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Wars of Liberation—A collection of seven autograph

1 - Wars of Liberation—A collection of seven autographs by well-known Prussian military figures from the Wars of Liberation. Various types of paper and sizes (tarnished, some with tears and small missing sections).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Berlin - General Berlin Student Commentary. Berlin

2 - Berlin - General Berlin Student Commentary. Berlin 1838. Revised 1847. German manuscript on paper. Berlin, ca. 1850. 20 leaves. Contemporary cardboard binding with title on the cover (spine covering missing, heavily stained and showing fingerprints).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Bernhard II, Count of Waldeck. Bishop of Osnabrück

3 - Bernhard II, Count of Waldeck. Bishop of Osnabrück. Letter to the City Council of Coesfeld. Signed in his own hand: “Bernhardus Conf. Osnab.” Reckenberg, September 19, 1590. 3.5 pages on chancery paper. 33.5 x 20 cm.

Estimation

€300 - 450

Caprivi, Leo von (Military). Handwritten signature

4 - Caprivi, Leo von (Military). Handwritten signature on a one-page certificate of appointment drafted by a clerk. On "Chief of the Admiralty" letterhead. Berlin, February 19, 1884. 33 x 21 cm. Double sheet (slightly browned, folded).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Christian II of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.

5 - Christian II of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. “Your Excellency, the Resident. The Resident will undoubtedly be aware of the manner in which the castle and town of Trarbach are occupied by a fairly strong garrison consisting of troops from Chur-Bavaria and Osnabrück, notwithstanding the during the last war...” Letter with handwritten signature. Birkenfeld, March 9, 1715. 3 pp. on a folded chancery sheet. 34 x 22 cm.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Ernst August I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Bishop

6 - Ernst August I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Bishop of Osnabrück. Document from 1663—feudal charter for Heinrich Meyer of Schagen(?) and Jacob (Jakob) Kock. Handwritten on parchment. Signed “Georg Heinrich ...” Osnabrück, August 20, 1663. 11 x 36 cm. 1 page with the opening line highlighted and an attached original seal (diameter: 7 cm) in a turned wooden capsule with a lid, folded.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Ernst August II, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. B

7 - Ernst August II, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. Bishop of Osnabrück. Letter bearing his handwritten signature. 2 pages on chancery paper. Osnabrück, Oct. 24, 1725. 32 x 20 cm.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Ernst August II, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. B

8 - Ernst August II, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. Bishop of Osnabrück. “By the Grace of God, Ernst August, Duke of Yorck and Albania, Bishop of Osnabrück … You will recall that we have not recognized as legitimate all those who, by virtue of their status and skills, have not been certified by our appointed provincial physician …”. With a handwritten signature. On the reverse, an address and a paper-covered seal. Osnabrück, Sept. 6, 1719. 3 pp. on chancery paper and a 2-page insert. 3

Estimation

€300 - 450

A Heartfelt Outpouring Before God: Devotional Morn

9 - A Heartfelt Outpouring Before God: Devotional Morning and Evening Prayers, Prayers for Mass, Confession, and Communion, as well as prayers useful in all manner of matters, together with various psalms and litanies. With a calligraphic title page featuring a hand-drawn border. No place, 1755. 384 pp. Contemporary red morocco binding with gilt spine, gold-embossed fillets and raised edges, and gilt edges on three sides (slightly worn).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Family chronicle of the Olfers family in Münster.

10 - Family chronicle of the Olfers family in Münster. Manuscript by various members of the family. Münster 1650–1728. 87 unnumbered folios (13 folios without entries; folios 22 and 62 have been cut out). Contemporary parchment binding with fastening straps (somewhat stained).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg. Bishop of Osnabrück.

11 - Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg. Bishop of Osnabrück. “Frantz Wilhelm, by the grace of God, Bishop of Osnabrück … Upon receipt of … the aforementioned letter dated the 13th of last September … From this we see what is intended to be conveyed to us regarding the abolition of the customs duties, licenses, and other surreptitiously introduced imports newly established during the war...” Letter bearing a handwritten signature. Cologne, October 9, 1650. 2 pp. on chancery paper, old folds, wi

Estimation

€200 - 300

Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg. Bishop of Osnabrück.

12 - Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg. Bishop of Osnabrück. "Frantz Wilhelm, by the grace of God, Bishop of Osnabrück, Minden, and Verden ... We have duly received your letter dated the 4th of this month, along with the enclosed copy of the articles of defense agreed upon among you, and hereby give notice regarding this communication ... ”. Letter with handwritten signature. Osnabrück, May 11, 1633. 1 page on chancery paper, folded as a letter. With a paper-covered seal. 32.5 x 19.5 cm.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Friedrich, Duke of York. Bishop of Osnabrück. Lett

13 - Friedrich, Duke of York. Bishop of Osnabrück. Letter bearing his handwritten signature. York, Sept. 3, 1790. 1.5 pages. 32 x 20 cm.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Hasenclever, Walter. A 6-line dedication with sign

14 - Hasenclever, Walter. A 6-line dedication with signature. In the lower third of a portrait of Hasenclever by Ludwig Meidner, dated 1916. Berlin, Oct. 28, 1918. 37 x 28 cm. On cardboard.

