Search Results: Titles starting with T from Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Augsburg, Jacob Koppmayer for Ulrich Krauss, 1687. With engr. frontispiece, engr. title-page, 8 double-page engravings (The Four Seasons and The Four Elements), and 32 engravings ( 4 for each division) in the text. 4 unn. leaves, 10 pp., 142 pp. Folio (330 x 210 mm). Old boards. Augsburg, Jacob Koppmayer for Ulrich Krauss, 1687. First edition. The Augsburg engraver-publisher Johann Ulrich Krauss' edition after Le Brun's Tapiseries Du Roy, Paris 1679, arranged as a collection of emblems in prais of royal virtues and of the person and magnanimity of a monarch. With German as well as French explanatory verses. Devices from miniature paintings by Jacques Bailly (1634-1679). Original text by Félibien, André sieur de Avaux et de Javrecy (1619-1695). Johann Ulrich Krauss (1655-1719) was known as one of the most enterprising and well-liked of the Augsburg engravers, and the husband of Johanna Sybilla Krauss, daughter of his old master Küslen, who engraved the plates for the present… Read More

Paris, Clousier, Lamy, 1780-88. With frontispiece after Moreau le jeune engr. by Née, engr. title with view by Née, and 430 copper engravings numbered 1-278. Large folio. 19th century red morocco, spines with gilt lettering, gilt borders on covers, gilt inner dentelles, t.e.g., signed Koehler on spine of vol. I (somewhat rubbed, a few spots). Exlibris Christopher Tynor, Stoke Rochford Library, Lincolnshire. Paris, Clousier, Lamy, 1780-88. First edition. A nice copy of this precious and classic work on Switzerland, with fine views drawn by Bertaux, Besson, Brandoin, Châtelet, S.H. Grimm, Le Barbier, Pérignon, a.o., and engraved by Née, Niquet, Alix, de Longueil, Dequevauviller, Droyer, Borguet, Masquelier, Choffard, Aveline, a.o. Many leaves have two or more engravings, the numbering is sometimes repeated, sometimes there are several numbers on one leaf. There are 7 double-page maps (included in the numbering) by Clermont, one after Daniel Bruckner, one a view after… Read More

Augsburg, Philip Ulhard, October 1551. Diagrams showing eclipses and celestial positions in the format of astrological squares. [346] leaves (author's name crossed out on title). 4to. Contemporary vellum. Augsburg, Philip Ulhard, October 1551. First edition of a little known work by Cyprian Leowitz (1524-1574). The celebrated Bohemian astronomer was professor of astronomy and appointed mathematician to Elector Palatine Otho Henry (German: Ottheinrich, 1502-1559) and acquired a high reputation at the time of the reception of the Copernican theory. It is well known that the cosmological elements of the Copernican theory, i.e., the "centrality" of the Sun and the Earth's revolution about it, were not widely accepted for nearly a century after the publication of the "De Revolutionibus". Leowitz played a central role in facilitating conjunctionist theory, and the actual contents of the "Tabulae" are in line with those by Stöffler. From the end of the 15th century… Read More

Valencia, Pedro Patricio Mey, 1599. Title, 12 unn. leaves, 156 pp., 8 unn. leaves. 4to. Contemporary half calf. Valencia, Pedro Patricio Mey, 1599. First edition of this panegyric of Philip II, King of Spain (1527-1598). Philip II inherited one of the largest empires from his father Charles V, which included territories in every continent then known to Europeans. His reign saw a flourishing of cultural excellence in Spain, the beginning of what is called the Golden Age, creating a lasting legacy in literature, music, and the visual arts. Philip's foreign policies were determined by a combination of Catholic fervour and dynastic self-interest, he considered himself by default the chief defender of Catholic Europe. The author Antonio Cervera de la Torre (fl. 16th/17th century) was born in Ciudad Real, his parents were Hidalgos from Pozuelo de Calatrava and Madridejos, he received a degree in canon law from the University of Salamanca and was rector of the Imperial College. He was sacristan mayor… Read More

Lyon (i.e. Geneva), Barth'elemy Vincent, 1578. Architectural title-page with classical figures, grotesques and geometric forms. With 60 engraved plates by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau the Elder, unsigned, elaborate grotesque head- and tail-pieces, and initials. Text in Roman and Italic types. [40] pp. (some spotting on title and light foxing in following leaves). Folio (390 x 270 mm). Modern vellum imitating the old style, with ornamentation in blind tooling on sides and back. Lyon (i.e. Geneva), Barth'elemy Vincent, 1578. First edition, second issue. According to the catalogue of the BnF this issue was preceded by a slightly different one printed in the same year by the same publisher, where the title-page is in French and dated in Roman numerals MDLXXVIII. Our copy has a bilingual title-page Latin and French, and is dated in modern spelling 1578. Both editions are augmented with text in French by François Béroalde de Verville. This book is one of the most important pictorial… Read More

