CURTIS, W.

The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden displayed: in which the most ornamental foreign plants, cultivated in the open ground, the green-house, and the stove, are accurately represented in their natural colours... London, S. Couchman, 1793-1814. 40 volumes, bound in 20. 8vo (235 x 140mm). With 1684 fine hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary uniform red half morocco, richly gilt spines, marbled sides. An attractive uniformly bound set of the early years of this famous and beautifully illustrated magazine. The magazine has continued publication almost without interruption to the present day and has become a national institute of which Englishmen may justly be proud. It should be noted that the colouring of the earlier volumes, as offered above, is far superior to the later ones. "It is, indeed, the oldest current scientific periodical of its kind with coloured illustrations in the world, and in the beauty of production and high standard of its contributions it can claim a unique place" (Henry II, p. 302). Title pages to volumes 6 to 10 have been discarded by the binder, who got confused as there are 2 volumes, each with a title-page, bound in one. Added to the set the Index to vols. 1-53. The first 5 volumes are in a slightly later (identical) issue as the edition of the first 5 volumes was too low and quickly sold out. William Curtis (1746-1799) was a famous English botanist and is best known for his splendid 'Flora Londinensis' and 'The Botanical magazine'. The noted natural history illustrators, James Sowerby and Sydenham Edwards both found a start with the eminent magazine. The genus Curtisia is named in his honour. Stafleu & Cowan 1290; Nissen BBI, 2350.

Sachgebiete: Botanik, Dekorative Graphik, Naturwissenschaften

28.09.2022 - 20:06

20000,- EUR

Antiquariaat Junk

CRESCENTIIS, P. DE.

New Feldt und Ackerbaw, darinen deutlich begriffen wie man auss rechtem Grund der Natur auch langwiriger erfahrung in 15 Bücher beschrieben... Franckfurt am Mayn, durch Peter Schmid in verlegung Sigmund Feyrabends, 1583. Folio (333 x 210mm). pp. (12, last leaf blank), 566, (12), title printed in black and red with large woodcut and numerous woodcuts in the text and 1 large folded woodcut of a horse, printer's woodcut device at end. Contemporary green coloured vellum, with large gilt coat of arms on frontcover. An attractively bound and fine copy of the rare first editon of a compilation of Crescentiis' work with that of Estienne & Liebault and Jacques du Fouilloux, a work with splendid woodcuts. "Kompilation aus Crescenzi, den 'Siben Bücher von dem Feldbau' von Estienne und Liébault, Strassburg 1579, sowie dem 'New Jag und Weydwerck Buch' (des J. Du Fouilloux) von 1582" (Nissen). Deals with farming and gardening, animal husbandry, wine growing, fishing, bee-keeping and hunting. The fine woodcuts are by Christoph Maurer and Tobias Stimmer and depict besides botanical subjects, hunting and agricultural scenes. The work is composed as follows: 1. Vom Ackerbaw; 2. Von Mitteln und Arzeneyen; 3. Von allerley Thieren; 4. Von Acker und Fruchtfeldern; 5. Wie man der Weinreben ordentlich warten; 6. Distillierung; 7. Wie man soll sein Garten? zurichten; 8. Von dem Lustgarten; 9. Von Wiesen und Matten; 10. Von den Bienen, oder Immen; 11. Vom Otter und Biberjagt; 12. Vom adelichen Weydwerck; 13. Von Anfang der Jagten, auch vom Jäger; 14. Von der Wölff Eygenschaftt; 15. Vom Brotbacken. Provenance: Oval old library stamp on title, library label of Schloss Pfannberg with crown and shelfnumber on free endpaper, on inside frontcover large engraved bookplate 'Ex Bibliotecha... Ferdinandi Hoffman... Baronis in Grunpuhel...'; on inside backcover engraving with lion and fountain 'Tomaso Baratti e Francesco Damiani a s. Salvador al Pozzo d'Oro in Venetia'. Nissen ZBI, 988a; Lindner page 155.

