Religious books

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Set of 4 Roman parish calendars in 4 volumes: "Spr

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21h 15m 14s

Set of 4 Roman parish calendars in 4 volumes: "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter." In their box. 9x10x14 cm.

Ongoing auction €13

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Mother Of Pearl "Horas de La Mujer Catolica" Spanish Catholic Prayer Book 1882 - 1885, France Artist/Designer/Manufacturer: Published by Laplace, Sanchez y Cía., Editores Marking(s): (No 19) depicting edition, publishing details Materials: Mother-of-pearl, shell, metal clasps, gilt-edged paper Cataloger Note: Antique 19th century Spanish devotional, printed in France, featuring a geometric mother-of-pearl cover, shell religious overlay, metal clasps, and gold-leaf paper pages. L 4 3/4" x W 3

Estimation

€90 - 280

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Edward Bulwer Lytton 'Last Days of Pompeii' Parchment Edition Book

Estimation

€130 - 230

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Leather Bound Bible Assortment

Estimation

€90 - 190

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Studio of Samuel Yellin

Estimation

€1,300 - 2,300

live November 17 | 05:00 PM

Medieval Bohemian or German bible manuscript leaf in Latin, executed in ink and pigment on vellum, ca. 1450. The leaf features passages from the books of Amos (9:13-15), Nehemiah (8:1-5, 7-10), and Mark (9:16-25). Sheet; height: 12 1/4 in x width: 9 1/4 in. Framed; height: 16 1/2 in x width: 12 1/4 in x depth: 1 3/4 in.

Estimation

€180 - 370

Papyrus of Hunefer from the Book of the Dead 1899.

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15h 42m 14s

Papyrus of Hunefer from the Book of the Dead 1899.

Starting price

€20

[EDY LEGRAND] - The Gospel According to Saint John

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16h 56m 44s

[EDY LEGRAND] - The Gospel According to Saint John. Paris: Maurice Robert, Club du Bibliophile de France, 1947, folio, 241 pp., loose-leaf, with a filled cover and slipcase.

Ongoing auction €29

John Fowler - Engraving of The Wise Men's Offering

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John Fowler - Engraving of The Wise Men's Offering 1809.

Starting price

€5

John Fowler - Engraving of Moses receiving the Tab

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18h 35m 44s

John Fowler - Engraving of Moses receiving the Tablets 1809.

Starting price

€5

John Fowler - Engraving of The Annunciation 1809.

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John Fowler - Engraving of The Annunciation 1809.

Starting price

€5

John Fowler - Engraving of Presentation of the Hol

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18h 41m 44s

John Fowler - Engraving of Presentation of the Holy Bible 1809.

Starting price

€5

live November 15 | 05:00 PM

Lot of 6 handwritten Koran pages in Arabic accompanied by a Persian translation, 19th century. Some decorated with gilding. Average size: 46X31 cm. Various conditions, moth damage, minor tears to some.

Estimation

€90 - 140

The Nativity by Albrecht Dürer 1885..

This print

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23h 31m 44s

The Nativity by Albrecht Dürer 1885..

Starting price

€10

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Ecce Ancilla Domini (The

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23h 58m 14s

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Ecce Ancilla Domini (The Annunciation) 1885.

Starting price

€10

timed auction Until November 16 | 08:20 PM

Martin’s Early Poetic Works

Ongoing auction €410

live November 16 | 10:00 AM

Dominicus Custos (1560–1612), Memento Mori, copper engraving

Starting price

€600

live November 17 | 02:00 PM

A precious writing pad, circa 1900, bound in red morocco leather embossed in gold with a design of Greek motifs and floral garlands; the top is adorned with a pastoral scene in polychrome silk needle painting from the late 18th century. Displayed under beveled glass. The interior is lined with two gusseted pockets in cherry-red faille. 34 cm x 37.5 cm. See illustration on page 44.

Estimation

€300 - 500

timed auction Until November 16 | 08:11 PM

Five books:

Starting price

€120

timed auction Until November 16 | 08:13 PM

Edict of Our Lord the King concerning the redemption of sales involving townhouses... published at the Court of Parliament on the fifth day of February in the year 1539, Paris, by Jehan Andre.

