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SHORT TITLE-LIST OF BOOKS OFFERED AT THE
ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR, OLYMPIA 2012, BOOTH 10
No. 1 – 32 Geography
33 – 59 Natural Sciences
60 – 84 Miscellaneous
1 ANSON, George. Voyage autour du Monde, fait dans les Anne'es MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. Dans la
Mer du Sud... Publié par Richard Walter. Traduit de l'Anglois. Genf, Gosse & Comp., 1750. 4to.
XXIV, 363 pp., with 14 (12 folded) engraved maps and plans and 20 folded engraved plates.
Contemporary leather binding, spine richly gilt, with back label, (slightly worn, edges bumped,
hinges restored). £ 1.400.00
In addition: Voyage a la Mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers commandant le Vaisseau le
Wager: Pour servir de suite au Voyage de Georges Anson. Lyon, Duplain, 1756. 2 unn. ll., 185,
XIII pp., with engraved vignette on title.
Second French edition (appendix is the first ed.). Sabin 1637; Graesse I, 141; vgl. Cox I, 49
(Engl. edition). Together with the appendix this work is a rare report about the famous expedition
of Admiral Anson. He started with 8 ships in Portsmouth in order to ambush the Spanish at the
west coast of South America, but he already lost 7 of his ships during the circumnavigation of
Cape Hoorn and at the coast of southern Chile. Due to these disastrous losses, he abandoned
his plan. With one remaining ship he went through the Juan Fernandez Islands, passing
Mexico’s west coast, crossed the Pacific nearby the Marianas, went on to Macao and after
passing the Cape of Good Hope he came back to England in 1744. Plates with views, ships, etc.
Maps show amongst others Patagonia, the Philippines, Manila, the Juan Fernandez Islands, the
Pacific Ocean, etc. Folded maps partly restored to some extent with small tears, inner hinge
glued, Ex-Libris on inside cover and endpaper. Fine copy.
2 BATTELY, Joanne. Antiquitates Rutupinae. Opus posthumum. Oxford, Sheldon, 1711. 8vo. 4
unn. ll., 92 pp., 1 unn. l., with 1 engraved title vignette, 1 folded engraved map, 3 folded
engraved plates, 2 engraved vignettes and 1 engraved initial. New half calf with original label,
slightly gilt back, (binding slightly worn). £ 180.00
First edition. Cox III, 469. Battely (1646-1708), Archbishop of Canterbury, describes the Roman
antiquities and findings of Richborough and Thanet. The map represents the island Thanet, the
plates show illustrations of different archaelogical finding, e.g. jewellery and coins. Bookplate on
inner title (Innendeckel), slightly spotted.
3 (BEHAIM VON SCHWARZBACH, Georg Friedrich). Asiatische und Africanische
Denckwürdigkeiten dieser Zeit, das ist Beschreibung der Königreiche, Herrschafften und Länder
deß Grossen Moguls, des Grossen Neguz, oder so genannten Priester Johannis, deß
Königreichs von Argier, und der Länder Barbariae und Mauritaniae, nebst dem Africanischen
Judenthum.... Nuremberg, W.M. Endter und J.A. Endter Erben, 1676. 4to. Engraved title. 7 unn.
ll., 728 pp., 12 unn. ll. Contemporary parchment, (minor foxing). £ 5.300.00
In addition:
MENDEZ PINTO, Ferdinand. Wunderliche und Merckwürdige Reisen, welche er innerhalb ein
und zwantzig Jahren durch Europa, Asia, und Africa, und deren Königreiche und Länder; als

Abyssina, China, Japon, Tartarey, Siam....und andere Oerter verrichtet. Nun erst in
Hochteutsche übersetzet. Amsterdam, H.u.D. Boom (=Nuremberg, Felssecker), 1671. 4to.
Engraved title. 3 unn. ll., 392 (recte 390) pp., 1 white leaf, with 11 engraved plates.
LA PEYRERE, I. de. Bericht von Gröhnland, gezogen aus zwo Chroniken: Einer alten
Ihslandischen und einer neuen Dänischen; übergesand in Frantzösischer Sprahche... Jetzo aber
Deutsch gegäben.... von Henrich Sivers. Hamburg, J. Nauman und J. Wolf, 1674. 4 unn. ll., 70
pp., with 1 engraved folded map and 3 engraved plates.
NEITZSCHITZ, Georg Christoph von. Sieben-jährige und gefährliche Welt-Beschauung
durch... Europa, Asia und Africa. Wobey alles, aller Orte Denckwürdiges fleißig erforschet und
auffgezeichnet worden.... Bautzen, Kretzschmar, Leipzig, J.B. Oehler, 1673. Engraved
frontispiece, 389 pp., 10 unn. ll.
1) First edition. VD 17 3: 604173M; BL A959; Fumagalli 105. Extremely rare compilation of
different travelogues, among them an account of the journey of Giacomo Baretti (1655), a report
on oriental gemstones and perls in Asia, and starting on page 577 "Von gegenwärtiger
Beschaffenheit deß Judenthums. Absonderlich in Africa und der sogenannten Barbarey." The
title, engraved by J.N. Schurtz, represents the Great Mogul who is surrounded by 4 men.
2) First German edition, one of 2 existing print variations. Palau 163.211; Cordier BI 112 und BJ
38; Fumagalli 103; Graesse V, 301; Weller Druckorte I, 33. Famous travel report of the
Portuguese Mendez Pinto, which contains one of the first accounts of Japan. The first
Portuguese edition was already published in 1614. Pinto left for India on 11th March 1537 which
was the beginning of a 21-year-long journey through Asia. By his own account he visited
numerous East Asian countries (e.g. China, Thailand) and he was one of the first Europeans to
travel in Japan.
3) First German edition, very rare. - Sabin 38972; vgl. Jenkins 135 (Dutch edition). On behalf of
the Earl of Condé the author went to Scandinavia where he contacted the Danish scientist Ole
Worm and the Swedish Queen Christina. Their exchange of information and ideas resulted in the
emergence of this work on Greenland. He describes the history, geographical position and
discovery, inhabitants, flora and fauna as well as different Greenland expeditions. The plates
show a Greenland family in fur clothes, a narwhale and fishermen in a kayak.
4) Third edition. Kainbacher I, 166; vgl. Gay 269; Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 66. Description of the author’s
both Orient journeys from 1630-31 and 1634-36. On his first journey he travelled via Padua,
Venice, Cattaro and Smyrna to Constantinople where he stayed for one year. The second
journey took him to Cairo, to the Pyramids, to Mount Sinai (which he describes in detail) and
further via Beirut, Sidon and Samaria to Jerusalem. At the same time illustrated editions were
published in Nuremberg; our copy without plates.
Fine collection of 4 important and partly extremely rare geographical works in very good
condition.
4 BERTIUS, P. Commentariorum rerum germanicarum libri tres. Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, 1616.
Oblong 4to. Engraved title. 4 unn. ll., 732 pp., 1 unn. ll., with 1 full-page engraved coat of arms,
26 (20 full-page) engraved plates and 101 full-page engraved views. Boards with label, (edges
and corners rubbed, slightly spotted). £ 8.500.00
First edition. Phillips-Le Gear 8526; Tiele 102; Nebehay-W. 94. One of the most important
illustrated works with views of nearly all important cities in Germany and its surrounding
countries. The plates represent views of Aachen, Augsburg, Basel, Bern, Bonn, Bremen, Danzig,
Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt/M., Hamburg, Heidelberg, Innsbruck, Cologne, Copenhagen, Lübeck,
Marburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Prague, Speyer, Strassburg, Trier, Vienna, etc. The view of Trier
is mounted. Very light foxing, the last pages are a little waterstained, overpasted handwriting on
upper margin of title (covering small part of title engraving). Stamp on title and coat of arms.
5 BRÖNDSTED, P.O. Reisen und Untersuchungen in Griechenland, nebst Darstellung und
Erklärung vieler neuentdeckter Denkmäler griechischen Styls, und einer kritischen Übersicht
aller Unternehmungen dieser Art, von Pausanius bis auf unsere Zeiten. 2 volumes (no more
vols. published). Paris, Firmin Didot, 1826-1830. Folio. XX, 129; XXII, pp. (131)-318, 1 unn. l.,
with 2 engraved title vignettes, 25 (5 double-page, 1 folded) plates and 36 (3 coloured, 1
bicoloured) text illustrations. Original boards, (slightly worn and bumped, little foxing). £ 2.650.00

First edition, rare. Blackmer 214; MNE I, 106; vgl. Brunet I, 1274. "Bröndsted was trained in
Denmark as an archaeologist and philologist. After travelling in France and Italy for some years
he left Italy in 1810 on the company of Haller van Hallerstein, Linckh and Stackelberg with the
intention of exploring Greece and Asia Minor. This group was involved in the excavations at
Aegina, and together with Cockerell and Foster they also excavated at Bassae..." (Blackmer).
The travel report which evolved from this journey was published in French and English at the
same time and was originally planned to consist of 8 volumes. Minimally stained, stamp on back
of title. Very fine and clean copy.
6 COOK, Jacques. Voyage dans l'hémisphère austral, et autour du monde, fait sur les vaisseaux
de Roi, l'aventure, & la résolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774 & 1775. Dans lequel on a inséré la
relation du Capitaine Furneaux, & celle de Forster. Traduit de l'anglois. 5 volumes. Paris, Hotel
de Thou, 1778. 4to. With engraved portrait and 67 partly folded engraved maps and plates.
Contemporary calf, gilt spine and gilt coat of arms on cover, (slightly worn, top of spine of vols. 1
and 2 restored). 3.300.00
First French edition. Sabin 16249; Cox I, 60; Henze I, 675 ff.; Graesse II, 258; Beddie 1223.
Report of James Cooks second journey which essentially was the exploration of the southern
hemisphere in search of a new continent. "His voyage of 1772-75 settled the age-long question
of the existence of another continent, the Terra Australis Incognita, in the negative. It was also
the first scientific exploration of the South Polar Regions." (Cox I, 59) With reports about New
Zealand, Tahiti, Easter Island, Tierra del Fuego and numerous other islands in the Pacific
Ocean. Vol. 5 (with another title) contains Forsters scientific and ethnological observations
Amongst the partly multiple folded plates are 15 maps and plans (1 big map of the southern
hemisphere), numerous representations of aboriginies, different views, plants and animals as
well as ethnological objects. Both large maps with underlaid margins initial tearing. Vols. partly
waterstained, vol. 4 stronger. Stamp on endpapers, as well as on title verso. Despite all
deficiencies a fine copy with decorative cover. The coat of arms is of the Bavarian elector Karl
Theodor (1724-1799).
7 DAPPER, O(lfert). Asia, oder genaue und gründliche Beschreibung des gantzen Syrien und
Palestins, oder Gelobten Landes... 2 parts in 1 vol. Nuremberg, Hofmann, 1688. Folio. Engraved
title, 2 unn. ll., 200 pp., 2 unn. ll.; 400 pp., 4 unn. ll., with 8 (3 folded) double-page engraved
maps, 31 (1 folded and 22 double-page) engraved plates and 34 engravings in text.
Contemporary parchment, (spotted and a bit worn, small crack on back cover). £ 3.900.00
First German edition. Röhricht 1171; Graesse I, 335; Tobler 212; vgl. Lipperheide Lc 3 (Dutch
ed.) Translation from the Durch by J.v. Meursen. Part 1 describes Syria, part 2 Palestine.
Famous work by the Dutch historian and geograph Olfert Dapper (1636-1689). The illustrations,
some large, are showing maps, costumes, views and buildings among them Aleppo, Damascus,
Jaffa, Jerusalem, Rama, Tripolis, etc. A few plates with restored tearings, some plates neatly cut,
front paper with a handwritten register of the plates. Clean copy.
8 DAPPER, Olfert. Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: Behelfende De Gewesten van
Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, of Klein Asie: Benessens Eene volkome Beschrijving
van gantsch Gelukkigh, Woest, en Petreesch of Steenigh Arabie. 2 parts in 1 vol. Amsterdam,
Meurs, 1680. Fol. Engraved title, 3 unn. ll., 357 pp., 1 unn. l.; 324 pp., 2 unn. ll., with 3 doublepage
engraved maps, 13 double-page (2 folded) engraved plates and 22 engravings in text.
Contemporary parchment, blind tooled, (lightly scratched, hinges weak). £ 4.100.00
First edition. Tiele 72; Lipperheide Lc 4; Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. I, 257. Important account on
Asia minor (Iran, Irak Anatolia) and on the Arabian Peninsula by Dapper. With decorative views
of Smyrna, Ephesus, Babylon, Bagdad, Aden etc.... as well as illustrations of coffee plants,
cantaloups, balsam, historical sceneries and costumes. Stamp on title verso, a few leaves
buckled, some minor spottings. Nice and clean copy.
9 DESCOURTILZ, M(ichel) E(tienne). Voyages d'un Naturaliste, et ses observations, faites sur
les trois règnes de la nature, dans plusieurs ports de mer français, en Espagne, au continent de
l'Amerique septentrionale, à Saint-Yago de Cuba, et à St.-Dominique. 3 Bände. Paris, Dufart,

