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2 volumes. Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley 1983. Thick 4to. XXXVII+716 + XVII+831 pages. Publisher's brown cloth bindings. In red-canvas slipcases. Fine. * In collaboration with C. V. Somayajipad, M. Ittti Ravi Nambudiri and Pamela McFarland. Enclosed: 2 music cassettes with Chants and Recitations of the Agnicayana. In original box.

Rüff, Augsburg 1523. Small 4to. 34 leaves [A4-G4, H1-H2, I1-4 [complete]. Bound in a modern marbled paper binding [signed by Jens E. Hansen, Aarhus]. Two old owner's names to the titleleaf [one is Danish bishop Frederik Münter, dated 1813]. Dampstaining throughout the book. Titleleaf a bit soiled. Woodcut pinter's device to the verso of the last leaf [Hercules and Kerberos]. * Scarce edition, translated by renaissance humanist Ottmar Luscinius [1478-1537]. He first attributed it to Ammonius of Alexandria [3rd century], but later thought it might be by Tatianthe Syrian [c. 120-180].

2 volumes in 1. Verlag von Carl B. Lorck, Leipzig 1847. Engraved portrait on frontispiece. (5)+122+159 pages, including both titlepages as well as titlepages for 'Gesammelte Werke'. Publisher's redbrown cloth with richly gilt spine and blindtooled ornamentation on boards; gilt flower vignette on front boards. Bookplates on front pastedown. Slight foxing. * The first official autobiography by Hans Christian Andersen, which was published as part of a German edition of his collected works in 1847. A Danish edition of was not published until 1942; an English, however, already later in 1847. Prior to this autobiography, Andersen had written a private text for the family Collin in Copenhagen, his mentors and supporters through the first difficult years, first published in 1926. 'Das Märchen meines Lebens' for the first time links Andersen's entire production closely to the 'fairy tale' of his life and consolidated his European fame.

Andr. Fred. Høst, København 1849. (2)+164 sider. Orig. grågrønt komponeret helshirtingsbind med blindtrykt og forgyldt dekoration på ryg og permer samt tresidet guldsnit. Bindet sign. W. Ursin. Lidt gulplettet i marginen. * Liebenberg 236. Bindet tilhører første generation af de komponerede forlagsbind.** Med dedikation fra den aldrende digterkonge: 'Til mine Heltinders mangeaarige, store Fremstillerinde Madame A. Nielsen/ taknemmeligst og venskabeligst/ fra A Oehlenschläger'. Skuespillerinden Madame Anna Nielsen [1803-56] havde et livslangt venskab med Oehlenschläger og portrætterede 30 af hans kvindeskikkelser på scenen.

3 volimes. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009. Large 8vo. 520; 553; 513 pages. Illustrated with plates in colour and b/w in text. Original violet boards. Verly mild traces of use and light compression to spine ends. Near fine-.

52 bind. J. W.Cappelen, Kristiania (Oslo)/CWK Gleerups, Lund 1883-1936. Uniforme brune halvlæderbind med røde og grønne rygtitelfelter. De ældste bind med småskrammer. * Smukt sæt af de første 50 årgange af denne fælles-skandinaviske filologiske årbog.

Redigeret af Johan Ludvig Heiberg. Trykt hos Jens Hostrup Schultz, København 1827. 4to. Nummer 1-105 1. januar-31. december). Med fællestitelblad og indholdsfortegnelse til hele årgang 1827. Smukt senere halvbind af brunmarmoreret kalveskind. Exlibris (Eiler Høeg). Siderne lidt mørknede. Titelbladet gulplettet. * Indeholder foruden talrige bidrag af udgiveren selv også en række af de tidligste førstetryk af H.C. Andersen: Aftenen. Et Træsnit og Den rædselsfulde Time, trykt anonymt (BFN 11 & 12) samt BFN 14, 15 & 16.

