Religious books

"[Religiosa] Book of hours entirely mounted on tabs, calligraphed, painted in watercolor and gouache on VELIN LEATHER. Superb period binding in full maroquin signed J. Kauffmann, 5-ribbed spine, double gilded gilt filets on the edges, gilt roulettes on the tail and head, gilt edges, in excellent overall condition. In a double slipcase with some defects. "Souvenir de première communion" by Gabrielle Armandy to her cousin Marie, May 6, 1897 Moiré cloth endpapers monogrammed with the M.C. of the recipient of this magnificent Missel, in which flowers are given pride of place. a formidable testimony to the revival of 19th-century book illumination, here combining botany and naturalism in the midst of the Art Nouveau period and inspired by medieval books of hours. In-12, 37p recto-verso on vellum, including a dedication page, a page titled "Missel", an illustrated frontispiece and 31p entirely worked on both sides."

"Alexis de TOCQUEVILLE - On Democracy in America A la librairie Charles Gosselin à Paris, 1835-1840 - Extremely rare copy of the first edition of Tocqueville's masterpiece in uniform contemporary bindings. Fine period bindings signed Antoine Bauzonnet at the tail of the first volume, in half tan calfskin, spine with 4 raised bands adorned with gilt fillets and double title-pieces and tomaisons. One of the rare copies with all volumes in first edition (1835 for the first two and 1840 for the following 2) without any mention of edition, corresponding to the first printing and in signed contemporary bindings (we have not referenced any copies in signed bindings with all volumes at the correct date). The bindings are strictly contemporary, and were probably commissioned by an early enthusiast (Beaupoil de Sainte-Aulaire) from Bauzonnet before the latter joined forces with Trautz. The next two volumes are based on exactly the same model, with only the marbling on the edges differing slightly. Rubbing to the spines and small paper tears to the boards. The interiors of the first two volumes are in very good condition, despite some browning of the pages and a few small but not serious brown spots. The paper of the last two volumes has remained quite white, with little foxing, but there are visible halos of wetness in the upper margins. A fine copy of this rare, sought-after set, complete with the beautiful period-colored map of the United States, very well preserved without tears, bound at the end of the first volume. Considered the bible of political liberalism, this text is the result of the author's work in America with Gustave de Beaumont in 1831, originally intended as an examination of the American prison system. It was through this work that Tocqueville became fascinated with the political system of the United States, and planned to publish it. It was the 5-year gap between the publication of the first two volumes and the next two that made the uniformly bound copies of the time almost impossible to find. ""The author with innovative audacity constructed an 'ideal-type' of democratic society within which he strove to imagine the intellectual and sensitive horizon, and the mores of the future homo democraticus"" (En français dans le texte, 253) It's incredible to note the author's clear-sightedness on certain subjects: the abolition of slavery and its consequences, or the advent of the Russian and American great powers. His work, so relevant at the time of its publication, is no less topical, a mark of the greatest masterpieces. ""rare, much sought-after"" (Clouzot, p. 264) ""very rare to find a copy in a perfectly homogeneous binding"" (Carteret, II, p. 506) In-8, 24pp + 367pp, 459pp, 5pp (2) + 333pp, 363pp."

Koran. - Two Arabic manuscripts, Korans, 19th century, probably Iran, black ink on paper, wide gold bars, type separation by gold dots, type area regularly illustrated with floral ornament, partly with handwritten annotations, partially damaged, restored, single leaves slightly detached, original gold-stamped leather bindings, size 15.5x10 and 8.5x6 cm. Some small text losses. - Please ask for a more detailed description. Two Arabic manuscripts, Korans, 19th century, probably Iran, black ink on paper, wide gold bars, sentence separation by gold dots, type area regularly illustrated with floral ornaments, some with hand annotations, partially damaged, restored, individual leavesslightly loose, orig. gold-embossed leather bindings. - Partly small text losses. - Please request a detailed description. D