1809. 8vo. With 3 engraved frontispices, 41 (7 folded) engraved plates and 11 folded tables.
Contemporary half calf, richly gilt spine, (slightly worn). £ 2.800.00
First edition.- Sabin 19695; Palau 70.724; Pritzel 2170. Privilege signed by author. – In addition to the
highly regarded description of the cayman this work contains a record of the natural scientific expressions
the French physician and botanist Descourtilz (1775-1835) gained during his stay in the Carribbean in the
years between 1798 and 1803. – During his residence in Santo Domingo (today: Haiti) he became involved
in the revolutionary disturbances which led to Haiti’s independence and which he describes in volume 3 as
follows: "Détails de ma captivité par quarante mille nègres.... Pour servir à l'Histoire de la révolution de ce
pays." – The beautifully engraved plates mostly show plants and animals but also 2 sheets of music. –
Slight foxing, uncut copy in fine decorative binding.
10 HUMBOLDT, Alexander von. Kleinere Schriften. Geognostische und physikalische
Erinnerungen (und) Atlas: Umrisse von Vulkanen aus den Cordilleren von Quito und Mexiko.
First volume (no further volumes published) and Atlas in 2 volumes. Stuttgart, Tübingen, Cotta,
1853. 8vo and oblong-4to. 2 unn ll., VIII, 474 pp., 1 unn. l., with 5 multiple folded charts;
engraved title, engraved dedication and 12 (1 coloured) engraved plates. Modern half calf in
contemporary style, original wrapper of the Atlas mounted on cover. £ 1.330.00
First edition. - MNE 343; Goedeke VI, 261, 31 and 32; Sabin 33725; Löwenberg 218. – Anthology of
Humboldt’s different articles on South American geophysics which mostly were published in periodicals. –
From page 458 on explanations of the plates in the atlas that contains views of different volcanoes in sepia
brown, 2 maps and 1 altitude profile. - As usual a little foxing.
11 FORESTER, Thomas. Norway and its Scenery. Comprising the journal of a tour by Edward
Price, with considerable additions. And a road-book for tourists, with hints to anglers and
sportsmen. London, Bohn, 1853. 8vo. X pp., 1 unn. ll., 470 pp., with 22 aquatint plates. Modern
half calf in contemporary style with label and gilt spine (slightly worn). £ 170.00
Reissue of Price's: "Norway, Views of Wild Scenery: and Journal" (London, 1834). The plates,
engraved by Lucas and based on paintings of the English artist Edward Price, show beautiful
representations of landscape. Some minor foxing, uncut, fine copy.
12 HERBELOT (de Molainville), B. d' Bibliothèque orientale ou dictionnaire universel, contanant
généralement tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des peuples de l'Orient. Supplément von C.
Visdelou u. A. Galand. 2 vols. Paris, Compagnie des Librairies, 1697-1780. Fol. 15 unn. ll., 1059
pp.; 2 unn. ll., IV, 284 pp., with 1 folded table. Contemporary calf, richtly gilt, (worn with small
losses, edges bumped). £1.600.00
First edition including the supplement-volume which was only published in 1780, rare. Brunet II,
664; Zischka 15; Graesse II, 376. Important and extensive lexicon about all divisions of culture
and history of the Orient, repeatedly published until the end of the 18th century. "One of the
landmarks in Arabic studies." (Hamilton, Europe and the Arab World, 36). From the library of
Harrison Gray Otis. Slightly browned, partly water-edged. Signature on title verso, bookplate on
inside cover.
13 KEATE, Georg. Nachrichten von den Pelew-Inseln in der Westgegend des stillen Ozeans. Aus
den mündlichen Nachrichten des Capitains Heinrich Wilson... aus dem Englischen übersetzt von
Georg Forster. Hamburg, B.G. Hoffmann, 1789. 8vo. LVIII (recte LVI), 494 pp., with 1 folded
engraved map and 4 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, (spine restored). (Neuere
Geschichte der Land- und Seereisen, 1). £ 700.00
First German edition. Fiedler 143; Cox 202/203. Important work of vintage literature on travel,
with an introduction and notes by Georg Forster. Some pages waterstained, stamp on title verso.
14 (LAET, Johannes de). Hispania, sive de regis Hispaniae regnis et optibus commentarius.
Leiden, Elzevier, 1629. 12mo. Engraved title, 520 pp., 3 unn. ll. Flexible contemporary
parchment, (minor spottings). £ 220.00
Second enhanced edition, which was already published in the same year as the first edition.
Copinger 1325; Palau 129562; Borba de Moraes 383. "The second edition of 1629, which
contains, besides other additions to the edition: De Insulis canariis, (p.176-181)." (Catalogue,
National Library of Australia). The work furthermore contains chapters on Brazil and other areas
of Latin America. Front- and endpaper restored.
15 MALTE-BRUN, (C.). Neuestes Gemälde von Amerika und seinen Bewohnern. Aus dem
Französischen übersetzt und mit Zusätzen vermehrt von E.W. von Greipel. 4 issues in 2

volumes. Leipzig, Hartleben, 1819. 8vo. 480, XXIV pp., p. 481-684, 2 unn. ll. Contemporary
boards with label, (slightly worn, corners a little bit bumped). £ 180.00
First German edition. Sabin 44162. Containing elaborate descriptions of North and South
America and the Antilles. Titelpage and index are inserted previous to the 4 th issue in volume 2.
Bound with original wrappers. Minor foxing, fine copy.
16 MELISH, John. Reisen durch die Vereinten-Staaten von America, in den Jahren 1806, 1807,
1809, 1810 und 1811. Aus dem Englischen, und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von J. Ernst Ludw.
Brauns. Weimar, Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 1819. 8vo. XVIII, 378 pp., with 8 folded engraved
maps and 1 folded chart. Modern boards with label and slightly gilt back. (Neue Bibliothek der
wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen, Bd. 17). £ 750.00
First German edition, very rare. Sabin 47437; Engelmann 103. The German translation of
Melish’s work is based on the second enhanced and revised English edition which was
published in 1815 (first edition in 1812). The author, who was born in Scotland, travelled to North
America for a few times and is today regarded as the most significant cartograph of America in
the 19 th century. The volume contains the following maps: North America, Atlantic Ocean,
Surroundings of Pittsburgh, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio Waterfalls, Surroundings of Zanesville as
well as the Surroundings of the Niagara Falls. A little bit browned due to paper, stamp on series
title, fine copy.
17 MÖLLHAUSEN, Balduin. Reisen in die Felsengebirge Nord-Amerikas bis zum Hoch-Plateau
von Neu-Mexico, unternommen als Mitglied der im Auftrage der Regierung der Vereinigten
Staaten ausgesandten Colorado-Expedition. Eingeführt durch zwei Briefe Alexander von
Humboldt's in Facsimile. 2 vols. Leipzig, O. Purfürst, 1861. 8vo. XVI, 455; IX, 406 pp., with 1
folded map, 1 lithographed faksimile and 12 (2 coloured) toned wood engraved plates. Half calf
with back title (slightly rubbed) £1.300.00
Cf. Sabin 49913; Howes M 712. Presumably first edition. Ambiguity about different editions of
Purfürst resp. Costenoble (1861). Sometimes this available edition is designated as the first one,
sometimes the other one which was published by Purfürst. "The book contains an account of the
Ives-Newberry expedition of 1857 and 1858 and has never been translated into English."
(Wagner-Camp 362). Plates with representations of landscapes and Indian tribes. Minor
spottings. Signature on 4th and last page, very fine copy.
18 MOLEVILLE, Bertrand de. The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria. With
descriptions, and an introduction. Translated by R.C. Dallas. London, W. Miller, 1804. Folio. 3
unn. ll., XXVIII pp., 50 unn. ll., with 50 hand-coloured aquatintas. Blue straight grained morocco
with richly gilt spine and covers, gilt edging, (angles little bumped, slightly rubbed). £ 1.400.00
Lipperheide Ea 25; Colas 2112; Abbey, Travel, 71. One of altogether 6 costume works,
published by Miller in London. The splendid plates show costumes and traditionals from different
regions in Austria-Hungary, Bohemia and Moravia, Hungary, Croatia, etc. Text in English and
French. Plates often with a little reversed impression. Very fine copy in a decorative binding.
19 OHLSEN, Th(eodor). Durch Süd-Amerika. Hamburg, Leipzig, Bock & Sohn, (1894). Large-Folio.
Lithographed title, 1 double-page index and 50 photoengravings. Loose in illustrated original
cloth portfolio, (a little stained, restored hinges). £ 420.00
First and only edition, rare. Plates mostly represent several drawings by the painter Theodor
Ohlsen (1855-1913) on one sheet. Ohlsen emigrated to Chile in 1883 and travelled through the
country in the following 10 years. He is regarded as a graphical chronicler of the country, which
is testified by the present plates. Among the drawings there are representations of Madeira, the
Strait of Magellan, Kap Horn, Punta Arenas, Valparaiso, Buenos Aires, etc. as well as numerous
portraits and scenes of everyday life. Title page and index are a little dusty, plates are slightly
stained in the margins.
20 OVERBEKE, Bonaventura van. Les restes de l'ancienne Rome. 3 vols. Amsterdam, J. Crellius,
1709. Large-Folio. With engraved portrait, 1 engraved map, 146 engraved plates (1 double
page), 3 engraved vignettes (repeated) and 33 engravings in text. Later boards with title label on
back, (slightly worn, edges and corners bumped). £ 4.500.00
Second editon, but first edition with French text. The Original Latin edition was published only
one year before. Katalog Ornamentstichsammlung Berlin 1872; Lipsius 302; Thieme/Becker

