BECHER, C.C. Zein Boek te zaamen getrokken (…) aan boord d'Kortenaar. (Noodzaakelyke Pointe uyt de Generale Orders en Instructie der Dag-Zeinen voor een Vloot of Esquader Oorlog-Schepen). 1798. (12) lvs. (last 2 blank). Ms. on laid paper, incl. 1 table on thicker paper displaying moveable (?) signalling flags, all meticulously coloured by hand. Sm-8°. Limp paper cover w. charming cartouche in ink and colour wash in which the title has been written together with "Lang Leef de Republiek" abov e a sea battle scene drawn in ink and colour wash.

COLLECTION of 43 filing folders containing Western manuscript fragments from the collection of Prof. dr. J.P. Gumbert. 12th-17th c. For the greater part on parchment. Diff. sizes.

DRAWING BOOK BY YOUNG APPRENTICE IN THE SILVER & GOLD TRADE AT EMDEN -- 'ANNO 1755 den 14 November Ben ik Willem Abrahams Visser zijnde den 3. Augusti deeses Jaars 12 Jaaren oud geworden bij Den Silver en Goud-Smede AmtsMeester Mons: Haijens in Embde om het genoemde Silver en Goudwerken te Leeren, door mijn Ouders voor de tijd van 5 Jaaren besteld worden. En hebbe dit Boek te Teiken angevangen. (…)'. (1755-59). 88 lvs. 4°. Cont. limp vellum w. 4 ties. (Cover soiled and a bit dam., 1 tie fails, 1 partly present, traces of use/thumbing, but in good condition).

ETHIOPIC MANUSCRIPTS -- MANUSCRIPT, 19th/20th-c., consisting of 109 vellum lvs. c. 70 x 100 mm., written area approximately 55 x 78 mm, 13 lines on each page. The text is written in black and red ink. Small drawing in ink on the last leaf. Apart from some scribbling in ink on the first pages and a few holes it is a nice and well preserved copy. The manuscript is bound in wooden boards w. blind tooled leather. (Spine partly broken). -- MANUSCRIPT, 19th/20th-c., consisting of 38 vellum lvs. c. 95 x 145 mm., written area approximately 70 x 100 mm, 27 lines on each page. The text is written in black and (partly) red ink. First and last lv. blank. Apart from 1 hole (1 cm) it is a nice and well preserved copy. The manuscript is bound in wooden boards. -- (2).

FRANZ I (Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-65) -- WIR FRANZ von Gottes Gnaden Erwehlter Römischer Kayser, zu allen Zeiten Wehrer des Reichs, in Germanien und zu Jerusalem (…) etc: etc:. (1746). (4) lvs. Manuscript in cont. hand on 6 pp., imperial decree formulated by A.H. Glandorff, 15 Febr. 1746. Signed by the emperor Franz I. and with imperial wax seal. Fol. (A bit browned/dustsoiled along edges).

HEGEL, G.W.F. -- PRINTED CERTIFICATE with twice signed "Hegel". Berlin, 23 October 1829. One leaf. 35,5 x 22 cm. W. printed university seal. (Slightly browned along edges).

KLOOS, Willem (1859-1938). Portrait postcard, 3 letters and 1 postcard in manuscript written to Jo (Kaland?) between 29 Dec. 1935 and 14 April 1936.

THIENEN, F.W.S. (De) Arnolfinidroom. 1932. (22) lvs.; 47 pp. Ms. on laid paper written in black and red ink w. 15 drawings/paste ups in text by the author and C.H. de Steurs, together with separate booklet w. accomp. ms. musical scores on pre-printed music paper by H.E. Reeser. 4°. Loose in (a bit dam.) red cf. backed clamshell portfol. w. leather ties.

WILHELM II (1859-1941) -- WIR WILHELM, von Gottes Gnaden Deutscher Kaiser, König von Preußen, etc: etc: etc:. 1902. Handwritten testimony on double leaf, letterhead printed, w. blindstamped imperial seal, for the farewell of prof. Schricker on January 20th 1902. Signed by Wilhelm II.