Ongoing auction €60

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:27 PM

"The Abbeys of France in the Middle Ages and in 1947" - A Benedictine monk, with a preface by Marcel Aubert - Éditions G. Durassié & Cie, Paris - 1947

Ongoing auction €3

live November 17 | 02:00 PM

QUR'AN FOLLOWED BY A FALNAMA

Estimation

€12,000 - 18,000

Unknown (19th century), Martin Luther’s Family Bib

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01h 00m 14s

Unknown (19th century), Martin Luther’s Family Bible, after Martin Luther, deluxe edition, 1846, book

Starting price

€140

live November 16 | 09:00 AM

[RELIGIOSA]. First Communion memento. 1836. Print with handwritten annotations. 33 x 26.5 cm.

Estimation

€5 - 10

live November 16 | 09:00 AM

"This gradual belongs to the Church of Saint Etienne." Document. 18th century. Framed under glass. 50 x 32 cm. Creases.

Estimation

€60 - 80

live November 16 | 10:00 AM

Page CXXVII from "Liber chronicarum" (Schedel's Chronicle of the World), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493

Starting price

€340

timed auction Until November 16 | 02:15 PM

"Champs-Élysées, Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Plaine Monceau"—Yvan Christ (introduction), Jean-François Barrielle, Thérèse Castieau, Antoinette Le Normand-Romain; photographs by Philippe Maille—Henri Veyrier, Paris—undated

Ongoing auction €4

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:10 PM

"Dictionary of the Churches of Paris: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant" - Georges Brunel, Marie-Laure Deschamps-Bourgeon, Yves Gagneux - Éditions Hervas, Paris - 1995

Ongoing auction €50

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:11 PM

"Parisian Churches: Present and Past" - Yvan Christ - Éditions Tel, Paris - 1947

Ongoing auction €1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:12 PM

"20th-Century Churches in Paris: Architecture and Decor" - Simon Texier (ed.) - Action artistique de la Ville de Paris, Paris - 1996

Ongoing auction €3

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:13 PM

"Sacred Treasures, Hidden Treasures: The Heritage of the Churches of Seine-et-Marne" - Exhibition Catalog (Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, September 10–October 30, 1988) - Seine-et-Marne Departmental Heritage Committee - 1988

Starting price

€1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:17 PM

"Churches and Cathedrals of Medieval France" - Claude Wenzler, Hervé Champollion - Éditions de Lodi, Paris - 2006

Ongoing auction €2

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:18 PM

"A General History of the Churches of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland" - Edited by various authors, with a preface by André Chastel - Robert Laffont, Paris - 1966

Ongoing auction €1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:18 PM

"Bell Towers of France" - Denise Jalabert - A. and J. Picard Publishers, Paris - 1968

Ongoing auction €3

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:19 PM

"The Hidden World of Mercy: A Catalog of 400 Church Stalls in France" - Dorothy and Henry Kraus - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris - 1986

Ongoing auction €1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:19 PM

"The Romanesque Churches of the Former Diocese of Angoulême" - J. George, Alexis Guérin-Boutaud - Kapp Printing House, Paris-Vanves - 1928

Starting price

€1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:20 PM

"Romanesque Churches of Tuscany" - Mario Salmi - Éditions des Deux-Mondes, Paris - 1961

Starting price

€1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:20 PM

"Romanesque Churches in France" (Volume II) - Maurice Gieure - Éditions du Louvre, Paris - 1954

Starting price

€1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:21 PM

"The Magistral Cathedral: Alcalá de Henares, World Heritage Site" - Áurea de la Morena, Carlos Clemente, Juan de Dios de la Hoz - n.p., Alcalá de Henares - n.d.

Starting price

€1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:22 PM

"Notre-Dame Cathedral in Noyon in the 12th Century" - Charles Seymour - Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris - 1975

Ongoing auction €2

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:22 PM

"The Cathedral of Saint-Étienne in Meaux: An Architectural Study" - Peter Kurmann - Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris - 1971

Ongoing auction €1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:23 PM

"The Strasbourg Cathedral" - Hans Reinhardt - Arthaud, Paris - 1972

Starting price

€1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:24 PM

"The Cathedral of Reims: Its History, Architecture, Sculpture, and Stained-Glass Windows" - Hans Reinhardt - Presses Universitaires de France, Paris - 1963

Starting price

€1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:27 PM

"Saint Bernard: Cistercian Art" - Georges Duby - Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris - 1976

Ongoing auction €1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:30 PM

"The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis: New Research" - Jules Formigé, with a foreword by Paul Léon - Presses Universitaires de France, Paris - 1960

Ongoing auction €1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:39 PM

2 vols.: "Provins: Religious Monuments" (Volumes I and II) - Marquise de Maillé - Librairie des Arts et Métiers / Éditions Jacques Laget, Chartres - 1975

Ongoing auction €1

timed auction Until November 16 | 03:41 PM

"Saint-Philibert de Tournus: The 11th-Century Abbey Church" - Jacques Henriet - French Archaeological Society, Paris - n.d.

