Antiquariat - Michael Kühn

Antiquariat
Michael Kühn
Berlin
Arabic astronomy in Copernicus’ time
1 Al-Khidri, Muhammad ibn Ahmad.
Al Takmila fi Sharh al-Tadhkira [The Complement to the Commentary on the
Tadhkira]. Persian astronomical manuscript on paper, dated 1525, but later copy
of the text; 17th. cent. [?] [Persia, copied probably around 1700]. Small Folio [297
x 177 mm]. 292 ff. leaves with geometrical – astronomical diagrams within text and
with half- page long ‘Unwan’ in Gold & Colors. Redish-brown morrocco around
1800 with gilt spine and gilt borders to covers. 19 lines per page, written in elegant
black Nasta‘lik-style with red ink underlinings. Initial leaf with illuminated headpiece
a Qajar replacement, final leaf remargined, some soiling to first leaves, otherwise
clean and with good margins, some wear to later red morocco gilt binding, repairs to
spine, Qajar owner‘s entries and library stamps to otherwise blank first page.
EUR 12.000.A fine manuscript copy of a supercommentary on al-Tusi
famous astronomical treatise al-Tadhkira, which was
monumental in its influence on late medieval Arabian
and also European astronomy.
The manuscript is a copy of Al-Khidri’s Al-Takmila fi
Sharh al-Tadhkira, a commentary on Abū Ali al-Birjandi’s
commentary on al-Tusi’s Tadhkira (Memoir of Astronomy). The Tadhkira was written sometime before 1256
and is a difficult to understand condensed summary of
astronomy without mathematics. This may be the account for the large number of commentaries, including
this second level derived exposition. The present text
was completed in 1525 and attempts to clarify and expand on the unclear elements of the original al-Tusi text.
Rajep (1993 no. 11): „although it was written during
the assumed precipitous decline of Islamic science (the
author) shows real insight into and understanding of
the major problems of hay’a (astronomy)“. It would appear, from the wording of the final paragraph, that this
copy reproduces the last words of the author (1525)
making the date of this manuscript some time after the
original, but it might be a later copy of the text.
Al-Tusi’s major scientific writings in astronomy, in which
he worked to reform Ptolemaic theoretical astronomy,
had an enormous influence upon late medieval Islamic
astronomy as well as the work of early- modern European astronomers, including Nicolaus Copernicus. In
planetary theory he sought to rid the Ptolemaic system
of its consistencies, in particular its violations of the
fundamental principle of uniform circular motion in the
heavens. The large number of commentaries provide
compelling evidence for its enormous influence: they
range in size from Kamal al-Din al-Farisi’s 4 Bll. treatise
all the way up to Shirwani’s nearly 400 Bll. commentary
on the entire work. All authors are Persians, but they
worked and studied in places as far afield as Hamah
(Syria) and Samarqand. Ragep [1993] no. 11 [using two
copies at Damascus]; Hockey [ed.] BEA II, 1153-55 [alTusi]; BEA I, 127 [al-Birjandi] Provenance [?]: Sotheby’s,
15 October 1998, lot 42; Pingree / Kusuba (2002) quote three arabic manuscripts of Birjandi’s commentary at
Harvard College Library [Houghton MS Arabic 4285],
Princeton Univ. Library [Islamic manuscripts, N.S. no.
82], and Institute of Ismaili Studies London.
Manuscript lecture notes
1 Jungius, Joachim.
Joachimi Jungii,… Geometria Empirica; nunc iterum, nonnullis locis
auctior, excusa.- Hamburg. Jacob Rebenlin, sumptibus Zacharias
Hertel, [1642]. Quarto. [2] Bl., 40 pp. interleaved with white pages;
extensively annotated by unknown hand on interleaved paper until
page 20.[bound with] 11 blank leaves.
[bound with:] Contemporary Manuscript by unknown hand [Jungius
/ Tassius circle]: “Doctrina de Proportione magnitudinum compendiose proposita” [leaf 221-224, 234-236]; leaf 237-242: blank,
Cap. 1: De linearum campo confignatione [leaf 243-244, 252-254,
254-253, 245-250; 257-270, 261; erratic pag., misbound ?],
Trigonometria [leaf 85-101], blanks [102-125], Chronologia… [leaf
126-174], blanks [175-186], Compendium Geographiae in globo
terrestris … magnitudine telluris [leaf 187-194, blanks [195-217].
Contemporary vellum, darkened, spine restored, used copy. Ex Libris
on inner covers taken out, old ownership inscription from 1645 on
title is unfortunately darkened with ink.
EUR 6500.A printed copy of his “Geometria Empirica” with interleaved manuscript annotations and with a manuscript
amendment most probably of some of Jungius’ or Adolf
Tassius lectures’ at Hamburg Gymnasium which were
only published by Heinrich Siver[s] from the 1670’s
onwards, and this manuscript is dated 1645. More work
has to be done on the manuscript, which is of unknown
hand.
The only published work in his life time, the “Geometria
empirica” was first published in 1627 in Rostock, and
later published in Hamburg with the help of Johann
Adolph Tassius (1639, 1642, 1649, 1688).
Joachim Jungius wrote his book Geometria Empirica
1627 for the students of the University of Rostock,
the later editions, which should have prompted Johann
Adolph Tassius, published after 1638 in Hamburg for
the students of the Academic Gymnasium. The book
was used in the geometric initial lessons. Jungius wanted to make his students not only familiar with the strict
rules and methods of geometry in the design tasks, but
he took advantage of their existing experience, so he
allowed constructions that are based on intuitive ideas
and solved by mechanical Try, for example by a ruler is
so committed to a circle that you can draw the tangent
by eye. In this way, should the students the winning
new geometrical insights can be facilitated and remain
on the geometry of the joy.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz wrote: „While Jungius of
Lübeck is a man little known even in Germany itself,
he was clearly of such judiciousness and such capacity
of mind that I know of no other mortal, including even
Descartes himself, from whom we could better have expected a great restoration of the sciences, had Jungius
been either known or assisted.“
Galileo buying optical mirrors
1 Magini, Giovanni Antonio
Breve instruttione sopra l‘apparenze et mirabili effetti dello specchio
concauo sferico del dottor Gio. Antonio Magini, Padouano, mathematico dello Studio di Bologna.- In Bologna: presso Gio:Battista
Bellagamba, M DC XI [1611]. Quarto. [4], 34 pp., [2, without 2 ff.
blanks] [=A-D4, E2] Later Italian paper boards.
EUR 9.000.-
First edition of Magini’s rare work on the theory, practice and the results obtained with spherical mir-rors.
The text was written at Galileo’s request in order to
facilitate the Grand Duke’s purchase of Magini’s curved
mirrors through the mediation of Galileo. In 1602 Magini had also already resolved to publish Ausonio’s Theorica, though revisited, corrected and, finally, significantly
altered. Galileo was not a mirror maker, but he was so
capable of evaluating these craftsmen’s products and
their labor procedures that he acted as a mirror broker
for the Grand Duke. In 1610 he tried to get the court to
acquire concave mirrors designed by the mathematician
Antonio Magini.
