Lot n° 440
Estimation :
250 - 300
EUR
Result
: NC
[MINUSCULA] Set of 9 miscellaneous and curious works, includ - Lot 440
[MINUSCULA] Set of 9 miscellaneous and curious works, including 1 object binder.
17th-20th c. Contemporary bindings, except for 2 vol. in paperback. Slight traces of use, otherwise generally good condition.
1: Thomas a KEMPIS - De imitatione Christi libri quatuor. Antwerp, B. Moretus, 1652. In-32, 7.5 x 5 cm; 44-398-2 pp. (trimmed a little short affecting running title and pagin. in places, title browned and partly unbound, a few faint russets, wetness in fine). 19th c. long-grained black morocco, gilt fillets on covers and spine, gilt edges, in original slipcase. Second edition of the Latin version by Ph. Chifflet. Handwritten provenance: Joseph Floegel (2 mentions, dated 1864 on p. 191 and 1865 on bl. flyleaf).
2: Binding embroidered with gold and silver thread, gilt orphreys and spangles, colored glass beads, chromolithograph with religious subject under mica in the center of each board, smooth spine entirely embroidered, false edges in gold velvet. [Liège?, 18th c.]. 6.3 x 4.3 cm. A few small chips, otherwise well preserved. Typical binding for Liège almanacs, decorated with images of Saint Joseph carrying the Infant Jesus and an evangelist, converted into a good-luck charm.
3: De imitatione Christi, libri quatuor. Editio stereotypa. Tournai, J. Casterman et fils, 1850. 5.2 x 3.5 cm. Contemporary black chagrin, cold-stamped fillets on boards and spine, gilt guilloche edges and headpieces, gilt tr.
4 : Gems of sacred poetry. Seventh edition. London, Religious Tract Society (impr. C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press), [ca. 1844]. In-32, 7.4 x 5.8 cm. Publisher's black calf binding (rubbed). Collection of 246 anonymous religious poems, illustrated with an engraved title and 1 frontispiece by H. Melville. Handwritten provenance: Emily Lucas 1844.
5 : [Collection of prayers in Italian. Ca 1841]. 5 x 3.4 cm (title missing, paper missing without loss of text on last f.). Publisher's black leather boards with gilt decoration.
6: G.B. PIGHI (ed.) - Versum de Mediolano civitate. Milan, (V. Scheiwiller), 1962. 7.2 x 5.6 cm. Br. with ill. covers and flaps.
7: [Qur'an in Arabic. Early 20th c.]. 3.8 x 2.4 cm (tear to first 3 ff. including title). Tortoiseshell binding with metal clasp and burr attached to cord. Bottom board split with traces of old repair, 2 endpapers split.
8: Merkbüchlein für [handwritten:] Nini Hildebrand. [Germany, ca. 1890]. 6 x 4 cm. Soft red leather publisher's binding, embossed illustration on white paper inlaid on upper board, cold decoration on lower board, mute spine with gilt faux nerfs, red tr. (slightly rubbed). Diary with printed dates, numerous handwritten notes in German.
9: F.J. WERSHOVEN - Lilliput French-German dictionary. Leipzig, Schmidt & Günther, [ca. 1940]. 4.8 x 3.3 cm. Br. with publisher's cover (slightly worn paperback).
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