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Voltaire & Chastellux, François-Jean, marquis de.

De La Félicité Publique. Amsterdam, M.-M. Rey 1772. Two volumes in one. 8vo (200 x 124 mm.). VIII, XVIII, 238 [r. 240]p. and [iv], 216p. Contemporary brown calf-backed pastepaper over boards (worn, front hinge and spine defective), gilt-lettered spine title, red edges.

Sachgebiete: Aufklärung, Aufklärung, Handschriften, Philosophie

31.07.2026 - 21:28

15500,- EUR

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Balbastre, Claude.

Recueil De Noels Formant quatre Suittes. avec des Variations. Pour Le Clavecin. et le Forte Piano. Paris, F. Montulay for the Author c. 1770. Oblong small folio (247 x 324 mm.). [iii], [36]p. THIRTY-EIGHT ENGRAVED PLATES ON TWENTY LEAVES: THIRTY-SIX PAGES OF ENGRAVED MUSIC, one engraved dedication, engraved title — all by Madame Vendôme (platemarks 203/6 x 264/8 mm.). Fine contemporary gilt red morocco (extremities rubbed), outer sharktooth and single-rule border around an ornate frame made up of individual flowers, volutes, sprays, shells, stars and dots, corner impressions of a crowned quiver and torch tool, gilt spine and title, gilt boards edges and turn-ins, all edges gilt, green silk marker.

Sachgebiete: Musik/Noten, Kupferstich, Erstausgaben, Instrumente (Musik)

31.07.2026 - 21:20

19000,- EUR

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Westenrieder, Lorenz von.

Beschreibung des Wurm- oder Starenbergersees. Munich, J.B. Strobel 1784. 8vo (168 x 100 mm.). Frontis., [ii], vi, [ii], 163, [1]p. and an ENGRAVED FOLDING MAP and a folding etched plate (309 x 166 mm.) of the Starnberg whitefish or Bodenrenke (actual size). Contemporary autumn-leaf calf (worn), spine and yellow leather label, red edges.

Sachgebiete: Handwerk, Jagd, Illustrierte Bücher, Naturwissenschaften, Reiseführer

31.07.2026 - 21:16

1900,- EUR

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Vogtherr, Heinrich, d.Ä.

Ein Newes hochnutzlichs Büchlin/ von erkantnüs der kranckeyten der Augen. Strassburg, H. Vogtherr d.Ä. 1538. 4to. (194 x 141 mm.). [ii], [22]p. FULL-PAGE ANATOMICAL WOODCUT OF THE EYE, Vogtherr’s white-line self-portrait on the final verso. 19th-century German green and black marbled boards (worn, lacks label). With: Fuchs, Leonhart. Alle Kranckheyt der Augen. Strassburg, H. Vogtherr d.Ä. 1539. 4to. [ii], [22]p. A DIFFERENT FULL-PAGE ANATOMICAL WOODCUT OF THE EYE.

Sachgebiete: Alte Drucke 16. Jahrhundert , Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher, Medizin, Holzschnitt

31.07.2026 - 21:09

21500,- EUR

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Reusner, Nicolaus.

Summorum Regum…Libri Septem. Augsburg, M. Manger 1578. 12mo (129 x 70 mm.). [xxiix], [320], [2]p. Nearly full-page half-figure woodcut portrait of the author, title in four-block white-line metalcut borders of rabbits, cornucopias and foliage. CONTEMPORARY GILT-TOOLED CALF WITH SUNKEN PANELS AND PAINTED VELLUM INSETS BY SEVERIN RÖTTER of Wittenberg (insets 90 x 54/51 mm.; minor restoration, endleaves renewed).  The front vellum sheet bears a blind-stamped hand-painted half-figure portrait of August of Saxony with Rötter’s initials, the date 1579 and three lines of text all painted in gold ink (Haebler, Rollen- und Plattenstempel I: 387,VII). The initials H*A*P*S are above the inset and the date 1579 below it. The rear vellum sheet bears the Duke’s blind-stamped hand-painted arms (Haebler I: 388,XVIII), stars and cherubs above and below. The spine compartments have a bloom and foliage roll slightly run over onto the panels; edges are gilt and gauffered with lilies enclosed in half circles and frames painted in red, green, brown and black.

Sachgebiete: Alte Drucke 16. Jahrhundert , Antike, Bibliophilie, Einbände, Renaissance

31.07.2026 - 18:44

13000,- EUR

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Freydanck.

Proverbia eloquentis. [Leipzig, Konrad Kachelofen] c. 1490. 4to (179 x 130 mm.). [ii], [71]p. Gothic type. Gilt-ruled crushed brown morocco with a blind inner frame and gilt corner fleurons (Bedford, c. 1870), gilt spine and title, all edges gilt.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Germanistik, Inkunabeln, Mittelalter, Pädagogik

31.07.2026 - 18:25

48000,- EUR

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Krüdener, Barbara Juliane (Von Vietinghof), Freifrau von.

Valérie. Paris, N. Giguet and L.-G. and J.-F. Michaud for H. Henrichs 1803/4. 12mo. viii, 261p. and 208, [1]p. Sheep-backed speckled boards, flat spine, gilt-lettered title.

Sachgebiete: Feminismus, Literatur bis ca. 1900, Mystik

31.07.2026 - 18:09

650,- EUR

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Moringus, Gerardus.

Vita Hadriani Sexti Pontificis Maximi. Louvain, R. Rescius 1536. 4to (195 x 152 mm.). [ix], [98]p. Paragraphs and headlines alternately marked in red and blue. Early 19th-century polished tan calf, floral gilt frame, flat spine and red morocco labels gilt, pale blue glazed endleaves, all edges gilt.

Sachgebiete: Alte Drucke 16. Jahrhundert , Biographien/Autobiographien , Niederlande , Religionsgeschichte, Renaissance

31.07.2026 - 18:01

3600,- EUR

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