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SCIENCE. - Haeckel, Ernst. Naturalist, 1834-1919. Autograph letter in black ink with sig., Jena, May 6, 1878. 4 pp. on 1 sheet. Sm.oct. (15.7 x 10 cm). Invitation to a collegue.

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- Hesse, Hermann. Autograph 3 part poem with signature and watercoloured pen drawing of a small landscape, autograph inscription: Bei der Nachricht vom Tod eines Freundes". 2 ll. Each ca. 23.5 x 15.3 cm. In genuine white gold frame.

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- Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand. Writer and poet, (1825- 1898). Autograph 3 part poem with signature, dated Kilchberg, Winteranfang 1890. 1 p. 13.5 x 20.8 cm. Also: autograph letter with signature, Kilchberg, 24. Oct. 1890. 2 pp. on 1 sheet. 9.2 x 11.2 cm.

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- Treitschke, Heinrich von. Historian, 1834-1895. Autograph letter in ink with sig., n.p. [Berlin], May, 31, 1871. 2pp. on 1sheet, oct. (22 x 14.4 cm). Politically important letter concerning the Alsace issue.

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- Wagner, Richard. Composer, (1813-1883). Autograph letter with sig., dated Wien 11 Febr. 1863. 3 pp., oct. (20 x 12.5 cm. vis. dim. under passepartout). Framed with cont. photo of Wagner. Good condition. Prev. folded.

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OLD PRINTS- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Officiorum libri tres. Venice, Bibliotheca Aldina, 1570. 152, [3]ll. With 2 printer's marks. Beautiful, black and blind tooled cont. vellum (Stained, boards warped, some marginalia). Sm. oct.

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- Homer. Opera Graeco-latina...hoc est: Ilias, Odyssea, Batracho, Myomachia, et Hymni... Basel, N. Brylinger, 1561. [9]ll praefatio and register, 292, 317 pp. With num. woodcut initials and printer's mark. Flexible cont. vellum (rubbed, stained and creased). Some foxing throughout. Hole in last register sheet.Fol. VD 16, H 4598. Provenance: - Owners mark: Sigismundus Rien Basiliensis Anno 1566.

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- Plinius, [Gaius] Caecilius Secundus (the Younger). Epistolarum Lib[ri] X. Eiusdem Panegryricus Traiano dictus. No place [Paris], I. Badio & I. Roigny, 1533. Woodcut title, [5]ll register, 231 ll with rom.num.. With num. engraved initials. Cont. leather with gt. spine, gold tooled fillets and armorial supralibros on covers (rubbed and bumped, spine repaired, lthr. blemish on front cover). Fol. Some water stains and finger marks in front and back. Provenance: -Library inscription on title: ‚Monasterii St: Naboris an. 1763' - further old owner's marks

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- Titelmann, Franciscus. Elucidatio in omnes psalmos, iuxta veritatem vulgatae, et ecclesiae usitatae latinae editionis... Lyon, apud G. Rovillium sub scuto veneto, 1588. [28]ll index, 878 pp. With woodcut printer's mark and num. woodcut initials. - Bound with: Gomezio, Sebastiano. Explicatio psalmi quinquagesimi, miserere mei deus, &c. Editio postrema multis erroribus emendata. Lyon, apud H. Cardon, 1601. [8]ll, 315 pp.,[38]ll index. Title in red and black with engr. title vign. No covers. Oct. Some water stains. 1 title slightly foxed, last leaf loose.

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- Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius. Oratoriarum institutionum libri XII. restituti pene in universum sibi, opera & industria Ioachimi Camer. Ioannis Sichardi alorumque doctissimorum. Cologne, Apud Ioannem Gymnicum, 1536. Title page,[15]ll CV and index, 783 pp. With num. woodcut initials. Cont. pigskin on wood boards with extensive blind and black tooling, 2 brass clasps (rubbed, bumped and wormy. One clasp fitting missing, some old marginalia). Oct. Beautiful cont. cover in need of repair.

