijsse p.84. [Boeknr.: 38032 ]

€ 175,00

BOXER, C.R. The Dutch seaborne empire 1600-1800. Third impression. London, Hutchinson, (1972). Cloth. With illustrations. XXVI,326 pp. [Boeknr.: 6010 ]

€ 25,00

BOXER, Charles Ralph. Zeevarend Nederland en zijn wereldrijk 1600-1800. (Nederlands van J.W. Schotman.) (1e druk). Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, 1967. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With plates. 437 pp. The Dutch seaborne empire. [Boeknr.: 15072 ]

€ 20,00

BRAAM, Jacob Pieter van. Jacob Pieter van Braam Capitein ter Zee en thans Schout bij Nacht van Holland en West Friesland. Rotterdam, M. de Sallieth, 1790.Stipple-engraved oval halflength portrait with sea-battle in the background and coat of arms by M. de Sallieth after Schmidt. Ca. 42 x 31 cm. Van Braam (1737-1803) wrecked with the frigate Huis in het Bosch, captain H.C. Steenis, on the Moorish coast on December 1751. After spending almost a year in slavery, he returned to Holland. He became a servant of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) during the years 1764-1795 and managed to defeat Jahore's forces and thus secure the Company's settlement in Malacca. - Fine portrait with coat of arms and ships. - Very fine state.Van Someren 734; not in Muller, Portretten. [Boeknr.: 21292 ]

€ 295,00

BRANDT, Gerard. Het leven en bedryf van Michiel de Ruiter. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, e.a., 1687. Facsimile edition. Franeker, Van Wijnen, 1988. Folio. Cloth. With allegorical title, printer's device on title-page, portrait, plate of De Ruiter's tomb, double-page plate of the funeral procession and 6 double-page plates of sea-battles and views by Stoopendaal. (6),1063,(19) pp. The most important biography of the famous admiral in Dutch history, Michiel Adriaenszn. de Ruyter (1607-1676). [Boeknr.: 32928 ]

€ 65,00

BRANDT, Gerard. Het leven en bedryf van Michiel de Ruiter. Op nieuw uitgegeven door E.M. Engelberts. Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1794-1797.5 volumes. Original marbled boards (sl. dam.). With engraved portrait, engraving depicting tomb and folding plate of the funeral, and 5 (of 6) folding plates depicting naval battles scenes in Sicily, Nijborg, Algiers, Kijkduin and Plymouth (missing Rochester - Chatham). First published in folio in 1687. - Biography of one of the most famous admirals in Dutch history, Michiel Adriaenszn. de Ruyter (1607-1676), also of great interest for Dutch political and economic history. Dealing with the early voyages to Jan Mayen Island (whaling), Morocco (Barbary Coast), during this time his esteem grew among other Dutch captains as he would regularly free Christian slaves by redeeming them at his own expense, and the Baltic: he managed to liberate Nyborg in 1659, for this he was knighted by the Danish king Frederick III of Denmark. After he recaptured Guinea on the English in 1664 he crossed the Atlantic to raid the English colonies in America. Visited the Caribbean islands, delivered supplies to the Dutch colony of St. Eustatius, and was engaged in Spanish-Dutch sea-fights and conquests. Giving the damage he had sustained at a certain moment he decided against an assault on New York to retake New-Netherland. He fought the English in the first three Anglo-Dutch Wars. His most famous exploit was against the English fleet: the Raid on the Medway in 1667. He sailed up the Thames to Chatham and burned three ships and captured the English flagship HMS Royal Charles, which he took with him back to Holland. It was a costly and embarrassing defeat for the English. On 18 March 1678 De Ruyter was given a state funeral when his body was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. He was succeeded as supreme commander by Cornelis Tromp in 1679. De Ruyters' flagship De Zeven Provinciën is being rebuilt in the Dutch town Lelystad. - (Some marginal staining).Cat. NHSM II, p.44; Sabin 7405; CF. European Americana IV p.168. [Boeknr.: 37459 ]