Aquarelles de Marcelle Picard. René Kieffer, Paris 1925. Large 8vo. (12)+202 pages. Illustrated in colour. Bound untrimmed with the original wrappers in a magnificent embossed morocco binding with an amphora motiff to the boards. Upper edge gilt. Binding signed 'René Kieffer, Relieures d'Art'. * Copy number 268 of 500 copies printed on Vélin blanc de cuve (of a total edition of 550 copies). The wonderful binding is also from Kieffers renowned publishing house/ bookbindery.

Trykt som manuskript, Odense 1884. 174 sider. Indbundet i blåt, komponeret helshirtingsbind. Let gulplettet. * Meget sjælden. Efter alt at dømme er det den kun 18-årige Sophus Michaëlis' [1865-1932] debut i bogform; hans egentlige debut 'Digte' udkom først i 1888. Med dedikation fra Michaëlis: 'Til Frk. Nelly Holbeck [1865-1946; ligeledes fra Odense]/ fra en af denne ringe Bogs allerringeste Forfatter Sophus Michaëlis / D. 25de Febr. 1884'. Ligeledes vedlagt er der et brev 'En lille Vintergæk!' blandt andet 'Vintergrønt'', som er dateret samme dag og indeholder et romantisk 15-strofers digt. Den unge Michaëlis har givetvis forsøgt at gøre sine hoser grønne hos frøken Holbeck, men hun blev gift to år senere til anden side. Sophus blev i stedet gift med Katharina Marie Bech Brøndum - bedre kendt som Karin Michaelis.** Digtene i den lille antologi er alle anonyme, med undtagelse af nogle digte af Uffe Biilmann [senere præst] og de fem digte af Sophus Michaelis, der allerede dengang har både set og omtalt sig som forfatter.

Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, London 1760. (4)+XII+23+(1)+24+16+94+(14)+82+(2)+(2 blanks). Contemporary full caf binding. Spine neatly rebacked. Corners a bit bumped and worn. Old name cut out at the top of the flyleaf, with the name of two Danish professors beneath [Paul v. Rubow and Eric Jacobsen]. Besides that, a nice, clean copy on good paper. * Scarce. Contains 'Edward III', which Capell - one of the great Shakespeare scholars - considered as dubiously ascribed to the great author. It has later been stricken from his list of works.

James Baine, London 1848. 8vo. On thick paper. XVI+128 pages. Woodcut illustrations. Contemporary full red morocco binding with richly gilt and blindtooled ornamentation, inside gilt border and all three edges gilt. Old ink stamp on titlepage. Old inventory number on front pastedown and on verso of flyleaf. Foxing to edges of the first pages. Some smudging and a digit to the pastedown. * This charming and beautifully designed introduction reflects the scientific results of Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788-1865), who as the first established a cronological system to view the earliest part of history with a division into Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Moreover, Thomsen's system was based on observations of items, not on reading. This fundamental work was published in Danish in 1836, but immediately translated into German by professor Christian Paulsen to have Thomsen's pioneering thesis known by an international audience.

Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag, Kristiania og København 1899. Small 4to. 320 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Contemporary half vellum binding with title in gilt to spine. Modern illuminations in flowery, otherworldly style to front board, rear board and to all edges carried out in black and white ink. Illuminations signed and dated J.Jaehngen 1982. * A Unique object end example of modern book illumination **The German/Danish artist Jutta Jaehngen (1936-) specializes in modern illuminations of bookbindings. She was taught decoration of porcelain at Meissen and is educated at Hochschule für bildende Künste in Dresden. She lives in Denmark where two exhibitions of her works took place in 1976 and in 1981.

Original radering. Signeret i pladen med initialer og årstal (1903). Lysmål: 19,5x29,8 cm. Med pladerande og brede margener. Monteret med passepartout i smuk guldramme. Under motivet anført med blyant: Knortegæs, Regntykning, sandsynligvis af Johannes Larsen selv. * Rasmussen 7. Det på én gang kraftfulde og idylliske billede viser en flok knortegæs vuggende på Kerteminde-bugten i regnvejr. Betegnelsen II skyldes eksistensen af en version I i lidt mindre version (se Rasmussen 6).

