Wunderbare Reisen Zu Wasser Und Lande, Feldzu?ge Und Lustige Abentheuer ... Des Freyherrn Von Mu?nchhausen [Munchausen]... Aus Dem Englischen Nach Der Neuesten Ausgabe U?bersetzt, Hier Und Da Erweitert Und Mit Noch Mehr Kupfern Gezieret (Zweite Vermehrte Ausgabe) by [Raspe, R. (Rudolph) E. (Erich), Translated By G (Gottfried) A. (August) Burger (Buerger)] - 1788

Leipzig: Grethlein & Co., 1904. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Good. 24 Drawings. 48 Pp. Olive Wrappers, Printed In Black., As Issued. Splitting Along Top And Bottom Spine Fold But Binding Intact. A Few Small 1922 Date Stamps, No Other Marks, No Names Or Institutional Stamps.

Printed at the Spamerschen Buchdruckerei in Leipzig and designed by Carl Otto Czeschka including decorated end-papers in colour, double title page and 3 full page illustrations. Overall size c.7.1/2 x 5.inches. c.19 x 12.5 cm. pps 218. Text in German. Spine darkened and boards slightly soiled and rubbed, bookplate on verso of title page but a very good copy internally near fine. Typical decorations by one of the Wiener Werkstatte / Wiener Secession leading artists.

152 pages plus two foldouts.Beitrag zur Schiesstheorie angewendet auf das Schiessen mit den schweiz : Handfeuerwaffen by Hermann Siegfried,3 editions published in 1871 in German and held by 9 libraries worldwide.Full description and condition of this extraordinary book available on request from bookseller.
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Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 235 x 190 mm), 72, [4] pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).Exhibition catalogue focusing on artistic renderings of the Epic of Gilgamesh (in German, Gilgamesch), a Mesopotamian king. With drawings by Willi Baumeister and prints by Baumeister, Richard Janthur, Josef Hegenbarth, Rolf Nesch, and Emil Schumacher. Baumeister (1889-1955) had long been interested in the ancient art and culture of the Near East. Indeed, according to Baumeister biographer and friend Will Grohmann, Baumeister knew the epic by heart. (See "Gilgamesh in Modern Art," by Brigitte Pedde, in F. Pedde and N. Shelley (eds.), Assyromania and More: In Memory of Samuel M. Paley, marru 4 (2018), pages 449-458.) The catalogue features beautiful original screen prints by Baumeister on the upper wrapper and frontispiece. Text entirely in German. CONDITION: Light soiling to wrappers, internally clean and unmarked.… Read More

Regenspurg: Johann Theodoro Boetio 1st edition, 1716-1717. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved folding portrait by Christoph L. Agricola (1665-1724), 31 numbered copperplates +7 full-page plates in text (some folding) + text illustrations throughout. . Two volumes in one folio (33x22x4cm) contemporary vellum with brass clasps, All edges faded blue, early ownership inscriptions on endpapers, 25 leaves +184pp +16 leaves +82pp +8 leaves (Register). Each of 34 leaves of plates has descriptive letterpress on verso. Two sheets with copperplates outside numbering on pp49 & 58 of some copies are not present here, also an explanation of the frontis to Part II. Broken inner joint, portrait of Agricola with large tear over the portrait bust (neatly repaired without loss), text pages variously browned but crisp & clean throughout. *The German doctor and botanist Georg Andreas Agricola discovered the method of root localisation, which was intended to replace the grafting method, which had only been used until then.… Read More

Leipzig: Grethlein & Co., 1904. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Good. 24 Drawings. 48 Pp. Olive Wrappers, Printed In Black., As Issued. Splitting Along Top And Bottom Spine Fold But Binding Intact. A Few Small 1922 Date Stamps, No Other Marks, No Names Or Institutional Stamps.

Printed at the Spamerschen Buchdruckerei in Leipzig and designed by Carl Otto Czeschka including decorated end-papers in colour, double title page and 3 full page illustrations. Overall size c.7.1/2 x 5.inches. c.19 x 12.5 cm. pps 218. Text in German. Spine darkened and boards slightly soiled and rubbed, bookplate on verso of title page but a very good copy internally near fine. Typical decorations by one of the Wiener Werkstatte / Wiener Secession leading artists.

152 pages plus two foldouts.Beitrag zur Schiesstheorie angewendet auf das Schiessen mit den schweiz : Handfeuerwaffen by Hermann Siegfried,3 editions published in 1871 in German and held by 9 libraries worldwide.Full description and condition of this extraordinary book available on request from bookseller.
Will consider reasonable offers.
Packing and postage free worldwide.

Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 235 x 190 mm), 72, [4] pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).Exhibition catalogue focusing on artistic renderings of the Epic of Gilgamesh (in German, Gilgamesch), a Mesopotamian king. With drawings by Willi Baumeister and prints by Baumeister, Richard Janthur, Josef Hegenbarth, Rolf Nesch, and Emil Schumacher. Baumeister (1889-1955) had long been interested in the ancient art and culture of the Near East. Indeed, according to Baumeister biographer and friend Will Grohmann, Baumeister knew the epic by heart. (See "Gilgamesh in Modern Art," by Brigitte Pedde, in F. Pedde and N. Shelley (eds.), Assyromania and More: In Memory of Samuel M. Paley, marru 4 (2018), pages 449-458.) The catalogue features beautiful original screen prints by Baumeister on the upper wrapper and frontispiece. Text entirely in German. CONDITION: Light soiling to wrappers, internally clean and unmarked.… Read More

Regenspurg: Johann Theodoro Boetio 1st edition, 1716-1717. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved folding portrait by Christoph L. Agricola (1665-1724), 31 numbered copperplates +7 full-page plates in text (some folding) + text illustrations throughout. . Two volumes in one folio (33x22x4cm) contemporary vellum with brass clasps, All edges faded blue, early ownership inscriptions on endpapers, 25 leaves +184pp +16 leaves +82pp +8 leaves (Register). Each of 34 leaves of plates has descriptive letterpress on verso. Two sheets with copperplates outside numbering on pp49 & 58 of some copies are not present here, also an explanation of the frontis to Part II. Broken inner joint, portrait of Agricola with large tear over the portrait bust (neatly repaired without loss), text pages variously browned but crisp & clean throughout. *The German doctor and botanist Georg Andreas Agricola discovered the method of root localisation, which was intended to replace the grafting method, which had only been used until then.… Read More