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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 2.10
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 2.2.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 4.3.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
Read moreMüller, R.
Projectionslehre. [Album with original drawings of geometric constructions].
Germany, unpublished, ca. 1895. Oblong folio (33.0 x 50.2 cm). 36 leaves with numerous original drawings of geometric constructions in black, red, and blue ink. Contemporary blind half linen over marbled boards. Gilt title and author's name on the front board. Pictorial, early Jugendstil endpapers.
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Ichigaku Shasei no Tori Dzufu [Album of drawings of all birds, drawn from nature by Ichigaku].
Tokyo, unpublished, 1889. 80 loose leaves. Folio (ca. 37.0 x 27.0 cm). On Japanese paper, (all but one) mounted on original, larger sheets of Japanese paper measuring ca. 44.0 x 32.5 cm, one is framed (53 x 41 x 3 cm) in a modern, oriental-style lacquered wooden frame with bevelled edges. Four leaves contain text only, 76 contain illustrations of complete birds (the vast majority), or parts (e.g., wings). A few have additional, smaller sheets with text attached.
Read morePeringskiöld, J.
Historia Hialmari regis Biarmlandiae atque Thulemarkiae, ex fragmento runici MS.ti literis recentioribus descripta, cum gemina versione Johannis PeringskioldI.
[Stockholm, Johan Peringskiöld Sr., 1701] Folio (30.5 x 20.0 cm). [43] p., including woodcut facsimile on pp. [3-18], printed in red on pp. [3-4]. Full polished leather with marbled leather rectangular inlay. Spine with gilt ornamental bands and red morocco label with gilt title. Boards with elaborate gilt-rolled or stippled borders, gilt corner-pieces, and central vignette. gilt-rolled edges and inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges, top edge gilt. 11 additional blanks bound in the rear. In later marbled slipcase (31.7 x 20.7 x 1.6 cm).
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