XXVI, 104. Extensively illustrated work on historical buildings in Rome. Overbeke (around 1660-
1706), stayed between 1680 and 1700 several times in Rome and spent the years till his death
engraving his drawings of Rome, which were published by his cousin in 1708. Plates provide
views of churches, ruines, gates, bridges, etc. Engraved frontispice and dedication are lacking.
Margins slightly soilde, some foxing, vol. 1 slightly waterstained at margins, beginning at lower
right corner a bit stronger. Copy with wide margins.
21 PASSAVANT, J(ohann) D(avid). Kunstreise durch England und Belgien nebst einem Bericht
über den Bau des Domthurms zu Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt, Siegmund Schmerber, 1833.
8vo. IX, 463 pp., with 10 (3 folded) steel-engraving or lithograph plates. Contemporary half calf
with gilt-stamped label and gilt back. Gilt-stamped monogram ‘MR’ on front cover, letters
intertwined and crowned (slightly worn). £ 390.00
First edition, rare. - ADB 25, 198ff. Contains descriptions of London’s most famous sights (British
Museum, National Gallery, Hampton Court, Windsor, Buckingham House, etc.) as well as of
private painting collections; descriptions of Salisbury, Oxford and Liverpool, etc. Moreover, the
volume contains a “Directory of Art Collections in England’s Country Houses“ ("Verzeichnis der
Kunstsammlungen in den Landsitzen Englands"), gives a detailed survey of the Fine Arts in
England and talks about the art scene in Belgium and the Lower Rhine ("Kunstnachrichten aus
Belgien und vom Niederrhein"). On pp. 182-184 an early account of a railway journey from
Liverpool to Manchester even before the opening of the first railway line in Germany. The
Frankfurt citizen Passavant (1787-1861) is regarded as one of the founders of the modern
science of art and museum. During his time as director, the “Städel“ museum in Frankfurt
acquired lots of important works. The monogram on the front cover is of Mary of Saxony-
Altenburg who was the last Queen of Hanover. After the coronation of her husband Georg V. of
Hanover she used the initials MR (Maria Regina) with a crown hovering above them. A little
foxed, small name stamp on inside cover.
22 PIRANESI, Francesco. (Monumenti degli Scipioni). (Paris), after 1800. Great-Folio. 6 engraved
plates. Contemporary half calf, back richly gilt, (slightly worn, bottom of spine bumped). £
1.000.00
Published as volume V of the complete works of G.B. Piranesis. Kat. Ornamentstichslg. Berlin
1878; vgl. Hind S. 89. This Paris-edition was published without text. Series of 6 plates, showing
the grave of the Scipiones in Rome, which was discovered by the archaeologist Ennio Quirino in
1780. Francesco Piranesi, son of famous Giovanni Battista Piranesi, worked primarily together
with his father and published his works posthumously. Drawings by G.B.Piranesi are presumably
the origin of these plates. -Very nice French binding with bookplate of "...Tessier, relieur et
doreur de la Trésorerie nationale..." Some minor stockings.
23 PISSIS, A. Geografía Física de la República de Chile. Text and atlas in 2 vols. Paris, Delagrave,
1875. 8vo. and oblong-4to. X pp., 1 unn. l., 356 pp.; 2 unn. ll., with 1 lithographed map and 22 (3
coloured) lithographed plates. Original half calf with coat of arms, gilt, (slightly worn, textvolume
spotted and stronger worn). £1.400.00
First edition, complete rare. Palau 227450; Henze IV, 125 ff. Main work of the cartographer and
geologist Pedro Amado Pissis Marin (1812-1889). It combines the findings of his travels through
all parts of Chile in 1848 and 1868. "Nebst Phillipi hat Pissis gewiß den größten Anteil an der
wissenschaftlichen Erschließung Chiles in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts." (Henze).
With a map of South America, profiles of altitude, a coloured plate of the massif of the
Aconcagua, more illustrations of Andenous mountains, the spring of river Lontue, the volcano
Chillan, and a coloured plate of the volcanic crater of Antuco, lava of the Osorno, an illustration
of a glacier, etc. The text explains in detail the orography, geology, meteorology, hydrography
and botanical geography of Chile. Textvolume waterstained at margins, name on title, atlas with
stamp on title, some minor foxing.
24 PITT, Moses. The English Atlas. Vol. II (and III): Containing the description of Empire of
Germany. 2 Bde. London, for Moses Pitt, 1681-1683. Large-Folio. Engraved coloured portrait,
engraved coloured title, 2 unn. ll., 151 pp., 40 unn. ll.; engraved coloured portrait, 2 unn. ll., p.
157-312, 37 unn. ll., with 90 (4 folded and 85 double-page) border coloured copper engraved
maps,. Contemporary calf with label, (rubbed, hinges and end of spine restored). £ 10.000.00
First and only edition. Koemann II, Me 183. The 2 available volumes contain the complete part of
Germany including the areas which belonged to the Holy Roman Empire, like Bohemia, Austria,

Hungary and Transylvania. This project of an English speaking author, which was stopped after
the publication of volume 4, is based on the „Atlas Major“ of Janssonius (maps are slightly
revised). But there are some more maps, which were not published elsewhere, amongst them
the beautiful folding maps of the Weser river mouth and Baden. Catouches with nice colouring.
One map with tearing, in the inner margins slightly creased, few maps slightly margin-spotted,
map of Weser slightly trimmed. Bookplate on inside cover. Altogether a very fine copy with large
margins and only a little minor foxing.
25 PIVIDOR, (Giovanni) e (N.G.) VALERJ. Ricordo di Venezia. Venedig, Kier, 1840. Oblong-8vo.
Lithograph title and 12 lithograph plates. Original half cloth with lithographic title on cover,
(slightly worn and a little bit spotted). £ 260.00
Rare small album with lithographs of Venice. Containing the classical views of St. Mark’s, Piazza
San Marco, Ponte della Paglia, Santa Maria della Salute, Palaces at Canale Grande, Rialto
Bridge, a gondolier, etc. Minor foxing, binding a little loosened.
26 PARIS - Plan routier de la ville et faubourg de Paris divisé en 12 municipalités. Paris, Jean,
1808. 57x81 cm. Multiple folded copper-engraved plan. Contemporary boards (worn, a bit
stained). £ 240.00
Beautiful map of Paris with a street directory in 3 of the 4 corners. The boroughs are
differentiated by the use of different colours. Title on cover “Nouveau plan de Paris". Strong print,
slightly browned in folded area, very fine copy.
27 (POTE), Jos. The History and Antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College, and Chapel
of St. George: With the institution, laws, and ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter....
Eton, Pote, 1749. 4to. 3 unn. ll., III pp., 5 unn. ll., 431 pp., with one folded engraved plan, 1
engraved portrait, 11 (2 folded) engraved plates and 3 woodcuts in the text. 19th century leather
binding with label (restored spine). £ 140.00
First edition. Dedication printed in red. Plates contain representations of buildings, clothes,
tombs, etc. A little bit stained, restored front- and endpaper, bookplate on inside cover.
28 PROKESCH-OSTEN, Anton Graf. Nilfahrt bis zu den zweiten Katarakten. Ein Führer durch
Aegypten und Nubien. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1874. 8vo. XIV pp., 1 unn. l., 584 pp., with 8 (5
folded) lithograph plates and some illustrations in the text. Contemporary half calf with gilt spine
and label, (slightly worn). £ 400.00
First edition. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 143; Kainbacher 109, 5. Early travel guide of Egypt, which was
published by the son of the famous Austrain geographer and politician. Like usually the first and
last pages are browned, but apart from that a fine copy.
29 SOMMER, G. Pompei. Collection of 59 assembled original photographs. Albumen prints mostly
titled on the plate, numbered and partly signed. About 1880. Oblong-4to. 29 ll. with assembled
photos on both sides, size between 17x25 and 20x25, as well as 2 pictures 10,5x14,5.
Contemporary half calf with title on cover, (slightly worn). £ 650.00
With photos of the archaeological sites in Pompeji, but also reproductions of the frescos and
works of art. G.Sommer (1834-1914), was born in Frankfurt and established himself in Italy in
1856/57 where he worked first in Rome and later in Naples. The photographs of the frecsos are
not titled and signed.
30 ULLOA, Don Antonio de. Physikalische und historische Nachrichten vom südlichen und
nordöstlichen America. Aus dem Spanischen übersetzt von Johann Andreas Dieze, Prof. der
gelehrten Geschichte zu Göttingen. 2 volumes. Leipzig, Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1781. 4to.
XXI pp., 262 pp., VII pp., 431 pp. Cont. boards with hand-written labels, (spines faded, vol. 1 with
bad spot on lower spine, corners slightly bumped, name of translator on cover). £ 290.00
First edition of this translation. Sabin 97689. "A translation of Noticias Americanas [...] containing
also: Einige Anmerkungen und Verbesserungen der Nachrichten des Verfassers, by J. G.
Schneider. " (Sabin) Essentially a description of the Western countries in South America.
Without the preliminary leaf, stamp on back of title, pages with minor foxing, nevertheless fine
and clean copy.
31 VOLKMANN, Johann Jacob. Neueste Reisen durch England, vorzüglich in Absicht auf die
Kunstsammlungen, Naturgeschichte, Oekonomie, Manufakturen und Landsitze der Großen. Aus