Biblia Latina. Mit großer Eingangsinitiale in Blau und Rot auf Goldgrund und durchgehend mit eingemalten Initialen und Lombarden in Rot und Blau sowie Druckermarke. Zweispaltiger Druck, 56 Zeilen. (Basel). Nikolaus Kessler, 1487. 435 (von 436) Bll. (ohne - Incunabula - Biblia Latina Biblia Latina. With large opening initial in blue and red on gold ground and with painted initials and lombards in red and blue throughout as well as printer's mark. Printed in two columns, 56 lines. (Basel). Nikolaus Kessler, 1487. 435 (of 436) vols. (without the title page. - this enclosed in photocopy and without the double leaf with the Prefatio added later according to the GW). Folio. Half pigskin binding on wooden boards with (the leather renewed) clasps and (mod.) gilt-stamped spine. (vellum cover more heavily rubbed, upper capital with small loss, partly with small wormholes). First Biblia incunabulum by Kessler. - GW 4262 - Hain-C. 3100 - BMC III 765 - Goff B-585 - For the first time with the appendix "Translatores bibliae". - Splendid printed bible with a wealth of painted initials, some larger, alternating in red and blue. - Partly somewhat browned and slightly stained, the upper margin partly with narrow dampstain, a few notes in an old hand, leaf a2 somewhat browned and stained, with ownership notes and a small wormhole in the outer margin (a3 still slightly affected), inside cover with old inscription, 1 leaf with corner tear (outside the text). From leaf B2 onwards, 10 pp. with diminishing burn hole in right outer margin with loss of text, leaf B2 larger (approx. 11 x 1.5 cm), the remaining 9 pp. with approx. 1.5 x 4 cm burn hole (diminishing). First Biblia incunabulum by Kessler. Splendid Bible print with very numerous painted initials (some of them larger) and lombards, alternating in red and blue. - 435 (of 436) ll. (without the title fol. - this in facs. added and without the double leaf with the Prefatio added later according to GW). Folio. Half pigskin on wooden boards with (leather renewed) clasps and (mod.) gilt-embossed boards. (Parchment cover more scuffed, upper capital with small missing part, partly with small wormholes). - Partly somewhat browned and lightly spotted, at the upper margin partly with a narrow margin of moisture, few notes in an old hand, leaf a2 somewhat browned and spotted, with ownership notes and small wormhole in the outer margin (a3 still slightly affected), inside cover with old writing, 1 leaf with corner tear (outside the text). From leaf B2 onwards, 10 fol. with decreasing burn hole in right outer margin with loss of text, leaf B2 larger (c. 11 x 1.5 CM), the remaining 9 fol. with c. 1.5 x 4 cm burn hole (decreasing). * This work is taxed. A premium of 23.95% will be added to the hammer price and 7% (books only) or 19% VAT will be added to the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.

(Bocksberger, Joh. - Neuwe Biblische Figuren deß Alten und Neuwen Testaments. Frankfurt, Rab, Feyerabend and Hart Heirs) 1565. qu.4°. 148 x 190 mm. With 130 woodcuts. a4 A-Q4 R1 [lacking R2]. Marbled calf with gilt-stamped border, blind-stamped spine decoration and marbled edges from the 18th century (rubbed, signs of age). Cf. VD 16, B 6067 and 6070 (editions 1564 and 1569); Becker 1 d. - Second edition of this collection of Bible figures, first published in 1564. - 130 woodcuts after the drawings by Bocksberger, which were taken over by Jost Amman and partly engraved. Three bear the mark of Amman, one that of Bocksperger, five are signed S.F, (Sigmund Feyerabend), three with SHF and with a strange Gothic H. These illustrations were reprinted in the German Bible of 1580. - The last leaf is missing (R2, printer's mark). Foxing on the title and ink stain on the plate Apocalypsis XII. Paper slightly yellowed. Two small holes in C1 and C2. - Small oblong in-4 (148 x 190 mm). Marbled calf, gilt border, spine ribbed and decorated in cold, marbled edges (18th century binding). - 130 woodcuts after drawings by Bocksberger taken over and partly engraved by Jost Amman. Three bear Amman's mark, one Bocksperger's, five are signed by S. F (Sigmund Feyerabend), three by SHF, and a curious gothic H. These illustrations were republished in the German Bible of 1580. - - Missing the last leaf (R2, printer's mark). Freckles on the title and ink stain on the plate Apocalypsis XII. Paper slightly yellowed. Two small holes in C1 and C2. Binding rubbed, corners dulled.

Biblia germanica. - Biblia, Das ist: Die gantze H. Schrifft, Altes und Newes Testaments Teutsch D. Martin Luther. 3 vols. in 2 vols. Nuremberg, Endter 1641. fol. With 29 engravings. 65 pp., 590, 451 p.; 1 pp., 384 p., 15 pp. (rubbed and worn). Bibelslg. Württ. LB, E 777, Jahn 41 ff. - First edition of the Weimar Elector's Bible. - Among the engravings the rare and mostly missing heretic tree, "which is to be found in few copies and is therefore excellently estimable" (Goeze p. 202 ff.). - Contains the following engravings: 2 engraved titles (AT and NT), 5 engraved captions. Intertitles, heresy tree, 12 portraits (11 electors and dukes and Luther), Augsburg Confession (large plate), a heraldic engraving, 4 partly folded maps (Canaan, Travels of Luther). Maps (Canaan, Journeys of Paul, Journey of the Patriarchs, Journey of the Savior), Noah's Ark (dplblgr.), two different plans of Jerusalem. Plans of Jerusalem. - Some spotting and browning, several leaves with marginal tears, some folding copperplate with damage (some underneath), title slightly trimmed.