6 bind (af 14). Brødrene Berling, København 1782-1793. 4°. På skrivepapir. Med foldede plancher (diagrammer og kobberstukne illustrationer). Samtidige ensartede helbind af brunmarmoreret kalveskind med uniform rygforgyldning, men med vekslende udsmykning af permerne (bind 1 med meget smuk guldbordure; de øvrige enklere, mens bind 3 ikke har perm-forgyldning. Bind 1 med vandskjold i øverste inderste hjørne på de første sider og med lille ormegang på forpermen. Lidt gulplettet. Bind 2 med 2 ormegange på forpermen. Let gulplettet. Bind 3 med spor efter exlibris. Lidt gulplettet. Bind 4 lidt gulplettet. Bind 5 lidt gulplettet. Bind 6 noget plettet, især på de allerførste sider. * Bibl. Dan. III,30-31. Stateligt sæt af de første seks bind af Suhms storværk, der i årbogsform sammenstiller alskens yderst detaljerede efterretninger om Danmarks historie fra vikingetidens slutning. Værket blev først fuldendt i 1828.

Bartholdi Fuhrmann [Frankfurt] 1692. 12mo [9.5 x 15 cm]. Bound untrimmed in a modern black full morocco binding. Slight foxing to the pages. The text is printed very closely to the inner margin, so the innermost letters of each page can be difficult to read. One leaf with a closed tear across, no text loss. * With an engraving of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Justus Lipsius and Christoffer Schrader engaged in a conversation.

Hoffmann'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1844. 4to. 268 pages + 36 litographed plates of which 34 are beautifully handcoloured. Later brown half-morocco binding with gilt decorations on spine. Some foxing throughout. Old name on titlepage. * Fine guidebook for the Victorian collector of beetles. The plates show 1315 beetles and larvae, most of them coloured by hand.

Öfversättning från Danskan af Förf. till Sjöjungfruns Sagor [W. Bäckmann]. Alb. Bonniers förlag, Stockholm [1851]. (6)+163 sider. Ubeskåret i originale hvide bogtrykte glanspapiromsla (med titel 'I Swerige'. Foromslaget med rift langs forrste fals. Indlagt i smuk bogæske med rygstykke af mørkegråt gedeskind med tidstypisk gulddekoration (Anker Kysters Eftf./Hagel Olsen). Guldtrykte initialer (Hans Henrik Poulsen) på æskens forside. * Juel Møller S 18. Førsteudgave af den svenske version af I Sverrig (BFN 591), udsendt samme år som den danske originaludgave. Med nyskrevet dansk forord af Andersen til den svenske udgave.

Ernst Bojesens Kunstforlag, København 1889-90. Folio. 201 sider. Indbundet med orig. omslag (formgivet af Thorvald Bindesbøll) i et orig. halvbind af brunt kalveskind med rygforgyldning og gulddekoration på permerne, ligeledes formgivet af Bindesbøll. Med tresidet guldsnit. Ryggen slidt. Lidt plettet. * Med dedikation fra Joakim Skovgaard til Johan Rohde. ** Klunketidens nationalromantiske idealer omsat i så prægtig en bogform, som den altid entreprenante og stort tænkende forlægger Ernst Bojesen formåede, hvilket ikke siger så lidt. Bogen er stadig en klassiker inden for dansk illustrationskunst.** Dansk Bogkunst 32. En af de 50 smukkest udførte danske bøger nogen sinde.