Estimation

€300 - 450

Kabbalah - Della Kabala Numerica. Italian manuscri

15 - Kabbalah - Della Kabala Numerica. Italian manuscript on paper. With numerous diagrams and tables in the text. Italy, 18th century. 62 leaves (the first 2 and the last one are blank). Written in cursive with a brown pen. 19.5 x 13 cm. Bound in contemporary Carta rustica (dusty).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Leech, Samuel. *The Life of a Sailor Boy*. English

16 - Leech, Samuel. The Life of a Sailor Boy. English manuscript on paper. With an opening vignette and 5 full-page pencil drawings of ships. England or America, ca. 1830. 47 pp. and several blank leaves, some of which have been removed. Tight but clearly legible cursive script in brown-black pen. 19 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (worn, cover defects, front joint torn).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Liber amicorum - Album Amicorum C. F. Pestel. Anno

17 - Liber amicorum - Album Amicorum C. F. Pestel. Anno 1783. 1784–1806. 78 leaves, 55 of which are inscribed on both the front and back. Includes 1 full-page ink drawing (dated 1786) and 1 ink-drawn vignette. 12 x 19 cm. Contemporary calfskin binding with rich gold embossing, gold-embossed title on the cover, gold edging on three sides, and color-illustrated endpapers (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€300 - 450

A Book Containing All Matters, Whether Based on Gr

18 - A Book Containing All Matters, Whether Based on Grain, Barley, or Money, Pertaining to the Office of the Presbytery of the Collegiate Church of St. George the Martyr. Compiled in the Year of Our Lord ... 1777. Manuscript. No place, 1777. 92 pp., 2 folios. Contemporary parchment binding with 2 clasps (dusty, stained, without closure cords).

Estimation

€240 - 360

List, Guido v.. Handwritten, full-page letter in r

19 - List, Guido v.. Handwritten, full-page letter in red and black to Dr. med. H. Schaser. Vienna, September 9, 1916. On his own stationery, with the date written in calligraphic script. Fully signed. In the original envelope with a paper seal. Mailed.

Estimation

€200 - 300

A Marian Mirror of Virtues, presented to all devou

20 - A Marian Mirror of Virtues, presented to all devout worshippers of Mary as a guide, accompanied by various prayers that may be recited in honor of Mary daily, weekly, or monthly. Manuscript. With 26 copperplate engravings (approx. 11 x 6 cm) by Melchior Rein, 6 running titles (within the pagination), and numerous initials. No place of publication, ca. 1730. 2 leaves, 318 (16 blank) pp. Contemporary red morocco binding with blind embossing and punched gold edges; inside cover lined with colored b

Estimation

€400 - 600

Minuscule—An early 18th-century parchment volume w

21 - Minuscule—An early 18th-century parchment volume written in a late medieval minuscule script. Cover: 10.5 x 6.5 cm; total visible length: 15 cm.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Music - David, Hans Walter. Tower Music arranged f

22 - Music - David, Hans Walter. Tower Music arranged for two treble and bass flugelhorns. Handwritten musical manuscript with double signature. Wels, July 1928. 7 1/3 pages on 4 printed-grid sheets, 34 x 27 cm. Defective thread binding. - Also included: The same composer. Handwritten accompanying letter with signature. Wels, July 13, 1928. 3/4 page, 26.5 x 21 cm.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Music - Krauss, Karl. Two guest books belonging to

23 - Music - Krauss, Karl. Two guest books belonging to the court bookseller and concert agent in Kaiserslautern. Containing over 150 handwritten entries, primarily by contemporary singers, soloists, ensemble members, and conductors, many of which include musical quotations. Mostly Kaiserslautern or Ludwigshafen, 1903–1941. 75; 74 leaves (mostly written on one side, a few blank) as well as numerous inserts (letters, portrait cards, newspaper clippings, etc.). 23 x 17.5 cm and 24 x 19 cm. Original l

Estimation

€2,000 - 3,000

Music—square notation. 32 parchment leaves written

24 - Music—square notation. 32 parchment leaves written on both sides in Latin musical notation, each featuring 1 decorative initial in red or blue with ornamentation and embellishments in various colors. Text in black with red highlights, alternating with a 5-line red staff. Circa 1550. Sheet dimensions: approx. 76 x 55 cm.

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

Nicolai, Friedrich. Certificate of Release for Ann

25 - Nicolai, Friedrich. Certificate of Release for Anna Catharina Kümming of Astrup. Manuscript on parchment. Osnabrück, Sept. 28, 1736. 21.5 x 31.5 cm. 1 page with attached original seal (diameter: 4.2 cm) in a wooden capsule.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Nopitsch, Carl Daniel Eberhard Friedrich. The Most

26 - Nopitsch, Carl Daniel Eberhard Friedrich. The Most Important Events of My Life. Autobiography written in his own hand (in the form of a keepsake box) with complete copies of his school, college, and examination certificates as a pharmacist and physician. No place or year (probably Baunach, ca. 1830). Title page and 4 section headings on tinted paper; 74 (recte 75) numbered leaves, written on both sides, with gilt edges; 1 friendship page. German and Latin cursive script in brown-black pen. 7.5 x

Estimation

€400 - 600

Orient - Al-An'am al-Sharif (The Noble Cattle). Ar

27 - Orient - Al-An'am al-Sharif (The Noble Cattle). Arabic-Turkish manuscript on smoothed paper. Features a double header at the beginning, 42 prayer medallions in foliage frames, and 28 miniatures, all executed in colored pen and brushwork with gold; the script borders and verse separators are also in gold. Ottoman Empire, dated 1244 H. (1866 CE). 114 leaves, mostly 11 lines each, in black Nashki script with red highlights. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary brown-red leather binding with a flap closure;

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

Orient—Quran. Arabic manuscript on smoothed paper.