A Kashmiri Qur'an North India, late 18th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 384ff, with 15ll. of black naskh arranged within cloud bands on gold per page, gold roundel verse markers, surah headers in cobalt naskh on a gold ground with gold and cobalt floral decoration, 7 illuminated bifolios, extensive marginal decoration in gold and polychrome, margins trimmed, rebound, in floral lacquer binding, with possible date to medallion, folio 18 x 10.2cm. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection

Liber Horarum. - The Book of Hours of Gerard David, 1486. facsimile MS Vitr. 12, No. 36 of the Biblioteca del Real Monasterio de El Escorial. Madrid, Pieri 1998. with 15 full-page and 4 smaller miniatures and 16 decorative pages as well as numerous initials in colors and partly in gold. Gold. 2 no., 235 num. Orig. cloth with blind embossing, metal clasp and gilt edges. (Slight wear). One of 980 copies - With nail holes at the end (from about p. 200), some damage.

Gilles, Nicole Frantzösische Chronica oder Vollkommene Beschreibung aller Namhafftiger, gedechtnutz wirdiger Geschichten und Thaten, so sich zum theil von anfang der Welt, demnach ... in oder ausserhalb dem Reich mit den Saracenen, Türcken, Italiänern, - Gilles, Nicole The French Chronicle, or a complete description of all the famous, honorable histories and deeds that have taken place from the beginning of the world ... in or outside the empire with the Saracens, Turks, Italians, Hispanics ... ... but now and by Niclaus Falckner ... brought into high German language. 2 pp. in 1 vol. With 2 titles in red and black, 2 woodcuts on the title page and numerous woodcuts in the text. Basel, Niclaus Brylinger, 1572. 7 nn. Leaf, 1 w. Leaf, 382 p., 1 w. Leaf 3, 1 w. Bl., 4 bl., 505 p. 4°. Blind-printed hogskin boards on 4 bindings, covers covered with antiphonary mss. (rubbed, bumped, soiled, stained, some damage to capitals, missing clasps, some small worm marks). First German edition of the "Croniques et annales de France". - VD16 G 2040 - Fromm III, 10924 - Ebert 8520 (note). - Not in Adams. - The woodcuts mostly show princes in figurative and architectural borders. - Pp. 377/78 with loss (loss of text), p. 325/26 with tear in w. margin. - Bound: Jean de Serres. Caroli König in Frankreich warlike description of all dealings of the war in France aroused for the third time ... With title in red and black with woodcut vignette. Frankfurt a.M., Schmidt, 1573 (printer's mark different 1572). 3 pp., 118 (recte 117) num. pp., 5 nn. Very rare. - VD16 C 1200 - Not in Adams. - Leaf 60 with marginal tear. - First 4 leaves with small marginal tears, both leaves somewhat browned due to paper, some brownstaining and waterstaining, occasional small wormholes. - Anno 1805. the great unheralded theüerung. Described by me Simon Forster. 1 p. Hs. on 1 late. Double leaf. - Front inside cover with handwritten note by Simon Forster ("Chyrurgus") from Königsberg: "bekommen Von meiner frau Tochter Clara Lutzin von Stahlenberg 1795". - Title with more. Ownership notes, back. Inside cover with handwritten note "von dem Durchlauchtigsten Fürsten unnd Herrn". - Enclosed: Postcard to Sophie Forster in Plan near Marienbad. Saaz (Zatec), Sep. 27, 1886 - Ants as a remedy. Ms. 3 p. on 1 double sheet. - The pomological magic ring. Ms. 1 p. (verso with certificate "that the interests owed by Zacharias Spengler from Mostau (Mostov) to the local orphan's fund ... have been paid by Mr. Doctor Forster from Plan ... ... have been paid" (Plan, 1818). - Remedy for dog rabies from Transylvania. Ms. 1 p. - 1 letter. 2 S. 2 very rare German translations. - 2 parts in 1 vol. With 2 titles in red and black, 2 woodcuts to the title and numerous woodcuts to the text. Half blind-tooled pigskin on 4 raised bands, covers covered with antiphonary ms. (rubbed, bumped, soiled, stained, ends of spine somewhat damaged in places, ties missing, some small worm marks). - The woodcuts mostly show princes in figurative and architectural borders. - Pp. 377/78 with loss (loss of text), p. 325/26 with tear in white margin. - Bound with: as listed above. With title in red and black with woodcut vignette. - Leaf 60 with marginal tear. - First 4 leaves with small marginal tears, both parts somewhat browned due to paper, some brownstaining and waterstaining, occ. small wormholes. - Front inside cover with handwritten note by Simon Forster ("Chyrurgus") from Königsberg. - Title with ownership notes. - Enclosed: Postcard, ms. and a letter as listed above.