den besten Nachrichten und neuern Schriften zusammengetragen. 4 volumes. Leipzig,
C.Fritsch, 1781-1782. 8vo. With 4 (2 repeated) title vignettes and 1 multiple folded partly
coloured engraved plan as well as 1 folded engraved map. Contemporary half calf with labels
and gilt spine, (slightly worn, vol. 4 with wormholes at the side). £ 1.000.00
First edition. Engelmann I, 373; Schröder VII, 4173, 17. After finishing his studies of law and
mathematics Volkmann (1732-1803) travelled through Italy and England at first, later he visited
other European countries. After he settled down in Leipzig he published a series of literary and
art historical works, among them his famous travel reports. Extensive index in volume 4. Plan
shows a representation of London, map represents England and Wales. Front- and endpapers a
little glue-spotted, stamp on back of title, name on inside cover.
32 WINDUS, John. Reise nach Mequinetz, der Residentz des heutigen Kaysers von Fetz und
Marocco, welche der Herr Commandeur, Carl Stuart, als Groß-Britannischer Gesandter, Anno
1721 zu Erledigung der dortigen Gefangenen abgelegt hat. Hannover, N.Förster u. Sohn, 1726.
Small-4to. Engraved portrait, 7 unn. ll., 131 pp., 2 unn. ll., with 6 folded copper plates.
Contemporary half calf with label on spine, (back restored, edges a bit worn). £ 1.800.00
First German edition. Paulitschke 692; Kainbacher 454; vgl. Cox I, 370 (English edition). Very
rare and early record of the mission of Charles Stewart to Morocco. As a member of the
expedition Windus reports about the country and its inhabitants. "No work on Morocco had
hitherto appeared in English, with the exception of the meagre West Barbary (1671) of L.
Addison. The description of the manners of the people renders the book "a curiosity", as it was
pronounced by Boswell." (Cox). The portrait shows the Moroccan emperor Mulai Ismail. Plates
with views of Tetuan, Meknes, Alcazar, a Roman ruin and a map of Fez. Title cut at lower margin
(loss of publishers date) and an old rebacked cut, 1 plate with 2 small holes, pages 97-100 with
some loss of letters. Slightly browned.
33 APPERT, (F.N.). L'art de conserver, pendant plusieurs années, toutes les substances animales
et végétables. Paris, Patris, 1810. 8vo. XXXII, 116 pp., with 1 folded engraved plate.
Contemporary half calf with label, (slightly worn). £ 1.450.00
First edition, rare. Vicaire 34; Garrison-M. 2467.1; Norman 59; Wellcome II, 51. Author’s
signature on half-title, in order to avoid unauthorized printing. "The first workable process for
canning food." (Garrison-M.). Stamp on back of a plate, some foxing on front- and endpaper,
very nice copy.
34 ASTRUC, Joanne. Tractatus de morbis mulierum, solidam theoriam praxi certiori & experientiis
comprobatam complectens. Accedit catalogus chronologicus medicorum, quorum scripta de iis
morbis extant. 3 parts in 1 volume. Venice, N. Pezzana, 1763-1767. 4to. XXIV, 388; VIII, 212;
VIII, 96 pp., with 2 (1 folded) engraved plates. Parchment with label (slightly worn). £ 530.00
First Latin edition, rare. Wellcome II, 65; Blake 22; vgl. Garrison/Morton 6019 (franz. EA).
Important gynaecological work of the 18th century. "Mettler considers this 'the most pretentious
gyneacologic work of the (eighteenth) century... chiefly useful for its historical orientation'."
(G/M). Astruc (1684-1766) was professor of medicine in Montpellier and medical attendant of the
kings of Poland and France. He became famous because of his work on venereal diseases,
which was published in several editions. Partly a little foxed, nice copy.
35 BLACKWELL, Elisabeth. Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum... Vermehrtes und
verbessertes Blackwellisches Kräuter-Buch ... Mit einer Vorrede von Chr. J. Trews. 6 Vols.
Nuremberg, N.F.Eisenberger, 1750-1773. Folio. With 6 engraved handcoloured titles and 615
handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary leather binding with labels and slightly gilt spine,
(label of volume 6 a little deviant, bindings rubbed, corners jolted, spines partly restored).
£ 20.000.00
First edition. Nissen BBI 169; Pritzel 812; Stafleu-C. 546; Dunthrone 43; Sitwell 50; De Belder
29. Complete edition of one of the most important works on plants of the 18th century in the

evised German version of Chr. J. Trew. "This edition is artistically superior to Blackwell's
Curious Herbal on which it is only based. The first 500 plates by N.F. Eisenberger, were copied
from Blackwell's plates but are much more carefully drawn, engraved and coloured, and have
alterations and additional material." (De Belder). Parallel text in German and Latin. Partly spotted
and browned, bindings slightly loosened; first pages of volume 5 and last third of volume 6 water
and spore stained. One plate with restored tear of the margin, ca. 10 plates with slightly blurred
complexion (red). One plate supplemented with plate from another copy. Some of the engravings
with handwritten descriptions in Latin and French on lower margin. Altogether a fine copy of this
important botanical work.
35 CURTIS, William. Flora Londinensis; or, plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in
the environs of London; with their places of growth and times of flowering; their several names
according to Linnaeus and other authors: with a particular description of each plant in Latin and
English. To which are added, their several uses in medicine, agriculture, rural oeconomy, and
other arts. 2 vols. London, printed for the author, 1777-1798. Fol. With engraved vignette on title
and 435 engravings on 432 plates. Modern half calf in contemporary style with gilt label and
richly gilt spine.
£ 19.000.00
First edition. Nissen BBI 439; Stafleu & Cowan 1286; Sitwell p. 54; De Belder 86. "A splendid
work...(Sitwell). The beautiful, very detailed engravings of Darton, Sowerby, Kilburn, Swan etc.
after Sydenham, Edwards, Kilburn and Sowerby. Contains register for parts 1-3 and 5-6. The
available work is referred to as the first coloured flora of England because of its extensive
material. Contains all plates, but 6 text leaves (Ligustrum vulgare; Melissa nepeta; Stachys
arvensis; Spergula arvensis; Agrimonia eupatoria; Bidens tripartite) are missing. Without general
index. Title of volume 2 has strengthened margins, some plates have slight creases, in first
delivery table 53 is scarcely trimmed. In volume 1 can be found an additional handwritten
register in alphabetical order. Altogether a very fine copy, nearly without spots.
36 DIDEROT, D. & J. d'ALEMBERT. (Encyclopédie). Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les
Arts Libßeraux, et les Arts Méchaniques, avec leur explication. Band 1. Paris, Briasson, David, le
Breton, Durand, 1762. Folio. With 252 partly double page engraved plates. Original marbled
leather binding with richly gilt spine and gilt edges, (slightly worn, lower back hinge restored,
corners restored). £ 1.150.00
First edition of the first atlas volume. The volume contains the plates and their corresponding
descriptions on agriculture (including gardening, api- and sericulture, etc.), anatomy,
architecture, amongst many others. Minimal amount of foxing. Very fine copy with nice
engravings.
37 DOPPELMAYR, Joh. Gabriel. Atlas coelestis. In quo mundus spectabilis et in eodem stellarum
omnium....secundum Nic. Copernici et ex parte Tychonis de Brahe... Nürnberg, Homann Erben,
1742. Large-fol. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title with vignette, 1 engraved leaf index and 30
double-page sized coloured engraved maps. Contemporary half calf, (edges worn, small lack of
spine, some foxings and restorations of paper on top). £ 15.000.00
First ed. Graesse II, 427; Lex.d.Kart. 177 u. 317; Poggendorff I, 593. Famous celestial atlas,
which was republished in the same year entitled „Atlas novus coelestis“. "His major work ...
intended as an introduction to the fundamentals of astronomy. Desides star charts and a
selenographic map, the Atlas includes diagrams illustrating the planetary systems of Copernicus,
Tycho Brahe, and Riccioli; the elliptic theories of Kepler, Boulliau, Seth Ward, and Mercator; The
lunar theories of Tycho Brahe, Horrocks, and Newton; and Halley's cometary theory." (DSB IV,
166). Frontispiece and title raised on old paper, margin of index strengthened. Some maps
restored at bow or with small tears. Map no. 10 with larger restored tear, 2 maps with small holes
and one a bit trimmed, some minor spotting.
38 DUFOUR, Philippe Sylvestre. Traitez nouveaux & curieux du café, du thé et du chocolate.
Ouvrage également necessaire aux Medicins, & à tous ceux qui aiment leur fanté. Seconde
édition. Lyon, Deville, 1688. Small-8vo. Engraved title, 10 unn. ll., 444 pp., 5 unn. ll., with 3
engraved plates, 4 (3 repeated) engraved vignettes and 4 (3 repeated) engraved initials. Newer
sheepskin with label on spine, (slightly rubbed). £ 800.00
Second edition of the revised new edition, published at first anonymously in 1671. Early work on
the history of coffee, tea and chocolate. Vicaire 293; Cordier, Bibl. Sinica 1, 491. The author,

orn in the South of France, was dealer of herbs and spices in Marseille. For his work he used
different texts by famous oriental travellers as sources. The 3 very nice plates are showing
coffee-, tea- and chocolate-plants as well as a person using typical objects of use. At the
beginning and end a bit waterstained, some stockings, with an attatched and mounted receipt for
chocolate.
39 DULAC, Alleon. Mélanges d'Histoire Naturelle. 6 volumes in 3 volumes. Lyon, Duplain, 1765.
8vo. With 12 partly folded engraved plates. Contemporary leather binding with gilt spine and
label, (slightly worn, bumped on top and end of spine). £ 500.00
Contains chapters on all areas of natural science. The engravings represent birds, fish, a sheep,
vermins, plants, Vesuvius, conjoined twins, etc. 1 plate with a small tear in the margin and 1
plate a little crumpled, stamp on title, bookplate on inside cover.
40 EDWARDS, George. Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds,
Insects, Plants, etc. Most of which have not, till now, been either figures or described. Glanures
d'histoire naturelle... 3 volumes. London, Royal College of Physicians for the Author, 1758-1764.
4to. With engraved portrait, 1 engraved title vignette and 152 contemporary handcoloured
engraved plates. Modern Morocco with ornamental lines on cover, gilt stamped label and gilt
spine, inside dentelle, gilt edges. £ 12.000.00
First edition. Nissen IVB 288; Anker 126; Zimmer 198-99; Sitwell 93. Sequel (but complete on its
own) of Edwards‘ „Natural history of uncommon birds“, which was published from 1743 until
1751. Parallel text in English and French. Edwards drew and engraved the beautiful illustrations
all by himself. All of the plates are brightly coloured; 128 of them represent birds, the remaining
plates show other animals, e.g. elephant, rhinoceros, monkeys, zebras and some plants. Plate
242 a restored tear, text pages often show reversed impressions of the illustrations, stamp on
title. Very beautiful and decorative copy.
41 (ESPAGNET, Jean d'). Enchiridion physicae restitutae. In quo ververus naturae concentus
exponitur, plurimique aniquae Philosophiae errores, per canones & certas demonstrationes
dilucide aperiuntur. Tractatus alter inscriptus. Arcanum Hermeticae.... Quarta editio emendata &
aucta. 2 parts in 1 vol. Rouen, (Berthelin), 1647. 16mo. 303 pp. Contemporary parchment,
(lightly scratched and spotted). £ 600.00
Fourth revised and enlarged edition. Rosenthal 277; vgl. Duveen 196; Ferguson I, 248. Jean
d'Espagnet, a French politician and journalist, is known as the author of these two works.
"Espagnet has been president of the parliament of Bordeaux and one of the learned men of the
seventeenth century and reputed author of the 'Arcanum...opus'. ...The 'Enchiridion' was the first
treatise in France which was in opposition to the physics of Aristotle. It was followed by the
'Arcanum' in which is described the philosopher's stone, its preparation and properties."
(Ferguson). Slightly loosened and spotted.
42 FINSCH, O. und G. HARTLAUB. Beitrag zur Fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie der Viti-,
Samoa- und Tonga-Inseln. Halle, Schmidt, 1867. 8vo. 1 unn. ll., XXXIX, 290, 8 pp., with 14
coloured and partly hightened lithographed plates. Modern boards with title on back. £ 450.00
First edition. Nissen IVB 315; Zimmer 219; Anker 141. Important contribution to the ornithology
of Polynesia. "A detailed treatise on the birds of the region mentioned, with full synonymies,
descriptions and notes." (Zimmer) 5 of the plates are showing eggs and nests. Some minor
stocking, very good copy.
43 GOLDBACH, C.F. Neuester Himmels-Atlas zum Gebrauche für Schul- und Akademischen
Unterricht, nach Flamsteed, Bradley, Tob. Mayer... durchgehends verbessert und mit den
neuesten astronomischen Entdeckungen vermehrt. Revidirt auf der Sternwarte Seeberg bey
Gotha; und mit einer Einleitung begleitet vom Hrn. von Zach. Weimar, Industrie-Comptoir, 1799.
Oblong-4to. 5 unn. ll., with 56 (52 black-grounded) plates. Contemporary half calf with flexible
boards, original label on front cover, (slightly worn, light creases). £ 4.000.00
First edition. Poggendorff I, 925; Warner 96, 1; not in Houzeau-L. Very beautiful, extremely
accurate atlas of the sky with 26 black-grounded double-numbered celestial charts, 4 charts
show the Northern resp. Southern hemisphere. 1 planisphere chart according to de la Caille and
1 chart showing the most important stars. "Although Goldbach's atlas was not the first showing
white stars against a dark background, it was the first of this kind to catch the eye of the Paris
astronomical establishment. Lalande noted that the method succeeded very well; Montucla