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ANATOMY - Bartholin (Bartholinus), Thomas. Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartholini Parentis Institutionibus, Omniumque Recentiorum & propriis observationibus Tertium ad sanguinis Circulationem reformata. Cum Iconibus novis accuratissimis. Leyden, F. Hackius, 1651. Engr. title. title page, [6]ll. charter and index, 522 pp. With engr. portrait of the author, and 74, 58 of them full-page, some folded, engr. anatomical depictions. Cont. vellum (some staining, some tears and min. paper loss, upper portion of spine torn). Lrg. oct.

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ATLASES - America - A complete historical, chronological, and geographical American Atlas, being a guide to the history of North and South America, and the West Indies... Philadelphia, H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1823. With 51 (of 53) maps and tables, 50 of them col., all with extensive accompanying text. Later hf. leather. (min. foxed, bumped and rubbed. Some repairs to tears in map margins). Fol.

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- Atlas Homanianus. Nuremberg, Homanns Erben, ca. 1795. Engr. title, engr. portrait (J.B. Homann), engr. idex, 34 (of 38) pp. With 100 double page engr. maps in orig. colour by J.B. Homann and Homann's heirs. Flexible, blind tooled brown cont. leather, 1 leather tab. (rubbed and lightly stained, Corners and edges bumped, hinges loose). Some maps torn on inner margin and browned. These to be restored.Lrg. fol.

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BIBELS - Biblia germanica - Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments, Durch Doctor Martin Luther in das Deutsche übersetzt. Und jetzo mit...schönen Vorreden, jeden Capitels lehrreichen Summarien... Erklärungen und Gebeten auf das neue versehen. Schaffhausen, J. C. Müller, 1770. Engr. title, title page, [7] ll. introduction, 940 pp., engr. title, 263 pp., [10] ll., 44 pp.. With num. engr. plates. Beautiful, blind tooled cont. brown leather on 5 bands on wood boards with brass fittings (lightly bumped and rubbed, very few worm holes, clasps missing). Fol.

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- Biblia germanica - Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments, durch Doctor Martin Luther in das Deutsche übersetzt... Schaffhausen, J.C. Müller, 1772. Engr. title, title page, [15] ll., 940 pp., [6] ll., engr. title, 263 pp., [2] ll., 52 pp.. With 15 engr. plates. Fine cont. leather on wood boards with extensive blind tooling and brass fittings (bumped, spine rubbed, front hinge loosened, 2 clasps missing). Representative cont. covers to be restored. Fol.

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- Biblia latina - Biblia Bibliorum opus sacrosanctum vulgatis... Accessit etia[m] Tertiu[s] Maccabbaeoru[m] liber novissime additus..., Lyon, no printer, 1536. Title in red and black with wood-cut vign. and framing, [6], 276, [21] ll. With three important full page, and 111 further wood-cuts. Later vellum, two vellum tabs, fol. (binding tired). Some water stains, few worm holes, but overall good condition.

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- Hegetschweiler, Joh. und J. D. Labram. Sammlung von Schweizer Pflanzen nach der Natur und auf Stein gezeichnet von J. D. Labram. Text von Joh. Hegetschweiler. Zürich, Esslinger , o.J. [1826 - 1834]. [Part one] I to XXi in 6 vols. With 480 lith. plates in orig. col. Cont. brown hf.leather with red and green spine label, sm. oct. (spine chafed, edges rubbed). Nissen BBI, 838.

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- Schlechtendahl, Diedrich Franz Leonhard von. Flora von Deutschland. Jena, Mauke, 1840-1873. 6 19th cent. clamshell boxes with ca. 1200 loosely inserted copperplates of flowers in orig. colour and with accomp. text ll. Brown hf.cloth (hinges damaged, no titles). Oct. Nissen BBI, 1770.