€ 275,00

BRANDT, Gerard. Het leven en bedryf van Michiel de Ruiter. 4e druk. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, 's Gravenhage, B. van Gerrevink, Jan Daniel Beman, Cornelis Boucquet, 1746.Folio. Contemporary mottled calf, spine richly gilt (1 hinge dam. but firmly holding). With allegorical engraved title, title-page printed in red and black, engraved portrait, engraved plate of De Ruiter's tomb, folding plate of his funeral procession and 6 double-page plates of sea-battles and views by Stoopendaal. (8),1065,(23) pp. Fourth edition, first published in 1687. - Biography of one of the most famous admirals in Dutch history, Michiel Adriaenszn. de Ruyter (1607-1676), also of great interest for Dutch political and economic history. Dealing with the early voyages to Jan Mayen Island (whaling), Morocco (Barbary Coast), during this time his esteem grew among other Dutch captains as he would regularly free Christian slaves by redeeming them at his own expense, and the Baltic: he managed to liberate Nyborg in 1659, for this he was knighted by the Danish king Frederick III of Denmark. After he recaptured Guinea on the English in 1664 he crossed the Atlantic to raid the English colonies in America. Visited the Caribbean islands, delivered supplies to the Dutch colony of St. Eustatius, and was engaged in Spanish-Dutch sea-fights and conquests. Giving the damage he had sustained at a certain moment he decided against an assault on New York to retake New-Netherland. He fought the English in the first three Anglo-Dutch Wars. His most famous exploit was against the English fleet: the Raid on the Medway in 1667. He sailed up the Thames to Chatham and burned three ships and captured the English flagship HMS Royal Charles, which he took with him back to Holland. It was a costly and embarrassing defeat for the English. On 18 March 1678 De Ruyter was given a state funeral when his body was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. - (New endpapers). - A fine copy.Cat. NHSM II, p.44; Sabin 7405; European Americana V, B701/48. [Boeknr.: 34757 ]

€ 550,00

BROERS, Hendrik Jan. Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche zeewezen. Uitgegevene en onuitgegevene stukken bijeengebracht. Utrecht, J.L. Beijers, 1869.Later half cloth (original spine laid down). VIII,256 pp. Contribution to the Dutch sea history, partly from unpublished documents. - (Library stamp on title-page).Cat. NHSM I, p.353. [Boeknr.: 25840 ]

€ 75,00

BROUWER, Judith. Levenstekens. Gekaapte brieven uit het rampjaar 1672. Hilversum, Verloren, 2014. Wrappers. With coloured plates and 82 illustrations. 352 pp. 'The National Archives in Kew (London) holds thousands of 17th- and 18th-century Dutch letters. They originate from ships captured by the English. Judith Brouwer has researched the letters written in the Dutch Republic during the Disaster Year of 1672. They are addressed to friends, family, loved ones, and trading partners at sea and overseas. Remarkably, a large proportion of the senders are people, especially women, from the lower social classes'. [Boeknr.: 38072 ]

€ 40,00

BRUGMANS, I.J. Tachtig jaren varen met de Nederland 1870-1950. Amsterdam, Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', 1950. 8vo. Cloth. With maps and photographic plates. XIX,239 pp. [Boeknr.: 36537 ]

€ 25,00

BRUIJN, J.R. & C. van BAALEN. Van zeeman tot residentieburger: Cornelis de Jong van Rodenburgh (1762-1838). Hilversum, Verloren, 1997. Wrappers. With illustrations. 96 pp. [Boeknr.: 18696 ]

€ 15,00

BRUIJN, J.R., H.J. den HEIJER, H. STAPELKAMP. Julius Constantijn Rijk 1787-1854. Zeeman en minister. Amsterdam, De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1991. Wrappers. With illustrations. 128 pp. During the years 1839-1842 Julius Constantijn Rijk (1787-1854) was governor-general of the West-Indies. [Boeknr.: 26278 ]

€ 18,00

BRUIJN, Jaap R. In het kielzog. Maritiem-historische studies aangeboden aan Jaap R. Bruijn bij zijn vertrek als hoogleraar zeegeschiedenis aan de Universiteit Leiden. Onder redactie van Leo Akveld, Frank Broeze, Femme Gaastra, Gordon Jackson, Willem Mörzer Bruyns. Amsterdam, Bataafsche Leeuw, 2003. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations. 560 pp. [Boeknr.: 28427 ]

