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TEXT FROM THE OPENING OF VESPERS by AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A GRUESOME MINIATURE OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS, FROM A FINE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND FRENCH

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: TEXT FROM THE OPENING OF VESPERS
Author: AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A GRUESOME MINIATURE OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS, FROM A FINE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND FRENCH
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris, ca. 1450. 159 x 108 mm. (6 1/4 x 4 1/4"). Single column, four lines of text on the verso, 15 on the recto, in a very pleasing gothic book hand. Attractively matted. Recto with a line filler in colors and gold, verso with a one-line initial in burnished gold on a maroon and blue background with white tracery and a three-line "D" in blue and white enclosing a spray of violets in the same colors, the capital on a burnished gold ground, the same side WITH A FULL SWIRLING BORDER of acanthus leaves, flowers, and berries, and many burnished gold ivy leaves ENCLOSING A BLOODY ILLUMINATED MINIATURE OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS (measuring approximately 78 x 54 mm.). Fore and lower margins on the side with the miniature a bit rubbed and with a faint patina reflecting frequent use (also, minor fading and loss of paint and gold in the same place), otherwise in fine condition, THE MINIATURE itself REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED, WITHOUT ANY EROSION OF PIGMENT. This leaf comes from a Book of Hours decorated by extremely skilled members of what must have been a first-class workshop. The Massacre of the Innocents cannot help but be a moving subject, and the composition here as well as the painter's considerable ability add to the emotional impact in the present miniature. The center of the scene is dominated by the gold-armored, gray-bearded soldier whose sword is raised over the head of a woman clinging to her son. The blood-spattered foreground is littered with the dismembered bodies of infants, looking like so many broken dolls. On the left, we see a row of modest cottages, providing considerable depth as they recede toward distant hills. On the right stands a crowd of grim-faced soldiers, all as elderly as their commander, and seemingly following orders that are unwelcomed; it is perhaps the acute sadness in their faces that makes this scene especially memorable. The clear sky, green fields, and serene blue mountains in the distance contrast markedly with the horrific events unfolding..

THE DARK LIGHT YEARS / * THE DEDICATION COPY * by Aldiss, Brian

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Title: THE DARK LIGHT YEARS / *** THE DEDICATION COPY ***
Author: Aldiss, Brian
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: *** THE DEDICATION COPY ***THE DARK LIGHT YEARS, Faber, 1964, first edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear. Inscribed by the author to close friend and fellow SF author, Harry Harrison, the dedica-tee.

Das hunderttürmige Prag: die alte Kaiserstadt an der Moldau by Schoepf, Hermann

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Title: Das hunderttürmige Prag: die alte Kaiserstadt an der Moldau
Author: Schoepf, Hermann
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Munich: Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schonstein, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. 115,(5)pp. Eight full page plates. Cream-colored cloth boards printed in deep red on the spine and the upper board. When opened, the boards reveal 5 receptacles for 100 stereo photographs and a stereo viewer. The photographs measure 2 1/4" x 5", showing images of Prague German occupation during W.W.II. The photographs depict exteriors and interiors of castles, churches & cathedrals, palaces, monasteries, as well as other architectural and street scenery of Prague. Verso of each photograph with printed description in German of the image. A near fine copy with only a trace of aging and soil. In German. The copy belonging to actor Hermann Rockmann, with his signature on the front free endpaper, heading a list of other signatures and inscriptions. Taped onto the preface is a mimeographed sheet for a concert in Prague on December 9, 1944, listing the performers and the works performed. The signatures and inscriptions on the first two pages are those of the performers: Susi Nicoletti, Jurt Henneburg, Hanni Jacobs, Helga Marold, Egmont Koch, plus one undeciphered. . The half title bears a long inscription in German from Josef Pfitzner, the Primator-Stellverteter of occupied Prague. Pfitzner also wrote the preface. .

Monumenta judaica; 2000 Jahre Geschichte und Kultur der Juden am Rhein; Kat alog. Eine Ausstellung im Kölnischen Stadtmuseum, 15. Oktober 1963-15. Febr uar 1964

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Title: Monumenta judaica; 2000 Jahre Geschichte und Kultur der Juden am Rhein; Kat alog. Eine Ausstellung im Kölnischen Stadtmuseum, 15. Oktober 1963-15. Febr uar 1964
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description: Köln: Stadt Köln, 1963. [700]p., 11 colored plates, 363 b/w illus., original stiff wrappers in quarto format. Massive catalogue on Jewish life in the Rheinland over the 2000-year period, with descriptions of 2,029 exhibited artifacts.

Tracing Eisenman: complete works. by Davidson, C. ed.

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Title: Tracing Eisenman: complete works.
Author: Davidson, C. ed.
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Rizzoli, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 400 illus. His first house was in 1967; his most recent project is in Spain & his Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.

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