In discussions with Giovan Battistaa Guazzaroni (before
1624) Galileo presumably stated that della Porta’s and
Magini’s theories about the functioning of the spherical
mirrors were wrong. In particular, first he rejected the
theory that the point at which the spherical mirror
burns is located at the center of that sphere of which
the mirror is a portion, as della Porta had stated in his
Magiae naturalis (1589); second, he further rejected
the idea that the location of this same point from the
bottom of the mirror is at distance equivalent to one
fourth of the diameter of that sphere of which the
mirror is a portion, as was postulated in magini’s theory.
Magini’s and della Porta’s were among the most important theories on spherical mirrors being taught and
discussed in Galileo’s day. Mathematicians often then
considered della Porta’s theory to be that of the ancients and Magini’s the modern theory. Galileo opposed
them with his view that the point at which a spherical
mirror burns is variable, and dependent on the size of
the sphere and of the portion of this sphere the mirror
represents. Galileo also added, finally, that the “point”
of burning is not really a point at all, but rather a small
area, certainly having noticed the effects of what nowadays is called spherical aberration. [Valleriani. Galileo
Engineer, 65]
Ref.: Riccardi I, ii, 69. 14: “Opusc. Raro e pregiato”; not
in Macclesfield, Honeyman, Barchas Coll.; Goldschmidt,
Scientific Thoughts (1934) no 119.; Pogg. II, 11. Sotheran, Bibl. Chem..-math. 11282.
Lit.: Sven Dupre. Mathematical Instruments and the
Theory of the Concave Spherical Mirror: Galileo’s Optics
beyond Art and Science; in: Nuncius 15 (2000), 551588. spez. 563-72; Matteo Valleriani. Galileo Engineer.
2010. (= Boston studies … 269); Reeves, Eileen Adair.
Galileo’s Glassworks. The telescope and the mirror.
2008; Bonoli/ Zuccoli. On two 16th cent. instruments
by Giovanni Antonio Magini; in: Nuncius 14 (1999),
201-212.
Is photography superior to drawing?
1 Rudanovskii, Petr Vasil’evich (1829-1888)
Études photographiques sur le système nerveux de l‘homme et de
quelques animaux supérieurs d‘après des coupes de tissu nerveux congelé par le Doctuer Roudanovsky. Atlas de seize planches contenant
165 figures photographiees. 2e edition, revue et corrigée.- Paris:
Adrien Delahaye, 1870. 8° [242 x 154 mm] [3] Bll., 7-64 pp. Text
in Original- Publ. Wrappers; Atlas: [1] Bll. Title, [16] leaves of plates
with mounted 165 photomicrographs and close-ups in folio [465 x
320 mm] in Original folder with printed wrappers mounted. Original printed wrappers, handwritten annotation on cover, somewhat
rubbed and bumped. Atlas: Halfcloth with original printed boards
with 3 ties, spine renewed, handwritten annotation on cover, shopsoiled & some stains. Title page of atlas browned, both parts with slight
foxing. EUR 7.500.-
Second edition, revised and changed, an extremely rare
work on comparative neurohistology. Pierre Roudanovsky or Petr Vasil‘evich Rudanovskii (1829-1888) was
lecturing in Kazan as well as in St. Petersburg. He was
physician at Nijni Taguil, in Perm by the Ural. He was a
pupil of Pierre Paul Broca. This is a second printing of
the work with a slightly enlarged and revised text (vii,
8-64 pp) and a reduced atlas of 16 leaves with only
165 individually mounted photo-micrographs. The first
edition of 1868 has had 203 photographs on 20 plates.
The text states as third, revised edition.- BL London and
Bibl. Nationale France holds the first edition of 1868.
Paris-BIU Santé Médecine do not give date of publication. Univ. Leipzig holds 1870 edition. No other copies
traceable. Für uns bibliographisch nicht nachweisbar.
not in ABPC, not at german auctions since 1975. Denis
Canguilhem [ed.] Le merveilleux scientifique. Photographie du monde savant … 172.
Science or art –
the lost craft of scientific drawing
1 Scientific Drawings
145 very fine hand-drawings of microscopical plant physiological
details made by different persons, probably assistents and students of
the Botanical Institute of the University of Vienna, made by different
persons between 1890 to 1938. A few of the later drawings are signed,
like G. Mender (1936), JG (1910), Gicklhand, stud. Phil, JK (1919)
and seems to be by students of that Institute. The quality of the drawings, which are always made with microscope, differ from person to
person, but mostly they are quite professional and show the mastery of
the art of drawing at the beginning of the 20th century in the scientific disciplines.
EUR 3.500.Hand-drawings made with assistance of a microscope
by students (?) in Vienna at the Botanical Institute
under the directorship of von Wiesner.
In the last decades of the 19th Century microscopic
exercises were introduced in all Central European
universities for the training of students in biology and
medicine. At the same time there appeared a large
number of books on the construction, function and
handling of the microscope in histology , embryology
and plant anatomy .
Once in the second half of the 19th Century different
microscope manufacturers had moved from the purely
individual craft production to modern mass production,
they could supply their equipment in larger quantities
and in a shorter time. Microscopes were thus more
readily available and came to doctors, pharmacists and
biologists for routine always more in use . Therefore,
it seemed advisable to make students already familiar
in dealing with the microscope . While there has been
in the 18th Century . and at the beginning of the 19th
Century . at German universities here and there , where
the first sporadic instruction at the microscope , but it
remained the exception . The Breslauer botanist Rosen
remembers this time in 1901: „ Even in the forties of
the nineteenth century, there were in all of Germany no
teaching institution at which the microscope had been
taught properly , no better it was in France and England.
Who wanted to learn this art, he had to collect all the
experiences by himself ... Also in Wroclaw existed in the
time when Ferdinand Cohn studied here, no useful microscope.“ [ Gerlach , History of Microscopy, pp . 383 ]
Eyes wide open
1 Dekking, H[enri] M[arinus]
10 Color Photographs / Farbenphotographien /
Photographies en couleurs of diseases of the eye / von
Augenkrankheiten / De maladies de l’ oeuil. [No. 1;
all publ.].- Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1937 quer8°
[160 x 230 mm] 4 pp. text [on one sheet], 10 plates.
Original folder, privately stamped with handwritten
dedication by the author.
EUR 600.Very rare atlas on diseases of the eye in color photography by Henri Marinus
Dekking (1902-1966), ophthalmologist in Rotterdam. His dissertation of
1930 was also on the photography of the cornea [Fotografie der Corneaoppervlakte] and later he wrote a manual on the photographic objective.KVK: only Berlin [but lost in war]; not in COPAC; OCLC: New York: Center of
History of Medicine; Indiana, Chicago.