Starting price

€1

timed auction Until November 16 | 04:46 PM

[OLD MASTERS] SET OF THREE BOOKS:

Ongoing auction €30

live November 16 | 06:30 PM

An Amsterdam States Bible. Hendrick Schelte, 1714.

Estimation

€50 - 100

timed auction Until November 16 | 08:24 PM

A Menippean Satire on the Virtues of the Catholicon of Spain and the Proceedings of the Estates of Paris.

Starting price

€180

live November 19 | 04:00 PM

Marc Chagall, Jean Chatelain. The Biblical Message. With a lithograph by Chagall. Marc Chagall and Jean Chatelain, The Biblical Message. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1973. First edition. Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with original color lithograph frontispiece and numerous color and black-and-white plates.

Estimation

€270 - 460

live November 19 | 04:00 PM

Humanisme Actif: Melange d'Art et de Literature Published by Hermann, Paris, 1968. Preface by Étienne Dennery. Two Volumes. With an original lithograph by Chagall on the frontispiece of the first volume and an original etching by Dunoyer de Segonzac on the frontispiece of the second. Collection of articles written in tribute to Julien Cain, former director of the National Library, on the subject of literature, books and libraries. Ex Libris University of Michigan. 10x7x4 inches

Estimation

€540 - 730

live November 19 | 04:00 PM

Verve 37-38. Chagall Drawings for the Bible. 1960. 24 lithographs in color Marc Chagall Drawings for the Bible. Harcourt, Brace and CO, New York, 1960. This double number of Verve contains the drawings made by Chagall in 1958 on biblical themes. Complete of 24 original lithographs in color, and 96 Heliogravures in black and white. Bound in the original pictorial hardcover illustrated by Chagall. 2 lithographs dented at the edges.

Estimation

€2,200 - 2,800

live November 19 | 04:00 PM

Kirchners, Ludwig. Das Werk, 1926, with 6 woodcuts. Das Werk Ludwig Kirchners. Grohmann, Will. Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1926. Limited in 850 copies numbered, with 6 original woodcuts by Kirchners (title and 4 subtitles in blue, 1 black and white woodcut on p. 10). Text in German, prototypes in color and B/W. H: 10 7/8 in. (277 mm); W: 11 3/16 in. (284 mm); Depth: 2 1/8 in. (54 mm).

Estimation

€1,300 - 1,900

live November 17 | 02:00 PM

LAST PART OF THE QUR'AN

Estimation

€500 - 800

live November 17 | 02:00 PM

ALBUM (MURAQQA’) CONTAINING THE MORNING PRAYERS

Estimation

€3,000 - 5,000

live November 17 | 02:00 PM

Alfred de VIGNY (1797–1863). Five autograph manuscripts, of various sizes, bound under the title “Reliquiae” into a single in-4 volume (approximately 33 x 24 cm). Full brown Jansenist morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, interior gilt fillets, bands and spandrels inlaid with green and red morocco leather, lining and endpapers of patterned gilt silk, slipcase (Marius Michel).

Estimation

€6,000 - 8,000

live November 17 | 02:00 PM

A photo album containing 30 photographs depicting, among others, prominent figures of the Second Empire and the Third Republic: Edouard Thouvenel (Minister of Foreign Affairs under Napoleon III), Victor Hugo, Frédérick Lemaître (actor), Léonor-Joseph Havin (editor of Le Siècle and representative from the Manche department), Émile Ollivier, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (father of modern magic), Louis Jourdan (publisher), Auguste Nélaton (professor of medicine), Ferdinand de Lesseps, etc.

Estimation

€20 - 30

live November 17 | 02:00 PM

QUR'AN

Estimation

€1,000 - 1,500

live November 17 | 10:00 AM

Michael Wolgemut Hartmann Schedel, The Sermon of the Antichrist (The Seventh Age). Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, July 12, 1493. Woodcut. 361x225 mm. Sheet: 384x242 mm. From the first edition with the Latin text published in Nuremberg on July 12, 1493, followed by the German-language version on December 23 of the same year. A fine impression on slightly thick laid paper with a “Gothic P” watermark. At the bottom of the verso, in pen and green ink