Antiphonar. - 2 vols. (contiguous) from an antiphonary, c. 1500. Parchment. Latin script with square notes on 5 red staves and script in red and black. At upper margin months August and September in German script, as well as "57" and "64". With 3 calligraphic and 5 further decorative initials. Writing area approx. 39 x 22.5, sheet 54.5 x 37.5 cm. - Slightly browned in the margins, 2 tears, one of which stitched. D

Krauss,U. - Historical Pictures Bible. 5 vols. in 1 vol. Augsburg, Krauss, 1702. 8°. 186 (st. 188) num. Copper plates incl. titles. Wooden boards with brown cloth covers. Reichl, Krauss (Studien zur dt. Kunstgesch., Heft 294) p. 7 ff. - Reduced edition of the well-known Krauss illustrated Bible "copiert v. Johanna Sibylla Kraussen eine gebohrne Küsslen mit Maria Phillippina Küsslen". "The small Bible. is to be regarded as the complete edition of the Bible illustrations organized by Krauss up to that time" (Reichl). - Missing engravings. 25 and 30. somewhat scarcely trimmed, slightly worn. Binding rubbed, without the two clasps, with newer cloth spine.

Property from an Important Qajar Family Lots 92-116 A Qajar miniature Qur'an, Iran, signed Salih Muhammad Hassan al-Isfahani, dated AH 1241?/1825-26AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 175ff., with 21ll. of fine black naskh script within gold rule, vocalisation in red, with gold and polychrome verse markers, opening bifolio extensively decorated with gold and polychrome flowers, headers in blue naskh on gold ground with polychrome decoration, marginal decoration in gold and poychrome, in lacquer floral binding, back board loose, export stamps, in gilt-decorated red morocco slip case, owner's inscription dated 1328AH/Pahlavi export stamp dated AH 1315/1936 AD at front folio 10.6 x 7cm. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection

Qur'an juz XII (Surah Hud, v.6 surah Yusuf .52) China, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 61ff., each with 5ll. of bold black sini, punctuation in red, double red ruled margin, surah heading in red against a gold ground, marginal decorations, opening bifolio with red, blue and black and gold illuminated panels around three lines of text, modern blue cloth binding with flap, folio 23by 17cm. Provenance: Private UK collection acquired in the 1960s-1980s

Lloret,J. - Sylva, seu potius Hortus Floridus Allegoriarum Totius Sacrae Scripturae. Cologne, Gymnich 1630. gr.4°. (6) pp., 1096 p., (36) pp. prgt. VD17 12:120912M. - An explanation of the Bible through an allegory by the Benedictine Hieronymus Lauretus (also Jeronimo Lloret, 1506-1571). - Former library copy with stamp inside and spine signature. Binding rubbed. Binding broken. Paper darkening due to age with noticeable water damage. Type area nevertheless mostly well preserved. (80)

Glocker, Ernst Friedrich von Über den Jurakalk von Kurowitz in Mähren, und über den darin vorkommenden Aptychus imbricatus. Mit 4 lith. Tafeln, davon 2 koloriert und gehöht mit Gummi Arabicum. Breslau, Grass/Barth und Comp., 1841. 62 S. 4°. Ganzmaroq - Geology Glocker, Ernst Friedrich von On the Jurassic limestone of Kurowitz in Moravia, and on the Aptychus imbricatus occurring therein. With 4 lith. Plates, 2 of them colored and heightened with gum arabic. Wroclaw, Grass/Barth and Comp., 1841. 62 pp. 4°. Full marocco of the period with rich vegetal gilt spine and cover, blind-stamped fillets and center panels, gilt edges on three sides and endpapers of moiré silk (somewhat rubbed and bumped). Poggendorf I, 913 - Engelmann, Bibl. hist.-nat. 591. - Offprint from: Acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. vol. 19, Suppl. 2, p. 273-334 - First separate edition. - Mineralogical-geognostic study of the aptych layers of limestone and marl in the Moravian Jurassic formation and petrefacts of fossil ammonite shells found there. - Glockner was professor of mineralogy in Breslau as well as director of the mineralogical collection there and made a great contribution to the geological knowledge of Silesia. - The endpapers somewhat stained, the paper extremely delicate and evenly browned. Overall a very well-preserved copy. Paleobotany - With 4 lith. Plates, of which 2 colored and heightened with acacia gum. Morocco binding of the time with rich gilt spine and cover, blind tooled filets and center pieces, three-sided gilt edges and endpapers made of Moiré silk (somewhat rubbed and bumped). - First independent edition. - Mineralogical-geognostic study of the aptychic layers of limestone and marl in the Moravian Jurassic Formation and petrefacts of fossil ammonite shells found there. - The endpapers somewhat stained, due to paper very delicate and evenly browned. Altogether in very good condition. * This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books only) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.