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Stroth, Friedrich Andreas Device on title, head and tailpiece and an elaborate woodcut initial. First edition. Papered spine. 12 p. Stroth treatise of biblical text criticism. Printed to celebrate the occasion of Johann Jakob Griesbach’s (1745-1812; biblical text critic) appointment as "privatdozent" at Halle. Friedrich Andreas Stroth (1750-1785) was one of the most important German schoolmen of the Enlightment. Studied theology and philosophy at University of Greifswald and Halle, he became the Rector of the Gothaer Gymnasium. Three lines of contemporary note in ink on p. 3. Corners artistically restored. In good condition.
Dagover, Lil]; Ervine, St John First edition, published as manuscript, not for sale. Lil Dagover’s copy. In publisher’s wrappers. 87, (1) p. Lil Dagover’s copy of the script of the play "Die erste Frau Shelby", she played the role of Mrs. Janet Selby, the main character of John Ervin’s play. Spine sunned. Dagover’s name and address in ink on front cover by her own hand. With signes, notes underlines in red, blue and black pencil, also in blue and red ink on almost each pages by Dagover. One addiditional manuscript page in red ink added. Cover somewhat bumped, slightly worn. Yellowed, due to acidic paper. Overall in very good condition. First edition, published as manuscript, not for sale. Lil Dagover’s copy.
Mouraud, Tania Illustrated with several photographic reproductions. First edition. Limited of 77 copies, hand numbered, signed edition. In original cloth, with printed paper on front panel. 24 leaves. First edition of Mouraud’s first artist’s book. She started her career in the 1960s. Explored multiple media including painting, installation, photography, performance, video and sound. Her main topic is the relationship between art and social connections. This artist’s book is an example of her exploration of this topic, showing specially arranged photographs or fragments of photos of those general things that surrounds the people daily. Starts with "the mat you sleep on" and continues with "the water refreshing you" through "the fields surrounding your house" until "the people listening to you". Scarce and early work of the artist, WorldCat locates only one copy worldwide. In original cloth, with printed paper on front panel First edition. Limited of 77 copies, hand numbered, signed edition.
Berlioz, Hector; [Moore, Thomas]; [Gounet, Thomas] First edition. Signed and inscribed on title page by Berlioz in brown ink: "To my dear fried Robert". (2), 33, (1) p. Inscribed copy of the first edition of Berlioz’s nine songs on Irish poetry. The nine poems of the Neuf Mélodies taken from Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies, translated into French by Thomas Gounet. The last song is a paraphrase of the speech of the he Irish rebel Robert Emmet, just before his execution in 1803. Their settings include solo romances, duos, and choral pieces accompanied by the piano. Untrimmed. Pages moderately chipped, occasional foxing throughout. Overall in fine condition. First edition. Signed and inscribed on title page by Berlioz in brown ink: "To my dear fried Robert".
Picasso, Pablo]; [Diaghilev, Sergei]; [Lifar, Serge] Original, vintage poster with a mounted lithographic print after Pablo Picasso. Text in French. Poster printed in black on yellow paper, lithograph printed in color. Poster size: ca. 1000 × 618 mm. Image size: 585 × 495 mm. Original, vintage poster of the 1939 Ballets Russes exhibition in Paris, with a mounted lithographic print after Picasso. This poster of the great 1939 retrospective exhibition of Ballets Russes features a color reproduction of Picasso’s costume for the Chinese Conjuror from the Parade. The exhibition, organised by Serge Lifar, the former principal dancer of Ballets Russes and the ballet master of the Paris Opera at the time, was the first significant celebration of Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of Ballets Russes. Under the patronage of the Prince of Monaco and the Ministry of National Education, over five hundred items were presented at the exhibition. Founded by Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) and active between 1909 and 1929, Ballets Russes is considered to be the most influential ballet company of the 20th century. It became famous for its ground-breaking collaborations between composers, choreographers, designers and dancers. The company collaborated with composers such asIgor Stravinsky,Claude Debussy, andSergei Prokofiev, artists such asPablo Picasso, Vasily KandinskyandHenri Matisse, and costume designersLéon BakstandCoco Chanel. Paradeis aballetwith music byErik Satie (1866-1925)and a one-act scenario byJean Cocteau (1889-1963), composed in 1916-1917 onSergei Diaghilev’s commission. It premiered on May 18, 1917, at theThéatre du Chateletin Paris, with costumes and sets designed byPablo Picasso (1881-1973). Extremely scarce. [Ref: Wild, Nicole: Les Arts du Spectacle en France. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1976, 1370.]. Poster and lithograph with light traces of creasing. Lower corners of the poster dog-eared, lower right edge slightly chipped. Overall in fine condition. Original, vintage poster with a mounted lithographic print after Pablo Picasso. Text in French. Poster printed in black on yellow paper, lithograph printed in color.
