Search Results: Titles starting with B from Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Paris, (Bonaventure et Ducessois, for) Didier, 1860. With 20 engr. plates. 2 leaves, 39 pp. Oblong 4to. Orig. blind-stamped red cloth with gilt lettering on upper cover. Paris, (Bonaventure et Ducessois, for) Didier, 1860. "Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique", part I (monuments antiques). Faithful renditions of all reliefs of the Parthenon frieze and the frieze of the temple of Apollo in Phigalia. The reliefs were reduced with the help of the pantograph invented by the French engineer Achille Collas (1795-1859). - A few unobtrusive small spots of foxing, on the whole a fine copy, heraldic stamp on half title. - Cf. Graesse VII, 194. ARCHEOLOGY ; VARIA ;

Nuremberg, J. A. Endter, 1720. With engr. illus. title, 12 full-page engr. portraits by J. C. Claussner, 9 plates with portraits of biblical figures, 4 double-page maps with fine baroque cartouches and illustrations, 2 double-page plans, 21 engr. pictorial titles and plates (some double-page and folding), several woodcut initials and vignettes. 2 cols. Printed title in red and black; 67 unn. leaves, 664 pp.; 904 pp., 8 unn. leaves. Large folio. Contemporary calf in the style of Swedish gilt leather bindings, richly gold-tooled in a panel design with flowers and ornaments, flower tool in center and corners of frames, both covers lettered each with 2 Bible quotations, spine on raised bands with richly gilt rococo ornamentation in compartments, 2 brass clasps (new ties), goffered edges, marbled end- papers, all edges gilt (slightly restored). Nuremberg, J. A. Endter, 1720. A beautiful example of the so-called "Kurfürsten Bible", also called "Weimar Bible" or "Ernestinian… Read More

Zurich, Chr. Froschauer, 1543. With large coat of arms in woodcut of the Imperial City Zurich on general title- page and 2 other Froschauer printer's device in woodcut of a tree and frogs on separate title- page to the Apocrypha and to the New Testament, several foliated or historiated initials at the beginning of each book. Roman type. 2 cols. 18 unn., 388, 98, 114 num., 19 unn. leaves. Royal-folio (390 x 250 mm). Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, 2 brass clasps (pigskin on back cover imperfection and restored). From the libraries of Jacobi Kölly, 1650 (Kolly, Kolis, Colly, probably from Fribourg) with his ms. entry; modern ExLibris R. Peter; and exlibris Ex Bibliotheca Seminarii Carcassonensi. Zurich, Chr. Froschauer, 1543. First edition of the Zurich Latin Bible based on Huldrych Zwingli and edited under the supervision of Leo Jud. A Latin translation of the Jewish canonical book was begun by Jud who worked over 18 years on this and it was completed after his death in 1542 by… Read More

Zurich, Conrad Orell and Comp., 1755-56. With 2 engr. figured frontispieces and 1 large head-piece by Johann Rudolf Holzhalb; inserted are 150 and 100 num. engr. plates by Weigel after Luyken from his "Celebriores Veteris (Novi) Testamenti iconibus" (1712). 8 leaves, 22 pp. "Heilsamer Unterricht", 6 leaves index, 292, 130 pp., 1 leaf, 146 (recte 144) pp.; title, 182, 66, 118 pp., 371 pp.. Folio. Contemp. calf, spines in 6 compartments with 2 labels (some skilful repairs to corners and spine ends, somewhat rubbed). Zurich, Conrad Orell and Comp., 1755-56. First edition of the so-called "Ulrich-Bibel", an important new version of the Zurich bible. The editor was pastor at Grossmüster and was close to Pietism. This edition is one of the most carefully edited Bibles and comes with regard to the beauty of the printing close to that of Froschauer's publication. The text is based on the 1667 and 1724 editions; it was revised and adapted to the more wide-spread use of… Read More

London, (Clark, Edinburgh, for) Constable & Company, 1921. XCI, 267 pp. 8vo. Half dark blue morocco, spine in 6 compartments with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, lower edge partly uncut (by Riviere & son). London, (Clark, Edinburgh, for) Constable & Company, 1921. First English edition, the American edition published by Brentano was issued shortly before. Shaw's ( 1856-1950) play was first produced at the Garrick Theatre in New York in 1922, the first English performance was given in Birmingham in 1923. "Back to Methuselah" consists of five parts, in fact individual dramas, entitled: At the Beginning: 4004 B.C.; The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day; The Thing Happens, A.D. 2170; Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000; and As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31920. The cycle is considered Shaw's main philosophical work, interpreting the history of mankind from the Garden of Eden to the present, with visions of things to come in the far future. It is based on… Read More

Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1818. With 12 engr. plates. 435 pp.; 480 pp. 8vo. Contemp. calf, spines dyed dark green, gilt (boards somewhat rubbed). Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1818. First edition of this detailed history of China and Japan for young persons, covering all aspects such as the great philosophers, government, customs, sciences, art and commerce, compiled by François-Marie Marchant de Beaumont (1769-1832), who published similar works on the Netherlands and on Persia. - Fine. - Quérard, La France littéraire, V, 516; Hoefer 33, 484; Cordier, Bibliotheca Japonica, 485-486; Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica I, 66. Not in Gumuchian, who cites other titles by this author. GEOGRAPHY: ASIA/CHINA ; GEOGRAPHY: ASIA/JAPAN ;

