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Arenberg Auctions

1100 - BRUNNER, Andreas *Excubiae tutelares [...]* [*LX heorum, qui ab anno Ch: DVIII, Theodonem in principatu Boiariae secuti cum elogis suis et rerum gestarum compendio [...]*]. Munich: C. Leysserius, 1637; 8vo: engraved title page, 613 [9-2 blank] pp.; 60 plates (slight dampstaining, spotting, small marginal holes at the beginning, occasional staining, and some folios slightly browned; a marginal tear repaired on p. 277). Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over beveled edges, ink-titled spine with raised bands, blue edges, brass clasps and catches (rubbed, more so on the lower board). First edition of the lives of the Dukes of Bavaria by the Jesuit Brunner (1589–1650), nicknamed “The Bavarian Livy.” Illustrated with an engraved title page and 60 copper-engraved portraits by W. Kilian after Th. Hoffmann, each within an architectural border incorporating a small emblem and device. Ref. DBS II:265:5. - Landwehr, Germanic, 151. - Praz 289. Formerly owned by “G K 1637” (supralibros on the front board). - Convent of the Discalced Carmelites of Munich (contemporary manuscript entries). - “B L” (modern bookplate).

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€400 - 500

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BRUNNER, Andreas *Excubiae tutelares [...]* [*LX heorum, qui ab anno Ch: DVIII, Theodonem in principatu Boiariae secuti cum elogis suis et rerum gestarum compendio [...]*]. Munich: C. Leysserius, 1637; 8vo: engraved title page, 613 [9-2 blank] pp.; 60 plates (slight dampstaining, spotting, small marginal holes at the beginning, occasional staining, and some folios slightly browned; a marginal tear repaired on p. 277). Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over beveled edges, ink-titled spine with raised bands, blue edges, brass clasps and catches (rubbed, more so on the lower board). First edition of the lives of the Dukes of Bavaria by the Jesuit Brunner (1589–1650), nicknamed “The Bavarian Livy.” Illustrated with an engraved title page and 60 copper-engraved portraits by W. Kilian after Th. Hoffmann, each within an architectural border incorporating a small emblem and device. Ref. DBS II:265:5. - Landwehr, Germanic, 151. - Praz 289. Formerly owned by “G K 1637” (supralibros on the front board). - Convent of the Discalced Carmelites of Munich (contemporary manuscript entries). - “B L” (modern bookplate).

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Cartography, atlases, old manuscripts, old and rare books
Friday, December 4
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 49,000 lots published

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