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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Vida y Hechos
Del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la
Mancha, Compuesta por --, Parte Primera [-
Segunda]. Nueva Edicion, coregida y ilustrada
con 32. differentes Estampas muy donosas, y
apropriadas à la materia. En Amberes [Antwerp],
1697. Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen.
(8º); [1] engraved frontispiece, (18), 611, (5)
p. and 16 engraved plates of illustrations; [1]
engraved frontispiece, (14), 649, (7) p. and 16
engraved plates of illustrations. CHF 4800.–
Two volumes in contemporary vellum. Title and
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Kunst · Avantgarde · Erstausgaben · Judaica · Handschriften · Philosophie
date of publication in ink on spines. Engraved
frontispieces in each volumes. Printer’s device on
title pages. Stamp of ownership on front flyleaf of
first volume. Engraved bookplates (coat of arms)
of Earl of Galloway on verso of titlepages in each
volumes. Nice copy. – Reprint of the 1673 Antwerp,
Verdussen edition that was based on the 1662 Brussels
edition. With 2 frontispieces and 32 engraved
illustrations by Frederik Bouttats. – [Ashbee 10,
Palau 52000, Peeters-Fontainas 234.]
Billings, William. The Continental Harmony,
Containing a Number of Anthems, Fuges, and
Chorusses, in Several Parts. Never Before Published.
Composed by -- Author of Various Music
Books. […] Published According to Act of
Congress. Boston, 1794. Printed, Typographically
at Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer
T. Andrews. Sold at their Bookstore, No. 45,
Newbury Street; by said Thomas in Worcester;
and by the Booksellers in Boston, and elsewhere.
XXXIV, 35–199, (1) p. CHF 12 000.–
First edition of Billings last work. In contemporary
paper. Restored. Last collection of hymns
by William Billings (1746–1800), the father of
American choral music. Contains 17 anthems
and 34 hymns or metrical psalm tunes. Includes
poems and hymns by Isaac Watts, the «Father
of English Hymnody», among them the renowned
«Creation» (pp. 52–54). [Sabin 5425, Evans 26673.]
Signed Menu Cards from the Peace Treaty
Conference at Brest-Litovsk. With an Original
Drawing by Emil Orlik. Printed menu cards
of meals at Hauptquartier Ost (German Headquarters)
at Brest-Litovsk between December
23, 1917 – February 11, 1918. CHF 30 000.–
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (signed on March 3,
1918) was the peace treaty between Russia and
the Central Powers (German Empire, Austro-
Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom
of Bulgaria) marking Russia’s exit from World
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