Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Stella. Ein Trauerspiel.

STEINER-PRAG. - GOETHE, (Johann Wolfgang von). · 1923

CHF 1,100.00 (€1,189.85 | $1,311.43 | £992.65 | ¥209,418)

1923 With 6 orig. etchings on plates, signed, and 2 vignettes by Hugo Steiner-Prag. 85, (1) pp., 1 leaf. 4to. Orig. green leather, gilt design on upper cover, spine with label gilt, gilt outer edges, t.e.g. (by H. Sperling; spine faded, minimal rubbing to edges). Berlin, Franz...

Helvetia. Eydtgnossschafft oder Schweitzerlandt mit dero Gräntzen. Nova et correcta tabula.

HAUTT, David. · 1977

CHF 210.00 (€227.15 | $250.36 | £189.51 | ¥39,980)

1977 Map of Switzerland, surrounded by pictures of the capitals of the thirteen cantons and the bailiwicks. Orig. cardboard folder. Langnau, Dorfpresse Gattikon, 1977. No. 325 of 500 numbered copies for sale, from a total edition of 525. David Hautt's map of Switzerland of 164...

Jürg Jenatsch eine Bündnergeschichte. Hundertste Auflage.

MEYER, Conrad Ferdinand. · 1910

CHF 260.00 (€281.24 | $309.97 | £234.63 | ¥49,499)

1910 Printed in red and black. With frontispiece, illus. title, initials and ornaments by Georg Belwe, who also designed the binding. 2 leaves, 236 pp. Folio. Orig. calf, spine richly gilt, gilt title on upper cover (slightly faded and rubbed). Leipzig, (Hesse & Becker for) H....

De l'administration des finances de la France. 3 vols.

NECKER, (Jacques). · 1784

CHF 2,200.00 (€2,379.70 | $2,622.86 | £1,985.30 | ¥418,836)

1784 With folding table in vol. I. VI pp., CLIX, 352 pp.; VII, 536 pp.; VIII, 468 pp. 8vo. Contemp. boards with ms. spine label (rep.). Paris, Panckoucke, 1784. First edition. Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a Swiss banker and Louis XVI's director-general of finance. This famou...

Das Pflanzenleben der Alpen. Eine Schilderung der Hochgebirgsflora.

SCHROETER, C(arl). · 1908

CHF 120.00 (€129.80 | $143.06 | £108.29 | ¥22,846)

1908 With 5 folding plates, 1 plate in stereo-photography, 4 folding tables, and 274 text illus., often after drawings by Ludwig Schroeter. XVI, 806 pp., 1 leaf. Large 8vo. Orig. half leather, spine gilt (slightly rubbed). Zurich, Albert Raustein, 1908. First edition of Carl S...

HELVETISCHER ALMANACH für das Jahr 1807.

1806

CHF 720.00 (€778.81 | $858.39 | £649.73 | ¥137,074)

1806 With engr. frontispiece by J. H. Meyer (view of Goldau), engr. title, 4 engr. handcolored costume plates, 6 engr. views by Meyer (4 folding), and 1 engr. folding map of the cantons Schwyz and Zug by Scheuermann, handcolored. 4 leaves calendar, 204 pp. Small 8vo. Orig. ill...

Schweitzerischer Ehrentempel, In welchem Die wahren Bildnisse teils verstorbener, teils annoch lebender Berühmter Männer geistlich- und weltlichen Standes, sowol aus den XIII. als zugewandten Orten ... in ... Kupferstichen ... vorgestellet werden.

HERRLIBERGER, David. · 1748

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

1748 Title printed in red an black. With 20 portraits engr. by Herrliberger, each accompanied by 2 pages of text. 1 leaf preface by A.W.B. (i.e. August Johann Buxtorf). Small 4to. 19th-cent. boards (somewhat rubbed). Basel, Daniel Eckenstein, 1748. First part of three of Herrl...

Schweitzerischer Ehrentempel, In welchem Die wahren Bildnisse teils verstorbener, teils annoch lebender Berühmter Männer geistlich- und weltlichen Standes, sowol aus den XIII. als zugewandten Orten ... in ... Kupferstichen ... vorgestellet werden.

Herrliberger, David. · 1748

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

1748 Mit 20 gest. Portraits von Herrliberger, jedes begleitet von 2 S. Text. Titel in rot und schwarz gedruckt; 1 Bl. Vorwort von A.W.B. (i.e. August Johann Buxtorf). Kl.-4to. Ppbd. d. 19. Jhdts. (etwas berieben). Basel, Daniel Eckenstein, 1748. Erster von insgesamt drei Teile...

Letter signed. To Andreas Kronberger, tax collector at Freiburg(?).

AUGUSTUS, Elector of Saxony, 1526-1586. · 1553

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

22 March, (15)70 1 leaf (text 1/2 p.). With address on verso. Folio. Dresden, 22 March, (15)70. Augustus announces that his council will arrive at the abbey of St. George near Naumburg (Saale) on the second Sunday after Easter ("Misericordias domini") and that they will stay f...

La Frégate "La Sérieuse" ou la plainte du Capitaine. Poème.

FALKÉ. - VIGNY, Alfred de. · 1923

CHF 880.00 (€951.88 | $1,049.14 | £794.12 | ¥167,535)

1923 With illus. title and 14 pochoir colored illus. (4 full-page) by Pierre Falké. 37 pp., 1 leaf. Large 8vo. Dark brown morocco, gilt single fillet around sides, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut (by Jenny Hodgskin). Paris, (Ducros, Lefèvre et Colas, ...

Toi et moi.

