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Translated from the original in Gujarall by Mahadev Desai. Navajivan Press, Ahmedabad 1940. Frontespiece photograph + (16)+636 pages. Illustrated with nine photos in b/w (plus frontispiece) (complete). Bound untrimmed in the original cloth. Exterior mildly and unevenly sunned. A couple of small holes to the cloth on the spine. As always, the cloth is a bit creased. * The scarce second edition - revised by the author and with new photographs - of Gandhi's autobiography. It was originally published in two volumes in 1927-29, two decades before India's independence from Great Britain. It is bound in the special Indian Khadi cloth that Gandhi [1869-1948] promoted as part of the struggle for independence. Both the first and second edition are very scarce.

29 volumes (of total 37 volumes). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1973-2005 & 2007. Illustrations in b/w. Publisher's half-calf bindings with dust wrappers. Volume 2, 3 & 4 without dust wrappers. Volume 5, 6 & 7 each divided in 3 parts, loosely inserted in bindings matching the rest.

Matthäus Cosmorovius, Wien/Vienna (1691). 8vo. Engraved titlepage (with map of Vienna). (8)+93+(1) pages + (10) pages with diagrams. 16 folding engraved plates. Contemporary full calf binding with richly blindtooled spine. Gilt contemporary coat-of-arms on both boards. Bookplate on front endpaper. Upper spine-end partly broken. Wormholes in back board. * One of several Jesuit contributions to fortification theory following the Turkish siege of Vienna i 1683.

1 typewritten letter in English, dated December 22, 1977. A4 size with Tintin letter head from Studio Hergé. Signed in hand 'Hergé'. Folded twice. * Very charming personal letter from Hergé to Jørgen Sonnergaard, who translated Tintin's adventures to Danish. Sonnergaard had sent Hergé a Comic Section from the New York American as a birthday gift, and the delighted Hergé promised to have it framed for his wall. The reason for Hergé writing in English was that Sonnergaard actually didn't understand French that well, even though he had translated Tintin!

A Pairs, chez l'Auteur / Nicolas Langlois, 1683. 4to. Engraved titleleaf + (10) + 68 + (6) pages + 12 engraved plates (10 double-page) by [Jean Baptiste] Broëbes [complete]. Bound in a contemporary full calf binding, spine expertly restored. Black patch on the engraved titleleaf [a name crossed out?] and a stamp to the typographical titleleaf [Cad. Inst., Eisenstadt (Austria)]. Endpapers stained. Bookplate inserted. * First edition (with numerous later reprints). Important treatise on fortifications by 'The Great Blondel [1618-1686],, the renowned architect, soldier and diplomat.

Robert Wölfle Antiquariat, München/Munich 1968. Folio (48 x 34 cm). 60 original leaves (several handcoloured) from German, French, Dutch, English, Italian, and Swiss Zoological works (1491-1966). All leaves mounted in passepartouts. Housed in orig. cloth-box. Mounted on verso of lid: Commentary volume. 4to. 108+(1) pages with frontispiece illustration. Publisher's soft cover with dust wrappers. Fine. Box with slight soiling to lid. * One of 100 numbered sets with text in German. Excellent work, presenting the history of zoological illustration through original material, including 2 incunabula leaves. The accompanying book is an authoritative bibliography.

Shakespeare and Company, Paris 1930. 11th printing. (4)+735+(1) pages. Bound untrimmed with the original wrappers and backstrip preserved in a nice half morocco binding with handpainted modernist sidepapers. Bound by Danish master bookbinder Henning Jensen. Gilt exlibris stamp to the inner board. * Very nice copy indeed of this modernist masterpiece. It was published in Paris due to its daring nautre and was prohibited in both the UK and US. During the 1930's this ban was lifted and editions were printed outside France as well.

5 volumes. Tralatees de Grec en Francois, reueuës & corriegees en ceste seconde Edition en plusieurs passages par le Translateur. Par Vascosan Imprimeur du Roy, Paris 1574. (11)+(1 blank)+ 336; [337]-924; (1)+(1 blank)+339; (2)+(1 blank)+[341]-834+[2]; volume 5 has no pagination [c. 300 pages, ending with signature 'Oo iiij] leaves. Bound in 17th century half calf bindings with 5 raised bands. The spines with some edgewear and fraying at the top of volume1,2 and 4. Name cut out of the flyleaf of volume 1. Outer hinge of volume 4 slightly split, but still sound and holding. Small name to the flyleaf of volume 1 and 3. * Scarce. A nice, tight copy of this second edition of Plutarch translated to French by Jacques Amyot.

