Michael Steinbach

Michael Steinbach
Buch- und Kunstantiquariat
Books to be exhibited at the
45th California Antiquarian Book Fair
February 10 - 12, 2012, at the Pasadena Convention Center
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With drawings by Daniel Chodowiecki
1 Album, with ca. 70 water-colours, pencil- and pen-drawings, photographs etc. from the late 18. to the early 20.
century. N.pl., 11,5 : 17 cm. Half cloth around 1900 using a leather-binding from a album amicorum from the
late 18th century.
2500,Contains: 2 oval double portraits (two young woman and two girls ink-drawings marked Daniel Chodowiecki, as well as one portrait of
Frederic the Great, pencil-drawing also marked Daniel Chodowiecki. The escape to Aegypt, signed ink-drawing by Karl von Binzer (18241902); two troopers, two signed coloured water-colours by Johann Nepomuk Höchle (1790-1835); Schloss Pölnitz near Dresden, coloured
water-colour from 1847; reading woman, signed charcoal drawing by Alexander Demetrius Goltz (1857-1944); Portrait of count Olivarez
after Velazquez, signed charcoal drawing by Erich Hermès (1881-1971); house in Neaples, Gouache around 1830; Man with pipe, signed
water colour over charcoal by Karl Alexander Wilke (1879-1954); two portraits of the actor Christian Rub (1886-1956), further portraits and
theatre scenes, flowers, views, scenes of daily life, genre, allegories etc. - The pictures mostly mounted on leaves of Librum Amicorum. Binding a bit rubbed. - Very charming album from high artistic value.
2 Alliaco, (Petrus de). Concordantia astronomiae cum theologia. Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 1490. 4to. 56
leaves, 41 lines to a page. Contemporary velum.
28.000,First edition. Gothic Letter, Old vellum. Exlibris on front and back end paper. Numerous ornamental initials, white on black ground, in
many sizes. Full-page woodcut frontispiece of a theologian and an astrologer seated face to face at a reading desk, the astrologer is indicating
the course of the stars to the theologian. Several astronomical designs, and the magnificent full-page device of Ratdolt printed in red and
black on the final leaf. (Hain 834; Proctor 1884; B.M. Cat. Incun. II, p.383; Schreiber 4923)
3 Anschauungsunterricht in Bilder, Der. 24. enlarged edition. Vienna and Leipzig, Tempsky and Freytag,
n.d.(ca.1870). 34,5 : 23 cm. 2 leaves. With 86 coloured chromolithographed plates. Coloured, illustrated original
half cloth binding.
2200,This beautiful 'Anschauungs-Bilderbuch' (contemplation picture-book) is in some way a successor of the 'Orbis pictus' and influenced by
Schreiber's 'Bilder zum Anschauungsunterricht für die Jugend'. The coloured plates, each with many illustrations, are specially remarkable
for its images of different professions like gardener, hunter, baker, butcher, shoe-maker, tailor, bricklayer, stone-mason, carpenter, weaver,
blacksmith, saddler and many others. The other plates show different animals, flowers, articles of food, tools, furniture, different landscapes,
weather etc. - Same plates in the white margins a bit creased; covers a bit creased, edges rubbed. - Rare.
4 Arp, Hans. Behaarte Herzen. 1923-1926. Könige vor der Sintflut. 1952-1953. Frankfurt/Main, Meta Verlag,
1953. 26 : 21 cm. 52 pages. with 2 (one signed) original woodcut by Hans Arp. Original boards with blind-stamp
on front cover.
1250,First edition. One of 100 numbered copies of the deluxe edition. With one signed original woodcut 'Muschelgesicht' by Hans Arp. Contains
also as frontispiece the original woodcut by Hans Arp 'Fisch'. - Exlibris, otherwise a fine copy.
5 Arp, Jean. Dreams and projects. New York, Curt Valentin, 1951-1952. 30,5 : 24 cm. 15 pages and 28 leaves
with descriptive text. With 28 original woodcuts by Jean Arp, some double-page. Loose as issued in original
boards with title on spine, in publishers slipcase.
2800,-
One of 320 copies of the limited edition. Imprint signed by Arp. The introduction by Arp and the titles of the woodcuts in English, French
and German. - Arntz 148 - 175.
6 Art of tomorrow. Bauer. Kandinsky. Rebay. Exhibition of non objective painting. Lakeland, 1955. 23: 15,5
cm. 10 leaves. With many illustrations. Coloured illustrated original wrappers.
350,Very rare exhibition catalogue for seventieth founders year festival Florida Southern College. With portraits and illustrations of works by
Rudolf Bauer, Wassily Kandinsky and Hilla Rebay. Introduction by Donna Stoddard, Art director Florida southern college. Reverse side of
wrapper with view of the Frank Lloyd Wright Campus of the Florida Southern College.
7 Bäuerle, Adolf. Wiener allgemeine Theaterzeitung. Originalblatt für Kunst, Literatur, Musik, Mode, und
geselliges Leben. 33. Jahrgang. Vienna, Im Bureau der allgemeinen Theaterzeitung, 1840. 30 : 23 cm. With
engraved title-page with coloured illustration and 11 coloured plates. Contemporary half calf.
650,Interesting collection of 11 coloured, engraved plates from the famous 'Theaterzeitung' (theater-periodical). 2 Viennese scenes, 8 costumes, 1
fashion. The title-illustrations shows theatre- fashion. The following plates are present: 37,41,76,77,70-82,88,108. - Some foxing; binding
rubbed.