28 - Orient—Quran. Arabic manuscript on smoothed paper. With 2 'unwans' and 25 marginal fleurons in gold and color. Ottoman Empire, ca. 1800. 304 folios. Folio size: 17 x 10.5 cm. Text block: 11 x 6.3 cm. 15 lines. Naskhi script in black ink, text block enclosed in a double frame of gold line and black pen, surah titles in white pen on a gold background, gold dots as verse separators, highlights in red. Contemporary gold- and blind-embossed Oriental leather binding with a flap (cover and flap loose

Estimation

€600 - 900

Orient—Qur'an. Arabic manuscript on smoothed paper

29 - Orient—Qur'an. Arabic manuscript on smoothed paper. With 2 'unwans' and 40 marginal fleurons in gold and color. Ottoman Empire, AH 1220 (= 1805). 307 folios. Folio size: 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Text area: 12 x 7 cm. 15 lines. Naskhi script in black ink; text block enclosed in a double frame of gold line and black pen; surah titles in white pen on a gold background; gold dots as verse separators; highlights in red. Contemporary gold- and blind-embossed Oriental leather binding with a flap (gilding part

Estimation

€600 - 900

Orient—Religious treatise. Arabic manuscript on pa

30 - Orient—Religious treatise. Arabic manuscript on paper. Includes 1 mounted drawing of a tapestry in brown brushwork. Arab-Persian region, mid-19th century. 612 (instead of 614) pp. Sheet size: 11.5 x 11.5 cm. Text area: 9.5 x 7.5 cm. 16 lines. Naskhi script in brown-black ink, text block enclosed in double red border lines, pale green punctuation, highlights in red. Contemporary blind-embossed Oriental leather binding with a flap (spine and flap slightly cracked, minor wormholes, endpapers roug

Estimation

€300 - 450

Oye, Anna Sophie Helene von. Certificate of manumi

31 - Oye, Anna Sophie Helene von. Certificate of manumission for her ward Anna Katharina Grothuß, daughter of Heinrich and Christina Grothuß of Datrum near Gesmold. Melle-Bruche, April 1683. 23.5 x 31 cm. Parchment document, with an attached seal impression in a round wooden capsule (diameter: 3 cm).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Plüschow, Günther. Collection of 4 handwritten doc

32 - Plüschow, Günther. Collection of 4 handwritten documents. Berlin, et al., 1922–1929. All bear his own signatures.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Certificate of Honor from the Austria-Hungary Asso

33 - Certificate of Honor from the Austria-Hungary Association of Master Brewers and Maltsters in Vienna on the occasion of the appointment of J.E. Thausing as Honorary President. Vienna, 1909. Double-sheet with color lithographic print and handwritten entries, as well as 5 mounted original portrait photographs. 54 x 44 cm. Mounted in a purple velvet cover (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€1,000 - 1,500

Prussia—Three autographs by Prussian figures. Each

34 - Prussia—Three autographs by Prussian figures. Each accompanied by an original portrait photograph. Vintage. Saltpaper. Mounted. Circa 1865. The portraits have been heavily retouched with watercolor.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Sturm, Johann Heinrich. *Compactatorum Ducatus Wür

35 - Sturm, Johann Heinrich. Compactatorum Ducatus Würtemberg. Compendium. That is, a Summary of All Treaties, Agreements, Confirmations, and Privileges of the Duchy of Württemberg from the Year 1482 through the Year 1686, inclusive. Manuscript. No place, 1720. 15 unnumbered leaves, 304 leaves (64 of which are blank). Contemporary parchment binding.

Estimation

€400 - 600

Westphalia—Document from 1301—Contract for the sal

36 - Westphalia—Document from 1301—Contract for the sale of 3 marks of Münster pfennigs. Manuscript on parchment. Dated “Datum Anno Dom. M. CCC. primo. Quarta feria post festum Bonifacii.” Münster, June 7, 1301. 24 x 26 cm. With 3 attached wax seals; on the reverse, a description of the document and contemporary entries.

Estimation

€400 - 600

Westphalia—Catalog of works on the provincial hist

37 - Westphalia—Catalog of works on the provincial history of Westphalia held in the Hüffe Library. With bibliographic notes. 1876, with a supplement in 1877. German cursive script on paper. Approx. 400 and 150 pp. Contemporary cloth and cardboard binding.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Alchemy - Klettenberg, Johann Hektor. The Unmasked

38 - Alchemy - Klettenberg, Johann Hektor. The Unmasked Adeptus Realis, or A Sincere Warning to All Lovers of True Alchemy to Beware of All Sorts of Evil Alchemists and Laboratory Assistants, but Especially of the Adeptus Realis Who Emerged Last Year: Presented in the Form of a Dialogue. In which one may also clearly perceive the difference between a true adept and a false one. Leipzig, available at Groschuff’s bookstore, 1715. 31 pp. — Bound together with: II. (Kastell, Christoph Wilhelm de). Th

Estimation

€300 - 450

Alchemy—The Experienced Assayer, or Practical Inst

39 - Alchemy—The Experienced Assayer, or Practical Instructions on How to Assay and Separate All Ores and Metals, Especially Gold and Silver, at Little Cost and Effort, Yet with Great Benefit. Very useful and beneficial to all lovers of mining and the art of separation, as well as to all gold and silver workers and, indeed, almost everyone. Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1755. 2 leaves, 152 pp., 6 leaves. Saddle-stitched.