The remains of the day
1 Kast, Alfred; Eugen Fraenkel; Theodor Rumpel [eds.]
Pathologisch-anatomische Tafeln nach frischen Präparaten: aus dem
Hamburger Staatskrankenhäusern. Unter Mitwirkung von Alfred Kast
weiter hrsg. von … 26 Installments. [Atlas of pathological anatomy…]
Leipzig: Klinkhardt, 1909 ff. Imp. folio with 64 chromolith. plates &
40 colored pl. with 2-4 pp. text for each plate.
EUR 2.000.-
Only edition. Alfred Kast (1856–1903) was a German internist, who in
1886 became an associate professor, followed by a directorship at Eppendorf Hospital in Hamburg (1888). He 1892 he was named professor of
internal medicine at the University of Breslau.
Kast was instrumental in introducing phenacetin and the sulphonal group
of drugs into medicine. His name is associated with „Kast’s syndrome“, a
condition synonymous to Mafucci syndrome. With surgeon Theodor Rumpel
(1862-1923), he was coauthor of an illustrated patho-anatomical atlas
called: Patho-anatomical panels for fresh preparations with explanatory
anatomical-clinical text.
Light in my eyes
1 Marzio, Quirino di.
Ophthalmoskopische Diagnose. Uebersetzung von E. B Streiff. [Mit
zusätzlicher englischer Übersetzung von Girolamo Bonaccolto].Turin, Rosenberg & Sellier, [1941]. Folio. 5 Bll., 52 Bll. text, with
100 superbly colour printed plates depicting 212 figures after oilpaintings of A. Maggioli. Publ. red cloth.
EUR 1500.First german edition, using the plates of the original
edition which were taken over by Rosenberg & Sellier.
With the engl. translation of the original edition of
1937.- G. & M. 5988.1: “The first atlas of ophthalmoscopy published in Italy, considered by many to be the
most beautiful atlas ever published. German translation
1941. Some copies of the edition contain an English
translation of the text by G. Bonaccolto enclosed in a
pocket of the binding.” The figures are reproduced from
original oil paintings by Miss A. Maggioli, who made her
observations with the Gullstrand ophthalmoscope. The
fundus pic-tures are not only faithful reproductions but
also are remarkable examples of the printer‘s art“ (Keys
& Rucker, The Atlases of Ophthalmoscopy, 890).
When Big Science was new –
High-Energy Research
1 High Voltage- Engineering - Apparatus of the Technical University of Brunswik/ Germany; constructed after 1929 in the building erected by Carl Mühlenpfordt (1928-29)] Privatly compiled Photography
Album [325 x 230 mm] showing the the new High-Energy-Apparatus
of the Technical University of Braunschweig constructed under the
leadership of Erwin Marx. The album has 16 sheets with 47 mounted
original photographs in different sizes showing scientific instruments
without men. The size of photographs differ from 175 x 112 mm to
85 x 56 mm. Two photographic images are probably taken out of a
printed journal, one photograph is a postcard by the photographer
Hilde Brinckmann-Schröder (1891-1974). The album has no title or
subtitles.
EUR 1.400.Very rare, privately compiled photographic survey of
a new built High Voltage Engineering Research Tool at
the Technical University of Braunschweig / Northern
Germany built under the supervision of Erwin Otto
Marx (1893-1980), which could be used in electrical
power distribution, in cathode ray tubes, to generate
X-rays and particle beams, to demonstrate arcing, for
ignition, in photomultiplier tubes, and in high power
amplifier vacuum tubes and other industrial and scientific applications, forming a part of the beginning of Big
Science. The photographer might be Hilde BrinckmannSchröder (1891–1974), who was working from 1920
to 1925 for the Folkwang-Verlag & Museum in Essen,
since 1925 she worked freely in Braunschweig, 1933
she worked instead of Walter Hege in Weimar.
This is not a Rothko
1 Original drawing
of an educational wallpaper on Streptococcus, named:
Kolonien von Streptokokken auf Blutplatte, drawn and
signed by Müller Moto Bonn. Chalk and watercolour
on linnen. Measure: 1500 mm x 1250 mm [Germany,
around 1930]
EUR 2.400.Fine original drawing of a blood culture, anticipating modern art, not yet
assigned to any particular scientist or artist, not printed ?
In 1881, the organism, known as the pneumococcus for its role as an etiologic agent of pneumonia, was first isolated simultaneously and independently by the U.S. Army physician George Sternberg and the French chemist
Louis Pasteur.The organism was termed Diplococcus pneumoniae from
1920 because of its characteristic appearance in Gram-stained sputum. It
was renamed Streptococcus pneumoniae in 1974 because of its growth
in chains in liquid growth media. S. pneumoniae played a central role in
demonstrating genetic material consists of DNA. In 1928, Frederick Griffith
demonstrated transformation of life, turning harmless pneumococcus into a
lethal form by co-inoculating the live pneumococci into a mouse along with
heat-killed, virulent pneu-mococci. In 1944, Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod,
and Maclyn McCarty demonstrated the transforming factor in Griffith‘s experiment was DNA, not protein, as was widely believed at the time. Avery‘s
work marked the birth of the molecular era of genetics.
This information is useless for the image, - just hang it on the wall.
Goethe‘s mineral collection adviser
1 Lenz, Johann Georg.
Mineralogisches Handbuch durch weitere Ausführung
des Wernerschen Systems von Iohann Georg Lenz.
Zweyte durchaus verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage.Hildburghausen, bey Iohann Gottfried Hanisch, 1796.
8° [198 x 116 mm]. XXXXVIII, 460 pp., [I]-LVI, [2]
pp. Marbled boards, red edges, rococo label, fresh and
clean copy. EUR 1.400. Very scarce second enlarged edition.- Johann Georg Lenz (1748 - 1832)
was a german theologian & mineralogist. He studied theology at the University of Jena and became a private docent in the faculty of the department
of philosophy. He continued to pursue theological studies for a time, but
eventually he became interested in scientific studies, especially mineralogy. The study of minerals suited Lenz, and the newly invented system
of A. G. Werner, opened new worlds of discovery for him. Lenz choose to
pursue a career in the field, and consequently, he was made a professor
of mining and mineralogy at the University of Jena. When the University
acquired Walch‘s mineral collection, Lenz was made its curator. Lenz was a
founding member and driving force behind the Societät für die gesammte
Mineralogie in Jena, which was the first Society devoted to exclusively to
mineralogical studies. A mineral collection he assembled for his own studies
was purchased in 1799 by the Dutchman Marinus van Marum [1750-1837]
and eventually incorporated into Teyler‘s Museum in Haarlem.- ADB XVIII,
276-7; Neue Nekrolog der Deutschen: 10 Jahrgang, 127; Pogg. I, 1423-4;
Hoover Collection no. 522; no copy in Freilich sale.
Guide for operations
1 Nuhn, Anton, Franz Xaver Wagner [artist]
Erklärungen der chirurgisch-anatomischen Tafeln.Mannheim, [1856] 8°. 336 pp. [and] Nuhn, Anton.
