Manuscript on paper of the first three imperially commissioned waka anthologies: Kokin wakashu, Gosen wakashu, & Shui waskashu, collectively known as Sandaishu. Each written on fine torinoko paper with beautiful calligraphy
by SANDAISHU
155; 203; 176 leaves of text (plus a few blank leaves at beginning & end of each vol.). Three vols. 8vo (246 x 173 mm.), a cont. tetsuyoso binding, gold silk endpapers with patterns of pine trees & sprays of gold (kindei, “golden mud”), with gold silk brocade over semi-stiff wrappers, red silk manuscript title labels on upper covers. [Japan]: 1707? A beautifully calligraphed manuscript, in three volumes, of the Sandaishu [“collection of three reigns”], the collection... Read More
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Poster: Fred Sandback / Sculpture (24 February-21 March 1981)
by (SANDBACK, Fred)
Illus. on one side. Folded poster, mailed. Zurich: Annemarie Verna, 1981. Poster for Sandback’s 1981 exhibition with Verna. In excellent condition. Mailed to Van Abbemuseum director Rudi Fuchs.
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Exhibition card: Einladung zur Besichtigung neuer Arbeiten von Fred Sandback (7 April-16 May 1978)
by (SANDBACK, Fred)
Printed on one side. Oblong card. Cologne: Heiner Friedrich, 1978. Invitation card for Sandback’s 1978 exhibition with Friedrich in the gallerist’s Cologne gallery. Fine.
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Sangregorio (12 December 1972-12 January 1973)
by (SANGREGORIO, Giancarlo)
Black & white illus. Unpaginated. 12mo, silver printed softcover. Torino: Galleria Narciso, 1972. Rare Giancarlo Sangregorio (1925-2013) exhibition catalogue, we locate no copy in North America. Essay by Luigi Carluccio, biography, list of exhibitions, plates, and exhibition check-list. Near fine copy. Galleria Narciso Catalogue no. 111.
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Exhibition card: Sarkis: Crise (En Rouge et Vert) (opens 6 January 1979)
by (SARKIS)
Printed on one side in red & green. Card, mailed. Paris: Galerie Sonnabend, 1979. Invitation card for a 1979 exhibition in Paris for Sarkis at Ileana Sonnabend’s Paris gallery. Fine. Mailed to Dr. Axel H. Murken of Münster.
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Gli “uomini rossi” di Aligi Sassu (10 October-4 November 1970)
by (SASSU, Aligi)
Black & white and color illus. Unpaginated. 12mo, orange printed softcover. Torino: Galleria Narciso, 1970. Scarce Sassu (1912-2000) exhibition catalogue, published by Marzio Pinottini’s Galleria Narciso. We find only two copies in North America. Introductory essay by Pinottini, essay by Riccardo Barletta, plates, and exhibition check-list. A very good copy; discoloration to lower cover. Galleria Narciso Catalogue no. 92.
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![Shozaishu 匠材集 [Dictionary of Renga Poetry [or] Collection of Building Materials]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/319/515/1303515319.0.l.jpg)
Shozaishu 匠材集 [Dictionary of Renga Poetry [or] Collection of Building Materials]
by [SATOMURA, Joha 里村紹巴]
69; 52; 61; 54 folding leaves. Four vols. Oblong 8vo (140 x 210 mm.), orig. persimmon-stained wrappers (a little worn), new stitching. From the colophon: “1597” (but see below). First edition of this rare movable type dictionary of renga poetry. This is the earliest Japanese movable type book we have yet encountered (the first book printed in Japan with movable type — using Korean technology — appeared in 1593). It is one of the first dictionaries of renga... Read More
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![Manuscript on paper, entitled “Gunkyōroku” 軍鏡錄 [“The Recorded Military Mirror”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/494/372/1600372494.0.l.jpg)
Manuscript on paper, entitled “Gunkyōroku” 軍鏡錄 [“The Recorded Military Mirror”]
by SAWAI, Munekiyo 澤井宗清, author of Preface
Numerous brush & ink illus. (some heightened in red, blue, brown, yellow, & gray ink) in text. 20 parts in 7 vols. Ca. 522 folding leaves. 8vo (242 x 170 mm.), orig. wrappers, new stitching (a bit loose). [Japan]: 1847. A very rare and richly illustrated manuscript on military doctrine and practice, compiled during the early or mid-Edo period. Only one or two complete copies appear to be available in Japanese libraries, and none in... Read More
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![Traité Chimque de l'Air et du Feu...Avec une introduction de Torbern Bergman…Ouvrage traduit de l’Allemand, par le Baron de Dieterich [sic]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/286/343/923343286.0.l.jpg)
Traité Chimque de l'Air et du Feu...Avec une introduction de Torbern Bergman…Ouvrage traduit de l’Allemand, par le Baron de Dieterich [sic]