praised its resemblance to a clear night sky." (Warner). Some slight foxing, slightly water-edged,
fine copy.
44 JACOB, N(icolas) H(enri). Storia naturale delle Scimie. Histoire naturelle des Singes.
Naturgeschichte der Affen. In cui vien rappresentata la figura di siasuma specia, accompagnata
d'un testo Italiano, colla traduzione del medesimo nelle Lingue Francese e Tedesca.... Volume 1
(of 2). Mailand (Milano), Artaria, Bettalli, Ubicini, Hugues, 1812. Folio. Engraved title, engraved
dedication sheet, 2 printed titles, 73 engraved plates (numbererd III-V and I-LXX), 18 engraved
text leaves (numbered LXXI-LXXXVIII), 21 printed text leaves, 2 ll. engraved index, 2 ll. printed
index, engraved and printed preface, 3 ll. printed text (French and English) with descriptions of
the plates III-V, 1 engraved leaf classifications, 2 printed leaves in French and German, 70
leaves printed text in French and German describing plates I-LXX. Contemporary blue morocco
with richly gilt covers and spine, gilt edge, (a little worn, upper hinge restored). £ 4.800.00
First edition, rare. Nissen ZBI 2080. Comprehensive monograph of the Primates with beautiful
stipple engraving plates by Luigi Rados based on drawings of the French painter Nicolas Henri
Jacob (1782-1871). The monkeys are divided into 5 classes - Orang-Utans; Baboons (Papio);
Guenons (Cercopithecus); Sapajus (Cebus) und Sakis (Callithrix) - and pictured on 70 plates
with engraved Italian descriptions. The corresponding descriptions in French and German can be
found on the last pages of the volume. The first 3 plates contain anatomical explanations. Behind
the illustrated plates follow 18 engraved text plates containing descriptions of species which are
even rarer. A 2 nd volume was published in 1814 and is concerned with the lemurs, but only
contains 15 plates. Plate 1 with restored tear on margin, a little foxed, old stamp of owner on
inside cover. Very fine, decorative copy.
45 JONSTON, Johannes. Historiae naturalis de Quadrupedibus, de Avibus, de Piscibus et Cetis,
de Exanguibus Aquaticis, de Insectis, de Serpentibus... 6 parts in 2 volumes. Amsterdam,
J.J.Schipper, 1657. Folio. With 4 engraved title pages, 2 woodcut title vignettes and 246 (of 249)
engraved plates as well as 5 allegorical engraved plates. Contemporary leather binding with
richly gilt spine and ornamental lines on cover, (slightly worn, corners a little bit bumped, few
wormholes on spine). £ 4.900.00
Second edition, but the first one which was printed in Amsterdam, of this significant zoological
work. The first edition was published in 1650 by Merian in Frankfurt. Nissen ZBI 2131-2135 und
IVB 481; Wellcome III, 366; Anker 235. The plates engraved by Merian can be classified as
follows: Mammals (77 of 80), Birds 62, Fish 47, Mussels and Snails 20, Vermins 28 and Snakes
12. Amongst the plates there are also illustrations of mythical creatures, like unicorns, dragons,
etc. Plates 7, 8 and 9 of the mammals are missing (supposedly representing elephants).
However, our copy is bound together with 5 (of 9) engraved plates by Martinius He(e)mskerck
taken from the series "Circulus Vicissitudinis de Rerum humanorum" namely Plates 4-8 (Triumph
of Envy, of War, of Poverty, of Humility and of Peace). Plate 4 shows the year 1564. The
allegorical plates each show a chariot with different figures, all of the plates in very good and
strong printings. 2 text pages are sewed together with the following one, some pages show slight
foxing or tanning. Very fine copy.
46 KNORR, G.W. Verlustiging der oogen en van den geest, of verzameling van allerley bekende
hoorens en schulpen... Parts 4-6 (of 6) in 1 vol. Amsterdam, F, Houttuyn, 1775. 4to. 1 unn. l., 12
unn. ll., with 100 (90) contemporary handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf with
label on spine, gilt, (worn, spine faded and fragile). £ 4.000.00
Nissen ZBI 2236. Vol. 2 with parts 4-6 is one of the most beautiful works about mussels, in the
18th century Dutch edition. Patterns for the richly coloured copper plates were created by
Nurembergs engraver and art dealer Georg Wolfgang Knorr and written by Ph. L. Statius
Müller.(Thieme-B. XXI, 30-31). Endpapers slightly spotted, inside very fine and clean copy.
47 KREBS, F(riedrich) L(udwig). Vollständige Beschreibung und Abbildung der sämmtlichen
Holzarten, welche im mittlern und nördlichen Deutschland wild wachsen. Für Gutsbesitzer,
Forstmänner, Oekonomen und Freunde der Natur. Nach den besten Hülfsmitteln bearbeitet und
herausgegeben. Part 1 (no further parts published) in 2 volumes. Braunschweig, Vieweg und
Sohn, 1826. Folio. VIII, 460 pp., 1 unn. ll.; with 150 coloured lithograph plates. Contemporary
half calf with slightly gilt spine and labels, (restored hinges, slightly worn). £ 3.700.00
First edition. Pritzel 4873; Nissen BBI 1104; Stafleu-C. 3928. Important standard work on trees
and bushes with illustrations (mostly by Arckenhausen) of branches with leaves, blossoms and

fruit; amongst them chestnut, walnut, cedar, plum, cherry, blackthorn, oak, dog roses (several
representations), etc. Published in separate booklets from 1826 to 1835. The volume, which
contains the plates, is supposedly the second edition because the first few plates show the sign
of the publishing company “Müller & Oehme”. Some parts of the text show stronger foxing,
waterstained margins in the beginning, volume containing plates partly stained.
48 LAMBERT, J.H. Freye Perspective, oder Anweisung, jeden perspektivischen Aufriß von freyen
Stücken und ohne Grundriß zu verfertigen. 2nd extended edition. 2 parts in 1 vol. Zürich, Orell,
Geßner, Füeßlin u Comp., 1774. 8vo. 4 unn. ll., 206 pp., 1 unn. l.; 181 pp., 1 unn. l., with 10
folded engraved plates. Contemporary half calf with label on spine, gilt, (slightly worn).
£ 1.200.00
Second edition, enlarged with the second part. Classical work on perspective, rare. Poggendorff
I, 1355; comp. with Darmstädter 203 (ed. 1759). "Intended for the artist wishing to give a
perspective drawing without first having to construct a ground plan, it is nevertheless a
masterpiece in descriptive geometry, caontaining a wealth of geometrical discoveries." (DSB VI,
599). Plates with some minor foxing, front- and endpaper with numerous handwritten notes,
Name on title verso.
49 LEMERY, Nicolas. Pharmacopée Universelle, contenant toutes les compositions de
pharmacie... Avec un lexicon pharmaceutique... 4me edition, revue, corrigée et augmentées.
Den Haag, Gosse et Neaulme, 1729. 4to. 8 unn. ll., 780 pp., 13 unn. ll., with engraved vignette
on title. Contemporary calf, richly gilt, (worn, hinges and lower end of spine restored). £ 500.00
Fourth revised edition of the popular French book. This edition not with Wellcome and Blake.
Name on frontpaper, some foxing on margins.
50 LENCKER, Hans. Perspectiva hierinnen auffs kürtzte beschrieben, mit Exemplen eröffnet.... ein
newe besonder kurtzer, doch gerechter unnd sehr leichter weg, wie allerley ding, es seen
Corpora, Gebew, oder was möglich zuerdencken und in grund zulegen ist, verruckt oder
unverruckt, ferner in die Perspectyf gebracht werden mag, on einige vergeblich linie, riß un(d)
puncten etc. dergleichen weg bißhero noch nit bekant gewesen. Nuremberg, Dietrich Gerlatz
(Gerlach), 1571. Folio. 6 unn., XXIX num. ll., with woodcut ornamental border on title, 1 folded
woodcut plate and 10 full-page text woodcuts. New blind-stamped pigskin on wooden boards in
a green half-morocco case (signed Lobstein). £ 4.900.00
First edition. VD 16, L 1147; British Museum, STC German Books 493; Kat. Ornamentstichslg.
Berlin 4696. Famous textbook on perspective with lots of examples of use. Lencker is a
descendant of one of the most distinguished goldsmith families in Renaissance Nuremberg. He
invented optical instruments and fabricated geometric and perspective models. By his own
account he also processed ideas of Albrecht Dürer. The publication of this work was the reason
for his employment as a teacher for perspective at the court of Christian I. in Dresden. Nowadays
Hans Lencker is reckoned as one of the three 16 th century Nuremberg constructivists, along with
Wenzel Jamnitzer and Lorenz Stöer. Minor stocking, slightly water-stained margins on few
pages, fine copy.
51 MILLER, John Frederik. Cimelia Physica. Figures of rare and curious Quadrupeds, Birds, etc.
Together with several of the most elegant Plants. Engraved and coloured from the subjects
themselves. With descriptions by George Shaw. London, Bensley for Benjamin and John White
and John Sewell, 1796. Imp.-Folio. 2 unn. ll., 106 pp., with 60 contemporary hand-coloured
engraved plates. Contemporary green half marocco, gilt label, gilt edges, (slightly rubbed,
corners marginal bumped). £ 16.000.00
Re-issue of the second edition (some plates are watermarked 1811 or 1816). Scarce. The first
edtion was 1776-1792 published as: "Various Subjects of Natural History, wherein are delineated
Birds, Animals and many curious Plants..." and is on the wantlist by the British Museum. Nissen
IVB 638; Zimmer II, 585; Wood S. 465; BLNH III, S. 1313; Anker S. 34; Sitwell S. 123. Our copy
with the often lacking list of plates. 41 of the plates are showing birds (mostly in landscapes or
with plants), 7 plants, the other ones are of an elk; monkeys, a chameleon, a turtle and so on.
Most of the plates have watermarks by the famous manufactures of J.Whatman or J.Taylor. The
text by George Shaw was first published in the second editon. Plates in fine contemporary handcolouring,
showing many newly discovered plants and animals, but mostly birds (among parrots
and penguins). "Miller [...] had accompanied Banks and Solander as draughtsman on the voyage
to Iceland, engraved and coloured the plates himself, 41 of which contain figures of birds 'from