Estimation

€200 - 300

General - Bertuch, Friedrich Justin. On the Means

40 - General - Bertuch, Friedrich Justin. On the Means of Making Natural History More Useful and Introducing It into Practical Life; Together with a Plan and Announcement of a Series of Works Aimed at That End. With 3 colored copperplate engravings. Weimar, Industrie-Comptoir, 1799. 38 pp., 1 leaf. 27.5 x 22.5 cm. Cover made of period material.

Estimation

€300 - 450

General - Happel, Eberhard Werner. The Greatest Cu

41 - General - Happel, Eberhard Werner. The Greatest Curiosities of the World, or So-Called Relationes Curiosae. In which the most notable phenomena in physics, mathematics, historical, and other remarkable curiosities, which occur in our visible sky, on and beneath the earth, and in the sea... 5 volumes. With the continuation by Barthold Feind the Younger: Relationes curiosae, or Curiosities of the World... In 3 volumes. Total: 8 volumes. With a total of 205 (of 207) copperplate plates, some fol

Estimation

€1,200 - 1,800

Astronomy - Feilitzsch, Ottokar Fabian Karl von. O

42 - Astronomy - Feilitzsch, Ottokar Fabian Karl von. Optical Investigations Prompted by the Total Solar Eclipse of July 28, 1851. With 3 colored lithographic plates. Greifswald, Koch, 1852. 2 leaves, 63 pp. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary half-cloth binding with title on spine.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Astronomy - Glareanus, Henricus Loriti. *De geogra

43 - Astronomy - Glareanus, Henricus Loriti. De geographia Liber unus, most recently revised by the author himself. With printer’s mark, 1 woodcut initial, and several woodcut illustrations, some of which are full-page. Freiburg, Grau, 1551. 35 (err. 33), (1 blank) leaves, 19.5 x 15 cm. New pasteboard cover.

Estimation

€400 - 600

Astronomy - Heis, Eduard. New Celestial Atlas. A d

44 - Astronomy - Heis, Eduard. New Celestial Atlas. A depiction of the stars visible to the naked eye in Central Europe according to their true sizes, as observed directly from the sky. Includes 12 lithographic constellation charts in black and red. Cologne, DuMont-Schauberg, 1872. 1 sheet, 30.5 x 39.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with gold-stamped title on the cover (upper corners of the cover creased).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Astronomy - Kircher, Athanasius. *Iter extaticum c

45 - Astronomy - Kircher, Athanasius. Iter extaticum coeleste, in which the structure of the world—that is, the celestial expanse and the stars, both wandering and fixed—is explored... This second edition, illustrated with prefaces and scholia ... by Fr. Gaspare Schotto ... Includes the same author’s Iter exstaticum terrestre and Synopsis mundi subterranei. With a copper-engraved title page, 1 full-page copper-engraved coat of arms, and 12 copper plates. Würzburg, Endter, 1660. 11 leaves

Estimation

€1,000 - 1,500

Astronomy—Monthly Correspondence for the Advanceme

46 - Astronomy—Monthly Correspondence for the Advancement of Earth and Celestial Science. Edited by Franz Xaver von Zach. Volumes 9–13, 15, 18, 19, 21–24, 26–28 (final volume). 15 volumes in total. Includes 8 engraved portraits, 47 copperplate plates (some folded), 1 lithographic plate, 1 woodcut plate, 1 folded calendar page, and several tables. Gotha, Becker, 1804–1813. 19.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary paperboard bindings with colored spine labels (slightly rubbed and dusty).

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

Astronomy - Schlegel, Gustave. Chinese Uranography

47 - Astronomy - Schlegel, Gustave. Chinese Uranography. Celestial Atlas. Chinese and Greek. Based on the Tien-Youen-Li-Li. With 7 lithographed plates. The Hague, Nijhoff, 1875. 2 leaves, 28 x 37 cm. Contemporary canvas (partly worn, partly stained).

Estimation

€500 - 750

Biology - Botany - Bertholon de Saint-Lazare, Pier

48 - Biology - Botany - Bertholon de Saint-Lazare, Pierre. On Electricity as It Relates to Plants; Methods of Applying Electricity for the Benefit of Plants, etc. With 3 copper plates. Leipzig, Schwickert, 1785. X pp., 3 leaves, 301 pp. 21 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Botany - Blackwell, Elisabeth. *Herbariu

49 - Biology - Botany - Blackwell, Elisabeth. Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum. An Expanded and Revised Edition of Blackwell’s Herbarium. A Collection of Plants Kept in Pharmacies for Medicinal Use. Fragment with an old-colored copper title plate for Centuria 1 and 58 old-colored copper plates (some mounted under passe-partout). Nuremberg, ca. 1760. Sheet dimensions: approx. 39 x 25 cm.

Estimation

€400 - 600

Biology - Botany - Brunfels, Otto. Contrafayt Herb

50 - Biology - Botany - Brunfels, Otto. Contrafayt Herbarium ... previously published in German in a new edition, now available in print. (Part I (of 2). With a full-page woodcut coat of arms, numerous initials, and 176 mostly full-page, predominantly old-colored text woodcuts by Hans Weiditz. Strasbourg, J. Schott, 1532. 16 leaves, 332 (recte 334) pp., 7 leaves, 29 x 19 cm. Old parchment binding (spine filled, browned, and stained).

