178
MEYER, Rudolf (1605-1638); MEYER, Conrad (1618-1689). Todten-dantz....Sterbensspiegel, das ist sonnenklare Vorstellung menschlicher Nichtigkeit durch alle Stànd und Geschlechter. Zurich: Bodmer, 1650.
Fine copy with the plates in fine impression and contemporary provenance of this first edition of one of the most important and scarce Baroque representations of the danse macabre. The engravings by the Meyer brothers are inspired by Holbein's images and are accompanied by a rhyming dialogue between Death and his victims; the figures include clergymen, cardinals, kings and the wealthy as well as bourgeois and commoners.4to, (185 x 150mm). Engraved title-page, 59 (of 60) engraved illustrations in the text (f. H with its illustration reproduced in facsimile, without the 22 leaves of the second part containing the scores for Andreas Schwilge's funeral songs, restorations and some staining, additions to the margins of some leaves, f. L with loss of a small part of the engraving in the upper margin, a few repaired tears without loss of text). Contemporary binding in restored full vellum. Provenance: contemporary signature Andr. Schmidy probably Johann Andreas Schmidt (1652-1726), professor of logic and theology in Jena and later Helmstedt. (1)
ESTIMATE € 1,000 - 1,500
LOTS
277
GIDE, André (1869-1951). Jeunesse. Neuchatel; Paris: Ides et Calendes, 1945.
GIDE, André (1869-1951). Jeunesse. Neuchatel; Paris: Ides et Calendes, 1945.
ESTIMATE € 150 - 250
278
GUTTUSO, Renato (1912-1987). Della congiura dei Pazzi. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1955.
GUTTUSO, Renato (1912-1987). Della congiura dei Pazzi. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1955.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
281
KLINGER, Max (1857-1920). Intermezzi. Opus IV. Nurnberg: Stroefer, 1881.
KLINGER, Max (1857-1920). Intermezzi. Opus IV. Nurnberg: Stroefer, 1881.
ESTIMATE € 1,200 - 1,600
282
MOVIMENTO ARTE CONCRETA. M.A.C. Documenti arte d'oggi. Milan: Saito, 1954-1958.
MOVIMENTO ARTE CONCRETA. M.A.C. Documenti arte d'oggi. Milan: Saito, 1954-1958.
ESTIMATE € 3,000 - 5,000
284
PIRANDELLO, Luigi (1867-1936) . I vecchi e i giovani. Verona: Mondadori, 1931.
PIRANDELLO, Luigi (1867-1936) . I vecchi e i giovani. Verona: Mondadori, 1931.
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
285
VITERBO, Dario (1890-1961). The Book of Tobias. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1952.
VITERBO, Dario (1890-1961). The Book of Tobias. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1952.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
286
VERVE. Verve. Revue artistique et litteraire. Paris: editions de la revue Verve, 1937-1960.
VERVE. Verve. Revue artistique et litteraire. Paris: editions de la revue Verve, 1937-1960.
ESTIMATE € 9,000 - 12,000