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COVERS - cover on wood boards, German, 2nd half of 17th cent., on 5 bands, pig skin extensively ornamented with blind tooled fillets. Depiction of Luther on endpaper (recto), and prob. Melanchthon (verso). 2 ornamented brass clasps (lightly rubbed and browned with worm traces. Corners and edges bumped). Fol. Content: Biblia, Das ist, Altes und Neues Testaments Teutsch D. Martin Luthers... Nürnberg, Endter, 1670. 1660 pp. With engr. portrait, ca. 17 engr. plates and 3 double page engr. maps. -Incomplete.

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- Cover on wood boards, Swiss, 1st half of 18th cent. on 6 bands. Blind tooled pigskin with ornamented brass fittings (browned and rubbed, leather blemish verso, 1 fitting and clasps missing). Fol. Content: [Biblia, das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft, Alten und Neuen Testaments... Nach der Übersetzung Johannis Piscatoris...]. Bern 1736. [4] (of 5) ll., 521, 440, 132, 336 pp.

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HELVETICA - Bluntschli, Hans Heinrich. Memorabilia Tigurina, oder Merkwürdigkeiten der Stadt und Landschaft Zürich. 3. enlarged ed., Zurich, Heidegger u. Comp., 1742. [3] ll., 713 pp.. With engr. title and 43 (4 folded) engr. and mounted plates, in part by J.B. Bullinger. New hf.leather with some spine gt. (min. rubbed, engr. map by J. Heinrich Freytag missing). Oct. Barth 18221. Lonchamp 350.

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- [Lory, G. Fils]. Voyage pittoresque de Genève à Milan par le Simplon. Seconde Édition. Bâle, Birmann & Huber, Imprimerie de Guillaume Haas, 1819. Hf. title, title page, [1] l. table de vues, 4, 7 pp. With 34 (of 35) aquatinta views on plates in orig. colour with accomp. text ll. Fine cont. hf.leather with gt. spine (lightly rubbed, corners bumped). Lrg.fol. De Mandach 172-206. Comp. Lonchamp 1858 (ed. 1811).

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- Murer, Heinrich. Helvetia Sancta, seu Paradisus Sanctorum Helvetiae Florum; Das ist Ein Heyliger lustiger Blumen-Garten unnd Paradeiss der Heyligen; Oder Beschreibung aller Heyligen, so von anfang der Christenheit, biss auff unsere Zeit in Heyligkeit...nicht allein in Schweitzerland, sondern auch in angräntzenden Orthen geleuchtet. Mit schönen Abbildungen unnd Kupfferstücken geziehret... Luzern u. Wien, D. Hautt, 1648. [7] ll., 430 (of 432) pp. With part. col. engr. title, title page with engr. vign., 2 engr. armorial bearings, 3 sm. text copperpl. and 38 engr. plates by Rudolf Meyer after Johann Asper. 19th cent. blind tooled hf.leather with some spine gt. (binding lightly rubbed and bumped, margins trimmed for new binding, a few small repairs in margins). Qto. Graesse IV, p.628. Nagler, Künstlerlexikon I, p. 168. Lonchamp 2171.

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- Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache. Bearbeitet v. F. Staub, L. Tobler u.a. 11 vols. as well as instalments 141-181 of vols. 12-14 and 1 supp. vol. index of sources and abbreviations. Frauenfeld, Huber, 1881-1980. Orig. hf.leather with gt. spine. Qto.

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- Stettler, Michael. Annales Oder Gründliche Beschreibung der fürnembsten geschichten und Thaten, welche sich in gantzer Helvetia, den jüngsten Jahren nach, von ihrem anfang her gerechnet...biss auf das 1627. Jahr participirt, verlauffen... 2 parts in 1 vol. Bern, J. Stuber, 1626-1631. Engr. title, 2 title pages, one in red and gold, [11] ll., 672 pp., [10] ll. register and corrections;[3] ll., 596 pp., [9] ll. register and corrections. (No covers. Some foxing, browning and worm traces). Fol.

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