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and manuscripts - Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner
au Cti on 797
and manuscripts
books
books
and manuscripts
auction tuesday 2 december at 6 pm
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lot no. 4000 - 4119
books
and manuscripts
Photograph inscribed by Stravinsky.
Detail of lot # 4107
Introduction – Highlights of the auction
This catalogue presents important books and manuscripts from a variety of private
properties in a wide range of fields: incunabula, natural science, architecture, travel,
topography, art, fiction and philosophy.
The auction opens with a selection of fine books originating
from the library of the Scandinavian Society in Rome which
includes rare topographic works of Italy, Egypt and Scandinavia,
and some highly attractive presentation copies by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.
Another famous Norwegian author, Knut Hamsun is represented with a large collection of letters and a central archive of
material concerning the trial against the author caused by his
pro-German conviction. The archive is of great importance and
includes the hitherto secret diary which Hamsun wrote during
his stay at the Retspsykiatrisk Klinik in Oslo. There is no doubt
that this material will influence the rather sensitive discussion
about Hamsun’s political position during World War II and perhaps change the public opinion of the celebrated author.
Among the many letters and manuscripts we feature a historical
letter, dated June 1719, written in the hand of the Norwegian
naval hero Peder Wessel Tordenskjold on board the ship “Laaland” fighting against the Swedish army. Also to be highlighted
are two autograph quotations signed by Leonora Christina and
Corfitz Ulfeldt. The quotations forecast the destiny of the powerful couple and are of historical interest.
Special attention should be brought to a fine collection of
personal letters by famous artists living in Paris during the first
decades of the 20th century including Monet, Stravinsky, Proust,
Cocteau and Diaghilev (see article on pages 138-139). Furthermore, we present a large collection of more than 400 volumes
published by ”The Olympia Press” during the 1950’s and 1960’s
in Paris (see arcticle on pages 148-149).
The rare first edition of Saxo Grammaticus’ chronicle of the Danish kings printed in Paris 1514 is presented in a fine copy from
the library of the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi. In addition,
we present several Bibles from the Ragnar Fjalar Larusson Collection including the King Gustav Vasa’s Bible printed in Uppsala
1540-41, the first Bible to be printed in Scandinavia.
To be mentioned in connection with the Bibles is the well preserved copy of an early 16th century Koran in a rare and unusual
octagonal format measuring only 6 x 6 cm. The illuminated
Koran is dated 1513 and it consists of 362 leaves.
The auction features several fine Russian works: An illuminated
liturgical manuscript written in Church Slavonic (254 leaves)
in a fine Russian binding, a complete set of N. Kutepov’s “The
Imperial Hunt in Russia” (1896-1911), and a rare set of V. Timm’s
famous “Russian Leaves of Art” (1859-1862).
Several of the books here presented are included in the presti­
gious publication ”Printing and the Mind of Man”, including
”Das Kapital” by Marx, ”Disquisitiones arithmeticae” by Gauss,
”On Liberty” by Mill, ”Laokoon” by Lessing, ”Geschichte der Kunst
des Alterthums” by Winckelmann, and ”Histoire Naturelle” by
Buffon.
No book auction in Copenhagen without Hans Christian Ander­sen. This time we highlight the rare German edition of Ander­sen’s
tales illustrated by Petit (1845) and Andersen’s own dramati­
zation of “The Sandman” (1850). Both copies are inscribed to his
friend, the dancer and choreographer, August Bournonville .
The auction closes with the sale of the enigmatic artwork “Still
Life with stuffed Owl” by Karen Blixen. She painted the poetic
canvas in Kenya in 1923 for her companion, Denys Finch Hatton
and since then the famous painting has been in the possession
of the Blixen family. The painting complements her literary
achievement “Out of Africa”, the much admired memoir of her
years in Kenya.
On the last pages of the catalogue we present the collection
of the Danish author and multi-artist, Rune T. Kidde, which is
to be sold at our online auction 7 December 2008 along with
books from other properties. Considering this collection to be of
specific interest to a Danish audience, all descriptions are here in
Danish including the article on page 161 (translations available
on request).
We hope you will take an interest in the catalogue and visit us at the auction either in
Bredgade or online.
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4000
The following 17 lots all derive from
the historical library of ”Skandinavisk
For­ening” (the Scandinavian Society)
in Rome.
In order to keep up the high standard of
the cultural activities in the Scandinavian Society, the society has decided to
dispose of a minor part of the library at
auction. The disposal is to be seen as a
one time sale which will not be repeated
in the future.
4000
4000
Travels in Lapland
Knud Leem: Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper,
deres Tungemaal, Levemaade og forrige Afgudsdyrkelse [...]. Copenhagen 1767. 1st edition.
4to. With 100 engraved plates (one mounted and
some restored). The unnumbered plate of runes
not present as in several copies. Bilingual (text in
Danish and Latin). Browning throughout. Bound
in full paper, binding worn. Housed in box.
Knud Leem (1696-1775) was a Norwegian priest
and linguist. His most famous, but very rare work
is his description of the inhabitants of Lapland. The
celebrated and strange illustrations were drawn by
Leem himself.
Reference: Nyegaard (1984): “100 viktige bøker” # 73.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 2.000–2.700
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15.000–20.000
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4001
4001
Travels in Egypt
C.-F. Volney: Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte. 2 vols.
Paris [1798]. 3rd edition. 8vo. Illustrated with
8 engraved plates and maps. Some occassional
foxing and annotations on title-pages. Bound
in contemporary half calf. Restored. Housed in
slipcase. (2)
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Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-pages).
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4002
4002
Sights from Iceland, Greenland and
the Virgin Islands
Em. Bærentzen (lithographer): Danmark. Copenhagen 1856. Oblong folio. With 77 orig. lithographs.
Bound with sights from Holsteen and Lauenborg.
Copenhagen 1859. Oblong folio. With lithograhic title-page and 30 original tinted lithographs
with sights from Germany. Bilingual (German and
Danish) explanatory text to each plate. Bound in
contemporary half calf. Binding fully restored.
Housed in slipcase.
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Celebrated topographical work with sights from
Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, The Faroe Islands and
the Virgin Islands.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4003
4003
Presentation copy by Graah
W.A. Graah: Undersøgelses-Reise til Østkysten af
Grønland. Copenhagen 1832. 4to. With one large
folding map (minor restoration) and 8 handcoloured plates mostly drawn by the Danish artist
H.G.F. Holm and engraved by his father J. Holm.
Foxing, not affecting plates. Bound in half calf.
Binding professionally restored. Housed in slipcase.
Presentation copy inscribed by the author: “Til de
Danskes Bibliothek i Rom fra W. Graah”.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 1.050–1.350
Inscribed by the author: “Til de Danskes Bibliothek
i Rom fra W. Graah”. Detail of lot # 4003
8.000–10.000
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4004
4004
Views of Rome
Fioravante Martinelli: Roma ricercata nel suo sito
[...]. Rome 1693. Richly illustrated with woodcuts.
With various autograph inscriptions. Bound in half
calf.
Fine copy of this very popular traveller’s companion
to Rome with views of the most central attractions.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 535–805
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4.000–6.000
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4005
4005
The obelisk of the Villa Torlonia
Francesco Gasparoni: Sugli obelischi Torlonia nella
Villa Nomentana [...]. Rome 1842. 4to. Richly illustrated with 18 engraved plates. Occassional foxing.
Bound in contemporary full calf. Some rubbing to
binding. Housed in slipcase.
The plates depict the story of the famous Torlonia
obelisk with decorative details from the piazza of the
Villa Torlonia.
Provenance: Johan Bravo (name on flyleaf), later in
the library of Skandinavisk Forening in Rome (library
stamp on title-page).
€ 1.350–2.000
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10.000–15.000
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4006
4006
4006
4006
Carlo Fontana - The Vatican Church
Carolo Fontana: Templum vaticanum [...]. Rome
1694. Folio. [32] + 489 + [28] pages. With 78 engraved plates. Without portrait. Titles and text in
Latin and Italian. Several pages restored, marginal
foxing throughout. Bound in full vellum, fully
restored. Housed in slipcase.
The plates for this work were engraved by Alessandro
Specchi from the drawings of Fontana. The book concerns the Vatican church, but it also contains short
descriptions of the Pantheon, several Roman temples
and the Cathedral of Florence, with illustrations of
the Pantheon and the Cathedral.
The famous Italian architect Carlo Fontana (1634
- 1714) was in part responsible for the classicizing
direction taken by late Baroque Roman architecture.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp).
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€ 2.000–2.700
15.000–20.000
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4007
4007
4007
Ehrensvärd’s “Journey to Italy”
Carl August Ehrensvärd: Resa till Italien, 1780,
1781, 1782. Stockholm: C. Deleen 1819. 4to. With
39 hand-coloured engraved drawings depicting
landscapes and costumes. Inscription on flyleaf.
Some occassional foxing. Bound in half calf. Restored. Housed in slipcase.
Second edition of Ehrensvärd’s “Journey to Italy” with
the original etchings of the first edition, which has
been considered the most beautiful Swedish book of
the 18th century.
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Carl August Ehrensvärd illustrated his aphoristic
reflections with etchings chosen from a vast number
of drawings from his journey. Most of the drawings
are preserved at the Royal Academy of Arts and the
Swedish National Museum.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 1.350–2.000
10.000–15.000
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4008
4009
4008
“Discipline for the Arts”
G.E. Lessing: Laokoon oder Über die Grenzen der
Malerey und Poesie. One volume (all published).
Berlin 1766. 1st edition. Bound in contemporary
full calf. Binding with signs of use.
“Laokoon is perhaps Lessing’s best known work outside Germany, and it has had a world-wide influence.
It takes its name from the famous statue discovered
at Rome in the sixteenth century [...].
It contains the first clear statement of the truth,
which is now considered axiomatic, that every art is
subject to limitations, and can achieve greatness only
by a clear understanding of and self-restriction to its
proper function.”
Reference: “Printing and the Mind of Man” # 213
under the heading “Discipline for the Arts”.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 535–805
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4.000–6.000
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4009
4009
“The Nobility of Ancient Art”
Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Geschichte der
Kunst des Alterthums. 2 vols. Dresden 1764. 1st
edition. Bound with: Anmerkungen ueber die Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums. Dresden 1767.
1st edition. 4to. Bound in two contemporary half
calf bindings. Professionally restored. Housed in
slipcase. (2)
“With the publication of his masterpiece, the “History
of the Art of the Ancients”, his fame had become
widespread. This was indeed the first work in the German language to achieve universal acclaim [...].”
“Lessing was an early and deeply impressed reader of
the Geschichte and the publication of his “Laokoon”
in 1766 was the first example of Winckelmann’s
influence on the thought of his time.”
Reference: “Printing and the Mind of Man” # 210
under the heading “The Nobility of Ancient Art”.
Provenance: Fogelberg, later in The library of
Skandinavisk Forening in Rome (library stamp on
title-pages).
€ 1.350–2.000
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10.000–15.000
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4010
4010
J.C. Dahl
- Early Norwegian building culture
J.C. Dahl: Denkmale einer sehr ausgebildeten
Holzbaukunst aus den frühesten Jahrhunderten
in den innern Landschaften Norwegens [“Monuments of a most refined Wooden Architecture
from the earliest Centuries in the inner Landscapes
of Norway”]. Dresden 1837. Folio. With 24 orig.
lithographs. Foxing throughout. Bound in contemporary half vellum.
Johan Christian Clausen Dahl (1788-1857), is con­
sidered to be “the father of Norwegian landscape
painting” even though he lived a great part of his life
in Dresden, Germany and before that 8 years in Copenhagen. Dahl was a scholar in Norwegian medieval
architecture and was much inspired by these studies
in his own art.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 400–670
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3.000–5.000
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4011
4011
Major work by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin: The Descent of Man and Selection
in Relation to Sex. 2 vols. London: John Murray
1871. 1st edition, 1st issue (ads dated January
1871). Some occassional foxing. Bound in orig.
boards. Inner hinges weak. (2)
This work by the English naturalist Charles Darwin
(1809-1882) is a work on evolutionary theory. It was
first published in 1871 and is Darwin’s second large
book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work
“The Origin of Species”.
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The important work is concerned with outlining the
application of Darwin’s theory to human evolution,
and detailing the theory of sexual selection. The book
touches on a number of related issues, including evolutionary ethics, evolutionary psychology, differences
between human races and between human sexes, and
the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-pages).
€ 2.000–2.700
15.000–20.000
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4012
4012
“The finest printed work of Sweden”
Erik Dahlberg: Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. Tomus
I-III (all published). [Paris or Stockholm, 16671716]. Oblong folio (36,5 x 48 cm). With 354
plates, each mounted on paper + index. A few
plates restored. Bound in one contemporary full
calf binding. Binding with signs of use (front
hinge with cracking). Housed in slipcase.
In 1661 Erik Dahlberg was granted a royal privilege
enabling him to realize his plan of a large work of
engravings describing his grand vision of Sweden
during its period as a world power. The work was not
published in its final state until after his death. Today,
Dahlberg’s oeuvre is considered among the finest
printed works of Sweden.
Reference: Nyegaard (1984): “100 viktige bøker” # 12.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 4.700–6.050
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35.000–45.000
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4012
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4013
4013
“The greatest work on Swedish topograpy”
Ulrik Thersner: Fordna och närvarande Sverige - La
Suède Ancienne et Moderne (Ancient and present
Sweden). 3 vols. [Copenhagen, c. 1817-1828].
Oblong-folio. Text in Swedish and French. Vol. I:
Flyleaf (inscribed to the owner Emilie Högquist) +
halftitle + engraved title + dedicationleaf + pre­
face + table of content + engraved title (“Skånska
Utsigter - Vue de Scanie) + 60 engraved plates
and 60 textleaves. Vol. II: Flyleaf with autograph
list of content: “Upland” and “Södermanland”
+ 59 engraved plates and 59 textleaves. Vol. III:
Flyleaf + engraved title (“Utsigter af Östergothland - Vues d’Ostrogothie”) + 36 engraved plates
and 36 texleaves. In all illustrated with 155 views
of Sweden. Most plates measure 34 x 48 cm. Foxing throughout. Bound in contemporary full calf,
spines professionally restored/renewed. Housed in
slipcase. (3)
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This monumental topographical work was published
by the Danish born Ulrik Thersner (1779-1828). The
work continued after Thersner’s death. The plates
were executed both in aquatint and lithography.
Besides Dahlberg’s “Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna” this
work stands out as the greatest work on Swedish
topography ever produced.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 3.350–4.000
25.000–30.000
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4013
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4014
4014
4014
First printing of “Terje Vigen”
– inscribed by Henrik Ibsen
Paul Botten Hansen (ed.): Nytaarsgave for Illust­re­
ret Nyhedsblads Abonnenter. Christiania 1862. 1st
edition. Bound in original full cloth. Fine copy.
Presentation copy inscribed by Henrik Ibsen to “Den
Skandinaviske Forening i Rom” (“The Scandinavian
Society in Rome”).
This volume contains the first printing of Ibsen’s
“Terje Vigen”. The poem which describes the dramatic
saga and the character of Terje Vigen has become an
icon of Norwegian culture and is a part of the Norwegian national identity.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 4.000–5.350
30.000–40.000
4014
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4015
4015
4015
Presentation copy by Henrik Ibsen
Paul Botten Hansen (ed.): Nytaarsgave for Illustre­
ret Nyhedsblads Abonnenter. Christiania 1860. 1st
edition. Bound in original full cloth. Fine copy.
Presentation copy inscribed by Henrik Ibsen to “Den
Skandinaviske Forening i Rom” (“The Scandinavian
Society in Rome”).
This volume contains first printings by Ibsen, Bjørnson
and Vinje.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
20.000–30.000
€ 2.700–4.000
4015
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4016
4016
4016
Presentation copy by Henrik Ibsen
Paul Botten Hansen (ed.): Nytaarsgave for Illustre­
ret Nyhedsblads Abonnenter. Christiania 1861. 1st
edition. Bound in original full cloth. Fine copy.
Presentation copy inscribed by Henrik Ibsen to “Den
Skandinaviske Forening i Rom” (“The Scandinavian
Society in Rome”).
This volume contains the first printing of “En Udflugt
til Africa” by P.Chr. Asbjørnsen.
Provenance: The library of Skandinavisk Forening in
Rome (library stamp on title-page).
€ 2.700–4.000
20.000–30.000
4016
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4017
4017
4017
Henrik Ibsen - Gildet paa Solhoug
Henrik Ibsen: Gildet paa Solhoug. Christiania: Chr.
Tønsbergs Forlag 1856. [2] + Title-page + 88 + [2]
pages. 1st edition. Some minor foxing. Bound in
contemporary full cloth with all edges gilt. Inner
hinge weak. Fading to spine.
First edition of Ibsen’s second book which is increasingly rare on the market. “The Feast at Solhoug” is the
first publicly successful drama by Henrik Ibsen. It was
written in 1855 and had its first performance at “Det
norske Theater” in Bergen on January 2, 1856.
€ 400–670
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3.000–5.000
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4018
4018
The trial against Knut Hamsun
- Important archive
Comprehensive archive with material concerning
the trial for treason against the Norwegian author
Knut Hamsun. The archive consists of a secret
dairy written by Hamsun when he was confined
for several months in a psychiatric hospital in Oslo
after World War II. The diary is written with small
letters on three pages in his Danish son-in-law
Hans Andreasen’s novel “Manana” (1945). The
achive also contains 7 autograph letters and two
post cards signed by Knut Hamsun written in the
period 1944-1947 together with 6 autograph letters signed by Marie Hamsun written in the period
1950-1953. All the letters are written to Hamsun’s
daughter Cecilia and her husband Hans Andreasen.
In all more than 20 pages.
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Moreover, the archive contains various typewritten
transcripts, including Hamsun’s speech in court,
dated 16 December 1947, a letter from Hamsun
to the Public Prosecutor [no date] and a report by
the police concerning the confiscation of Hamsun’s private correspondence, dated 11 December
1945.
The archive also contains several original photographs of Hamsun, family members and his farm
“Nørholm”, various private papers and letters concerning the prolonged trial, together with other
collectable items of documentary interest.
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4018
4018
This hitherto inaccessible,archive documents several
central aspects of the last years of Knut Hamsun’s life
and the rough years after World War II when the 90
years old Nobel Prize winner was arrested, stood trial
for treason and convicted.
Not only the diary, which was secretly written from
15 October 1945 to 11 February 1946, but also the
letters written to Hamsun’s daughter Cecilia, constitute a strong documentation for the trial against the
disgraced author. The letters show how Hamsun is not
allowed to decide anything for himself. He awaits his
trial, and he makes no secret of the fact that it gives
him pain.
This important archive - not least the diary - was
used as source material for the Danish author
Thorkild Hansen’s work “Processen mod Hamsun”
(“The Process against Hamsun”, 1978) and has
hitherto been kept away from the public by the family
of Hamsun’s son-in-law, the Danish author Hans
Andreasen.
Provenance: Descendants of Knut Hamsun’s son-inlaw, the Danish author Hans Andreasen.
€ 20.000–27.000
150.000–200.000
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4018
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Knut Hamsun
- Long live Germany
Knut Hamsun at the time of
“The Growth of the Soil”
Original photopgraph depicting a buste of Hamsun
signed and inscribed by Hamsun: “Leve Tyskland!
Knut Hamsun. 20 Nov. 1919.” Enclosed two autograph and signed letters from Knut Hamsun. One
is dated Grimstad 15 December 1934, the other is
dated 1 December 1942. In all 2 pages, one page
restored. (3)
Autograph letter signed by Knut Hamsun to the
editor “Christoffersen”. Dated “Tirsdag Kvæld”. [No
date, c. 1917]. One page. Written on writing paper
from “Raadhus-Hospitset”. In the letter Hamsun
cancels an invitation to speak at the unveil of the
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson statue in Bergen, Norway.
One letter is written to a bookseller concerning the
historical work “Hollands Ære” (“The honour of the
Netherlands”) which Hamsun was seeking. The other
letter is probably - according to Harald Næss - written to the American writer Henry Miller who was
strongly occupied with the writings of Hamsun.
Reference: Harald Næss: Knut Hamsuns Brev # 2723
and # 2415 (vol. VI, p. 328 and p. 71).
Provenance: Private Norwegian collection. Please
note that these items are imposed with export prohibition from Norway by the National Library in Oslo.
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€ 805–1.050
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The letter is written the same year as Hamsun
published his important novel “Markens Grøde” (“The
Growth of the Soil” ) which won him the Nobel Prize
in Literature in 1920.
Reference: Harald Næss: “Knut Hamsuns Brev” #
1437 (vol. IV, p. 172).
Provenance: Private Norwegian collection. Please
note that this item is imposed with export prohibition from Norway by the National Library in Oslo. The
National Library has rejected our application to have
this item exhibited in Copenhagen. Consequently,
the item is exhibited in Oslo. Please arrange with the
book department for special viewing.