8 Benirschke, Max. Buchschmuck und Flächenschmuck. Vienna and Leipzig, M. Gerlach & Co, n.d. (ca. 1905).
26 : 30 cm. With 30 plates by Max Benirschke, printed in purple, green, orange and yellow. Bound in an
illustrated original-half-cloth-portfolio.
1950,Fine copy of the second volume of 'Die Quelle', one of the most important design portfolios of the Vienna Secession, a source book of design
applicable to ceramics, textiles, silverware and book design. With thirty beautiful coloured lithographed plates, loose as issued.
9 Bildermann, Der. (Ab Nr. 3 mit dem Untertitel Steinzeichnungen fürs deutsche Volk). Herausgegeben von
Paul Cassirer. Hefte 1 - 18 (alles Erschienene) und Lieder des Bildermann, sowie Beilagen. First (only) year.
Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 1916. 36,5 : 29 cm. 48 (off 56) leaves. With 68 (off 85) original-lithographs. Original-halfvellum, title on spine.
2800,Almost complete copy with pre-title, issues 1,2,5,7,8,10,11,14,15 and 17 each with 2 leaves, issues 3,4,6,13,16 and 18 each with 1 leave, the
'Liedern' ('songs' title and 8 leaves), as well as 10 leaves supplements. With Original-lithographs by Ernst Barlach (6 off 8; Schult 75-82),
August Gaul (15), Rudolf Großmann (7), Erich Heckel (3 off 4; Dube L 229 II, 242 II B, 238), Willy Jaeckel (2), Leopold von Kalckreuth
(1), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1 off 3; Dube L 315 C), Walther Klemm (1), Oskar Kokoschka (4 off 7; Wingler-Welz 78-84), Käthe Kollwitz
(1; Klipstein 132 II), Max Liebermann (2; Schiefler 218, 220), Klaus Richter (1), Max Slevogt (12), Ottmar Starke (6 off 7), Wilhelm
Wagner (1), Heinrich Zille (5 off 7; Rosenbach 48b, 49-54). - Literary contributions by Peter Altenberg, Max Brod, Stefan Großmann,
Walter Hasenclever, Walther Heymann, Klabund, Else Lasker-Schüler, Ernst-Wilhelm Lotz, Alfred Richard Meyer, Christian Morgenstern,
Erich Mühsam, Arno Adel, Alfred Polgar, Bruno Schönlank, Robert Walser und Stefan Zweig. - A mint copy - Raabe, Zeitschriften 27;
Feilchenfeldt/Brandis Z 4 (detailled).
10 Campe, J.H. Decouverte de l'Amérique, pour l'instruction & l'amusement des Enfans & des jeunes gens. 2
volumes. Hamburg and en Suisse, Virchaux and chez les Libraires Associes, 1784. 16 : 11 cm. XXIV, 352
pages; Title, 324 pages. with 2 many folded maps. Contemporary boards.
250,Early French edition, the German first edition was edited in 1781/1782. The many folded engraved maps show Mexico and the Caribbean
Islands. Some minor stains, bindings a bit rubbed. - Wegehaupt I, 244; see Sabin 10295; Osborne Coll. 161; Gumuchian 1041 - 44 (all later
editions).
11 Celan, Paul. Edgar Jené. Der Traum vom Traume. Mit 30 Abbildungen und einer Vorbemerkung von Otto
Basil. Vienna, Agathon, 1948. 24 : 16,5 cm. 12 pages, 1 leaf. With 8 (two coloured) original-lithographs, and 18
full-page illustrations. White original-boards with blue letters, red banderol.
850,First edition of the first separately published book by Paul Celan. One of the few copies where two original-lithographs have been differently
hand-coloured by the artist. Within an edition of 700 numbered copies. Printing of the lithographs by Adametz in Vienna
12 Cerillo, Edoardo. Dipinti mvrali di Pompei. Medaglie institvto d'incoraggiamento di Napoli. Napels,
d'Amelio, (1886). 63 : 45 cm. IX, 20 pages. With 20 coloured lithographed plates by v. Loga. Plates loose as
issued in original Half-cloth and red original calf-portfolio.
9500,The very decorative, wonderful plates, in shining colours show mural paintings of different houses in ancient Pompeii. Each plate with many
interesting details. Description of the plates in Italian and in French. - The last plates a bit stained; binding a bit rubbed. - Very scare.
13 Chagall - Bourniquel, Camille. La féerie et le royaume. (Paris), Mourlot, (1972). 31 : 22,5 cm. 100 pages, 1
leaf. With 10 original colour lithographs by Marc Chagall. Original wrappers in original cloth-portfolio and
original cloth-slipcase.
15000,One of 180 numbered copies on velin d'Arches. Imprint signed by Chagall and the author. Very rare and in perfect condition. - Mourlot 668 677; Monod 1799.
Collection of Cigar-slides
14 Cigar, Collection of hundreds of cigar-slides. n.d.(ca. 1910). All coloured and illustrated. Mounted under
black card-board.
750,Nice collection of hundreds of different cigar-slides.
15 Cizek, Franz. Papier-Schneide- und Klebearbeiten ihre technischen Grundlagen und ihre erzieherische
Bedeutung erläutert an Arbeiten des Kurses für Jugendkunst an der Kunstgewerbeschule in Wien. 3. edition.