Estimation

€5,000 - 7,500

Biology - Botany - Dietrich, David. *Forest Flora,

51 - Biology - Botany - Dietrich, David. Forest Flora, or Illustrations and Descriptions of Wild-Growing Trees and Shrubs Important to Foresters, as well as Useful and Harmful Herbs. 5th expanded and improved edition. 2 text volumes in 1 volume and 3 plate volumes. With 300 colored copperplate illustrations by A. Hanemann and F. Kirchner. Leipzig, Baensch, 1880. VI, 144 pp.; 1 folio, 152 pp. 28 x 20 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€500 - 750

Biology - Botany - Hahn, Gotthold. Moss Herbarium.

52 - Biology - Botany - Hahn, Gotthold. Moss Herbarium. I. Musci frondosi, II. Musci hepaticae. With 90 dried moss specimens on 10 plates. Gera, Kanitz, n.d. (ca. 1900). 29 x 24 cm. Loose in a printed half-linen folder with flaps (slightly rubbed and bumped; the flaps are partially torn along the folds).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Botany - Lonicer, Adam. A Complete Book

53 - Biology - Botany - Lonicer, Adam. A Complete Book of Herbs, and Artificial Representations of Trees, Perennials, Hedges, Herbs, Grains, Spices, etc.; Together with a Detailed Account of the Art of Distillation. Revised and with an index by P. Uffenbach. 3 parts in 1 volume. With approx. 800 (10 colored) woodcuts in the text. Ulm, Bartholomäi, 1713. 2 folios, 750 pp., 12 leaves, 31 x 20.5 cm. Contemporary blind-embossed pigskin binding with stamp and scraper decorations (worn; spine and corners

Estimation

€400 - 600

Biology - Botany - Lonicer, Adam. A Complete Book

54 - Biology - Botany - Lonicer, Adam. A Complete Book of Herbs, and Artificial Representations of Trees, Perennials, Hedges, Herbs, Grains, Spices, etc.; Together with a Detailed Account of the Art of Distillation. Revised and with an index by P. Uffenbach. 3 parts in 1 volume. With approx. 800 woodcuts in the text. Ulm, Bartholomäi, 1713. 2 folios, 750 pp., 12 folios. 32 x 19 cm. Contemporary parchment binding.

Estimation

€600 - 900

Biology - Botany - Mann, Johann Gottlieb. Foreign

55 - Biology - Botany - Mann, Johann Gottlieb. Foreign Medicinal Plants. 132 old-colored lithographic plates and 132 text sheets. Stuttgart, Brodhag, 1830–1833. 39 x 26 cm. Later half-linen binding (circa 1900).

Estimation

€1,600 - 2,400

Biology - Botany - Mann, Johann Gottlieb. Germany’

56 - Biology - Botany - Mann, Johann Gottlieb. Germany’s Wild Medicinal Plants and Their Most Common Confusions. Supplementary volume with 98 (of 186) historically colored lithographic plates. Stuttgart, published by the editor, 1828. 98 leaves with plate captions. 39 x 27 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (worn and scuffed).

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

Biology - Botany - Matthiolus, Petrus Andreas. A N

57 - Biology - Botany - Matthiolus, Petrus Andreas. A New and Complete Book on Herbs, Covering All Kinds of Plants—Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs—Found in Germany, Italy, France, and Other Parts of the World. In which … excellent remedies for all diseases … are described. Very useful to all physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, gardeners, housekeepers, and lovers of the art of medicine … Now, however, as a new work … improved and expanded by Bernhard Verzascha. With over 1,000 botanical woodcuts

Estimation

€260 - 400

Biology - Botany - Mehler, Johann. Main Catalog of

58 - Biology - Botany - Mehler, Johann. Main Catalog of the Fifty Copperplate Engravings of Economically Important ... and Several Plants Growing Wild in Fields, According to the Latin Names Given by Baron von Linné. With 50 copperplate plates. Dresden, Walther, 1795. 2 leaves, 30.5 x 19.5 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding (scuffed, bumped, and stained; spine with cover defects).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Biology - Botany - Metzger, Johann. European Cerea

59 - Biology - Botany - Metzger, Johann. European Cereals. From a Botanical and Agricultural Perspective. With 20 lithographic plates. Heidelberg, Winter, 1824. VIII, 74 pp. 42 x 28 cm. Contemporary paperback (spine restored).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Botany - Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm.

60 - Biology - Botany - Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. Chloris Hanoverana, or a Survey, Arranged According to Natural Families, of the Visibly Flowering Plants and Ferns Growing Wild in the Kingdom of Hanover. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1836. 3 leaves, VI pp., 2 plates, VIII, 744 pp. 26.5 x 21 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Botany - Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm.

61 - Biology - Botany - Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. Flora of the Kingdom of Hanover. Part 3. With 15 colored copperplate plates, some printed in color. Göttingen, Prêtre, 1854. 2 leaves. 54 x 37 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label (spine with minor scuffs, front cover slightly discolored at the edges, lightly rubbed).

Estimation

€400 - 600

Biology - Botany - Paxton, Joseph. Magazine of Bot

62 - Biology - Botany - Paxton, Joseph. Magazine of Botany. Volumes 2-12 (of 16) in 11. With 508 (20 double-page) engraved or lithographed plates in splendid old coloring, 4 (3 tinted) garden plates and numerous wood engravings in text. London, Orr & Smith, 1836-46. 24 x 16 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with gilt-stamped spine title, gilt spine and gilt edges (rubbed and bumped, inner joints partly cracked, 2 volumes broken, 1 back cover loose).

Estimation

€600 - 900

Biology - Botany - Redouté, Pierre Joseph. *Les Ro

63 - Biology - Botany - Redouté, Pierre Joseph. Les Roses. From this work: 15 old-colored engravings. Paris, 1817–1824. Sheet dimensions: approx. 35.5 x 26 cm.

