Antiquarian Book Fairs Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg 2021
A chronological selection
35th Ludwigsburg Antiquaria - virtual event
28 January 2021
Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair - virtual event
29 January 2021 - 1 February 2021
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2Formula for entering the tribunal of OsirisFragment of a "Book of the Dead".N. p., first half of the XVIIIth dynasty ca. 1540-1350 BCE.
InquireThis early illustrated fragment written in cursive hieroglyphs contains the end of the 124th chapter of the "Book of the Dead" ("Formula for entering the tribunal of Osiris") and a depiction of a procession of three male gods (one fragmented) equipped with ankhs and was-sceptres. The gods, drawn in red and black ink, wear striped tunics, the Egyptian …
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5English Bible ManuscriptLatin manuscript on vellum.Northern France or England?, ca 1300 CE.
€ 145,000.00A beautiful, complete medieval Bible written in a miniscule bookhand on extremely delicate vellum, probably copied in England or commissioned from there. As is common, the Bible is prefaced with the epistle of St Jerome to Paulinus (53: "Frater Ambrosius [...] moriturum", fols. 1r-3r), followed by Jerome's prologue to the Pentateuch ("Desiderii mei …
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6"An astronomy fit for an emperor" (Owen Gingerich)Astronomicum Caesareum.Ingolstadt, May 1540.
InquireFirst edition of the "most spectacular contribution of the book-maker's art to 16th century science" (Gingerich). Copies in contemporary bindings are of the utmost rarity in the trade. Dedicated to Emperor Charles V and King Ferdinand, the book has been described as "a miracle of printing in folio format: most of the astronomical schemes and instruments …