Chirurgisch-anatomische Tafeln nach der Natur gezeichnet und lith. von F. X. Wagner. 30 lith plates & 30
linear plates.- Mannheim; Bassermann, 1856. Imperial
folio (755 x 565 mm) Original half calf, spine repaired,
rubbed and soiled, little spotted, else fine.
EUR 4.000.Rare first edition of his book of anatomical plates for
surgeons. Nuhn integrated a selection of surgical procedures with special techniques or ligatures, similar to an
earlier work by Bougery and Jacob. Anton Nuhn (18141889) was a German anatomist. He studied medicine at
the University of Heidelberg, where he was a student of
Friedrich Tiedemann (1781–1861). In 1842 he was a
lecturer at Heidelberg, and shortly afterwards worked as
prosector. In 1849 he became an associate professor at
the institute of anatomy in Heidelberg, and in 1872 received the title of honorary pro-fessor. „Nuhn‘s glands“,
also known as anterior lingual glands, are named after
him. They are described as small, deeply placed seromucous glands located near the tip of the tongue on each
side of the frenulum.
In den Anfängen seiner Karriere fand er die nach ihm
benannte Nuhn- auch Blandin-Nuhn-Drüse, oder heute
Glandula lingualis anterior genannt, welche sich in der
Zungenspitze befindet. Er erforschte die Lymphgefäße
und deren Verbindung zu den Venen, und er ist der
Namensgeber des Nuhn- Fascientrichters, in der Hernienchirurgie bis heute als Processus vaginalis fasciae
transversalis bekannt.
Nuhn präparierte viel und gerne; seine Veröffentlichungen belegen dies eindrucksvoll. Über 40 Tätigkeitsjahre
in der Anatomie prädestinierten ihn, seine große Erfahrung nicht nur an angehende Mediziner, sondern auch
an fertige Ärzte weiter geben, die Lust und Liebe an der
praktischen Arbeit vermehren und fördern zu wollen.
Er schrieb eine Präparieranleitung und erstellte
anatomisch-chirurgische Tafeln, um den Bogen zur
topographischen Anatomie, die seiner Meinung nach
in Deutschland zu wenig Beachtung fand, zu schlagen.
Hier integrierte er, ähnlich wie Bougery et Jacob
zuvor in ihrem Anatomie Lehrbuch, eine Auswahl an
chirurgischen Eingriffen, die bestimmten Ligaturen oder
Schnitttechniken darstellten.
Science or Voyeurism
1 Neisser, Albert
Stereoscopischer medicinischer Atlas. Sammlung photograph. Bilder
aus dem Gesammtgebiet der klinischen Medicin, der Anatomie und
der pathologischen Anatomie etc. Herausgegeben unter der Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen von Prof. Dr. A. Neisser.- Cassel: Th.
G. Fischer & Co., 1895 – Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1903.
With together 84 stereo-photographs.
EUR 3.000.-
Very rare, only the Bodleian Library seems to hold a
complete set / copy of Neisser’s Atlas; other libraries
have only parts of it, as here.- Hirsch-H. IV, 350 (not
known); not mentioned by Rowley. Medical Incunala;
Lit.. Albert Neissers (1855-1916) „Stereoscopischer
medicinischer Atlas“: eine ... herausgegeben von Frank
Stahnisch, Ulrich Schönherr, Antonio Bergua. (2012)
A lot 6 installments incl. I.) Vierte [4.] Lieferung [installment]: Abteilung Chirurgie. Aus der Kgl. Chirurgischen
Klinik in Breslau ( J. Miculicz). 8°. [185 x 135 mm] 11
text leaves, 12 plates on heavy card stock with stereo
- photographs, numbered 37-48 of the complete set.
Original clothbacked portfolio with cover title, ties
brocken. Stamped: Georg Weiss. II.) Dreizehnte [13.]
Lieferung. 4. Folge der Abtheilung Chirurgie.- Cassel:
Th. G. Fisher [sic] & Co., 1896. 8°. [185 x 135 mm] 2
Bll., 12 stereo-photographs on heavy stock, numbered 145-156, and 12 text leaves. Loosely inserted in
original printed Halbfcloth folder, used and rubbed.
III.) Vierzehnte [14.] Lieferung. 3. Folge der Abtheilung
Chirurgie.- Cassel: Th. G. Fisher [sic] & Co., 1896. 8°.
[185 x 135 mm] 3 pp., 12 stereo-photographs on
heavy stock, numbered 133-144, and 12 text leaves.
Loosely inserted in original printed Halfcloth folder,
used and rubbed. IV.) Achtzehnte [18.] Lieferung:
Abteilung Chirurgie.- Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth,
1897. Mit jeweils 12 montierten Stereophotographien
und begleitendem Text. Octavo (19 x 14 cm). Lose in
original bedruckten Halbleinwand-Portfolios (fleckig
und bestoßen, Bibliotheksmarken auf dem Rücken). V.)
Einundzwanzigste [21.] Lieferung: Abteilung Chirurgie.Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1898. 8°. [190 x 140
mm]. with 12 Stereo-Photographs on heavy stock and
text. Loosely inserted in original printed Halbfcloth
folder, used and rubbed. VI.) Achtundvierzigste [und]
neunundvierzigste [48. & 49.] Lieferung [installment].
Chirurgie redigiert von J. Mikulicz und C. Partsch. 7. und
8. Folge. Aus der chirurgischen Universitätspoliklinik in
München.- Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1903. 8°.
[185 x 135 mm] 4 pp., 24 stereo-photographs on heavy
stock, numbered 565-588. Loosely inserted in original
printed Halbfcloth folder, used and rubbed.
Time before the atomic clock
1 Beringer, David.
Sun-dial. [Klappsonnenuhr bzw. Reisesonnenuhr mit
Kompass].- Nürnberg, um 1790.
[88 x 55 x 18 mm]. Holz, beklebt mit kolorierten
Kupferstichen und eingelassenem Kompass unter Glas,
„Verfertigt von David Beringer“.
EUR 1.200.Aufklappbare Sonnenuhr mit Kompass und einstellbarem Breitengrad, gefertigt von David Beringer
(1756-1821) aus Nürnberg, dem bekannten Hersteller
von Sonnenuhren, Globen und anderen mathematischphysikalischen Instrumenten. Vorliegendes Exemplar in
sehr schönem Zustand, außen etwas fleckig und berieben, innen tadellos und mit leuchtenden Farben.
First magazine on comets
1 [Adelbulner, Michael A.].
Merkwürdiger Himmels-Begebenheiten … Erstes [- Vier und Dreyßigtes Stuck] [=all
publ.]. Nürnberg, Selbstverlag, 1736-1740. 1-184 pp. u. 369-456 pp. [= compl.].
with 27 copp. pl. within text. Fine contemporary vellum over boards. Ex libris.
[bound with] Kindermann, Eberhard Christian.
