» … but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit,
embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. «
John Milton, Areopagitica
A speech … for the liberty of unlicensed printing
to the Parliament of England
(1644)
Bibliophily
Fine + Precious Bindings , First + Deluxe Editions
The Red Series and other Rarities
- The Édition de Luxe in only 55 autographed copies :
Beethoven – Rolland, Romain. Beethoven the Creator. The Great Creative Epochs - “The golden age of porcelain” :
Berlin – Moufang, Nicola. Old Berlin in Porcelain - Interspersed by love-knot + kingfisher as the symbol of true love :
Bible of King Wenceslas, The (Codices Vindobonensis 2759-2764)
Oldest German splendid manuscript of the Old Testament - Bibliophile S. de F., The Collection of the
- Bibliophily during three Decades, German
- Collectanea Bibliorum. Bibliophile and scientific works from XIIIth to XXth centuries
- Early Printed Books, A Fine Collection of, of the XVth and XVIth Centuries
- Erasmus of Rotterdam. A choice Collection of 70 valuable Editions and Translations of Erasmus’ Works, supplemented by early Portraits
- Esmerian – Bibliothèque Raphael Esmerian
- Bibliophily in all the splendour of the imperial & royal Austrian monarchy :
von Gutmann – Schwarz, Ignaz. Catalog of the Gutmann Ridinger Collection
Ritter von Gutmanns once personal copy no. I of II in vellum
Also don’t miss
The Red Series – a creation of lüder h. niemeyer rare books & fine arts since 1959
Cassettes + bookbindings in red morocco with contents of highest quality ,
rarities truffled with uniqueness , uniqueness paired with itself
or simply just a rarity or things of special beauty + charm.
Shortly, high class showcase pieces
“ Beautiful Rugendas colour print arrived! Thanks very much for keeping me informed. Best regards ”
(Mr. J. R. L., June 11, 2004)
The character of the objects presented here, highly individual or even unique in many cases, makes it hardly helpful to quote a price in every case. For quite irrespective of this, undifferentiating comparison leads to misinformation. But that is just contrary to the expectations we make to the internet. In these cases please fax for a complete description along with the price. And, if necessary, ask for all the details elsewhere, too. This way you will not simply buy cheap but really worth its money. A maxim having proved to be true for myself on and on. For by now fifty years! It’s the best advice I can pass on to you. For I myself owe it to the legendarily rich, and hence very cautious, American banker J. Pierpont Morgan, “one of the largest collectors of all times.
Der vielfach höchst individuelle oder gar unikate Charakter der hier vorgestellten Objekte läßt es wenig hilfreich erscheinen, in jedem einzelnen Falle einen Preis zu nennen. Denn ganz unabhängig von diesem führt undifferenzierender Vergleich zu Fehlinformation. Das aber entspricht gerade nicht unseren an das Internet gestellten Erwartungen. Bitte faxen Sie in diesen Fällen wegen ausführlicher Beschreibung nebst Preisangabe und erfragen Sie solche gegebenenfalls auch anderwärts. Damit Sie nicht einfach billig kaufen, sondern wirklich preisgünstig. Eine Maxime, die sich mir selbst immer wieder bewahrheitet hat. Und das seit schon fünfzig Jahren! Es ist der beste Ratschlag, den ich Ihnen weitergeben kann. Denn verdanken tue ich ihn dem sagenhaft reichen und daher sehr vorsichtigen amerikanischen Bankier J. Pierpont Morgan, „einem der größten Sammler aller Zeiten.