Art
A newly discovered binding by the atelier of Claude de Picques
[PICQUES, Claude de (atelier)] / Appianus, Alexandrinus - Appianou Alexandreos Romaikon (graece)... Romanarum historiarum. Edited by Robert and Charles Estienne. Paris, Charles Estienne, 1551. Folio [350 x 232 mm].
THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED WITH ALL THREE FONTS OF GARAMOND'S GRECS DU ROI. The present binding was executed at the atelier of Claude de Picques, binder to the king and one of the principal figures of the Golden Age of French bookbinding.
EUR 6.500,-
A rare Wunderkammer book
Kurtze und Mechanische Beschreibung Dieses Kunst-Auges: Von Stephan Zicken/ Kunst-Drechßlern in Nürnberg. Nürnberg, Christian Sigmund Froberg, (circa 1700). 4to. 20 pages, 1 folded copperplate. Contemporary boards covered with brocade paper.
EUR 5500,-
Grotesque caricatures of dwarfs inspired by Jacques Callot
Il Callotto Resuscitato, oder, Neu eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet [...]. Amsterdam, Wilhelm Engelbert Koning, 1716. Three parts. With Engraved title, two page engraved list of plates and 69 engraved plates. Contemporary full vellum.
EUR 9500,-
Commedia dell’Arte
XAVERY, Gerard Joseph - Het Italjaansch Tooneel Voortreffelijk in 16 verbeeldingen uytgevoert, Verrijkt met Nederduytsche en Fransche vaarzen. - Bound with: Het nieuw geopend Italiaans Toneel, vertonende de wonderlijke ziekte bezwangerheid en baring van Arlequin: benevens de opvoeding van des zelfs Jongen Zoon. Amsterdam, Petrus Schenk II, c. 1740. Folio [360 x 255 mm]. Contemporary vellum binding. Engraved titles, 16 engraved plates (each).
EUR 4500,- .
A newly discovered important album with drawings by the Marquise d’Argens, depicting the collection of classical antiquities at the Sanssouci Palace
MARQUISE D'ARGENS, Barbe Cochois (1723/1725-1780) - Desseins originaux d'apres l'antique. Folio [37.2 x 24.3 cm]. 119 leaves, including printed title and two blanks. With 122 drawings in red chalk. Contemporary half leather binding.
EUR 8500,- .
1st French Edition of Virgil’s Bucolica, Georgica & Aeneis
VERGIULIUS Maro, Publius - Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis. 1st Edition. Paris, P. Didot, 1791. Folio [393 x 272 mm]. Half red morocco with gilt spine. IV, 513 pp. With 23 engravings.
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Exceptional collection of 48 colourful designs for French theater costumes by Alfred Grévin
GREVIN Alfred - 5 inscribed envelopes with together 48 fullpage watercolour designs for 5 operettas. Paris, 1875-1880. Small folio
EUR 14.500,-
Photo album of prize-winning stud horses
SCHNAEBELI, Heinrich - Album berühmter Deckhengste. Berlin, Schnaebeli, c. 1895. Oblong 4to [340 x 250 mm]. 22 original albumen prints, c. 155 x 210 mm. Mounted on original boards. Original richly decorated cloth.
EUR 1800,-
Art Nouveau children’s book manuscript
BRUCH, Hans und Margarete - Märchenritt! Wer kommt mit? (Germany, 1912). Large-Folio [440 x 364 mm] 16 pages. With numerous watercolor drawings.
EUR 1500,- .
Germaine Krull’s first book publication
KRULL, Germaine; DEBSCHITZ-KUNOWSKI, Wanda von; PESCI, Jozsef - Der Akt - Zwanzig photographische Aufnahmen weiblicher Körper nach der Natur. 1st edition. Dachau, Einhorn-Verlag, 1918. Folio [40,7 x 30,5 cm] 23 pages. With 20 mounted photogravures. Original paper-covered boards with photogravure mounted on the upper board within a printed frame.
EUR 3500,- .