Selected Antique Books, Photographs and Fine Art at Kiefer Auction, Germany

KIEFER Rare Books' 16 auction catalogues comprise a rich and wide selection of antique books and manuscripts, old masters, prints, maps and modern art to be sold at auction. Browse all catalogues here »

Sale Dates: 2 July 2020 10:00 am | 3 July 2020 10:00 am | 4 July 2020 10:00 am
Location: Pforzheim, Germany

SELECTED LOTS

Left: Salvador Dali - Les Caprices de Goya; Right: Walton, I. - The Compleat angler or the contemplative man's recreation

Salvador Dali - Les Caprices de Goya
76 signed plates with original cold needle etchings according to Francisco de Goya in colored heliogravure. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 10 - Modern literature and illustrated books 20th century

Walton, I. - The Compleat angler or the contemplative man's recreation
Being a discourse of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. London, G. G. Harrap & Co. 1931. 4°. Mit 1 signierten, aquarellierten Originalzeichnung, 12 Farbtafeln u. 25 Textillustrationen von Arthur Rackham. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 10 - Modern literature and illustrated books 20th century

Left: Marc Chagall - Drawings for the Bible; Right: Cain, J. and others - Chagall Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Drawings for the Bible
Text: Gaston Bachelard. London, Zwemmer (1960). Fol. With 24 original-color lithogr., verso small lithographs in black, and 96 whole. Illustr. Colorlithogr. Opbd. (Vcover loose). See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 10 - Modern literature and illustrated books 20th century

Cain, J. and others - Chagall Lithograph
Bde. 2-6 (from 6) in 5 Bdn. Monte Carlo, Sauret 1963-86. 4°. With too. 20 (incl. 4) tls. Color. Original-Lithogr. by Marc Chagall. - German edition. Almost as good as new. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 10 - Modern literature and illustrated books 20th century

Left: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Head of a bearded man in under sight with a view to the top, rubella sketch 16th century; Right: Emil Schumacher - Abstractfigurative composition

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) - Head of a bearded man in under sight with a view to the top, rubella sketch 16th century
Cropped, approx. 7 x 7.2 cm, verso fragment of another rubella sketch, mounted at the corners on carrier-paper, there with ink-rim. Under the drawing in pencil by foreign hand, Michelangelo refers to b 1474". See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 16 - Old and modern art, prints, views, maps

Emil Schumacher (1912 - 1999) - Abstractfigurative composition
Ceramic painting/basalt lava plate, (19)94. Sign., dat. u. verso hs. by Gerhard Nikolaus (stone technician at the ceramic workshops Lothar Hermann, Hassloch/Pfalz). 45 x 64 cm. The work is in the archives of the Emil Schumacher Foundation Hagen under the title K-2/1994 with the Inv. 05/.205. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 16 - Old and modern art, prints, views, maps

Left: Sander, F. - Reichenbachia; Right: Enlightened Forester - Around things... ancient, and modern, of the city of Venice, and of the surrounding islands

Sander, F. - Reichenbachia
Orchids illustrated and described. 4 Teile in 7 Bdn. London, Sotheran & Co. 1888-94. Imp.Fol. Mit 192 chromolithogr. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 11 - Natural sciences and technics

Enlightened Forester - Around things... ancient, and modern, of the city of Venice, and of the surrounding islands
Venedig, Albrizzi 1772. Mit 44 (davon 28 dplblgr.) Mr Kupfertaf. 7 Bl., 8 p.m., 424 S., 6 Bl. Neuer Ldr. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 12 - Geography - travel - history

An album with 8 large panoramic views of Italian landscapes and cities

An album with 8 large panoramic views of Italian landscapes and cities
Aquatintaradations of L.Cherbuin, F.Citterio and F.Campi to Cherbuin, J.Mazzola, C.Bossoli, Majocchi and G.Gariboldi at Fer. Artaria & Sohn and A.Vallardi, Milan c. 1820. Qu.Gr.Fol. On karts. mounted and folded, hung on linen strips. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 12 - Geography - travel - history

Left: Hondius,J.; J.Janssonius. - Atlantis novi pars secunda, exhibens Germaniam inferiorem, Galliam, Helvetiam, atque Hispaniam; Right: Beaumont,(J.F.)A.de. - Travels through the Rhaetian Alps, in the YearMDCCLXXXVI