Estimation

€240 - 480

live November 17 | 10:00 AM

Giovanni Andrea Vavassore (Valvassore), Title page and five plates from Apochalypsis Ihesu Christi. Venice: Alessandro Paganino, 1516. Woodcut. 267/268 × 184/188 mm. Sheet: 294 × 205 mm. Six plates (Title page with the Little Ship, Eighth Figure: The Four Avenging Angels, Ninth Figure: John Devours the Book of Life; Tenth Figure: The Woman Clothed with the Sun and the Seven-Headed Dragon; Eleventh Figure: Saint Michael Slays the Dragon; Fourteenth Figure: The Harlot of Babylon) from *Apochal

Estimation

€480 - 960

live November 17 | 10:00 AM

Francesco De Nanto (or Denanto), Adoration of the Shepherds. 1520–1525 [printed in the early 19th century]. Woodcut. 433 × 298 mm. Sheet: 440 × 304 mm. Passavant, I, p. 150. Urbini/Piazzi, Atlas of Italian Renaissance Woodcuts, ALU.0292.1, ALU.0292-M. (plate). T. Depaulis, “From Savoy to Rome: Francesco de Nanto, a Neglected Printmaker of the Early Sixteenth Century,” in Print Quarterly, 2020, vol. XXXVII, pp. 123–139. Lower right: “FRANCIS(CUS)/ DE NANTO.” The woodcut is part of

Estimation

€200 - 400

live November 17 | 10:00 AM

Lot of Bibles and other religious books from a liquidation sale. 6 items total.

Starting price

€10

live November 17 | 10:00 AM

Commemorative publication on the Jesuit Church in Mannheim, "Basilica Carolina," circa 1753. All pages present. Some foxing; otherwise in fairly good condition.

Starting price

€350

live November 17 | 10:00 AM

Doré - Bible: "The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, translated into German by D. Martin Luther," with illustrations by Gustav Doré. Volumes 1 and 2. Pages have some foxing; the spine is loose and the cover is scuffed.

Starting price

€10

live November 17 | 10:00 AM

Stefan Strohm - The Copper Bible by Matthäus Merian, 1630. Published by Müller und Schindler, Stuttgart. Exclusive edition for Coron Verlag, Lachen on Lake Zurich.

Starting price

€160

timed auction Until November 17 | 12:12 PM

The Office for the Easter Fortnight in Latin and French According to the Roman Missal and Breviary

Starting price

€10

live November 17 | 02:00 PM

"Great Texts and Civilizations—The Medieval West" series. A compilation of two works published by the Club du Livre in 1976:

Estimation

€10 - 15

timed auction Until November 17 | 04:01 PM

Germany / Cologne / 1682

Starting price

€120

live November 18 | 02:30 PM

PICART (Bernard) - BERNARD (Jean-Frédéric). RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND CUSTOMS OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD. Amsterdam, J.-F. Bernard, 1723–1737. [Followed by:] RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND CUSTOMS OF IDOLATROUS PEOPLES. Six folio volumes in marbled brown calfskin, spined with raised bands richly decorated with gilt fleurons and scrolls, title labels in garnet morocco, gilt volume numbers (contemporary binding). Volume 1: (6) folios, XLII pp., (4) folios, 153 pp., 13 plates - 206 pp., (1) folio

Estimation

€400 - 600

live November 19 | 02:00 PM

Album of Papal Court Costumes under Pius IX

Estimation

€200 - 300

live November 19 | 02:00 PM

CELINE, Louis-Ferdinand: L'église. Denoël et Steele, Paris, 1933. First edition, one of 10 copies with a half-leather binding on Holland paper, second paper.

Estimation

€2,500 - 3,000

live November 21 | 04:00 PM

Schedel, pub. 1493 - 4 Pages of Relgious & Historic Figures

Estimation

€450 - 1,400

live November 21 | 04:00 PM

Schedel, pub. 1493 - 3 Pages of Relgious & Historic Figures

Estimation

€450 - 1,400

live November 21 | 04:00 PM

Schedel, pub. 1493 - The Blood Libel of Simon of Trent / Verso: Religious or Historic Figures & Comet or Star

Estimation

€1,300 - 2,300

live November 21 | 04:00 PM

Schedel, pub. 1493 - Destructon of Jerusalem / Verso: The Straggles Drawing and Religious or Historic Figures

Estimation

€1,300 - 2,300

live November 18 | 02:30 PM

FONTENELLE (B. le Bovier de). CONVERSATIONS ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS. Paris: Brunet, 1724. In-12 brown calfskin, gold-stamped coat of arms in the center of the covers, decorated ribbed spine, maroon morocco title label, gold-filleted edges and caps, red-speckled edges (period binding); 481 pp., (3) pp. of privilege, XVII pp. of catalog. Upper cap, head of the clamps, and corners restored. NEW EDITION, expanded with various additional pieces. Includes the BEAUTIFUL FOLD-OUT ENGRAVING of the sol

Estimation

€80 - 120

live November 19 | 02:00 PM

CELINE, Louis-Ferdinand: L'Église. Denoël et Steele, Paris, 1933. First edition. One of 15 hardcover copies on pure-thread-bound paper, third paper stock. A rare and valuable copy with a beautiful autographed dedication to screenwriter and director Jacques DEVAL: “Beauty and good health.

