Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Aus dem Oratorium Das Unaufhörliche. Holzstiche von Otto Rohse.

ROHSE. - BENN, Gottfried. · 1971

CHF 50.00 (€54.09 | $59.62 | £45.12 | ¥9,521)

1971 With 12 orig. wood-engravings. 14 unn. leaves. Large 4to. Orig. black boards, blind-stamped (Christian Zwang). (Hamburg ), Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1971. One of 1300 copies, signed in the colophone by Otto Rohse. Printed with Schneider-Mediaeval of the Bauer type foundry ...

CANTIQUE des Cantiques de Salomon. Das Hohe Lied Salomos. The Song of Songs which is Solomon's. Shir ha-Shirim asher le-Schlomoh.

1966

CHF 100.00 (€108.18 | $119.24 | £90.24 | ¥19,043)

1966 With 8 full-page illus. printed in red, and 21 line illus. by Adrian Frutiger. (23) leaves. 4to. Orig. stiff wrappers. (Winterthur, Druckerei Winterthur, 1966). The only modern bibliophile polyglott edition, with the typography by Bruno Pfäffli, the Hebrew text set in red...

Die seit 1859 in der Stadt Zürich eingebürgerten Geschlechter mit Wappentafeln.

(Egli, Jean, Hrsg.). · 1865

CHF 90.00 (€97.36 | $107.31 | £81.21 | ¥17,138)

1865 Mit 10 farblithogr. Tafeln, goldgehöht. 8 SS. Kl.-folio. Lose. (Zürich ), Egli & Steiner (Litho.), (1865). Separater Anhang zu Eglis "Der ausgestorbene Adel von Stadt und Landschaft Zürich". - Barth 9936. GENEALOGY - HERALDRY ; ZH ;

Die Schöpfung.

STURMANN, Manfred. · 1931

CHF 220.00 (€238.00 | $262.32 | £198.52 | ¥41,894)

1931 8 unn. leaves. 8vo. Orig. stiff wrappers (somewhat discolored, not quite fresh). Berlin, (Officina Serpentis) for Soncino-Gesellschaft, 1931. First edition of this cycle of poems by Manfred Sturmann (1903-1989). Only a small number of copies were printed for the annual me...

The decorated word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th centuries.

BAYANI, Manijeh and Tim STANLEY, a.o.. · 2009

CHF 280.00 (€302.90 | $333.86 | £252.66 | ¥53,320)

2009 With color illustrations throughout. Folio. Orig. cloth, d/j. In orig. slipcase. London, Nour Foundation, 2009. "The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. 4, part 1". This volume deals mainly with Qur ans from Turkey, and Iran.- As new. MANUSCRIPTS:ORIENTAL ; ...

Winsor's History of America. 8 vols.

WINSOR, Justin. · 1889

CHF 800.00 (€865.44 | $953.89 | £721.90 | ¥152,342)

1889 Illustrated. Large 8vo. Orig. red cloth. Boston and New York, Houghton, Miffin and Company, 1889. Vol. 1: Aboriginal America; vol. 2: Spanish explorations and settlements in America; vol. 3: English explorations and settlements in North America; vol. 4: French exploration...

Calling card, with autograph note.

MASSENET, Jules-Emile-Frédéric, French composer, 1842-1912. · 0

CHF 130.00 (€140.63 | $155.01 | £117.31 | ¥24,756)

n.d (Paris ), n.d. Calling card with printed name "J. Massenet" and address "38, rue du Général Foy". To an unnamed recipient: "Vos très charmants félicitations me causent un vrai plaisir - vous pensez à moi et je vous en remercie tant!!" - Glue marks on verso. AUTOGRAPHS ; MU...

Catalogue 153: Bibliotheca Philippica. Manuscripts on vellum and paper from the 9th to the 18th centuries. From the Celebrated Collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps. The Final Selection (106 items).

KRAUS, H. P. - · 1979

CHF 120.00 (€129.82 | $143.08 | £108.28 | ¥22,851)

1979 With 34 color illus. 163 pp. Folio. Orig. cloth. New York, (1979). BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

Catalogue 184 & 187 and 190 ( Bibliographies from the Private Library of H. P. Kraus, New York. Mostly in original editions, and fully described). Vol. 1: From Trithemius to Proctor (667 items). Vol. 2: Bibliography and Reference Books after 1900 (1073 items). Vol. 3: Catalogus Catalogorum (647 items).

KRAUS, H. P. - · 1990

CHF 150.00 (€162.27 | $178.85 | £135.36 | ¥28,564)

1990f. With illus., incl. 4 color plates. Large 8vo. Orig. wrappers. New York, (1990f.). BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

Schweizerische Spaziergänge.

MEISTER, Leonhard. · 1789

CHF 220.00 (€238.00 | $262.32 | £198.52 | ¥41,894)

1789 With engr. title-vignette. 249, (5) pp. 8vo. Contemp. boards with gilt-stamped title on spine (somewhat faded, slightly rubbed). St. Gallen, Huber & Compagnie, 1789. First edition of these philosophical musings by Leonhard Meister (1741-1811), a pupil of Bodmer and Breiti...