€ 30,00

BRUIJN, Jaap R. Zeegang. Zeevarend Nederland in de achttiende eeuw. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2016. Pictorial boards. With 51 illustrations. 319 pp. Covering all facets of Dutch shipping in the eighteenth century, it covers ship life with the Dutch East India Company (VOC), merchant navy, navy, sea fishing, and whaling: the motivation of the sailors, their social backgrounds, life on board, working conditions, medical and spiritual care on board, and contact with home. [Boeknr.: 34158 ]

€ 30,00

BRUIJNINK, S.. Zeevaartkundige voorstellen. Opgelost door S. Bruijnink. Amsterdam, 19 November 1855. 4to. Contemporary half calf. Manuscript. 198 lvs. Not a printed copy could be traced. - No Bruijnink is known at the Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart in Amsterdam. There is also no captain Bruijnink among the Dutch merchant captains. This Bruijnink could of course never have reached the rank of captain. He may have been a merchant navigator. Another possibility is that he was a teacher at a school that taught maths, etc., who also taught navigation. The latter was more common in schools in coastal towns. [Boeknr.: 36992 ]

€ 850,00

CHIJS, Jacobus Anne van der. De stichting der Vereenigde O.I. Compagnie en de maatregelen der Nederlandsche regering betreffende de vaart op Oost-Indië, welke haar voorafgingen. Leyden, P. Engels, 1856. Original printed wrappers with decorative border (spine sl. dam.). (12),175 pp. Thesis. - Van der Chijs outlined the difficulties experienced by the Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarneveldt when he wanted to create a single strong general company to replace the numerous weak groups of merchants trading in Asia, and how this led to the extremely complicated organization of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1602.Cat. NHSM I, p.512; Cat. KITLV p.69. [Boeknr.: 13103 ]

€ 125,00

CRONE, G.C.E. Onze schepen in de Gouden Eeuw. 2e druk. Amsterdam, P.N. van Kampen & Zoon, 1943. Half cloth. With 15 plates. 192 pp. - (Patria). [Boeknr.: 1248 ]

€ 18,00

CRONE, Gottfried Carel Eduard. Nederlandsche jachten, binnenschepen, visschersvaartuigen en daarmee verwante kleine zeeschepen 1650-1900. Met eene verkorte vertaling in het Engelsch. Amsterdam, Swets & Zeitlinger, (1926).4to. Original blue cloth gilt (rebacked) with the original spine laid down). With coloured frontispiece and 85 illustrations on 77 plates. 309 pp. First edition. - An essential reference work on Dutch yachts, inland ships, fishing-craft, and small sea-going ships, 1650-1900. With abridged English translation (35 pp.) with foreword by Henry B. Culver loosely inserted. The fine plates show paintings and drawings, ship models from the 17th to the 19th century and carved ship decorations. - A fine copy. [Boeknr.: 13476 ]

€ 95,00

CRONE, Gottfried Carel Eduard. Nederlandsche jachten, binnenschepen, visschersvaartuigen en daarmee verwante kleine zeeschepen 1650-1900. Met eene verkorte vertaling in het Engelsch. (Amsterdam, 1926). Reprint. Schiedam, Schiepers, 1978. Folio. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 77 plates. 309 pp. [Boeknr.: 7088 ]

€ 35,00

DAALDER, R., L. BLUSSÉ, H. DESSENS, P. ROGAAR, C. van ROMBURGH, D. WILDEMAN. (Red.). De ontdekking van de wereld. Nederlanders in onbekend vaarwater (1600-2000). Amsterdam, Vereeniging Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, 2003. 4to. Wrappers. With many illustrations (some in colours). 144 pp. Twelve essays on Dutch exploration in the East- and West-Indies and the polar regions. [Boeknr.: 19156 ]