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
6.000–8.000
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4021
4021
4021
4021
Knut Hamsun at the time of “Hunger”
Original photography of Knut Hamsun. 16,5 x
10,5 cm. [Copenhagen c. 1888-1890]. Enclosed
orig. carte-de-visite signed by Hamsun: “Tusen
Tak for den venlige og uventede Opmærksomhed.
Deres ærbødige KH.” (2)
Hamsun lived in Copenhagen from July 1888 to April
1889 and later from March to June 1890. During this
period Hamsun wrote his most famous novel “Sult”
(“Hunger”). The photograph was taken in that period
by the Danish photographer Hartmann.
Reference: Harald Næss: “Knut Hamsuns Brev”. Depicted in vol. I, p. 159.
Provenance: Private Norwegian collection.
€ 535–805
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4.000–6.000
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4022
4022
4022
Knut Hamsun and his German translator
Autograph letter signed by Knut Hamsun. Dated
“Ljan, Norwegen 12 Septm”. [1895 or 1896]. 2
pages. The letter is written to Hamsun’s German
translator Ernst Brausewetter.
The letter presumably concerns two short stories
“Ringen” and “Jon Tro” which both were published in
the German review “Jugend” in 1897.
Reference: Harald Næss: Knut Hamsuns Brev # 424b
(vol. II, p. 34).
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Provenance: Private Norwegian collection. Please
note that this item is imposed with export prohibition from Norway by the National Library in Oslo. The
National Library has rejected our application to have
this item exhibited in Copenhagen. Consequently,
the item is exhibited in Oslo. Please arrange with the
book department for special viewing.
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4023
4023
4023
Knut Hamsun - “Festina lente”
Autograph letter signed by Knut Hamsun for Miss
[Dagny] Kristensen. Dated 3 October 1934. One
page. Enclosed orig. ink drawing depicting Knut
Hamsun signed by R. Kastor, with signature and
the inscription “Augustus: Festina lente. Knut
Hamsun.” (2)
Dagny Kristensen (1876-1972) was an old friend of
Hamsun. She worked as a reviewer at the “Morgenbladet” and was - just like Hamsun - much occupied
with the Norwegian language policy.
Reference: Harald Næss: Knut Hamsuns Brev # 2400
(vol. VI, p. 57).
The enclosed drawing is excuted by the artist R. Kastor, who made several portraits of important persons
of the time, including Freud and Einstein. The inscription “Festina lente” is an old Latin phrase attributed
to the Emperor Augustus saying “make haste slowly”.
Provenance: Private Norwegian collection. Please
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4024
4024
Original photograph inscribed by Hamsun
Orig. photograph of Knut Hamsun (in his sitting
room at Nørholm) inscribed by Hamsun for Signe
Lund. Dated 20 April 1940. 21 x 17 cm. Enclosed
original carte-de-visite with autograph greeting by
Hamsun. (2)
Signe Lund (1868-1950), Norwegian composer was
a friend of Hamsun. She became well known for
the compositions “Legende” and “I Båten” from the
famous work “Naturstemninger”. Signe Lund was a
member of the Norwegian nazi-party “NS” and after
World War II she lost her grant from the Norwegian
State and all her public commissions.
Knut Hamsun writes: “Thanks for the reminder.
However, it is no fun to grow old I think – could I
just begin now at 20!”. Detail of lot # 4024
Reference: Harald Næss: Knut Hamsuns Brev # 2661
(vol. VI, p. 278, mistankenly stated to be in the collection of the National library in Oslo).
Provenance: Private Norwegian collection. Please
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€ 535–805
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4.000–6.000
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4025
4025
4025
Knut Hamsun
- Concerning “Børn av Tiden”
Autograph telegram signed by Knut Hamsun to
Chr. Kønig. [No date]. One page. + Autograph and
signed rough draft from Knut Hamsun. Written
on reverse of a telegram from printer Nansen. [No
date]. One page. (2)
The telegram for Christian Kønig (Hamsun’s loyal
contact at the publishing firm Gyldendal) has by
Harald Næss been dated to November 1913. The
telegram concerns Hamsun’s manuscript for “Børn av
Tiden” (1913).
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€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4026
4026
Knut Hamsun – Important autograph letters
Collection of 5 autograph letters signed by Knut
Hamsun to the famous Norwegian vicar Jonas
Dahl. Dated Aas, Nordstrand and Drøbak [No year,
c. 1904-07]. Enclosed autograph letter from the
Norwegian Church department, dated 19 January
1907.
The letters deal with Hamsun’s strong wish for a
renewal of the Norwegian psalm book.
Jonas Dahl (1849-1919) was a vicar in Ullern in Oslo
and he contributed with several psalms for the Norwegian psalm book. Hamsun was strongly concerned
with a renewal of the Norwegian psalm book and
was convinced that Dahl was the only one capable
of lifting this task. In the letters Hamsun mentions
the psalm book as being the only poetry and book of
sermons for the common people.
Provenance: Private Norwegian collection. Please
note that this item is imposed with export prohibition from Norway by the National Library in Oslo. The
National Library has rejected our application to have
these items exhibited in Copenhagen. Consequently,
the items are exhibited in Oslo. Please arrange with
the book department for special viewing.
Brevene er uhyre væsentlige, idet de omhandler
Hamsuns stærke ønske om en revision af den norske
salmebog og ønske om, at digterpræsten Jonas Dahl
(1849-1919) påtager sig denne revision: “Det er især
Kingo og Brorson, men ogsaa nogle af Udgiverens
Bearbejdelser, som efter mit Skøn ikke gaar an. Man
reviderer Bibelens Sprog, Kirkebønnernes Sprog osv.
men lader Salmerne staa. De er vistnok den eneste nu
hos os som kunde omskrive Salmerne og jeg vilde høre
om De kunde begynde med dette, hvis der kom en
Bevægelse op om det.”
Den norske salmebog var en meget væsentligt sag
for Hamsun, da den i hans øjne var en central del af
den norske kulturhistorie, som han udtrykker det i et
af brevene: “Salmebogen er Menigmands ofte eneste
Poesi, Postil og Bibel.”
Disse breve er registreret i supplementsbindet til Harald Næss’ brevudgave og er belagt med eksportforbud
fra Norge af Nasjonalbiblioteket i Oslo under henvis­
ning til, at brevene udgør “et viktigt kildemateriale til
Knut Hamsuns verk”. Eftersyn efter aftale.
€ 6.700
50.000
Reference: Harald Næss: Knut Hamsuns Brev # 66, #
67, # 74, # 75, # 79 (Vol. VII, p. 81-91)).
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4027
4027
4027
King Gustav Vasa’s Bible
Biblia [...]. Uppsala: Georg Richolff 1540-41. Folio.
[6] + 123 + [1] + 158 + 78 + 140 + 89 + [1] +
165 leaves. Except one blank leaf the copy is complete according to collation in Darlow and Moule.
Illustrated with numerous half page woodcuts
and 16 full page woodcuts (incl. verso of titlepages with woodcuts of Adam & Eve and Christ
crucified). Most leaves with browning, foxing,
dampstaining, marginal notes and underlinings.
Several leaves restored and closely cut with some
loss of text. Bound in later full calf with one clasp
preserved. Spine repaired and binding worn.
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King Gustav Vasa’s Bible was the first Bible to be
printed in Scandinavia and the first and only com­
plete Bible printed in Sweden during the 16th
cen­tury. The Bible was printed at Uppsala by Georg
Richolff, who had been summoned from Lübeck for
this purpose.
Reference: Nyegaard (1984): 100 viktige bøker # 5.
Reference: Darlow and Moule # 8808.
Provenance: The Ragnar Fjalar Larusson Collection.
€ 10.500–13.500
80.000–100.000
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4028
4029
4028
4029
King Gustav Adolf’s Bible
King Frederik II’s Bible
Biblia [...]. Stockholm: Printed by Oloff Oloffson
1617-18. Folio. [27] + 1-101 + [1] + 102-301 +
[1] + 302-422 + [1] + 423-626 + [1] leaves. With
3 engraved title-pages (main title-page restored),
one portrait of Gustav Adolf (restored), one double
page map of the Mediterranian area, one double
page prospective of the temple of Jerusalem (loose),
one map of Jerusalem and one double page map
(defective). Richly illustrated with numerous wood­cuts in the text. With occasional browning and
foxing. Bound in contemporary full calf with clasps
(renewed), all edges gilt. Binding restored.
Biblia [...]. Copenhagen: Printed by Mads Vingaard 1588-1589. Folio. [23] + 354 + 226 + 158
+ [1] leaves. Except the blank leaves the copy is
complete according to collation in Darlow and
Moule. With 3 engraved titles (main title restored),
separate portrait of Frederik II (stained and likely
later inserted) and woodcuts in the text (one full
page). Several leaves restored. With browning, foxing, staining and dampstaining. Bound in later full
calf with 6 (of 8) brass cornerpieces and two clasps
(renewed). Binding worn and hinges detached.
In 1600 Charles IX, youngest son of Gustav Vasa,
commissioned a new edition of his father’s Bible.
However, it was never carried out before the death of
King Charles IX. In 1615 his son and successor decided
to reprint the text of the Vasa Bible with various
improvements.
Reference: Darlow and Moule # 8810.
Provenance: Bibliotheca Qvarnforsiana, later in the
Ragnar Fjalar Larusson Collection.
€ 1.050–1.350
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It was the Danish King Frederik II who commissioned
a new edition of the first Danish folio Bible (1550).
However, he died in 1588, just before the work was
finished. The Bible was the first to be printed by a
Dane (Vingaard) and it was the largest printing undertaken in Denmark during the 16th century .
Reference: Darlow and Moule # 3156.
Provenance: The Ragnar Fjalar Larusson Collection.
€ 1.050–1.350
8.000–10.000
8.000–10.000
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4030
4030
4030
King Christian IV’s Bible
Biblia [...]. Copenhagen: Printed by Martzan and
Sartor 1633. Folio. [24] + 354 + 226 + 158 + [2]
leaves. With 3 engraved titles and portrait of King
Chr. IV engraved by Simon de Pas. Richly illustrated with 64 woodcuts in the text. One leaf restored.
With browning, foxing and some dampstaining.
Bound in full calf with 7 (of 8) brass cornerpieces
and 2 clasps (renewed). Upper hinge loose.
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Complete copy of King Christian IV’s Bible, the third
and last of the Danish folio Bibles.
Reference: Darlow and Moule # 3160.
Provenance: The Ragnar Fjalar Larusson Collection.
€ 2.700–4.000
20.000–30.000
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4031
4031
4031
The first botanical book printed in Danish
Jørgen Holst (ed.): Oeconomia Nova [...]. Copenhagen: Printed by Peter Hake 1649. 4to. Complete
copy according to Bibliotheca Danica containing
all titles of which some were issued separately.
Bound in full vellum.
Fine copy of this important work on various aspects
of Danish and Scandinavian household in the 17th
century. The work both includes the first botanical
book printed in Danish, “Horticultura Danica”, the
second book on cooking printed in Danish, and the
oldest preserved book on fishing printed in Danish
(Thesaurus II # 492).
€ 1.350–2.000
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10.000–15.000
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4032
4032
4032
Classic of Danish botany
[J.S. Heger]: Herbarium pharmaceuticum [...].
Copenhagen 1825. 1st edition. Richly illustrated
with 141 engraved plates, mostly hand-coloured.
Some minor dampstaining and staining. Bound in
full calf (Anker Kyster).
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One of the first Danish works on medical plants.
Provenance: With the gilt book-plate of the Danish
collector Kay Høeg on the front board.
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4033
4033
4033
Rare botanical work by Lonitzer
Adam Lonitzer: [Kräuterbuch]. 3 parts in one.
[Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Christian Egenolph
1582]. Folio. [5] + 1-382 + [10] leaves. Includes
indexes. Richly illustrated with more than 800
mostly hand-coloured woodcuts, including portrait
of Lonitzer. Several leaves restored with some
loss of text. Occassional staining and manuscript
notes. Bound in half calf.
Rare edition of Lonitzer’s highly influential book of
herbals. Adam Lonitzer (1528-1586) was the main
doctor of Frankfurt where he issued his Kreuterbuch.
Lonitzer’s work was one of the most popular herbals
of the 16th century and a richly illustrated scientific
and medical encyclopedia. The woodcuts are mainly
botanical, but the final section of 70 leaves includes
birds, mammals, and related subjects. Also depicted
are scenes of farming, mining and distilling.
Reference: Nissen # 1228.
€ 4.700–5.350
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35.000–40.000
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4033
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4034
4034
Classic work of entomology
A.J. Roesel von Rosenhof: Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung. Part I-IV.
Nuremberg: Fleischmann 1746-1761. 4to. Part
I: Engraved frontispiece + 78 plates; Part II:
Engraved title-page (“Zweiter Teil”) + 76 plates;
Part III: Engraved title-page (“Dritter Teil”) + 92
plates; Part IV: 40 plates. In all with 289 engraved
and hand-coloured plates (incl. 2 title-pages and
one frontispiece). Some plates with foxing. Photographic reproduction of the portrait of Roesel
inserted in volume one. All bound in 6 volumes.
Enclosed one uniformly bound volume containing
the first part (Tabel I-XVI) of the continuation by
Kleemann: [Beiträge zur Natur- und Insectengeschichte]. Nuremberg 1762. With 16 engraved
plates. Pages 101-108 replaced with blanks. Bound
with Gladbach: Beschreibung neuer Europäischen
Schmetterlingen die weder im Rösel noch Kleemann beschrieben stehen. Part I (all published).
Frankfurt a.M. 1777. With 36 engraved and handcoloured plates by Joh. Jacob Müller. All volumes
uniformly bound in full calf (Anker Kyster). (7)
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Fine set of this important entomological work by
Roesel who is widely considered to be the father of
German entomology.
Due to the long period of publishing all parts, most
surviving sets are incomplete and vary in number of
plates, and even the bibliographers do not agree on
the total number of plates.
According to Nissen (# 3466) the work should contain
the following number of plates: Part I: 79 plates, Part
II: 76 plates, Part III: 92 plates ,and Part IV: Portrait
and 40 plates. In all 288 plates. Nissen has no mention of frontispiece and title-pages.
Provenance: With the gilt book-plate of the Danish
collector Kay Høeg on the front boards.
€ 2.700–4.000
20.000–30.000
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4034
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4035
4035
The Chronicle of Oldenburg
H. Hamelmann: Oldenburgische Chronicon [...].
Oldenburg: Heirs of Warner Berendt, 1599. Folio.
[86] + 1-494 + [16] pages. Engraved title, one
engraved plate of Oldenburg, 63 engravings in the
text (5 full-page, including portrait of Hamelmann
and the Oldenburger Horn, today in Rosenborg
Castle), 3 double-page genealogical tables, and
numerous text woodcuts (2 full-page). Some
minor dampstaining. Bound in contemporary full
calf, upper hinge with defects.
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First edition of the first book to be printed in Oldenburg and the historical source for the “House of
Oldenburg” whose descendents became emperors of
Russia. The work contains the first printed view of
Copenhagen and the rare view of Oldenburg.
€ 1.350–2.000
10.000–15.000
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4036
4036
Hammershøi - Important autograph letter
Autograph letter signed by V. Hammershøi to
Alexander Wilde. Dated Paris 29 January [18]92.
4 pages.
Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) writes to his friend
and colleague Alexander Wilde (1855-1929) about
his art and his difficulties of getting his paintings
finished. He comments on Paris, on J.F. Willumsen and
“Den frie Udstilling” in Copenhagen.
“Det er ligesom de Malerier jeg laver, de vil heller
ikke blive til noget, det Skidt. Jeg begynder paa et nyt
hver Dag næsten, i Morgen begynder jeg f.Ex. paa et
igjen. Det er efter min Kone, det lille Skind, jeg laver
alle Begyndelserne, men hvad skal jeg gjøre. Jeg kan
ikke engang male et Interiør her, det er saa parisisk
altsammen, lige til det aller intimeste af Møblementet. Det er jo ikke alle der er saa lykkelige at kunne
aklimatisere sig saadan som Willumsen, og male
Bretagnekoner og Parisercocotter. Han kommer med
nogle meget underlige Billeder paa den frie Udstilling.
Jeg synes ikke om ham [...].”
€ 535–805
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4037
4037
4037
First edition of Saxo - Hammershøi’s copy
Saxo Grammaticus: Danorum Regu [...]. Paris:
Printed by Ascensius 1514. Folio (27,5 x 19,5 cm.)
First edition. [8] + fol. I-CXCVIII. The title-page is
illustrated with a woodcut signed “CP” depicting
the Danish King marching in front of his army.
Title-page with woodcut border in red and black.
With many large initials. Contemporary inscriptions
on title-page and some marginal annotations.
Minor repairs to preliminary leaves, some minor
staining. Bound in contemporary full vellum.
Highly attractive copy of the first edition of this
important chronicle of the Danish kings (among
these the source of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”) which
was collected and written around 1200 by Saxo.
More than three centuries later Christian Pedersen,
a Danish scholar in Paris, edited and published this
Gesta Danorum after manuscript copies.
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“The edition of Saxo’s History of Denmark by Christian
Pedersen is extremely important, because no complete manuscript of Saxo’s work is preserved; only
a few odd leaves have by chance come down to us:
Pedersen’s edition is indeed our only source to Saxo’s
history” (“Thesaurus” # 190).
Reference: Nyegaard (1984): 100 viktige bøker # 31.
Provenance: Inscribed on inner board to the Director
of The National Museum of Art, Karl Madsen, from
the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi. Both Karl
Madsen and Vilhelm Hammershøi were much interested in books. Hammershøi’s gift might have had
to do with Karl Madsen’s and the museum’s major
purchase of paintings by Hammershøi.
€ 6.700
50.000
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4037
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4038
4038
4038
Saxo printed by Waldkirch - Thurah’s copy
Saxo Grammaticus: Den Danske Krønike [...].
Copenhagen: Printed by Henrich Waldkirch 1610.
Folio. [32] + 547 + [29] pages. Translated by
Anders Sørensen Vedel. Some minor worming and
occasional underlinings. Bound in contemporary
full calf, front hinge with cracking. Spine richly
gilt.
Fine copy of Waldkirch’s rare edition of Vedel’s translation of Saxo’s history of Denmark with the engraved
portrait of the King Fr. II on the reverse of the titlepage. “The achievement of making Saxo accessible
to the common Dane is due to Anders Sørensen Vedel
whose translation was executed from 1573-1575”
(“Thesaurus” # 205).
Provenance: With the book-plate of Laurids de Thurah
(1706-59) who was the principal representative of
baroque architecture in Denmark. Later in the library
of Peder Hersleb Classen (1738-1825), stamp on
title-page.
€ 2.000–2.700
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15.000–20.000
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4039
4039
4039
“Danske Lov” with the
crowned monogram of King Chr. V
Kong Christian Den Femtis Danske Lov. Copenhagen 1683. 1st ed. 4to. With engraved portrait
of the king. Bound in contemporary full calf
decorated with the crowned monogram of King
Christian V on front board, clasps renewned, spine
professionally restored, housed in box.
First edition of one of the most influential compilations of laws in Europe at the time and the most
extensive complex of laws in the history of Denmark.
Originaludgaven af det mest omfattende lovkompleks i dansk retshistorie. Christian V’s “Danske Lov”
vakte betydelig international opsigt, da den udkom.
Den blev af samtiden anset for at overgå alle andre
love i retfærdighed. Den havde direkte indflydelse på
lovgivningsarbejdet i Sverige, Preussen og Rusland i
1700-tallet. Bogen blev trykt hos en af tidens førende
bogtrykkere Joachim Schmedtgen, som startede
sit bogtrykkeri i 1682. Schmedtgen fremstillede en
række bøger, heriblandt “Danske Lov”, som ved sit
omfang og udstyr ragede højt op over tidens øvrige
typografiske frembringelser.
€ 1.050–1.350
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8.000–10.000
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4040
4040
4040
Swedish history
Johan Peringskiold: Attartal for Swea och gotha
konunga hus [...]. Stockholm 1725. Folio. With
17 engraved plates. Bound in contemporary full
vellum.
Very fine copy of the Swedish historian Johan
Peringskiold’s (1654-1720) posthumous work, already
finished in 1692, 5 years before his celebrated translation of Snorre Sturlasson’s “Heimskringla”.
€ 535–805
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4.000–6.000
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4041
4041
4041
The first history of Sweden
Johannes Magnus: Historia de omnibus Gothorum
[...]. Rome 1554. Small folio (30 x 21 cm). [30]
leaves + 787 pages + [1] leaf. Title-page with
engraved coat of arms (Pope Julius III). With one
full page woodcut map of Scandinavia. Full page
woodcut at end of index. Colophon with full page
woodcut (same as before). Illust. with more than
120 smaller woodcuts in text and as historiated
initials. Some autograph inscriptions. First leaves
with marginal repairs, not affecting the text. Shade
of old waterstaining throughout the book (professionally cleaned copy). Bound in contemporary
blindstamped sheepskin over wooden boards with
two clasps. Spine renewed.
