German Books

Die deutschen Möbel des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. Die MöBel der Residenz München by Brigitte Langer and Alexander Herzog von Württemberg. Prestel Verlag, Munich, 1997. First edition ...

Parmigianino und der Europäische Manierismus by Ferino-Pagden, Sylvia (Hrg.) und Lucia (Hrg.) Forniari Schianchi. Published by Mailand; Wien: Silvana Editoriale, Spa, Cinisello Balsa...

Stiftung Insel Hombroich: Museum und Raketenstation by Museum und Raketenstation. Published by Stiftung Insel Hombroich, 1999. 1st Ed hardcover. The Museum Insel Hombroich (Museum Island Hombroich), Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is both a park and a museum combining architecture, art and nature on over 62 acres of meadowland. The park includes the "Kirkeby-Feld" and the "Raketenstation" ("rocket station"), a disused NATO missile base. The museum located on the Museum Island is called "Museum Insel Hombroich". It presents both antique art from Asia...

Albrecht Dürer by Maryann Ainsworth, Klaus Wynn, and Albrecht Schröder. Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Wein, 2003. 1st Ed hardcover Exhibition Catalog with dust jacket....

TASCHEN magazine fall 2002 published on Sep 30, 2002. Cover with Marylin Monroe. To present the new book: Marilyn by Andre de Dienes (Taschen, 2002). Reproduction Cover Magazine ...

Author:: Balbus, Johannes. Title: Catholicon. (An original leaf). Publisher: Mainz: [Peter Schoeffer], 1469. Description: An Original Catholicon Leaf Printed By Peter Schoeffer. 36.5 cm x 28.5 cm, printed in double columns with 66 lines to the page, rubricated 15 on recto and 38 on verso, printed on Galliziani paper, the half of the sheet without the watermark, but with the characteristic shadows at wire-line intervals of ca. 5 mm.. Condition: Mild toning to edges of leaf, otherwise invery good condition Additional Information.: The first nonreligious book ever printed by the first printer. Below is an interesting translation mentioning Africa from Verso: column 2: 11th item: line 34 - "Heliotrope: A green colored stone having blood red veins. If placed in a silver dish filled with water and exposed to the rays of the sun, the water will turn blood red, and the sun will go dark. It is most brilliant when at the rising and setting of the sun it changes color. It is found in Africa." Aside from a leaf from the Gutenberg bible this is one of the earliest possible obtainable pieces of printing associated with Johann Gutenberg. Provenance: 1) Sir Hans Sloane...

A portfolio of 12 offset-printed heart designs by noted German graphic designer Pierre Mendell (1929-2008) assembled from his work at Mendell & Oberer -...

Illustration Now! 3 by Ed Julius Wiedemann. Softcover book published by Taschen in 2009. Printed in Germany, illustrated, 448 pages.

Richard Neutra: Building with Nature Hard Cover with Dust Jacket, 1971 Published in the USA by Universe Books "in very good vintage conditions" "Richard Neutra (1892-1970) was an ...

M.I. Hummel: The Golden Anniversary Album Hardcover – January 1, 1984. by Eric W. Ehrmann (Author), Robert L. Miller (Author), M.I. Hummel (Illustrator) 1st ed...

- 1920s, Germany - original, no reprint - shows travelling possibilities around the world - marked - includes paper airship - for the condition see the photos jr

Published by Kehrer Verlag, 1st edition, Hamburg, 2009. Hardback with English and German text. Bassman Kimmel are a powerful duo in the twentieth-century photography scene, th...

Author: Bierbaum, Otto Julius. Title: Das Schoene Madchen von Pao. Ein chinesischer Roman. Prachtausgabe mit Bildern von Bayros. Publisher: Munchen: George Mullers, n.d. (1910). Description: limited edition. 1 vol., 12-9/16" x 9-1/4", limited to 600 numbered copies this being #114, illustrated with 7 full page mildly erotic plates by Franz Von Bayros, bound in full blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers paneled in gilt, gilt dentelles, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, all edges uncut, as issued. Condition: Internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings or bookplate, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, a very good sharp copy. Additional information: The binding work was done by Hubel & Denck in Leipzig based on designs by Paul Renner.

This five volume set of leather bound 1st Edition encyclopedias were done by Weltall and Menschheit of Germany in 1900 in the period Art Nouveau style. This set is completely in Germ...

CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE (1935-2020)(1935-2009) Christo & Jeanne-Claude 75, 2010, by Taschen. Biographical book retracing the complete work of Christo and Jeanne Claude's projects up...

I am offering for sale a rare copy of the book "Die Frau als Hausärztin" by Dr. med. Anna Fischer-Dückelmann, published in 1918. This historical medical handbook for women provides v...