the subjects themselves', while the descriptive text for 'Cimelia Physica' is due to George Shaw,
who was employed at the British Museum.” (Anker, S. 34). Banks and Solander are known as
attendents of Cook on his first voayge. Waterstained at lower margin and right corner, partly
extended up to the illustrations, some offsetting to text. Nevertheless a nice copy in bright
colours.
52 PENTHER, Johann Friedrich. Gnomonica fundamentalis & mechanica worinnen gewiesen
wird, wie man sowol gründlich, als auf mechanische Art, allerhand Sonnen-Uhren regulaire,
irregulaire, mit Minuten und himmlischen Zeichen, auf allerhand Flächen...verfertigen solle.
Wozu noch eine neue Invention einer Universal-Sonnen-Uhr kommt... Augsburg, Detleffsen für
J.Wolffs Erben. 1752. Folio. 2 unn. ll., 40 pp., 2 unn. ll., with engraved title and 15 folded
engraved plates. Modern half calf with richly gilt spine. £ 750.00
Poggendorff II, 399; Houzeau/L. I, 16614; cf. Kat.d.Ornamentstichsammlung Berlin 1755. Wolf,
Handbuch d.Astronomie I, S. 433. This work which is about fabrication of solar clocks was
published at first in 1733. The plates show geometrical figures, finished solar clocks,
calculations, details, etc. It is regarded as the main work of Johann Friedrich Penther (1693-
1749), who was at first professor of philosophy in Göttingen and later in his life secretary and
councillor of mining in duty of the count of Stollberg. The engraved title is included previous to
the other plates. Very nice and clean copy.
53 PEURBACH, Georg. Novae theoricae planetarum...., à Petro Apiano ... redactae, & erudities
figuris illustratae. Venedig, Nicolini da Sabbio für M. Sessa, 1545. Small-8vo. 40 ll., with 48
woodcuts and woodcut-bookmark. Modern calf. £ 1.000.00
Presumably 4th edition, arranged by Apian. This edition can’t be found in Houzeau-L.; cf. Zinner
1364. Main work of the mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peu(e)rbach (1423-1461).
First publisher was his follower Regiomontanus in 1472, followed by numerous editions. It
became the standard work of planetary theory at all European universities and asserted itself
even to times after Kopernikus. Margins browned, apart from that very fine copy
54 PINEL, Ph(ilippe). Nosographie philosophique. 5th edition. 3 volumes. Paris, Brosson, 1813.
8vo. Contemporary half calf with gilt spine and blind tooling on spine (slightly worn). £ 3.250.00
Pinel’s opus magnum! – This philosophical classification of diseases, first published in 1798, was
a work of great influence.
In addition:
Idem. La médicine clinique. 3 rd edition. Paris, Brosson, 1815.
Idem. Traité médico-pilosophique sur l'alièntation mentale, ou la manie. Paris, Richard, Caille et
Ravier, (1801). With 2 engraved plates.
First edition. Norman Libr. 1701. Very important book for contemporary psychology. "One of the
foremost medical classics." (Garrison/Morton 4922.
Nice, uniformely bound set of all major works by the French physician Philippe Pinel (1755-
1826).
55 SOUANCÉ, Charles de. Iconographie des Perroquets non figurés dans les publications de
Levaillant et de M. Bourjot Saint-Hilaire. Avec la coopération de S.A. le prince Bonaparte et de
Emile Blanchard. Paris, Bertrand, 1857. Large-Folio. 3 unn. ll., with 48 hand-coloured
lithographed plates, each with one leaf of text. Modern calf with title on back and lightly gilt.
£ 13.000.00
First and only edition, scarce. Nissen IVB 887; Anker 479; Sitwell 143; Graesse Suppl. 472.
Splendid, large-sized work on parrots. Intended to be published in 30 issues it was stopped after
the 12th issue. Last plate is numbered as 79 but explanatory leaf says 48. This publication forms
also volume 4 or the supplementary volume of "Histoire naturelle des Perroquets", whose first
volumes were published between 1801 and 1805 by Levaillant and the third volume by Saint-
Hillaire in 1837-1838. The first 15 plates were drawn and lithographed by Blanchard, the other
ones by Daverne. Some minor foxing. Good copy with nice colours.
56 VIGNEUX, A. Flore pittoresque des environs de Paris, contenant la description de toutes les
Plantes qui croissent naturellelement dans un rayon de dix-huit à vingt lieues de cette Capitale...

2 parts in 1 vol. Paris, Author, Migneret , Fantin and L. Beaupré, 1812-1814. 4to. 2 unn. ll., XXV
pp., 5 unn. ll., 214 (recte 222) pp., 1 unn. l., 1 w. l.; 28 pp., with 1 folded handcoloured engraved
map and 69 contemporary handcoloured engraved plates. Green half marocco, back gilt and
with gilt title, (back slightly faded, some minor scratchings). £ 1.700.00
First edition. Nissen, BBI 2063; Pritzel, 9767; Stafleu/Cowen 16.154; Dunthorne 318; Brunet V,
1218. Complete copies, together with the supplement, are rare. Gives a comprehensive
overview on plants in the Paris region at the beginning of the nineteenth century. First 6 plates
show the shapes of leaves, flowers and fruits, the following plates each with 4 different plants, all
drawn and engraved by Vigneux. Minor foxing, margins with light browning.
Our copy was part of the famous Arpad Plesch Collection. Plesch Collection 796. Ex-Libris of
Arpad Plesch on inner cover. Decorative copy.
57 V(OLCKAMER), J(ohann) C(hristoph). Nürnbergische Hesperides, Oder Gründliche
Beschreibung der Edlen Citronat / Citronen / und Pomerantzen-Früchte, Wie solche, in selbiger
und benachbarten gegend, recht mögen eingesetzt, gewartet, erhalten und fortgebracht
werden.... beneben der Flora, oder Curiosen Vorstellung Verschiedener raren Blumen... Volume
1 and Appendix (of 2 volumes). Nuremberg, Endters Sohn und Erben, 1708. Folio. Engraved
frontispiece, 4 unn. plates, 255 pp., 4 unn. ll.; 17 pp., 2 unn. ll., with engraved portrait, 16
engraved vignettes, 2 text copper engravings and 116 (4 double-page, 3 folded) engraved
plates. Contemporary calf with label and gilt spine, (worn, back restored with old leather at top
and end of spine, cover with small bad spots due to worms). £ 16.000.00
First edition. Nissen 2076; Pritzel 9848; Hunt 420; Kat. Ornamentstichsammlung Berlin 3324;
Slg. Plesch 798; Sitwell 79. Famous monograph on citrus fruits and at the same time one of the
most beautiful natural scientific copper-engraved works of the Baroque era. As almost always
without the “Continuation” which was published in 1714. Johann Christoph Volckamer (1644-
1720) was a Nuremberg merchant and also heir to a silk factory in Rovereto. He spent lots of
time with the breeding of lemons and oranges which was very popular in these days. He
expanded his gardens until he owned the biggest one in Nuremburg. The splendid copper plates
were engraved by P. Decker, C. Steinberger and others. The plates, which are in a beautiful
printing condition, show apart from allegorical representations mainly citrus fruits and exotic
plants together with titled topographical views of Nuremberg and its surroundings on one plate,
amongst them lots of gardens. Some of the first plates represent a map of the Lake Garda, views
of Genovese suburb S. Per d’Arena, the Palazzo Doria in Genoa, etc. With the often missing 17page
appendix on the obelisk in the Hippodrom of Constantinople. The first and last pages are a
little bit brown-stained, partly water-stained on the lower margin, concerning only few plates, 2 of
the folded plates with restored tears, front- and endpaper restored in 20th century. Fine copy of
this famous work.
58 WESTWOOD, J(ohn) O(badjah). The Butterflies of Great Britain, with their transformations,
delineated and described. London, S.Orr & Co., 1855. Large-8vo. Coloured lithograph title, XL,
140 pp., with 21 (19 coloured) lithograph plates. Blue original cloth with gilt-stamped vignette on
cover and blind tooling, (spine restored later, corners and edges worn). £ 260.00
First edition. Nissen, ZBI 4377; Horn/Sch. 23981. Standard work with beautiful coloured plates
showing different illustrations of butterflies and plants. Slightly finger-stained, fine copy.
59 WILLIS, Thomae. De anima brutorum que hominis vitalis ac sensitiva est, exercitationes duae.
Prior physiologica.... altera pathologica.... Amsterdam, Someren, 1674. 12mo. 24 unn. ll., 552
pp., 10 unn. ll., with 8 folded engraved plates Contemporary parchment, (slightly worn and
spotted).
£ 390.00
Hirsch/H. V, 947; Krivatsky 13019; Waller 10323; vgl.Garrison/M. 1544 u. 4793. Important work
on neurological anatomy and medical psychology, first published in Oxford in 1672. The author,
Willis, is one of the outstanding physicians of the 17th century. "Seinen Hauptruhm in der
Geschichte der Medizin hat er durch seine gediegenen anat. und physiol. Arbeiten begründet,
welche besonders das Gehirn, speciell das Gefässsystem desselben ("Circulus Willisii")
betreffen." (Hirsch/H.) The plates with anatomical details, bloodstreams and nerves. Inner and
higher margins a bit waterstained, plates with restored tears, some annotations.
60 ADAM, Melchior. Dignorum laude virorum, quos musa vetat mori, immortalitas, seu Vitae