Four works in one binding. Antoine de Sommaville, Paris 1659, 1662,1662 and 1658. Small 8vo [14.5 x 9 cm]. 75+[5 blanks]+55+[1 blank]+64+44+[1 blank] pages. Bound in a contemporary full calf binding with blindtooled borders to the boards. Two small wormholes to the spine. A bit of rubbing and edgewear. A bit of dampstaining to the margin of Les Deux Freres Rivaux to the first pages. Mordern name in ink to the inner board. Small piece of the back pastedown missing. * Four extremely scarce early Scarron editions.

Trykt i det Kongel. Privil. Adresse-Contoirs Bogtrykkerie (Peter von Westen), Odense 1780. 128 sider. Originalt, blankt, grønt kartonomslag. Ryggen mangelfuld (men syningen er fin og permerne sidder stadig på. Små mangler ved det nederste hjørne af forpermen og de første sider. Et navnetræk på inderpermen og tre navnetræk på titelbladet. Nogle af sangene markeret med et kryds (med gammel blæk) i marginen ved førse strofe. Ormehul ved indermarginen på de sidste otte sider (uden teksttab). Gennemgående lidt plettet. * Den meget sjældne andenudgave af Ambrosius Stubs digte, udgivet og med fortale af hans bror Christian Stub. Det er ikke et prangende eksemplar, men fremstår charmerende i sin simple form: Sådan så bogen ud, når man fik den hos boghandleren. Giv den en god bogæske.**Ambrosius Stub (1705-58) levede hele livet fra hånden i munden, omend på stundom munter og studentikos facon, og opnåede kun at se et eneste af sine digte på tryk, men samtiden elskede dem, eftersom de verserede i afskrifter. Det kom til at vare længe, før eftertiden fik helt overblik over dette udsøgte lyriske forfatterskab. Andenudgaven er forøget med talrige tekster, bl.a. Stubs smukke salme Uforsagt hvordan min Lykke end i Verden blive maa, som ganske gribende formidler hans frejdige livssyn og hans skæbne. Teksten havde dog været trykt, i en let afvigende form og uden navn, i H.J. Graaes Arier og Sange (1773-77), men det er i skikkelsen fra 1780, den er vandret videre. Bibl. Dan. IV,248. Danske provinstryk Od 583.

Two parts in one volume. Revue et augmentee en cette seconde edition, de plusieurs figures, de tresbeaux Bastimens et Edifices de Ljunention. Claude Jombert et al, Paris no date [1681]. Folio (leaves are 29 x 44 cm). Engraved titleleaf + 75 full page engraved plates (printed on both recto and verso) + (1 blank) + engraved titleleaf + 32 plates, hereof 22 foldable. Bound in a nice, moderne pastiche full speckled calf binding with six raised bands to the spine and blindtooled borders to the boards. Printed on good thick paper, but dampstained throughout the book. A couple of leaves with minor tears at the edges, well outside the prints due to the broad margins. * Main work of the French architect Le Muet [1591-1669], whose many town houses and chateaux are still to be seen in France today. The work was originally published in 1623 (with a reprint in 1647), but this edition is the final and enlarged. The text pages are also made in copper plate engraving.

Trykt af Christian Christensen, København 1941. Folio. 11 raderinger samt 8 litograferede blade med beskyttende ark af silkepapir. Ubeskåret i orig. papbind med lærredsryg og med litograferet titelfelt. I kassette. * Et af 25 nummererede eksemplarer - dette er nummer 3. Rungstedlunds lyksaligheder fremstillet i billeder af Erik Clemmensen og i ord af Karen Blixen (et digt Til Moder er et førstetryk), Helge Christensen, Wilhelm Dinesen (Boganis), Ellen (Dinesen) Dahl (Paracelsus) og naturligvis Johannes Ewald. Det mest munumentale stykke Blixeniana.

Thomas McLean, London 1839. Elephant-folio. 26 hand coloured litographs mounted on cardboard in portfolio as issued. Portfolio with black spine and black titlelabel lettered in gilt to front board. Portfolio with edgewear. Lower hinge with a split (approximately 2.5 cm). Front board with cloth waving, possibly due to earlier water damage (no sign of this to inside board). Rear board scuffed and with rubbing. Plates clear and bright. The cardboard on which the plates are mounted with some foxing. * First part of the monumental masterpiece which was published in a total of four volumes/portfolios in the years 1839-49. Nash trained with architect Augustus Charles Pugin which is clearly visible in his excellent grasp of the spacial qualities of the rooms he portrays. The groups of people and pets placed in the spaces are endearing, but secondary. **Includes two sets of descriptive texts and prices for the two states in which this work was published. Far the most common is the version with printed plates. This hand-coloured edition is rarer and by far the most charming.

