Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Lettres à Emilie sur la Mythologie.

DEMOUSTIER, (Charles Albert). · 1819

CHF 280.00 (€302.87 | $333.82 | £252.67 | ¥53,306)

1819 With 8 engr. plates. 6 parts in 3 vols. 12mo (100 x 65 mm). Contemp. red grained morocco, gilt frame border. Paris, Libraire de la Cour Saintin, 1819. One of the main works of the French writer Demoustier (1760-81), in a nice binding.- Slightly spotted throughout.

Les femmes de ménage.

GEDEON (i.e. Gédéon BARIL). · 1863

CHF 2,100.00 (€2,271.53 | $2,503.64 | £1,895.06 | ¥399,798)

(1863) With lith. title and 18 lithographs. 4to (335 x 245 mm). Contemp. red boards, backed with red morocco (somewhat soiled, edges and corners worn). Paris, A. de Vresse, (1863). First edition of an album of humorous and amusing caricatures of housekeeping by Gédéon Baril (1...

Influence de la pression de l'air sur la vie de l'homme. Climats d'altitude et climats de montagne. 2 vols.

JOURDANET, Denis. · 1875

CHF 380.00 (€411.04 | $453.04 | £342.92 | ¥72,344)

1875 With 38 wood-engraved plates by Boetzel, 3 chromolithogr. plates (1 folding) and 8 chromolithogr. plates by Erhard. (4) leaves, 388, (4) pp.; (2) leaves, 424 pp., (2) leaves. 4to (283 x 195 mm). Contemporary half red morocco, gilt-lettered spines, marbled boards. Paris, G...

The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy.

(WALPOLE, Horace). · 1781

CHF 650.00 (€703.09 | $774.94 | £586.57 | ¥123,747)

1781 2 leaves (misnumbered), 88 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf (rubbed). From the library of John Whitefoord Mackenzie, with his bookplate (his sale March 24, 1886). London, J. Dodsley, 1781. The preceding first edition was anonymously printed in 1768 in an edition of only 50...

Amusemens des bains de Bade en Suisse, de Schinznach et de Pfeffers. Avec la description, & la comparaison de leurs Eaux avec celles des Bains de Schwalbach & autres de l'Empire. Le tout accompagné d'Histoires & d'Anecdotes Curieuses.

(MERVEILLEUX, David-François de). · 1739

CHF 950.00 (€1,027.60 | $1,132.60 | £857.29 | ¥180,861)

1739 Title printed in red and black. With 1 engr. folding map of Switzerland, and 5 engr. folding views. 6 unn. leaves, 290 pp. 8vo. Contemp. marbled calf, spine richly gilt with label (slightly rubbed). London, Samuel Harding, 1739. First edition. A fine, complete copy of thi...

Sämmtliche Werke. Gesammlet, epitomirt und verbessert herausgegeben von B***. Erster Band mit Vignetten (all published).

LAVATER, Johann Caspar. · 1777

CHF 350.00 (€378.59 | $417.27 | £315.84 | ¥66,633)

1777 With engr. frontispiece- portrait, engr. title- vign. after Schellenberg, and 3 engr. vignettes in the text, by Fritzsch. XIV, 368 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards. Hamburg, Johann Nicol. Carl Buchenröder, 1777. First edition, all published. Excerps from Lavater's (1741-1801)...

Versuch einer neuen Theorie des menschlichen Vorstellungsvermögens.

REINHOLD, Karl Leonhard. · 1789

CHF 450.00 (€486.76 | $536.49 | £406.08 | ¥85,671)

1789 2 unn. leaves, 579, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemp. half calf. Prague and Jena, Widtmann & Maike, 1789. First edition of Reinhold's main philosophical work. Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1758-1823), a close friend and later son-in-law of Chr. M. Wieland, was professor of philosophy in Je...

Testimonio auténtico, y verdadero de las cosas notables que passaron en la dichosa muerte del Rey nuestro señor Don Phelipe segundo, etc.

CERVERA DE LA TORRE, Antonio. · 1599

CHF 3,400.00 (€3,677.71 | $4,053.51 | £3,068.19 | ¥647,293)

1599 Title, 12 unn. leaves, 156 pp., 8 unn. leaves. 4to. Contemporary half calf. Valencia, Pedro Patricio Mey, 1599. First edition of this panegyric of Philip II, King of Spain (1527-1598). Philip II inherited one of the largest empires from his father Charles V, which include...

Les anciens maîtres serruriers et leurs meilleurs travaux. Illus. 2 vols.

D'ALLEMAGNE, Henry-René. · 1943

CHF 540.00 (€584.11 | $643.79 | £487.30 | ¥102,805)

1943 310 pp. of text (vol. 1), and 167 plates (vol.2), loose as issued. In portfolio. 4to. Orig. boards. Paris, Librairie Gründ, 1943. First edition. No. 327 of 600 copies printed. Artistic examples of decorative works handcrafted by ancient locksmiths from the 16th to the 18t...

Serrurier. 57 engr. plates (of which 2 are double-page) depicting artistic handcrafted locksmiths works.

DIDEROT, Denis and Jean Le Rond D'ALEMBERT. · 1760

CHF 1,350.00 (€1,460.27 | $1,609.48 | £1,218.25 | ¥257,013)

c. 1760) 12 pp. of text. Folio. Boards. (Paris and Neuchâtel, Briasson, David, a.o., c. 1760). First edition. On locksmith work, excerpt from: "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des metiers".