GUÉRIN. - GÉRALDY, Paul. · 1932

CHF 120.00 (€129.80 | $143.06 | £108.29 | ¥22,846)

1932 With 35 color illustrations (front cover, frontispiece and 33 head-pieces) by Charles Guérin. 173, (1) pp., 1 leaf. 8vo. Orig. illus. wrappers. In orig. slipcase. Paris, H. Piazza, (1932). This edition includes the previously unpublished poem "Retour". - Monod 5286. LITER...

Sententiarum illustrium, Apophthegmatum, Similium, nonnullarum item piarum sententiarum collectio a Petro Lagnerio Compendiensi in lucem edita. P(ublii) Terentij, aliorumque, optimorum auctorum insigniores sententiae ... Nuper accessere Demosthenis sententiae ex Graeco ... traducta.

CIC(ERO), M(arcus) T(ullius). · 1585

CHF 1,100.00 (€1,189.85 | $1,311.43 | £992.65 | ¥209,418)

1585 Title within ornamental frame, woodcut device at the end. 510 pp., 9 unn. leaves (last blank). 12mo. Contemp. blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, brown-stamped center medallions on covers and four angle fleurons, spine in five compartments with fleurons (slightly rub...

Der Kanton Appenzell. Land, Volk und dessen Geschichte bis auf die Gegenwart, dargestellt für das Volk.

ZELLWEGER, J(ohann) K(onrad). · 1867

CHF 290.00 (€313.69 | $345.74 | £261.70 | ¥55,210)

1867 With 1 folding table. XII, 675, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemp. half leather. Trogen, J. Schläpfer, (1867). First edition of this work on Appenzell, initially conceived as a text book for schools, later expanded into a detailed history leading up to 1858. It offers topographical de...

De miraculis occultis naturae libri IIII, Item de vita cum animi et corporis incolumitate ... hic verum nunquam antehac editus.

LEMNIUS, Levinus (i.e. Lievens LEMMENS). · 1598

CHF 2,450.00 (€2,650.12 | $2,920.91 | £2,210.90 | ¥466,432)

1598 With woodcut printer's device on title. 8 leaves, 582 pp., 28 leaves. Thick small 8vo. Contemp. leather, with a dark-stamped panel with center ornaments, angle fleurons and acorns, spine in 4 compartments with the same fleurons. Engr. heraldic exlibris on front pastedown....

Italienische Forschungen. Erster-Dritter Theil. 3 vols.

RUMOHR, Carl Friedrich von. · 1827

CHF 700.00 (€757.18 | $834.55 | £631.69 | ¥133,266)

1827-31 X pp., 1 leaf, 355, (1) pp.; VIII pp., 1 leaf, 420 pp., 1 leaf (corrections); XVI pp., 1 leaf, 242 pp., 1 leaf (corrections). 8vo. 19th-cent. half leather, spines gilt (hinges repaired). Berlin and Stettin, Nicolai, 1827-31. First edition, "a work of epoch making impor...

Sententiarum libri IIII. Ed. by Iohannes Aleaume.

PETRUS LOMBARDUS. · 1557

CHF 3,800.00 (€4,110.38 | $4,530.39 | £3,429.15 | ¥723,445)

1557 With woodcut floral initial at the beginning. (8), 456, (2) leaves. 8vo. Contemp. blind-tooled pigskin over three raised bands, date "1561" stamped on front cover, roll-stamp with "Spes, Fides, Charitas and Justitita" symbols around covers, remnants of old paper label and...

HELVETISCHER CALENDER auf die Jahre 1780-1798. Together 19 vols. (all published).

1779

CHF 5,500.00 (€5,949.24 | $6,557.14 | £4,963.25 | ¥1,047,091)

1779-97 With 19 engr. titles, 113 folding views, engr. by Salomon Gessner (53), a.o., 1 engr. portrait of Nikolaus von Flüe, 1 engr. costume plate, 5 (1 folding) sheets of music, 10 engr. plates with the phases of the moon. 16mo. Orig. marbled boards, gilt-decorated, edges gil...

BAS-RELIEFS du Parthénon et du temple de Phigalie disposés suivant l'ordre de la composition originale et gravés par les procédés de M. Achille Collas sous la direction de Paul Delaroche, Henriquel Dupont et Charles Lenormant. Nouvelle edition.

PARTENON FRIESZ. - · 1860

CHF 250.00 (€270.42 | $298.05 | £225.60 | ¥47,595)

1860 With 20 engr. plates. 2 leaves, 39 pp. Oblong 4to. Orig. blind-stamped red cloth with gilt lettering on upper cover. Paris, (Bonaventure et Ducessois, for) Didier, 1860. "Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique", part I (monuments antiques). Faithful renditions of all reli...

Opera: Quorum nonnulla nunc primum reliqua emendatiora eduntur (by G. Fornerius). 2 parts in 1 vol.

CASSIODORUS, (Flavius) Magnus Aurelius. · 1588

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

1588 With woodcut printer's device on title and many small metal cut initials or head-pieces. (50), 368 leaves, 381-384 (quire HHh skipped in the count), 76 leaves. 4to. 17th century limp vellum with ms. title on spine, ties. Paris, Marcus Orry, 1588. First edition of Cassiodo...

Oeuvres complètes. Mises en ordre et précédées d'une notice historique par A. Richard, suivies de la classification comparée d'après MM. Cuvier, Lesson, etc. etc. 5 vols.

BUFFON, (Georges-Louis Leclerc de). · 1856

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

1856-58 With engr. plate by Oudet after Chazal ("L'Homme"), and 99 handcolored wood-engr. plates after Edouard de Traviès, partly gummed. Large 8vo. 19th-cent. half leather, gilt lettering on spines (by C. Honegger, Basel). Paris, Dufour, Mulat & Boulanger, 1856-58. Buffon's (...