by SCHEELE, Carl Wilhelm
One folding engraved plate. xliv, [45]-268 pp. 12mo, cont. mottled calf, spine gilt, brown morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Rue et Hôtel Serpente, 1781. [with]: —. Supplement…contenant un Tableau abrégé des Nouvelles Découvertes sur les Diverses Espèces d’Air, par Jean-Godefroi Léonhardy; des Notes de M. Richard Kirwan, & une Lettre du Docteur Priestley à ce Chimiste anglois, sur l’Ouvrage de M. Scheele; traduit et augmenté de notes…par M. le Baron de Dietrich. xiv, [2],... Read More
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Rosa Ursina sive Sol ex Admirando Facularum & Macularum suarum Phoenomeno varius…Libris quatuor…
by SCHEINER, Christoph
1626. Engraved allegorical frontis., fine engraved port. of the Duke of Bracciano, engraved vignette on title, & very many finely engraved illus. in the text (some full-page) depicting the author’s observations of sunspots and the telescopes he used. 20 p.l. (incl. frontis.), 784 pp., one blank leaf, [36] pp. Large thick folio, cont. stiff vellum over boards (a few quires lightly discolored). Bracciano: [Privately Printed by] A. Phaeus, 1626-30. First edition of Scheiner’s greatest work; this magnificent... Read More
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Theoretisch-practische Belehrung über die Anstellung und Führung der Waidindigküpe, sowie über die Krankheiten derselben, nebst genauer Angabe ihrer Kennzeichen und Heilmittel und einer erläuternden Sammlung von Stahlproben
by SCHERF, Carl Friedrich
One folding hand-colored engraved plate. 2 p.l., [ix]-xx, 290 pp. Small 8vo, cont. half-sheep & marbled boards, flat spine gilt, orange & green leather labels on spine. Weimar: B.F. Voigt, 1842. First edition. Scherf was a dyer at Freiburg and wrote several other books on the subject. The present work is devoted to woad (Isatis tinctoria), its cultivation, and uses in making indigo dyes. The plate is a color scale depicting 36 different shades of blue. ... Read More
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Friedrich von Schiller's Bibliothek. Mit einem Facsimile aus seinem eigenhändigen Bücherverzeichnisse. Zum 10. November 1859
by (SCHILLER, Friedrich von)
One large folding facsimile plate. 16 pp. Small 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, stitched as issued and bound in modern wrappers. Berlin, J.A. Stargardt, 1859. One of a very few surviving copies of this bookseller’s catalogue of a significant portion of the library of Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), the German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. In 1851, the bookseller and auctioneer Stargardt acquired this part of Schiller’s library from his son Karl. It proved difficult to sell,... Read More
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Description du Département du Simplon, ou de la ci-devant République du Valais
by SCHINER, Hildibrand
x, 557, [1] pp. 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed green boards maroquiné, single gilt fillet round sides, flat spine gilt. Sion: A. Advocat, 1812. First edition of this uncommon account of the mountainous canton of Valais (then known as the “département du Simplon”) in Switzerland. Schiner, a physician on the medical faculty at Montpellier, describes the geography, natural history, most notable buildings, costumes, cuisines and wines, commercial activities, roads, climate, structure of government, the mountains and glaciers, forests, etc.,... Read More
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![An untitled unique bookwork by the celebrated German book artist. [57] halves of bound-in paper bags](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/326/941/1587941326.0.l.jpg)
An untitled unique bookwork by the celebrated German book artist. [57] halves of bound-in paper bags
by SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara
Oblong 4to (183 x 283 mm.), orig. semi-stiff boards (sunned), orig. cloth tape over spine, glue- & paint-bound. N.p.: “Frühjahr ‘72.” A beguiling example of Barbara Schmidt-Heins’s bookmaking, this book consists of bound thin paper bags that have been meticulously sliced in half. In the gutter, the ends of the bags are covered in white, gray, and red paints. In fine condition. Signed and dated on the inside of the lower cover. ... Read More
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Barbara Schmidt Heins: Anagramm Werke 1988/1989 (10 March-15 April 1990)
by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara)
Color illus. 55 pp. & colophon. 4to, pictorial softcover, artist’s name on spine. Kiel: Stadtgalerie Kiel & Kunsthalle Winterthur, 1990. Uncommon Barbara Schmidt-Heins (b. 1949) exhibition catalogue. Near fine.
