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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 4.3.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Kniphof, J. H.
Botanica in originali pharmaceutica, das ist: Lebendig-Officinal-Kräuterbuch, in welchen alle in denen Apothecken gebräuchlichen Kräuter so zu bekommen auf eine neue Methode von denen lebendigen ausgetruckneten Kräutern selbst abgedrucket sind.
Erfurt, J. M. Funcke, 1733. In two volumes. Folio (31.0 x 19.8 cm). Title page with woodcut initial on verso; 182 pp. ([1]-116; [117]-182); 200 nature-printed plates [1-100; 101-200] with additional hand-colouring. Uniform contemporary boards. Spines with paper label with title written in ink in an old hand.
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Müller, R.
Projectionslehre. [Album with original drawings of geometric constructions].
Germany, unpublished, ca. 1895. Oblong folio (33.0 x 50.2 cm). 36 leaves with numerous original drawings of geometric constructions in black, red, and blue ink. Contemporary blind half linen over marbled boards. Gilt title and author's name on the front board. Pictorial, early Jugendstil endpapers.
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Ohkubo, Y. ["Ichigaku"]
Ichigaku Shasei no Tori Dzufu [Album of drawings of all birds, drawn from nature by Ichigaku].
Tokyo, unpublished, 1889. 80 loose leaves. Folio (ca. 37.0 x 27.0 cm). On Japanese paper, (all but one) mounted on original, larger sheets of Japanese paper measuring ca. 44.0 x 32.5 cm, one is framed (53 x 41 x 3 cm) in a modern, oriental-style lacquered wooden frame with bevelled edges. Four leaves contain text only, 76 contain illustrations of complete birds (the vast majority), or parts (e.g., wings). A few have additional, smaller sheets with text attached.
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