BRUUN RASMUSSEN BOOK AUCTION 797
First edition of Johannes Magnus’ important history
of the Gothic and Swedish kings, the first of its kind,
which remained the authority on Swedish matters for
the rest of Europe.
Reference: Nyegaard (1984): “100 viktige bøker” # 6
€ 2.700–4.000
20.000–30.000
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4042
4042
“A landmark in
the history of natural science”
Buffon: Histoire Naturelle [...]. 32 volumes. Paris:
Imprimerie Royale 1749-89. 4to. 1st edition.
With 1045 full page engravings mainly depicting
animals, 2 maps and 2 charts. The set comprises
the following sections: 15 volumes “Histoire
Naturelle Générelle”, 9 volumes “Histoire Naturelle
des Oiseaux”, 2 volumes of “Histoire Naturelle
des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens” and 6
supplementary volumes. Minor foxing. Bound in
contemporary, uniform full calf. Bindings with
minor signs of wear. (32)
First edition of one of the landmarks of popular
natural science. Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (17071788) had an enormous impact on the study and
education of natural history. His “Historie Naturelle”
describes everything known about the natural world
and was published in several editions. This set is
the first edition and contains all volumes published
during Buffon’s lifetime. After his death several other
volumes were published making the total number of
volumes 44.
“Buffon’s “Natural History, General and Particular”
presented for the first time a complete survey of
natural history in a popular form [...] he was the first
to present the universe as one complete whole and
to find no phenomenon calling for any but a purely
scientific explanation” (“Printing and the Mind of
Man” # 198).
Together with Diderot’s Encyclopedia, this work is the
peak of book printing of the French enlightenment.
Buffon was the first to sum up an entire natural
history, based on science instead of theology. In a
part of the work, named “Des Époqeus de la Nature”
(Supplement vol. V, 1778, present here), Buffon
attacked several Christian doctrines on natural
science: He saw man as a part of the animal world,
he objected to earth being only 6000 years old, and
he dismissed a rigid classification system (thus
preparing for Darwin’s thoughts).
Reference: “Printing and the Mind of Man” # 198.
Nissen # 672.
Provenance: Most volumes bear the autograph name
of the Danish zoologist Jonas Collin (1840-1905),
who issued a new edition of Kjærbølling’s “The Birds
of Scandinavia” in 1875-1877 (Anker # 251) - a work
most likely inspired by his knowledge from his copy
of Buffon’s “Histoire Naturelle”.
€ 4.000–5.350
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30.000–40.000
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4042
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4043
4043
4043
4043
Imaginative account of the North
Pierre Martin de La Martinière: Voyage de pais
Septentrionaux dans lequel se void les mæurs,
maniere de vivre, & superstitions des Norweguiens,
Lappons [...]. Paris 1671. Small 8vo. With engraved
frontispiece and 14 engravings in the text. One
tear in one leaf expertly restored. Name on titlepage and autograph note on flyleaf concerning
the author of the book, stating that he was the
first French to have published a maritime journey
of Europe. Minor foxing. Bound in full calf with
all edges gilt (Thomas).
First edition of this rare and important source in the
history of travel. Based upon an expedition that Pierre
Martin De La Martinière (1634-90), born in Rouen,
had undertaken to the far North in 1670, his travel
narrative became one of the most famous of its kind.
The author relates (and illustrates himself) of strange
sights and sounds and the wind magic of the northern
people. His narration is one of the most fantastic and
imaginative of the time, so imaginative that Knud
Leem (1696-1775) specifically aimed at correcting
Martinière in his monumental work “Beskrivelse over
Finmarkens lapper” (1767), see lot # 4000.
Provenance: Jules Renard (book-plate).
€ 1.050–1.350
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8.000–10.000
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4044
4044
The Danish colony in Western Africa
L.F. Römer: Nachrichten von der Küste Guinea.
Copenhagen and Leipzig 1769. First German edition. With engraved portrait, map and 3 engraved
folding plates. Bound in contemporary half calf.
Binding with signs of use.
BRUUN RASMUSSEN BOOK AUCTION 797
The German edition of Römer’s account of The Danish
colony in Western Africa is rarely seen on the market.
€ 400–670
3.000–5.000
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4045
4045
The Danish West Indies
Collection of more than 100 photographs and
postcards mostly relating to the schools in the
Danish West Indies. Early 20th century. Several
of the photographs depict class rooms, school
buildings, pupils etc. at the islands of St. Thomas,
St. John and St. Croix. Enclosed large collection
of material concerning the schools of the Danish
West Indies (books, research papers, archive of
articles etc.). Further description upon request.
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Provenance: The Danish historian and museum
director Jørgen O. Bjerregaard who devoted several
decades of his life researching in the history of the
schools in the Danish West Indies. One of his articles
was recently published post mortem in “Skolen i
palmernes skygge” (University of Southern Denmark
Press, 2008).
€ 4.000–5.350
30.000–40.000
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4045
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4046
4046
4046
“One of the most estimated
travelbooks of the 18th century”
Frederic Louïs Norden: Voyage d’Egypte et de
Nubie. 2 vols. Copenhagen 1755. Folio. With
engraved frontispiece and portrait of Norden. With
159 engraved plates and 24 vignettes. Bound in
one full calf binding.
A fine copy of one of the most estimated travelbooks
of the 18th century. The engravings were drawn by
Norden himself and engraved by Marcus Tucher. The
portrait of Norden was drawn by Preisler.
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of C.W.H. Sotheby on
the front pastedown.
€ 5.350–6.700
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40.000–50.000
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4046
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4047
4047
A 4000 year old receipt for beer
Cuneiform tablet recording a receipt for beer for
the troops. Tablet dated 5th year of Shu-Shen, King
of Ur (2028-2004 BC) = 2024 BC. 4 x 4,5 cm.
The writing system called “cuneiform” (“wedgeshaped”) was developed by the Sumerian people
during the late fourth and fifth milleniums BC. The
writing system grew out from a series of pictures to a
system of symbols designating ideas and even sounds.
The signs were written on wet clay with a stick and
the tablets were used to record various information.
In this case the cuneiform tablet records a receipt for
beer for the troops.
€ 400–670
3.000–5.000
4047
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4048
4048
Early manuscript on prophecy
Autograph manuscript on prophecy. Text written
in Batak Poda-language on bark covered with two
wooden boards held together by strings. 16th17th century. C. 21 x 14 cm. With several small
drawings. A part from a few leaves with minor loss
of text, the manuscript is well preserved.
Enclosed full description of the manuscript written in
English compiled in 1954 by a scolar at the The Royal
Library of Copenhagen. According to this research,
the manuscript derives from the island Samosir
around Sumatra.
15.000–20.000
€ 2.000–2.700
4048
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4049
4049
4049
Illuminated manuscript signed by
King Philipe V of Spain
Original illuminated manuscript, granting a title
by the Spanish King Philipe V for Antonio Joachin
Guerra, “Despacho de titulo de castilla [...]”. Dated
1729. With 14 decorated vellum leaves mostly
decorated on both sides including several full page
drawings. Signed twice by King Philipe V of Spain.
Size of leaves: 30 x 20 cm. Bound in contemporary full velvet binding with remains of ties.
Binding worn.
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Fine illuminated manuscript signed twice by Philipe
V of Spain. Philipe V (1683-1746) was king of Spain
from 1700 to 1724 (January) and 1724 (August) to
1746, the first of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain.
€ 1.350–2.000
10.000–15.000
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4050
4050
4050
18th century illuminated choir book
Original illuminated manuscript entitled “Libellus
in quo Antiphonarum Hymnorumque [...]”. Dated
1704. 98 leaves. Size of leaves: 14 x 20,5 cm. With
several decorated initials. Notations in red 4-lined
system, mostly with 7 sets of notation lines a
page. Bound in full decorated calf with two clasps.
Some wear to binding.
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The antiphonal books were used during the Catholic
services. “Antiphonal” refers to the principal music
sung by the choir during the Divine Office (the canonical prayers recited daily by priests).
€ 1.350–2.000
10.000–15.000
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4051
4051
Illuminated 16th century octagonal Koran
Arabian illuminated manuscript of the Koran
written in Naskh within gold and coloured rules.
Dated 919 A.A. = A.D. 1513. Small octagonal size
(leaves measuring 6,2 x 6,2 cm). In all 362 leaves.
The first two double-leaves richly illustrated in
lapis lazuli blue and gold. Bound in gold stamped
leather binding with flap. Binding professionally
restored.
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A well preserved copy of an early 16th century Koran
in a rare and unusual octagonal format.
Provenance: The Ragoczy Collection.
€ 8.050–10.500
60.000–80.000
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4051
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4052
4052
4052
4052
Plasterer’s baroque sketchbook
Sketchbook with 52 leaves of drawings in ink
and pencil for works of plaster deriving from
the family Cantone, an Italian plasterer’s family.
Dated on front board “1582” and on inner back
board “1738”. Size of book: 18 x 11 cm. Bound
in full vellum over wooden boards. Dampstaining
throughout. Binding worn.
The sketchbook constitutes a contemporary documentation for the Italian (and European) plasterer’s
tradition giving several fine examples of wall decorations in the baroque style used in Italy and Europe of
the time.
Provenance: The sketchbook was bought in 1949
by the Danish art historian Bredo L. Grandjean who
wrote a book on Danish works of plaster 1660-1800
(here enclosed). The sketchbook is pictured and
described on pp. 136-137.
€ 400–670
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3.000–5.000
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4053
4053
4053
Incunabula printed by Kessler
Petrus Lombardus: Textus sententiarum cum
conclusionibus [...]. Basel: Printed by Nic. Kessler 1488. Folio. 279 leaves (lacking one blank).
Double columns. Initials in red and one initial
decorated in gold, green, blue and red. Bound
in contemporary full calf over wooden boards,
no clasps, spine renewed. Painted title on upper
foreedge. The Kessler woodcut printer’s device is
located above the colophon.
Peter Lombard (c. 1100-1160 in Paris) was a scholastic theologian and bishop, and author of Four Books
of Sentences, which became the standard textbook
of theology. It is this theological work above all that
made the name of Peter Lombard famous, and gives
him a special place in the history of theology in the
Middle Ages.
Reference: Hain-C. 10.195; Proctor 7670.
€ 2.000–2.700
BRUUN RASMUSSEN BOOK AUCTION 797
15.000–20.000
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4054
4054
4054
French incunabula - Gregory I
Gregory I: Commentum super Cantica canticorum.
Paris: Ulrich Gering and Berthold Rembolt, 16
January 1498. 4to. 30 leaves. Red staining on upper margin. Bound in later half vellum.
Saint Gregory I the Great was pope from 590 until
his death in 604. Much of the correspondence and
writings by Gregory I have survived and reveal his
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importance and many liturgical reforms. He was
immensely devoted to saints, miracles, and relics, and
had the most influence on the early medieval church
of all popes. Not least did he increase the power of
the papacy.
Reference: Goff G-395.
€ 1.050–1.350
8.000–10.000
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4055
4055
4055
Incunabula by Guillermus Parisiensis
Guillermus Parisiensis: Postilla super epistolas et
evangelia [...]. Strassburg: Printer of Jordanus de
Quedlinburg [Georg Husner] 1486. Folio (58,5 x
50 cm). 140 leaves, 2 blanks. Double columns, 46
lines.
With 8-line initial on a3 illuminated in blue, red
and purple. Initials rubricated, capital strokes, underlinings in red. Marginal dampstaining on a few
leaves. Inscription on flyleaf. Bound in mo­dern full
vellum.
Fine copy of Guillermus Parisiensis’ commentaries on
the epistles.
Reference: Goff G-679.
€ 2.700–3.350
BRUUN RASMUSSEN BOOK AUCTION 797
20.000–25.000
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4056
4056
Russian illuminated manuscript
Liturgical illuminated manuscript written in
Church Slavonic. Russia. Late 18th or early 19th
century. 254 leaves. 35 x 21,5 cm. With 6 watercolours with sceneries of men of the church (5
full-page). Richly illuminated with 19 ornamental
drawings in green, red and yellow and 130 initials
in gold, yellow, green and red. Bound in contemporary full calf with two clasps.
Church Slavonic has been the Russian liturgical
language since the Middle Ages.The orthodox liturgy
changed only little during the centuries, which is why
several of the early 15th and 16th century liturgical
manuscripts were copied during the 18th and 19th
centuries. Today, these copies are highly important
due to the loss of many of the original manuscripts.
€ 8.050–10.500
60.000–80.000
4056
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4056
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4057
4057
4057
The Imperial Hunt in Russia
Nikolai Kutepov: Tsarskaia okhota na Rusi. [The
Imperial Hunt in Russia]. 4 vols. Saint Petersburg
1896-1911. Folio. Richly illustrated with several
full-page chromolithographs, some heightened
with gold or silver, and numerous smaller illustrations, some hand-coloured. All in publisher’s
bindings: Volume I bound in full decorated calf
with two metal cornerpieces in the shape of the
imperial doubleheaded eagle, all edges gilt, in
cloth wrappers (bound by Kirchner), Volume II,
III and IV bound in half morocco with decorated
cloth boards, all edges gilt. Title-page to vol. IV
not present, most likely due to publisher’s ommission. Some wear to bindings. Bookplate on inner
back board in each volume. (4)
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Rare set of this monumental work, celebrated for its
fine illustrations by famous Russian artists including
Lebedev, Repin, Samokishev, Surikov, Vasnetsov, and
Ryabushkin.
The work constitutes a primary source on the Russian
imperial hunts which evolved from hunting traditions of the early Russian Tsars under the influence of
hunting customs of the European royal courts.
€ 8.050–10.500
60.000–80.000
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4057
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4058
4058
4058
Rare Russian illustrations
V. Timm: Russkii Khudozhestvennyi Listok [Russian
leaves of art]. 4 volumes. Saint Petersburg 18591862. Oblong folio (35 x 53 cm). Each volume
with 36 plates + title-pages in 3 volumes. Some
minor foxing and marginal dampstaining. Bound
in contemporary half morocco. Bindings with
some signs of use. (4)
Fine set of the Russian artist Vasily Fyodorovich
Timm’s (1820-1895) famous art leaves which he
began publishing from 1851. His aim was to portray
the Russian people and the Russian way of living.
Timm was also known for his illustrations in the
monumental coronation book “Description du Sacre
et du Couronnement de leurs Majestes Imperiales
l’Empereur Alexandre II et l’Imperatrice Marie Alexandrovna” (Saint Petersburg 1856).
€ 5.350–6.700
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40.000–50.000
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4058
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4059
4059
The life of Napoleon Bonaparte
W.M. Sloane: Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. 20 parts
bound in 4 volumes. New York 1896. First edition.
Richly illustrated with plates in colour and b/w.
Bound with all the orig. front wrappers in half red
morocco (Horace G. Commin - Bournemouth). (4)
Fine copy of this extensive history of the life of
Napoleon Bonaparte written by Sloane, who was then
professor of history at Princeton University.
Provenance: W.A. Foyle (book-label).
€ 400–670
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3.000–5.000
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4060
4060
Fine document signed by Napoleon
Original vellum document signed by Napoleon,
dated May 1812. Size of document: 39 x 48,5 cm.
Decorated with small weapon in watercolour. With
minor cut in lower left corner. Housed in full morocco folder with lithographic portrait of Napoleon
on inner board.
In this document the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) grants an officer of the Légion
d’honneur the title of Chevalier de l’Empire, a rank
in the Legion of Honour equivalent to the English
“knight”. Signed by Napoleon and countersigned by Le
prince Archichancelieu de l’Empire.
€ 2.000–2.700
BRUUN RASMUSSEN BOOK AUCTION 797
15.000–20.000
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4061
4061
Laurids de Thurah’s Bornholm
Laurids de Thurah: Omstændelig og tilforladelig
Beskrivelse over den i Øster-Søen liggende [...] Øe
Bornholm, og den ei langt derfra anlagde fortreffelige Fæstning Christiansøe. Copenhagen 1756.
4to. With 31 engraved plates, including one map
of the island. Bound in contemporary full calf,
spine renewed.
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First edition of this central source to the history and
the description of the islands in the Baltic Sea fully
illustrated with 31 engraved plates.
€ 1.050–1.350
8.000–10.000
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4062
4062
“Les Delices du Dannemarc”
Bartholomæus Roque: Dannemarks Forlystelser
[...] / Les Delices du Dannemarc [...]. Vol. I (all issued). Copenhagen: Printed by Berling 1747. 4to.
With engraved frontispiece and 4 folded engraved
plates depicting Rosenborg, Christianshavn, Det
Kongelige Palais and Jægersborg. Bound in full
calf, minor part of upper spine chipped off.
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Extremely rare book by Bartholomæus Roque - pro­
bably the rarest of the Danish topographical works
of the time. Rocque also worked as engraver for the
works by Laurids de Thurah. In 1940 a facsimile edition of “Dannemarks Forlystelser” was issued.
€ 400–670
3.000–5.000
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4063
4063
4063
Romantic sights from Denmark I
H.G.F. Holm: Sjællands yndigste Egne tegnede
efter Naturen. Copenhagen [1825-26]. Pamphlets
I-V, each with 4 hand-coloured engraved plates by
J. Holm after drawings by H.G.F. Holm. Texts in
Danish, English, French and German. Bound with
most of the original wrappers in full morocco.
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The Danish artist H.G.F. Holm (1804-61), also called
“Fattig-Holm”, made the drawings for this work. They
were engraved by his father, Jens Holm, and handcoloured by “Fattig-Holm”.
€ 805–1.050
6.000–8.000
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4064
4064
Romantic sights from Denmark II
J.E.C. Walter: Prospekter af Söndermarken eller
Kiöbenhavn og Omegn. 1ste Hefte. Copenhagen
1826. With 9 hand-coloured engravings after
drawings by Walter. Housed in box. Enclosed J.F.
Clemens: Udsigter fra Sanderumgaards Hauge.
[Copenhagen c. 1800]. With 7 (of 12) engraved
and hand-coloured motives from Sanderumgård.
Bound in full paper. (2)
€ 805–1.050
6.000–8.000
Walter’s prospects of Søndermarken are extremely rare.
According to the list of subscribers only 43 were listed
for the illuminated copies. The issue contains engra­
vings of “Det Chinesiske Lysthuus i Søndermarken”,
“Det norske Huus i Søndermarken” and “Det Chinesiske
Lysthuus i Frederiksberg Have”.
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4065
4065
4065
Costumes of Copenhagen – J.H. Senn
G.L. Lahde and Sander: Elementarverk i Tegnekunsten. 3rd vol. (pamphlets 4, 5 and 6). [Copenhagen 1818]. 4to. With 12 hand-coloured engraved
plates of citizens of Copenhagen in caracteristic
costumes. With supplementary text. Minor dampstaining to the final leaves. Original wrappers.
Provenance: Holger Gabrielsen (book-label).
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Enclosed collection of 17 hand-coloured plates of
“Klædedragter i København”, engraved and coloured
by engraver Johs. Britze around 1926-1928 after
drawings made in 1807 by J.H. Senn. Size of paper 25
x 37 cm. These motives by Senn are very rare.
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4066
4066
4066
Costumes of Denmark and Iceland
F.C. Lund: Danske Nationaldragter. Copenhagen:
C.W. Stinck [1861]. With 30 partly hand-coloured
lithographs of Danish national costumes by F.C.
Lund. 18 x 27,3 cm. Elegantly mounted in full
decorated cloth.
BRUUN RASMUSSEN BOOK AUCTION 797
Fine copy of the rare first issue of Lund’s classic series
of costumes from Denmark and Iceland.
€ 1.350–2.000
10.000–15.000
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4067
4067
Magnificent work by Bradt and Wiedewelt
J.G. Bradt: Monumenta Fredensburgica iussu
Friderici V. erecta. [Copenhagen 1769]. Folio. With
engraved frontispiece and 37 plates with 40 etchings (two double-page). Bound in half morocco.
It took the Danish architect and engraver Johannes
Gottfred Bradt (1741-1770) four years to etch this
magnificent record of the sculptures in the garden
of Fredensborg Castle after drawings by the grea­
test Danish sculptor of the 18th century, Johannes
Wiedewelt (1731-1802). Bradt also etched for N.H.
Jardin’s work: Plans, coupes et elevations (issued in
1769).
Extremely rare.
€ 4.000–5.350
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30.000–40.000
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4067
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4068
4068
First editions by Bellman
C.M. Bellman: Fredmans Epistler. Stockholm 1790.