€ 25,00

DAALDER, Remmelt & Elisabeth SPITS. (Red.). Schepen van de Gouden Eeuw. Tekst Remmelt Daalder, Henk Dessens, Els Jacobs, Ernst van Keulen, Anton Kos, Joost Schokkenbroek, Elisabeth Spits, Diederick Wildeman. Amsterdam, Vereeniging Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, 2005. 4to. Wrappers. With many coloured illustrations. 127 pp. Jaarboek Vereeniging Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum. [Boeknr.: 35464 ]

€ 18,00

DAALDER, Remmelt. (Red.). Maritieme geschiedenis van Nederland in 70 hoogtepunten 1500-2000. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2004. 4to. Wrappers. With many coloured illustrations. 238 pp. Jaarboek Vereeniging Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum. [Boeknr.: 28554 ]

€ 20,00

DESSENS, H., Fl. HIN. Geschiedenis en restauratie van de haringlogger VL 92 Balder. Amsterdam, NHSM, (1993). 4to. Wrappers. With many photographic illustrations and drawings. 120 pp. [Boeknr.: 26252 ]

€ 20,00

DESSENS, Henk & Elisabeth SPITS. Schepen in het klein. Geschiedenis en typologie van het Nederlandse scheepsmodel. Redactie H. Eschauzier, E.S. van Eyck van Heslinga, H. Hazelhoff Roelfzema, A. Hoving. Zutphen, Walburgpers, 1998. 4to. Wrappers. With many illustrations (several in colours). 142 pp. Jaarboek Vereeniging Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum. [Boeknr.: 37114 ]

€ 18,00

DIEPRAAM, Joh. De bel luidt over't water. Het Nationaal Scheepvaartmuseum in Antwerpen en het Maritiem Museum 'Prins Hendrik' te Rotterdam. 's Gravenhage, Esso, 1988. 4to. Cloth. With coloured illustrations. 64 pp. [Boeknr.: 35452 ]

€ 15,00

DIJK, W.J. De schoonheid onzer binnenschepen. Amsterdam, A.J. Hilgersom/Navigare, 1977. Oblong 8vo. Cloth. With many drawings by the author. 141 pp. [Boeknr.: 35479 ]

€ 18,00

DIJK, W.J. H.K.S. De Hoop. 1898-1938. Uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van het 40-jarig bestaan van de Nederlandsche Vereeniging ten behoeve van zeelieden van elke nationaliteit hospitaal kerkschip De Hoop. ('s Gravenhage, v/h Mouton & Co, 1938). 4to. Cloth. With many illustrations by the author. 60 pp. [Boeknr.: 7475 ]

€ 15,00

DIJK, W.J. De Laakhaven. Met toelichtingen en teekeningen. 's Gravenhage, Gemeentebestuur van 's Gravenhage, (1932). 4to. Half cloth. With drawings by the author. 56 pp. - (Some waterstaining in blank margin). [Boeknr.: 35465 ]

€ 18,00

DOEDENS, Anne & Liek MULDER. Oceanreuzen. Een eeuw Nederlandse passagiersvaart. Baarn, Bosch & Keining, 1990. 4to. Wrappers. With many photographic illustrations. 191 pp. [Boeknr.: 36508 ]

€ 25,00

DOGGERSBANK. Het schip Holland zinkt. (Amsterdam, ca. 1797).Engraving after J. Buys by Reinier Vinkeles, depicting the sinking of the ship Holland during the battle of Dogger Bank 1781. Ca. 14 x 8,5 cm. From Wagenaar, Vaderlandsche historie. - The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle between the Netherlands and Great Britain during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch, under Fleet Commander Johan Zoutman, repelled the attack, but both sides were severely battered, and the Dutch grain trade with the Baltic region came to an end. The Republic's last naval battle was thus a strategic defeat. Muller, Historieplaten, 4447; Atlas van Stolk 4389. [Boeknr.: 33260 ]

€ 45,00

DÖRR, S. De kundige kapitein. Brieven en bescheiden betrekking hebbende op Jan Olphert Vaillant kapitein-ter-zee (1751-1800). Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 1988. Wrappers. With plates. 313 pp. [Boeknr.: 2758 ]