Hondius,J.; J.Janssonius. - Atlantis novi pars secunda, exhibens Germaniam inferiorem, Galliam, Helvetiam, atque Hispaniam
Amsterdam, Hondius & Janssonius 1638. Gr.Fol. With altkol. Died. Title and 112 dplblgr., altkol. Copper cards. 8 Bl. print text, 2 Bl. index and bookbinder instruction. Oprgt. with hs. Back title, lid and back cover, gold cut. (Slightly spotty and rubbed without the bands). See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 12 - Geography - travel - history

Beaumont,(J.F.)A.de. - Travels through the Rhaetian Alps, in the YearMDCCLXXXVI
From Italy to Germany, through Tyrol. London, Clarke etc. 1792. Gr.Fol. VIII, 82 S., 1 Bl., 10 Aquatinta-Taf. in Braundruck (Sepia) v. C. Apostool nach Beaumont (8). See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 12 - Geography - travel - history

Left: Milly, Hugo - Two farmers at the edge of the forest; Right: Guidi, Giuseppe - The eavesdropper

Milly, Hugo (1854 - 1929) - Two farmers at the edge of the forest
Oil on wood. Approx. 27 x 37 cm. Re. Sign. Framed with Lwd.-Passep. with metal shield. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 16 - Old and modern art, prints, views, maps

Guidi, Giuseppe (1881 - 1931) - The eavesdropper
Oil on Lwd. 45 x 62 cm. Unt. Re. Sign. "Giusi Guidi" and ortsbez. "Roma". In gold. baroque stucco frame. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 16 - Old and modern art, prints, views, maps

Left: Buddha Shakyamuni, Thailand around 1500; Right: Renaissance Master Castle, approx. 1600-1620

Buddha Shakyamuni, Thailand around 1500
Buddha sitting in Virasana with embezzled legs. Ayutthaya period, around 1500. Bronze, patinated and gilded (tlws with subsequent gilding. The benevolent downward gaze. The one hand in the Earth Touch Gesture (Bhumisparsha-Mudra). Snimmed hair snails turned to the right. Flame (Rashmi) on the head with slightly loosened seat. Height: 94 cm width 67 cm. Thermoluminescence expert opinion Haigerloch, 1982 as well as expertise Prof. Dr. Karow, University of Frankfurt 1984. Beautiful museum piece of exceptionally good quality and charisma. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 14 - Antik

Renaissance Master Castle, approx. 1600-1620
Excellent craftsmanship. Finely broken and chiselled base plate with two nixes in sea waves. Chapel brass sawn and chiseled. Original key. Castle approx. 28 x 17 x 12 cm. Masterful early renaissance cupboard lock in museum quality. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 14 - Antik

Left: Cleve III, Hendrick van - The tower building in Babel; Right: Hobbema, Meindert - Landscape with a water mill

Cleve III, Hendrick van (approx. 1525 - ca. 1589) - The tower building in Babel
Oil on oak. 1570-80. 74 x 98 cm. 4-board parquet. Verso on faded stamp with mention "Parquetiert von Th. Jone(?), Berlin V.W., Kochstraße 85". In profiled wooden frame probably from the late 19th/early 20th century. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 16 - Old and modern art, prints, views, maps

Hobbema, Meindert (1638 - 1709) - Landscape with a water mill
The water mill, which is reflected in the water, in the middle at the pond an angler and right on the clearing three people with a dog. Oil on Lwd., 17./18. Century 73 x 102 cm. Doubled. Framed. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 16 - Old and modern art, prints, views, maps

Left: Aldo Durazzi - Sophia Loren; Right: Aldo Durazzi - Salvador Dali

Aldo Durazzi - Sophia Loren
(Owner: Sofia Villani Scicolone, born in 1934, Italian film actress). Original photography by Aldo Durazzi (1925-1990). St. Tropez 1960. Format: 40 x 30 cm. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 15 - Photographs

Aldo Durazzi - Salvador Dali
(1904-1989, spanish. Painter). Orig.-Photograph by Aldo Durazzi (1925-1990), Rome. Port-Lligat (19)57. Format: 30 x 40 cm. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 15 - Photographs

Left: Enrica Scalfari - Robert Mapplethorpe ; Right: Royal Photographic Society - Pictures from the Tyng Collection, 1931

Enrica Scalfari - Robert Mapplethorpe
Mapplethorpe, Robert (1946-1989, American photographer and visual artist). Orig.-Photograph by Enrica Scalfari. New York 1983. Format: 40 x 30 cm. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 15 - Photographs

Royal Photographic Society - Pictures from the Tyng Collection, 1931
Fol. With 6 photogravure with protective pergaring foil. OU with mont. Kl. Fig. by Mrs. Woodhouse a. Vdeckel. (Slightly berieb.). See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 15 - Photographs