Vienna, Schroll, 1925. 31 : 26 cm. 32 pages. With 23 illustrations and 24 coloured plates with many illustrations.
Original half-cloth-portfolio, front cover with coloured mounted illustration.
480,Very nice collection of works from participants of the "Jugendkunst"-course at the School of applied Arts in Vienna, founded by Franz
Cizek. The plates show silhouettes, clothing, furniture, flowers and trees, birds, countryside, vignettes, boxes, calendars, a.a. With an detailed
instruction for cutting silhouettes. - Binding a bit rubbed. - LKJ I, 264; Stuckvilla I, 320.
16 Cizek - Viola, Wilhelm. Child Art and Franz Cizek. Foreword by R.R. Tomlinson. Vienna, Austrian Junior Red Cross,
(1936). 28,5 : 21,5 cm. 47 pages. With 13 illustrations in the text and 77 (28 coloured) illustrations on plates. Illustrated
original cloth with coloured illustrated dust-jacket.
650,Important educational instrument on the field of child and juvenile art education. The illustrations are from pupils of the class of Franz Cizek
between the years 1910 - 1924. They show strong influence from the Wiener Werkstätte and Viennese Art Nouveau. Rare. - Dust jacket with
some minor defects.
17 Cless, Marie und Johanna Huber. Unser täglich Brot. Dreihundert erprobte Original=Rezepte für Sonn=
und Werktage. Stuttgart, Levy & Müller, (1897). 33 : 15 cm. 54 pages. Illustrated original-boards in form of a
bread.
250,First and only edition. - "Das erste Kochbuch, das den Titel durch die Form eines Brotlaibs 'visualisiert'. Similar edited cookbooks did not
appear until the middle of the 20. Century. 'Der Titel 'Brot' ist missverständlich: kein 'Brot', sondern ein selbst Getränke umfassendes
vorzügliches Allgemeinkochbuch mit vorbildlich knapp und doch umfassend beschriebenen Rezepten" (Weiss 619). - Missing the title-page.
18 Crapouillot, Le. Parle du cinéma. (Paris), o.J.(ca. 1925). 32 : 23,5 cm. 30 pages. With many illustrations.
Illustrated original-wrappers.
280,First special issue of this fabulous French Journal dedicated to silent movies. With contributions by Jean Galtier, Boissiere, Paul Reboux,
Marcel Gromaire u.a. and illustrations by Jean Oberle, Jean Luop, André Foy u.a. which show Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbank, Rio Jim
u.a. This issue das not contain any of the usual and often seen portraits ore scene-photographs.
19 (Darboy, Georges). Jérusalem et la Terre-Sainte, notes de voyage. Paris, Belin-Leprieur & Morizot, (1852).
28 : 19,5 cm. VII, 399 pages. With 24 engraved plates, 1 lithographed map and 1 lithographed plan.
Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt, edges gilt.
280,First edition. The plates show the most important places of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The map shows the Holy Land, the plan shows
Jerusalem. -A mint copy.
20 Das heilige Land in Bild und Wort. Eine Sammlung von Abbildungen der heiligen Stätten des gelobten
Landes nach Original-Photographien nebst erläuterndem Text. Köln and Hamburg, Siebertz, n.d.(1900). 37 :
34,5 cm. 14 leaves. 80 plates. Coloured illustrated original cloth, edges gilt.
180,With interesting early photographs of the Holy Land. - See Heidtmann, Bibl. 15008.
21 Der Anbruch. Edited by I.B. Neumann. 2. year, No. 1 - 12 bound in 8 issues. Berlin, Graphisches Kabinett
I.B. Neumann, 1919 - 1920. 42 : 29 cm. 25 leaves. with 25 full-page illustrations. Typographic printed originalboard-portfolio.
980,-
Important expressionist periodical with full-page reproductions after woodcuts, lithographs and drawings from the most important
representatives of expressionism. The second year of this rare periodical edited by the art-dealer I.B. Neumann. With 25 full-page
illustrations by Feininger(2), Heckel(3), Kokoschka, Meidner, Pechstein, Rohlfs, Nolde(3), Beckmann(4),Schmidt-Rottluff (3) after the
original graphics. Copy without text only with the superb illustrations. Printed on havy paper. - "Die expressionistischen graphischen
Beiträge waren ganzseitig, die Seiten nicht nummeriert, sodass sie als graphische Blätter aus der Zeitschrift herausgenommen werden
konnten. Das Titelblatt war wechselnd und brachte expressionistische Holzschnitte" (Herzog S. 62). - Raabe 37; Lang 73.
22 Descourtilz, E. Flore médicale des Antilles (from vol. 3:)Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles. 8
volumenes. Paris, Pichard, Chappron u.a, 1821-1829. 21 : 17 cm. With 600 coloured engraved plates, with
additional colouring. Contemporary half calf bindings, spine richly gilt, coloured back labels.
P.O.R.
Very rare and outstanding botanical work on the Flora of the Antilles. The plates with additional hand-colouring, after drawings by J. Th.
Descourtilz, the son of the author, who became famous for his drawings of birds. All volumene in first edition, with all the plates, as here,
very rare. - Free endpapers and titles with small, quenched stamp. Vol. 2 rebound, minor parts of spine renewed, edges partly browned. Nissen, Bot. 471; Pritzel 2171; Sabin 19693.
