BLADH, P.J., & HORNSTEDT, C.F.:

Reseanteckningar. ("Skrifter utgifna af Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland. X"). Helsingfors 1888.

. Pp. (vi), 176. Original printed wrappers. Uncut copy. Contains: 1. BLADH, P.J., Anteckningar under en ekonomisk resa till Tyskland, Nederländerna och Paris åren 1799-1800. Pp 1-74. A travel account mainly described from a commercial point of view. And; 2. HORNSTEDT, C.F., Anteckningar under en resa till Ostindien åren 1782-86. Pp 75-176. A narrative by a Swedish botanist Klas Fredrik Hornstedt, a pupil of Carl Peter Thunberg. Contains a collection of letters from his voyage to the Cape and Java during the years 1783-1785. Aalto p.19.

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Book number: 14211

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europa, europe, travels, voyages, explore, exploration, germany, netherlands, holland, germany, asia, east, cape, java, indonesia, south africa, viajes, viaggio, reisen

FRITSCH, JOHANN LEONARD:

Nouveau dictionnaire des passagers francois-allemand et allemand-francois, oder neues französisch-deutsches und deutsch-französisches Wörter-Buch, ... Neue u. vermehrte Auflage. Lpz, Johann Firiedric Gleditschen, 1739.

. Pp. (xiv), 2040 columns + pp (ii), columns 5-744. With a nice engraved front and title printed in red and black. Contemporary calf, spine with five raised bands and with title lettered in gilt, somewhat rubbed. A nice copy of a comprehensive and important dictionary. Zaunmüller 150: "Wertvoll wegen alter Wörter in beiden Teilen". See Henne, Deutsche Wörterbücher, p. 93.

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Book number: 13225

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, french, german, europe, europa, linguistics, languages, france, germany, dictionary, allemagne, linguistique, language, langue, sprachen, sprache, linguistica, sprachwissenschaft, deutschland

S:T JOHN ( ST JOHN), F.:

Rambles in Germany, France, Italy and Russia, in search of Sport. London 1853.

. VII, 244 pp. With 4 coloured plates with hunting scenes. Cont. cloth, worn, loose in binding. A nice copy. Westwood-Satchell p.185.

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Book number: 162

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europe, europa, germany, france, italy, russia, travels, voyages, explore, exploration, allemagne, italie, russie, explorations, expéditions, viajes, viaggio, reisen

KERNELL, PER ULRIK / STENHAMMAR, CHR. (Editor):

Anteckningar under en resa i det sydliga Europa. Utur hans bref och efterlemnade dagbok. Linköping, Axel Petre, 1825.

. Pp. (x), 280 (2). Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, chipped. Old signature on title. Posthumously published letters and diary notes written during an early Swedish journey to southern Europe. Places visited are Gibraltar, Marseille, Nizza, Genua, Rome, Munich, Augsburg, Nürnberg, etc. First edition.

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Book number: 22033

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spain, france, italy, germany, europe, european, travel, travels, exploration, explore

MAIER, HERMANN:

Vorbilder zur Schildermalerei. Muster: Blätter, Moderner, Firmenschilder, Etiquetten und Kartuschen [Title on cover]. Ravensburg, Otto Maier, (1907).

. Oblong 4to. Size: 22 x 30 cm. With 24 plates, loose as issued in original clothbacked paper portfolio with green ornamental design and red and black lettering. Minor loss of paper of inner joint. A rare and attractive collection of designs for commercial signboards etc. The illustrations comprise six plates with ca 35 colour renderings of signboards, eight plates with ca 50 black or monocolour examples of company signs, five plates with ca 40 designs of various sign shapes, and five plates with lettering styles printed in reddish brown or black. Ravensburg is a well-known German game and toy company which was established in 1883. The Ravensburger triangle trademark is printed below the illustrations on each leaf.

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Book number: 120268

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, german, germany, design, signboards, art nouveau, jugend, company signs, decor, decoration, lettering styles, styles,

MARÉ, ROLF DE & BÖRLIN, JEAN:

Das Schwedische Ballett. (Gastspiel). Berlin, Alfred Flechtheim, (1922).

