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Books & Manuscripts from The Pierre Bergé Library
The first European Atlas of China from 1655, based on the surveys of the Italian Jesuit Martino Martini who set off for China in 1640. Martini is now hailed as the “father of Chinese geography”, being the first to create scientific maps of the region. Containing 17 hand-coloured maps. Est. £12,000-18,000 (lot 15).
Plakat: 8. Antiquarische Büchertage im Altonaer Museum
ABEL GRIMMER (ca. 1570 Antwerp 1620). Fünf Allegorien der Monate Februar, März, April, Oktober und Dezember. Öl auf Holz. Je D 25 cm. Verkauft für CHF 745 000.
The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. London: Robert Barker, 1611. The largest known copy of the first edition of the King James Bible, “the only literary masterpiece ever to have been produced by a committee.” Estimate $400/600,000
Zwei Terrinen in Form von Möpsen, ca. 1770. Aus der Sammlung Schmitz-Eichhof, Auktion am 19. September. CHF 1 500 – 2 500.
Musikhalle Ludwigsburg (c) antiquaria-ludwigsburg.de
Albrecht Dürer, Christus vor Kaiphas, 1509-11
Plakat zur Ausstellung, Der ewige Kaiser Franz Joseph I. 1830 – 1916
Milne Henderson Collection
€ 700.000* € 340.000 Los 318 Max Pechstein – Stürmisches Wetter an der Ostsee (Beschienene Wellen)
50th California International Antiquarian Book Fair.