Traité élémentaire de la mâture des vaisseaux, à l'usage des élèves de la Marine.

FORFAIT, (Pierre Alexandre Laurent). · 1788

CHF 950.00 (€1,027.60 | $1,132.60 | £857.29 | ¥180,861)

1788 24 engraved folding plates. XL, 294 pp. 4to (260 x 195 mm). Contemporary full calf (rubbed, small defects to front hinge). Old ms. entries on title. Paris, Clousier, Imprimeur du Roi, 1788. First edition of a work by the Rouennais engineer and inventor (1752-1807), who wo...

Opera omnia, ab infinitis quibus scatebant mendis, repurgata & castigata: cum supplemento Rapsodiae historiarum ab Orbe condito, ad haec usque tempora, pulcherrimo ac diligentissimo, in Tomes quatuor digesta...per Caelium Secundum Curionem (general title page in vol. I).

SABELLICUS, Marcus Antonius Coccius. · 1560

CHF 5,450.00 (€5,895.15 | $6,497.53 | £4,918.13 | ¥1,037,572)

1560 Woodcut printer's marks and initials. 4 in 3 vols. (vol. 3-4 bound as one). Folio. 17th century mottled calf, gilt-tooled, marbled endpapers three edges red (rebacked and repaired, crossed name on titles, blind library stamps on first and last leaves). From the collection...

Iustini ex Trogi Pompei historiis externis libri xliiii.

JUSTINUS, Marcus Junianus. · 1582

CHF 860.00 (€930.24 | $1,025.30 | £776.07 | ¥163,727)

1582 With woodcut printer's mark on title, elaborate woodcut initials. Printed in Italics. 16 unn. leaves (incl. 1 blank), 304 pp. 8vo. Contemporary green stained limp vellum, red edges (lower part of t.p. cut out and repaired). Name on title, blind library stamp on first and ...

Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii historiis externis libri xxxxiiii.

JUSTINUS, Marcus Junianus. · 1551

CHF 1,300.00 (€1,406.18 | $1,549.87 | £1,173.13 | ¥247,494)

1551 With woodcut printer's mark on title, elaborate woodcut initials, Gryphius Griffon devise on last page verso. Printed in Italics. 313, (27) pp. 8vo. 18th-century leather (rebacked), blind library stamp on first and last leaf. From the collection of Charles Spencer, 3rd Ea...

Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii historiis externis libri xxxxiiii.

JUSTINUS, Marcus Junianus. · 1573

CHF 900.00 (€973.51 | $1,072.99 | £812.17 | ¥171,342)

1573 With woodcut printer's mark on title, elaborate woodcut initials, Gryphius Griffon devise on last page verso. Printed in Italics. 496 pp., (23) leaves. Small 8vo. 18th-century red leather, gold ruling, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (slightly damaged), blind library stamp ...

De Residentia pastorum iure divino scripto sancita, liber unus.

TORRES or TURRIANUS, Francisco de, S.J.). · 1551

CHF 2,400.00 (€2,596.03 | $2,861.30 | £2,165.78 | ¥456,913)

1551 With large historiated woodcut initial at the beginning. 90 pp., 1 blank leaf. Sm.-4to (193 x 138 mm). 17th-century polished calf, gilt panelled spine, red edges (blind library stamps on first and last leaves, back rep.). From the collection of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl o...

Noctes Atticae.

GELLIUS, Aulus. · 1550

CHF 750.00 (€811.26 | $894.16 | £676.81 | ¥142,785)

1550 With woodcut printer's mark on title, elaborate woodcut initials, Gryphius's Griffon devise on last page verso. Printed in Italics. (64), 533, (1) pp. 8vo (165 x 110 mm). 18th-century mottled calf, gilt paneled spine, marbled endpapers, red edges (hinges weak). Lyon, Seb....

Noctes Atticae.

GELLIUS, Aulus. · 1556

CHF 900.00 (€973.51 | $1,072.99 | £812.17 | ¥171,342)

1556 With woodcut printer's mark on title, elaborate woodcut initials, Gryphius's Griffon devise on last page verso. Printed in Italics. (48), 591, (1) pp. 8vo (155 x 110 mm). 18th-century mottled calf, gilt paneled spine, marbled endpapers, red edges (back restored). Venice, ...

Agathokrator oder von der Erziehung künftiger Regenten nebst Anhang und Beylagen.

BASEDOW, J(ohann) B(ernhard). · 1771

CHF 950.00 (€1,027.60 | $1,132.60 | £857.29 | ¥180,861)

1771 With engr. frontispiece, and 2 engr. plates by D. Chodowiecki. XXIV, 279 pp., 1 blank leaf. 8vo. Contemporary half calf (rubbed). Leipzig, Bey des Verfassers Freunden und in Commission bey C. Fritsch, 1771. First edition. A manual for the education of future rulers by Bas...

Philanthropinischer Erziehungsplan oder vollständige Nachricht von dem ersten wirklichen Philanthropin zu Marschlins.

(BAHRDT, Carl Friedrich). · 1776

CHF 1,200.00 (€1,298.02 | $1,430.65 | £1,082.89 | ¥228,456)

1776 With title-vignette and engr. frontispiece. 8 leaves, 416 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Frankfurt am Main, Eichenberg, 1776. First edition, co-authored by Ulysses von Salis-Marschlin, than owner of Castle Marschlins near Landquart in the Canton of Grisons. The evangeli...