Estimation

€600 - 900

Biology - Botany - Sierstorpff, C. H. von. On the

64 - Biology - Botany - Sierstorpff, C. H. von. On the Forestry-Based Cultivation, Conservation, and Use of the Finest Domestic Timber Species. Along with Several Contributions Concerning Forestry in General. 2 volumes. With a colored engraved frontispiece and 12 (11 colored) copper plates. Hanover, Hahn, 1796 and 1813. 286 pp.; XXI, 236 pp. 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with 2 spine labels and gilt spine.

Estimation

€500 - 750

Biology - Botany - Sprengel, Kurt. On the Structur

65 - Biology - Botany - Sprengel, Kurt. On the Structure and Nature of Plants. With 14 folded copperplate engravings, some partially colored... Halle, Kümmel, 1812. IX, 654 pp. 21 x 13 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt spine.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Botany - Wittich, Johannes. On Ligno Gua

66 - Biology - Botany - Wittich, Johannes. On Ligno Guayaco, the “wonder tree,” known as Res nova; on China, from the West Indies; on Sarssa Parilla; on Frenchwood (Sassafras); and on Grießholz, also known as Lignum Nephriticum, etc. All of which are, in part, quite useful for treating fevers, dysentery, dropsy, and kidney stones, along with other chronic ailments, and since the ways in which they are prepared and used in the places where they grow have not yet been published in print: they have

Estimation

€400 - 600

Biology - Zoology - Audebert, J. B. & L. P. Vi

67 - Biology - Zoology - Audebert, J. B. & L. P. Vieillot. Birds with Golden or Metallic Iridescence. Vol. 1: Natural and General History of Hummingbirds, Flycatchers, Jacamars, and Promerops. - Vol. 2: On the Grimperaux and Birds of Paradise. With 190 color plates (6 double-sheet, 1 four-page) by Audebert, some bichromatic and gilded by L. Bouquet et al. Paris, Desray, 1800–1802. 2 leaves, XII, 156, 8, 37 pp.; 2 leaves, 164, 55 pp. 36 x 26 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with gold-stamp

Estimation

€4,000 - 6,000

Biology - Zoology - Bloch, Marcus Elieser. General

68 - Biology - Zoology - Bloch, Marcus Elieser. General Natural History of Fishes. Includes 5 old-colored copper plates by Ludwig Schmidt and others, based on J. Fr. A. Krüger. Berlin, 1782–1795. Plate size: approx. 19.5 x 36.5 cm. Mounted under a mat.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Zoology - Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc d

69 - Biology - Zoology - Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc de. Natural History of Birds. 27 volumes (all published under this imprint). With 1,253 colored copper plates. Brno, Trassler (1–8) and Vienna, Schrämbl (9–27), 1786–1803. 17 x 10 cm. Nearly uniform contemporary half-leather bindings with gold-stamped spine labels; covers lined with paste paper (spines with tiny wormholes, extended to small missing sections on 6 volumes; some inner joints also show signs of worm damage, traces of removed la

Estimation

€1,800 - 2,600

Biology - Zoology - Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc d

70 - Biology - Zoology - Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc de. Natural History of Birds. Volume 8. With 47 colored copperplate engravings. Brno, Traxler, 1789. 435 pp., 5 leaves. 17 x 10 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering (head letters with minor losses).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Zoology - Frisch, Johann Leonhard. Descr

71 - Biology - Zoology - Frisch, Johann Leonhard. Description of All Kinds of Insects in Germany, Together with Various Useful Remarks and Necessary Illustrations of These Crawling and Flying Native Insects. 13 parts in 1 volume. With 13 engraved vignettes and 274 illustrations on 40 copper plates. Berlin, Nicolai, 1721–1740. 21.5 x 17.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (spine rubbed, stained, and with scraping marks).

Estimation

€500 - 750

Biology - Zoology - Gmelin, Carl Christian. A Usef

72 - Biology - Zoology - Gmelin, Carl Christian. A Useful Systematic Natural History of Birds for Educated Readers. Based on Linnaeus’s System of Nature. 2 parts in 1 volume. With a colored engraved frontispiece and 87 colored copperplate plates. Mannheim, published at the expense of Finance Councilor Neydeck, 1809. VI, 7 leaves, 144 pp.; 6 leaves, 195, 78 pp. 19.5 x 13 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label (worn).

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

Biology - Zoology - Hennert, Carl Wilhelm. On Cate

73 - Biology - Zoology - Hennert, Carl Wilhelm. On Caterpillar Defoliation and Windthrow in the Royal Prussian Forests from 1791 to 1794. With 8 colored copperplate engravings and 6 (5 folded) tables. Berlin, published by the author, 1797. VIII pp., 1 leaf, 197 pp. 24 x 19.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Biology - Zoology - Jardine, William. *The Natural

74 - Biology - Zoology - Jardine, William. The Naturalist's Library. A collection of 35 volumes from the series. With engraved portraits, engraved title pages—some with colored vignettes—and a very large number of colored steel engravings. London, Allen and Bohn, 1833 and later. 18 x 11.5 cm. Original cloth-bound volumes (some rubbed and bumped; a few spines with missing material or tears).

Estimation

€600 - 900

Biology - Zoology - Jardine, William. Natural Hist

75 - Biology - Zoology - Jardine, William. Natural History Cabinet of the Animal Kingdom. A collection of 9 volumes from the series. With engraved portraits, engraved title pages with colored vignettes, and numerous colored steel engravings. Pesth, Hartleben, 1836–1842. 18.5 x 12 cm. Original cardboard bindings (heavily scuffed).

