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Jorge Luis Borges
Bibliophily
Fine & Precious Bindings , First & Deluxe Editions
The Red Series and other Rarities
- 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 - Heinrich Stinnes’ obligatory No. I
in the ruby red morocco of the luxury edition
Venuswagen, The. A Collection of Erotic Private Editions with 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 - In May von Weinberg’s armorial binding by Ernst Ludwig
Weinberg – Balzac, Honoré de. Les Paysans. Scènes de la vie de campagne
With 50 etchings by Georges Jeanniot - “What a whirling plenitude of impressions this volume gives!”
Zingg – Adrian Zingg’s Album 1757-1790
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
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