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Book of prayers and reflections. Latin ms. on vellum. From an ital. Carthusian monastery, dated 1489. [166] ll., 1 blank. 2 full p. miniatures and num initials. Later brown leather, front cover with chased silver and 8 red and green stones. Depiction of Christ on lower cover. 4 silver corners with red stones. 10.7 x 7.4 cm. (edges rubbed, spine damaged, some browning and wear).
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Psaltery. Latin ms. on vellum. German, ca. 1300. [123 (of 132)] ll. W. 8 large initials in red, green brown & gold, and num. sm. initials in red and green. Cont. or slightly later bdg. in (darkened) brown leather on wood boards with ornamental blind tooling. Ca. 19.8 x 14 cm. (Rubbed, leather on covers and spine damaged, 2 clasps missing).
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Alsace. Twinger von Königshofen, Jacob. Chronicle. German ms. on paper, Alsace, 15th cent., [196] ll., 26 blank. With num. initials in red. 18th cent. hf.leather with red sp. label. Ca. 28.5 x 21 cm. (Some rubbing and bumping. Spine slightly damaged). Provenance: Library of Issak Haffner (1751-1831)
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Psaltry with prayers. Latin ms. on vellum, prob. lower Rhine region, last part of 15th cent. [222] ll. 14 lrg., mostly historiated, col. initials heightened in gold w. similarly col. & heightened flor. borders, and num. col. fleuronée-initials, heightened in gold. Prob. English bdg in bordeaux red calf, early 19th cent. w. gt. stamping and green sp. label. 19 x 13.3 cm. (lightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped, vellum lightly rippled w. occ. edge defects, ll. 1 & 2 with some loss of text, some ll. trimmed close, 19th cent. English owner's inscr. on paste downs). Erroneously labeled 'missale' on spine.
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Pannemaeker, P[ierre Joseph] de. Originaux de publications d'horticulture et d'arboriculture. N.p.. (1885). 309 orig. water colours and 3 orig. mounted pencil drawings, bound into 3 wine red hf. morocco vols. with large leather corners, 4 dec. bands, gilt stamped spine, col. marb. endpapers, fol. (edges rubbed, 10 cm of lower spine on vol. 2 loose, some rubbing, lower cover of vol. 3 faded along bottom). Bénézit VI, 503. Inside front cover armorial exlibris of Comte de Kerchove de Denterghem.
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Livre d'heures. Horae B. M. V. Lat. ms. on vellum, French, last part of 15th cent. [114] ll., 7 blank. 2 full p. miniatures surrounded by col. borders, heightened in gold, and 8 ll. text with borders and many larger and smaller initials. Text in goth. textura. Blind tooled cont. brown leather on wood bds. w. 2 brass clasps. 12 x 8.5 cm. (Some bumping and rubbing. Bdg. partly loose, spine damaged).
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[Curtis, William]. The botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden displayed. In which the most ornamental plants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, will be accurately represented in their natural Colours... Continued by John Sims. London, printed by Fry and Couchman for T. Curtis, 1787 - 1837. 56 vols. in 36 with index-vol. With engr. portrait frontis. and 3025 copperplates with old colouring, some folded. Cont. hf. leather with gilt spine, lrg. oct. (binding bumped and rubbed, 2 vols. re-backed, upper cover of 2 vols. loose). Nissen BBI, 2350. On hand: Vols. 1-52 in 32 vols. and index-vol. (vol. 43 is also vol. 1 of new series), with plates 1 to 2606, and vols. 60-64 in 5 vols. Vols 60 ff. by Edward Couchman for the proprietor, Samuel Curtis. In addn. 37 vols. with 3025 copperplates in old colouring. Vols. 1 to 42 are bound in 21 vols, vol 43-52 in 1 vol.
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Cistercian brevarium. Latin ms. on vellum. Prob. french, end of 13th cent. Some col. fleuronée-initials. Text in goth minuscule. [306] ll. 19th cent. vellum. 13.5 x 9.8 cm. (vellum rippled and lightly browned, thumbed, with worm holes)
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Antiphonarium officiorum de tempore et de Sanctis secundum consuetudinem Ordinis Fratrum Minorum S. Francisci. Vellum ms., prob. Westphalia or lower Rhine region, ca. middle of 15th cent. Lrg. goth script in black and red. 9 lines/p. Text w. red stave lines & square notes in sepia. 5 lrg. and many sm. col initials. 2 fine cont. leather vols. on wood bds. with blind tooled late gothic ornamentation, Somewhat later foliation 1-414 & 1-218, lrg. fol. (each 51.5 x 35 cm). (Bdgs. w. slight defects and lightly rubbed. Spine of vol. 1 with old repair top and bottom. 5 ll. in vol. 1 cut out. Clasps and fittings of vol. 2 missing, spine damaged).