23 Diomedes. De Arte Grammatica. Venezia: Christophorus de Pensis, 1491. Chancery folio (305 x 202 mm.).
84 ff., 46 lines, roman and occasional Greek letter. Large woodcut on recto of a2. 19th cent. Red crushed
morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second panel, place and date at foot (Leighton).
22.000,Early marginalia to first 2 ff. of text only, few negligible wormholes to first few leaves, upper margin of o6 repaired,. joints lightly rubbed.
Provenance: Jean Fürstenberg, with booklabel. (Goff D-236, HC 6216, BMC V 468, GW 8402)
24 Einstein, Albert - Sigmund Freud. Warum Krieg?. (Paris), Internationales Institut für geistige
Zusammenarbeit Völkerbund, 1933. 22,5 : 16,5 cm. 62 pages, 1 leaf. Original boards.
600,One of 2000 numbered copies of this epoch-making oeuvre. - Some underlining in red; piece of upper spine missing. - Rare.
25 Ernst - Carroll, Lewis. Lewis Carroll's Wunderhorn. Auswahl der Texte von Max Ernst und Werner Spies.
(Stuttgart), Manus Presse, 1970. 34 : 25 cm. 78 pages. With 36 original colour-lithographs by Max Ernst.
Original illustrated cloth.
1.500,One of 1000 copies of the limited edition. Text in English and German. "Ernst's homage to Lewis Carroll is an ironic investigation of logic
filled with Ernst's spectacular colour lithographs which are characteristically 'illogical'"(Spies, Lufthansa Collection, nos. 305-317 and p.
212-217). "Most of the lithographs are composed of geometrical patterns: triangles, circles, ellipses, and graphs, in various combinations, as
well as freer, less predictable contours which cannot be readily labelled...He (Ernst) reveals the disturbance in our pursuits, the disorientation
of our groping mental activities. His strange patterns simultaneously call to mind a child's attempts at figure drawing and the gestures of
handwriting" (R. Hubert, Surrealism & The Book, pp. 175-179, plates 16 & 17. - Like new, in slipcase. - Spies/Leppien 135/I-XXXIV/B;
Spindler 161, 12; Bolliger 148; Brusberg/Volker 146.
26 Felixmüller, Conrad. Gemälde - Aquarelle - Zeichnung - Druckgraphik. Dresden - Berlin, Staatliche
Kunstsammlung - Staatliche Museen, (1975/76). 20 : 22 cm. 100 pages. With 4 signed original-woodcuts, many
woodcuts in the text, 74 (20 coloured) plates by Conrad Felixmüller. Original-cloth with coloured illustrated
original-wrappers.
280,With then 4 signed original-woodcuts by Conrad Felixmüller (Söhn 691, 427, 513 & 514). Deluxe edition of this important monograph.
27 Flament, Albert. Palaces et Sleepings. Paris, Beraldi, 1908. 33,5 : 24,5 cm. 2 leaves, 69 pages, 2 leaves.
With 21 dry-point etchings by Minartz. Contemporary half morocco, spine richly gilt, top edge gilt original
wrappers bound in).
1200,One of only 75 numbered copies. Wonderful example of the Book Art of the 'fin de siecle'. Impressive French luxury print by a famous Paris
publisher in the typical design of that time. The etchings printed on heavy handmade paper in strong dark impressions show the 'Demimonde'
of Paris in the time of Proust. Mint copy.
A wonderful ensamble
28 Gerlach, Martin (Editor). Die Quelle. Volume 1 - 3. 3 volumes. Vienna, Gerlach, 1901-1902. 26 : 30 cm.
Each volume with 30, mostly coloured, lithographed plates. Original half-cloth portfolios.
18000,Very rare complete set of the first three volumes of 'Die Quelle', a milestone for the designs of the 'Viennese Jugendstil'. - Volume 1:
Czeschka, Carl Otto. Allerlei Gedanken in Vignettenform. Vienna, Gerlach, 1902. 30 mostly coloured plates by C.O. Czeschka. Contains
probably the best sketches by this well-known artist, obliged mainly to the Viennese 'Jugendstil'. Mature example for the culmination of
'Jugendstil-art'. "Czeschka vereinigt als Kunstgewerbler durchaus moderne tektonische Absichten mit einer Neigung zu phantastischspielerischem Dekorvon spezifisch technischer Färbung und gilt als einer der stärksten Talente der Wiener angewandten Kunst" (ThiemeBecker VIII, 244). - Volume 2; Benirschke, Max. Buchschmuck und Flächenschmuck. Vienna and Leipzig, Gerlach, 1902. With 30
lithographed plates by Max Bernischke, printed in purple, green, orange and yellow. - One of the most important design portfolios of the
Viennese Secession, a source book of design applicable to ceramics, textiles, silverware and book design. Benirschke was pupil of Josef
Hoffmann and worked also for the Wiener Werkstätte. - Volume 3: Moser, Koloman. Flächenschmuck. Vienna, Gerlach, 1901. With 30
coloured lithographed plates, partly in gold. Edited at the culminating point of the Viennese Art Nouveau. The plates show designs for
furniture, carpets, tiles, wall-carpets, floor covering etc. which show in there variants and colour fullness the master of the 'Jugendstil'. The
most thought after volume of this series. - The first three and most important volumes of this series - the later volumes are without 'Jugenstil'
designs - in almost perfect condition and complete, since many of this volumes have been taken apart and the lithographs sold individually.