Estimation

€400 - 600

Biology - Zoology - Lamarck, Jean Baptiste. *Systê

76 - Biology - Zoology - Lamarck, Jean Baptiste. Systême des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. With 8 tables. Paris, published by the author and Deterville, Year IX, 1801. VIII, 432 pp., 1 leaf (402bis). 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering (spine restored).

Estimation

€600 - 900

Biology - Zoology - Lesser, Friedrich Christian. *

77 - Biology - Zoology - Lesser, Friedrich Christian. Testaceo-Theologia, or: A Thorough Proof of the Existence and the Most Perfect Attributes of a Divine Being, Based on a Natural and Spiritual Examination of Snails and Shellfish. With an engraved frontispiece and 22 copper plates. Leipzig, Blochberger, 1744. 3 leaves, 984 pp., 40 leaves. 17.5 x 11 cm. Contemporary parchment binding with handwritten title on the spine (slightly dusty).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Biology - Zoology - Maier, Johann Wolfgang. Disser

78 - Biology - Zoology - Maier, Johann Wolfgang. Dissertatio Philosophica De Avibus Literigerulis. Submitted for examination by Praeses M. Johan. Wolfgangus Majer, and Respondens Joh. Simon. Dilger ... of Ulm ... Jena, Krebs, 1683. 14 leaves. 18.5 x 15.5 cm. Spine-strip binding.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Zoology - Merian, Maria Sibylla. Collect

79 - Biology - Zoology - Merian, Maria Sibylla. Collection of 30 plates from the work: "Histoire générale des insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe." Presumably from two different editions. Copperplate engravings. Amsterdam and Paris, 1730 and 1771, respectively. Sheet dimensions: 52 x 35.5 cm.

Estimation

€1,000 - 1,500

Biology - Zoology - Merian, Maria Sibylla. Collect

80 - Biology - Zoology - Merian, Maria Sibylla. Collection of 30 plates from the work: "Histoire générale des insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe". Presumably from two different editions. Historically colored or, in some cases, partially colored copperplate engravings. Amsterdam and Paris, 1730 and 1771, respectively. Sheet dimensions: 50.5 x 33 cm. 14 mounted in passe-partouts.

Estimation

€2,000 - 3,000

Biology - Zoology - Merian, Maria Sibylla. Collect

81 - Biology - Zoology - Merian, Maria Sibylla. Collection of 7 copperplate engravings from the work: "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium." Reprint of the Amsterdam edition, probably from around 1730. Sheet size: 35.5 x 52 cm.

Estimation

€400 - 600

Biology - Zoology - Michaelis, Gustav Adolph. On t

82 - Biology - Zoology - Michaelis, Gustav Adolph. On the Luminescence of the Baltic Sea Based on the Author’s Own Observations, Along with Some Remarks on This Phenomenon in Other Seas. Foreword by Pfaff. With 2 folded copperplate engravings. Hamburg, Perthes, 1830. 52 pp. 20 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Zoology - Naumann, Johann Andreas. Natur

83 - Biology - Zoology - Naumann, Johann Andreas. Natural History of the Birds of Central Europe. Edited by Carl R. Hennicke. 12 volumes. With 449 plates, 439 of which are chromolithographs. Gera, Köhler, 1897–1905. 40 x 29 cm. Original half-leather bindings.

Estimation

€1,200 - 1,800

Biology - Zoology - Nozeman, Cornelis. Collection

84 - Biology - Zoology - Nozeman, Cornelis. Collection of 4 colored copper engravings from: Nederlandsche Vogelen. Amsterdam, Jan Christ. Sepp and Son, 1770–1829. Sheet dimensions: 44 x 30.5 cm.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Zoology - Scrapbook containing nearly 50

85 - Biology - Zoology - Scrapbook containing nearly 500 mostly colored copperplate engravings or lithographs of amphibians, reptiles, and fish. Germany, ca. 1830. Approx. 250 leaves. 41.5 x 27 cm. Contemporary half-linen binding (slightly rubbed and bumped).

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

Biology - Zoology - Wenzel, Gottfried Immanuel. Ne

86 - Biology - Zoology - Wenzel, Gottfried Immanuel. New Discoveries Based on Reason and Experience Concerning the Language of Animals. With an engraved frontispiece. Vienna, Doll, 1800. 216 pp. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary paperback (worn).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Zoology - Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias. Conv

87 - Biology - Zoology - Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias. Conversations on Natural History. The Amphibians. With an engraved title page and 40 colored copperplate plates. Augsburg, Engelbrecht, 1794. 8 leaves, 328 pp., 2 leaves. 17 x 10 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding with handwritten spine label (worn).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Biology - Zoology - Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias. Conv

88 - Biology - Zoology - Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias. Conversations on Natural History. Worms. 2 volumes. With 2 engraved title pages and 106 colored copperplate plates. Augsburg, Engelbrecht, 1801–1802. XXVIII, 404 pp.; 468 pp., 10 leaves. 17 x 10 cm. Contemporary paperbacks with handwritten spine labels (worn).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Chemistry - Becher, Johann Joachim. *Chymischer Ro

89 - Chemistry - Becher, Johann Joachim. Chymischer Rosen-Garten, including a preface and a brief biography ... by Friederich Roth-Scholtz. With an engraved title vignette. Nuremberg, Tauber, 1717. 96 pp. 17 x 10 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (slightly stained).

