Books & Works on Paper,

to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

11 Mann. Der Ewahlte Limited edition, no. 41 of 60 copies signed by the author, NY. 1951 Mann (Thomas)

Der Ewahlte

Limited edition, no. 41 of 60 copies signed by the author, original green cloth, red leather label to spine lettered in gilt, 4to., Mimeographed by Wallenberg & Wallenberg, New York, S.Fischer, 1951

*** The novel was published in transliteration typescript in the US to secure American copyright protection.

£2,000-3,000

12 Pico della Mirandola (Giovanni) & Dion Chrysostomus Pico della Mirandola (Giovanni) & Dion Chrysostomus

Omnia opera, second edition, large woodcut initials, a diagram in text, printed notes, small, unreadable ownership note under title, title page dusty and spotted, light age yellowing and spotting throughout, [Graesse V, p.283], Guglielmo da Fontaneto, Venice, 1519; [bound with] Dion Chrysostomus, Orationes Octoginta, large printer's device on title page, and initials, head- and tailpieces, intermittent browning, occasional light foxing, Zenaro & brothers, Venice, 1585, nearly contemporary vellum over boards, upper boards and first quire loose, spine damaged, overall worn and soiled, folio.

*** First work. Second rare edition, including all the works of the neo-Platonist philosopher from Mirandola. The volume contains 11 treatises, including: a biography of Pico della Mirandola written by his nephew; the Apologia questionum; the Tractatus de Ente et Uno; his letters to illustrious friends such as Marsilio Ficino, Filippo Beroaldo, Cristoforo Landino, etc.; Disputationum adversus astrologos libri.

£800-1,200