Hedlund, G. P. 19th-century scrapbook with printed title page and 53 leaves with drawings. In contemporary green half leather. 11 plates hand-colored, plate no. 28 omitted by the designer. 19th-century scrapbook with several watercolored garden plans by a student of the Swedish Gardening Association. Fifty-three drawings of diagrams, plans, and designs of gardens, rosariums, garden building, doors, windows, and various tools for gardening or for gardens. Designed by a student of Horticulture and Garden Design studies at the Swedish Gardening Association between 1887 and 1889. Svenska Tradgardsföreningen, the Swedish Gardening Association was founded in 1832, modeled after the British Royal Horticultural Society. The Association organized the first garden exhibition in Sweden in 1833, however, most of its activities were confined to the city, with pioneering cultivation and building of greenhouses. Its school of horticultural studies for apprentice gardeners was opened in 1840. Because of financial difficulties, the Svenska Tradgardsföreningen ceased its activities in 1911. Spine rubbed with small damages. Corners bumped, edges of the binding rubbed. Inside clean. Overall in fine condition. In contemporary green half leather 19th-century scrapbook with printed title page and 53 leaves with drawings.
Medgyes, László (Ladislas) Illustrated with 20 full page Art Nouveau illustrations by Medgyes. The five figural tail pieces are also by him, just as the illustrated title page that is printed in black and yellow. First edition. Limited edition up to 250 copies. Numbered, one of 200 copies printed on hand made paper, and bound into half vellum. In publisher’s half vellum. 88, (4) p. Twenty short stories by László Medgyes (1892-?) the Hungarian avant-garde graphic artist and stage designer. He held his first exhibitions at the gallery of the most important Hungarian avant-garde magazine, the "MA" that also published his works in print. Since the 1920s he lived in Paris where he established his school (École Medgyes pour la Technique du Théâtre) together with the Hungarian architect Ern? Goldfinger, for scenic design. He worked as interior designer throughout Europe and in the US. One of the most beautiful Hungarian Art Nouveau books. Scarce. WorldCat locates only 2 copies in institutional holdings worldwide, none in the US. First edition. Limited edition up to 250 copies. Numbered, one of 200 copies printed on hand made paper, and bound into half vellum.
Hitler, Adolf Luxury edition, with the stamp of the deuxième division blindèe G. 5. on half-title, that states the circumstances of the origin of the volume. With photographic frontispiece of Hitler’s portrait, separated by tracing paper. In publisher’s vellum, with gilt ruling to edges on front and rear panel. Spine with four raised bands, with gilt ruling and title. Gilt head. (1 [leaf of frontispiece]), 360; 351, (29) p. 1934 full vellum, luxury edition of Mein Kampf, taken from Hitler’s own collection at Berghof, his home in Berchtesgaden, Obersalzberg in Germany, by the deuxième division blindée (French 2nd Armored Division). With the authentication stamp of unit, and the text, that certifies the origin of the book on half-title: "Cette pièce provient des collections personnelles d’Adolf Hitler au Berghof" (This piece comes from the personal collections of Adolf Hitler at the Berghof). Dated May 4, 1945, Berchtesgaden, the day when the unit took over the place. The first few leaves with very light foxing, otherwise clean. Overall in fine condition. In publisher’s vellum, with gilt ruling to edges on front and rear panel. Spine with four raised bands, with gilt ruling and title. Gilt head Luxury edition, with the stamp of the deuxième division blindèe G. 5. on half-title, that states the circumstances of the origin of the volume. With photographic frontispiece of Hitler’s portrait, separated by tracing paper.