€ 30,00

DOUWES, D.J. De horizon verlegd. Reisjournalen uit de tijd van de zeilvaart. (Haarlem, De Boer Maritiem, 1979). Boards, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations. 143 pp. Accounts of Dutch shipwrecks and disasters at sea. [Boeknr.: 839 ]

€ 15,00

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, (Henri-Louis). Grondbeginselen van den scheepsbouw, of werkdadige verhandeling der scheepstimmerkunst; in't Fransch beschreven .. en in het Neerduits gebracht door een liefhebber der vrye kunsten. Zynde deeze vertaaling, onder het opzigt van twee beroemde Hollandsche scheepsbouwers, verrykt, met eenige aantekeningen, voor ongeoeffende in de Fransche scheepstimmerkunst en in de meetkunde. 's Gravenhaage, Amsterdam, Ottho van Thol & Gerrit de Groot, 1759.4to. Contemporary half calf (sl. damaged), uncut. With title-page printed in red and black with fine engraved title-vignette, engraved frontispiece depicting a shipyard, 9 engraved head pieces by Nicolas Ozanne and 24 engravings on 23 folding plates by Jacob van Schley. 349,XX pp. First Dutch edition; first published in Paris in 1752 Éléments de l'architecture navale; ou traité practique de la construction des vaisseaux. The first training manuel for aspiring naval contructors written by the founder of the school for students of naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre.. - (Age-browned). - A fine copy of a landmark in the development of naval architecture. Cat. NHSM II, p.748; Polak 2859 (French ed.). [Boeknr.: 34755 ]

€ 1750,00

EBBEN, M., H. den HEIJER, J. SCHOKKENBROEK. (Red.). Alle streken van het kompas. Maritieme geschiedenis in Nederland. Opstellen over maritieme geschiedenis in Nederland. Aangeboden aan Femme S. Gaastra bij zijn afscheid als hoogleraar zeegeschiedenis aan de Universiteit Leiden. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2010. Boards. With illustrations. 351 pp. Contributions by Henk den Heijer, Adri P. van Vliet, Jaap R. Bruijn, Leonard Blussé, Roelof van Gelder, a.o. [Boeknr.: 31930 ]

€ 30,00

ELIAS, J.E. Het voorspel van den eersten Engelschen oorlog. 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1920. 2 volumes. Wrappers. With 5 maps. (8),185; 235 pp. I. Het Britsch-Nederlandsche antagonisme in Europa; II Het Britsch-Nederlandsche antagonisme buiten Europa. [Boeknr.: 37132 ]

€ 35,00

EMMER, P., H. den Heijer, L. SICKING. (Red.). Atlantisch avontuur. De Lage Landen, Frankrijk en de expansie naar het Westen, 1500-1800. Zutphen, Waanders, 2010. Boards. With many coloured illustrations. 255 pp. [Boeknr.: 31931 ]

€ 40,00

ENGELBERTS GERRITS, Gerrit. Het leven en de daden, van M.A. de Ruiter, Neêrlands doorluchtigsten zeeheld. In gesprekken tusschen eenen vader en zijne kinderen. Amsterdam, C. Schaares, 1823.Sm.8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. Wth oval portrait on title-page (small marginal stain) and 2 plates after Jacob Smies by Willem van Senus. (4), 268 pp. First edition. - The biography is written in the form of a dialogue between a father and his children. The book describes the meeting between Michiel de Ruyter and Jan Compagnie, a black boy, on the West African coast in 1664. An illustration shows how a kind of Indian in a white jumpsuit with raised arms approaches the Zeeland sailor. It is the earliest depiction of Jan Compagnie. This scene, in which Jan enters the ship from the left while De Ruyter, with a mast in the background and surrounded by other crew members, awaits him, will be copied countless times.Cat. NHSM II, p.848 mentions a 4th edition of 1831 and 1840; Kapelle & Tang, Zwart, pp. 21-27. [Boeknr.: 38107 ]