Vollständige Astronomie, oder: sonderbare Betrachtungen derer vornehmsten an
dem Firnament befindlichen Planeten und Sternen. Ferner: woher alle Phaenomena, Cometen und dergleichen ungewöhnliche Himmels-Zeichen ihren Ursprung
nehmen, oder was selbige nach sich ziehen können. 2 Tle.- Rudolstadt u. Dresden
u. Leipzig, Deer, 1744-1747. Quarto. [215 x 167 mm] 6 Bll., 396 pp., [6]; 7 Bll.,
220 pp. with 35 (3 fold.) plates. [with:] [the same] Astronomische Beschreibung und
Nachricht von dem Cometen 1746. Und denen noch kommenden, welche in denen
innen besagten Jahren erscheinen werden.- Dresden: Hilscher, 1746. 2 Bll., 14 pp.
with one copp. pl.
EUR 4.000.Very rare early astronomical periodical or newspaper
only on comets, published in 34 parts. The engravings
show comets and comets with star maps. Michael A.
Adelbulner (1702 – 1779), a German mathematician, physicist, physician, and astronomer, worked in
Altdorf near Nürnberg. His claim to fame resides in his
having started with Anders Celsius in 1733 a journal of
astronomy called „Mitteilungsblatt zur Förderung der
Astronomie / Commercium litterarium ad astronomiae
incrementum“, announcing the principal celestial phe-
nomena, and analyzing new publications. This journal
enjoyed much reputation in its day. Thirty-four numbers
were published. In 1736 he was named a member of
the Academy of Sciences in Berlin and in 1742 he was
appointed professor of mathematics at the University
of Altdorf.- Houzeau-L. 9528 (34 parts); Pogg. I, 12 (30
parts); Kirchner 3190; ADB I, 72 (30 parts); Will, Nürnb.
Gelehrten-Lex. I, 5; not in Brüning, in NUC, BM, BN. II.)
Houzeau-L. 8862 u. 8865. III.) Brüning 1712.
Peeping Tom
1 Telescope made of brass -. Vienna, Plössl, [ca 1860].
Total extended length 18.5 cm; pushed together: 9.8
cm. Diameter 3.8 cm front, rear 4.9 cm. With sealing
cap made of brass. In calf leather-etui. Supplied with
removable screw on the bottom, which is intended for
mounting on a tripod. With thread protection. On the
tube „Plössl in Vienna“ signed. Etui somewhat rubbed.
EUR 900.-
Simon Plössl (1794, Vienna - 1868, Vienna), Austrian
optical instrument maker at what. Initially trai-ned at
the Voigtländer company, he set up his own workshop
in 1823. His major achievement at the time was the
improvement of the achromatic microscope objective.
Today he is best known for the eponymous Plössl
telescope eyepiece, Which follows his 1860 design,
and is extensively used by amateur astronomers since
the 1980s.
Finest photogravures of the sky
1 Keeler, James Edward.
Photographs of Nebulae and Clusters Made With the Crossley Reflector.- Sacramento, W. W. Shannon / University of California Publications, 1908. (= Publications of the Lick Observatory Vol. VIII.)
Quarto (296 x 240 mm), pp 46, with inserted addendum slip, title
vignette, 4 illustrations, & 70 photogravure plates (frontispiece and
plates 1-68, including 30a and 30b), with tissue overlays; a fine copy
in contemporary maroon morocco, silk endleaves, gilt edges.
EUR 1.500.First edition of Keeler‘s remarkable series of photographs of spiral nebulae, which revealed their abundance amongst nebulous objects in the sky, and led to
the realisation that they were exterior galaxies. This
work is a triumph of astrophysical and observational
skills, astrophotography, and of photo-gravure as a
medium of astronomical illustration.
The work documents James Edward Keeler‘s investigations with the Crossley reflector at the Lick
Observatory. Keeler died in 1900, while awaiting a
slitless spectrograph he had designed for use with the
Crossley telescope. His work on the spiral nebulae was
completed by Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951), who
oversaw the publication of this volume. This publication
includes a reprint of Keeler‘s ‚The Crossley reflector of
the Lick Observatory‘, which originally appeared in the
Astrophysical Journal, vol 11, 1900, pp 325-329. “Lick
Observatory director James Keeler used the Crossley
telescope to produce early photographs of nebulae,
fuzzy-looking areas in the night sky, in the hopes of
better understanding their nature. To his surprise, he
saw many fainter nebulae in the background of his
Orion Nebula images. Previously, astronomers had
thought that all nebulae were pretty much the same,
and that they were rare phenomena. Keeler’s photos
with the Crossley reflector showed that nebulae were in
fact quite common. They also showed a variety of different types of „nebulae.“ Some of these were areas of
interstellar dust that we still call nebulae today. Others
were actually spiral galaxies filled with billions of stars.
Such detailed photographs were possible because this
reflecting telescope focused light more effectively than
the 36-inch refracttor. Thus Keeler’s photos also showed
the superiority of reflectors to refractors for modern
astronomical research.”
Super Airliner & ejection seat – Nazi‘s at war
1 Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke Rostock.
Partial Estate of air plane constructor R. Stahl, working during the
Third Reich for the Heinkel factory in Rostock. 10 folders with test
protocols of different models, designs in comparison with American
airplanes [“Naca”], original diagrams and tables, blue prints, photographs of experiments, for different Heinkel aircraft models, often
dated from September 1938 / 1939 to 1944. A rare and fine survivor.
EUR 9.000.-
The center of this partial estate is a projected (and
yet unknown ?) 70.000 kg german flying boat which
should transport passenger over the atlantic. It was
similar to the other german flying boat: Blohm & Voss
BV 238. The Blohm & Voss BV 238 was the heaviest
aircraft ever flown when it first flew in 1944, and was
the largest aircraft produced by any of the Axis powers
in World War II. The empty weight was only 55.000
kg instead of the projected 70.000 kg of the Heinkel
engine. The aircrafts were planned already in 1937 in a
competitive tender made by the german civil airplane
company Lufthansa between Heinkel, Dornier and
Blohm & Voss to use the airplane as intercontinental flying machines. The german army took over the
planning, maybe with the idea to bring soldiers and
equipment over the sea or ocean. A prototype of this
machine was never built until the end of the war.
Another folder includes „aerodynamical notes“
regarding the He 177 (Greif), which was the only operational long-range bomber to be flown in combat by
the Luftwaffe during World War II. In general terms, the
He 177 had payload/range capability similar to strategic
bombers in the USAAF and RAF, although it had much
higher cruise and maximum speeds.
The type eventually matured into a usable design, but
too late in the war to play an important role. It was built
and used in some number, especially on the Eastern
Front where its range was particularly useful. It is
noted for its use in mass raids on Velikiye Luki in 1944,
one of the few late-war heavy bombing efforts by the
Luftwaffe.
These folder includes designs of a cockpit with ejection
seat which were first developed independently during
World War II by Heinkel and SAAB. Early models were
powered by compressed air and the first aircraft to
be fitted with such a system was the Heinkel He 280
prototype jet-engined fighter in 1940. One of the He
280 test pilots, Helmut Schenk, became the first person
to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejection seat
on 13 January 1942 after his control surfaces iced up
and became inoperable. Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a
German aircraft manufacturing company founded by
and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing
bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for
important contributions to high-speed flight, with the
pioneering examples of a successful liquid-fueled rocket
and a turbojet-powered aircraft in aviation history,
with both Heinkel designs‘ first flights occurring shortly
before the outbreak of World War II in Europe.
