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(LAWSON, JOHN). Allerneuste Beschreibung der Provintz Carolina In West-Indien. Hamburg,von Wiering, 1712.

8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands. Embossed ornamentation to spine. Lower part of back hindge and back board with worm hole. Last three works with small wormtract to lower part of leaves (not affecting Lawson's work, other wise a good copy. [Lawson:] (14), 365, (3) pp. + frontispiece and 1 folded map; (4), 239, (5); (2), 94; (2), 134 pp. 

Sachgebiete: Amerika, Kulturgeschichte, Reisen/Reiseliteratur, Reiseführer

24.08.2026 - 20:17

10700,- EUR

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

MAGNI, CORNELIO. Relazione della città d'Athene, colle provincie dell'Attica, Focia, Beozia, e Negroponte, ne'tempi, che furono queste passeggiate. Parma, Galeazzo Rosati, 1688.

4to. In contemporary (original?) cardboardbinding with title in contemporary hand to spine. Occassional brownspotting, primarily to first and last leaves, throughout in margins. Hinges a bit worn, otherwise a nice and completely unsophisticated copy. (4) ff. including half-title, 135 pp. + engraved frontiespiece and 6 plates of Athens, of which one is folded. [folding city plan of Athens, the Temple of Theseon, The Lantern of Demosthenes, The Temple of the Winds, The Temple of Minerva (ie the Parthenon), a bust of Ceres].

Sachgebiete: Altphilologie, Illustrierte Bücher, Reisen/Reiseliteratur, Reiseführer

24.08.2026 - 20:11

12000,- EUR

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

FERRER, VINCENTIUS. De Fine Mundi. Speier, Johann and Conrad Hist, (Colphon states 1455 which refers to when Ferrer was cannonized as a saint), circa 1485, no later than 1492.

4to (210 x 147 mm). In a very nice late 19th-century full sprinkled calf binding executed by Francis Bedford (signed in lower margin of verso of front board). Six raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Double ruled fillets to recto and verso of borders of boards. Single gilt line decoration to edges of boards. All edges gilt. Old bookseller description and gilt ex-libris (Henry Huth (1815–1878), English banker and prominent bibliophile) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. A few annotations in pencil to pasted down front end-papers. A few early marginal annotations and underlingnings. Initials in contemporary hand-colouring. 32 lines to a page. Washed. 19 ff. (a8- b-35). Wanting the final blank (c6). This is one of the few books which contains the brothers' joint colophon "ICH". Housed in a cloth clam-shell box.

Sachgebiete: Inkunabeln, Literatur bis ca. 1900, Religion

24.08.2026 - 20:05

13500,- EUR

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

GLEICHEN, WILHELM FRIEDRICH. Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen, oder Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen der geheimen Zeugungstheile der Pflanzen in ihren Blüten, und der in denselben befindlichen Insekten. [Nuremberg], Christian de Laun

Folio. Contemporary half calf with gilt lines to spine. Corners a bit bumped. In magnificent, completely clean and fresh condition. (6), 8, (4), 72, 40, (8), 26 ff. + 51 magnificent engraved plates - all plates in astonishing, contemporary hand-colouring. Plates numbered as thus: 1-5 + 2b (i.e. 6 plates - depiting the microscope), I-XXX + A-E (i.e. 35 - details of floral structure and pollens), Anhang 1-10 (i.e. 10 - mainly insects). The plates are engraved by (and coloured by/under the auspices of) Christoph Keller after drawings by Gleichen-Russworm. With several beautiful, large engraved vignettes (by Johann Michael Stock, efter Keller).

Sachgebiete: Illustrierte Bücher, Mechanik , Instrumente (Technik), Zoologie

24.08.2026 - 19:58

16000,- EUR

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

LACAN, JACQUES. De la Psychose Paranoïaque dans les rapports avec la personnalité. Paris, 1932.

8vo. Original grey printed wrappers with signs of reading, but overall very good. A bit of wear along hinges (with very neat, barely noticeable professional restoration), a few smaller creases to front wrapper and an old owner's inscription in red crayon. A small closed tear to back wrapper. Many notes and underlinings (by Mijolla - see note below) and inlaid are sevaral leaves with notes. Inscribed to half-title. (14), XIII, (1), 381, (3) pp. Housed in a custom-made blue cloth box with see-through front board and gilt lettering to spine. 

Sachgebiete: Widmungsexemplare, Philosophie, Psychologie, Soziologie

24.08.2026 - 19:52

20700,- EUR

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

LONGOMONTANUS. Astronomia Danica. Amsterdam, 1622.

4to. 18th century full calf with double gilt line-borders to boards and five raised bands to richly gilt spine. Neatly rebacked with 90% of the old spine preserved. Corners very neatly restored. Old owner's inscription (Madrolle) to inside of front board, dated 1840, a small Jesuit stamp to front free end-paper and verso of title-page, and a stamp to blank outer margin of title-page (École Sainte Geneviève). Neat note about the author, in French ("one of the greatest men of his century and one of the founders of astronomy"...), to title-page by previous owner Madrolle. All leaves ruled around the text. A very nice copy with some even browning of some leaves and occasional very light dampstaining or brownspotting. F.*3 with a very neatly closed tear (16), 159, (1); 342 + (8), 44 pp. Woodcut title-vignette, woodcut initials, and numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in the text as well as many tables.

Sachgebiete: Astronomie, Mathematik, Mechanik , Instrumente (Technik)

24.08.2026 - 19:47

23400,- EUR

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

FREGE, G. Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik. Breslau, Wilhelm Koebner, 1884

8vo. Contemporary paper boards. Paper labels over spine. Extremities worn, but tight and fine. A stamp to end-paper and to verso of title-page. Title-page and end-papers with light brownspotting, and some leaves with marginal markings, otherwise very nice and clean. Inscribed to front free end-paper. (10), XI, (1), 119, (1) pp.

Sachgebiete: Widmungsexemplare, Mathematik, Philosophie

24.08.2026 - 19:43

30000,- EUR

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

KANT, IMMANUEL. Critik der Urtheilskraft. Berlin u. Libau, Lagarde und Friederich, 1790.

8vo (204 x 135 x 60 mm). Near contemporary marbled paper binding with gilt green title-label to spine. Hinges and capitals neatly restored. Old ownership-stamp to title-page. Mid-nineteenth-century Viennese bookseller's label to pasted-down back end-paper. Occasional light foxing in some margins, otherwise clean and bright. Printed on special, heavy paper, making the volume nearly double the thickness of regular copies. LVIII, 476 pp., (1) f. (errata).

Sachgebiete: Widmungsexemplare, Philosophie

24.08.2026 - 19:39

33500,- EUR

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son