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  A set of 5 original photographs, most probably made during WWI, showcase the byzantine capitals of four different cisterns of Istanbul.

  A scarce catalogue listing works of 12 Yugoslav female artists, held in Ljubljana in late 1939 in the Jakopič Pavilion.

  An unusual well-designed Catholic calendar for missions worldwide in Slovenian language was printed on the eve of the end of WWII and designed by a young artist Marjan Tršar, who would become one of the most prominent Yugoslav painters of the 20th century. The cover is an original colour woodcut by the artist.  

  A stunning brochure in Art Nouveau style was made by a Swiss artist and poster designer Otto Baumberger for a spa resort Baden.

  A rare, first printed compilation of Albanian folk songs was printed in 1940, during the Italian military occupation of Albania.

  An uncommon set of 6 religious pamphlets issued in Kronstadt by a Russian Orthodox archpriest, a religious leader and a saint John of Kronstadt in 1899 and 1900.

  A pair of original photos, made during WWI by a Bulgarian lieutenant colonel Kableshkov, showcase temple ruins of Baalbek and reception room of a private mansion in Damascus.

  A beautifully designed book with expressionistic design of text and drawings in a mint condition was designed by a Slovenian academic artist France Kralj in 1921, who was at the time an active member of contemporary art and political movements.

  A stunning theatre and music play with original colour woodcuts by one of the leading Yugoslavian Avant-garde and Constructivist artist August Černigoj, made for Slavic cultural circle on the Fascist occupied territory. 

  A stellar example of a highly decorative children’s book by a Slovenian author Fran Milčinski was designed by a Jože Plečnik’s student Marija Grafenauer (Vogelnik).

  A first edition of popular German Robisonade, which was reprinted in the following years, in a decorative binding.

  A rare Catholic book, printed in Arabic language in Beirut.

  A detailed statistical report on the first decade of the mental institution on the island San Servolo in Venice was printed by the Armenian press on San Lazzaro.

  An extremely rare broadside, printed in Üsküdar, Istanbul, in Polish language is announcing the discharging of the Division of Cossacks, serving the Ottoman Sultan, led by the Polish nobleman Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski.

  An intriguing original manuscript sketch map of Heraclea Pontica (modern Karadeniz Ereğli), one of the most important Greco-Roman historical sites along the Black Sea coast of Anatolia, made in 1806 by Louis Allier de Hauteroche, the esteemed archaeologist and numismatist who was then Napoleon’s vice-consul to the region.

An elaborate large late 19th century colour photogravure of a painting of an Arabian charging army by Alfred Paris was made by a high-end Parisian gallery Boussod, Valadon & Cie.