Estimation

€3,000 - 4,000

live November 18 | 02:30 PM

ETHIOPIA

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

live November 18 | 02:30 PM

VIGENÈRE (Blaise de). TREATISE ON FIRE AND SALT. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1618. In-4, fawn calfskin, double gilt fillet framing on the covers, ribbed spine decorated with gilt panels and fleurons, title label, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding); (2) ff., 267 pp. Foxing, water stains, a 2-cm cut at the bottom of the title page, small paper losses not affecting the text in the margins of the first two folios, 2 old handwritten bookplates in brown ink on the title page, including “Fra

Estimation

€300 - 400

live November 19 | 11:30 AM

Monastic Book of Hours, perhaps of Franciscan Use, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, in its contemporary binding, [south west Germany or Silesia, fourteenth century, with some leaves added in fifteenth century], 186 leaves, wanting a few leaves (partly from the rearrangement of the volume in the fifteenth century, collation: i12, ii6 (wants 2 leaves, but without apparent loss of text), iii4 (wants first leaf and a number of others), iv6 (wanting first 2 leaves, but without loss of text

Estimation

€9,500 - 15,000

live November 18 | 02:30 PM

Khalil GIBRAN, The Prophet, Bernard Larroque Edition, 2009, copy no. 102 (from the top) on 200 g grain-textured vellum, full-leather binding with inlays and a gilded metal clasp, in a deluxe slipcase

Estimation

€400 - 600

timed auction Until November 18 | 08:04 PM

A collection of two books illustrated by Jean-Jacques WALTZ, known as HANSI (1873–1951), comprising:

Ongoing auction €5

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Calendar with a tab mechanism by Simon Köfferl (Köfferlein), Nuremberg, 1581; tall rectangular, partially gilded stone slab with the inscription “Hand Calender with the 12 Months and ...,” calendar, dates, and inscription; HxW: approx. 40.5/22.5 cm (total). Signs of age; pegs missing; framed (damaged/worm-eaten).

Estimation

€5,000 - 10,000

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Biblia, that is: The Complete Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, translated into German by Dr. Martin Luther ..., Leipzig, Friedrich Lanckisch, n.d. (1708), two-column typesetting, leather binding with 4 bands and gold-stamped title on the spine, octavo. Signs of age, stained, handwritten notes, later binding, in a supplementary slipcase. Not collated.

Estimation

€200 - 400

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Brastberger, Immanuel Gottlob, Evangelical Testimonies of Truth for Encouragement in True Christianity, drawn in part from the customary Sunday, feast day, and holiday Gospel readings, and in part from the Passion narrative of our Savior ..., Stuttgart, Mäntler, n.d. (ca. 1777/88), 1,088 pp. + index, frontispiece, embossed leather binding on 4 bands, octavo. Significant signs of age; partially soiled/stained; clasps missing; occasional handwritten notes.

Estimation

€150 - 300

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Büchnern, M. Gottfried (ed.) Biblical Noun and Verb Concordances, or A Compendium of Biblical Theology ..., Jena, Christian Henrich Cuno, 1750, 1,982 pp., two-column type, edge-stained throughout, parchment binding, quarto. Significant signs of age; pages partially soiled/stained; binding heavily soiled. Not collated.

Estimation

€100 - 200

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum ..., Kempten, Stadler, 1762, 532 pp., with engraved title vignette, copperplate engravings, and text plates; two-column typesetting in black and red; embossed leather binding on 6 bands, quarto. Heavy signs of age; soiled and stained. Not collated.

Estimation

€200 - 400

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum ..., Venice, 1741, 460 pp., with engraved title vignette and text plates, two-column printing in black and red, gold-stamped leather binding on 5 bands, quarto. Heavy signs of age, soiled/stained, one clasp missing. Not collated.

Estimation

€200 - 400

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Biblia, that is: The Complete Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments ..., Nuremberg, Endter, 1747, 912 pp., two-column type, later leather binding with metal fittings, large quarto. Signs of age, partially soiled/stained, restored; newer binding covered with parts of the original binding, pages partially backed. In a supplementary slipcase. Included: The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ...