1st edition. [12] + 274 + [2] + 104 (engraved)
pages. + Fredmans Sånger. Stockholm 1791. 1st
edition. [6] + [168] + 86 (engraved) pages. Bound
in two uniform half calf bindings. (2)
A fine and rare set of Bellman’s classic work.
Reference: Nyegaard (1984): “100 viktige bøker” # 22.
Provenance: The Ragoczy Collection (book-plate on
inner boards).
€ 1.050–1.350
90
8.000–10.000
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4069
4069
Ludvig Holberg with royal provenance
Ludvig Holberg: Epistler. 5 vols. Cph 1749-1758.
Various issues. All bound in full calf. (5)
Donation copy from Prince Frederik of Denmark and
Norway - the son of King Frederik V. (inscription
embossed on front boards and dated “1773” on back
boards).
BRUUN RASMUSSEN BOOK AUCTION 797
Provenance: From the library of professor F.J. Billeskov
Jansen who issued an annotated edition of Holberg’s
Epistler.
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4070
4070
Tordenskjold - Highly important letter
Autograph letter signed by Tordenskjold. Dated
[June] 1719. 4 pages. Framed. Full transcription in
Danish available on request.
This highly important letter is written in full by the
Norwegian naval hero Peder Wessel Tordenskjold
(1691-1720) on board the ship “Laaland” fighting
against the Swedish army. The letter is written to
“Høyedle og welborne Herr Admiral” [Admiral Ole
Judichær] and contains important information about
the conquering of Göteborg: “Jeg kand slutte af eders
brev det vild først gielde Marstrand, vilket jeg ej kand
finde nøttig langt mindre nødig, thi Gottenborg er
langt merre pragticabel att erobre; thi naar Hising­
landet først i Poseseion bliver taget, er Resten en
meget pragticabel sag.”
Of great interest is also that Tordenskjold mentions a
map of his own invention on which he has marked his
personal suggestions for an attack.
It is extremely rare to see autograph letters by
Tordenskjold on the market. Most letters are in public
collections. This letter is of particular rareness since it
- probably due to its important content - was written
in full by Tordenskjold and not just signed by him as it
was custom.
Provenance: The letter was registered by the Norwegian marine historian O. Bergesen in 1963 (Bergesen:
“Tordenskiolds Brev”, Oslo 1963). Bergesen had never
seen the letter, but he knew of its existence from
an account by the Danish historian C.F. Allen who
stated that the letter was owned by J.H. Petersen, the
private teacher of King Fr. VII’s children. Petersen had
a fine collection of historical items which included
Tordenskjold’s letter. Until now the letter has been in
the ownership of the Petersen family.
Reference: Frank Allan Rasmussen: “Tordenskiold som
kartograf?”, in: Marinehistorisk Tidsskrift, nr. 1., 1991.
€ 13.500–20.000
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100.000–150.000
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4071
4071
Laurits Tuxen - Autograph letters
Collection of 18 autograph letters (15 with the
orig. envelopes) signed by Lauritz Tuxen to
Frederikke Tuxen. The letters are sent from Paris,
London, Edingburgh and Copenhagen between
1912-1921. The letters comprise more than 40
pages.
These very personal letters from the Danish painter
Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927) are written to his Norwegian second wife Frederikke. The letters relate of his
art, his teaching and of his colleagues, friends and
family. Extrait of one of the letters to Frederikke:
“Min elskede Fredemor!
Nu har jeg været til et Løb på Dæmningen i Maaneskin, men det er for tidligt at gå i Seng, og jeg har jo
slet ikke faaet nogen Passiar med Dig endnu i Dag. Jeg
var paa Skolen imorges, disputerede som sædvanligt med Rostrup Bojesen, der finder Akademiet den
elendigste Anstalt som tænkes kan, og gik saa hen
pa mit Atelier, hvor jeg gav mig til at male paa min
gamle Venus’ Omgivelser; hun kan snart holde Jubilæum. Jeg maa nemlig sige Dig at Rejse fra Skagen
forleden var vidunderligt med Regnbue, Sky og blaa
Himmel - alt hvad et Malerhjerte kan ønske sig, og
det maatte nødvendigt sætte Spor et eller andet Sted,
nu blev det Venus jeg faldt over.”
€ 535–805
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4.000–6.000
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4072
4072
4072
J.F. Willumsen – J. Wilhjelm
- Autograph letters
Collection of 30 autograph letters signed by the
Danish artist J.F. Willumsen to the artist Johannes
Wilhjelm, including two letters sent to Wilhjelm’s
wife. Mostly dated from 1928-1938. The letters
comprise more than 50 pages. Enclosed collection
of 40 autograph letters and lettercards signed by
Wilhjelm to his son, including 3 letters written by
his wife, 50 photographs, and two sketch books
with drawings in pencil by Johs. Wilhjelm.
J.F. Willumsen (1863-1958) was one of the pioneers
in the modern breakthrough in Danish art at the turn
of the 19th century. Willumsen lived most of his life
in France, but he closely followed the work of his
colleague, the artist Johannes Wilhjelm (1868-1938)
of whom he painted a portrait. Wilhjelm, in return,
painted a portrait of Willumsen (1930, in the collection of ARoS). In his letters to Wilhjelm, Willumsen is
very informative of his own art and life, relating of his
personal art collection (Giotto, Donatello, Watteau),
his travels and difficulties finding stable male models,
his efforts to establish a museum of his own art in
Denmark and his love story with Michelle Bourret. He
also comments on his own letters and demands one
of them destroyed.
€ 1.350–2.000
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10.000–15.000
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4073
4073
4073
Christen Dalsgaard - Christian Winther
Collection of 8 original drawings in ink and pencil
by Christen Dalsgaard. All signed and dated 1845.
Each measuring 15 x 20,5 cm. Framed. Enclosed
Christian Winther: Træsnit. Copenhagen 1871.
First illustrated edition. Bound in full paper. (9)
The drawings were executed by the Danish artist
Christen Dalsgaard (1824-1907) as illustrations for
Christian Winther’s (1796-1876) poem “Christen og
Lene” from his popular work “Træsnit” (first issued in
1828). The drawings were never used, but in 1871 an
illustrated edition of “Træsnit” was published with
two other illustrations by Dalsgaard.
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Dalsgaard’s illustrations for Christian Winther’s
poem are central for his artistic point of view. Like his
contemporaries Julius Exner and Frederik Vermehren,
Dalsgaard painted primarily national romantic folk
scenes rooted in the grasslands of Denmark. He was a
storyteller and paid great attention to folk costumes,
manners and habits of the people.
€ 1.050–1.350
8.000–10.000
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4074
4074
4074
Goethe in binding designed by Hammershøi
J.W. von Goethe: Reiniche Fuchs. Stuttgart and
Tübingen 1846. 4to. Illustrated with 38 plates by
Kaulbach. Some plates restored. Bound in full calf
decorated with inlays after design by Svend Hammershøi (stamped with his monogram), in slipcase
(Anker Kyster). Lower part of spine darkened and
with minor crackings.
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The Danish artist Svend Hammershøi (1873-1948),
the brother of Vilhelm Hammershøi, is mainly known
for his paintings and cheramic works. However, he
also designed book bindings, strongly inspired by his
close friend and teacher Thorvald Bindesbøll, but
these are rarely seen on the market.
€ 805–1.050
6.000–8.000
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4075
4075
Peters Jul
- Important presentation copy and letter
Johan Krohn: Peters Jul. [1866]. 1st edition.
Illustrated and partly hand-coloured by Pietro
Krohn and Otto Haslund. Inscribed by the author.
Original wrappers, spine strengthened. Housed
in box. Enclosed one autograph letter signed by
the author, Johan Krohn, giving highly important
bibliographic information about the book. (2)
Presentation copy of the first edition of the most
famous children’s book in Denmark with the celebrated first verse: “Jeg glæder mig i denne Tid!/ Nu
falder Julesneen hvid”. The book was the work of three
men, the brothers Johan (1841-1925) and Pietro
Krohn (1840-1905) and their friend Otto Haslund
(1842-1917), describing the Christmas traditions in
the home of the Krohn family. Today, the book is only
known in around 20 surviving copies, most of which
are in public libraries.
The book is inscribed by the author to his youngest
brother, Mario (1846-72) who died at an early age.
The inscription sounds: “Til Kemikeren, Fysikeren,
Botanikeren, Zoologen mm. [...] med Ønsket om at
han engang må kunne finde denne lille Bog som en
usædvanlig lykkelig Familiefader! ærb. og vensk. Forf.”
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After his brother’s death, Johan Krohn got his book
back and preserved it carefully throughout the years.
After nearly 50 years he decided to grant it to Paul
Michélsen (1881-1957), a well-known Danish silversmith, together with the letter here enclosed.
The letter is dated June 4, 1921, and relates of the
history of the book: “Den udkom 1866; billederne
er dels tegnede af min broder, dels af Otto Haslund;
omslaget var en litograf mester for, tror jeg nok [...].
Eksemplaret var til min yngste bror, som stod mit
hjerte inderligt nær - og gør det endnu i erindringen
trods årene. Da jeg skrev det vrøvl [dedikationen],
anede jeg lykkeligvis ikke at han 6 år efter skulle gå
bort som ung, medicinsk kandidat.” (Transcription
available on request).
Both the letter and the inscription to his younger
brother (given to him at the time of publication)
document that Johan Krohn - contrary to previous
assumptions - in fact was quite proud of his book.
€ 4.000–5.350
30.000–40.000
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4076
4076
Leonora Christina and Corfitz Ulfeldt
- Historical quotations
Two autograph quotations from a poetry album
dated and signed by Leonora Christina and Corfitz
Ulfeldt: “Dieu console mon Âme et conforte mon
Coeur”. Signed Leonora Christina and dated Royen,
May 1645. + “Tout le monde est une farce”.
Signed Corfitz Ulfeldt and dated København, May
1641. The leaves are octagonal and measure 13,5
+ 11,5 cm. (2)
Countess Leonora Christina (1621-1698), was the
daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and wife
of Count Corfitz Ulfeldt (1606-1664). Both were important persons and had great power. After the death
of King Christian IV in 1648, King Frederic III wanted
to reduce the influence of the couple and he claimed
Ulfeldt for treason. Ulfeldt fled the country together
with Leonora to Sweden. Five years later, Leonora
visited Denmark hoping that she and Ulfeldt could
reconcile with King Frederic III but she was refused
admission and expelled from the country. Hereafter,
Leonora followed Corfitz Ulfeldt who fought with the
Swedes and Karl X Gustav against Denmark.
In 1663 Ulfeldt was condemned to death in absentia
by the Danish gouvernment because of treason, and
Leonara Christine was accused of being a part of
the crime. She denied all guilt but without trial she
was imprisoned for the next 22 years in Copenhagen
Castle’s infamous Blue Tower (“Blåtårn”). Here she
wrote the posthumously published autobiography,
“Jammersminde”, written secretly during two decades
of solitary confinement.
The quotation by Leonora Christine is of historical
interest not least due to the fact that it is written
before she knew of her sad fate. Also the quotation
by Ulfelt is of particular interest seen in relation to
his fate. From other historical sources we know that
Ulfelt often used the quotation “Tout le monde est
une farce” and that he often added “... et se gouverne
par opinions”.
Provenance: The quotations were originally part of a
book of autographs collected by the Danish Bishop
Erik Eriksøn Pontoppidan who wrote the first Danish
grammar, “Grammatica Danica” (1668). Later, the
quotations have been in the collection of H.I. Andersen and in the Troensegaard Collection.
€ 8.050–10.500
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60.000–80.000
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4077
Autograph manuscript by Dan Turèll
Autograph manuscript by Dan Turèll entitled
“Changes of Light”. [Cph]: Peace Eye Spirit 1970.
5 leaves. Original wrappers illustrated by Kirsten
Turèll. With minor waterstain on upper right corner of back wrapper.
The Danish poet Dan Turèll (1946-1993) issued
“Changes of Light” on his 24th birthday. It consists
of five handwritten leaves in five different colours:
Green, yellow, blue, red and violet. The work was only
issued in 10 autograph copies.
Provenance: This copy is inscribed for Dan Turèll’s
friend Mogens Faber.
€ 1.050–1.350
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8.000–10.000
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4078
4078
Rare first editions by Dan Turèll
Collection of 6 first editions by Dan Turèll: 40 ark.
[Cph] 1969. + 40 linjer. [Cph] 1969. + Manuskrifter I and II. [Cph] 1970. + Speed of light. [Cph]
1970. + Occult confession. [Cph] 1970. All first
editions, all in orig. wrappers. (6)
Together with the manuscript for “Changes of Light”
these 6 books constitute the first part of Dan Turèll’s
literary production. Turèll considered “40 ark” to be
his actual debut, even though he had issued a collection of poems, “Vibrationer”, in 1966.
Provenance: All books were given by Dan Turèll to his
friend Mogens Faber.
€ 1.050–1.350
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8.000–10.000
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4079
4079
Johannes V. Jensen bound by Axel Knudsen
Johannes V. Jensen: Kongens Fald. 3 vols.
(“Forårets Død”, “Den store Sommer”, “Vinteren”).
Copenhagen 1900-1901. 1st editions. Bound with
orig. wrappers designed by Gudmund Hentze in
half morocco with top edges gilt (Axel Knudsen).
(3)
First edition of Johannes V. Jensen’s masterpiece,
published in 3 volumes, each issued in 1250 copies.
Copies with the wrappers preserved are rare, since
more than half of the original volumes were reissued
in 1901 as one book with a new wrapper, replacing
the orig. wrappers.
Provenance: The Danish collector Hakon Nielsen.
Exlibris stamped in gold on inner front boards.
€ 805–1.050
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6.000–8.000
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4080
4080
Peter Seeberg bound by Helle Stisen
Peter Seeberg: Bipersonerne. Cph: Arena 1956. +
Fugls Føde. Cph: Arena 1957. + Eftersøgningen
og andre noveller. Cph: Arena 1962. + Hyrder.
Cph: Arena 1970. All 1st editions, all bound with
orig. wrappers in full paper or half morocco (Helle
Stisen). (4)
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A rare set of Peter Seeberg’s major works in early
bindings by Helle Stisen.
Provenance: The Danish collector Hakon Nielsen.
Exlibris stamped in gold on inner front boards.
€ 400–670
3.000–5.000
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4081
4081
Hans Scherfig and Kjeld Abel
Hans Scherfig: Det forsømte Foraar. Cph 1940. +
Den forsvundne Fuldmægtig. Cph 1938. + 4 other
vols. by Scherfig. All 1st editions, all bound uniformly with orig. wrappers in half morocco (Anker
Kysters Eftf. 1964). + Kjeld Abel: Melodien der
blev væk. Cph 1935. + 14 other vols. by Abel. All
1st editions, all bound uniformly with orig. wrappers in full paper bindings (Erik Olsen). (21)
The Danish authors Hans Scherfig and Kjeld Abel
were both engaged with left-wing politics and wrote
several highly satirical novels and dramas attacking the Danish public system. Both Scherfig’s “Det
forsømte Foraar” and Abel’s “Melodien der blev væk”
are considered classics of Danish literature.
Provenance: The Danish collector Hakon Nielsen.
Exlibris stamped in gold on inner front boards.
€ 400–670
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3.000–5.000
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4082
4082
First editions by Martin A. Hansen
Martin A. Hansen: Løgneren. Cph 1950. 1st edition. + Lykkelige Kristoffer. Cph 1945. 1st edition.
+ 9 other volumes mostly 1st editions. All bound
uniformly with orig. wrappers in half morocco
(Anker Kysters Eftf.) + Rejse på Island. Cph [no
date]. + Kringen. Cph 1953. Both illust. by Sven
Havsteen-Mikkelsen. + 2 other vols. by same. All
1st editions, all bound with orig. wrappers in half
morocco (Axel Knudsen). (15)
Enclosed Martin A. Hansen: Orm og Tyr. Cph 1952.
Illust. by Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen. Bound with orig.
wrappers in full morocco, in slipcase (Anker Kysters
Eftf. 1966).
Provenance: The Danish collector Hakon Nielsen.
Exlibris stamped in gold on inner front boards. Hakon
Nielsen selected “Løgneren” as his favorite book in
the issue of “Bogvennen”, October 1971, edited by
Erik Dal: “42 samlere præsenterer en yndlingsbog”.
€ 400–670
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3.000–5.000
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4083
4083
Danish Modern - Central Danish periodicals
Poul Henningsen (ed.): Kritisk Revy. 3 vols. Cph
1926, 1927 and 1928. Bound with orig. wrappers
in half morocco (Anker Kysters Eftf. 1966). (3)
Provenance: The Danish collector Hakon Nielsen.
Exlibris stamped in gold on inner front boards.
€ 400–670
3.000–5.000
Enclosed Enevoldsen and Skriver (eds.): Spatium. 3
vols. Cph: Arkitektens Forlag 1963-65. Bound with
the orig. wrappers (inserted in the back of each
volume) in half morocco (Anker Kysters Eftf. 1970).
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4084
4084
Original lithographs by Picasso
J. Sabartes: A los Toros avec Picasso. Monte Carlo:
Sauret 1961. Oblong 4to. Richly illust. with numerous plates and 4 lithographs. Sizes: 24,5 x 31,5
cm. Orig. boards in slipcase. Very fine copy.
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With 4 orig. lithographs by Picasso, printed by
Fernand Mourlot: “La Pique”, “Jeu de la Cape”, “Les
Banderilles” and “Le Picador” (in colour).
€ 1.350–2.000
10.000–15.000
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4085
4085
4085
Asger Jorn
- Presentation copy of “Held og Hasard”
Asger Jorn: Held og Hasard. Silkeborg 1952. 1st
edition. Hand printed with 79 original linocuts in
colour by Asger Jorn. One of the few num. copies
in the “A”-series, signed by the artist. Bound in
original decorated boards, at the Jørgensen bindery in Silkeborg (copy with the bindery’s label).
Inscribed by Asger Jorn.
Asger Jorn (1914-1973) was the central figure in
the Cobra movement around 1948. Only a few years
later he became ill and was taken to the sanatorium
of Silkeborg where he wrote his central work on
aesthetics and philosophy “Held og Hasard” (195152). He said of this work: “Denne bog handler om det
ophøjede, længslen mod det høje” (“This book deals
with the sublime, the longing for the elevated”).
Highly attractive presentation copy of Jorn’s central
work. The work is inscribed to his friend, the bookbinder Jørgensen: “Til bogbinder Jørgensen. Hjertelig
tak for deres kunst. Deres hengivne asger jorn” (“To
bookbinder Jørgensen. Hartfelt thanks for your art.
Your devoted asger jorn”).
Reference: Van de Loo # 123.
Provenance: The family of Jørgensen’s successor at
the bindery, Carl Andersen.
€ 4.700–5.350
35.000–40.000
The copy bears Jørgensen’s bindery label
on inner back board. Detail of lot # 4085.
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4086
4086
Asger Jorn
- Presentation copy of “Pigen i Ilden”
Rajchmann & Asger Jørgensen [Asger Jorn]: Pigen
i Ilden. Silkeborg [1938]. 1st edition. Illustrated
throughout with orig. linocuts in colour by Asger
Jorn. Bound in original full paper at the Jørgensen
bindery in Silkeborg. Inscribed by Jorn.
Fine copy of Asger Jorn’s first book with original
linocuts, strongly inspired by Miró. One of 50 copies
on Ingres paper. This copy was bound by Jorn’s friend,
the bookbinder Jørgensen in Silkeborg. The book is
inscribed by Asger Jorn to Carl Andersen, who was
Jørgensen’s successor at the bindery.
Reference: Van de Loo # 8.
Provenance: The family of Jørgensen’s successor at
the bindery, Carl Andersen.
€ 2.700–3.350
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20.000–25.000
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4087
4087
4087
Barry Wilmont - Drawings for “Beowulf”
Collection of 22 original ink drawings by Barry
Wilmont. Each measures 61 x 45,5 cm. Paper,
mounted on cardboard. All signed, (all stamped:
Barry Wilmont). Enclosed Barry Wilmont (transl.):
Bjowulf. Et heltedigt fra Danmarks sagntid. Cph
1983. Illust. by Wilmont. Signed by Barry Wilmont
in pencil. (23)
Barry Wilmont (born 1936), artist and writer, was
born in Canada but has spent most of his life in
Denmark. His works are exhibited at many museums
including Louisiana (Humlebæk), Nationalmuseet
(Copenhagen), Musee de l’Art Moderne (Paris), Centre
Pompidou (Paris) and National Archives of Canada
(Ottawa).
This collection of drawings were made as illustrations
to the artist’s translation of Bjowulf (1983) but they
were never published.
Provenance: Barry Wilmont.
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€ 1.050–1.350
8.000–10.000
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4088
4088
Barry Wilmont - The Stories of Orkney
Collection of 4 original gouaches, all signed by
Barry Wilmont. Various sizes (c. 60 x 50 cm).
