(1480). DURAND (Guillaume). RATIONALE DIVINORUM OFFICIORUM. Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 1480. In-folio of 224 leaves, gothic characters on 2 columns, porphyry calf, cold-stamped fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (18th century binding). The Rationale Diuinorum officiorum by Guillaume Durand (1230-1296), bishop of Mende, is one of the most important religious writings of the Middle Ages, and undoubtedly the most widely read. It was one of the first books to be printed. A wide-margined copy, entirely rubricated in blue, red and yellow. Light stains on several leaves, the first and second leaf, probably from another copy, have been misplaced by the binder at the end of the volume (ISTC, id00423000).

August Graf von Bismarck (1849 - 1920) - an honorary membership document of the "Verein Deutscher Trabrennstallbesitzer und Traberzüchter zu Berlin", 1912 Calligraphically designed document with colored depictions of horses and a trotter with sulky, surmounted by the Berlin and German coat of arms with eagle, in the center the Bismarck coat of arms. Signed in ink by the chairman Reinhold Herrmann, the secretary Oscar Kargel and the rendant Franz Krause, dated "Berlin, d. 24. Febr. 1912". Cardboard with thread stitching. In a green leatherette folder with the name of the association embossed in gold under a horseshoe and silk ribbed lining on the inside (partially detached). Dimensions 45 x 32.5 cm. August Wilhelm Julius Count von Bismarck, third cousin of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, distinguished himself as a young lieutenant in the German War of 1866 in Baden service, transferred to Prussian service in 1867 and took part in the War of 1870/71 in the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11. In addition to his military service, he successfully ran a horse breeding farm at Gut Lilienhof and, as a Catholic, was allowed to travel to Rome in 1888 to notify the Holy See of Emperor Wilhelm II's accession to the throne. In 1914 he volunteered and was deployed as a lieutenant colonel in Alsace and Belgium. Condition: II -