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Zurich: Heidegger und Comp., 1744. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. 109, [i.e. 149], [1]. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild scattered marginal foxing. Small stain on title page. Bound in period papered boards or faux-vellum (rubbed). A piece of paper covering is missing from bottom rear board. An old receipt for purchase of the book, dated 1925 is loosely inserted. Johann Jacob Breitinger (1701-1776) Influential Swiss-German literary critic whose writings, along with those of Johann Jacob Bodmer, helped to inspire a transition from Baroque to Modern German Literature. In 1740 Breitinger published his "critische Dichtkunst" (2 vols), a direct challenge to the classical viewpoint of leading Leipzig critic Johann Christoph Gottsched. Breitinger argued (contrary to Gottsched) that the poet’s passion should not be hindered by artificial rules (i.e. rhym). The feud which ensued with Breitinger and Bodmer on the one side and Gottsched on the other helped to… Read More

Wien & Leipzig: Urban & Schwarzenberg. Very Good. 1884-88. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth. Maroon spine label with gilt titles. Texts tight, clean & intact. Medical biographical dictionary. Approx. 4,000 pages. 80,000 physicians listed. International in scope. Erster Band: 1884, 718pp. Lindsley - Revillon. Zweiter Band: 1885, 712pp. Chavet - Gwinne. Dritter Band: 1886, 718pp. Haab - Lindsley. Vierter Band: 1886, 718pp. Lindsley - Revillon. Funfter Band: 1887, 718pp. Revolat - Trefurt. Sechster Band: 1888, 1056pp. Treiber - Zypen. Nachtrage und Erganzungen. Und unter Special Redaction Dr. E. Gurlt. Volume #1, pages 416 - 465 are age toned. A few lightly age toned edges at the beginning & ending of the other volumes. German text. Rare Section; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Berlin & Wien: Urban & Schwarzenberg. Very Good. 1932-33. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean tan cloth. Leather spine with gilt titles. Leather protected front corners. Texts tight and clean. Zugleich fortsetzung des Biographischen Lexicons der hervorragenden Arzte aller Zeiten und Volker. Erster Band 1932, Aaser - Komoto mit 80 Bildnissen. Zweiter Band 1933, Kon - Zweig, Nachtrage und Berichtigungen, mit 80 Bildnissen. X-lib, book plates on front endpaper. Library marking on spine. Ink stamp on page edges. Bottom edge of cloth lightly rubber, leather spine intact. Vol. #1, leaf 797 & 799 have a very small piece missing from bottom front corner which does not affect the text. ; Ex-Library; Portrait Illustrations; Thick Large 8vo; 1741 pages .

Deutche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, 1928; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 274 pages plus a six page catalog at the back. Somber novel depicting the inability of a returning soldier to maintain his family’s long-standing tradition of farm life. Ina Seidel (1885-1974), acknowledged as the leading woman writer of her era, was admitted to the Prussian Academy of Arts in 1930, the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1948, awarded the Goethe Medal in 1932, the Grillparzer Prize of the City of Vienna in 1941, the Wilhelm Raabe Prize of the City of Braunschweig in 1948, and the Great Art Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1958. At her death in 1974 she was credited by her contemporaries as being the last upholder of 19th century tradition. Text in German. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket that has two small closed edge tears and moderate spine tan. Signed and dated on the f.f.e.p. by the author Nov. 15, 1927, before publication. Additionally laid-in is a handwritten and signed letter of thanks from… Read More

Rare special edition printed on jap vellum and limited to 25 copies (no. XXI )signed by the illustrator and translator of an edition of 350 copies.Overall size c.10. x 6.5/8 inches c.25.5 cm. x 17.cm. Bottom of spine bumped o/w very good with contents fine. Books signed by the artist Ephrahim Moses Lilien are scarce.

1803 Almanac anti-French Revolution Propaganda Portraits Politics Louverture

The 'Friedens-Almanach of 1803' or 'Peace Almanac' was one of the concluding volumes from one of the most credible and successful anti-revolutionary publications series of all time. This German periodical was published to encourage readers to go against the political goals of the French Revolution. This volume includes portrait engravings of dozens of European political and military figures.

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Friedens-Almanach von 1803: Als Schluss und Supplement des Revolutions-Almanachs
Göttingen: Dieterich, 1803.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Language: German
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6in X 3.5in (15cm x 9cm)

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First thus : Hamburg: Hofmann, 1805, 1805. Second edition expanded and improved. Very good.
365 pages, 58 line drawings in the text. Moderately browned. Very good condition.
Book is more than 200 years old and text block in outstanding condition. Previous owner's signature on title page is that of Louis Tronchin, colonel in the Swiss Federal Army.

