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A Pronouncing Pocket–Dictionary of British Proper Names. Taschenwörterbuch der Aussprache brittischer Eigennamen [Titles on the Cover].Taschen-Wörterbuch der Aussprache der englischen, schottischen und irländischen Eigennamen. A pocket Dictionary of the English, Scotish, Irish and Indish, as well as of the Greck, Latin and Hebrew, proper Names of Countries, Places, Mountains, Rivers and Persons etc. [Title Pages].
- 980.00€
- Johann Christian NOSSEK (1804-1856). A Pronouncing Pocket–Dictionary of British Proper Names. Taschenwörterbuch der Aussprache brittischer Eigennamen [Titles on the Cover]. Taschen-Wörterbuch der Aussprache der englischen, schottischen und irländischen Eigennamen. A pocket Dictionary of the English, Scotish, Irish and Indish, as well as of the Greck, Latin and Hebrew, proper Names of Countries, Places, Mountains, Rivers and Persons etc. [Title Pages].…
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BANDO, JAPAN: Die Ausweisung der Deutschen aus China. Eine Darstellung der Ereignisse auf Grund englischer Shanghaier Zeitungen vom Oktober 1918 bis April 1919
- 350.00€
- [The Expulsion of the Germans from China. An Account of the Events Based on English Shanghai Newspapers from October 1918 to April 1919] Small 4°. Illustrated frontispiece, XI, 402 pp., bound in publisher’s green linen binding with lettering on the cover and spine (Very Good, minor age-toning to the spine).
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- Books, German Books, New Acquisitions: December 2020
FEMINISM: Feminismus. Seine Begründung und Folgen [Feminism. Its Rationale and Consequences].
- 380.00€
- An unusual work in German language by a retired professor of zoology Alexander von Brandt, searching for the explanation for the female liberation, especially sexual liberation, and feminism through the history, evolution, botanical and zoological examples. 8°. VII, 202 pp. with black and white images, [2pp.], 4 black and white plates, original orange wrappers with lettering (sporadic pages cut…
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- Books, German Books, History, Maps and Prints, World Maps
Hieroglyphen oder Blicke aus dem Gebiete der Wissenschaft in die Geschichte des Tages.
- 1,800.00€
- The very rare first edition of a fascinating and wonderfully eccentric treatise on the philosophical, scientific and political state of the world during the Napoleonic Wars, and the historical journey that led to those times, by the German military scientist Rühle von Lilienstern, illustrated by a large, unique and resplendently coloured World Map on an oblique double-elliptical projection, illustrating…
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- Books, German Books, September 2023: 50 under 1000 EUR
MEMENTO MORI / GERMAN BAROQUE: Laudatio Funeralis In Obitum Viri Excellentissimi, Pereximii Doctissimique Domini M. Andreæ Unkepunz Poetæ Laureati, Ludimagistri Meritissimi, Et Hypodidascali Exceleberrimi In Illustri Schola Octava, quae Bopfingae Floret
- 680.00€
- A large-format satirical pamphlet in Latin, written by German early art historian and author on scientific books on many subjects, including on the Jews in China, and Arabic and Chinese literature, Christoph Gottlieb von Murr (1733 - 1811). Folio, [8 pp.] with 2 woodcuts, unbound (soft folds, repairs to the spine, tiny tears in margins, slightly dusty, sporadic annotations…
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- Books, German Books, New Acquisitions: November 2020, Ottoman Books, Slavica
ORIENTALISM IN AUSTRO-HUNGARY / TURANISM: Das neue Turán. Ein Gruss an das erwachende Morgenland!
- 650.00€
- An unusual pan-Turanian work in German language, representing the contemporary movement in the Ottoman Empire, was written and self-published in Ljubljana by a Slovenian author and orientalist Arthur von Wurzbach, who appears to be overlooked in the historical books, possibly for his monarchist and pro-Ottoman sentiments in his homeland, which would soon become Yugoslavia. Small 4°, 32 pp. letterpress…
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PALESTINE: Palästina in historisch-geographisch-statistischen Umrissen nach ältern und neuern Reisebeschreibungen gezeichnet. Nebst einer Karte des heiligen Landes
- 650.00€
- ANON. [Palestine Drawn in Historical-Geographical-Statistical Outlines Based on Older and Modern Travel Descriptions. Along with a Map of the Holy Land] Karlsruhe – Freiburg: Herder 1830. Large 8°. Engraved frontispiece, showcasing the map and interior of the Holy Grave, [4 pp.] title and index, 148 pp., folding lithographed map, coloured in outline, contemporary marbled board and brown goat spine with…
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- Books, German Books, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
PERGAMON MUSEUM, BERLIN: برعمه. رهبر خرابه برعمه
- 480.00€
- [Bergama. Rehber-i Harabe-i Bergama (Nüsha-i Türkiye) / Pergamon. Guide to the Ruins of Pergamon. Turkish Edition] A rare pamphlet on the archeological excavations of Pergamon in Ottoman Turkish was printed by Berlin Royal Museum (now Altes Museum) at the time the artefacts were transported from the Ottoman Empire to Berlin, where they were exhibited in a new museum.…
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POW CAMP TRINIDAD, COLORADO: Gustav Adolfs Page. Feldpostausgabe
- 480.00€
- A German pocket book, printed for the soldiers in WWII, was owned by a German prisoner of war, stationed in the POW camp in Trinidad, Colorado.
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PUB SONGS / FOLK MUSIC: Gesänge. Gesam(m)elt im heurigen Jahr, wo das Trinkgeld sehr wehlfeil war. Zur Belustigung für Jedermann.
- 4,500.00€
- VARIOUS AUTHORS. Johann STRANIMARYER, Author of the Collection. Gesänge. Gesam(m)elt im heurigen Jahr, wo das Trinkgeld sehr wehlfeil war. Zur Belustigung für Jedermann. [Songs. Gathered in This Year, when the Money was Very Low [lit. when the Tips were Poor]. For Entertainment of Everyone] Mostly Austrian Empire: Vienna, Prague, Wiener Neustadt, Jihlava, Znojmo [circa 1800-1850] - Collected in Kapfenberg, Austria:…
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ROBINSONADE: Robinsons Reise um die Welt. Ein unterhaltendes u. belehrendes Lesebuch f. d. Jugend. Amerika. [Robinson’s Travel Around the Worls. An Entertaining and Educational Reading Book for Young People. America].
- 950.00€
- An extremely rare illustrated volume of Robinson’s travels through America, from Mississippi, to Canada, Greenland, the Caribbean to South America, was published in German language in 1816.
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- Books, German Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Slavica
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION / RUSSIAN ART: 1917. Russland. 1923/ Russland. Kein Märchen, keine Legende, sondern Wirklichkeit
- 420.00€
- [1917. Russia. 1923. / Russia. No Fairytale, No Legend, But a Reality] Large 4°. 31 pp. with illustrations in black and red, original illustrated wrappers, stapled (paper extremely fragile with tiny chips and tears in margins, wrappers detached, sporadic first and last leaved loose, minor age-toning, otherwise in a good condition).
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