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Exhibition postcard: Barbara Schmidt-Heins & Gabriele Schmidt-Heins: Buchwerke (17 July-15 August 1976)
by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara & SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele)
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1976. Postcard invitation for Jürgen Wesseler’s first presentation of the Schmidt-Heins twins, two of Europe’s most important book artists. The recto photograph depicts bookshelves filled with what are presumably the artists’ handmade bookworks. In excellent condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938) and Wim Crouwel (1928-2019). ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus... Read More
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Postcard invitation: libri originali 1972-77 (opens 14 March 1978)
by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara & SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele)
Illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Genoa: Saman Gallery, 1978. Scarce postcard mailed on the occasion of the Schmidt-Heins twins’ exhibition at Saman Gallery. The twins are two of the most important European book artists. Near fine; some minor creasing from mailing. Addressed to Eve Sonneman.
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Barbara Schmidt-Heins: Werke 1972-1983, Buchwerke, Tafeln, Raum-Wand, Raum-Ecke, Raum-Boden, gebaute Bilder (21 January-19 February 1984)
by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara)
Color illus. 119 pp. 4to, die-cut pictorial softcover, artist’s name on spine. Wilhelmshaven: Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, 1983. Scarce and important Barbara Schmidt-Heins (b. 1949) exhibition catalogue. Near fine, with a newspaper clipping laid-in.
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A unique bookwork, stamped “23. Sep. 1979 21. Dez. 1979” to the upper cover, made by Barbara Schmidt-Heins (b. 1949)
by SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara
[100] leaves of different stocks & colors. Large 4to (292 x 210 mm.), orig. stamped semi-stiff gray covers, glued spine. N.p.: [1979]. A wonderful book that records its own creation over the course of nearly two months. The Schmidt-Heins twins frequently invoke time as a component of their books; this example by Barbara is composed of printed leaves with “Zeit” in red at the top and the following text below: “Jahrthausend / Jahrhundert / Jahrzehnt / Jahr... Read More
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Gabriele Schmidt-Heins, Barbara Schmidt Heins: Werke 1962 - 1972-1982 - 1992
by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele & SCHMIDT HEINS, Barbara)
Many illus. 231 pp. Large 4to, pictorial hardcover & pictorial dust-jacket. Cologne: Verlag Constantin Post, 1992. One of 1200 copies, an uncommon exhibition catalogue on the sororal twin bookmakers. In fine condition.
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Gabriele Schmidt-Heins: Ortskunde
by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele)
Many black & white and color illus. 42 pp. 4to, printed softcover, artist’s name on spine. Stuttgart: Isabella Kacprzak, 1988. Scarce Gabriele Schmidt-Heins (b. 1949) exhibition catalogue. It is filled with reproductions of the artist’s work. Opens with an essay by Gottfried Boehm (in German and English). Near fine, with a laid-in sheet inscribed by the artist. We locate just two copies in North America.
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Gabriele Schmidt-Heins: Skulptur, RAUMformung, Zeichnung
by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele)
Black & white and color illus. throughout. Unpaginated. 4to, blue printed softcover, artist’s name on spine. Hamburg: Galerie Vera Munro, 1987. A scarce exhibition catalogue, with photographs of Gabriele Schmidt-Heins’s sculptures and installations. List of the artist’s earlier exhibitions at the end. Near fine; trace of sticker on lower cover.
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Mr. Gladstone's Washi. A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan. The Parkes Report of 1871
by SCHMOLLER, Hans
Three folding plates, full-page color reproductions of 20 Japanese watercolors depicting papermaking, facsimiles on Japanese paper of 30 woodcut illus., & a separate suite of color plates in a portfolio. Large 8vo, orig. red morocco-backed boards, gilt, morocco spine label, slipcase. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1984. Limited to 500 numbered copies printed on mouldmade Hahnemühle paper in Van Dijck types. In the late 1860s, at the behest of Prime Minister Gladstone, Sir Harry Parkes traveled to Japan... Read More
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Chinese Decorated Papers. Chinoiserie for Three
by SCHMOLLER, Hans, SCHMOLLER, Tanya, & MORRIS, Henry
24 paper samples & illus. in the text. Oblong 8vo, orig. morocco-backed decorated boards, spine gilt with a contrasting morocco lettering piece. Newton: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. Limited to 325 numbered copies, printed on mouldmade Hahnemühle paper. Prospectus laid-in. Fine copy.
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A collection of manuscripts concerning the early days of the Osaka Medical School, 1872-75
by OSAKA IGAKKO (OSAKA MEDICAL SCHOOL)
Ca. 52 leaves. 8vo (leaves of various sizes but averaging 285 x 203 mm.), written on paper with pre-printed columns, stitched together. Osaka: 1872-75. The Osaka Medical School, today part of Osaka University and one of the finest medical schools in Japan, traces its origins and traditions to the Tekijuku, an academy founded by Koan Ogata (1810-63), which based its teaching on Western learning, mostly from the Dutch. The newly created Meiji government established the Osaka... Read More
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