« … but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself,
kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. »
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
- No. I/XL of the Luxury Edition: The Heinrich Stinnes Copy
Schiller, Friedrich. The Chariot of Venus
With 8 signed color lithographs by Lovis Corinth - Schiller, (Friedrich von). Complete Works
- Exemplaire enrichi — from the drawing to the ready book
The able-bodied publisher’s 5-piece canon
Drawing – Engraver’s Proof – Clean Sheet – Book in Preferential & Ordinary Binding
uniquely reflected here
by an extraordinary symbiosis of pictorial charm, instruction & bibliophily
Schulz, Günther Tordsen. Under Sail ’round Cape Horn
A live-illustrated tall ship voyage Hamburg – Nitrate-Chili – Hamburg - Bibliophily in all the Splendor of the Imperial & Royal Austrian Monarchy
Schwarz, Ignaz. Catalog of the Gutmann Ridinger Collection
Ritter von Gutmann’s once personal copy no. I of II in vellum - In Collector’s oh là là ! Binding
The Immense Supplemental Fund to Thienemann :
Schwarz, Ign(az). Katalog einer Ridinger-Sammlung
(Ridinger collection Ritter von Gutmann) - In the bibliophile private binding of E. J. Barron :
Somervile, William. The Chase; A Poem. With 14 large vignettes by the Bewick Brothers - Comprehensible only today :
Stifter, Adalbert. Witiko. (Insel edition) - In ruby morocco and here for the first time :
Tischbein II, Johann Heinrich. Collection of 170 engravings after drawings - The Heinrich Stinnes Copy
No. I/XL of the Luxury Edition in ruby red morocco
Venuswagen, The. A Collection of Erotic Private Editions with 78 Original Prints
9 volumes (all published) - In red morocco designed by E. R. Weiß :
Weigand, Wilhelm (ed.). The Court of Louis XIV from the Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon
Also don’t miss
The Red Series – a creation of lüder h. niemeyer fine arts since 1959
Solander boxes & bindings in red morocco with contents of highest quality ,
rarities grangerized with unique specimen , unique specimens paired with themselves
or simply just a rarity or things of special beauty + charm.
Shortly, high class showcase pieces
„ I have seen your excellent promo for this item (referring to the Diogo Ribeiro map) and I may be interested in acquiring it for a very important gift … “
(Mr. M. A. B., December 5, 2008)