Estimation

€600 - 900

Chemistry - Boerhaave, Hermann. *Fundamentals of C

90 - Chemistry - Boerhaave, Hermann. Fundamentals of Chemistry, or a Thorough Guide to How Natural Substances Can Be Chemically Broken Down and Used to Prepare Medicines. With an engraved portrait and 9 copper plates. Berlin, Nicolai, 1762. 2 leaves, 440 pp., 272 pp., 28 leaves. 19 x 11 cm. Half-parchment binding (cover cloths replaced, spine made from an old parchment manuscript).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Chemistry - Glauber, Johann Rudolph. *Furni novi p

91 - Chemistry - Glauber, Johann Rudolph. Furni novi philosophici or Description of a Newly Invented Art of Distillation: Including Spirits, Oils, Flowers, and Other Similar Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral Medicaments. 5 parts and Annotationes to Part 5 in 1 volume. With 3 (of 4) woodcut plates (1 of which is folded) and 7 woodcuts in the text (2 of which are full-page). Amsterdam 1650. 16 x 10 cm. Contemporary parchment with handwritten title on the spine (slightly stained).

Estimation

€400 - 600

Chemistry - Hochheimer, C. F. A. General Economic,

92 - Chemistry - Hochheimer, C. F. A. General Economic, Chemical, and Technological Handbook for the Home and the Arts, or a Collection of Selected Formulas for Use by Householders, Farmers, Professionals, Artists, and Art Lovers. 5th revised and expanded edition by J. H. M. Poppe. With 4 folded copperplate engravings. Leipzig, Voß, 1826. XII, 576 pp.; 1 folio, 478 pp. 20.5 x 13 cm. Contemporary marbled paperboard bindings (slightly rubbed; vol. 1 without spine label).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Chemistry—A collection of 4 French works on chemis

93 - Chemistry—A collection of 4 French works on chemistry in 6 volumes. Lyon and Paris, 1724–66. Octavo format. Contemporary leather bindings with spine labels and gilt lettering (worn and bumped, some scuff marks, a few joints cracked).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Chemistry - Tenner, Johann Gottlob. Instructions f

94 - Chemistry - Tenner, Johann Gottlob. Instructions for Bleaching to a Perfect White in Any Season, Quickly, Safely, and Inexpensively, Using Dephlogisticated Hydrochloric Acid. Including brief instructions on how to use this agent effectively in ordinary laundry, cotton printing, dyeing, papermaking, and the bleaching of wax. 3rd expanded and improved edition. With 11 folded copperplate engravings and 13 tables. Leipzig, Voß, 1800. XVI, 341 pp. 20 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with s

Estimation

€200 - 300

Diderot, Denis, and J. L. d'Alembert. Collection o

95 - Diderot, Denis, and J. L. d'Alembert. Collection of Plates for the New Edition, or Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades, with Explanations. 3 volumes. With a total of 496 copperplate engravings (including many double-page-sized and fold-out plates). Lausanne, Sociétés Typographiques, 1779–1781. 22.5 x 17 cm. Contemporary leather bindings with spine label and gilt lettering (joints partially restored).

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

Geology - Assmann, Christian Gottfried. Journey th

96 - Geology - Assmann, Christian Gottfried. Journey through the Giant Mountains. A Geological Study. Includes 1 engraved and multi-folded profile map, as well as 2 colored folded copperplate prints. Leipzig, Hilscher, 1798. XVI, 364 pp., 1 leaf. 20.5 x 12 cm. Simple contemporary paperboard binding (heavily bumped and stained; joints reinforced with tracing paper).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Geology - Bertrand, Elie. *Essai sur les usages de

97 - Geology - Bertrand, Elie. Essai sur les usages des montagnes, avec une lettre sur le Nil. Zurich: Heidegger, 1754. XVI, 412 pp. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Contemporary colored paper board binding (worn).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Geology - Hermann, Leonhard David. *Maslographia,

98 - Geology - Hermann, Leonhard David. Maslographia, or Description of the Silesian Massel ... with its sights, comprising various antiquities of both pagan and Christian origin ... and partly consisting of natural specimens found in and around Massel in the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms. With 15 (including an engraved frontispiece) of 19 copper plates (4 with “Continuationes”). Brieg, printed for Brachvogel in Breslau, 1711. 1 folio, 7 pp., 13 folios, 172 pp., 1 folio, pp. 173–329 (re

Estimation

€240 - 360

Geology - Krishtafovich, Nikolai I. (ed.). Ezhegod

99 - Geology - Krishtafovich, Nikolai I. (ed.). Ezhegodnik po geologii i mineralogii Rossii. Annuaire géologique et minéralogique de la Russie. Volumes: 4 (1900–01); 6 (1902–04); 7 (1904–05); 8 (1905–07); 11 (1909–1910). 5 volumes. With a total of 33 plates, some of which are folded (including several in color), and illustrations in the text. Novo-Alexandria (Polish: Puławy), 1900–1910. 30 x 23 cm. Contemporary half-linen bindings with spine titles (edges rubbed).

Estimation

€400 - 600

Geology - Lehmann, Johann Gottlob. Physical Consid

100 - Geology - Lehmann, Johann Gottlob. Physical Considerations on the Causes of Earthquakes and Their Propagation Beneath the Earth, Derived Largely from the Structure of the Earth's Crust. With 2 folded copper plates. Berlin, Lange, 1757. 55 pp. 17 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding with remnants of gilding (heavily scuffed).

Estimation

€240 - 360

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