Hodder and Stoughton, London 1922. 8vo. 1. edition. 139 pages+lllustrated with plates with photos and drawings in b/w. With a portrait of E. L. Gardner, member of the executive committee of the Theosophical Society in England, on the almost loose frontispice. Orig. dark brown blind-tooled cloth, no dust wrappers. Cover with signs of usage and rubbing, with the cloth abit torn along spine and edges. Top and bottom of the spine torn and worn. Also a few dents and knicks to the edges of the binding. Internally very well preserved, all illustrations intact. With a few notes in pencil and pen to the inside of the cover front and back and flyleaf. Browning anf foxing to the flyleaf and first page. * Arthur Conan Doyle came into contact with the spiritual worlds after several of his family members died during and shortly after World War I. He firmly believed in the after-life, and with this book, he took a strong interest in proving the existance of other-worldly beings, like fairies and ghosts. The photograph this book is based upon was proven to be a hoax decades later, but was taken quite seriously by many people at the time of its publication.

Apud Gratiosum Perchacinum, Venezia/Venice 1570. 8vo [14.5 x 9,4 cm]. [Blank]+titlepage+(7)+210+(1) leaves (complete). Woodcut printers' device on titlepage and on last page. Bound in a recent vellum-coloured boards. Faint old inscriptions on the front blank leaf. A few marginal notes in old hand. Some soiling to titlepage and last page. Waterstain on the first 105 leaves.

Georgen Rhaw [Rhau], Wittenberg no date [1546]. 35+(1) pages. In modern marbled paper wrappers. Slight foxing. * Funeral sermon from one first generation Lutheran theologian to the other: Menius [1499-1558] took over as head of the church in the town of Gotha after his friend and colleague Myconius [1490-1546].

Guglielmo Facciotti, Roma 1618. 4to (16,5 x 22 cm). (8)+284+(4) pages. Engraved titleleaf and three engraved plates. Numerous woodcut initials. Woodcut printer's device to the verso of the last leaf. Bound in contemporary limp vellum. binding, somewhat rubbed and stained. Title to the spine in ink. Some dampstaining to the last leaves, Some foxing. Corners of the leaves bumped. The first four leaves with some fraying to the margin (not affecting text) and a bit sagging in the binding, but still attached. A bit shaky at the inner hinges. Name blotted out to the titleleaf. * An attempt to make a great rhymed epos of the life of Jesus Christ in the style of the Iliad, Odyssey or Aeneid. Apparently the attempt failed, as this is the only edition made of the work. in old hand to the verso of the last endpaper. Overall condition: Good+. * An attempt to make a great rhymed epos of the life of Jesus Christ in the style of the Iliad, Odyssey or Aeneid. Apparently the attempt failed, as this is the only edition made of the work.

Two volumes [complete]. Johan David Zunner, Frankfurt am Main 1681. Folios. (6)+76+ [in two columns] [78-]1372+(2)+824 double columns; (2)+808 columns + (2)+1552 columns + (4)+72 pages. Bound in two contemporary full vellum bindings with 19th century spine titles in morocco. * Nice, solid copy of the standard work of the 17th and 18th century on the Latin writings of the medieval period. Originally published in 1678, the work was still in print a hundred years later.

Pierre Martau, Lyon 1700. 4to. Engraved frontispiece plate. Titlepage printed in red and black. (54)+384+235+(1)+96 pages. Bound with: Heinrich Bened. Strak: Notae selectae criticae. Heirs of Johann Fr. Braun, Leipzig 1724. (4)+162 pages. Contemporary full vellum binding with blank spine. 19th century pen notes i Danish in part 1 and on front endpaper. Front endpaper with tear. Bookplate on front pastedown. 3 cm tear in front outside hinge at upper spine-end. * Jean Leclerc (1657-1736) was a Swiss biblical scholar who promototed exegesis or critical interpretation of the Bible.

Balthasar Christophorus Wust, Frankfurt am Main 1689. Folio. (16)+520 pages [in 1040 columns] + (60) pages of index + (2)+ 22 pages [in 44 columns]. Contemporary full vellum binding. Front pastedown not pasted down. Dampstaining to the margin throughout most of the book. Dampstain to the titleleaf. Backboard soiled. * Text in Latin, Hebrew and a bit of German.