Framed. Enclosed Barry Wilmont (transl. and illust.): Orkney Fortællinger. Jarl Thorfinn Sigurdarsons saga. Cph/Toronto 1994. With 4 original
lithopgraphs, all signed by the artist. Numbered
and signed copy. Orig. lithographed wrappers. (5)
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The gouaches were all made as illustrations for the
“Orkney Fortællinger” (The Stories of Orkney), but they
were never used for the final edition.
Provenance: Barry Wilmont.
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4089
4089
4089
Barry Wilmont - A Satyr against Mankind
Collection of 4 original gouaches and one orig.
ink drawing. All signed by the artist. Each gouache
measures 42 x 30 cm., the drawing 21 x 30 cm.
Enclosed “A Satyr against Mankind”. Copenhagen
2006. Illust. by Wilmont with four orig. and signed
lithographs. Numbered and signed copy. 42 x 30
cm. Original wrappers. (6)
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The gouaches were made as illustrations to the work
“A Satyr against Mankind” but were refused by the
publisher because of their strong erotic themes.
Provenance: Barry Wilmont.
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
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4090
4090
4090
4090
CD
Mogens Zieler - Archive of early drawings and sketches
Large collection of original drawings and sketches
by Mogens Zieler including early works for his
magazine “Kaktussen”. Mostly in pencil, in various
sizes. Enclosed two orig. photographs, one of a
decorated Bennie Zieler, 5 orig. pads for linoprints
and woodcuts, and several personal letters and
notes concerning Zieler’s art.
Mogens Zieler (1905-1983) is one of the most important Danish graphic artists. From his youngest years
he mainly worked with linocuts and pencil drawings
for book illustration purposes. He was educated at
The Royal Academy of Art 1927-32 studying under
Harald Giersing and Karl Larsen.
Mogens Zieler is represented in several Danish museums (Statens Museum for Kunst, ARoS Aarhus Kunst­
museum, Horsens Kunstmuseum and many others)
and he received in his life several prestigious prizes.
€ 2.700–4.000
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20.000–30.000
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4091
4091
Edward Gordon Craig - Autograph letters
Collection of more than 20 autograph and signed
letters by Edward Gordon Craig. 1950’s. All
mounted in folder. Enclosed 4 original photographs of Craig, all signed (framed).
The English modernist theatre practitioner, Edward
Gordon Craig (1872-1966) worked as an actor, producer, director and scenic designer, and developed an
influential body of theoretical writings.
Craig’s idea of using neutral, mobile and nonrepresentational screens as a staging device became
extremely important for the symbolist theater and
is probably his most famous scenographic concept
together with his innovations in stage lighting.
Provenance: The letters were all sent to Craig’s Danish
friend Gorki Schultz who wrote a book (unpublished)
about Craig. The manuscript for the book is here
enclosed. The letters deal with the art and private life
of Craig.
€ 1.350–2.000
10.000–15.000
Photographs of Edward Gordon Craig
from the 1950’s. Detail of lot # 4091.
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4092
4092
4092
4092
4092
CD
Edward Gordon Craig - Original woodcuts
Collection of 8 orig. woodcuts by Edward Gordon
Craig, all signed and commented by the artist.
Various sizes, all framed. (8)
Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) worked as an
actor in the company of Sir Henry Irving. However,
he soon became more interested in art and learned
to carve wood under the instruction of James Pryde
and William Nicholson. As an engraver, Craig found
inspiration in puppets and masks.
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The collection of engravings here includes “The two
clowns” (1925, print no. 3/100), “Troy burning” (print
no. 20/50), “The actors” (1938, print no. 1/3) and
“Ophilia” (1938, print no 2/50).
Provenance: The woodcuts were given as a gift by
Craig to his Danish friend Gorki Schultz at his wedding.
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Edward Gordon Craig - Presentation copies
Edward Gordon Craig: A Production. Being thirtytwo collotype plates of designs projected or realised for “The Pretender” by Henrik Ibsen. London
1930. Folio. 1st edition. Bound in publisher’s full
cloth with some signs of wear. + 3 vols. by Craig
inscribed by the author to Hagen Falkenfleth. Enclosed one print of Craig’s interpretation of Irving
as Louis XI (1899). Framed. (5)
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Gordon Craig ended his acting career in 1897 when
he went into theatrical design. His designs for plays
by major artists like Henrik Ibsen greatly influenced
later theatrical designers. His design in Copenhagen
for Ibsen’s “Kongsemnerne” in 1926 was deeply acknowledged, among others by the Danish critic Hagen
Falkenfleth (1875-1957).
€ 400–670
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Zola’s “J’Accuse” - An icon of justice
Emile Zola: J’Accuse...! Lettre au Président de la
République. Published in l’Aurore, 2ième Année,
no. 87. Paris, jeudi 13 janvier 1898. Folio. (61,5
x 46 cm). 4 pages. Browned and some folding
breaks. Upper left corner with minor mending.
Zola’s famous open letter in defense of captain Alfred
Dreyfus, a jew, who in 1894 had been convicted of
spying for the Germans and sentenced to solitary
confinement for life on Devil’s Island. The letter accuses the war office of concealing a grave miscarriage of justice. Zola was prosecuted and sentenced
for a year’s imprisonment, but he escaped to England
and his trial aroused further support for Dreyfus who
was pardoned in 1899, but not released until 1906.
Today, the famous letter has become an icon and a
symbol of justice.
€ 1.350–2.000
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10.000–15.000
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“One of the most celebrated
novels of the 19th century”
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist. 3 vols. London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition, first issue. With
24 plates by George Cruikshank, including the rare
“Fireside” plate. Bound with the list of illustrations. Extra-illustrated with 21 hand-coloured
plates. Bound in half calf with top edges gilt, in
slipcase (Henry Young and Sons, Liverpool). (3)
First edition of one of the most celebrated novels of
the 19th century extra illustrated by the insertion
of the rare series of 21 hand-coloured engravings
by F.W. Pailthorpe (only 50 sets issued coloured)
executed in 1886.
A choice copy of the rare first issue of Dickens’ most
famous novel which was only issued in 528 copies according to Dicken’s first bibliographer, John C. Eckel.
€ 2.700
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A landmark in the history of philosophy
Immanuel Kant: Critik der reinen Vernunft. Riga
1787. 2nd edition. Inscription on flyleaf. Bound in
contemporary half calf.
introduction, where the celebrated sentence (p. 30)
“Ich musste also das Wissen aufheben, um zum
Glauben Platz zu kommen”, is to be found.
Fine copy of the second edition of Kant’s major work
which presents for the first time the final text of one
of the greatest landmarks in the history of philosophy.
“The influence of Kant is paramount in the critical
method of modern philosophy. No other thinker has
been able to hold with such firmness the balance
between speculative and empirical ideas” (“Printing
and the Mind of Man” # 226).
The modifications from the text of the first edition
(Riga, 1781) are remarkable. Kant added a 38-page
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4.000–6.000
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Niels Bohr - First editions
Niels Bohr: Studier over Metallernes Elektrontheori. Cph 1911. 1st edition. + Atomernes Bygning
og Stoffernes fysiske og kemiske Egenskaber. Cph
1922. 1st book edition. + Om Atomernes Bygning.
Cph 1923. 1st edition. + Atomfysik og menneskelig Erkendelse. 2 vols. in one. Cph. 1957-64.
+ Atomteori og Naturbeskrivelse. Cph 1958. All
first editions. All bound with orig. wrappers in full
morocco (Petersen & Petersen). (5)
Fine set of Bohr’s works, all in first editions.
“Studier over Metallernes Elektrontheori” was the
doctoral thesis and the first published book by the
Danish physicist Niels Bohr (1885-1962).
Together with Max Planck (the quantum theory in
1900) and Albert Einstein (the theory of relativity in
1905), Niels Bohr (the atomic theory in 1913) marks
the final break with classical Newtonian physics.
Niels Bohr received the Nobel prize in 1922 and became the central figure of the international research
milieu at the University of Copenhagen.
€ 805–1.050
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“A new epoch in
the history of mathematics”
Carl Friedrich Gauss: Disquisitiones arithmeticae.
Leipzig: Gerhardt Fleischer 1801. 8vo. 1st edition.
xviii + 668 + [10] pages. With all tables and errata.
Bound with the original marbled wrappers (prof.
restored) in modern half morocco.
Fine copy of the first edition of Carl Friedrich Gauss’
(1777-1855) mathematical masterpiece which created a new epoch in the history of number theory. The
work is extremely rare in this condition.
“Gauss ranks, together with Archimedes and Newton
as one of the greatest geniuses in the history of
mathematics [...]. Gauss published his “Arithmetical
Disquisitions” at the age of twenty-four, an astonishing achievement, as it is considered to be a book that
begins a new epoch in mathematics, being a fundamental book in the modern theory of numbers.
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Part IV contains a discussion of the theory of qua­
dra­tic reciprocity, which Gauss had discovered at the
early age of eighteen; yet Euler and Legendre before
him had failed to prove it. His discovery of a method
of inscribing in a circle a regular polygon of seventeen
sides is described in Part VII - it was the first new
discovery of this kind in Euclidean geometry for over
two thousand years”.
Reference: “Printing and the Mind of Man” # 257.
Provenance: The book bears the autograph names (on
the inner front wrapper) of six scientific professors
from the University of Copenhagen, including H.C.F.
Schjellerup (1827-1887), Ludvig Oppermann (18171883), H.G. Zeuthen (1839-1920), and J.F. Steffensen
(1873-1961).
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“The most influential book of
both the 19th and 20th century”
Karl Marx: Das Kapital. Volume I. Hamburg: Otto
Meissner 1867. 1st edition. 8vo. XII + 774 pages.
Bound in contemporary half morocco. Spine and
corners worn.
First edition of the central first volume - the only
volume printed in Marx’s lifetime - of “Das Kapital”,
which along with Freud’s “Die Traumdeutung” and
Darwin’s “On the Origin of the Species”, has proved
to be the most influential book of both the 19th and
20th century.
“Only this first volume of Marx’s magnum opus appeared in his lifetime, though in a letter to his friend
Dr Kugelmann in the autumn of 1866, when he was
working over the manuscript, he described a fourbook three-volume work on lines identical with those
edited after his death by Friedrich Engels.”
Reference: “Printing and the Mind of Man” # 359.
Provenance: A. Fraenkel (stamp on front free end­
paper).
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Major classic of philosophy
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty. London: John W.
Parker 1859. 1st edition. Names on front free
endleaf. Some minor staining. Bound with orig.
advertisements in publisher’s full cloth. Binding
worn.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) defends the liberty of
the individual against the democratic tyranny of the
majority by declaring that “the sole end for which
mankind is justified in interfering with liberty of action is self-protection”.
First edition of one of the greatest books in political
philosophy. The second most famous book published
in England that year, after “On the Origin of the Species”.
Many of Mill’s ideas are now the commonplaces
of democracy. His arguments for freedom of every
kind of thought or speech have never been improved
on. He was the first to recognize the tendency of a
democratically elected majority to tyrannize over a
minority”.
Reference: “Printing and the Mind of Man” # 345.
€ 1.050–1.350
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8.000–10.000
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H.C. Andersen - Philosophy of life
Autograph quotation in German signed by Hans
Christian Andersen. Dated Stuttgart 2 October
1860. Framed.
H.C. Andersen writes: “Die Vernunft in der Vernunft ist
das Wahre, Die Vernunft in dem Wille ist das Gute, Die
Vernunft in der Phantasie ist das Schöne!”
The quotation is a translation of the very same words
which his friend, the Danish physicist, Hans Christian
Ørsted, wrote in Andersen’s personal album on 21
April 1833:
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“Fornuften i Fornuften = det Sande
Fornuften i Villien = det Gode,
Fornuften i Phantasien = det Skjønne.”
H.C. Andersen became very fond of these words and
made them part of his own philosophy of life.
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H.C. Andersen
- Presentation copy to Bournonville
H.C. Andersen: Ole Lukøie. Eventyr-Comedie i tre
Acter. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel 1850. 20 pages,
double-columned. Bound with original blue front
wrapper in full paperbinding.
Presentation copy inscribed to Bournonville of the
first edition of H.C. Andersen’s own dramatization
of his fairy tale of the same name “Ole Lukøie” (“The
Sandman”) published in his first circle of “Eventyr,
fortalte for Børn” (1842).
Indeed, it was not least due to his own dramatization that the tale of “The Sandman” became famous.
The fairy-tale play was performed 66 times at the
“Casino” theatre in Copenhagen. “Ole Lukøje” is one
of Hans Christian Andersen’s more obscure folk tales,
telling of a mysterious mythic creature “Ole Lukøje”
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(meaning “eye-closer”) based on the folklore character of the Sandman (and most likely inspired by the
tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann), it gently takes children to
sleep and, depending on how good or bad they were,
shows them various dreams.
Inscribed by Hans Christian Andersen to his friend,
the Danish master of ballet, August Bournonville:
“Ballet-Digteren A. Bournonville Ridder af Dannebrogen etc. med Venskab og Hengivenhed. H.C.
Andersen” (“The Poet of Ballet A. Bournonville, Knight
of the Dannebrog etc with Friendship and Devotion.
H.C. Andersen”).
Provenance: Descendants of August Bournonville.
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H.C. Andersen
- Presentation copy to Bournonville
H.C. Andersen: Neue Mährchen. Hamburg: Verlag
Robert Kittler 1845. 1st edition. With preface by
the author. Illustrated with 6 lithographs (inclu­
ding illustrated wrapper) by anonymous artist.
Translated by Le Petit. With some foxing. Bound
with illustrated front wrapper in contemporary half
calf. With some signs of wear.
Presentation copy inscribed to Bournonville of this
early illustrated German edition of H.C. Andersen’s
tales. The collection contains 15 fairy tales by H.C.
Andersen, of which several are first issued in this German edition. The tales were translated by Fritz Petit,
who was a friend of Andersen. However, Andersen
was not happy about the translation which contained
several errors (“Den grimme Ælling” / “The Ugly
Duckling” became “Die kleine grüne Ente” / “The little
Green Duckling”). Extremely rare.
Inscribed by H.C. Andersen to his friend, the great
19th century Danish dancer and choreographer,
August Bournonville (1805-1879): “Ballet-Digteren
Bournonville. Tak for Morgen Besøget Søndag den 12.
Jan: 1845 fra Originalens Forfatter.” (“The Poet of Ballet Bournonville. Thanks for the morning visit Sunday
12 January 1845 from the author of the original”).
Provenance: Descendants of August Bournonville.
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H.C. Andersen - Autograph letter I
Autograph letter signed by Hans Christian Andersen to F.C. Klixbull. Dated 15 January 1870. 2
1/2 pages. With envelope, signed. All inserted in
one portefolio.
Hans Christian Andersen responds to some poems
sent to him by the young hopeful poet, F.C. Klixbull.
Andersen is not impressed by the poems and gives
some good advice on how to become a true poet.
Extrait from the letter:
“Skriv ikke uden det er Dem en stor Trang dertil.
Betragt Naturen om Dem og see ret ind i Dem selv, i
Sundhed og Sandhed, saa sætter det nok Blomst som
skaffer Dem glæde. Min udtalelse maa ikke mistrøste
Dem, imidlertid! min Mening er og bliver jo altid kun
en enkelt Mands.”
In translation: “Do not write if you do not feel an urge
to do so. Consider the nature around you and look
into yourself, and it will create great joy to your life.
However, please do not let my remark discourage you.
My opinion is and always will be of one man only.”
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H.C. Andersen - Autograph letter II
Autograph letter signed by H.C. Andersen to Jonas
Collin. Dated Sorø 28 September 1855. 1 1/2
pages.
The letter is written to Jonas Collin (1776-1861) who
was co-director of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen
and patron of the arts. Collin was one of the most
influential persons in Andersen’s life and career and
also a close friend.
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The letter reveals H.C. Andersen’s hectic and eventful
life as a travelling artist. Besides referring to a visit
at the Ingemanns, Andersen also mentions his work
“Liden Kirsten” and his relation to the Danish composer J.P.E. Hartmann (1805-1900).
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Polignac
Princess de
– Music’s Modern Muse
The following pages present a highly
important collection of personal letters
by famous artists living in Paris during
the first de­cades of the 20th century
inclu­ding Claude Monet, Igor Stravinsky,
Marcel Proust, Jean Cocteau, Serge
Diaghilev and many others.
Most of the letters here presented (lots # 41064110) are written to Winnaretta Singer, Princess Edmond de Polignac (1865-1943) who
was the heir to the famous Singer sewing
machine fortune and became an important
patron of the arts in the colourful Paris at the
beginning of the 20th century.
The letters all derive from the Danish family
of one of Winnaretta’s girlfriends, Sonia
Galpérine (c. 1885-1983) who was born
in Russia, but escaped to Paris during the
1917 revolution. Galpérine became close
friends with Winnaretta Singer, who allowed
Galpérine to live in her ­residen­ce, 3 rue
Cortambert in Paris (today, the residence of
Fondation Singer-Polignac) until Galpérine’s
death.
A heaven for avant-garde
music – and for homosexuals
After the death of her father, Winnaretta
Singer inherited a substantial part of the
Singer Sewing Machine fortune, making her
a millionaire at the age of eighteen. Later,
she gene­rously dedicated a great part of her
fortune supporting moder­nist music and
musicians like Debussy, Satie, Vincent d’Indy,
Stravinski, Gabriel Fauré, and Manuel de
Falla.
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In 1893 at the age of 28 Winnaretta Singer
married the 59-year-old Prince Edmond de
Polignac (1843-1901), a homosexual amateur
composer who lived for the arts. Given that
also Winnaretta was attracted to members of
her own sex, but nonetheless desired to main­tain the proper protocol, Edmond and Winna­retta agreed to a mariage blanc - a marriage
of convenience.
Behind the façade of her marriage, Winnaretta was involved in nume­rous affairs with
other women, both married and unmarried.
It is most likely that Winnaretta also had an
affair with Sonia Galpérine.
During the 1890’s and the early decades of
the 20th century, the home of Polignac be­
came a celebrated salon in Paris frequented
by several like-minded avant-garde artists
including Marcel Proust, Jean Cocteau, Serge
Diaghilev, Gabriel d’Annunzio, and Colette.
Many of Proust’s memorable evocations of
salon culture in his monumental work “À la
recherche du temps perdu” were born during
his attendance at concerts in the Polignac
living room. First performances of Vincent
d’Indy, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and
Maurice Ravel took place in the Polignac
salon.
The letters here presented document the
artists’ close relationship to the Princess de
Polignac, who continued to benefit the arts
all through her life.
focus
Polignac
Autograph letters signed by
Claude Monet documenting
that the Princess de Polignac
contributed with a large amount
of money to have Manet’s work
“Olympia” represented in the
national collections (lot # 4110).
Photograph of Igor Stravinsky
inscribed to Sonia Galpérine
(lot # 4107). During the 1920’s
and 1930’s Sonia Galpérine
was included in Winnaretta
Singer’s social circles, which
counted Stravinsky, Proust,
Monet, Debussy and many others. Galpérine and Winnaretta
shared much personal – and
intimate - life, which probably
was the reason why Galpérine
inherited several of the Princess’
personal letters.
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Princess de Polignac - Patron of the Arts
Collection of more than 40 autograph letters,
mostly written to Winnaretta Singer, Princess
Edmond de Polignac. The collection includes autograph letters signed by Colette (5), Gabriel Fauré
(6), Jean Cocteau (2), Maurice Ravel (1), Vincent
d’Indy (4), Paul Valéry (4), Edgar Degas (1), Gabriel
d’Annunzio (1), Sarah Bernhard (1), Franz Liszt
(1), Anna de Noailles (8), Manuel de Falla (1) and
Francis Poulenc (1). Enclosed various material of
provenance.
Winnaretta Singer, Princess Edmond de Polignac
(1865-1943), was an important patron of the arts
and music in Paris. See article on pp. 138-139.
First performances of Vincent d’Indy, Claude Debussy,
Gabriel Fauré, and Maurice Ravel took place in the
Polignac salon. At one of these occasions Ravel dedicated his celebrated piano work, “Pavane pour une
infante défunte” to the Princess de Polignac.
The letters document the close relationship between
the Princess Polignac and the artists who frequented
her salon. Several of the letters give interesting
information both concerning personal matters and
matters dealing with artistic productions etc.
Provenance: The grand nephew of Sonia Galpérine, a
close friend of Princess de Polignac.
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Igor Stravinsky - Signed photographs
Igor Stravinsky: Chroniques de ma vie. Paris 1935.
Inscribed by Stravinsky to Mademoiselle Sonia
Galpérine. + Two photographs both inscribed by
Stravinsky to Sonia Galpérine. One with remnants
of prior mounting on verso. Studio Lipnitzki (8,5
x 13 cm) and Aladár Szêkely (12 x 8 cm). Enclosed
two amateur photographs, one depicting Stravinsky, the other Mlle Galpérine with a girlfriend.