Instrument for architects
1 Michael Butterfield.
Set of compasses in ten parts, probably for military use, made of brass
and steel, partly engraved. Paris, Butterfield (three parts signed),
around 1700. Complete pocket set for the calculation of angles,
probably for gunners. Light signs of wear. In calf strongbox (12,5 x 7 x
2,5 cm) with functioning clasp and wood application as holder (a little
scratched). Zirkelset (drei Teile sign.) zehnteilig incl. Etui.- Paris,
Butterfield, um 1700.
EUR 3.000.-
Komplettes Taschenset zur Berechnung von Winkeln,
wahrscheinlich für Kanoniere, bestehend aus Winkelmaß (sign.) mit Gravuren „4 pouces du Rhin“ (Maßeinheit: halber königlicher Fuß), Proportionalwinkel (sign.)
mit gravierten Skalen und Beischrift „Les parties egales“,
„Poligones“ etc. mit klappbarer Arretierung für den
rechten Winkel, zwei kleinen Zirkeln, davon einer mit
austauschbarer, Reißfeder aus Messing mit Stahleinsatz,
Gradbogen (sign.) mit gravierter Skala, kurzem Lineal
aus Ebenholz (11,5 cm, ohne Skala) sowie aufsetzbarem
Messingknopf.
A. Turner, Early Scientific Instruments, London 1987,
Nr. 144 (S. 155), und M. Hambly, Drawing Instruments,
London 1988, Nr. 130 (S. 136). Zur Biographie und den
Schriften und Instrumenten von Michael Butterfield
(1635-1724) siehe: Poggendorff I, 353: „Butterfield,
Mechanicus, der sich unter Ludwig XIV. in Paris niederliess und den Titel: Ingenieur du Roi bekam. Erlangte
grossen Ruf in der Graduirung astronomischer Instrumente, namentlich Quadranten, und der Construction
tragbarer Sonnenuhren mit Bussolen“, und M. Daumas,
Les instruments scientifiques aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles,
Paris 1953, S. 107-09.
Education of surveyors & cartographers
1 Practical mathematical education; Manuscript
Geometrie von Martin Dänniker. 1778. Handwritten watercolour
and ink pen manuscript on practical mathematics in german. Folio.
[400 x 260 mm] 27 [7, 20] leaves without title. Cited from the cover
lable. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red morrocco label on
cover. Traces of use, but fine
EUR 5.000.A fine german 18th century manuscript showing the contents in the
education of surveyors and cartographers, most probably at a military
institution. The text show the reader the elements of geometry as codified
by Euclid. The instructions in german begin with: how to draw a line, show
than how to draw platonic bodies, and how to calculate surface areas. Then
instruments are introduced and how to survey with them. The chapters are
titled: “1.Linien, 2. Winkel, 3.+4. Flächen, 5. Körper, 6. Reguläre platonische
Körper, 7. Messkette, Winkelmaßstab, Feldtisch; II. part: 1.–3. Aufgaben
aus Geometrie; 4.–5. Aufgaben von den Winckeln; 6.–7. Aufgaben von den
Flächen; 8. Aufgaben von Ausmessung der Flächen“
Paper Collection of Butterflies
1 Butterflies; Manuscript
‚Schmetterlinge 292 handgemalte Abbildungen ca. 1780’ [= Buterflies 292 handdrawn images] titled by later label. Papercovered marbled boards, very worn, rubbed
and with paper missing, later label as cited. 4 pages text [title, index], 31 leaves with
mounted hand-drawn images of different butterflies, mounted one sided of the leaf.
The images were drawn with ink and handcolored, not really professional (more a
scientist than an artist). The images all are pin-holed as have been mounted before
like a real specimen. This could indicate that they were nature printed, but then heavily overdrawn with ink and color. Last leaf with index for the last class of butterflies
[which came from Hungary]. Ex Libris on inner front cover: Wolfgang Kraemer,
1930, old book seller price of 2 RM (1915, Munich). Handwritten title with poem,
most probably from Johann Caspar Fuessli’s Magazin der Entomologie of 1778/79.
At the bottom signed: Füldenr.
EUR 4.500.A curious collection of hand-drawn butterflies, most
probably copied from a real natural history collection of butterflies as the second title speaks about a
collection: Register über diese Schmetterlinge in dieser
Sammlung [= Register of butterflies in this collection].
The manuscript seems to be made in early 19th century,
around 1805. The images are semi professional and
show a lot of item from oversea. The second page cites
the name of butterflies in different languages [Namen
der Schmetterlinge in verschiedenen Sprachen] The
butterflies are then ordered in different classes and in
this way mounted and labelled by hand in ink: I. Nymphen, Danaiden, Tribunen, etc. II. Pap. Eques Achives
Gringise Ritter; III.) Pap. Eques Trojares Ritter; IV. Einige
der seltensten Sphyrae. The index at the end for the
last class indicates that these butterflies were collected
in Hungary [Europäische Arten, besonders Ungarische
Schmetterlinge Prof. Espers Abbildung linke und rechte
Seite].
In the collection of mounted specimen are a lot of
butterflies that came from oversea ( Jamaica, India, and
other places are cited) which also show that this is a paper museum of a then existing collection of butterflies.
Maybe the author doesn’t have had the money to buy
actual specimens from oversea. The teacher, land owner
and natural history author Christoph Füldner (fl.
1798–1804) might be a candidat as a possible author.
Not much is known about him, but he wrote a book
published 1804 in Weimar called: Die Garten- Feld- und
Waldraupen und die Mittel zu ihrer Vertilgung. At the
inner front cover are four mounted nature-printed
butterflies which were presented by Esper to the author [Ein Andenken von Herrn Prof. Esper in Erlangen].
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742–1810) was a
German entomologist. Born in Wunsiedel in Bavaria,
he was professor of zoology at Erlangen university. He
directed the department of natural history in Erlangen
from 1805. Thanks to him the university collections
of minerals, birds, plants, shells and insects grew very
rapidly. During his leisure hours Esper devoted himself
to the study of nature and the preparation of manuscripts relating to natural history. He was the author
of a series of booklets entitled: Die Schmetterlinge in
Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen which
were published between 1776 and1807. These were
richly illustrated.
‚Wunderkammer‘ specimens drawn
1 Franz Anton von Scheidel [attr.]
5 verschiedene Seesterne. Num. 131.
13 verschiedene Seeigel-Fossilien. Num. 136 Korallenzweig. Num.