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Breviarium Coloniense. Latin ms. on vellum. Cologne ca.1400. [480] ll., 3 blank. With lrg. pict. initial, 10 lrg. fleuronée-initials and num. sm. initials in red & blue. 15th cent. blind stamped brown calf on wood bds. w. 12 brass bosses. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. (Rubbed, corners bumped, spine repaired, 2 clasps missing, some worm holes).
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Zurlauben, [Beat Fidel, Baron de]. Tableaux topographiques, pittoresques, physiques, historiques, moraux, politiques, littéraires de la Suisse.- [Bde. II-IV:] Tableaux de la Suisse, ou Voyage pittoresque fait dans les treize cantons et états alliés du Corps Helvétique... Ouvrage exécuté aux frais & par les soins de M. [Jean-Benjamin] De La Borde, orné de 430 Estampes sous 278 numéros, desinées par MM. Pérignon, Le Barbier, &c. gravées par MM. Née & Masquelier &c. 5 in 4 vols. (2 vols.text- & 2 vols. plates w.'Table analytique' by F.A. Quétant). Paris, Clousier, 1780 and Lamy, 1786-1788. Engr. title w. vign., frontis., 2 engr. head pc. vign., 6 dbl.p. maps and 242 engr. plates. 4 magnificent bordeaux-red cont. marocco vols. with gt. tooled cover fillets & gt. spine, lrg. fol. ( almost invisibly and sensitively re-backed, 1 cover partly faded, 1 engr. title in vol.2 missing). Barth 17338. Cohen/Ricci 1075. Feller/Bonjour 505 ff. Haller I, 235. Lonchamp 3362. Wäber 38.
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Psaltery. Latin ms., middle Rhine region, ca. 1500. [238] ll., 6 blank. 15 beautiful col. historiated initials, heightened in gold, and num. initials in red and blue. Cont. brown leather bdg. on wood bds. with extensive blind tooling. Ca. 11 x 8 cm. (Some rubbing. leather missing on lower cover and spine, head and tail bands damaged, 2 clasps missing).
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Brevarium, de tempore. Latin ms. on vellum. Northern Italy, 2nd half of 14th cent. 279 ll. Text in italian textura w. sev. lrg. initials in red and blue. Newer vellum, using an old antiphonary sheet from the 15th cent. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. (vellum lightly rippled, browned, stained and rubbed, first ll. w. repairs in margins).
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Incunabulum - Joannes, Gallensis. Summa collectionum aut comuniloquium, n.p, n. pr. [Ulm, J. Zainer], 1481. 1 blank, [12], 1 blank, [173], 1 blank, (add. 188) ll. Very attractive cont. leather bdg. on wood bds. with blind tooled late gothic ornamentation and 2 brass clasps, qto. (lightly rubbed and wormy). BMC. II, 527. Hain 7443. Very nice, nearly pristine, prob. uncut copy. Painted initials. Owner's inscr. on last blank page: Johannes Weydenhuser possessor huius libri' with painted coat of arms. Binding repaired with care.
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Birgitta Sancta. Das puch der Himlischen offenbarung der heiligen wittiben Birgitte von dem künigreich Sweden. Publ. by Mathias von Schweden. Nuremberg, A. Koberger, July 12,1502. [347]ll. With large title wood-cut, 2 full page armorial wood-cuts and numerous other wood-cuts, prob. by Albrecht Dürer. 18th cent. hf.leather with spine label and gt. spine, lrg. qto. (rubbed, corners lightly bumped). Min. browning, few worm holes, stains and folds. Some old marginalia and underlinings.
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Book of prayer and reflection. Latin ms. on vellum. From an ital. Carthusian monastery, dated 1489. [166] ll., 1 blank. 2 full p. miniatures and num initials. Later brown leather, front cover with chased silver and 8 red and green stones. Depiction of Christ on lower cover. 4 silver corners with red stones. 10.7 x 7.4 cm. (edges rubbed, spine damaged, some browning and wear).