Sonia Galpérine (c. 1885-1983) was born in Russia,
but escaped to Paris during the 1917 revolution.
Galpérine became close friends with Winnaretta
Singer, Princess Edmond de Polignac who allowed
Galpérine to live in Polignac’s residence, 3 rue Cortambert in Paris (today, the residence of Fondation
Singer-Polignac) until Galpérine’s death.
During the 1920’s and 1930’s Galpérine was included
in Winnaretta’s social circles, which counted Stra­
vin­sky, Proust, Monet, Debussy and many others.
Galpérine and Winnaretta shared much personal life,
which probably was the reason why Galpérine in­
herited several of the Princess’ personal letters.
Provenance: The grand nephew of Sonia Galpérine, a
close friend of Princess de Polignac.
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Igor Stravinsky - Autograph letters
Collection of 3 autograph letters signed by Igor
Stravinsky. All written to Princess de Polignac
(name erased and replaced by “Madame” on two
letters). Dated Paris 17 September 1924, Nice 14
April 1925, and Milano 8 February 1933. Enclosed
two amateur photographs of Stravinsky, one
picturing the composer together with Winnaretta
Singer, Princess de Polignac. One with creases and
upper corner chipped off.
The letters concern several of Stravinsky’s musical
projects, including his “Piano Sonata” (1924).
Enclosed one autograph postcard signed by both
Stravinsky and Serge Diaghilev from London (no
date). The name of Polignac erased. Diaghilev was the
founder of the Ballet Russes and collaborated closely
with Stravinsky who wrote 3 ballets commissioned by
Diaghilev.
Provenance: The grand nephew of Sonia Galpérine, a
close friend of Princess de Polignac.
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Marcel Proust - Autograph letter
Autograph letter signed by Marcel Proust. Dated
44 rue Hamelin [c. 1919/1920]. Sent to Princess
de Polignac (name erased and replaced by “Ma­
dame”). 7 numbered pages on two large sheets,
each measuring 18 x 27,5 cm.
The letter is sent from 44 rue Hamelin, which was the
last place Proust lived (from 1919).
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is best known for his
monumental work, “À la Recherche du Temps Perdu”
(“Remembrance of Things Past”) regarded by many as
the greatest literary work of the 20th century. At the
time of the letter Proust has just finished “À l’ombre
des jeunes filles en fleur”, the second volume of “À
la Recherche”, and he mentions his receipt of the
Goncourt Price.
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Many of Proust’s memorable evocations of salon
culture in “À la Recherche” were born during his attendance at concerts in the living room of the Prince
and Princess de Polignac. In this letter he recalls
the time of Edmond de Polignac who died in 1901.
Proust was close friends of Polignac and frequented
the same circles. One of their shared friends was the
Comte Robert de Montesquiou, who is remembered
as a model for the Baron de Charlus in Proust’s “À la
Recherche”.
Provenance: The grand nephew of Sonia Galpérine, a
close friend of Princess de Polignac.
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Edouard Manet: “Olympia” (1863). The nation of France acquired
the painting in 1890 with a public subscription organised by
Claude Monet. The letters here presented document the role
played by both Monet and the Princess de Polignac in the effort
to have Manet’s work placed in a public collection.
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Claude Monet
- Letters dealing with Manet’s “Olympia”
Collection of 4 small autograph letters signed by
Claude Monet. The letters were all sent to “Madame” [Winnaretta Singer, Princess de Polignac]
and dated Giverny par Vernon 16 February 1890,
20 February 1890, 15 September 1908, and 13
June 1909. With holes from archiving.
It took Claude Monet more than a year to collect enough money to pay Madame Manet for her
husband’s painting. The scandal provoked by this
painting in 1865 was still remembered and it was
only reluctantly that the administration accepted the
donation.
The letters dated 16 and 20 February 1890 are both
dealing with Monet’s assistance buying the famous
painting “Olympia” (1863) from Edouard Manet’s
widow. The letters document the role played both by
Monet and the Princess de Polignac in the efforts to
have Manet’s epoch-making work of art represented
in the national collections. The letters also reveal how
much money the Princess Polignac contributed.
Provenance: The grand nephew of Sonia Galpérine, a
close friend of Princess de Polignac.
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O
o l y mp i a press
lympia Press
In the 1950’s and 1960’s, Olympia
Press published a flood of titles with a
strongly erotic content. A number of
them were banned and seized. Today,
several of these books are considered
major works of lite­ra­ture.
In the first half of the 20th century, it was
still against the law to publish erotic or pornographic literature. It was also difficult to
have such works judged according to literary
or artistic criteria. The authorities seized what
could seem offensive, and the publishers were
afraid to publish daring literature for fear of
damaging their reputation.
An Enterprising Publisher
One publisher, however, dared breaking down
this wall: The Frenchman Maurice Girodias
(1919-1990), son of the publisher Jack Kahane (1887-1939), who in the 1930’s was the
first to publish writers such as Henry Miller,
Anais Nin and James Joyce at his colourful
Paris publishing house, Obelisk Press. In 1953
Girodias founded Olympia Press in Paris. The
publishing house was named after the French
artist Édouard Manet’s scandal-causing
painting of the courtesan Olympia.
Maurice Girodias was the ingenious type, and
his business methods were quite enterprising.
He would write blurbs for unwritten books.
He would then print a list of catchy titles and
fancy pen names and send it to all his cus­
tomers. If these ”pre­liminary novels” had what
it took, his dealers would order and pre-pay
for works that had not yet even been written.
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This way, he could afford to give advances to
the hard-pressed writers, who in turn would
come up with novels that fulfilled the expectations created by Girodias’ popular blurbs.
Literary Masterworks
Along with the easily read and soon forgotten erotic titles, Olympia Press published
works that came to rank among the most
important publications of the post-war era:
Donleavy’s The Ginger Man (1955), Burroughs’
focus
Nabokov’s novel, later adapted for the screen by
Stanley Kubrick, is about a middle-aged man’s
erotic obsession with his flirtatious, twelve year
old step-daughter. Subsequently, the word ”Lolita”
became a widely used term throughout Western
popular culture. Nabo­kov’s novel was Olympia Press’
greatest success ever.
“The Teasers” were small illustrated
pamphlets, issued illegal in 195354. The extremely rare pamphlets
contained teasing extraits from
the novels in Olympia’s “Travellor’s
Companion” series, including “The
Bedroom Philosophers” and “Justine”
by De Sade and “Plexus” by Miller.
The Naked Lunch (1959) and not least Nabo­
kov’s masterwork Lolita (1955). Many publishers had re­jected Nabo­kov’s novel, before it
was finally published by Girodias.
Lolita was highly controversial, and many
considered the book a questionable half-pornographic product without artistic merit. The
book was soon banned in France, but when
an American edition was published a few
years later, it became a huge success. Lolita
was the first title on the American market
since Gone with the Wind to sell more than
100,000 copies within the first three weeks.
Today, the importance of Olympia Press is
widely aknowledged, both in the history of
literature, publishing and pornography. Last
year Liverpool University Press issued the
definitive bibliography of all the publications
of Olympia Press. Much information in this
bibliography was supplied from the Copenhagen Collection here presented, owned by Finn
Edholm.
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Large collection of more than 400 volumes published by “The Olympia Press”, mostly issued in
“The Traveller’s Companion” series. The collection also includes publications from “The Atlantic
Library”, “Othello Books”, “Collection Merlin”,
“Ophelia Press”, “The Odyssey Library”, “Ophir
Books” and “The Teaser Magazines”. Most volumes
unbound as issued, often with signs of use. More
than 70 vols. from “The Traveller’s Companion”
are bound mostly with original wrappers in full
green cloth by the Danish binder Ole Olsen. Itemized list is available upon request.
The Olympia Press was launched in Paris in 1953 by
Maurice Girodias. It published a mix of erotic novels
and avant-garde literary works including the first
printing of Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita”, William S.
Burrough’s novel “The Naked Lunch”, J.P. Donleavy’s
“The Ginger Man” and novels by Beckett. Most of the
major works, including the above mentioned titles,
are represented in first editions in the present collection. Most Olympia Press publications were issued as
“Traveller’s Companion” books, mostly numbered.
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The Olympia Press
Provenance: The Danish collector Finn Edholm who
contributed to the annotated bibliography by Patrick
J. Kearney “The Paris Olympia Press” (Liverpool University Press, 2008).
€ 13.500–20.000
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First edition of “Lolita”
Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita. 2 vols. Paris: The Olympia Press 1955. 1st edition, 1st issue (“Francs:
900” printed on the rear wrappers). Bound with
orig. wrappers in full red cloth [Ole Olsen]. Enclosed Maurice Girodias: L’affaire Lolita. Défense
de l’Ecrivain. Paris: The Olympia Press 1957. 1st
edition. Num. copy. Bound with orig. wrappers in
full yellow cloth [Ole Olsen]. (3)
First edition of one of the most famous and controversial novels of the 20th century. Nabokov had
tried in vain to have his novel published by several
American publishers, but the novel was turned down
in fear of the repercussions of publishing such a
“pornographic” work.
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The novel was finally published by Maurice Girodias
at the Olympia Press in Paris. The novel became both
a succes for Nabokov and Girodias, but caused a great
debate: The British government pressured the French
to ban the novel, and it was not published in America
until 1958.
Today, nobody argues its literary importance and its
popularity increased through the cinematic versions:
The 1962 Stanley Kubrick directed film starring James
Mason, Peter Sellers and Sue Lyon. And the 1997
Adrian Lyne remake starring Jeremy Irons.
Provenance: The Danish collector Finn Edholm.
€ 2.700–4.000
20.000–30.000
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First edition of “Lolita”
Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita. 2 vols. Paris: The Olym­
pia Press 1955. 1st edition, 1st issue (“Francs:
900” printed on the rear wrappers). Bound with
orig. wrappers in full green cloth (Ole Olsen). (2)
The first printing of “Lolita” had a run of approximately 5.000 copies. Surviving copies in fine condition of the first issue are increasingly rare on the
market.
Provenance: The Danish collector Finn Edholm.
€ 2.700–4.000
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Samuel Beckett and Lawrence Durrell
Samule Beckett: Molloy. Paris: The Olympia Press
1955. First English edition, first issue (without
English price on rear wrapper). + Molloy – Malone
dies – The Unnamable. A Triology. Paris: The
Olympia Press 1959. 1st combined edition. Enclosed Lawrence Durrell: The Black Book. Paris:
The Olympia Press 1955. All in orig. wrappers. (3)
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Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) won the Nobel Prize
in literature in 1969 “for his writing, which - in new
forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of
modern man acquires its elevation.”
Provenance: The Danish collector Finn Edholm.
€ 400–670
3.000–5.000
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First editions of William Burroughs
William Burroughs: The Naked Lunch. Paris: The
Olympia Press 1959. 1st edition. Orig. green wrappers. No d/w. + The Ticket that Exploded. Paris:
The Olympia Press 1962. 1st edition. Orig. green
wrappers with dust wrapper. + The Soft Machine.
Paris: The Olympia Press 1961. 1st edition. Orig.
green wrappers with dustwrapper. (3)
Only 5000 copies of “The Naked Lunch” were printed
in July 1959, some of which, like the present copy,
received a price stamp of “NF 18” over the original
old franc price after the currency revaluation of 1
January 1960.
“The Naked Lunch” is a masterpiece of postwar
American literature and one of the most important
and controversial modern novels of the Beat movement along with Kerouac’s “On the Road” and
Ginsberg’s “Howl”.
Provenance: The Danish collector Finn Edholm.
€ 535–805
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“The Story of O”
- A masterpiece of erotic literature
Pauline Reage [pseud.]: The Story of O. Paris: The
Olympia Press 1954. 1st English edition, 1st issue
(with final leaf stating “This first edition of The
Story of O. was printed by Imprimerie Richard, Paris, in June, 1954”). Orig. wrappers. Some signs of
use. + D.A.F. De Sade: The 120 Days of Sodome.
3 vols. Paris: The Olympia Press 1957. 1st edition,
first issue (with the price of 3.600 Francs printed
on rear wrappers). Enclosed The Stripteaser. Paris:
Olympia Press 1953. Orig. wrappers. With extraits
from D.A.F. De Sade’s “The Bedroom Philosophers”
and “Justine” and Miller’s “Plexus”. (5)
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The rare first English edition of “The Story of O” that
caused controversy and scandal. Today considered a
masterpiece of erotic literature, strongly inspired by
Marquis de Sade. The novel was originally written as
a series of love letters from Dominique Aury to her
lover Jean Paulhan - letters of sexual fantasies of
domination, rituals and secret societies.
Provenance: The Danish collector Finn Edholm.
€ 400–670
3.000–5.000
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First edition of “The Ginger Man”
Henry Miller - Original drawing
J.P. Donleavy: The Ginger Man. Paris: The Olympia Press 1955. 1st edition, first issue (with the
price of 1.500 Francs printed on rear wrapper).
+ The second enlarged edition (1958), bound in
publisher’s boards in d/w. Enclosed Henry Miller:
Plexus. 2 vols. Paris: The Olympia Press 1953. 1st
edition, 1st issue (with the price of 2.200 printed
on rear wrapper - here crossed out). One of 2000
num. copies. (4)
Original drawing signed by Henry Miller. Dated
1975. Ink on cardboard. 22 x 15 cm. Enclosed the
first Danish translation of Miller’s “Entretien de
Paris”. (2)
First edition of Donleavy’s first book, chosen by
Modern Library as one of the 100 great novels of the
20th century.
Provenance: The Danish collector Finn Edholm.
€ 535–805
4.000–6.000
The drawing was used to illustrate the front wrapper
of the first Danish translation of Miller’s “Entretien de
Paris”, issued in Denmark under the title “Ét liv er nok”
(1976) (here enclosed).
Most of Henry Miller’s (1891-1980) literary productions are translated into Danish. Hans Reitzel was
the first Danish publisher who ventured to publish his
most characteristic works Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of
Capricorn, Black Spring and Quiet Days in Clichy.
Provenance: The Danish collector Finn Edholm.
€ 535–805
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The work “Still Life with Stuffed Owl” (1923) is much
admired and interpretated, not least because of the
enigmatic symbols of an owl and a chessboard.
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The enigmatic art of Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen): “Opstilling med Udstoppet Ugle” (Still Life with Stuffed Owl). Oil on
canvas, 41 x 61 cm. Executed in Ngong Hills 1923.
The painting has been exhibited several times and is
included in a number of books about Karen Blixen and
has been pictured on museum merchandise, such as
deck of cards, poster, and postcards.
Karen Blixen (1885-1962), the supremely gifted
Danish storyteller known under the pseudonyme Isak
Dinesen led one of the most exotic, compelling and
legendary lives in modern times. Her experiences
range across continents and her finely crafted work
spans the vast realms of the imagination.
Blixen’s visually strong artwork complements her
literary achievement. Educated privately at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, she was a painter
of considerable skill and note. The painting “Still
Life with Stuffed Owl” is the only work in private
ownership. The remaining works are all owned by the
Rungstedlund Foundation and are on display at the
Karen Blixen Museum outside Copenhagen.
Painted at her estate at the foot of the Ngong Hills,
Kenya in 1923, this work of radiant colour and
harmonious line is a canvas of inspired beauty. Karen
Blixen was a woman of the world par excellence.
Her book “Out of Africa”, a much-admired memoir of
her years in Kenya, and one of the best prose pastoral
of our times reveals a near mystical love of Africa
and its people. Its poetic-like reminiscences of her
triumphs and her sorrows, the death of her companion Denys Finch Hatton (1887-1931), the scholarly
hunter and aviator, her love, mentor and muse and
the disappearance of the simple African way of life
she admired, spoke to readers, as well as to cinema
viewers, the world over.
Indeed, the painting, a visual rhapsody in blue, was
drawn for Denys Finch Hatton. After his tragic death
in a plane crash in Africa and upon Blixen’s return to
Denmark, the work reverted back to her family.
Blixen, Denmark’s most prominent writer of the 20th
century, was one of the most distinctive voices in
modern literature. She brought to the canvas the
same rich detail, sensuous spirit, and soaring imagination that made her the mistress of the written and
spoken word.
Provenance: Painted at The Karen Estate, Ngong Hills,
Kenya in 1923, this work was originally intended for
Denys Finch Hatton. After Denys’ death and on her
return to Denmark the painting was given to Ellen
Dahl, Karen Blixen’s sister. Until now the painting has
been in the ownership of the family.
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keramiker Ragnhild Kidde (1929-1997).
Han har siden 1975 udgivet over 100 bøger
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Benny Andersen - førsteudgaver
Rune T. Kidde: Originalt udkast til forsidetegning til “Den Lilla Møghætte og Pulven”, blæk og
farveblyant på papir. 1987. 33,5 x 27 cm. Vedlagt
tegneseriealbummet “Litterærlige klassikere”. Kbh.
1988. 1. udg. (2)
Samling af 18 værker af og om Benny Andersen,
bl.a. Svantes viser. Kbh 1972. 1. udg. Med dedikation fra forfatteren. Heftet med orig. omslag. + 17
andre bd., heraf mange førsteudgaver med dedikation fra Benny Andersen. De fleste heftet med
orig. omslag. Vedlagt en 8 siders orig. håndskrevet
anmeldelse af Poul Borum af “Portrætgalleri”. (18)
“Den Lilla Møghætte og Pulven” udkom første gang i
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1988 og “Menigmands guide til det indre marked” fra
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“Menigmands guide til det inde marked”
Herman Bang med dedikation
Samling af 8 originale tegninger af Rune T. Kidde
til tegneseriealbummet “Menigmands guide til
det inde marked” (1990). Blæk og farveblyant på
papir. 42 x 29,5. (8)
Herman Bang: Ludvigsbakke. Kbh 1903. Med
dedikation fra Bang til “Nini” på friblad. Indb. i
halvbind af maroquin. + Ti Aar. Kbh 1891. 1. udg.
Med dedkation fra Bang til Fritz. Indb. i helbind af
lærred. + Tine. Kbh 1900. Med dedikation fra forf.
Indb. i halvbind af maroquin. + Masker og Mennesker. Kbh 1910. 1. udg. Med dedikation fra forf.
Indb. med omslag i halvbind af maroquin. (4)
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som “Alt om EU og de andre tyskere”. Værket udkom
i Ekstra Bladets tillæg “Kilroy”, men da Rune T. Kidde
blev blind i 1990 blev tegnearbejdet overtaget af
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Inger Christensens univers
Halfdan Rasmussen
Inger Christensen: Det. Kbh 1969. 1. udg. Med
dedikation fra forf. + Sommerfugledalen. Brøndum
1991. 1. udg. Sign. af forf. + Det malede værelse.
En fortælling fra Mantua. Brøndum 1989. Illust.
med raderinger og sign. af Kirkeby. + Det malede
værelse. Brøndums Forlag 1976. Illust. af Svend
Wiig Hansen. Sign. af Inger Christensen og Wiig
Hansen. Alle heftet med orig. omslag. (4)
Samling af værker af Halfdan Rasmussen, bl.a.
Børnerim. Kbh 1965. Med dedikation fra Halfdan
Rasmussen. + 12 andre bd. De fleste 1. udgaver,
alle signerede eller med dedikation fra Rasmussen,
alle i forlagsbind. (13)
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“Digte under besættelsen” med versificeret dedikation
fra forfatteren. Dateret 8/11- 42.
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Cirkus - berømte klovne
Gustav Wied med dedikation
Charlie Rivel: Stakkels Klovn. Kbh 1971. Vedlagt orig. signeret fotografi samt maskinskrevet
og signeret brev fra Charlie Rivel. + Grock: Ein
Leben als Klovn - Meine Erinnerungen. Düsselorf:
Verlag und Ausgabe Zirkus Grock. 1951. Med orig.
tegning og dedikation på friblad. + Ich lebe gern!
München 1931. Med orig. tegning og dedikation
på friblad. Alle i forlagsbind. (3)
Gustav Wied: Barnlige Sjæle. Kbh 1893. 1. udg.
Indb. med i helbind af maroquin, i kassette (Anker
Kyster 1949). + Fædrene æde Druer. Kbh 1908. 1.
udg. + Pastor Sørensen og co. Kbh 1913. 1. udg.
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foromslag i halvbind af kalv. + Salicath: Omkring
Gustav Wied. Kbh 1946. Med ded. fra forf. Indb. i
halvbind af kalv. (4)
Vedlagt T.C. Bruun: Mine Frie-Timer eller Fortællinger
efter Boccacio og Fontaine. Kbh 1783. Med Gustav
Wieds navnetræk på friblad. Halvbind af kalv.
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Fra Donovan til Dolly Parton
Dario Fo og teatret
Samling af over 30 hovedsagligt engelsksprogede
selvbiografier af kendte musikere, de fleste bd.
med signaturer og/eller medfølgende signerede
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Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton, Chuck
Berry, Donovan. Alle i forlagsbind.