Estimation

€220 - 440

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Segneri, Paolo, Instruction for the Penitent, in which the proper and correct manner of administering the Holy Sacrament of Confession, regaining God’s grace, and preserving it is set forth, Kaufbeuren, Starck, 1740, 297 pp. + index, edges immediately speckled, embossed leather binding, duodecimo. Significant signs of age, partially soiled/stained, handwritten notes.

Estimation

€120 - 240

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Heusinger, Johann Christian Friedrich, Sacred Sermons on All Sunday and Feast Day Gospels, Eisenach, Grießbach, 1768/70, frontispiece, 2 parts. in one volume, 632+520 pp. + index, embossed leather binding on 4 bands, octavo. Significant signs of age, partly soiled/stained, pagination errors.

Estimation

€80 - 160

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Biblia: The New Testament Translated into German by Martin Luther, facsimile edition of the Merian Bible, Strasbourg, 1630, Zurich, Coron, 1985, with numerous color illustrations, leather binding on 6 false bands, metal fittings and clasps, gold embossing, gold edging all around, folio. In good condition.

Estimation

€50 - 100

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Isaac's Tales of Jacob and Esau: Genesis, Chapter 27, Stuttgart, Juniperuspresse, 1921, 5 pp., hand-numbered Copy 70/100, with a signed woodcut by Imre Reiner, gold-embossed original binding with dust jacket, large quarto. Signs of age, occasional stains, dust jacket more heavily damaged.

Estimation

€80 - 160

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

The Bible: The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, edited by Hamp, Stenzel, and Kürzinger, illustrated by Ernst Fuchs, Augsburg, Pattloch, 1996, with numerous full-page (some published here for the first time) color illustrations by Ernst Fuchs, gold-edged throughout, 2 ribbon markers, gold-embossed leather binding, quarto. In good condition. Includes an accompanying booklet in a velvet-lined case.

Estimation

€100 - 200

live November 18 | 10:00 AM

Hundertwasser Bible: The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, illustrated by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Augsburg, Pattloch, 1995, 1st edition, with 4 maps and numerous color and full-page illustrations and collages, two-column layout, designed cloth binding with 2 ribbon markers, black-edged pages all around, quarto. In good condition. Includes an accompanying booklet in its original cardboard slipcase.

Estimation

€100 - 200

live November 18 | 02:00 PM

Desk pad

Estimation

€200 - 300

live November 18 | 02:30 PM

Santiago de Compostela. Published by Bernard Larroque, deluxe edition 703. Full goatskin binding. Printed on 220g grain-textured vellum. In its half-leather case

Estimation

€300 - 400

live November 18 | 02:30 PM

[COAT-OF-ARMS BINDING]. THE LITURGY OF HOLY WEEK, for use by the King’s Household. P., Collombat, 1743. In-8, old red morocco, coat of arms embossed in gold at the center of the covers within a frame of gilded garlands and fleurs-de-lys, spined spine decorated with gilded fleurs-de-lis, gilded title, ornate cap and base, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Restoration to the upper panel; black stains on the covers. ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring a frontispiece, a title page, and 4 title pages fr

Estimation

€60 - 80

live November 18 | 02:30 PM

[BOUND EDITION]. KEEPSAKE OF ART IN THE PROVINCES, dedicated to young people, illustrated with English engravings. Moulins, Desrosiers, [c. 1841–43]. Large 8vo, navy blue velvet, covers adorned with blind-stamped decoration, corners adorned with gilt metal spandrels, gilt metal clasp, smooth spine adorned with blind-stamped and gilt rocaille motifs, gilt title, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Skinning, small loss of cloth in the upper right corner of the front cover. FIRST EDITION of one of

Estimation

€40 - 60

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Set of 4 Roman parish calendars in 4 volumes: "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter." In their box. 9x10x14 cm.

Edward Bulwer Lytton 'Last Days of Pompeii' Parchment Edition Book

Leather Bound Bible Assortment

Studio of Samuel Yellin

Papyrus of Hunefer from the Book of the Dead 1899.

[EDY LEGRAND] - The Gospel According to Saint John. Paris: Maurice Robert, Club du Bibliophile de France, 1947, folio, 241 pp., loose-leaf, with a filled cover and slipcase.

John Fowler - Engraving of The Wise Men's Offering 1809.

John Fowler - Engraving of Moses receiving the Tablets 1809.

John Fowler - Engraving of The Annunciation 1809.