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Petrus Lombardus. Commento sul libro delle sentenze di Pietro Lombardo, scritto l'anno 1479. Lat. ms. on paper and some vellum sheets. Italian. 124 ll. W. num. initials in red w. fleuronée in violet and num. larger and smaller initials. Cont. vellum (text and printing on inside cover). 17 x 13.3 cm.
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Incunabulum - Durandus, Guillelmus. Rationale divinorum officiorum..., n.p., n.d., n. printer, [Strassburg, G. Husner, ca.1479]. [1 (of 3)] ll., 384 (of 385) rom. num. ll. Beautiful cont., prob. Strassbourg, blind stamped leather on wood bds. with 2 brass clasps, qto. (numerous defects, front joint loose, upper wood bd. broken). BMC II, 85. Hain 6465. GW 9117. Lrg. initials in red, blue and green. Unusually clean copy, just a few worm holes and browning along edges. Leaves 2 and 3 of register missing, as well as XV. Cont. binding to be repaired.
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Incunabulum - Johannes, Friburgensis. [Summa confessorum]. Augsburg, J. Bämler, 1478. [294] ll., 1st and last blank. Later hf. leather, qto. (rubbed, edges and corners bumped) BMC II, 336. Goff J 318. GW M 13596. Hain 7368. Large wood-cut initials. Some worm holes and water stains, otherwise well preserved copy.
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Paris/Rome - Perelle. Veües des belles maisons de France, fait par Perelle, 6 parts. in 1 vol. A Paris Chez N. Langlois, n.d. [ca.1690]. W. 232 engr, plates (some dbl. p. and folded) incl. 6 engr. titles. Also bound with: Veües de Rome et ses Environs., fait par Perelle, A Paris chez N. Langlois, n.d. [ca.1690]. W. 17 engr. plates. Cont. leather with floral gt. decoration on spine and gt. cover edges, fol. (lightly rubbed, corners bumped, spine damaged). Kat. der Ornamentsich-Slg. Berlin 2483 u. 2675.
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Russia - Stroganov, Sergei Grigorevich u. Fedor Grigorevich Solntsev. Drevnosti rossiiskapo gosudarstva, izdanniya po vysochaishemu povel'niyu. Otdlenie I (-II). [Antiques of the Russian state, published by imperial decree]. vols. 1 & 2 (of 6). Moscow, Aleksandr Semen, 1849. Orig. chromolith title and 112 chromolith plates (101 full p.) Classical cont. hf.leather with gt. spines, lrg. fol. ( lightly rubbed, edges and corners bumped). Fekula 6194. Ex Bibliotheca Sobolewskiana and Exlibris Wilbraham Egerton.
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Bünting, Heinrich. Itinerarium sacrae scripturae Das ist, Ein Reisebuch, Uber die gantze heilige Schrifft, in Zwey Bücher getheilt. With contributions by Hermann Neuwaldt and Martin Chemnitz. Magdeburg, P. Donath, 1584. Title in red and black, [7]ll, 300 pp.,[10]ll. register,[3]ll., 136 pp., [5]ll., register, [3] ll, 36 pp., [1] l. With 7 double page and 2 full page wood-cut maps. Attractive cont. pigskin on wood boards with 4 bands and blind roll ornamentation, dated 1600, fol. (corners lightly bumped, back cover with 2 tears, 2 brass clasps missing)
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König, Franz Niklaus. [Collection de costumes suisses tires du cabinet de M. Meyer, d'Aarau, par F.-N. Koenig. A Unterseen, chez l'auteur et à Berne, chez Bourgdorfer]. N.d. [1804]. 24 depictions of trad. costumes in vernis-mou. Cont. hf.leather with gt. spine and red sp. label, lrg. qto. (lightly rubbed and bumped). Colas 1644. Lipperheide GA 19. Lonchamp 1695. Missing title replaced by later handwritten one.
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Incunabulum - [Wyle, Niclas von]. Formulari, darinn begiffen sind allerhand brieff auch rhetorick mit frag und antwurt zegeben... Ulm, J. Zainer, n.d. [um 1480]. [13], 31, 1 blank, [6], 85 (of 88) rom. num. ll. Newer board covers, qto. (lightly rubbed and bumped). Hain 7258. GW 10178. First leaf with backed tear. Ro. num. ll. 86-88 missing. Owner's inscr.: 'Convent. Retz. Ordin. Praedicator'with library label on upper cover.
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