Auction 117: Details
Highlights of auction 117
The Holy Land, Syria, Idurnea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, with historical descriptions by G.Croly, lithographed by Louis Haghe. 6 vol. London, G. Moon 1842-49. Imp.Fol. With Portr. v. Roberts, 6 lithogr. Tit. with Vign., 121 tinted lithogr. Taf., 2 Ktn. and 120 gr. Lithogr. in the text. Red maroquins. d.c. with rich back, lid, standing, etc. inner edge gilding and gold plating. (Conduct.).
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Summer part. Augsburg, Günther Zainer, 27. April 1472. Fol. With 1 color. Wood chips initials with floral edge strip (mayflower initials) and 122 (instead of 126) color. Woodcuts and with numerous initials painted in red. Printing in two columns, 50 lines, Gothic type, 208 (instead of 211) nn. (Loose book block).
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Theatre de la Milice etrangere. Show stage of various bithero in Teutschland unknown weest soldiers of foreign nations. Augsburg, M. Engelbrecht (about 1742-1750). Folio. with old color. Copper titles and 258 magnificently old-colored and partly raised in gold copper plates, of which 89 are marked with letters with portraits of European rulers, nobles and army leaders on horseback, including Emperor Charles VII, Maria Theresia of Austria, Franz I, Joseph (II), Friedrich II of Preussen, Elisabeth...
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(1912 Hagen - San José/Ibiza 1999). Abstracted figurative composition, ceramic painting/basalt lava plate, (19)94. Sign., dat. u. verso hs. verz. by Gerhard Nikolaus (stone technician at the company Keramische Werkstätten Lothar Hermann, Hassloch/Palatinate). 45 x 64 cm. The work is listed in the archive of the Emil Schumacher Stiftung Hagen under the title K-2/1994 with the inv. no. 05/.205. Abstract figurative composition. Ceramic painting on basalt. Signed, dated and verso labeled.
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(1606 Leiden - Amsterdam 1669). Self-portrait with beret, seen from the front. Orig. etching on Bütten, 1634. Blgr. 5.1 x 4.6 cm, Plgr. 4.9 x 4.4 cm. On three sides with a fine edge around the plate.
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Chapter 1: Old and rare books, manuscripts
Chapter 2: Genealogy, heraldry, politics, economics
Chapter 3: Varia (movie-theatre-dance, freemasonry, judaica, occultism, military,
Chapter 9: Literature and illustrated books 19th century
Chapter 10: Modern literature and illustrated books 20th century
Chapter 11: Natural sciences and technics
Chapter 12: Geography - travel - history