Times of India Press, Bombay 1948. 75 pages. Richly illustrated with photos in b/w. Original red cloth with lettering and flower motif to front board (the rare dust wrapper not present. vertical area of front along spine with light discolouration, possibly due to binding material).Small, light stain to front board plus two small, white stains to rear board. Boards a tiny bit bowed. Small, closed tear (20mm) to last blank leaf. * Published in the first year after the independence of India the work is characteristic for Cartier-Bresson in that his images are filled with people, close to their everyday doings and less with monumental vistas and architecture. Both are part of beautiful Jaipur. The first monograph on Henri Cartier-Breeson was published by The Museum of Modern Art in connection with an exhibition of his work in 1947 ('The Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson', April-May 1947). **Cartier-Bresson travelled the Far-east for three years following the founding of Magnum in 1947. He showed a unique eye for the everyday social life of people and a ability to fuse what he saw in the world with his personal vision. One senses a leaning towards the role of observer as opposed to the more artistic experiments of earlier years (probably enhanced by his long captivity during WW2) which places him firmly as one of the masters of documentary humanism. ***Text in English by Max J. Oliver.

Eget forlag, København 1846-52. Stor 4°. 169+152 sider + 67 stukne plancher, heraf flere udfoldelige. En del plancher med smuk samtidig håndkolorering. Samt. halvbind af brunt kalveskind med rygforgyldning. Exlibris. Lidt gulplettet. * Den yderst sjældne originaludgave af dette smukke plancheværk. Plancherne viser alle detaljer på danske sejlskibe fra tiden. Flere af de foldede plancher gengiver fuldriggede fartøjer med stor detaljeringsgrad.** One of the most beautiful Danish books on ship building. Illustrated with 67 copper plate engraved plates.

12 volumes. Erste Abteilung, 1-7: Marx-Engels-Archiv, Frankfurt a.M./Marx-Engels Verlag, Berlin/Marx-Engels Verlag, Moskau/Moscow 1927-1935. Dritte Abteilung 1-4: Marx-Engels Verlag, Berlin 1929-1931. A few illustration plates in b/w. Publisher's uniform blue cloth bindings with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Apart from slight foxing here and there, a well-preserved set. * The first volumes of this yet unfinished project, with c. 65 volumes published so far, from various places, reflecting changing political circumstances and regimes. The first 7 volumes of Erste Abteilung include all philosophical, economic, historical and political works, publications, articles and speeches of Marx and Engels 1844-1848, including The German Ideology (volume I/5) and The Communist Manifesto (volume I/6).

Johann Hofmann, Nürnberg 1685. 12mo. 464 sider. Med 103 (af 104 (portrættet af Valdemar Atterdag indsat i kopi)) kobberstukne portrætter. Samtidigt helbind af pergament med blindpræget superexlibris (adelsvåben, bispehue og initialerne M.A.L på forpermen). I foret kassette. Exlibris (Bent W. Dahlstrøm). Gl. stempel på titelbladet. Forsatsbladet løsnet, * Meget sjælden. Dansk kongehistorie til det internationale marked anno 1685. Både tekst og billeder bygger på kobberstikkeren Albert Haelweghs billedværk Regum Daniæ Icones fra 1646. Såvel tekst som billedrække er udvidet her. Portrætterne er frem til Frederik II modificerede gentagelser af Hans Kniepers Kronborg-tapeter fra omkring 1580.

Kobberstukket generalkort over Danmark. London (c.1630). Plademål: 39 x 50,7 cm. Med ca 3 cm margener. Meget smuk samtidig håndkolorering. Engelsk tekst på bagsiden. I enkel nyere brun træramme med glas på begge sider. * Tilsvarende blad afbildet i Bramsen s. 93. John Speed (1552-1629) var langt fra at være en banebrydende kartograf; til gengæld forstod han at bruge det materiale, han kunne finde hos andre, på en yderst dekorativ måde. Hans generalkort over Danmark er et af de mest fortællende og dekorative blade i dansk korthistorie: Danmark i dets fulde historiske udstrækning er indrammet af friser med karakteristiske typer fra Danmark (en adelsmand, en købmand m.fl. samt typer fra Hertugdømmerne). Kortets øverstefrise rummer små prospekter af København, Helsingør, Landskrone, Ribe, Slesvig og Hamburg (som jo i 1604 havde kåret Christian IV som sin overherre). I centrum af frisen ses det danske kongevåben, og bybillederne (som Speed hovedsagelig har fundet hos Braun & Hogenberg) flankeres af portrætter af henholdsvis Christian IV og Den udvalgte Prins Christian. Kortet afspejler i alle henseender Danmarks udstrækning, høje anseelse og den lykkelige optimisme, der prægede årene mellem Kalmarkrigens afslutning i 1613 og Christian IV's nederlag i 30-årskrigen (1629). Siden gik det bare ned ad bakke.