150. 3 Aquarelle über Bleistift. Auf Bütten (mit Wasserzeichen
„Bekrönte Lilie“ darunter „JH&Z“). 36/37 x 50,5/51 cm (14,1 x
19,8 inch), fast blattgroß. 1770-1790er Jahre. Kaum fleckig, linker
Blattrand oben mit dünner Papierstelle u. kl. Randeinriß. Naturwissenschaftl. Illustrationen von hohem ästhetischem Reiz, jeweils hs. in
Tinte num. EUR 3.600.Aquarelle von hohem ästhetischem Reiz, zugeschrieben
an Franz Anton von Scheidel (1731-1801), den Wiener
Naturalienmaler u. den im Umfeld des berühmten
Botanikers N. von Jacquin tätigen Illustrator. Über
den Menschen Franz Anton von Scheidel ist kaum
mehr als seine Lebensdaten bekannt, jedoch belegen
tausende Zeichnungen, Aquarelle und Kupferstiche
seine ungewöhnlich hohe künstlerische Meisterschaft.
Als sogenannter „Naturalienmaler“ spezialisiert er sich
wohl schon früh auf zoologisch und botanisch exakte
Tier- und Pflanzendarstellungen. Viele Naturhistoriker,
Botaniker und Naturforscher ließen ihre oft mehrbändigen enzyklopädischen Werke mit den detailgetreuen
Bildtafeln von Scheidel illustrieren. Nikolaus Josef von
Jacquin (1727-1817), Direktor der Schönbrunner
Gärten in Wien, publizierte unter anderem 1770-76
das drei Bände umfassende Werk „Hortus Botanicus
Vindobonensis“ (Der Botanische Garten von Wien)
und 1773-78 die fünfbändige „Flora austriaca“ (Die
Österreichische Pflanzenwelt) mit jeweils mehreren
hundert kolorierten Kupferstichen nach Vorlagen von
Franz Anton von Scheidel. Nicht weniger berühmt sind
Scheidels prächtige Muschel-Bildtafeln für Friedrich
Heinrich Wilhelm Martini‘s (1729-1778) mehrbändiges
„Neues systematisches Konchylien-Cabinett“. Scheidel
war „nach Jacquin’s eigenen Worten im Zeichnen
äußerst geschwind, so daß er noch für andere Liebhaber der scientia amabilis an die 7000 Pflanzenbilder
schaffen konnte, dazu einige Tausend Conchylien, Tiere
und andere Naturalien“ (Nissen).- Nissen, BBI 185;
Thieme/B. XXX, 13; Wurzbach XXIX, 166 f. Ref.: Simon
Weber-Unger. Wissenschaftliches Kabinett Simon Weber- Unger. Katalog 2005/ 06. pp. 5: „Sechs Aquarelle“
mit ähnlicher Nrn. Bezeichnung.
Natural History of Syria
1 Ehrenberg, Christian Gottfried.
A nice set of original drawings for the publication of
Symbolae Physicae, seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum ... per Libyam, Aegyptum,
Nubiam, Dongolam, Syriam, Arabiam et Habessiniam
..., published in Berlin from 1828. The drawings are
attributed to F. Müller and Samuel Weber and show
some differences to the printed lithographed plate in
the publication
EUR 3.500,–
A set of original drawings for the publication of
Ehrenberg / Hembrich‘s Symbolae Physicae, made by
different painters, like F. W. Müller: drawn are a dessert
fox, a Syrian bear, scorpions, and a squirrel, partly in
pencil, but also in ink wash. Not signed. The scorpions
plate from the book is present with the drawings. Zhe
plates are titled: Androctonus (Samuel Weber), Sciurus
Syriacus I. (F. müller), Ursus syriacus I., Canis syriaecus
16.
In 1820–1825 Ehrenberg, on a scientific expedition to
the Middle East with his friend Wilhelm Hemprich, collected thousands of specimens of plants and animals. He
investigated parts of Egypt, the Libyan desert, the Nile
valley and the northern coasts of the Red Sea, where he
made a special study of the corals. Subsequently parts
of Syria, Arabia and Abyssinia were examined. Some
results of these travels and of the important collections
that had been made were reported on by Humboldt in
1826.
After his return, Ehrenberg, who was the only survivor
of the expedition, published several papers on insects
and corals and two volumes Symbolae physicae (1828–
1834), in which many particulars of the mammals,
birds, insects, etc., were made public. Other observations were communicated to scientific societies. Most of
the other parts of the Symbolae left unpublished at his
death and were published until 1900.- Junk Rara 138
Architectural sketches & drawings
exploring Southern France
1 Two Albums of pencil & watercolour architectural and landscape
sketches by a professional hand [with monogram: AA ?] in 2 volumes.[Auvergne, 1829/1830] Small folio [358 x 234 mm], approx. 144 pages
of mounted pencil architectural drawings, sketches and water-colours, on
paper or tracing paper, and an engraved plan of Lyon (1827) tipped in at
end of one volume. Uniform plain green half morocco, bindings slightly
rubbed. Inner cover with trade mark: “Jules Berville, rue de la chaussee
d’Antin 29, Papeterie et Couleurs fines. Paris” EUR 7.000.These are professionally made sketches by an anonym.
architect or artist with very detailed descriptions, fine
drawings and sketches of different buildings, historic and
then modern, and landscape, partly annotated by hand:
beginning in Auxerre (St. Pierre, Helle au Bled), Chablis,
Tonnerre (Hospice, Hotel Le Ville), Dijon (S. Michel, div.
Maisons, Palais des Etats), Beaune, Chalons, Macon, St.
Cyr (Rhone) (Fabrique d’Indiennes), Lyon (espec. Musee
des Beaux- Arts, built in 1801; Hotel de Ville, Temple des
Protestants, Caserne de Gendarmerie, Prison dated 1830,
Salle des Festins, Douane). The second volume: “1829
Voyage en Auvergne” [pencil] begins with Mozat [Mozac]
pres Riom, Riom; Clermont (Fontaine des Jacobins, dated
25. Aout 1829; Notre Dame du Port, 28. Aout; Musees
des Antiques, 6 Obre 1829; Noie Romaine), Mont d’Or
/Montdore ( Juillet 1829), Bort [Bort-les-Orgues] (aout
1829); Ydes (12. Aout 1829); Peyroux (11. Aout 1829).
Later images are signed with monogram: M [or AA]
struck through with a Z [?]. The sketches seems to be
mounted later [around 1860 ?]
As a survey of the picturesque monuments, ruins, and
legendary places of successive provinces, the Vogages
pittoresques de Charles Nodier, Baron Isidore Taylor and
Alphonse de Cailleux (1820–1878, 21 vols.) was an
encyclopaedic enterprise rather than a real travelogue
or guide. Taylor had the idea of making a visual record
of the monuments and scenery of France, hoping to catalogue all the stones of antiquity, the middle ages and
renaissance. At the time of Baron Taylor’s idea, France
was a relatively unexplored country. They desired to
expand the knowledge of little-known regions of France
by means of accurate drawings rendered on the spot.
The volumes on the Auvergne were published in 18291833, around the time our sketch books were made,
which might be used for it ?
