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Seemann, A.
Japanische Färbeschablonen. Hundert Muster kleineren formates. In Originalgrösse herausgegeben und mit einer Einleitung versehen von Artur Seemann.
Leipzig, Berlin, E. A. Seemann, 1899. Folio (42.0 x 27.5 cm). Title page, 2 pp. introduction; two loose sheets with Japanese text; 100 coloured prints with Japanese stencil designs. In original portfolio (43.0 x 28.4 x 2.2 cm) with red linen spine cover and orange, grained boards. Front board printed in black, with diapositive titles and spiderweb illustration.
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Wurffbain, J. P.
Salamandrologia, h. e. descriptio historico-philologico-philosophico-medica salamandrae quae vulgo in igne vivere creditur, S. R. J. Academiae Naturae Curiosis exhibita, atq. Novis aliquot capitibus, experimentis, figurisq; aeri eleganter incisis, nec non rerum & verborum indice adaucta. [Complete with the rare allegorical frontispiece].
Norimbergae [Nürnberg], Georg Scheurer, 1683. Small 4to (19.6 x 15.4 cm). Engraved title page and letterpress title page with wood-engraved vignette; iv, 133, [xv] pp. (including Bericht an den Buchbinder and Errata praecipua); five folded engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled boards and skilfully renewed spine with four raised bands and red morocco label with gilt title and date.
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Zwanziger, M.
Original illustrations and designs for carpets or wallpaper
Berlin, unpublished, 1934-1941. 23 separate designs including 17 for carpets and wallpaper (mainly in Art Deco style), four botanical drawings, and two detailed designs on graph paper; and one printed and partly handwritten certificate. Various sizes (30.5 x 22.0 cm up to 64.0 x 43.5 cm [two on graph paper very large, 70.2 x 59.0 cm, folded]).
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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 3.3.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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