1657 - Company Publications

Company Publications Rentrop, Wilhelm Workshops for the Manufacture of Church Utensils and Vessels by Wilhelm Rentrop in Altena, Westphalia. Sales catalog with 171 (of 172) woodcut plates. Altena, self-published, ca. 1875. Folio. 2 leaves, 171 plates. (Mod.) Half leather. Very rare sales catalog of the Rentrop company in Altena, Westphalia. - Not listed in the KVK - The plates feature detailed illustrations of altar lamps, choir lamps, crucifixes, chalices, hosts, small crosses, crowns, chalice cups, monstrances, censers, reliquaries, holy water fonts, sceptres, and much more. - Preface: Price list and handwritten price list. - Somewhat browned in places; 3 leaves with small holes in the outer margin; missing plate 171. - Includes: *Pattern Book of Silverware by the Silberwarenfabrik von W. Rentrop* (spine title). Catalog with 31 (of 34?) lithographic plates. No place, no printer, no year (ca. 1855). 4°. Contemporary half leather. - Partly slightly stained. - Very rare, not listed in the KVK.