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Johannes Molzahn (1892-1965), "Horizontal-Vogel-Wesen", 1921, woodcut on very fine Japanese paper, posthumous print for Griffelkunst, estate stamp on verso, sheet dimensions 63 x 46 cm

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Johannes Molzahn (1892-1965), "Horizontal-Vogel-Wesen", 1921, woodcut on very fine Japanese paper, posthumous print for Griffelkunst, estate stamp on verso, sheet dimensions 63 x 46 cm

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Estim. 200 - 450 EUR

Reunion of 4 19th century medical books, in 5 bound volumes: 1. BROUSSAIS (François-Joseph-Victor): Examen de la doctrine médicale généralement adoptée, et des systèmes modernes de nosologie, dans lequel on détermine, par les faits et par le raisonnement, leur influence sur le traitement et sur la terminaison des maladies; suivi d'un plan d'études fondé sur l'anatomie et la physiologie, pour parvenir à la connaissance du siège et des symptômes des affections pathologiques, et à la thérapeutique la plus rationnelle. Paris, Gabon, 1816. One volume. 12 by 20.3 cm. (4)-XIX-(1)-475 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding, scattered light foxing. First edition. 2. METZGER (Johann Daniel): Principles of legal or judicial medicine, translated from the German by Dr. J. Dan. Metzger, et augmentés de notes, par le Dr J.J. Ballard. Paris, Gabon, 1813. One volume. 12 by 20.5 cm. (2)-XXIII-(1)-504 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding, very few light scattered foxings. 2nd edition in French. 3. BROUSSAIS (François-Joseph-Victor): Histoire des phlegmasies ou inflammations chroniques, fondé sur de nouvelles observations de clinique et d'anatomie pathologique: ouvrage présentant un tableau raisonné des variétés et des combinaisons diverses de ces maladies, avec leurs différentes méthodes de traitement. Second edition. Paris, Gabon et Crochard, 1816. 2 volumes. 12.3 by 20 cm. (4)-XX-648; (4)-584 pages. Contemporary fawn half-basane, ornate smooth spines, red title-pieces. Binding in good condition. Paper tending to brown, not serious. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1808). 4. CABANIS (Pierre-Jean-Georges): Coup d'oeil sur les révolutions et sur la réforme de la médecine. Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, An XII-1804. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. XII-438 pages. Contemporary brown half-basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding (jaws rubbed but not affecting the solidity of the work), scattered light foxing, small marginal wetness on about twenty ff. Last two leaves restored but not missing. First edition. Wellcome II-283; Waller 12858. "The medical revolutions have been mere revolutions of ideas, and have only engendered public skepticism and the arrogance of charlatans. The new medical doctrine will be constituted by the relationships of order and logical sequence, established between methodically assembled tables of observations and experiments." Important book.