Toroczkai-] Wigand [Ede] (Ede Toroczkai-Wigand) Plans of buildings, several images of interior design, furniture and stained glass designs. First edition. llustrated title page. Text in Hungarian and German. Initials printed in red and blue. Fine set of typography. Color portrait of Toroczkai Wigand (by Bertalan Karlovszky). In illustrated hard paper. 124, (2) p. "Architectura" is the compilation of Toroczkai-Wigand’s works in architecture and design, with several colored plates. Ede Toroczkai-Wigand (1869-1945) was a Hungarian architect and designer of decorative art. The thoughts of John Ruskin and the Arts and Crafts Movement had a major influence on him. Toroczkai-Wigand had the idea that art, architecture, folk customs and language is a complex structure and this complexity and "holism" reflecting in the unique character of his works. Beside being a prolific architect and designer, who was awarded at many international exhibitions (Paris, 1900; Torino, 1902; St. Louis, 1904), Toroczkai-Wigand published bibliophilic books, partly on his art and partly about the art, architecture and the folk tales of the Székelys in Transylvania. In these publications he combined the content and the typography of the print into a special unity, in the manner of the unique Transylvanian Art Nouveau style. First edition. llustrated title page. Text in Hungarian and German. Initials printed in red and blue. Fine set of typography. Color portrait of Toroczkai Wigand (by Bertalan Karlovszky).
Biró, Mihály) Llithograph postcard, printed in red and black. 140 × 90 mm. The postcard pictures the front page of the Social-democrat newspaper "Népszava" (People’s Voice.), with Mihály Biró’s (1886-1948) famous image of the "Red Man with Hammer". Biró’s original poster was printed in 1911. Llithograph postcard, printed in red and black.
Erasmus, Desiderius First edition. Woodcut printer’s device on title page and final leaf verso. Papered spine. 30, (2) p. A rare edition of the last two colloquies of Erasmus, Epicureus (The Epicurean), and Problema (A Problem). Scarce, we could trace only five copies in institutional holdings (British Library; BNF; Paris, Mazarine; University of Oxford; University of Illinois). Water stain to upper corners of last four leaves. Contemporary, faint Latin note in ink on the final page. In fine condition. First edition. Woodcut printer’s device on title page and final leaf verso.
Lem, Stanis?aw Second edition. Inscribed by the author. in 1984. In publisher’s cloth, with the original dust jacket, both with Jan S. Miklaszewski’s illustration. 324, (4) p. Inscribed copy of Lem’s celebrated novel G?os pana (His Master’s Voice). The first edition was published by the same publisher in 1968. Stanis?aw Lem (1921-2006), the author of Solaris, was a Polish science fiction writer, the most celebrated SF author in the Communist world. Jacket very slightly chipped. Overall in fine condition. In publisher’s cloth, with the original dust jacket, both with Jan S. Miklaszewski’s illustration Second edition. Inscribed by the author. in 1984.
