Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Observationum Medicarum Centuria. Cui accesserunt Celeberrimorum Virorum Consilia & Epistolae.

VERZASCA, Bernhard. · 1677

CHF 350.00 (€378.63 | $417.33 | £315.83 | ¥66,650)

1677 (8) leaves, 311 (ie. 309), (17) pp. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. Basel and Amsterdam, Decker & Wettstein, 1677. First edition. Deals with medical observations and diagnoses. Bernhard Verzasca (1628-1680) was the personal physician to the bishop of Basel and the margrave of B...

Nouvelles Recherches sur les découvertes microscopiques et la génération des corps organisés. Ouvrage Traduit de l'Italien ...par M. l'Abbé Regley... Avec des Notes, des Recherches physiques & métaphysiques sur la Nature & la Religion, & une nouvelle Théorie de la Terre. Par M. de Needham. 2 parts in 1 vol.

SPALLANZANI, (Lazzaro). · 1769

CHF 550.00 (€594.99 | $655.80 | £496.31 | ¥104,735)

1769 With 9 engr. plates (6 folding). 2 leaves, liv pp., 1 errata leaf, 298 pp.; 2 leaves, 296 pp. 8vo. Contemp. calf, spine with gilt lettering "Nouvelles Recherches" (somewhat rubbed, defect on upper back), old repair at foot of hinges). London and Paris, Lacombe, 1769. Firs...

Tabulae Anatomicae: In quibus Corporis Humani Omniumque ejus partium structura & usus Brevissimè explicantur; Accesserunt Majoris perspicuitatis causà: Annotationes Et Tabulae Aeneae.

KULMUS, Johann Adam. · 1732

CHF 620.00 (€670.71 | $739.26 | £559.47 | ¥118,065)

1732 With 27 (of 28) engr. folding plates numbered II-XXVIII (lacks plate 1: frontispiece), illus. 16/17 and 22/23 equalling two plates, woodcut end-pieces. 2 cols. 6 unn. leaves (incl. title), 179, (10) leaves. 8vo. Contemp. calf (slightly rubbed). Sm. stamp J.A. Schmid on ti...

Bussfertiges Beicht-Kind, und würdiger Com(m)unicant, oder: Geistreiche und andächtige Gebete und Seuffzer...Samt einigen Buss- Beicht- und Abendsmahl-Liedern; auf Begehren zusammen getragen, und bey dieser dritten Auflage Mit einigen Gebeten vermehret. Title printed in red and black.

KLEINKNECHT, Conrad Daniel. · 1740

CHF 8,800.00 (€9,519.80 | $10,492.79 | £7,940.90 | ¥1,675,764)

1740 With engr. frontispiece. 360 pp. Narrow 12mo (c. 152 x 83 mm). Contemp. South German embossed silver binding with figures in high relief, 2 silver clasps, all edges gilt, brocade endpapers. Ulm, Johann Christoph Glitzelhirn, 1740. Attractive South German silver binding wi...

Das NEUE TESTAMENT unsers Herrn und Heylands Jesu Christi. Recht grundlich, nach der Griechischen Haubt=Sprach verteutschet, ...Von neuem mit allem Fleiss übersehen. With engr. frontispiece and 10 engr. plates. (And:) Die CL. Psalmen Davids, Durch A(mbrosius) Lobwasser in Teutsche Reimen gebracht. Zu vier Stimmen ausgesezt...With music. Engr. frontispiece. (And:) Geistreiche Fäst- und Kirchen= Gesänge. With music. Engr. frontispiece and 2 engravings. (And:) Die Kleine Bibel: Oder: Der Psalter Davids. Durch...Rudolff Walthern Grundlich und eigentlich Aus Der Hebräischen Sprache verteutschet, und von neuem mit allem Fleiss übersehen. With engr. frontispiece. 3 works in 1 vol.

BIBLIA GERMANICA. NEW TESTAMENT. - · 1738

CHF 9,200.00 (€9,952.52 | $10,969.74 | £8,301.84 | ¥1,751,935)

1738 2 cols. 386 pp.; 256 pp.; 88 pp. 8vo (c. 165 x 95 x 25 mm). 18th century Zurich Vermeil binding (fine chased goldplated silver) over wooden boards covered with black velvet, edges gilt. Exlibris. Zurich, Joh(ann) Heinrich Bürckli, 1738. Attractive New Testament in the Zur...

Geschichte der Familie Bodmer von Zürich 1543-1943. Herausgegeben vom Bodmer-Familien-Fonds zur Feier des 400. Jahrestages der Einbürgerung der Familie in Zürich.