Concerning Cabaret Fledermaus
29 Günther, Wilhelm. Freie Blätter für Alle. Nr. 161. XI Jahr. Vienna, Goldschmidt-Verlag, 1912. 21 : 12 cm.
18 pages. Typographic printed original red wrappers.
250,One article on the Cabaret Fledermaus entitled: 'Die Moral der Nachtlokale. "Die großen Künstler" im Weinstuben-Kabarett "Fledermaus".
Also contains 'Der Nackttanz von Antoniette Dell-Era', 'Nietzsches Ideal des Übermenschen' by Prof. Dr. A. Pfänder. - Rare.
30 Gütersloh - Doderer, Heimito. Der Fall Gütersloh. Ein Schicksal und seine Deutung. (Vienna), Haybach,
(1930). 24 : 16 cm. 227 pages. With 48 plates. Original-cloth with illustrated original-wrappers.
750,Very rare first edition. With the original illustrated wrappers, some minor defects are carefully restored.
31 Guerreiro, [Fernâo]. Relacam annal das cousas que fizeram os padres da Companhia de lesus, nas partes da
India Oriental, & em alguoutras da conquista deste Reyno nos annos de 607 & 608 & do processo da
conuersaôChristandade dade daquellas partes, com mais hûa addiçam à relacam de Ethiopia . . .Lisboa: Impreffo
por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1611. 8vo. IV, 264 (off 344) pages. Contemporary vellum.
10.000,First edition of the fifth Relacam, but lacking the Ethiopian section of 80 pages.. 3 cm tear at ff.46. Binding re-backed in the eighteenth
century mottled calf, gilt. Inscriptions on front fly leaf and title page, library stamp on title page, all edges stained red.
32 Hamill, Clarence. Mexica Bouquet. (Chicago), The Pocahontas Press, (1946). 19 : 12,5 cm. 97 pages, 4
leaves. With 40 hand-coloured illustrations of Mexican flora. Original illustrated green cloth, gilt title on spine,
top edge gilt.
300,One of 205 copies of the limited edition. This guide to the exotic flowering trees, shrubs, and wines of Mexico contains hand coloured
illustrations, designed by Suzette Hamill and printed by George Domke, descriptions, and an index in Latin, Spanish, English, and local
Indian dialects.
33 Hinkefuss, Carl Ernst. Mein Vogelparadies. Gesamtwerk. Erstes Heft (all published). Berlin and Dessau, C.
Dünnhaupt and Reklameverlag Internatio, 1929. 30 : 21 cm. 16 leaves. With coloured-lithographed wrappers and
12 full-page coloured lithographs by C.E. Hinkefuss. Bound as a block book, edges in silver, housed in an halfcalf box, laid out with black silk.
9500,Extremely rare and beautiful picture-book of the "Neuen Sachlichkeit", done by the advertising designer from Fürstenberg, Carl Ernst
Hinkefuss, who worked many years for the Bauhaus, also co-founder of the Wilhelmwerk design group, founder of the magazine Qualität
and owner of the Dünnhaupt printing office. The high quality of Hinkefuss' designs gained much respect, namely by H. van de Velde, Bruno
Taut, Walter Gropius, Behrens, Pazaurek and others. This exemplary book from the twenties in form of printing techniques and graphic
design. Printed entirely on black matte paper and printed in fifteen colours (including metallic silver).While this was conceived as an
illustrated book to show children a wonderful variety of exotic birds, its design elevates it to the level of modernist graphic art. The poems on
the left hand side describe the bird shown at the right side. - Edited in a limited edition. - A genuine copy.
34 Hohlwein, Ludwig Hohlwein. Edited by H.K. Frenzel, with introduction by W.F. Schubert. Berlin, Phönix,
1926. 30,5 : 23 cm. 73 pages. with 65 coloured plates and 223 full-page illustrations. Green cloth title mounted
on front cover.
980,This is still the best book on this important poster designer. Only monograph on Ludwig Hohlwein, who was the most important posterdesigner in Germany, and especially famous in the U.S.A. up to today. Thought after. Text in English and German. - Rebound in the styl of
the original. Mint copy.
35 Iran - Careri, Gemelli. Voyage du tour du monde. Traduit del'Italien. Tome second, de la Perse. Paris,
Ganeau, 1727. 17,5 : 11 cm. 4 leaves, 512 pages. With 4 (2 many folded) engraved plates. Contemporary calf,
spine richly gilt, 2 back labels.
420,-
Detailed description of Iran with interesting illustrations. A mint copy.
36 Isidorus Hispalensis. Liber Ethimologiarum. Jsidori Hyspalensis epi(scopi). Basel: M. Furter (?), 1489.
Folio. (3), 104 ff. Three titles in one.
50.000,Bound with: BOETHIUS - De consolatione Philosphiae. Cum editione commentaria beati Thome de Aquino ordinis praedicatorum.
Nurnberg: Anton Koberger, 1486. (5), (1), (66) ff. ISIDOR Hispalensis - De summo bono. Venedig: Perrum loslein de Langencen, 1483. (2),
28 ff. Contemporary leather binding, blind tooled, with brass tacks and clasps. A very good condition.