€ 325,00

EVERTSEN, Cornelis. Den e. manhaften zeeheld Cornelis Evertsen, Lt. Admirael van Zeeland. (No place, ca. 1665).Engraved half length portrait with baton within laurel-wreath with his coat of arms and naval battles on both sides in the foreground by Aarnout de Jode. With five line poem . Ca. 48 x 34 cm. Cornelis Evertsen the Elder was born in Vlissingen in 1610. He was made a naval lieutenant at the age of seven following his father's death in battle, and he took part in a privateering raid in 1626, became a captain in 1636, captured a galleon at the 1639 Battle of the Downs, and was a Vice-Commodore by the start of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. He was wounded and captured at the 1653 Battle of Scheveningen, and he was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1654 and liberated Nyborg from the Swedish in 1659 during the Northern Wars. In 1661, he served under his close friend Michiel de Ruyter during his expedition against the Barbary pirates. During the Second Anglo-Dutch War, he became a lieutenand-admiral, fighting at the Battle of Lowestoft. He was cut in two by a cannonball during the Four Days Battle in 1666. He was a member of a Zealand seafarer's dynasty. - Fine.Muller, Portetten 1575.a: zeer fraaije gravure; See Roos, Het admiralengeslacht Evertsen. [Boeknr.: 33806 ]

€ 450,00

EVERTSEN, Jan. Den e. manhaften zee-held Jan Evertsz. ridder, vice admir. van Zeeland, &. Amsterdam, Clemendt de Jonghe, (ca. 1675.).Engraved half length portrait with baton and naval battles on both sides and 8 line poem in two columns by I. Koerding, after Hendrick Berckman by Abraham Blotelingh. Ca. 44 x 34,5 cm. Jan Evertsen (1600 - 1666), a member of a Zealand seafarer's dynasty, is already at the age of 18 reported as captain of a ship. He fights near La Rochelle in 1625 under Willem de Zoete and in 1626 and 1627 in a campaign against the Barbary Coast under Laurens Reael. Between 1628 and 1636, he distinguished himself while fighting the Dunkirk corsairs. His greatest successes were in 1628 preventing the interception by the Dunkirkers of the captured treasure fleet of Piet Heyn and in 1636 the capture of the famous corsair Jacob Collaert. He also played an important part in the Dutch victory in the Battle of the Slaak against the Spanish. In 1637 he becomes Vice-Admiral and commands in 1639 a squadron in the Battle of the Downs in which he destroys the Portuguese Admiralship Santa Teresa, killing 800 of the 1000 men crew. - Jan Evertsen (1600 -1666) was the most important admiral from the heroic Evertsen dynasty from Zealand, all his five sons were named lieutenants by the Admiralty of Zeeland. - Fine.Muller, Portretten, 1593e; See Roos, Het admiralengeslacht Evertsen. [Boeknr.: 33807 ]

€ 450,00

EVERTSEN, Johan. Den e. manhaften zeeheld Johan Evertsen, ridder, Lt. Admirael van Zeeland, capit. over een compag. voetknechten. (No place, ca. 1665).Engraved half length portrait with baton within laurel-wreath with his coat of arms and with naval battle in the foreground on both sides by Aernout de Jode. With six line poem . Ca. 47,5 x 34 cm. (2 corners rep.). Johan Evertsen (1600 - 1666), a member of a Zealand seafarer's dynasty, is already at the age of 18 reported as captain of a ship. He fights near La Rochelle in 1625 under Willem de Zoete and in 1626 and 1627 in a campaign against the Barbary Coast under Laurens Reael. Between 1628 and 1636, he distinguished himself while fighting the Dunkirk corsairs. His greatest successes were in 1628 preventing the interception by the Dunkirkers of the captured treasure fleet of Piet Heyn and in 1636 the capture of the famous corsair Jacob Collaert. He also played an important part in the Dutch victory in the Battle of the Slaak against the Spanish. In 1637 he becomes Vice-Admiral and commands in 1639 a squadron in the Battle of the Downs in which he destroys the Portuguese Admiralship Santa Teresa, killing 800 of the 1000 men crew. - Fine.Muller, Portetten 1591.a: zeer fraai exemplaar; Van Gent & Paesie, Zeeuwse zeehelden, pp. 97-106; See Roos, Het admiralengeslacht Evertsen. [Boeknr.: 33803 ]

€ 450,00

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