Weber, Max First edition. In later black buckram, with gilt title on spine. From the "Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik" (1905, vol. 20 and 21). 1-54; 1-110 p. First edition of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic, the founding text of economic sociology and one of the most important texts of general sociology. Max Weber (1864-1920) was a German sociologist and political economist, considered as one of the founders of sociology besides Émile Durkheim and Karl Marx. He studied law in Heidelberg and Berlin and after earning his law doctorate he started to teach commercial law in Berlin, and economics in Freiburg and Heidelberg, until 1903. Later he became the associate editor of the academic journal of social sciences, the Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik, where the present work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, was first published in two parts in 1905. The Protestant Ethic is Weber’s seminal and most famous essay in which he locates the origins of capitalism in the lifestyle characterized by ascetic Protestantism and opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work. To this day this essay is considered one of the most important texts in sociology and economic history. Annotated and underlined in pencil. Otherwise in very good condition. From the "Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik" (1905, vol. 20 and 21) First edition. In later black buckram, with gilt title on spine.
Mantegazza, Steffano Second edition (first in 1601). In contemporary paper. (20), 476, (12) p. Rare Italian travelogue of Palestine through Egypt, Sinai, and the Greek islands. An account of Steffano Mantegazza’s travel to Jerusalem around 1600. Mantegazza traveled to Egypt, Sinai and the Greek islands of Zakynthos and Cephalonia. His work contains a detailed account of Alexandria, Cairo, and the Sinai. Although Mantegazza concentrates predominantly on natural history and religious sights he also includes an important report on the Beduin occupation between 1516 and 1518 of the Saint Catherine’s Monastery, during the interregnum between the Mamluk and Ottoman rule. Ref.: Kalfatovic 78 Bibl.: Kalfatovic, M. R.: Nile Notes of a Howadji: A Bibliography of Travelers’ Tales from Egypt, from the Earliest time to 1918. Metuchen, N.J., London: Scarecrow Press, 1992.; Schur, N.: St. Catherine’s Monastery: When Was the Recently Discovered Cache of Ancient Manuscripts Hidden? In: The Biblical Archaeologist. Vol. 44, No. 3 (Summer, 1981), pp. 133-134. Title with woodcut printer’s device, text printed in red and black. With woodcut headpieces and initials throughout. Spine and foot edge lettered in ink. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. Spine somewhat discolored, with minimal damages at head and foot. Panels stained, spotted, lightly dusted. Inside clean. Overall in very good condition.
Knízák, Milan Handmade, stapled publication with a stamp of the artist’s name and the gallery on the cover. Signed, numbered (one of 100 copies). 210 mm × 300 mm. The publication includes a double-sided typescript from Kní?ák in Polish, and a vintage, black and white gelatin silver photographic print, mounted on the rear cover, dated to 1977. Photograph size: 162 mm × 226 mm. Limited edition booklet of the Czech artist, Milan Kní?ák (b. 1940), with the typescript of two texts from the artist and a vintage gelatin silver print of his 1977 performance. The booklet was created on the occasion of the 1987 solo show of Kní?ák that took place in the Galeria Potocka in Krakow, Poland. The booklet includes two texts from him, titled Operacje matematyczne (Mathematical Operations) and Wymuszone symbiozy (Enforced Symbioses). The latter can be read as a description of his eponymous 1977 performance of which there is a vintage, black and white photograph in the booklet. Milan Kní?ák is a Czech performance artist, musician, and art theoretician who was a key figure in the development of action art and performance art in Prague in the 1960s. Kní?ák is regarded as one of the most important artists of the Fluxus movement in Eastern Europe. He was appointed as the director of "Fluxus East" by George Maciunas (1931-1978), the founder and coordinator of the Fluxus. A selection of Kní?ák’s works, including a copy of the photograph in this booklet is being held in the collection of Museum of Modern Art, New York. Galeria Potocka was a progressive contemporary art gallery in Krakow, that operated between 1986 and 2010. It was founded by the Polish critic, curator, art theoretician and author, Maria Anna Potocka (b.1950) who was also the founder of the first private gallery in communist Poland, the Galerii PI. Covers somewhat sunned, with two barely noticeable stains on the front. With a line on title page in red marker, presumably on purpose. ‘Styczen" stamped on title page. In fine condition. Signed, numbered (one of 100 copies). 210 mm × 300 mm. The publication includes a double-sided typescript from Kní?ák in Polish, and a vintage, black and white gelatin silver photographic print, mounted on the rear cover, dated to 1977. Photograph size: 162 mm × 226 mm Handmade, stapled publication with a stamp of the artist’s name and the gallery on the cover.