37 Ita, Heinr(ich). Zur Erinnerung an die internatinale Jagdausstellug Wien 1910. Vienna, Gesellschaft für
graphische Industrie, 1910. 24,5 : 15,5 cm. With 10 coloured plates and 28 plates with many illustrations.
Boards, illustrated front cover mounted.
250,With 10 coloured plates with chase motives by Ferdinand Gauermann and the often missing supplement: Neuheiten 1910 showing 110
different hats.
38 Keim, Franz. Die Nibelungen dem deutschen Volke wiedererzählt. 2. edition. Vienna and Leipzig, Gerlach
& Wiedling, 1920. 15 : 14 cm. 67 pages. With 8 coloured double-page plates by Carl Otto Czeschka. Original
half cloth, inlead title on front cover.
550,One of the most beautiful illustrated books of its time. The illustrations by Carl Otto Czeschka are one of the most outstanding of the
Austrian art nouveau. With eight stunning double page and 18 vignette illustrations lithographed in black, blue, red and gilt by Czeschka, a
member of the Klimt group and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte. He designed books, painted, and worked in metal, stained glass,
jewellery and interior design. A small but splendid masterpiece of Vienna Secession design. - Edges a bit rubbed, binding a bit dusty,
otherwise fine.
39 Kieffer - Kipling, R. L'Habitation forcée. Paris, Editions René Kieffer, 1921. 24 : 18,5 cm. 93 pp. With 29
almost full page pochoir-coloured illustrations by Jessie M. King. Crushed snakeskin-binding, both covers with
oval reliefs in gold, showing a man and a woman, gilt stamped back title, t.e.g., ornamental endpapers.
980,Eminent example for the book art of Art Deco. Masterly binding by René Kieffer, one of the most important binders of the Art Deco. The
illustrations by Jessie Marion King, a representative of the Glasgow School of Art Nouveau, shows the influence by Brune-Jones and
Beardsley. One of 550 numbered copies of the first illustrated edition and first French translation of the Kipling story printed in Actions and
Reactions, London 1909. Considered to be her finest books. - Taylor, Art Nouveau Book in Britain, p. 136.
40 Kirchner - Grohmann, Will. Kirchner-Zeichnungen. Einbandtitel: Zeichnungen von Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Dresden, Arnold, 1925. 27,5 : 21 cm. 38 pages, 4 leaves. with 18 original woodcuts, 3 illustrations in the text and
100 partly coloured plates by E.L. Kirchner. Original cloth with original woodcut by Kirchner on the front cover.
3200,One of the most beautiful books of the German expressionism. Numbered copy of a small edition. Contains the following original woodcuts
by E.L. Kirchner: Dube 355,832,833, 835 -849. Extensive overview of the drawings of Kirchner until 1924. The whole book was designed
by Kirchner. - With inscription of Mary Wigman on the first blank leaf. - Arnold Graphische Bücher, Zweite Folge 6. - Spine a bit faded. Schauer II, 20.
41 Klimt - Bahr, Hermann. Rede über Klimt. Vienna, Wiener Verlag, (1901). 24 : 16 cm. 25 pages. Original
boards.
180,First edition. - Speech by Hermann Bahr held at the 'Concordia' where Bahr was taking strong part of Gustav Klimt. - Some annotation with
pencil on the first 3 pages. - W.-G. 38.
The last suite of etchings by Klinger
42 Klinger - Eulenberg, Zelt. Eine Folge von 46 Radierungen. Mit Versen. Berlin, Amsler & Ruthardt, (1923).
36,5 : 26 cm. Title, 76 pages, 2 leaves. With 46 original aquatint-etchings by Max Klinger. Original blue
morocco, spine and boards with gilt fillets, inside dentelles.
12000,The most important suite of etchings from the late work of Max Klinger. Its a fairy-tale in 46 aquatint-etchings of obsessive fantasies.
Klinger himself writes about this suite: 'Sengen, ein bischen Morden, ordentlich lieben und lieben lassen, und das alles bei allerhand Wetter
in hibscher Gegend und gar nicht vegetarisch, sondern Fleisch. Viel Fleisch'. (A little bit of killing, plenty of loving, all this with all kinds of
weather in nice settings and not at all vegetarian, but rather flesh, a lot of flesh). At that time Klinger got to know the 17-year old girl Gertrud
Bock, to whom he develop a deep friendship and she was his preferred model. This friendship arouse his passion again. The most important
late wok of Max Klinger a romantic-simplistic fairy-tale, one of the most sought after works by Klinger. - One of only 110 numbered copies,
imprint signed by Eulenberg. The etchings in strong imprints. The binding was made under the supervision of Paul Kersten by members of
the Javob-Krausse association. - Occasionally some minor stains, front and back fly-leaf with small stamp; binding with some minor rubbing.
- Beyer 323-377.
43 Knopf, Alfred A. Three typed letters, signed by Knopf and one typed letter, signed by his wife Blanche W.
Knopf. New York, 1965 - 1971. 27,5 : 22 cm. 4 pages.
750,Alfred A. Knopf was one of the major publishers in the U.S.A. He published the important American and European poets as well as crime
novelists as Dashill Hammett or Raymond Chandler. The letters are directed to Charles Antin, a well known New York printer, dated from
November 1965 to October 1971. - Together with: The Borzoi Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3: Blanche W. Knopf July 30, 1894 - June 4, 1966, 23
pages with many photographs and 'Guest list. Reception and dinner to commemorate the publication of the first Borzoi book by Alfred and
Blanche Knopf 50 years ago. Hotel Astor/October 29, 1965.