. Folio (31 x 24 cm). Pp. 20. Illustrated throughout. Stapled as issued. Original decorated wrappers, front cover illustrating a colour poster by Per Krohg. Back cover with small loss marginal loss. Booklet issued in connection with an exhibition of Ballets Suédois at Galerie Alfred Flechtheim in Berlin in March/April 1922. The Ballets Suédois was based in Paris under the direction of Rolf de Maré. They performed throughout Europe and the United States in the early 1920s. With Jean Börlin as chief choreographer, the company created 24 ballets in collaboration with well-known modern artists and composers. This pamphlet includes descriptions of different performances and illustrations of costumes and stage designs by Nils von Dardel, Pierre Bonnard, Karl Hofer, Fernard Léger, Gerda Wegener, etc.

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Book number: 121186

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, ballet, ballett, dance, swedish, sweden, exhibition, germany, german

NORBERG, MATTHIAS / TEXTORIUS, ANDREAS BENJ. (Resp.):

Dissertatio historico-philologica de origine germanorum, apud tacitum. Lund, Berlingianis, 1796.

. 4to. Pp. 15. Disbound. Marklin 75.

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Book number: 120404

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, germany, german, tyskland, history, historical, philosophy,

RIESBECK, C.:

Bref, roerande Tyskland, skrifne af en resande fransos til sin broder i Paris. 2 volumes in one. Goetheborg, Sam. Norberg, 1789.

. Pp. 416; 381. Contemporary half calf with a tear at bottom of spine. Old signature in ink on title. Stamp. Some occasional spotting. First Swedish edition of this famous work, a collection of 73 letters written during a journey in Germany in 1780-81.

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Book number: 14227

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europa, europe, germany, travels, voyages, first edition, allemagne, viajes, viaggio, reisen, deutschland

SCHMITT, HELENE:

Stickereien (Embroideries). Entwürfe von Helen Schmitt. Auf Stein gezeichnet von der Verfasserin. Parts I-III (all published). Basel, Wassermann & Schäublin & Dresden, In Kommission bei der Verlagshandlung Wilhelm Baensch, 1906-7.

. Large folio (41 x 52 cm). Comprises twenty-four beautiful coloured lithographed plates (one double-page) printed on strong cardboard of different colours, some highlighted in gold. Together with one leaf of foreword and three leaves with explanatory text and photographic illustrations. As issued in loose sheets in original illustrated stiff wrappers, with some wear and neat restorations. Housed in specially made cloth portfolio by Atelier Devauchelle in Paris. First and only edition, self-published by the artist. We assume in a very small number.A gorgeous Art Nouveau work with decorative ornamental designs for embroidery but could also be used for other techniques; wood painting and carving, book covers, furnitures, curtains, clothes, etc. Helene Schmitt was a teacher of embroidery at the Frauenarbeitsschule in Basel. Some of her works were exhibited at the Basel Trade Exhibition of 1901. According to Schmitt's foreword: "The designs for embroidery, which are available here in lithographic form, are a selection from the drawings that I designed as head of the class for coloured embroidery at the Woman's Work School in Basel over the past 5 years. Part of the work was exhibited at the Basel Trade Exhibition from 1901 for the first time. Since then I have mostly reworked the designs and now publish them in this new form ... The patterns were created for the needs of my pupils and were implemented in the school itself. Our school is not a technical school and the embroidery courses are attended by the schoolchildren for a longer or shorter period according to their wish. One will therefore find among these sheets, in addition to technically very simple works, also more complicated ones; however, the technical requirements never exceed the level of what can be acquired in a similarly organized school. I know that the artistic appeal of such women's work does not just depend on the template, but essentially also on how much taste and care is put into the technical part of the work. Unfortunately, very little of these intentions can be seen in the lithographic plates. Photographic illustrations have therefore been added to the brief explanations of the text sheets. They should show the effect of the whole and clarify the technical treatment. In addition, the text about the technique and the material will provide the necessary information ... The drawings should also have some value for non-embroiderers who know what is important using a pattern. Most are easy to implement in a different technique; some of the borders are suitable for wood painting ... "A wonderful work in genuine Art Nouveau style. A few plates with small crease at corners but overall a very good set. Very rare in the market.

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Book number: 121046

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, art nouveau, jugend, design, illustration, german, germany, woman artist, ornamental, embroidery design,