1648 1ed Helvetia Sancta Lives of SAINTS Switzerland Catholic Constantine Swiss

Heinrich Murer was a 17th-century Carthusian monk who was best remembered for his book 'Helvetia Sancta'. This work, first published in 1648, is a collection of biographical sketches on the lives of famous saints, Swiss theologians, and high-ranking Catholic figures. Notable figures include: Acathius of Melitene, Saint Lucius, Saint Emerita, Saint Pirmin, Saint Constantine, Saint Benno, and dozens more.

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Price: $750
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Helvetia sancta, seu Paradisus sanctorum Helvetiae florum, das ist ein heyliger lustiger Blumen-Garten unnd Paradeiss der Heyligen, oder Beschreibung aller Heyligen, so von Anfang der Christenheit biss auff unsere Zeit in Heyligkeit dess Lebens und mancherley Wunderwerden, nicht allein in Schweitzerland, sondern auch angräntzenden Orthen geleuchtet, zusammen gezogen...
Lucerne: In Truck verfertiget, vnd verlegt durch David Hautten, Buchtruckern zu Lucern, 1648. 1st… Read More

Beautifully bound special edition of selected poems by German poet, Karl Krolow presented alongside with English translations by Kevin Perryman. These selected poems were published by Babel on the occasion of Krolow's 70th birthday. The translations were authorized by Karl Krolow and are printed here for the first time. Celebrated along with Krolow's work are signed poems by Gunter Grass, George Mackay Brown, Walter Helmut Fritz, and Gunter Kunert. A limited edition of just 30 copies. A very scarce copy,

New York: Pantheon Books, 1945. The German edition appeared 6 months after the English edition. Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket, slight separation of page block at head of spine, the small name stamp of noted UCLA classics scholar Herbert B. Hoffleit. Broch's masterpiece, influenced by James Joyce's "Ulysses". . First German Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

n. 1767. Hardcover. Good -. 1767 Hardcover Fair condition, toning though out, back cover beginning to separate, This book was written by one of the most important economic minds in Germany at that time, Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi The book is important enough that is as been reprinted with in the last 20 years It is a very rare work; you will find it difficult to locate other copies, Many of von Justii's works sell for thousands of dollars Here is an opportunity to own an meaningful piece of 18thCentury European history

First Edition. Thick book. in full publisher's decorated leather. A history of the Olympic Games published just prior to the 1928 games in Amsterdam. Full color & other illustrations throughout. Near Fine condition. A few of scuffs to tips and edges. Top 1/5 of front leather cover is slightly sun faded, Front cover has small eraser-head size push. A beautiful book in beautiful condition. Large book. Extra shipping costs.

First edition of the first German translation - and one of the earliest - of the Jungle Book. One of 5000 copies printed. The Groh illustrations were made especially for this edition.Hardcover Fine. 8vo., original brown cloth, stamped in silver; front cover red and blue with an image of Mowgli. Edges stained red. Spine cocked slightly.. Edges lightly rubbed. Pages 161-165 mended with tape. Ownership stamp to title page. A beautiful and scarce book.

Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1920. Original Full Leather. Near Fine. 8vo. 1920-1928. Dünndruck. Einbandgrössse; 11,5 x 17,5cm. RARE ORIGINAL FULL RED LEATHER. SELTENE ORIGINAL GANZLEDERAUSGABE. Very insignificant unnoticeable wear to head of spine. A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND FRESH COPY. Minimalste kaum sichtbare Gebrauchsspuren am Kopf der Rücken, innen sehr sauber und frisch. EIN SEHR SCHÖNES EXEMPLAR!

Leipzig: Weidmann's Erben und Reich, 1768. The scarce 1st edition of Wieland's verse romance, The Philosophy of the Graces. A narrative poem that advocates rational unity between the sensual and the spiritual. A classic of Enlightenment literature by Wieland (1733-1813), a key figure in Weimar Classicism along with Goethe, Herder, and Schiller. 96 pp. German text in fraktur. 12mo hardcover. Rebound in modern paper boards in an appropriate period style. New endpapers. Engraved title page vignette of two wrestlers. Binding is Near Fine. Good internally. Slight trimming at the lower margin of the title. Large, old paper repair to tears in the last leaf. In all, a sturdy and attractive copy.