44 Lefler - Urban - Fulda, Ludwig. Märchen-Kalender für 1905. Gezeichnet von Prof. H. Lefler u. Architekt J.
Urban. Mit Gedichten v. Ludwig Fulda. Vienna, Munk, (1905). 25,5 : 24 cm. 25 leaves. with 12 partly
heightened in gold, coloured plates by Lefler and Urban. Coloured illustrated original wrappers.
580,Very charming, completely illustrated in art nouveau, it contains illustrations to the following fairy-tales by Grimm: Schneewittchen,
Marienkind, Schwan kleb' an; Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot, Gevatter Tod, Der Froschkönig, Rapunzel, Dornröschen a.a., as well as an
calendar for 1905. - The illustrations partly heightened in gold. Rather rare. - Ries 676,10.
45 Löffler, Berthold. Original wood-block 'Till Eulenspiegel' by Berthold Löffler. n.d. (ca. 1910). 10 : 14 : 2
cm.
6000,One of the few still existing original wood-blocks cut by Berthold Löffler, an illustration to Coster's 'Till Eulenspiegel'. The block is in
perfect state of preservation and 'ready to print'. Berthold Löffler born 1874 was one of the most famous artist of the Vienna Secession. He
was professor at the Viennese handicraft school from 1907 till 1955. He worked also for the Wiener Werkstätte, designed ceramics, textiles
interior design for the famous Cabaret Fledermaus in Vienna and for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. His graphic designs were famous for
book-illustrations, posters, postcards for the Wiener Werkstätte, bindings, almanacs etc. Original wood-blocks like the one here present are
impossible to find nowadays.
46 Löffler. Die vier Elemente. Ein Bilderbuch für die reifere weibliche Jugend. Vienna, 1925. 15,5 : 13,5 cm. 4
leaves. With 34 plates by Berthold Löffler and others. Boards in contemporary style.
320,Most of the creative illustrations by Berthold Löffler, but also by C. Fahringer, R. Teschner and other members and friends of the
'Künstlerhaus'. Text by Mirko Jelusich.
47 Löffler - Andersen, Hans Christian. Zwölf mit der Post. Ein Neujahrsmärchen. Vienna, Schroll, (1919). 11
: 9,5 cm. With 12 coloured plates by Berthold Löffler. Illustrated original boards with coloured end-papers by B.
Löffler.
350,Lovely illustrated edition by Löffler. With the typical characteristics of the Viennese "Secession". - A mint copy.
48 - Aus des Knaben Wunderhorn. Texte gesichtet von Hans Fraungruber. Vienna and Leipzig, Gerlach,
(1902). 15,5 : 14 cm. 96 pages. With 84 mostly coloured illustrations by Berthold Löffler. Illustrated original
cloth.
350,First edition. - With the wonderful 'Jugendstil'- illustrations by the famous Viennese artist Berthold Löffler. - Gerlachs Jugendbücherei vol.
4. - A mint copy.
49 Maffei, Giovanni Pietro. Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI. Selectarum, item, ex India Epistolarum. Köln,
1593. Small folio. 2 leaves, 541, 1 blank leaf, (35) pp.; with a folding map based on the work of Mercator and
Ortelius, showing coastal detail in the Pacific and Japan. Full calf, elaborate contemporary gold tooled armorial
binding, all edges gilt.
12.000,Light staining, foxing and worm holes. (Laures 210; Streit IV-1070; Cordier 63-64)
With original etching by Miró
50 Miró - Aragon, (L.). Je n'ai jamais appris à écrire ou les incipit. Genf, Skira, (1969). 29 : 23,5 cm. 155 pages,
1 leaf. With 1 signed and numbered original coloured etching by Joan Miró and many partly mounted, partly
coloured plates and illustrations. Loose sheets as issued in original parchment covers, original slipcase. 12000,-
With the outstanding signed and numbered original coloured etching by Joan Miró. One of 175 numbered copies of the deluxe edition. So
wonderful etchings like this are becoming rare in the trade.
51 Peche - Eisler, Max. Dagobert Peche. Eine Auswahl seiner Werke. Vienna and Leipzig, Gerlach &
Wiedling, 1925. 28,5 : 21,5 cm. 43 leaves. With 110 plates with many illustrations. Illustrated original boards.
280,The plates show textile, silver, ceramic and costume designs. Plates inscribed in French, German and English. Peche was a leading member
of the Wiener Werkstätte. - Until today indispensable monograph on this Viennese Art Nouveau-artist, who mainly worked for the "Wiener
Werkstätte".
52 Rimbaud, (Artur). Les Illuminations. Lithographies originales de Fernand Léger. Préface de Henry Miller.
Lausanne, Grosclaude, Editions des Gaules, 1949. 33,5 : 25,5 cm. 134 pages, 4 leaves. with 15 full page original
lithographs by Fernand Léger, 13 of those lithographs coloured in pochoir. Red full morocco binding, original
wrappers bound in, original slipcase.
7500,One of 275 numbered copies on hand-made velin-paper. Imprint signed by Léger and the publisher. A beautiful copy with the impressive
lithographs by Fernand Léger. - Saphire 24 - 38.