Estim. 60 000 - 80 000 EUR

Ludwig van Beethoven Autograph Letter Signed to the Brother-in-Law of Pianist Marie Pachler Scarce ALS in German, signed “Beethoven,” 4.5 x 7.75, April 22, 1816. Handwritten letter to Anton Pachler, in part (translated): "You can do me a great favor today if you will accompany me in the afternoon to Alsergasse, where the house appraisal will take place. Please kindly let me know in writing where I can pick you up around half past 2 this afternoon. I am still not feeling well, otherwise, I would have visited you long ago." In very good to fine condition, with overall creasing, and two areas of paper loss to the integral address leaf which have no effect on the letter itself. Accompanied by a carte-de-visite-type portrait of the composer, a contemporary identification slip, and an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture. The recipient of the letter, jurist Anton Pachler, was the elder brother of the Graz lawyer Dr. Carl Pachler. The latter's wife, Marie Leopoldine Pachler (1794-1855), née Koschat, would become particularly esteemed by Beethoven as an interpreter of his piano compositions [cf. Theodor v. Frimmel, Beethoven-Handbuch, Vol. II, Leipzig 1926]. Notably, Marie Pachler was a close friend to Franz Schubert; Schubert dedicated his song, 'An Sylvia,' to her, and she performed with Schubert in an 1827 charity concert organized by the Graz Music Association. In April 1816, Beethoven lived "Auf der Seilerstädt" C. No. 1055/56 in the Count Lambert's house. The residence was first documented on May 15, 1816, by Charles Neate [Rudolf Klein, Beethovenstätten in Österreich, Vienna 1970, p. 89]; according to Smolle [Kurt Smolle, Wohnstätten Ludwig van Beethovens von 1792 bis zu seinem Tode, Munich/Duisburg 1970, p. 50], Beethoven had moved there after March 21, 1815, but possibly only lived there from autumn 1815 [Klein, Beethovenstätten, p. 90]. Aside from summer stays in Baden, the master remained here until the end of April 1817. On April 4, he wrote the two-part canon 'Ars longa, vita brevis' (WoO 170) for the departing Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and in the same month, he completed the song cycle 'An die ferne Geliebte' op. 98. Beethoven was in poor health at that time, a fact he acknowledges in this letter and others. 'I was unwell for some time,' he wrote to Ferdinand Ries on February 28, 'the death of my brother [on November 15, 1815] affected my mind and my works' [KK, p. 350]. On February 2, as the guardian of his nephew Karl, he placed him in the Giannatasio del Rio educational institution. In the following weeks, he was plagued by severe colic, but his health seems to have improved again in May. Why Beethoven was particularly interested in the house appraisal in Alservorstadt on April 16, where he had found his first Viennese residence in November 1792 at No. 45 Alsergasse (then called Alstergasse), is unknown. According to an entry in his diary, he seemed to be considering buying a house in the suburb at that time: 'To live and sustain oneself, a house in the suburb, nothing goes with Karl in the countryside' [Ludwig van Beethoven, Bericht der Zeitgenossen, edited by Albert Leitzmann, Leipzig 1921, Vol. II, p. 258, No. 98]. However, Beethoven did not move until about a year later, from the Sailerstätte to Gärnergasse in the suburb of Landstrasse [Smolle, Wohnstätten, p. 50].

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

NORMAN MAILER (New Jersey, 1923-New York, 2007) and BERT STERN (Brooklyn, 1929-Manhattan, 2013). "Marilyn Monroe." Taschen; Special Edition. 1907/1962 copy (+200 P.A). Preserves original box. Measurements: 49 x 40 cm. This book collects the photographs taken by Bert Stern of Marilyn Monroe in the session Last Sitting, which was one of the last in which the actress posed. The book is completed with the biography of Marilyn written by Norman Mailer in 1973. The last sitting is a collection of 2,571 photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles. This reportage was taken six months before her death and part of it was published in Vogue. The first edition of the book The Last Sitting was published in 1982 and in it Stern recounts the encounter in detail. Bert Stern began working as an art assistant to director Herschel Bramson. In 1951 he joined Mayfair magazine as art director and soon began collaborating with magazines such as Vogue, Squire, Look, Life, Glamour and Holiday. Among his works from that period is a 1959 portrait of Louis Armstrong taken for a Polaroid advertising campaign that was even considered too high quality for Polaroid. In the early seventies he closed his studio and moved to live in Spain until 1976. After his return to New York he dedicated himself to advertising photography and magazine collaborations. Among the famous women he has photographed are Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Drew Barrymore, Shirley MacLaine, Claudia Cardinale, Jacqueline Bisset, Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve. He also worked for the film industry: Lolita in 1962, Appointment with a very special angel in 1987 or in American masters in 2006; as a director and producer in Jazz on a Summer's Day (with Aram Avakian) in 1958 or as the protagonist in Becoming Bert Stern in 2009. He died at his residence in Manhattan, on June 26, 2013, at the age of 83 without the causes of his death having been clarified. Original box preserved.

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