John Fowler - Engraving of Presentation of the Holy Bible 1809.

Lot of 6 handwritten Koran pages in Arabic accompanied by a Persian translation, 19th century. Some decorated with gilding. Average size: 46X31 cm. Various conditions, moth damage, minor tears to some.

The Nativity by Albrecht Dürer 1885..

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Ecce Ancilla Domini (The Annunciation) 1885.

Martin’s Early Poetic Works

Dominicus Custos (1560–1612), Memento Mori, copper engraving

Five books:

Edict of Our Lord the King concerning the redemption of sales involving townhouses... published at the Court of Parliament on the fifth day of February in the year 1539, Paris, by Jehan Andre.

"The Abbeys of France in the Middle Ages and in 1947" - A Benedictine monk, with a preface by Marcel Aubert - Éditions G. Durassié & Cie, Paris - 1947

QUR'AN FOLLOWED BY A FALNAMA

Unknown (19th century), Martin Luther’s Family Bible, after Martin Luther, deluxe edition, 1846, book

[RELIGIOSA]. First Communion memento. 1836. Print with handwritten annotations. 33 x 26.5 cm.

"This gradual belongs to the Church of Saint Etienne." Document. 18th century. Framed under glass. 50 x 32 cm. Creases.

Page CXXVII from "Liber chronicarum" (Schedel's Chronicle of the World), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493

"Champs-Élysées, Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Plaine Monceau"—Yvan Christ (introduction), Jean-François Barrielle, Thérèse Castieau, Antoinette Le Normand-Romain; photographs by Philippe Maille—Henri Veyrier, Paris—undated

"Dictionary of the Churches of Paris: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant" - Georges Brunel, Marie-Laure Deschamps-Bourgeon, Yves Gagneux - Éditions Hervas, Paris - 1995

"Parisian Churches: Present and Past" - Yvan Christ - Éditions Tel, Paris - 1947

"20th-Century Churches in Paris: Architecture and Decor" - Simon Texier (ed.) - Action artistique de la Ville de Paris, Paris - 1996

"Sacred Treasures, Hidden Treasures: The Heritage of the Churches of Seine-et-Marne" - Exhibition Catalog (Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, September 10–October 30, 1988) - Seine-et-Marne Departmental Heritage Committee - 1988

"Churches and Cathedrals of Medieval France" - Claude Wenzler, Hervé Champollion - Éditions de Lodi, Paris - 2006

"A General History of the Churches of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland" - Edited by various authors, with a preface by André Chastel - Robert Laffont, Paris - 1966

"Bell Towers of France" - Denise Jalabert - A. and J. Picard Publishers, Paris - 1968

"The Hidden World of Mercy: A Catalog of 400 Church Stalls in France" - Dorothy and Henry Kraus - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris - 1986

"The Romanesque Churches of the Former Diocese of Angoulême" - J. George, Alexis Guérin-Boutaud - Kapp Printing House, Paris-Vanves - 1928

"Romanesque Churches of Tuscany" - Mario Salmi - Éditions des Deux-Mondes, Paris - 1961

"Romanesque Churches in France" (Volume II) - Maurice Gieure - Éditions du Louvre, Paris - 1954

"The Magistral Cathedral: Alcalá de Henares, World Heritage Site" - Áurea de la Morena, Carlos Clemente, Juan de Dios de la Hoz - n.p., Alcalá de Henares - n.d.

"Notre-Dame Cathedral in Noyon in the 12th Century" - Charles Seymour - Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris - 1975

"The Cathedral of Saint-Étienne in Meaux: An Architectural Study" - Peter Kurmann - Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris - 1971

"The Strasbourg Cathedral" - Hans Reinhardt - Arthaud, Paris - 1972

"The Cathedral of Reims: Its History, Architecture, Sculpture, and Stained-Glass Windows" - Hans Reinhardt - Presses Universitaires de France, Paris - 1963

"Saint Bernard: Cistercian Art" - Georges Duby - Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris - 1976

"The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis: New Research" - Jules Formigé, with a foreword by Paul Léon - Presses Universitaires de France, Paris - 1960

2 vols.: "Provins: Religious Monuments" (Volumes I and II) - Marquise de Maillé - Librairie des Arts et Métiers / Éditions Jacques Laget, Chartres - 1975

"Saint-Philibert de Tournus: The 11th-Century Abbey Church" - Jacques Henriet - French Archaeological Society, Paris - n.d.

[OLD MASTERS] SET OF THREE BOOKS:

An Amsterdam States Bible. Hendrick Schelte, 1714.