Maurer, Dóra; [Bán, András (afterword by)] First edition. Association copy, inscribed by Maurer to Zsófia Balla. In publisher’s photographic cover. Text in Hungarian and English. 16 p. Inscribed exhibition catalogue of Maurer’s 1979 show at the Pécsi Galéria. Dora Maurer (b. 1937) Hungarian avant-garde artist, who creates her works in photography, film and graphic design. Her works can be found in the MoMA. This copy is inscribed to Zsófia Balla (b. 1949) the one of the most prominent contemporary Hungarian female poets. In publisher’s photographic cover. Text in Hungarian and English First edition. Association copy, inscribed by Maurer to Zsófia Balla.
Ladik, Katalin First edition. In original, photographic cover. Illustrated throughout by the author. The illustrations are printed in silver on black paper. 107, (5) p. First edition of Ladik’s illustrated book of poems. Katalin Ladik (b. 1942) is a Yugoslavian (today Serbia) born Hungarian radical female performance artist, poet and writer. Besides other prizes, in 2016 she was awarded by the LennonOno Grant for Peace together with Ai Weiwei, Anish Kapoor and Olafur Eliasson. She was an exhibitor at "documenta 14" in 2017. The publisher of the book was the avant-garde, literary and art magazine of the Hungarians in Yugoslavia (Serbia) "Új Symposion". Slightly rubbed at extremities. Inside fine. Overall in very good condition. Illustrated throughout by the author. The illustrations are printed in silver on black paper First edition. In original, photographic cover.
Novak, Mili [Shmuel] First edition. In publisher’s wrappers, printed in red and black. Ownership inscription and collection stamp on title page. 47, (1) p. First edition Mili [Shmuel] Novak’s collection of modernist Hebrew poems. Novak’s poetry was inspired by the October Revolution in the style of Vladimir Mayakovsky and Alexandr Blok. The typographic cover design was created by Manuel (Emanuel) Shechtman (1900-1941), a graphic and scenic designer of Kiev. Tiny worm holes throughout, no effect to the text. Paper yellowed due to aging. Cover artistically restored. Overall in very good condition. Ownership inscription and collection stamp on title page First edition. In publisher’s wrappers, printed in red and black.
First edition. In publisher’s illustrated, red wrappers, printed in black. Cover design by Lehnert. Modernist layout. 79, (5) p. . Booklet of the 1929 Socialist Culture Day in Frankfurt, a conference organised by the Socialist Cultural Association, a left-wing organization of the Weimar Republic. The topic of the conference was the film and radio with a special attention given to their social functions and their possible roles as vehicles of the socialist cultural movement. The booklet contains the transcripts of the lectures given at the conference: a lecture on the importance of film and radio for the working class by Heinrich Schulz (1872-1932), the leader of the Socialist Cultural Association ; a lecture on the technical and cultural possibilities of film, given by Siegfried Nestriepke (1872-1932), a social democratic journalist and theater director; the German-Israeli pianist and politician, Leo Kestenberg’s (1882-1962) lecture on sound film; a lecture on film music by the German-born composer, Klaus Pringsheim (1883-1972) and a lecture on theatre and broadcasting, given by Leopold Jessner (1878-1945) a Jewish-German producer and director of German Expressionist theater and cinema known for his 1921 silent film, Hintertreppe. Rear cover, and the last few pages slightly dog-eared. Pages slightly yellowed due to ageing. In fine condition. Cover design by Lehnert. Modernist layout First edition. In publisher’s illustrated, red wrappers, printed in black.