theologorum, jure-consultorum, & politicorum, mediocorum atque philosophorum... Editio tertia. 5
Parts in 1 Vol. Frankfurt/M., J.M.à Sande, 1706. Folio. With an engraved title vignette.
Contemporary parchment, handlabelled back, (little stained, back cover damaged at the edge).
£ 500.00
Third edition of Melchior Adam’s complete biographical works. Jöcher I, 84; ADB I, 46. The
content of this book is arranged by the death dates of the described persons and with its
composition Adams, who died in 1622 already, created a work of reference which is valid and
useable to this day. "In vier nach den alten Fakultäten geordneten biographischen Lexika,
welche die Zeit von ca. 1420 bis 1620 umfassen, stellte A. Lebensläufe deutscher Theologen,
Juristen und Politiker, Mediziner und Humanisten dar. Damit kommt ihm das Verdienst zu, in
Deutschland als einer der ersten biographische Nachschlagewerke großen Stils verfaßt zu
haben." (NDB I, 53). Slightly browned, old name on title verso, very nice and clean copy.
61 BEHMER - LITTMANN, Enno. Vom morgenländischen Floh. Dichtung und Wahrheit über den
Floh bei Hebräern, Syriern, Arabern, Abessiniern und Türken. Leipzig, Insel, 1925. 8vo. 68 pp., 1
unn. l., 2 white ll., with 13 (3 full-page) original etchings by Marcus Behmer. Brown original
morocco leather with gilt-stamped label and central vignette on cover, ornamental lines on inside
edges, gilt top edge, (a little spotted, slightly worn). £ 980.00
First edition. Schauer II, 45; Sarkowski 1037. One of 300 (altogether 330) numbered copies.
Printed by Otto von Holten on behalf of Insel publishing in Behmer antiqua; the etchings printed
in sepia brown at Bibliographical Institute Leipzig. Signed binding by W. Sperling, Leipzig. Year
1926 imprinted on spine. Front- and endpaper show small glue spottings, very fine copy in the
rare full leather binding.
62 BEHMER - RUNGE, Philipp Otto. Von dem Fischer un syner Fru. Ein Märchen. Mit sieben
Bildern von Marcus Behmer. Berlin, (Otto von Holten), 1914. 8vo. 4 white ll., 26 pp., 1 unn. l., 4
white ll., with 7 (4 full-page) original etchings by Marcus Behmer as well as 1 initial and 1
vignette. Original half clothe with mounted title label in slipcase, (binding slightly spotted).
£ 2.000.00
First edition. Rodenberg 242; Schauer II, 44. One of 150 numbered (altogether 180) copies.
Copper engraving in red chalk by Carl Sabo. This book is regarded as the most beautiful work by
Marcus Behmer, because illustrations, font and text generate a complete artistic entity. Some
minor foxing, margins slightly browned.
63 BOCCACCI(O), Giovanni. Il Decameron. Si come lo diedro alle stampe gli SSri Giunti l'Anno
1527. Amsterdam, (Elzevier), 1665. 12mo. 12 unn. ll., 744 pp. Red Morocco of the 19th century
with gilt stamped label, 2 gilt stamped ornamental lines and floral ornaments, spine divided into 5
separate parts with ornamental lines and tiny floral ornaments, inside cover also morocco with
richly gilt decorations and ornaments, gilt edging, (slightly worn, upper joint a little bit rubbed).
£ 1.150.00
First edition at Elzevier’s, rare. Willems 1349; Rahir 1399; vgl. Brunet I, 1002. The preface starts
with "Eccovi Gentilissimi Signori Lettori, ... ", which clearly indicates the first print of Elzevier.
Title page in red and black, printed on thin paper with numerous woodcut initials. The binding is
made by the famous bookbinder Thompson, who worked in Paris from 1842 to 1870. Old
handwritten ownership entry (ink) on title; very fine, decorative copy.
64 CHAGALL - Derriere le Miroir, Nr. 198. Paris, Maeght, 1972. Folio. 27 pp., with 3 original
lithographs (thereof 1 double-page sized) of Marc Chagall as well as numerous partly coloured
text illustrations. Loose leaves in original illustrated brochure, (a tiny bit worn). £ 320.00
First edition. Mourlot 649-651. Text "Chagall l'admirable" written by Aragon. One of the original
lithographs on front of wrapper. Very fine copy.
65 (FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE). Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de la Maison de Brandebourg. 3
parts in 1 volume. Berlin, Voss, 1767. Small-4to. Engraved frontispiece, 1 unn. ll., IV, XVI pp., 1
unn. l., 208 pp.; 1 l., 212 (recte 210) pp.; 1 unn. l., 154 pp., with 3 engraved title vignettes (1
repeated), 2 engraved and multiple folded genealogical tables, 2 engraved and multiple folded
maps, 29 engraved vignettes (thereof 12 showing portraits) and 21 engraved initials by Georg
Friedrich Schmidt. Contemporary leather binding with richly gilt spine, (a little bit worn and
spotted). £ 440.00

Edition de luxe of the House of Brandenburg’s history, which was published several times since
1751. Barbier III, 239; Holzmann/Boh, 4260; Cohen- Ricci I, 411; Lanck.- Oehler I, 88 (describes
1st edition of 1751); Preuß I, 55. The genealogical tables show the development of the House of
Brandenburg, the beautiful vignettes, engraved by Schmidt (Thieme/Becker XXX, 142) show
episodes from the lives of the portrayed sovereigns. Schmidt is like Meil and Chodowiecki one of
the primary representatives of the art of copper engraving in 18 th -century Berlin. In part 2 the
pagination jumps from 3 to 6. Slightly browned. Old name written on title. Fine copy.
66 GARSAULT, F.A.P.de. Art du Paumiert-Raquetier, et de la Paume. (Paris), 1767. Fol. IV, 34
pp., with 5 engraved plates. Half calf of the end of the 19th century (slightly worn). £1.000.00
First edition. Part of "Descriptions des Arts et Metiers", scarce and searched for. Description of
the making of rackets and balls for ball games, as well as the composition of playing fields. Very
nice copy.
67 GOLTZIUS, Hubertus. Sicilia et magna Graecia sive historiae urbium et populorum Graeciae ex
antiquis numismatibus restitutae... (und) Siciliae historia posterior sive forum, quae post pacem
sub Augusto terra marique partam.... 2 parts in 1 vol. Brügge, Goltzius, 1576. Fol. 1 unn. l.,
engraved title, 13 unn. ll., 328 pp., 27 unn. ll.; 73 pp., 7 unn. ll., with 2 full-page engraved maps,
2 full-page engraved portraits, 37 full-page plates, 2 engraved printers-marks and 1 woodcut
printer’s mark. Contemporary flexible boards, (cover waved, new ties). ,£ 3.500.00
First edition. Graesse III, 113; Adams G 836; Thieme/B. 14, 353ff. It was published as first
volume of: "Graecia sive historiae urbium et populorum Graeciae ex antiquis numismatibus
restitutae libri quator", but following volumes were never published. Very rare work describing
ancient history of the South of Italy and Sicily by the Dutch copper engraver and numismatist
Hubertus Goltzius (1526-1583). Maps showing the Southern part of Italy and Sicily, plates with
designs of coins. The portrait in part two by Melchior Lor(i)ch. Partly browned due to condition of
paper, last page with restored tear, old name on title.
68 GULBRANSSON - ANDERSEN, H(ans) C(hristian). Däumelieschen und andre Märchen.
Berlin, Bruno Cassirer, o.J. (1927). 4to. 62 pp., 2 unn. pp., with 16 full-page illustrations by Olaf
Gulbransson. Illustrated contemporary parchment with gilt silhouette on front cover, gilt edges,
(book cover slightly bent). £ 1.450.00
First edition that contains these particular illustrations. One of only 50 numbered copies that
were published as subscription edition. Signed by the artist on the imprint page. Slight foxing on
the edges, but nevertheless a very good copy.
69 HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts. Naturrecht und
Staatswissenschaft im Grundrisse. Zum Gebrauch für seine Vorlesungen. Berlin, Nicolai, 1821.
8vo. 1 unn. l., XXVI, 355 pp. Restored contemporary boards with label and slightly gilt spine,
(tinted corners and edges). £ 2.500.00
First edition. Goed. V, 11, 25, 7; Ziegenfuß I, 485; Slg. Borst 1361; Ueberweg IV, 73 ff;
Carter/Muir 283; Stintzing(L. III, 2, 345 ff. This work was the last one Hegel edited himself and it
significantly influenced German Legal Philosophy in the 19th century. It is the main source for
discussions on Hegel’s understanding of the State, political freedom and the role of society,
which occur continuously since its publication in 1821. Erased entry on back of title, slightly
browned due to paper quality, very fine copy of this important work.
70 HEIDEMANN, Christoff. Architectura militaris; Oder Anlaitung wie auff unterschidliche Arten
starcke Vestungen zubawen, denen nach itziger Kriegspractic gewöhnlichen offensionen
entgegen zustellen.... Sambt einem Bericht von Beläger: und Beschützung der Städte und
Vestungen. 3 parts in 1 volume. Munich, J. Jäcklin, 1664. 4to. Frontispiece (copy), 5 unn. ll., 98,
62, 26 pp., 1 unn. l., with 27 double-page engraved plates. Half calf of the 18 th century with label
und slightly gilt spine (a little worn, corners bumped). £ 1.000.00
First and sole edition. Jähns 1343; Jordan 1635; Kat. Ornamentstichslg. Berlin, 3531.
Considered as the most significant work on the building of fortifications in Germany. The
engraved title page (by M. Küsell) is copied. Title with 2 restored cut-outs, larger cut-out on
endpaper, 1 plate with a tear next to the gutter, apart from that very fine and clean copy.

71 HERBACH, Johann Caspar. Einleitung Zum Gründlichen Verstand der Wechsel-Handlung,
Worinnen nicht allein vom Ursprung derselben, Erfindung der Wechsel-Briefe, Art der Wechsel,
... Wechsel-Recht, wie auch von denen vornehmsten Banchi in Europa. Dann von den
berühmtesten Messen... ausführlich gehandelt; Sondern auch eine General-Wechsel-Reduction,
wie: die vornehmsten Europäischen Plätze gegeneinander wechseln, mit Exemplis und Proben
.... Nuremberg, Adelbulner für Herbach und Rüdiger, 1716. Folio. Engraved frontispiece, 6 unn.
ll., 276 pp., 2 unn ll. Contemporary parchment with modern gilt spine, (complete spine restored).
£ 3.200.00
First edition, very rare. Cf. Kress, Suppl. 3182. Significant 18th century work on the history of the
monetary and the stock exchange system. The book contains the exchange rates of the most
important European stock exchanges (Amsterdam, Lyon London, Hamburg, Venedig, Neapel,
Rom, Madrid, etc.) as well as an essay about the most famous fairs of that time (Leipzig,
Frankfurt, Naumburg, Lyon, etc.).The beautiful allegorical frontispiece shows Europa and
Mercury, God of Trade, and a harbour scene in the background; engraved by Blank after Decker.
The upper right corners of the first plates are a little frayed, but apart from that a very fine copy.
72 HOWITT, Samuel. The British Sportsman. New edition. London, E.Orme, 1812. 4to. With 72
coloured etched plates. Contemporary red, straight grained morocco, richly gilt and blind
stamped, gilt edging (restored hinges, corners and edges slightly rubbed). £ 2.000.00
New edition of this work which is rarely to be found complete. Schwerdt IV 48; cf. Tooley 272.
“Interesting series of sporting etchings covering the whole range of British field sports. The best
of these are again in the active hunting, coursing, shooting, hawking, fishing and racing scenes.”
(Schwerdt) With the demanded representations of fox hunting, stag hunting and fowling, about
angling resp. fishing, horse racing etc. Margins slightly browned and minimal foxing. Very fine
copy with contemporary binding (presumably from London).
73 KLINGER, Max. Intermezzi componirt, radirt und Herrn Kupferstecher und Kunsthändler
Hermann Sagert dankbarst zugeeignet. Rad. Op. IV. 12 Compositionen. Nuremberg, Stroefer,
(1881). Imperial-Folio. 12 etchings, partly aquatint, on China paper. Loose in original half cloth
portfolio, (portfolio is worn and spotted; spine torn on lower end, 1 hasp torn out) £ 1.400.00
First and only edition. Singer 52-63. All plates are in perfect condition, each one is numbered on
the lower margin and marked with ‘Max Klinger’; the very last one is signed in the plate.
Containing the most famous etchings ‘Bear and Fairy’, ‘Hunted Centaur’, ‘Amor’, ‘Death and
Afterlife’ amongst others. 2 leaves with small waterstains in the white margins, some pages with
slightly restored margins, apart from that nice copy.
74 MALTHUS, T.R. Versuch über die Bedingung und die Folgen der Volksvermehrung. Aus dem
Englischen von F.H.Hegewisch. 2 vols. in 1 vol. Altona, J.F. Hammerich, 1807. 8vo. XVI, 368;
VIII, 358 pp., 1 unn. l. New half calf, gilt. £ 3.500.00
First German edition. Kress B. 5222; Borst 819. First treatise dealing with the problem of the
growth of population, which had significant influation on social policies. "Der einst bereits für
überholt gehaltene Essay trifft heute - angesichts der Bevölkerungsprobleme der
Entwicklungsländer und der globalen ökologischen Fragestellungen ('Grenzen des Wachstums')
- auf neues Interesse." (Kindler, NLL, X, 1001). Some foxing, stamp on title, uncut.
75 MONTAIGNE, Michel de. Essais. 3 vols. Paris, J.Serviere, J.-F. Bastien, 1793. 8vo. With one
engraved portrait. Contemporary calf, back richly gilted, with title label on back, gilt edges,
(slightly worn). £ 280.00
Second issue of this edition. Brunet III, 1839; Graesse IV, 580. Nice edition on strong paper.
With a comprehensive index. Partly light browning, portrait with some foxing.
76 PINDER, Ulrich. Speculum passionis domini nostri Ihesu christi. Nürnberg, (Peypus),
30.VIII.1507. Fol. 1 unn., 90 num., 1 w. ll., with 77 (39 whole-page) woodcuts. Calf of the 16th
century over wooden boards, richly gilt and blind-stamped, (spine restored, without the clasps, a
bit worn). £ 11.000.00
First edition, very rare. Adams P 1243; Panzer VII,446,48; Murray, German Books 333; Muther
897; Proctor 11031; Dodgson I(,505 and II,5,1; Holstein II,128; Oldenbourg, Baldung L 7 and
Schäufelein L 4; Curjel, Baldung 161/II. Most important graphical work of Schäufelein, who
produced 39 of the woodcuts, thereof 33 full-page sized (4 repetitions). The rest of the woodcuts