A Menippean Satire on the Virtues of the Catholicon of Spain and the Proceedings of the Estates of Paris.

LAST PART OF THE QUR'AN

ALBUM (MURAQQA’) CONTAINING THE MORNING PRAYERS

QUR'AN

Lot of Bibles and other religious books from a liquidation sale. 6 items total.

Commemorative publication on the Jesuit Church in Mannheim, "Basilica Carolina," circa 1753. All pages present. Some foxing; otherwise in fairly good condition.

Doré - Bible: "The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, translated into German by D. Martin Luther," with illustrations by Gustav Doré. Volumes 1 and 2. Pages have some foxing; the spine is loose and the cover is scuffed.

Stefan Strohm - The Copper Bible by Matthäus Merian, 1630. Published by Müller und Schindler, Stuttgart. Exclusive edition for Coron Verlag, Lachen on Lake Zurich.

The Office for the Easter Fortnight in Latin and French According to the Roman Missal and Breviary

"Great Texts and Civilizations—The Medieval West" series. A compilation of two works published by the Club du Livre in 1976:

Germany / Cologne / 1682

Album of Papal Court Costumes under Pius IX

CELINE, Louis-Ferdinand: *L'église*. Denoël et Steele, Paris, 1933. First edition, one of 10 copies with a half-leather binding on Holland paper, second paper.

Schedel, pub. 1493 - 4 Pages of Relgious & Historic Figures

Schedel, pub. 1493 - 3 Pages of Relgious & Historic Figures

Schedel, pub. 1493 - The Blood Libel of Simon of Trent / Verso: Religious or Historic Figures & Comet or Star

Schedel, pub. 1493 - Destructon of Jerusalem / Verso: The Straggles Drawing and Religious or Historic Figures

CELINE, Louis-Ferdinand: *L'Église*. Denoël et Steele, Paris, 1933. First edition. One of 15 hardcover copies on pure-thread-bound paper, third paper stock. A rare and valuable copy with a beautiful autographed dedication to screenwriter and director Jacques DEVAL: “Beauty and good health.

ETHIOPIA

Khalil GIBRAN, *The Prophet*, Bernard Larroque Edition, 2009, copy no. 102 (from the top) on 200 g grain-textured vellum, full-leather binding with inlays and a gilded metal clasp, in a deluxe slipcase

A collection of two books illustrated by Jean-Jacques WALTZ, known as HANSI (1873–1951), comprising:

Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum ..., Venice, 1741, 460 pp., with engraved title vignette and text plates, two-column printing in black and red, gold-stamped leather binding on 5 bands, quarto. Heavy signs of age, soiled/stained, one clasp missing. Not collated.

Heusinger, Johann Christian Friedrich, *Sacred Sermons on All Sunday and Feast Day Gospels*, Eisenach, Grießbach, 1768/70, frontispiece, 2 parts. in one volume, 632+520 pp. + index, embossed leather binding on 4 bands, octavo. Significant signs of age, partly soiled/stained, pagination errors.

Isaac's Tales of Jacob and Esau: Genesis, Chapter 27, Stuttgart, Juniperuspresse, 1921, 5 pp., hand-numbered Copy 70/100, with a signed woodcut by Imre Reiner, gold-embossed original binding with dust jacket, large quarto. Signs of age, occasional stains, dust jacket more heavily damaged.

Desk pad

Santiago de Compostela. Published by Bernard Larroque, deluxe edition 703. Full goatskin binding. Printed on 220g grain-textured vellum. In its half-leather case

Drouot App

CELINE, Louis-Ferdinand: L'église. Denoël et Steele, Paris, 1933. First edition, one of 10 copies with a half-leather binding on Holland paper, second paper.

CELINE, Louis-Ferdinand: L'Église. Denoël et Steele, Paris, 1933. First edition. One of 15 hardcover copies on pure-thread-bound paper, third paper stock. A rare and valuable copy with a beautiful autographed dedication to screenwriter and director Jacques DEVAL: “Beauty and good health.

Khalil GIBRAN, The Prophet, Bernard Larroque Edition, 2009, copy no. 102 (from the top) on 200 g grain-textured vellum, full-leather binding with inlays and a gilded metal clasp, in a deluxe slipcase

Heusinger, Johann Christian Friedrich, Sacred Sermons on All Sunday and Feast Day Gospels, Eisenach, Grießbach, 1768/70, frontispiece, 2 parts. in one volume, 632+520 pp. + index, embossed leather binding on 4 bands, octavo. Significant signs of age, partly soiled/stained, pagination errors.