Frankfurt und Leipzig, o.Dr., 1775. Mit Holzschnitt- Titel- u. Endvignette. 16 SS. Kl.-8vo. Orig.- Buntpapierumschlag. Frankfurt und Leipzig, o.Dr., 1775. Erste Ausgabe.- Schönes Exemplar. - Kippenberg 3161 ( dort als Verf. Karl Wilhelm v. Breidenbach genannt); vgl. Meyer 123 (2. A.); Goedeke IV,3,182,10; Hirschberg, Taschengoedeke 68. LITERATURE: GERMAN ; GOETHE; WERTHER ; LITERATUR: DEUTSCHE ;

Bern, Franz Samuel Fätscheryn, 1743. With large engr. title-vignette and some head- and tailpieces, 2 woodcut initials. 6 leaves, 403, (1) pp. Small folio. Contemp. boards with spine label (slightly bumped). Bern, Franz Samuel Fätscheryn, 1743. First edition of this important source for the history of the Burgundian wars by Diebold Schilling, town scribe and historian, who died shortly after the completion of his monumental chronicle of the city of Bern. The present "Beschreibung" is part three of the manuscript which Schilling's widow sold to Zurich, and is published here for the first time unillustrated on the initiative of Johann Jakob Bodmer. Schilling relates, as an eye-witness, the events of the years 1468-1484, the wars between Charles the Bold and the Confederates which culmiated in the battles of Morat and Nancy. Of particular interest are the texts of historical songs popular at the time which he preserved to posterity. - Ms. library number on front… Read More

Munich and Leipzig, Georg Müller, 1913. With 81 reproductions of title-pages. (IV), 272 pp. Large 8vo. Orig. half cloth. Munich and Leipzig, Georg Müller, 1913. Fifteen contemporaries of Goethe: Gouè, Hahn, Hamann, Heinse, Herder, Hippel, Jacobi, Jung (=Stilling), Klinger, Lavater, Lenz, Merck, Müller (=Maler Müller), Schubart, Wagner. LITERATURE: GERMAN ;

London, printed for the author by C. Richards, and sold by James Bohn (a.o.), 1838. With 44 engr. plates incl. 2 frontispieces, text illus. and tipped-in woodcuts and facsimiles. XV pp., (5) leaves, 436 pp., XXX pp. index to the whole work; (2) leaves, pp. (439)-1090. Large 8vo. Red cloth. London, printed for the author by C. Richards, and sold by James Bohn (a.o.), 1838. First edition of Dibdin's account of his tour of libraries in England and Scotland, a companion to his "Tour in France and Germany" of 1821, "which have long ago experiences the favourable patronage of the public. In labour, anxiety, and cost, these volumes have greatly exceeded all that have gone before them ..." (preface). Written for a wide readership with interests in bibliophily, Dibdin included anecdotes and personal observations; he also cared for his works to be well-produced and adorned with illustrations. - Ex library copy with perforated stamps to titles and plates; some foxing. - Brunet II, 686;… Read More

Modena, Presso la Societa' Tipografica, 1781-1786. With head- and endpieces. 4to. Contemporary half calf. Modena, Presso la Societa' Tipografica, 1781-1786. First edition. Girolamo Tiraboschi (1731-1794) was an Italian scholar born in the region of Bergamo, and a professor for rhetoric and belles-lettres at the Brera in Milan before being called to by Francesco III, Duke of Modena, to take charge of his library the Biblioteca Estense. The present work is an account of writers born in Modena. - Last vol. VI, which contains the supplement to all preceding volumes, is added here in a facsimile reprint. Wide-margined copy. - Brunet V, 864. BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

Augsburg, Christoph Friedrich Bürglen, 1787. With engraved title-vignette, 9 engraved plates, 2 engraved text illustrations of the Fust and Schoeffer device. 251 pp. 4to. Modern half leather. Augsburg, Christoph Friedrich Bürglen, 1787. First edition of the first bibliography exclusively devoted to Mainz imprints, presenting colophons of most of the products of those presses. Especially admirable is Würdtwein's facsimile of portions of the Psalter of 1457. The plates show printer's devices or extracts from books. The work includes a genealogy of Gutenberg and Fust and Schoeffer. Würdtwein (1722-1796) was a scholar and bishop of Worms. - Bigmore & Wyman III, 100; Petzholdt p. 121. BIBLIOGRAPHY:ANTIQUARIAN ;

Hamburg, Christian Liebezeit, 1707-08. Titles printed in red and black. With 3 engr. frontispieces (none was published for vol. II), title-vignettes and 1 engr. plate in vol. III. Together 2482 pp. Thick 4to. Contemporary vellum (small library stamp on verso of title). Hamburg, Christian Liebezeit, 1707-08. First edition of volumes 2, 3 and 4, vol. 1 in its second enlarged edition. Generally considered the masterpiece of the leading bibliographer and classical philologist of the early eighteenth century. Fabricius (1668-1736) was professor in Altorf. - Cf. Brunet II, 1153. BIBLIOGRAPHY ; CLASSICS ;