J. Crepsin, Lyon 1526. 8vo. Titlepage printed in red and black with a woodcut border. 255 leaves. Woodcut initials. Contemporary brown calf binding with blindtooled ornamentation. Boards restored; corners and spine professionally renewed. Old names on verso of front board. * The most famous work of the Parisian theologian Petrus Comestor (Pierre le Mangeur), who died in 1179. The work may have been a source for Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Johann Friedrich Sartor, Nürnberg/Nuremberg 1625 [though the engraved titleleaf states 1624]. 4to. (16)+86+(2) pages. 86 engraved vignettes. Engraved titlepage. Bound with: AIGENTLICHER Abriss der Neuen im Spital Aufgehengten Tafeln neben Specificirung deren Personen, welche theils bey Lebenszeiten, theils in ihre Testamente aus mitleidendem Christlichem Herzen denselben bedacht haben 1626./Biblische Emblemata (..) In Kupffer Bestochen Durch Johann PfannBürger daselber 1626. No place or printer (Nürnberg(?) 1626. 2 engraved titlepages + blank + 16 engraved plates. Contemporary orange full vellum binding with traces of ties. Endpapers renewed. Some foxing mainly to margins; otherwise a well-preserved copy.

Det Christensenske Officin, København 1832. 4°. XVII+216 sider. Med stort foldet kort over Grønlands østkyst samt 8 kobberstukne håndkolorerede plancher udført af Jens Holm og Oluf Olufsen Bagge efter forlæg af H.G.F. Holm (Fattig-Holm). Original litograferet kartonnage. I smuk foret bogæske overtrukket med gråbrunt lærred, der matcher indbindingens grundfarve. Ryggen på bogen fornyet. Senere tilskrift bagsiden af frontispice-planchen. Gennemgående svagt gulplettet pga. papirets kvalitet. Plancherne let mørknede. Permernes indersider plettede. * Bibliotheca Groenlandica I,130. Attraktivt eksemplar af dette smukke stykke groenlandica. ** De udsøgt smukke plancher er rentegnet af H.G.F. Holm og udført efter forlæg fra Graah eller medlemmer af ekspeditionen. Plancherne er stukket af Fattig-Holms far Jens Holm og dennes kollega Oluf Bagge og efter al sandsynlighed koloreret af H.G.F. Holm selv (hvilket forklarer den fine akkuratesse med farverne). Ingen af de tre billedmagere havde været nærmere Grønland end ved et grønlandsk pakhus på Christianshavn, men billederne virker forbløffende autentiske. To tavler viser forskellige grønlandske fartøjer: En kajak og en konebåd komplet med roere; tre tavler gengiver ruinen af nordboernes kirke ved Kakortok; to tavler gengiver scenerier fra hhv. et sommertelt og et vinterhus, mens den sidste gengiver forskellige artefakter fundet af Graahs ekspedition.

Ad Animum Pie recreandum . Humillime oblatus. Johann Philipp Steüdner, Augusta Vindelicorum [Augsburg, 1696]. Foldable titleleaf + 95 leaves of emblems + foldable engraved bon mot leaf ['Ut mala declines felices respice fines'] [complete]. Contemporary full vellum binding, inner hnges restored. Old inscription to the pastedown. Some soiling and thumbing throughout. Print on leaf no. 3 with small corner missing. * Emblematic book with an emblem for each day of the year: Each page has four tipped-in copperplate engraved emblems.

20 bind. C.A. Reitzel, København 1844-68. Tværfolio. Trykte titelblade + 240 litografier (af Emil Bærentzen) med tilhørende tekstblade; hvert litografi forsynet med beskyttende japanpapir. Smukke samtidige uniforme halvbind af rødt kalveskind med rig rygforgyldning. Bind 9 og 11 i let afvigende rød farve. Forreste fals på bind 9 med revne. Gennemgående let gulplettede. * Attraktivt og komplet sæt af dette hovedværk i dansk topografisk litteratur. Richardts billeder giver et smukt, men også ganske realistisk billede af den danske herregård og miljøet omkring den midt i 1800-tallet, da godsejere og adel stadig var herrer på landet, og ingen drømte om lensafløsninger og udpantninger. Husene er skildret som de så ud, før uvejret af malabariske forskønnende restaureringer satte ind i anden halvdel af 1800-årene.