Samling af bøger om teater. Bl.a. Dario Fo: My
First Seven Years. London 2005. Med dedikation
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Dario Fo og Farrel. + Herluf Jensenius: Teatertegninger. Dedikation til Arne Ungermann. Kbh 1943.
+ Meír Feigenberg: MXAT. Moskva Kunstnerteater.
Kbh 1945. Sign. + 11 andre bd., heraf flere med
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orig. omslag. (15)
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“Der er et yndigt Land”
Marlene Dietrich og Groucho Marx
Carl Nielsen: Hæfte med nodestykke og tekst til
“Der er et yndigt land”. Med dedikation til Thorvald Aagard fra Carl Nielsen. Dateret 4.6.1924. +
2 bd. af samme, begge med dedikation. + 8 andre
bd. af danske musikere, bl.a. Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
og Peter Bastian. Flere med dedikation. Alle bd.
heftede med orig. omslag eller i forlagsbind. (11)
Samling af værker om og af udenlandske skue­
spillere, heraf størstedelen med signatur eller
dedikation fra bl.a. Groucho Marx, Gene Kelly,
Jack Lemmon, Kirk Douglas, Shirley Maclain,
Michael Caine, Mae West, Sophia Loren og Bob
Hope. Alle i forlagsbind, størstedelen på engelsk.
(24)
Vedlagt orig. håndskrevet og sign. brev fra Carl
Nielsens hustru, maler og billedhugger Anne Marie
Carl-Nielsen. Dateret 4.5.1895. 2 sider.
Vedlagt orig. fotografi signeret af Marlene Dietrich.
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Monthy Python
Kvindesagsforkæmpere
Monthy Python: The Life of Brian. London 1979.
Med ded. fra Terry Jones og Michael Palin. + Eric
Idle: The Ruteland Dirty Weekend book. London
1976. Sign. af Idle. + Palin: Diaries 1969-1979.
The Python Years. Sign. af Palin. + The Python’s
autobiography. To kassettebånd med interviews. +
Cleese og Booth: Fawlty Towers. Sign. af Cleese,
med indlagt sign. fotografi. + 8 andre bd. om
Monthy Python. Alle heftede med orig. omslag
eller i forlagsbind. (13)
Erica Jong: Fear of Fifty, a Midlife Memoir. London 1994. Sign. af Jong og Kidde på titelblad.
Forlagsbind. Vedlagt orig. fotografi signeret af
Jong. + Marie Cardinal: Les mots pour le dire.
Paris 1975. + Marilyn French: Om kvinder, mænd
og moral. Kbh 1985. Ded. til Mette Winge. + 5
andre bd. af bl.a. Dorris Lessing. Alle heftede med
orig. omslag eller i forlagsbind. (8)
Startpris
Startpris
500
500
Fra Scherfig til Reuter
Tolkien i luksusudgave
Samling af over 40 bd. hovedsaglig dansk skønlitteratur fra Rune T. Kiddes bibliotek. Bl.a. Hans
Scherfig: Det forsømte Foraar. Kbh 1940. 1. udg.
Sign. af forfatteren. De fleste andre værker er
signeret eller med dedikation, bl.a. Kirsten Thorup,
Dorrit Willumsen, Anders Bodelsen, Bjarne Reuter,
Herbert Pundik og Helle Stangerup. Størstedelen
heftede med omslag eller i forlagsbind.
Christopher Tolkien (red.): J.R.R. Tolkien: Narin
Chîn Húrin. London: Harper Collins Publishers
2007. Illust. af Alan Lie. Sign. af Lie og Christopher Tolkien. Ét af 500 num. ex. Indb. i helbind af
maroquin, i kassette. Vedlagt J.R.R. Tolkien: The
Father Christmas Letters. London 1978. (2)
Startpris
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Storm P. - Breve og bøger
Astrid Lindgren: Mio, min Mio. Stockholm 1984.
Med dedikation fra forfatteren. + Brødrene
Løvehjerte. Kbh 1990. Vedlagt sign. billede af
forfatteren + 5 bd. af samme. Alle sign. eller med
dedikation fra Lindgren, alle i forlagsbind. (7)
Samling af over 20 bd. af Storm P., de fleste med
dedikation fra (Ellen og) Storm P., bl.a. Storm
Petersen: Album. 20 Aargang 1932. Kbh 1932.
Med dedikation på forside. + Dagbogsblade efter
Freden. Kbh [1948]. Med indlagt orig. og sign.
brev fra Storm P. De fleste bd. heftede med orig.
omslag. (24)
Vedlagt to orig. håndskrevne og sign. breve fra Storm
P., heraf ét med orig. tegning. Dateret 17.1.1954 og
5.9.1945. I alt 6 sider.
Startpris
500
Startpris
500
Nordiske børnebøger
Ian Rankins univers
Samling af 11 børnebøger. Bl.a. J. Krohn og Pietro
Krohn: Peters Jul. Kbh 1870. Orig. kartonnage. +
H.V. Kaalund: Fabler for Børn. Kbh 1908. Indb.
med orig. omslag i halvbind af maroquin. Desuden
værker af bl.a. Jørgen Clevin og Benjamin Jacobsen. Heftede med orig. omslag eller i forlagsbind,
flere med dedikation. (12)
Samling af værker af Ian Rankin, bl.a. Knots and
Crosses. London 1987. 1. udg. Med dedikation på
titelblad. Forlagsbind. + 15 andre bd. af samme.
De fleste 1.udg. Alle i forlagsbind, alle sign. af
forfatteren, 2 bd. med dedikation til Rune T. Kidde
fra Rankin. (16)
Vedagt Richard Back: Jonathan Livingstone Seagull.
New York 1972. Signeret af Bach. Forlagsbind med
smudsomslag.
Startpris
166
500
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Peter Freuchen - Dedikationer og brev
Arne Ungermann - Originaltegning
Samling af 11 værker af Peter Freuchen, bl.a. It’s
all adventure. London: William Heinemann 1938.
+ 10 andre bd. af samme, heraf 8 med dedikation fra forf. Alle heftede med orig. omslag eller i
forlagsbind. (11)
Arne Ungermann: Prøvebog til “Münchhausens
eventyr”. Med håndtegnet for- og bagside. + Stene
for brød. Kbh. [U.år]. Heftet med orig. omslag. +
Den store Bastian for voksne. Politikens forlag.
[U.år] Begge med dedikation fra forfatteren. Orig.
katonnage. (3)
Vedlagt orig. maskinskrevet brev sign. af Freuchen.
Dat. 13.11.1938. 2 sider.
Startpris
500
Startpris
500
Louis Moe - Breve og bøger
Bassernes ophavsmand
Louis Moe: Valkyrien. Kbh 1931. Orig. kartonnage.
+ Tvermose Thyregod: Oldemoders Fortælling om
Nordens Guder. Kbh 1890. Illust. af Moe. Indb. i
halvbind af lærred. Vedlagt Louis Moe: Den lille
Peters hestehandel. Kbh [U.år]. Med dedikation fra
Moe. Heftet. (3)
Mort Walker’s Private Scrapbook. Kansas City:
Andrews McMeel Publishing 2000. Med dedikation og orig. tegning. Indlagt orig. tegning af
Bob Gustafsson, tegner for Mort Walker af striben
“Mads og Misse”. Forlagsbind.
Vedlagt tre orig. håndskrevne breve fra Louis Moe.
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Dan Turèll og Burroughs
Ginsberg og Burroughs
Dan Turèll: Onkel Danny fortæller i timevis. Kbh
1979. Sign. af Turèll. Vedlagt orig. foto af Dan
Turèll og William S. Burroughs. 17,5 x 24,5 cm.
+ 3 andre 1.udg. af Turèll. Alle med ded. fra forf.
Vedlagt Bundgaard: Næste Stop London. Kbh
1989. + Gudmundsson: Ridderne af den runde
trappe. Kbh 1984. Begge 1. udg., begge bd. med
ded. til Turèll fra forf. (6)
Allen Ginsberg: Collected poems. New York 1984.
Med orig. tegning og signatur samt indlagt sign.
foto. Løs i ryggen. + William S. Burroughs: Junkie.
Kbh 1966. Signeret på titelblad af Burroughs.
Vedlagt Lawrence Ferlinghetti: One thousand
fearful words for Fidel Castro. Med kommentar og
vedlagt signeret billede af Ferlinghetti. + Charles
Bukowski: Bring me your love. Signeret af illustratoren R.Crumb. Alle heftede med orig. omslag eller
i forlagsbind. (4)
Startpris
Startpris
500
500
Fra Kurt Vonnegut til John Irving
Knud Rasmussen med dedikation
Samling af udenlandske bestsellers hovedsagligt på
engelsk. Bl.a. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: SlaughterhouseFive. Delacorte Press 1969. 1. udg. + Alistair
Maclean: H.M.S. Ulysses. London 1955. Med
dedikation fra forf. + 12 andre bd. af bl.a. John
Irving, William Golding og Bret Easton Ellis. Dan
Brown, Jean M. Auel, Ray Bradbury og Burgess.
De fleste sign. eller med indsat signatur. De fleste i
forlagsbind. (14)
Knud Rasmussen: Festens Gave. Kbh 1929. 1.
udg. Illust. af Ernst Hansen. Indb. med for- og
bagomslag i helbind af lærred. + Grønland langs
Polhavet. Kbh 1919. 1. udg. Indb. i halvbind
af maroquin. Begge med dedikation fra Knud
Rasmussen. + Snehyttens Sange. Kbh 1930. Med
dedikation fra Knud Rasmussen. Heftet med orig.
omslag. (3)
Startpris
Startpris
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Kort sagt: Poul Henningsen!
Tre mænd i en båd
Preben Wilmann (red.): PH i flere belysninger. Kbh
[U.år]. + Poul Henningsen: Kort sagt. Kbh 1955.
+ Henrik Stangerup (red.): Poul Henningsen. Vi er
selv historie. Kbh 1963. Alle med dedikation fra
PH. Alle heftede med orig. omslag. (3)
Jerome K. Jerome: Three Men in a Boat. Bristol:
J.W. Arrowsmith 1889. 1. udg. Med Rune T. Kiddes
signatur på halvtitel. Forlagsbind. Med brugsspor.
Vedlagt original fotografi signeret af Jerome. 14 x 9
cm. (2)
Startpris
Startpris
500
500
William Heinesen - Dedikationer og brev
Peter Plys
William Heinesen: Noatun. Kbh 1938. 1. udg.
Med ded. fra Heinesen på friblad til Ellen Locher
Thalbitzers. + 8 andre bd. af samme. Alle med
dedikation fra Heinesen, de fleste i senere oplag.
Alle heftede med orig. omslag eller i forlagsbind.
(9)
A.A. Milne: Winnie-the-Poo. London 1927. + The
house at Poo corner. London 1929. + Now we are
six. London 1927. + When we were very young.
London 1925. Alle senere oplag. Med tidligere
ejers navnetræk på friblad. Alle illust. af Ernest
Shepard, alle i forlagsbind, i kassette. Vedlagt
Rune T. Kiddes hjemmelavede, indbundne bog på
12 sider med indklippede beskrivelser af Peter Plys,
A.A. Milne og illustrator Ernest Shepard samt orig.
signaturer af Milne og Shepard. (5)
Vedlagt orig. håndskrevet og signeret brevkort fra
Heinesen til Stanislaw Robert de Summer Brason.
Dateret Torshavn 22.12.1975.
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Selma Lagerlöf med dedikation
Karius og Baktus
Selma Lagerlöf: Jerusalem. 2 bd. Stockholm
1901-02. 1. udg. Med dedikation fra forf. Orig.
forlagsbind. + Mårbacka. Kbh 1922. 1. udg. Indb.
med foromslag i halvbind af maroquin. + Gösta
Berlings Saga. Stockholm 1937. Indb. i halvbind af
kalv. Begge med dedikation fra forf. (4)
Thorbjørn Egner: Karius og Baktus. Kbh 1967.
Bogen bærer forfatterens dedikation med orig.
tegning af Karius og Baktus. Med Rune T. Kiddes
signatur. Orig. kartonnage.
Startpris
Startpris
500
500
Henrik Pontoppidan med dedikation
Karen Blixen med dedikation
Henrik Pontoppidan: Den kongelige Gæst. Kbh
1908. Med ded. fra Pontoppidan. Indb. med orig.
omslag i halvbind af maroquin (Anker Kyster
1950). + Landsbybilleder. Kbh 1883. 1. udg. med
ded. fra forf. Forlagsbind. + 2 bd. af samme,
begge 1. udg. i forlagsbind. + Woel: Henrik
Pontoppidan. Kbh 1945. 2 bd. Med. ded. fra forf.
Heftede. (6)
Karen Blixen: Den afrikanske farm. Kbh 1937. 4.
oplag. + Syv fantastiske fortællinger. Kbh 1950.
Begge med dedikation fra Blixen. + Thorkild
Bjørnvig: Forsvar for Kains Alter. Kbh 1965. Med
dedikation fra Bjørnvig. + 2 andre værker af
Bjørnvig. Alle i forlagsbind eller heftet med orig.
omslag. (5)
Startpris
Startpris
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Harry Potter og Fønix Ordenen
Harry Potter og Dødsregalierne
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix. London: Bloomsbury 2003. 1. udg. Sign.
af Rowling på smudstitelblad. Forlagsbind med
orig. omslag.
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. London: Bloomsbury 2007. 1. udg. Sign.
af Rowling på titelblad. Forlagsbind med orig.
omslag.
Startpris
Startpris
2.000
2.000
Harry Potter og Halvblodsprinsen
Harry Potter og Fangen fra Azkaban
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince. London: Bloomsbury 2005. 1. udg. Sign. af
Rowling på smudstitelblad. Forlagsbind med orig.
omslag.
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury 1999. 1. udg. Sign.
af Rowling på dedikationsblad. Forlagsbind med
orig. omslag.
Startpris
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i n de x
A
I
Abell, Kjeld 4081
De Sade, D.A.F. 4117
Ibsen, Henrik 4014, 4015
Africa 4044
Dickens, Charles 4095
4016, 4017
4101, 4102
D’Indy, Vincent 4106
Iceland Andersen, H.C. 4103, 4104, 4105
Architecture 4006, 4010
4067, 4083
Asbjørnsen, P. Chr. 4016
Donleavy, J.P. 4111, 4117
Durrel, Lawrence 4114
4002
Incunabula 4053, 4054, 4055
Italy 4004, 4005
4006, 4007, 4052
E
J
B
Egypt
4001, 4046
Ehrensvärd, C.A. 4007
Jensen, Johs. V. 4034
Jorn, Asger
Beckett, Samuel 4114
Entomology Bellman, C.M. 4068
Erotica 4089, 4111, 4112, 4113
Bernhard, Sarah 4106
4114, 4115, 4116, 4117
4079
4085, 4086
K
Bibles 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne
4015
Blixen, Karen
4119
Bohr, Niels
4097
F
Kant, Immanuel 4096
Kessler, Nic. 4053
Falla, Manuel de 4106
Knudsen, Axel Bonaparte, Napoleon 4059, 4060
Faroe Islands, the 4002
Koran 4051
Botany “Fattigholm”
4079, 4082
4003, 4063
Krohn, Johan 4075
Bradt, J.G. 4067
Fauré, Gabriel
4106
Krohn, Pietro 4075
Buffon, G.L.L. 4042
Fontana, Carlo 4006
Kutepov, Nikolai 4031, 4032. 4033
Kyster, Anker Burroughs, William, S. 4111, 4115
Bærentzen, Em. 4002
C
Gauss, C.F. Cocteau, Jean 4106
Colette, S-G.
4106
Copenhagen 4001, 4062
4064, 4065
Costumes
4065, 4066
Craig, Edward Gordon G
4098
Girodias, Maurice
4111
Goethe, J.W. von 4074
Graah, W.A. 4003
Greenland 4002, 4003
Guillermus Parisiensis 4055
4091
4092, 4093
D
4057
4032, 4034
4081, 4082, 4083
L
Lahde, G.L. 4065
Law
4039
Leem, Knud
4000
Leonora Christine
4076
Lessing, G.E. 4008
Letters and manuscripts H
Hammershøi, Svend 4018-4026, 4036, 4048
4049, 4050, 4051, 4056
4074
4060, 4070, 4071, 4072
Hammershøi, Vilhelm 4
036, 4037
4075, 4076, 4077, 4090
Dahl, Jonas 4026
Hamsun, Knut 4018-4026
4091, 4101, 4104, 4105
Dahl, J.C. 4010
Hansen, Martin A. 4082
4106, 4107, 4108, 4109
Dahlberg, Erik
4012
Haslund, Otto 4075
4110
Dalsgaard, Christen 4073
Heger, J.S. 4032
Liszt, Franz 4106
D’Annunzio, Gabriel 4106
Henningsen, Poul 4083
Lombardus, Petrus 4053
Darwin, Charles 4011
Holberg, Ludvig
4069
Lonitzer, Adam
4033
Degas, Edgar 4106
Holst, Jørgen 4031
Lund, F.C.
4066
172
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i n de x
M
W
Magnus, Johannes 4041
Roque, Bartholomæus Manet, Edouard
4110
Russia Marx, Karl 4099
Mill, John Stuart 4100
Wessel, Peder 4070
Wiedewelt, J. 4067
Wilhjelm, Johannes 4072
Willumsen, J.F.
4072
Wilmont, Barry 4087
Miller, Henry 4019, 4111, 4118
Monet, Claude 4110
4062
4056, 4057, 4058
S
Sade, D.A.F. de 4116
Saxo Grammaticus 4037, 4038
N
Scherfig, Hans Nabokov, Vladimir 4111
4112, 4113
Natural science 4011
4032, 4042
Noailles, Anna de 4106
Norden, F.L. 4046
Norway 4000, 4018-4026, 4069
O
Science 4081
4097, 4098
Seeberg, Peter 4080
Singer, Winnaretta 4106-4110
Stravinsky, Igor 4107, 4108
Stisen, Helle Sweden 4080
4012, 4013, 4027
4028, 4040, 4041, 4070
4064
West Indies, the Danish 4002
4044, 4045
4088, 4089
Winckelmann, J.J. 4009
Winther, Christian 4073
Z
Zieler, Mogens 4090
Zola, Emile 4094
T
Olsen Erik
4081
Olsen, Ole 4111, 4112, 4113
Olympia Press, the 4111-4117
P
Parisiensis, Guillermus
Philosophy Picasso Photographs Theatre
4091, 4093
Thersner, Ulrik
Thura, Lauritz de 4013
4038, 4061
Timm, V.
4058
Tordenskjold 4070
Travel and topography 4000
4055
4001, 4002, 4003, 4004
4096, 4100
4005, 4006, 4007, 4012
4084
4013, 4035, 4043, 4044
4045, 4107
4045, 4046, 4058, 4061
Polinac, Princess de 4106, 4107
4062, 4063, 4064, 4065
4108, 4109, 4110
Poulenc, Francis 4106
“Printing and the Mind of Man” 4008, 4009, 4042
4098, 4099, 4100
Proust, Marcel 4109
R
Ravel, Maurice Turèll, Dan
Tuxen, Laurits 4106
4116
Roesel, A.J. 4034
4000-4016
4067
4077, 4078
4071
U
Ulfeldt, Corfitz Reage, Pauline
Rome Walter, J.E.C.
4076
V
Valéry, Paul
4106
Vinje, A.O.
4015
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k o mm i ss i o n sb u d
c o mm i ss i o n b i dsbredg a de - b o o ks
Skal være Bruun Rasmussen i hænde senest 24 timer før auktionens start.
Must be submitted no later than 24 hours prior to the start of the auction.
Navn Name: * .........................................................................................................................................................
Adresse Address: * ..................................................................................................................................................
Postnr./by City: * ....................................................................................................................................................
Land Country: * ................................................................. Fax: . .......................................................................
Tel: * .........................................................................................................................................................................
e-mail: ................................................................................. CVR-nr. VAT No.: ...................................................
Bank: ................................................................................... Konto nr. Acct. No.: ..............................................
Adresse Address: ......................................................................................................................................................
Postnr./By City: .................................................................. Land Country: .......................................................
Tel: ....................................................................................... Kontaktperson Contact: .......................................
Obligatoriske felter er mærket med en stjerne * Mandatory fields are marked with an asterix *
Undertegnede giver hermed fuldmagt til Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner A/S om på mine vegne at købe
nedennævnte katalognumre så fordelagtigt som muligt, inden for det af mig anførte beløb, i hammerslag.
I hereby request that Bruun Rasmussen bid on my behalf on the following lots up at the prices indicated below.
Undertegnede har udfyldt ovennævnte med de ønskede oplysninger, samt har accepteret købskonditionerne.