Sachgebiete: Botanik, Dekorative Graphik, Gartenbau

28.09.2022 - 19:58

9500,- EUR

Antiquariaat Junk

CARNIOLA (KRAIN)

A collection of watercolours of local flora made for presentation to Franz Joseph I, to celebrate 600 years of Habsburg rule of Carniola. Folio (550 x 390mm). 30 sheets of original watercolours by ? A. Guaiz, the first with the arms of the Duchy of Carniola (Krain) surmounted by the imperial crown, with dates 1283-1883, surrounded by a garland and signed by the artist. Housed in a velvet-covered box with the monogram of Franz Joseph I. A unique work on the flowers of Carniola, which comprises parts of present-day Slovenia. The watercolours are of a very high standard and painted by a skilled artist. The artist's name on the first plate is difficult to read. The plants have captions in Slovenian, Latin and German. One of the plates show the Carniolan Primrose or 'Primula Carniolica' a plant which grows in hardly accessible areas and is only found in Slovenia, where it is nowadays protected. Another figures the Carniolan Lily 'Lilium Carniolicum', a lily native to the Balkans. The plants are painted on thick boards and are all well preserved and fresh.

Sachgebiete: Botanik, Dekorative Graphik, Naturwissenschaften

28.09.2022 - 19:49

18000,- EUR

Antiquariaat Junk

Weber, Max.

Weber, Max. Primitives. Poems and Woodcuts. New York, Spiral Press, 1926. 36 pages with 11 illustrations after woodcuts and a loose doublepage (introduction). Original illustrated cardboard. The English hand made paper has some foxing and the margins are browned, but the illustrations are clean.

Sachgebiete: Amerika, Graphik, Illustrierte Bücher, Vorzugsausgaben

27.09.2022 - 22:13

450,- EUR

J.J. Heckenhauer e.K. Antiquariat & Kunsthandel

Baedeker, Karl

Baedeker, Karl. Deutsches Reich. Grossdeutschland. Autoführer. DDAC Club-Ausgabe. Offizieller Führer des Deutschen Automobil-Clubs. Bearbeitet von Oskar Steinheil. 2. Auflage. Leipzig, Baedeker, 1939, 12°. 16 x 11,3 x 3,3 cm XXX, 813 Seiten. Mit 1 Farbtafel (Verkehrszeichen), 70 teils gefalteten, farbigen Stadtplänen und 1 mehrfach gefalteter Entfernungs-Tabelle und dem lose beiliegenden Errata Zettel zum neu eingeführten Tempolimit. (60 innerorts und 100 ausserorts). Rotes Originalleinen mit Gold-und Blindprägung und dem Original Schutzumschlag. Der Schutzumschlag hat einige kleine Einrisse/Schäden am Kapital sonst ist das Exemplar gut erhalten. The dustjacket has some tears at the capital, the book is a bit, otherwise good.

Sachgebiete: Automobil, Deutschland, Geographie, Reiseführer, Verkehrswesen

27.09.2022 - 22:07

380,- EUR

J.J. Heckenhauer e.K. Antiquariat & Kunsthandel

Grieshaber, HAP.

"Wald", (Der Wald). Stuttgart, Manus Presse 1969. 64,5 x 45,5cm auf 69 x 49 cm Original Farb-Holzschnitt in den Farben Schwarz, Gelb, Grün, auf Rupfen. ohne Passepartout. Gut erhallten, verso am oberen Rand alt montiert. Selten, aus der Auflage von nur 25 nummerierten Exemplaren, hier Exemplar 18. Mittig mit Bleistift signiert "Grieshaber", links unten in Bleistift nummeriert "18/25." Gedruckt bei Belser. Vergleiche WV Fürst, 69,105.

Sachgebiete: Graphik, Holzschnitt, Kunst nach 1945

27.09.2022 - 21:54

1180,- EUR

J.J. Heckenhauer e.K. Antiquariat & Kunsthandel

Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Buchārī

Sahīh al-Buchārī Printed in Arabic Istanbul: Matbaa-i Amire 1315 H. [1897] 8 vols. bound in 4 vols. 228, 260, 3235, 270, 242, 253, 240, 219 pp. 24.5 x 18 cm, Ottoman Style full leather bound with flip

Sachgebiete: Arabistik, Islam, Religion

27.09.2022 - 16:44

925,- EUR

Ex Oriente Lux Rare Books

Ibrahim Hakki Erzurumi 1115-1194 H. [1703-80]

Marifetname Printed in Ottoman Turkish Istanbul 1310 H. [1893] Âmire Matbaası, Sahafiye-i Osmanîye 16 + 564 p., half leather binding 32.5 x 24 cm

Sachgebiete: Astronomie, Geographie, Orient, Türkei

27.09.2022 - 16:38

1400,- EUR

Ex Oriente Lux Rare Books