Taylor & Nodier’s Voyages inspired a lot of artist to
travel to the Auvergne: Eugene Viollet-le-Duc (18141876) accompanied by his uncle Delecluze, undertook
a three-month pilgrimage in the summer of 1831 to
the provinces of Auvergne, Lyonnais, Provence and
Languedoc. Pierre Étienne Théodore Rousseau (1812 –
1867), French painter of the Barbizon school, reacted
against his narrow academic training by travelling to the
mountainous Auvergne region in 1830. Here Rousseau
sought out rugged views, such as this rocky outcrop,
which lacked any obvious picturesque interest. NicolasMarie-Joseph Chapuy (1790-1858) a French officer ,
architect, and painter of veduta, drew illustrations of
important architectural landmark, used for the art lover
market. From the year 1823 in cooperation with the
archaeologist and author Théodore de Jolimont, they
toured through France and recorded graphically the
most remarkable natural and architectural monuments
of the individual regions. Provenance: Collection of Prince and Princess Henry De la Tour d‘ Auverge Lauraguais,
Sothebys London 03.05. 2012, lot. 309.
Pigs of noble birth
1 Album with drawings of Pigs
in ink and pencil, signed and often dated, originating from 1895 to
1900 in different places in Germany like Weimar, Coburg, etc. 39
leaves, 10 blank. Contemporary silk binding, worn and used. EUR 2.500.-
A work of art or just the hobby of some wealthy
germans?
The story is told that this was done as sort of a party
game: drunk or blinded the persons have to draw a pig
freehanded. The drawings in the first part are with black
ink, later they were drawn in pencil. Some names of
the persons who have signed their art work: Elisabeth
von Eschwege, Mary E. Cooper, A. Hutton, Bronsart von
Schellendorff, Josephine Hall, O. Thomaszik, M. Nicholl,
Hayter, Käthe von Gilsa, Freiherr von Wangenheim,
von Goltz, Maria v. d. Trenck von Königsegg, Hedwig
Müller (Coburg), Carl Graf von Harderberg, Margaret
von Totberg, Fedor von Drigalski, P. von Mühlberg, Fritz
von Thielemann, Friedrich Graf zu Waldeck, etc. Other
interpretations or associations are welcome.
Television in former times
1 Küsel, Melchior (1626-1683);
Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607-1642).
I. Iconographia.- Augsburg: Küsel, 1670. quer-fol. Title, 35 plates,
[numb. 8-11,13-25,27-30, 64,113-122,124,125. [no. 11 double, but
different image]
II. Iconographia. Erster Theil, begreift in sich die ganze Passion und
Auferstehung Christi. Darbei … .- Augsburg: Küsel, 1682. title and
37 plates with 33 different plates bound after.
III. + IV. [Collection of 66 plates] 2 vols.- Augsburg, um 1640-1675.
Quer-Folio. Contemporary vellum binding, partly rubbed and damaged, but overall a fine set in modern box. EUR 4.800.A fine set of engravings out of old provenance, together
171 copper engravings out of series from Melchior
Küsel’s Iconographia, out of the library of Christoph
Wenzel Graf von Nostitz (1643-1712) with his Ex Libris
and partly with older inscription by Johann Bernhard
II. von Heberstein (1630-1685), Landeshauptmann
von Breslau und Glogau. The engravings show italian
gardens, villas, landscape, sea pictures, biblical and
mythological scenes, 24 scenes from the passion of
christ, allegorical scenes, etc. A late night sensual and
aesthetic pleasure.- Jantz 456; vgl. Berlin Kat. 4294;
Kat. Augsburger Barock, 612; Gier/Janota, Augsburger
Buchdruck (1997), 851, Note 178.
Strong and independent ‚New Woman‘
1 Brandt, Marianne
„bauhausfotos. 10 original fotografien. Herausgegeben von Sabine
Hartmann und Karsten Hintz für die Bauhaus-Archiv GmbH.“ Berlin, Bauhaus-Archiv, 1993. with 10 Original-Photographs mounted
on heavy card stock with Passepartout Verso stamped by Bauhaus-Archivs and numb. Image: 235 x 175 mm, Passepartout: 448 x 348 mm.
Folio. Original cloth folder, fine. EUR 3.900.One of 30 numb. copies (of 35 in all). Marianne Brandt
(1893–1983), German painter, sculptor, photographer
and designer who studied at the Bauhaus school and
became head of the metal workshop in 1928. Today,
Brandt‘s designs for household objects such as lamps,
ashtrays and teapots are considered the harbinger of
modern industrial design. Brandt is also remembered as
a pioneering photographer. She created experimental
still-life compositions, but it is her series of self-portraits
which are particularly striking.These often represent her
as a strong and independent New Woman of the Bauhaus; other examples show her face and body distorted
across the curved and mirrored surfaces of metal balls,
creating a blended image of herself and her primary
medium at the Bauhaus.These photographs from the
early 1930’s were reproduced here from the original
glass negatives (9 x 12 cm) on Agfa Record Rabid. The
selection was made from a bundle of 150 negatives
that the Bauhaus Archive had received as a gift and are
now preserved in Berlin.
Hidden Genius - Wittgenstein‘s Tractatus
1 Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung‘ in Annalen der Naturphilosophie, XIV, 3/4. Leipzig: Verlag Unesma, 1921. 8vo, [185]-308,
[4] pp., original orange printed wrappers with woodcut illustration,
slight darkening towards edges in two places, minor chipping at fore
edge and foot of spine, short tear at top of front hinge, uniform light
age-toning, almost completely unopened, a fine copy, housed in a
protective cloth folder. EUR 55.000.Exceedingly rare first edition of the book later published
as the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) – arguably
the most important philosophical work of the 20th century, and the only book by Wittgenstein published in his
lifetime. It was written during the First World War while
Wittgenstein was a soldier in the Austrian army.
‘Upon the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian army in November 1918, he was taken prisoner by the Italians. It
was not until August of the following year that he could
return to Austria. During the major part of his captivity,
he was in a prison camp near Monte Cassino in south
Italy. When Wittgenstein was captured he had in his
rucksack the manuscript of his Logisch-philosophische
Abhandlung ... He had completed the work when on a
leave of absence in Vienna, in August, 1918. While still
in captivity he got in touch with Russell by letter and
was able to send the manuscript to him, thanks to the
aid of one of his friends of the Cambridge years, Keynes. He also sent Frege a copy’ Wittgenstein was keen
to have Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung published
immediately. After his return to Vienna in August
1919 he started offering it to publishers, but, despite
a testimonial from Bertrand Russell (and eventually a
full-blown Introduction by him), the book was several
times rejected. ‘Wittgenstein wrote to Russell, in July
1920, that he would take no further steps to have it published and that Russell could do with it as he wished.
The following year it was published in London with a
parallel English translation, under the title Tractatus
Logico-philosophicus’ When it came to preparations for
the subsequent London edition, there was of course
discussion about which new title the book should have:
‘Ostwald had published it under Wittgenstein’s German
title ... Russell had suggested ‘Philosophical Logic’ as
an alternative, while G.E. Moore – in a conscious echo
of Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus – had put
forward “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus” as “obvious
and ideal”.
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