Catalogue 173: The Fifthteenth Century. Incunabula from eighty-nine Presses in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, and England, arranged in Proctor Order. (141 items).

KRAUS, H. P. - · 1986

CHF 60.00 (€64.91 | $71.54 | £54.14 | ¥11,426)

1986 With illus. 144 pp. Large 8vo. Orig. boards. New York, (1986). Item no. 1 is a complete Block-Book (Apokalypse in Latin). BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

Catalogue 80: Remarkable Manuscripts, Books and Maps from the IXth to the XIIIth century incl. may first descriptions of hitherto unknown items recently discovered (172 items).

KRAUS, H. P. - · 1956

CHF 125.00 (€135.22 | $149.05 | £112.80 | ¥23,803)

1956 With ilus. (4), 155, (1) pp. Folio. Orig. boards. New York, (1956). BIBLIOGRAPHY ; BIBLIOGRAPHY: PRINTING & PUBLISHING ;

Autograph letter to "Mein guter lieber Eduard", signed "Deine dich innig liebende Grossmutter".

VICTORIA MARY LOUISE, Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria (1768-1861). · 1844

CHF 480.00 (€519.26 | $572.33 | £433.14 | ¥91,405)

26 August 1844 4 pp. 16mo. On a folded sheet of stationery with printed decoration. Frogmore, 26 August 1844. Thanks her grandson Eduard for his letter and good wishes to her birthday. Talks about other family members, a.o. "Deine Tante Victoria und der Onkel Albert befinden s...

3 autograph letters and 1 autograph postcard, signed. With 2 addressed envelopes.

REINER, Imre and Hedwig. · 1943

CHF 320.00 (€346.17 | $381.56 | £288.76 | ¥60,937)

1943-55 3 pp. (Ruvigliana ), 1943-55. Tokens of a lasting friendship of the two artists Imre Reiner (1900-1987) and Gunter Böhmer (1911-1986) who both lived in the Ticino at the time. Three letters addressed "Mein lieber Böhmer", and a postcard with a reproduction of an illust...

Early Portuguese Books 1489-1600 in the Library of His Majesty the King of Portugal. Described by H.M. King Manuel. Livros antios Portuguezes 1489-1600 da Bibliotheca de sia Majestade fidelissima. Descripto por S.M. El-Rei D. Manuel. 3 vols.

MANUEL II, King of Portugal. · 1929

CHF 2,300.00 (€2,488.13 | $2,742.43 | £2,075.46 | ¥437,984)

1929-35 With 22 plates, and more than 1000 illustrations, often in red and black. LVI, 633 pp.; XII, 817 pp.; XLI, 791 pp. Large 4to. Orig. cloth, gilt Royal coat of arms on covers (spines slightly faded). London, (Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press, for) Maggs Bro...

Nuncius Marcellus et Fulgentius Placiades De proprietate sermonum...Adjectae sunt in eosdem notae...Dionysii Gothofredi.

NONIUS MARCELLUS. · 1586

CHF 900.00 (€973.62 | $1,073.13 | £812.14 | ¥171,385)

1586 With large printer's mark on title. 680 (=696) pp. 8vo. 19th-century cloth-backed boards (blind library stamps on first and last leaves, small wormholes at the end). From the collection of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (lot 8897 in his sale, 1882). Paris, Petrus...

Collection of 15 prints and 2 letters, addressed to Maria Geroe-Tobler, all with a short note in Reiner's own hand, signed I. R.

GEROE-TOBLER. - REINER, Imre, Hungarian-Swiss Type Designer, Wood Engraver, Painter and Sculptor, 1900-1987. · 1940

CHF 1,500.00 (€1,622.69 | $1,788.54 | £1,353.56 | ¥285,642)

1940-47 From the estate of Gunter Böhmer (1911-1986). (Ruvigliana ), 1940-47. Interesting document of the friendship between the graphic artist Imre Reiner and his wife Hedwig, and Maria Geroe-Tobler (1895-1963), friend of the painter Hans Purrmann, known for her colorful wove...

Homage to a Bookman. Essays on Manuscripts, Books and Printing written for Hans P. Kraus on his 60th Birthday, October 12, 1967.

KRAUS, Hans P. · 1967

CHF 60.00 (€64.91 | $71.54 | £54.14 | ¥11,426)

1967 With illustrations, some in color. 271 pp. 4to. Cloth. Berlin, 1967. BIBLIOGRAPHY:GENERAL ;

Von unsern Vätern. Bruchstücke aus schweizerischen Selbstbiographien vom 15. - 19. Jahrhundert..

Greyerz, Otto von (Hrsg.). · 1912

CHF 66.00 (€71.40 | $78.70 | £59.56 | ¥12,568)

1912 Bern, Francke, 1912.

Goethe und die Schweiz.

BOHNENBLUST, Gottfried. · 1932

CHF 24.00 (€25.96 | $28.62 | £21.66 | ¥4,570)

1932 Leipzig, Huber & Co., 1932. Die Schweiz im deutschen Geistesleben. Eine Sammlung von Darstellungen und Texten, hrsg. v. Harry Mayne (72. und 73. Bändchen.) 264 S.