Verona, Officina Bodoni, (June) 1949. With frontispiece and 2 smaller woodcuts by Gunter Böhmer after a statue and the reliefs in the Basilica San Zeno. 14 pp., 2 leaves. Small folio. Orig. boards. In slipcase. Verona, Officina Bodoni, (June) 1949. One of 60 copies printed on Fabriano paper in Zeno 16 point by Giovanni Mardersteig, cut by Charles Malin. The Italian text on the life of the Saint was printed in 1937 as a first specimen of the new Zeno type, which is used here again. With 3 woodcuts by Gunter Böhmer (1911-1986) showing the smiling Saint and two scenes of exorcisms conducted by him. - Mardersteig 92; Officina Bodoni Verona, catalogue raisonnée (1965), 88. PRESS BOOKS ;

Paris, J.-L. Chanson for Guillemot and Nicolle, 1809. IV, pp. 1-64, 53-148, 145-369, 4 pp. table, pp. III-VIII glossaire and errata. 8vo. Contemp. calf, spine with red label richly gilt, multiple gilt fillets around sides with angel fleurons, gilt heralidc supralibros with the crown of a count surmounted by a lion and the words "Bruce" and "fuimus" in banderoles, two wild men supporting the coat of arms, gilt outer and inner dentelles, edges gilt (edges and corners somewhat rubbed). Paris, J.-L. Chanson for Guillemot and Nicolle, 1809. Dominique-Martin Méon (1748-1829) was employed at the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Impériale, where he became familiar with older French poetry. The present collection of blasons or laudatory poems includes some rare writings which had never been published. There are some cartons replacing poems which were too free, hence the irregular pagination. - Nice copy of a curious anthology. - Barbier I, 438 b (quotes copies… Read More

(N.pl., n.d.,, probably 18th or early 19th century). 2 large soft-ground etchings on top of the other, engraved on recto of a leaf from old paper after a Dutch or German blockbook (a few minor marginal mends, minor gluestains on blank verso). Each illus. 180 x 120 mm. 1 f. 4to (185 x 285 mm.). Fragments of watermarks. Blue collector's stamp A.S. on verso (i.e. Anton Schaller, 1773-1844, Viennese painter, descendant of a family from Waldmünchen, a town in the district of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany). (N.pl., n.d., probably 18th or early 19th century). This old master print is produced in the soft-ground vernis-mou technique, a printing process of a work of art within the old Western tradition. Template was leaf f.1v. of the Dutch or German blockbook Canticum canticorum (c. 1465/1470) which originally was printed from each 2 different woodblocks giving a total of thirty-two scenes on 16 pp. Outside etchings above and below are inscribed with old illegible handwritten annotations in ink… Read More

München,, 1959. München, 1959. Gr-8°.Leinen mit Umschlag und Schutzhülle. Sehr guter Zustand. Zweite durchgesehene Auflage von 1959. Mit insgesamt 108 Tafeln mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Illustrationen.

Hamburg, Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1977. With 360 illus. on plates (vol. II). 369 pp. ; 190 pp. Folio. Orig. cloth. Hamburg, Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1977. One of 1400 copies printed for the members of the Maximilian-Gesellschaft. Contributions by Kurt Schauer, Wolf Stubbe, Paul Raabe, Klaus Doderer and Helmut Müller, F.A. Schmidt-Künsemüller, Marlies Prüsener and Herbert G. Göpfert, Roland Folter.- Fine copy. BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

Darmstadt , (MZ-Verlagsdruckerei, Memmingen, for) Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1974. With 9 full-page illus. after lithographs, 2 full-page orig. lithographs, and 6 smaller illus. 28 unn. leaves. Large folio. Loose as issued in cloth folder. (Darmstadt ), (MZ-Verlagsdruckerei, Memmingen, for) Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1974. One of 1300 copies printed of this facsimile edition as gift for the members of the "Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen". The original work by the artist Robert Kirchner, born 1940 in Bad Kissingen, was published by him in 98 copies only in 1965, printed in 14 point Garamond. He authorized the facsimile and created two new full-page illustrations for it, printed by himself from the stone and signed in pencil. - Spindler (Typen), 47.1 a; Gittel (Ges. d. Bilbiophilen) 196. FACSIMILES ; MODERNE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER ;

Berlin, Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1836-39. With 17 multiple folded plates comparing different Malaysian words (between pp. 241 to 264) and at the end 11 fold. lithogr. plates of Javanese characters (of which plate IX in red and black) in vol. 2. 4to. Contemporary half calf with spine labels, richly gilt. Engr. bookplate in vol. II + III. Berlin, Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1836-39. First edition of one of the most important books in the subject of philology. Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) clearly states the principle that languages express the individuality and culture of their speakers, and that languages must differ from one another in the same way and to the same degree as those who use them. This present work is Humboldt's linguistic masterpiece and was posthumously published. Incorporated in vol. 1 after p. XXIV is the first printing of his remarkable essay "Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues und ihren Einfluss auf geistige… Read More