BODMER. - STUCKI, Fritz. · 1942

CHF 750.00 (€811.35 | $894.27 | £676.78 | ¥142,821)

1942 Mit 86 illus., 1 colored coat of arms and 1 folded family table in the back cover. XXV, 557 pp. Folio (c. 30,5 x 23,5 cm). Illustr. orig. half vellum, back and top edge gilt. Zurich, Buchdruckerei AG vorm. J. Rüegg Söhne, 1942. One of 330 copies privately printed. History...

Le PARNASSE CONTEMPORAIN, recueil de vers nouveaux 3 vols. (all published). Ed. by Louis-Xavier de Richard and Catulle Mendès.

1866

CHF 5,250.00 (€5,679.43 | $6,259.90 | £4,737.47 | ¥999,745)

1866-1869-1876 With title-vign. and numerous head- and endpieces. 2 ff., 284, (2) ff.; 2 ff., 401 pp.; 2 ff., 451 pp. 4to (c. 255 x 165 mm). 19th century half cloth, backs with gilt lettering, orig. wrappers bound in. (all published). Ed. by Louis-Xavier de Richard and Catulle...

Good companion (Bonus socius): XIIIth century manuscript collection of chess problems...to which is added a short. narrative of Jacobus Cessolis and the two French champions Philidor and La Bourdonnais.

MAGEE, James F(rancis), ed. · 1910

CHF 750.00 (€811.35 | $894.27 | £676.78 | ¥142,821)

1910 With colored frontispiece and 38 full-page reproductions from the original manuscript on 27 (mostly double-page, 1 fold.) plates. 68 pp. 4to. Orig. calf with brass buttons on both covers, t.e.g. (clasp lacking, rebacked). narrative of Jacobus Cessolis and the two French c...

Geschichte des Ritterlichen Ordens St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem. Mit besonderere Berücksichtigung der Ballei Brandenburg oder des Herrenmeisterthums Sonnenburg.

ORDER OF ST. JOHN. - WINTERFELD, A(dolf) v(on). · 1859

CHF 420.00 (€454.35 | $500.79 | £379.00 | ¥79,980)

1859 With lith. title, 18 mostly full-page illustrations (among them there are the color lithogr. frontispiece-portrait of Carl Prince of Prussia, 2 lithogr. color portraits of the Knights, 1 folded map of the Holy Land, plans of Jerusalem, Valetta and the Islands of Rhodes, M...

Nachrichten über die Armen- und Kranken-Fürsorge des Ordens vom Hospitals des heil. Johannes von Jerusalem oder Souveränen Malterser-Ritterordens. Anlässlich der internationalen Hygiene-Ausstellung in Dresden. Als Manuskript gedruckt.

ZWEHL, Hans Karl von. · 1911

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

April 1911 VII, 108 pp. Large-8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Rome, (n.pr.), April 1911. Privately printed. About the welfare of the Souvereign Order of the Maltese Knights.- Slighly spotted, otherwise nice. - Hellwald, p. 53. JOHANNITER/MALTESER ; RELIGION/ MEDIZIN ;

Perspective Id est, Celeberrima ars inspicientis aut transpicientis oculorum aciei, in pariete, tabula aut tele depicta... 2 vols. in 1.

VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Hans (or Jan). · 1604

CHF 5,200.00 (€5,625.34 | $6,200.29 | £4,692.35 | ¥990,224)

1604-1605 Two printed titles with elaborate engr. architectural borders, woodcut initials, 1 (of 2) engr. portrait in the text and 49 engr. plates in vol. 1 (33 + 34 on 1 leaf), and 24 engr. plates in vol. 2. Text printed in 2 cols. 9 (of 10) unn. leaves; 3 unn. leaves. Oblong...

ISTRUZIONI sopra gli obblighi piu principali de' caualieri di Malta. Opera d'uno di essi della... lingua di Francia (ed. by F.A.Pouget) tradotta del Francese... With a dedication to Emanuel Pinto da Fonseca by G.B. Alessandri.

1758

CHF 2,250.00 (€2,434.04 | $2,682.82 | £2,030.34 | ¥428,462)

1758 Title with woodcut coat of arms, 1 full-page engraving with coat of arms of the Order, head- and endpieces and initials in woodcut. (6) ff., IX pp., 1 leaf, 149 pp., (1) p. 4to. Contemporary vellum. Malta, Niccolo Capaci for nel Palazzo, e Stamperia di S.A.S, 1758. First ...

Geschichte des Buches Byzantinische Zellen-Emails A.W. Swenigorodskoi.

KONDAKOV. - STASSOFF (or STASOV), W(ladimir) W. · 1898

CHF 4,400.00 (€4,759.90 | $5,246.40 | £3,970.45 | ¥837,882)

1898 Gold-enhanced chomolithographic Art Nouveau title in red with ms. presentation, 2 chromolithogr. plates, 3 wood-engraved plates and 1 engraved plate by W. W. Matthé. 272 pp., 1 leaf, VI ff. (plates). Large 4to (310 x 220 mm). Orig. white cloth, richtly decorated and lette...