are by Hans Baldung Grien and Wolf Taut. Leaf XVI is a copy of the full-page sized woodcut on
original paper. Some pages washed. Some prints show slight foxing, parts are slightly
waterstained, name and ownership entry on title. Fine copy with strong woodcut imprints in a
decorative binding presumably from the Nuremberg area.
77 SCALIGER - SCHIOPPIUS, Gaspar (Caspar Schoppe). Scaliger Hpobolimaeus Hoc est:
elenchus epistolae Iosephi Burdonis Pseudoscaligeri de vetustate & splendore gentis
Scaligerae. Mainz, Joh. Albin, 1607. 4to. 10 unn. ll., 429 (recte 430) ll., with 2 armorial wood
cuts. Contemporary leather binding, (worn, corners and edges bumped, small bad spots due to
worms, without the clasps). £ 340.00
First edition, rare. VD 17, 23:235409H; Dünnhaupt 27; Graesse VI, 325; ADB 33, 479ff. Caspar
Schoppe (1576-1649) is regarded as one of the most significant philologist and publicist of his
days. In this work, which was considered to be a vituperative attack on a text of Scaliger,
Schoppe challenges in a very ironic way Scaligers supposedly noble ancestry from the Veronese
House of ‘della Scala’. Loosened, stamp on title, parts are very browned, edges partly waterstained,
last pages show small wormholes. Copy out of the collection Carlo Booi (Bibliot.
Bossiane Alexandrinae).
78 SHAKESPEARE, William. The Complete Works of Shakspere; Revised from the Original
Editions: With a Memoir, and Essay on his Genius, by Barry Cornwall. 3 volumes. London, New
York, London Printing and Publishing Company, (ca. 1870), 4to. LXXI, 640; 586; 614, XVI pp.,
with 1 engraved title, 4 engraved frontispieces, 95 steel-engraving plates and numerous
woodcuts in the text. Contemporary half calf, with labels and slightly gilt spines, (corners and end
of spines slightly worn, covers slightly rubbed, spines a little faded). £ 280.00
Complete illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s works with an introductory essay written by Barry
Cornwall, which was the pseudonym of the English poet Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874).
Volume I: Comedies, Volume II: Tragedies, Volume III: Historical Plays, Poems and Sonnets.
Short introduction and annotations are added to every play. Steel engravings and woodcuts are
based on drawings of Kenny Meadows (1790-1874). Partly with minor foxing, but apart from that
a fine and clean copy.
79 SLEVOGT - GOETHE, (Johann Wolfgang). Faust. Zweiter Teil. Berlin, Bruno Cassirer, 1927.
Large-Folio. 1 white, 1 unn. l., 460 pp., 2 unn. ll., with 510 (447) original lithographs, 10 full-page
original etchings and 1 etched title vignette by Max Slevogt. Original cloth with gilt stamped
lettering „Faust“ on cover and spine, gilt ornamental lines in cloth slipcase, (binding slightly worn
and minimally spotted). £ 3.700.00
First edition that contains these illustrations. One of 250 numbered copies; imprint signed by
artist. Rümann 25a; Lang 227; Slg. Kippenberg 7986. The lithographs were printed by W. M.
Lassally, the etchings by C. Sabo and the text pages by J. Hegner, Hellerau. This book is the
most important work of the famous German painter and illustrator Max Slevogt, because of its
brilliant and outstanding symbiosis of illustration and text. On some pages the lithographs are
larger than the type area. Pages 254-263 show some minor foxing on the lower margin. Edges
slightly foxed, but nevertheless a very fine copy.
80 STURM, Leonhard Christoph. Vollständige Anweisung, alle Arten von regularen Pracht-
Gebäuden nach gewissen Reguln zu erfinden, auszutheilen und auszuzieren. Benebst einer
gedoppelten Vorstellung der Sechs Ordnungen der Bau-Kunst..... Augsburg, Lotter für Wolff,
1754. Folio. Engraved frontispiece, 34 unn. ll., with 71 folded engraved plates and some
woodcuts illustrating the text. Contemporary marbled leather binding, (front hinge restored,
slightly worn, corners bumped). £ 1.000.00
In addition:
2) Idem. Ein sehr nöthiges Haupt-Stück Der vollständigen Anweisung zu der Civil-Bau-Kunst, ....
Von Land-Wohnungen und Meyereyen, sonderlich vor die von Adel. Augsburg, Detleffsen für
Wolff, 1721. 10 unn. ll., with 9 folded engraved plates and some text woodcuts.
3) Idem. Vollständige Anweisung alle Arten von Bürgerlichen Wohn-Häusern wohl anzugeben:...
Augsburg, Späth für Hertel, 1761. 8 unn. ll., with 15 folded engraved plates.
Cf. Thieme/Becker XXXII 254 ff.; Katalog der Ornamentstichslg. Berlin 1993. This anthology was
published by Leonhard Christoph Sturm (1669-1719), who was the most significant architectural

theorist in his days. The work contains 3 later editions (parts 2, 16 and 7) of the series „Der
vermeuerte Grundmann“, which altogether contains 18 parts The illustrations show the order of
colums after Goldmann, ornaments of colums, agricultural properties and castles with gardens
and stables as well as different types of residential buildings. One plate is a little dusted; but
apart from that a nice and clean copy with nice engraved plates.
81 UBAC - FRÉNAUD, André. Alentour de la Montaigne. Raoul Ubac. Paris, Éditions Galanis,
1980. Folio. 17 unn. folded sheet (first and last are white ones), with 16 original shale cuts by
Raoul Ubac. Loose leaves in original brochure in original cloth boards with gilt label, in original
cloth slipcase, (slightly dusted). £ 950.00
First edition. One of 65 (altogether only 90) numbered copies printed on Japon Misumi.
Signatures of author and artist on the imprint, frontispiece also signed by Ubac. The poems were
written by the French poet and essayist André Frénaud (1907-1991), who published several
essays on Ubac. Very fine and fresh copy.
82 UBAC, Raoul. (Paris), Maeght, 1961. Folio. 2 unn. ll., 15 pp., 2 unn. ll., with 7 (1 double-page)
coloured lithographs by Raoul Ubac as well as with 13 illustrations. Loose in sheets of paper in
original boards and original slipcase, (slightly dusted). £ 160.00
Published as no. 130 of „Derrière le Miroir“. One of 150 copies on Velin de Rives (our copy not
numbered). Signed by the artist. Text by Francis Ponge and Pierre Volboudt.
83 VIGNOLA, Giacomo Barocio da. Li cinque ordini di Architettura et aguintade lopere. Con un
ragionamento alli architeti di Ottaviano Ridolfi. Intorno alla perfetione di tutti gli cinque ordeni di
detta Architetura. Con la nova agiunto di Michiel Angelo BonaRotta. Venice, Remondini, no date
(ca. 1750). Folio. Engraved title with portrait and 42 engraved plates. Contemporary boards with
modern parchment spine, (covering paper a little stained, corners and edges worn).
£ 500.00
Later edition of Vignola’s famous order of colums. With prints of the re-engraved plates from the
1603 edition. This edition is not in the “Katalog Ornamentstichsammlung Berlin”. Apart from the
order of colums, the plates represent some porches of Michelangelo as well as 3 tombs. Partly
spotted (stronger on the last pages), finger-stained margins, plate A6 with signs of ink drawing
verso, plate A8 with arithmetic series on back, last plate with name tag on back, inner hinge
restored.
84 WICKRAM, Jörg. Der Rollwagen. Ein hübsch, lustig, und kurtzweilig Büchlin, darinn vil guter
Schwenck und Historien, von allerhand fröhlichem Gespräch, Schimpffreden, Speywerck und
Bossen, begrieffen, Auff den Rollwagen, oder in Schiffen.... in drey unterschiedliche theil
abgetheilet. Jetz von neuwem ubersehen, gemehrt, auch mit schönen Figuren geziert, sampt
einem ordentlichem Register. 3 parts in 1 vol. Frankfurt, Paul Reffler for Melchior
Schwartzenberger and Johann Feyerabend, 1574. Small-8vo. 2 unn. ll., 152, 5 unn., 1 white l.; 4
unn., 152, 7 unn. ll.; 154 (8 ll. handwritten), 3 unn. ll., with 3 title-woodcuts and 120 partly
repeated woodcuts throughout the text. Later parchment, (a bit spotted). £ 5.800.00
Very scarce! All signs seemed to be evidence that it is the reference copy of Hayn/Gotendorf.
This edition not in VD 16 and not in Goedecke. Hayn/G. VIII, 397 f.; ADB 42, 328 ff. Like all 16th
century editions of works by Wickram very rare, we didn‘t find any copy at German auctions past
1945. The second part with the title: Die Gartengesellschaft. (by Jacob Frey); and the third part
with the title: Der Wegkürtzer (by Martin Montanus). A first edition of this compilation was
published in 1565 in Frankfurt. "Der Rollwagen" by Wickram (1505-1561), is one of the most
famous compilation of popular stories of the 16th century and was published in several editions.
"Den Bibliographen unbekannte Ausgabe. Weder Goedeke, noch Stöber in seinem Buch über
Wickrams Schriften, Mühlhausen 1866, noch endlich H. Kurz in seiner Neuausgabe des
Rollwagens erwähnen den vorliegenden Druck. Diese Werkchen gehören zu den grössten
Seltenheiten der deutschen Literatur des XVI. Jahrhunderts." (Martin Breslauer, 1909, nach
Hayn/G. VIII, 398). Title in red and black. Strong stemp on title verso. Leaves 143-150 in part 3
in a handwritten copy of the 19th century. Partly browned and a bit waterstained, 2 leaves with
an inkspot, some leaves a bit trimmed.