Munich, J. Lentner, 1786. With frontispiece, engr. by Weissenhahn, showing a tomb with Sulzer's portrait medaillon, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. 9 unn. leaves, 256 pp.; 4 unn. leaves, 184 pp. 8vo. Modern vellum with gilt lettering on spine. Munich, J. Lentner, 1786. First edition of this work on eloquence, assembled from J. G. Sulzer's (1720-1776) magnum opus "Allgemeine Theorie der schönen Künste". The editor, the Bavarian canon Albrecht Christoph Kirchmayer (d. 1814) also edited Sulzer's "Theorie der Dichtkunst" (1789); both were intended as systematic text books for students. Of the present work, the first theoretical part is followed by a second part containing letters, some addressed to Gessner, Bodmer, and Gleim, descriptions, stories, and philosophical tracts, as well as a eulogy of Sulzer by Formey. - Slight foxing or browning, otherwise nice. - Kosch XXI, 370. PHILOSOPHY ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ;

Jerusalem, Universitas Booksellers, 1968. 334 pp. Large folio. Loose as issued. In cloth box. Jerusalem, Universitas Booksellers, 1968. Facsimile of the edition Berlin 1924-31, printed in 325 copies only, with separate booklet of concordances. - Lacking orig. title, and without the 1969 supplement, pp. 91-100 are replaced in photocopy. BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

New York, H. P. Kraus, 1962. With numerous photographs. 14 unn. leaves. Folio. Orig. wrappers. New York, H. P. Kraus, 1962. A picture book to celebrate the famous dealer's 30th anniversary in the rare book trade, a gift for friends and clients. BIBLIOGRAPHY ; BIBLIOGRAPHIE, BUCHKUNDE, TYPOGRAPHIE ;

New York and London, H. P. Kraus and Bernard Quaritch, 1991. With illus. 24 pp. Folio. Orig. cloth. New York and London, H. P. Kraus and Bernard Quaritch, (1991). "Among the earliest and most important texts from the Sammlung Ludwig, the greatest collection of medieval manuscripts assembled in the late half century". BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

Frankfurt am Main, (Georg Rab for Sig.(mund) Feyerabend and Simon Hüter), 1566. First title printed in red and black (small piece cut out from upper and lower part of title, re-margined) with numerous large woodcuts (some repeated) of tournaments and other festivities, 2 large double-page cuts (203 x 348 mm) of a tournament (dated 1565) 2 small and 2 large woodcut printer's devices (repeated), and c. 290 woodcut coats of arms by Jost Amman. 6 unn. leaves, CCXLIII leaves, 3 unn. leaves index; 4 unn. leaves, LXXXI leaves,. Small folio (297 x 192 mm). Late 19th vellum with gilt spine label, t.e.g. Library ticket of the American Type Founders Company on front paste-down, and exlibris Ambroise-Firmin Didot (1790-1876), famous collector, type founder and publisher (his sale 1879), and bookplate of the well-known library of C. Fairfax Murray (his sale 1917). Frankfurt am Main, (Georg Rab for Sig.(mund) Feyerabend and Simon Hüter), 1566. First Frankfurt edition, here with the fine woodcuts… Read More

Göttingen, Arkana Verlag, 1984. With full-page color illus. after drawings. 32 unn. leaves. Large folio. Orig. half cloth, dust-jacket. Göttingen, Arkana Verlag, 1984. Portraits of famous Russian poets like Pushkin, Gogol, Dershavin, Shukovski, Gontcharov, Nekrassov, Dostoyevsky a.o., with texts by them in cyrillic letters. A separate sheet contains an introduction and translations of the poems. MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (1900-1999) ; MODERNE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER ;

Paris, H. Piazza, 1932. With 35 color illustrations (front cover, frontispiece and 33 head-pieces) by Charles Guérin. 173, (1) pp., 1 leaf. 8vo. Orig. illus. wrappers. In orig. slipcase. Paris, H. Piazza, (1932). This edition includes the previously unpublished poem "Retour". - Monod 5286. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; MODERNE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER ; MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (1900-1999) ;