Anfangsgründe der Fechtkunst nebst einer Vorrede in welcher eine kurze Geschichte der Fechtkunst vorgetragen...wird. Neue und vermehrte Ausgabe.

KAHN, Anton Friedrich. · 1761

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

1761 With full-page engraved portrait of the author (mounted), ornamental initials and 25 fold- out engravings of fencing positions. (3) ff., 52, 164, 36 pp. 4to. Modern half blue calf with title on spine, uncut. Helmstedt, Christian Friedrich Weygand, 1761. The first edition ...

Allgemeines Helvetisches, Eydgenössisches, Oder Schweitzerisches Lexicon...in alphabetischer Ordnung. 20 parts.- (And:) HOLZHALB, Hans Jacob. Supplement zu dem allgemeinen helvetisch-eidgenössischen, oder schweizerischen Lexicon. 6 parts.

LEU, Hans Jacob. · 1747

CHF 2,400.00 (€2,596.31 | $2,861.67 | £2,165.70 | ¥457,026)

1747-65 and (supplement:) Zürich and Zug, 1786-97 Titles mostly printed in red and black. With woodcut floral head-pieces and title-vignettes. Together 26 vols. 4to. Contemp. boards with title on spines (supplement vols. modern boards and larger in size). With engr. exlibris G...

Nouvelle collection de costumes suisses des XXII cantons d'après les dessins de F. Koenig, Lory, et d'autres. - Neue Sammlung von Schweizertrachten aus den XXII Cantonen.

(KOENIG, Franz Niklaus). · 1818

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

c. 1818 With 60 orig. handcolored costume plates with their silk papers. 223 pp. incl. French and German title-page. 12mo (130 x 90 mm). Contemporary green boards, back gilt (joints slightly rubbed). Zürich, Orell, Füssli and Comp., (c. 1818). A nice and clean copy of a famous...

Memorabilia Tigurina, oder Merkwürdigkeiten der Stadt und Landschaft Zürich. Third augmented edition, ed. by Johann Balthasar Bullinger.

ZURICH. - BLUNTSCHLI, Hans Heinrich. · 1742

CHF 1,750.00 (€1,893.14 | $2,086.63 | £1,579.16 | ¥333,248)

1742 Engr. frontispiece "Memorabilia Urbis et Agri Tigurini" with a small view of Zurich at the bottom, 1 colored folding map (c. 415 x 370 mm) engr. by Johann Heinrich Freytag after J. J. Scheuchzer and H. C. Gyger, and 39 small engr. views by Johann Melchior Füssli, original...

Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz. Nebst ihren Bildnissen. 4 vols. (without "Anhang").

FüSSLI, Joh(ann) Caspar. · 1769

CHF 750.00 (€811.35 | $894.27 | £676.78 | ¥142,821)

1769-74 With 4 engr. frontispieces. 4 title- vign. (engr. by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg), 124 engr. plates with portraits, and c. 130 partly large text- vign., engr. by Schellenberg (82), Bullinger, Holzhalb, J. R. Füssli, Lips, Pfenninger, Stumpf, a.o. 8vo. Contemp. calf. Boo...

Heidi's Lehr- und Wanderjahre... Von der Verfasserin von "Ein Blatt auf Vronys's Grab".- (And:) Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat. Eine Geschichte für Kinder und auch für Solche, welche die Kinder lieb haben. 2 vols.

SPYRI, Johanna. · 1880

CHF 3,900.00 (€4,219.00 | $4,650.21 | £3,519.26 | ¥742,668)

1880-81 2 leaves, 178 pp.; 2 leaves, 240 pp. Sm.-8vo. Contemp. half cloth (vol. 1), spine faded and corners a little rubbed and bumped) and (vol. 2) red half cloth, black ornamental decoration, gilt lettering on front cover and spine. In a box. Gotha, Friedrich Andreas Perthes...

Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Alte deutsche Lieder (and addenda:) Kinderlieder. 4 parts in 3 vols.

ARNIM, L(udwig) Achim v.(on) and Clemens BRENTANO. · 1806

CHF 5,200.00 (€5,625.34 | $6,200.29 | £4,692.35 | ¥990,224)

1806 (recte 1805)-1808 With 3 engr. titles, and 1 engr. frontispiece by L. E. Grimm, a.o. (without the printed main title-page to the first vol., as usual missing). 470 (i.e. 480 pp., 260-69 numbered twice); half-title, 448 pp.; half-title, title, 253 pp.; 103 pp. 8vo. Contemp...