The undersigned has supplied the required information and agrees to be bound by the conditions of purchase.
Signatur: * .......................................................................... B.R. kunde-nr. Client No.: ....................................
Jeg ønsker at modtage salgsresultater på de emner jeg har budt på via email dagligt
efter auktion
I wish to receive sales results on the items I have been bidding on via e-mail
every day after the auction
på e-mail adressen on this e-mail address: ................................................................................................
Auktion nr auction no:
Katalog nr.
Lot. No.
Beskrivelse
Description
Bud kr.
Bid DKK
797
Max +15% +25%
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Katalog nr.
Lot. No.
Beskrivelse
Description
Auktion nr auction no:
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Bud kr.
Bid DKK
Max +15% +25%
797
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s a lgspr i ser prices realized in DKK, buyers premium not included
br u u n r a sm u sse n b o o k a u c t i o n n o. 7 8 7 , m ay 2 0 0 8
4000 16.000
4041
4.800
4082
7.000
4106 15.000
4118
15.000
4127
2.800
4001 15.000
4042
5.500
4083
6.500
4107
8.500
4119
4.000
4128
3.400
4002
4043 10.000
4084
4.600
4108
2.800
4120
9.500
4129
4.000
4003 26.000
4044
5.500
4085 13.000
4109
1.500
4121
9.000
4130 6.000
4004
9.000
4045
1.300
4086 22.000
4110
1.700
4123
7.000
4131 12.000
4005 150.000
4046
7.000
4087
8.500
4111
4.000
4124
7.000
4132 12.000
4006 19.000
4047
4.200
4088 11.500
4112
1.700
4125
6.300
4007 32.000
4048
4.200
4089 310.000
4113
2.100
4126
2.000
4008 44.000
4049
6.000
4090 25.000
4114
2.000
4009 17.000
4050
3.200
4091
1.600
4115
2.000
4010 60.000
4051
3.800
4092
6.000
4117
16.000
4011
4052
2.500
4093 82.000
9.000
48.000
4012 260.000
4053 17.000
4094
4013 180.000
4054 10.000
4095 16.000
4014 180.000
4055
7.000
4096
4.800
4015 20.000
4056
5.300
4097
5.200
4016 50.000
4057
3.200
4098
7.800
4017 500.000
4058
5.300
4100
8.000
4018 12.000
4059
7.300
4101 150.000
4019
9.500
4060
5.000
4102 55.000
4020
4.500
4061
3.200
4103 55.000
4021 10.000
4062
9.000
4104 170.000
4022
2.000
4063
4.000
4105 26.000
4023
4.000
4064
4.200
4024 16.000
4065
3.200
4025
7.000
4066
6.000
4026
5.000
4067 18.000
4027
4.000
4068 23.000
4028 32.000
4069 380.000
4029 15.000
4070 10.000
4030
4071
3.000
3.000
6.500
4031 28.000
4072 22.000
4032 24.000
4073 15.000
4033 22.000
4074 13.000
4034 10.000
4075
3.800
4035
7.500
4076
4.000
4036
5.000
4077
3.200
4037 13.000
4078
5.000
4038
4.000
4079 16.000
4039
2.400
4080
2.400
4040
9.000
4081
5.400
4089: Johan Heinrich Senn: Norske Nationale Klæde­dragter. Sold for 310.000 dkk
Ret til ændringer forbeholdes © 2008 Bruun Rasmussen
foto: Bent Lange og Henrik Wichmann - Grafik og dtp: lene klibo - Tryk: Narayana Press
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c o n d i t i o n s o f p u r c h a se – k ø bsk o n d i t i o n er
§ 1. Bidding
The buyer shall be the highest bidder at the “hammer price”. Any
person bidding on behalf of a third party shall be liable in surety
for completion of the sale.
At the request of Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner (herein­after
called Bruun Rasmussen), all bidders, whether they wish to make
bids in person at the place of auction or commission bids by letter or fax or direct telephone bids, should be able to document
their ability to pay and be able to provide proof of identity at
any time. Bruun Rasmussen is entitled to refuse to accept a bid
if, when requested, adequate security or adequate payment on
account has not been rendered.
Bids should be made by the bidder in person at the place of auction or by written commission. Telephone bidding is possible
within certain conditions made out by Bruun Rasmussen. Bruun
Rasmussen is not to be held responsible for any errors that may
occur using this service. The auctioneer shall have absolute discretion as to the increment of the bids. The auctioneer will also
make decisions in all cases of doubt regarding the bidding
Credit/debit card information must be registered with Bruun
Rasmussen before bids can be submitted at our online auctions.
§ 2. Payment
The purchase price is the hammer price plus 25% in buyer’s premium, including VAT, for lots sold subject to the special VAT
scheme for sales of Works of Art, Collectors’ items and Antiques,
and secondhand goods by Public Auction (hereinafter called Special VAT).
Certain lots are sold in accordance with specific rules on normal
VAT arrangement (hereinafter called normal VAT), so that the
purchase price is the hammer price plus an additional 20% in
buyer’s premium and VAT of 25% levied on both the hammer
price and the buyer’s premium. The lots subject to Full VAT are
indicated as such in the catalogue with an asterix (*).
Danish VAT registered buyers shall provide Bruun Rasmussen with
documentation of their SE-/CVR-number (VAT No.) as this has to
be quo­ted on the invoice for goods bought at full VAT.
For some foreign buyers, specific VAT-exemption rules apply (cf.
Article 3). VAT-exemption does not apply to private buyers from
the EU who are considered as Danish buyers (cf. current Da­nish
legislation on Special VAT Scheme for Sales of Works of Art,
Collec­tors’ items and Antiques by Public Auction).
The purchase price falls due for payment when the goods have
been knocked down. Payment may be made in cash up to DKK
100,000, by Dankort, banker’s cheque, traveller’s cheque, Visa-,
Master-, Diners Club- or Euro­card. Personal foreig­n cheques may
only be used for payment by prior arrange­ment.
Payment may be made during or immediately after the auction.
Under all circumstances payment must be made no later than
eight days from the date of the invoice. With online auctions,
payment takes place when the items are prepared for dispatch
(circa 12 hours after the purchase has been made) using the
banking details (credit/debit card and bank account) submitted
by the purchaser. At the same time an invoice and dispatch information will be sent to the purchaser.
Should the purchase price not be paid by the due date, interest
at 1.5 % per new month will be charged.
If the purchase price and interest are not paid within eight
days after Bruun Rasmussen has sent its demand to the buyer,
Bruun Rasmussen shall be entitled to rescind the sale and re­sell
the goods at a Bruun Rasmussen auction or privately, and to
demand reimbursement of any related losses from the defaulting
buyer. Any further profit on the sale shall be payable to the person who had deposited the goods for sale by auction.
If the defaulting buyer is entitled to proceeds from a sale of
goods by Bruun Rasmussen, Bruun Rasmussen shall be entitled
to set off its receivables against its payables to the defaulting
buyer.
If the defaulting buyer has deposited other goods for sale,
Bruun Rasmussen shall be entitled to sell such goods at a Bruun
Ras­­mussen auction without being bound by the reserve stipulated by the defaulting buyer. The defautling buyer shall not be
entitled to demand the surrender of goods deposited for sale as
long as the debt payable to Bruun Rasmussen has not been dis-
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charged, regardless of whether the value of such goods may be
deemed to exceed the debt payable.
Bruun Rasmussen shall be entitled to refuse a bid made by a
buyer who is in default in respect to his payment obligations
to Bruun Rasmussen, as well as a bid made by a third party on
be­half of such a defaulting buyer. Bruun Rasmussen shall further
be entitled to demand a deposit as a condition of accepting any
future bids from such a purchaser.
§ 3. Money-back guarantee
Online purchase of items by private individuals is subject to Danish consumer law, which extends 14 days of money-back guarantee. The purchaser is liable for any costs related to the transport
of returned items.
Should a purchaser seek to avail himself or herself of the moneyback guarantee, Bruun Rasmussen will refund the payment on
receiving the returned items. Please note that the date on which
accounts are debited is subject to the policy of the purchaser’s
bank/credit card company.
§ 4. Exemption from VAT
Foreign buyers who fulfil the conditions stated below shall pay
20% of the hammer price in buyer’s premium and shall not be
subject to Danish taxes and duties:
A. Buyers residing in another EU Member State:
Buyers are exempt from paying Danish VAT as long as they
have provided Bruun Rasmussen with documentation of their
VAT registration. The VAT number will then be quoted on
Bruun Rasmussen’s invoice.
B. Buyers residing outside the EU:
1 Dispatch through forwarding agent: Lots exported through a
forwarding agent approved by Bruun Rasmussen are exempt
from VAT.
2 Export as personal luggage: Goods may be exempt from Danish VAT when the buyer personally takes the goods out of the
country as luggage, provided the following conditions have
been met:
The invoice must have been paid and the Danish duty of 25%
of the invoice amount must have been deposited with Bruun
Rasmussen.
a Buyers residing in Norway will be refunded the Danish VAT as
soon as the invoice of sale has been returned to Bruun Rasmussen endorsed by the customs authorities of the country in
question or by any other authority with jurisdiction over matters of purchase tax with respect to official imports of goods
into the country in question if the purchase price exceeds DKK
1,200.
b Buyers residing in other countries outside the EU will be
refund­ed the Danish VAT after the goods have been presented
for customs clearance in connection with the departure of the
buyer from the EU. The exporter’s form should be returned
to Bruun Rasmussen after being endorsed with the customs
autho­rities’ export certificate if the purchase price exceeds
DKK 300 This also applies to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
§ 5. Payment of taxes and duties
A. Buyers with VAT-registration in other EU member states who
do not wish to make use of Article 3 may instead choose to
purchase items subject to Special VAT/Normal VAT in the
same manner as private buyers. Bruun Rasmussen must be
notified of this before 10 a.m. on the following auction day.
B. Buyers with VAT-registration in Denmark may choose to purchase subject to Normal VAT at 25% of the hammer price plus
premium. Bruun Rasmussen must be notified of this before 10
a.m. on the following auction day.
§ 6. Collection of purchases
The purchase price must be paid in full before the purchased lot
can be passed over to the buyer. From the time of the lot being
knocked down to the buyer, until its collection, the purchased lot
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will be held at the buyer’s own expense and risk.
A storage fee will be charged for lots which have not been collected within 14 days after the time of the lot being knocked
down. Goods which have been paid for but not collected within 1
year will be resold at auction or privately at the buyer's expense.
§ 7. Dispatch
Should Bruun Rasmussen undertake the packaging and for­
warding of purchased goods, this shall be done at the buyer’s
own expense and risk. Bruun Rasmussen shall thus not be held
liable neither for any damage caused to purchased goods during
dispatch nor for any missing consignments.
§ 8. Droit de Suite
Pursuant to current Danish legislation on Copyright, an artistic
royalty shall be collected on works of modern art by all Danish
and some foreign artists. Bruun Rasmussen will from the buyer
collect the royalties required on behalf of the artists’ organisation
Copy-Dan for any work of art subject to this law. These works are
identified in the catalogue by CD for Copy-Dan, marked beside
each relevant lot number.
The artistic royalty will be calculated as follows for each work of
art, when the hammerprice exceeds DKK 1,864:
• 5% of the part of the hammerprice ranging from DKK 0 to
DKK 310,729 plus the buyer’s premium (20% excl. VAT)
• 3% of the part of the hammerprice ranging from DKK 310,729
to DKK 1,242,917 plus the buyer’s premium (20% excl. VAT)
• 1% of the part of the hammerprice ranging from DKK
1,242,917 to DKK 2,175,104 plus the buyer’s premium (20%
excl. VAT)
• 0.5% of the part of the hammerprice ranging from DKK
2,175,104 to DKK 3,107,292 plus the buyer’s premium (20%
excl. VAT)
• 0.25% of the part of the hammerprice lying above DKK
3,107,292 plus the buyer’s premium (20% excl. VAT)
The artistic royalty cannot exceed DKK 93,219 for each work of art.
§ 9. Export licence
Applications for an export licence must be made to the Danish
Cultu­ral Assets Committee when required in accordance with
current Danish legislation on the protection and preservation of
cultural assets in Denmark. Where such a licence has not been
obtained, the foreign buyer will be informed thereof immediately after the lot has been knocked down to the buyer. Anot­
her application will subse­quently be sent to the Danish Cultural
Assets Committee by Bruun Ras­mussen on behalf of the buyer,
now that the price is known. Should an export licence not be
granted, the Danish Cultural Assets Com­mittee would be obliged
to acquire the purchased lot at the purchase price, and the buyer
would thus not be bound to the purchase.
§ 10. Cataloguing
All lots are sold in the condition in which they are found when
knocked down and as described in the catalogue with subse­
quently published changes and modifications. Cataloguing is
done according to the best of Bruun Rasmussen’s knowledge and
on the cataloguing principles stated.
The lots auctioned are often of some age or of a kind which
makes it possible that they may contain defects, deficiencies, or
may have been subject to restoration or damage not necessarily
stated in the catalogue. Catalogue pictures are for identification
only and cannot be used for an evaluation of the condition of
the goods.
Any person who wishes to bid at an auction should therefore satisfy himself of the condition of the lots for which he intends to
bid by personal inspection at the preview held prior to the auction. The catalogue description is an indication of the prevai­ling
oppinion of scholars and expert at the time of the printing of the
catalogue. If any doubts should arise after the purchase regarding the genuineness of the purchased lot or its confor­mance with
the catalogue description, Bruun Rasmussen should immedia­te­ly
be informed thereof.
Should the purchased lot be proved to be a forgery, or if the catalogue description contains material errors which lead to a consi­
derably higher hammer price than that which a correct catalogue
description would presumably result in, the buyer shall be entitled to cancel the purchase, after which the buyer shall be reimbursed for the total purchase price paid plus buyer's premium
and VAT, when applicable.
For material errors in the catalogue description in respect to
measure­ments or weight, compensation shall only be paid on a
percentage basis in proportion to the difference.
The right of cancellation of a purchase in pursuance of the
present conditions can only be exercised by the party who has
bought the lot in question at Bruun Rasmussen and shall be subject to the presentation of a claim for cancellation in wri­ting to
Bruun Rasmussen within 2 years of the purchase date and to the
purchased lot being returned to Bruun Rasmussen in the same
condition in any and all respects which the purchased lot was in
at the time of the lot being knocked down to the buyer.
In the event of cancellation the buyer shall not be entitled to
claim pay­ment of interest on the purchase price nor shall the
buyer be entitled to claim compensation for any other ex­pen­ses
or loss incurred, including any possible loss of profit in connection with reselling.
It shall not be possible to state cancellation of a purchase in pursuance of the above provisions if:
a the catalogue description on the day the lot was knocked
down to the buyer was in accordance with the then generally
accepted opinion of scholars and experts;
b the only way of establishing whether the lot was a forgery at the time of the publication of the catalogue was the
implementa­tion of scientific processes, the validity of which
was only acknowledged after the time of publication of the
catalogue, or which would have required a disproportionate
amount of cost, or which would have been impossible to carry
out without damaging the lot in question.
In addition to the time-limits stated above, all purchases are
subject to the Statute of Limitations stipulated by Danish law by
which Bruun Rasmussen is under no circumstance liable for purchases after 5 years from the date of purchase.
Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers
Jesper Bruun Rasmussen, auctioneer
Jørgen Byriel, officially appointed external supervisor
COMMISSION
Bruun Rasmussen undertakes to execute commission bids for
bidders who are unable to be present at the auction. It is a
prerequisite that Bruun Rasmussen receives the commission
24 hours before the start of the auction for the bidders’ credit
to be checked, if necessary. Bruun Rasmussen is not to be held
responsible for any errors that may occur using this service.
CONDITION REPORTS
Bruun Rasmussen undertakes to provide further information
about the state and condition of the lots if possible. This is
regarded as a service for customers who are unable to make a
personal inspection of the lots at the preview. Bruun Rasmussen
stresses that the informa­tion given cannot be used as the basis
for complaints; complaints can only be based on the catalogue
text.
Exemption FROM VAT
Buyers shall, according to § 2, pay full VAT on lots marked with
an asterix *.
No Danish VAT is to be paid when VAT registered companies
from other EU countries buy at Bruun Rasmussen and resell
to private buyers, The private buyer then only has to pay VAT
according to the rules in force in the country where the foreign
company is VAT re­gistered. For further information please consult your local authorities.
The above is an English translation of the Danish version of the Conditions of Purchase. In case of dispute, only the Danish version of the present Conditions of Purchase of Bruun Rasmussen is valid.
* Bruun Rasmussens købskonditioner på dansk kan læses på www.bruun-rasmussen.dk under “Guide”.
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International
Stockholm
Paris
Cologne
Zurich
Milan
Vienna
New York
The members
of International Auctioneers:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Copenhagen:
Paris: New York:
Vienna:
Milan:
Zurich:
Cologne:
Stockholm:
Bruun Rasmussen
Artcurial
Swann Galleries Dorotheum
Porro & C
Koller
Lempertz
Bukowskis
For more info please visit www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
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Auctioneers
Bruun Rasmussen is a member of the asso­
ciation International Auctioneers (IA).
History
IA was formed in 1993 and consists now of
eight of the world’s most prestigious independent auction houses. The asso­ciation has
half a million art buyers and sellers, 600
million Euros in annual turnover and over
1.200 auctions annually, comprising half
a million lots from all areas of the fine and
decorative art, design and collectibles.
Twice a year, in April and October,
the IA publish an art magazine.
The magazine is available on request in
all departments at Bruun Rasmussen
Sales promotion
The IA members have joint advertising and
sales promotion, combined expertise of the
eight teams of specialists, an infor­mative
website and a twice-annual pub­lication
International Auctioneers Magazine. The
magazine is distributed to the 50.000
most important clients of the eight
auction houses.
Information
If you have any questions regarding Bruun
Rasmussen’s membership of IA, please feel
welcome to contact the IA representative
Frederik Bruun Rasmussen, tel. +45 8818 1111.
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Online auctions
– Every day of the year...
Mondays: Older furniture, rugs and carpets
Tuesdays: Modern art and design
Wednesdays: Older paintings and drawings
Thursdays: Jewellery, silver and applied arts
Online auctions are held every month over books, stamps, coins,
weapons and wines. Follow the sales on our website.
For further information, please contact us at tel.: +45 8818 1111.
For technical support, please contact +45 8818 1114 or email
support@bruun-rasmussen.dk
Welcome to www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
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Nyhed
Antikguiden
Hammerslag, stilhistorie og leksikon
Bruun Rasmussens nye Antikguide bygger på Gorm
Benzons klassiske antikvitetshåndbog, som er udvidet med nye opslag, en illustreret stilhistorie samt
400 farveillustrationer af antikviteter og samlerobjekter, der alle er forsynet med hammerslag.
Bogen, som rummer ca. 4.000 opslag fordelt på 664
sider, er redigeret af Gert Posselt og Michael Fornitz
og udgivet i samarbejde med Gyldendal.
Værket på væggen
Et kunsthistorisk essay om Asger Jorns Dragørværk
I ly af natten den 20. maj 1964 malede Asger Jorn
et stort bevinget væsen på en nøgen entrévæg i
Dragør. Vægmaleriet blev skabt efter en festlig
aften og var en fødselsdags­gave til ejeren af huset,
Jorns nære ven Robert Dahlmann Olsen, der bl.a. var
arkitekt, redaktør og kunstskribent. Levende fortalt
af museums­inspektør Tine Blicher-Moritz.
Bogen koster 399 kr. og kan købes hos alle
landets boghandlere, eller bestilles på
www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
Bogen koster 149 kr. og kan købes hos alle
andets boghandlere, eller bestilles på
www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
Moderne dansk møbeldesign
Fra billedhilsen til postkort
Tendenser, hammerslag og historie
Postkortets historie i Danmark
Professorerne Per H. Hansen og Klaus Petersen,
der begge selv samler på danske møbelklassike­re,
er forfatterne bag værket Moderne dansk møbel­
design, der er udgivet i samarbejde med Gyldendal.
Værket, der er på 328 sider, gennemgår den danske
møbel­designhistorie samt tendenserne inden for
prisudviklingen i hammerslag på moderne danske
møbel­klassikere.
Tre af Danmarks førende postkortsamlere, Henrik
Sel­søe Sørensen, Claus Boie og Gorm Christensen,
giver i dette omfangsrige værk på 400 sider læseren
en detaljeret indføring i postkortets historiske udvik­ling, fra de første billed­hilsner og frem til postkortets
guldalder i begynd­elsen af det 20. århund­rede. Bogen,
der er rigt illu­­streret med flere hundrede postkort,
giver en prisguide som hjælp til hvad postkort er værd.
Bogen koster 349 kr. og kan købes hos alle
landets boghandlere, eller bestilles på
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Bogen koster 399 kr. og kan købes hos alle
landets boghandlere, eller bestilles på
www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
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