Biron, Claude]; [Vallemont, abbé de (Pierre Le Lorrain)] First edition. In contemporary calf. Panels with gilt frames. Spine with five raised bands, the compartment richly gilt with floral motives, and titled. Marbled edges, and endpapers. A copy of the variant with no author’s name on title page. Ownership stamp on title page "Bibliothéque d’Eugène de Froberville". 12mo, signatures: ã8, ?4, ?4, A-2A8/4 (ã1 verso, 2A4 blank); , xxiii, , -282,  p. and  engraved plates (one folded). [Signature L bound into twice.]. Scarce late 17th-century travelogue of the West and East Indies. Claude Biron’s scarce and interesting travel narrative and collection of curiosities. A rich collection of information about the natural history of the Indies gathered personally on his two voyages. In the West Indies, he visited Cayenne, Martinique, and Guadeloupe. Illustrated with seven engraved plates of plants and animals, as well as a folded portrait of Confucius. Provenance: The French ethnographer, explorer and geographer Eugène de Froberville’s (1790-1871) ownership stamp on title page. Sabin 5582. Occasional light brown spots, otherwise clean. Overall in very good condition. In contemporary calf. Panels with gilt frames. Spine with five raised bands, the compartment richly gilt with floral motives, and titled. Marbled edges, and endpapers. A copy of the variant with no author’s name on title page. Ownership stamp on title page "Bibliothéque d’Eugène de Froberville"
Puente, Juan de la First edition. First volume, no more published. our books, divided into two parts, each with distinct pagination. In contemporary limp vellum. Tinted edges. Spine lettered in ink. Edges tinted. Engraved title page. Woodcut head and tail pieces, and initials. Text in two columns, with printed annotations. Text area and text columns ruled. 1612. 6º: [ ]6, ?6, ??4, A-Z6, Aa-Hh6, a-z6, aa-gg6 ([ ]1v, [ ]6, ?2v, ?3v, Zz6v, dd3v, gg6v blank); 371, 371 p. (some mispaginated). Rare Spanish historical and political work with references to Mexico and Brazil. Written by Juan de la Puente (15?-1629) the Spanish Dominican dean, mythographer, treatise writer, President of the Council of Castile and the Chancillería de Valladolid, chronicler of Philip III. In this extraordinary work, whose title and frontispiece encapsulate the notion of the superiority of Spain to all other countries, he demonstrates the apostolic founding of the Spanish Church and its equality with its Roman counterpart. He surmised that St Thomas may have visited the Americas and preached the gospel in Mexico also in Brazil, although without leaving much evidence of any survival of Christian beliefs among the natives of those countries. He supported Gregorio García’s theory that the American Indians descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel and "declared that ‘natural love which a man has for his country is born in the stars which engender us and preserve us in our first years’. It was this emphasis on the power of the stars which led him to insert the notorious oft-cited note: ‘the heavens of America induce inconstancy, lasciviousness, and lies: vices characteristic of the Indians and which the constellations make characteristic of the Spaniards who are born and bred there’. Here was an affirmation against which creole patriots were to rage for more than a century but which was destined to enjoy wide circulation." (Brading 1993, pp. 200) The entire work was planned to be consist of three tomes, however, only the present first volume was published. Palau 74250; Not in Sabin Bibl.: Brading, D. A.: The First America: The Spanish Monarchy, Creole Patriots and the Liberal State 1492-1866. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Binding dusted, stained. Later shelfmark vignette on spine. Endpapers with wormholes and stains. Inside clean. Overall in very good condition. our books, divided into two parts, each with distinct pagination. In contemporary limp vellum. Tinted edges. Spine lettered in ink. Edges tinted. Engraved title page. Woodcut head and tail pieces, and initials. Text in two columns, with printed annotations. Text area and text columns ruled First edition. First volume, no more published.

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