53 Roller - Hofmannsthal, Hugo von. Die Frau ohne Schatten. Oper in drei Akten von Hugo von
Hofmannsthal. Musik von Richard Strauss. Skizzen für die Kostüme und Dekorationen von Alfred Roller.
Berlin, Fürstner, 1919. 45,5 : 32 cm. 2 leaves. With 22 coloured plates after original-lithographs by Alfred
Roller. Coloured illustrated original-board-portfolio.
12.000,Published only in a small editions it contains stage designs, customs designs and stage-plans for the first appearance of the opera on October
1oth 1919 in Vienna. Alfred Roller (Brünn 1864 - Wien 1935) zunächst von der impressionistisch geprägten Landschafts- und Porträtmalerei
kommend entwickelte er sich bald zu einem Exponenten des Wiener Jugendstils. Einige seiner Ausstattungen für Opern zählen zu den
Meilensteinen des modernen Musiktheaters. Außerdem zählte er 1897 neben Gustav Klimt, Otto Wagner u.a. zu den Gründungsmitgliedern
der Wiener Secession, seit 1898 war er maßgeblich am Konzept und der Gestaltung der Zeitschrift 'Ver Sacrum' beteiligt. - Almost mint copy
of this rare oeuvre. - NDB 22, S. 13-15.
54 Schiele, Egon. In der Wiener Musikfestwoche zwei Konzerte lebender österr. Komponisten. Vienna, (1912).
3,3 : 6 cm. With coloured illustration by Egon Schiele.
480,Rare stamp with Schiele's self-portrait 'Feuerkopf', chromolithographed print in red, black and white. Edited by the 'Akadem. Verband für
Literatur u. Musik in Wien. The two concerts announced where on the 25. and 29. of June at the great Beethoven-Hall in Vienna.
55 Touchet - Erasme. Le Loge de la Folie. Déclámation d'Érasme. Traduit en francais par La Veaux. Paris,
René Kieffer, 1926. 24 : 20 cm. V, 201 pages. With 1 original, signed aquarelle, 155 pochoir-coloured
illustrations by J. Touchet and an extra suite of the illustrations in red. Contemporary half calf (coloured original
illustrated wrappers bound in).
1200,One of 50 numbered copies on velin blanc, with the extra suite in rouge and the original design, pochoir coloured and signed by J. Touchet.
56 Venezuela - Goering, Anton. Vom tropischen Tieflande zum ewigen Schnee. Eine malerische Schilderung
des schönsten Tropenlandes Venezuela. Leipzig, Fischer, (1892). 43 : 31 cm. 2 leaves, 73 pages, 1 leaf. With 12
fine colourful chromolithograph plates, 1 map and many illustrations. Original cloth with colour illustration on
front cover.
600,The decorative plates show Venezuela scenery. The front cover shows jungle and mountains. - Book-block a bit loose; some plates with
menor defect at the corners, binding a bit dusty and lower spine with some defects.
The famous Ver Sacrum calendar for 1903
57 Ver Sacrum, Mittheilungen der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Oesterreichs. Volume VI. Special issue.
Vienna, Selbstverlag der Vereinigung, 1903. 26,5 : 25 cm. With 12 original-coloured woodcuts. Illustrated
original wrappers.
4500,The famous special issue of the last year of "Ver Sacrum", the calendar for the year 1903. The wonderful coloured woodcuts for the different
month are by Friedrich König, Ferdinand Andri, Emil Orlik, Wilhelm List, Koloman Moser, Leopold Stolba, Elena Luksch, Karl Müller,
Max Kurzweil and Alfred Roller. The ornamental borders for teh calendar are by Alfred Roller. Only 500 copies were edited. "Ver Sacrum"
war das offizielle Organ der Wiener Secession, die 1897 gegründet wurde und deren Präsident der Maler Gustav Klimt war. Die Architekten
Josef Hoffmann und Joseph Maria Olbrich waren führende Mitglieder. Ihre Arbeiten und die von Koloman Moser waren besonders
bedeutend in dieser führenden Art Nouveau Zeitschrift. "Ver Sacrum" war "The most elegant of all periodicals" (The Art Press, p. 9f). - Turn
of a Century 120; Nebehay, Ver Sacrum 1898-1903 (1975); Arntzen/Rainwater Q338; Vom Jugendstil zum Bauhaus (1981), no. 20.
58 Wiener Werkstätte - Geyling, Remigius. Ball der Stadt Wien 1909. Gedenktage aus dem Jahre 1809. Wien,
Melzer, (1908). 15 : 17 cm. Title, dedication, 12 plates in coloured lithographs by R. Geyling. White hand-bound
saffian-binding, stamped in black, red and gold, end-papers with ornamental printing, gilt edges (signed) in
original box.
850,Important document of the "Vienna Seccession". The most charming coloured lithographs by Remigius Geyling (Austrian painter and stage
designer 1878-1974) are printed on boards. Much alike the Wiener Werkstätte is this publication probably the loveliest Viennese "dance-gift"
from around 1900. Outstanding document of the Viennese Art Nouveau. The expressive illustrations show scenes from the Viennese
history.- With the mostly missing original illustrated box, bound by W. Melzer, Vienna. - Front fly-leaf with minor foxing, box slightly
rubbed, else a fine copy. - Cat. Wien um 1900, no. 591; Volmer II, 235.
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