Amsterdam, C(ornelis) Dankers, 1644. Engr. figured title, engr. heraldic head-piece to dedication, large engr. folding map of Switzerland by Blaeu after Mercator, 55 large engr. plates (almost all double-spread, 1 folding) with a total of 75 views. VI, 48 pp. Folio. Contemp. vellum. Amsterdam, C(ornelis) Dankers, (1644). (Bound with:) SIMLER, Josias. Een Historische Beschrijvinge van Svvitser-landt. Begrijpende Den Oorsprong van alle haer Verbonden, Victorien, en andere ghedenckwaerdige Gheschiedenissen ... Beschreven in't Latijn door Iosias Simler ... En nu in't nederduyts uyt-ghegheven. With engr. illus. on title. 81, (1) pp. Amsterdam, Cornelis Danckaertsz., 1644. First Dutch edition, complete with all plates and the map of Switzerland (the map of Germany was not part of this edition). In honor of his native country, the Swiss topography was the first publication in Merian's main work, his corpus of 31 topographies. The present Dutch edition was published only two years after the… Read More

Paris, Clousier, 1730. 12 leaves, 464 pp., 2 leaves. 8vo. Contemp. calf (slightly rubbed). Paris, Clousier, 1730. First French edition of "De pudendorum morbis et lue venerea tetrabiblion", first published in Asti in 1716. The present French edition was translated after the Leiden edition of 1722. Jacopo Vercellone, born 1676 in Sordevolo, started to collect material and case histories while working at a hospital in Rome in 1701, initially for his own use. Before deciding to publish his book, he studied the available works on the subject by de Blegny, a.o.- Library release stamp on title, p. 228, and last page. - Blake 471; Hirsch VI, 87f.; Proksch, Venerische Krankheiten I, p. 28. Not in Garrison/Morton, Lesky, Osler, Waller, Zachert/Zeidler. SCIENCE: MEDICINE ;

Paris, Clousier, Imprimeur du Roi, 1788. 24 engraved folding plates. XL, 294 pp. 4to (260 x 195 mm). Contemporary full calf (rubbed, small defects to front hinge). Old ms. entries on title. Paris, Clousier, Imprimeur du Roi, 1788. First edition of a work by the Rouennais engineer and inventor (1752-1807), who won the gold medal at the Mantua Academy. Forfait held various official naval posts both before and after the Revolution, in which he was called upon to solve various hydraulic engineering problems. The present work deals with sea-going vessels and smaller ships. - Cat. NHSM, 754; Hoefer XVIII, 175. SCIENCE:ENGINEERING ;

Munich, Nicolaus Heinrich, 1627. With engr. pictorial title. 14 unn. leaves, 616 pp. 12mo. Contemp. vellum. Munich, Nicolaus Heinrich, 1627. Second edition. As the title "Trismegistus" suggests, the reader is told that there are three important things in Christian life: the devotion of the Saints, the examination of one's conscience and modesty in the choice of dress. Drexel (1581-1638) used the literary means of a dialogue between himself and a younger member of the Marian Congregation, to whom the tract is dedicated. - VD17 12:101432V; Dünnhaupt (2nd ed.), p. 1388, 9.6; Pörnbacher 174; Breidenbach, Der Emblematiker Jeremias Drexel, 210-13; De Backer/Sommervogel III, 187, 7; cf. Jantz 874 (ed. 1634: "Old Hermetic symbolism turned to pious purposes"); not in Paisey. RELIGION / THEOLOGY ; BIBELN, RELIGION ; JESUITS ;

Berlin, Josef Altmann, 1922. Folio. Orig. half vellum with red morocco spine labels, green boards (slightly faded). Berlin, Josef Altmann, 1922. Standard work, still regularly consulted today. It was conceived to replace the famous Brunet, including "all works in all languages which possess any interest to the scholar" (from a contemporary review). Compiled by Johann Georg Theodor Graesse, librarian to King Frederick August II, and director of the Japanese Museum in Dresden, it was originally published in 1858.- Nice copy. BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

Lucerne,, 6.4.1976. 1 p., on thin paper. Lucerne, 6.4.1976. Erni writes that he is pleased to hear that Mr. Kraus, the famous New York rare book dealer, intends to come and see him. "Es freut mich, dass Sie bei Ihrem nächsten Europa-Besuch bei mir vorbeikommen werden ...". The short letter is signed with a dove drawn in ink instead of the name. - Small damage to the paper caused by the pen. AUTOGRAPHS ; AUTOGRAPHEN, MANUSKRIPTE ;