Left: An album with 110 inserted photos with instilled; Right: Häusser, Robert - Colmar - cloister of the monastery (Museum Unterlinden)

An album with 110 inserted photos with instilled
Text (format usually approx. 19 x 25 cm, (around 1880). Qu.4°. Lwd. d. Zt. (Etw. berieb. u. best.). See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 15 - Photographs

Häusser, Robert (1924 - 2013) - Colmar - cloister of the monastery (Museum Unterlinden)
Silver gelatin print, 1950s. 29.6 x 31.8 cm. Middle vertically divided and movable by means of Lwdstreifen, on kart. Raised. Verso with lead. handschr. FRA/ELS/Kolm R.Häusser. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 15 - Photographs

Left: (Heures a l'usage de Paris.) - Printed Latin book of hours on parchment, Paris, c. 1510; Right: Augustine, A. - (Opera). Ed. Erasmus Roterodamus

(Heures a l'usage de Paris.) - Printed Latin book of hours on parchment, Paris, c. 1510
Probably fragment. With 20 (13 full-page) illustrations in metal cut, painted in colors and gold to miniatures, many. painted initials and stellenw. Line fillers and all text pages surrounded by metal cut borders. 89 sheets, single-column 22 lines. Mod. Maroquin with rich ornament. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 1 - Old and rare books, manuscripts

Augustine, A. - (Opera). Ed. Erasmus Roterodamus
10 in 9 Bdn. and Index, up to. 10 b. Basel, A.Froben fratres 1569. Fol. With 1 wooden buck title board. and printer. Wooden lid volumes with blindemined pork-rckn. with hs. Rtit. (Bde. 7-8 with only 1 buckle each, each with 2 newer buckles, etw. berieb. u. fl., corners and edges partially best., Vol. 1 etw. differently bound and front gel torn). See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 1 - Old and rare books, manuscripts

Luther, M. - The books


Luther, M. - The books
The first (until) eilffte part of the books. 11 (of 12) b. Wittenberg, Hans Lufft; Peter Seitz and Lorenz Schwenck 1548-69. At 11 wdh. Title woodcuts and 3 text woodcuts. Blind embossed. Schweinsldr. d. Zt. (back grey painted over, somewhat berieb. and best., volume VII with larger flaws in the cover. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 1 - Old and rare books, manuscripts

Left: Rolex Damenarmbanduhr. Oyster Perpetual Datejust. Approx. 1972; Right: Rolex Damenarmbanduhr. Oyster Perpetual Datejust. Approx. 1973

Rolex Damenarmbanduhr. Oyster Perpetual Datejust. Approx. 1972
26 mm. Stainless steel with diamond-studded metal bezel. Reference 6917, Serial No. 3067654. Automatic caliber 2030. Mother-of-pearl dial. Sign. Jubilee bracelet with stainless steel folding clasp. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 7 - Cultural History

Rolex Damenarmbanduhr. Oyster Perpetual Datejust. Approx. 1973
25 mm. Stainless steel with diamond-studded metal bezel. Reference 6917. Automatic caliber 2030. Mother-of-pearl dial. Sign. Bracelet with stainless steel folding clasp with personalized engraving. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 7 - Cultural History

Left: Chanel Vintage Shoulder Bag "Medaillon Tote"; Right: Louis Vuitton Handbag "Speedy 28"

Chanel Vintage Shoulder Bag "Medaillon Tote"
Fine lygrained leather, gold-coloured hardware, double handle, zipper with logo zipper, two inner compartments. - Coll. 1997-99th Act. New price: 2,490 euros. - Handle strongly bent, age-related use sp. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 7 - Cultural History

Louis Vuitton Handbag "Speedy 28"
Epi leather series in light grey, silver-coloured hardware, double handle, main compartment with zipper, one outer compartment, one inner compartment. Orig. invoice is encased. - Very good preservation. See Price Estimate...
Catalogue: 7 - Cultural History

BROWSE ALL 16 CATALOGUES

1 - Old and rare books, manuscripts
2 - Genealogy, heraldry, politics, economics
3 - Varia (movie-theatre-dance, freemasonry, Judaica, occultism, military)
4 - Hunting (fishing, kynology), horses, kitchen (household, garden), agriculture and forestry (garden)
5 - Art History
6 - Bibliography
7 - Cultural History
8 - Children´s books
9 - Literature and illustrated books 19th century
10 - Modern literature and illustrated books 20th century
11 - Natural sciences and technics
12 - Geography - travel - history
13 - Autographs
14 - Antik
15 - Photographs
16 - Old and modern art, prints, views, maps

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