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A collection of 19th-century German alphabet books.
See original version (French)
168
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A collection of 19th-century German alphabet books.
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
A collection of 19th-century German alphabet books.
1/ - Hildebrandt, Ad.M. - *Heraldisches Alphabet*. Wilhelm Rommel. Frankfurt am Main, 1884. Large quarto in cardboard binding, presenting, in alphabetical order, the coats of arms of 25 prominent German families (with a brief note on each family). The first letter is in chromolithography. (excluding ‘i’).
2/ - Geikler, Rudolf (ill.). - *Das Deutsche ABC Burch*. Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann, [c.1880]. In-4, colour-illustrated cardboard binding – Text and 25 colour-illustrated pages on various subjects (X and Y on the same page). First two folios misbound.
3/ - Busch, Wilhelm. - Schnaken Schnurren. Munich, von Braun & Schneider. In-4, cardboard binding, illustrated in colour and gold – 31 pp. in colour, the first 6 of which present an animal alphabet (Naturgelchichtiches Alphabet). Beige cardboard cover illustrated with humorous scenes featuring animals and characters.
4/ - Schaeppi, Sophie (illustrator). - Aunt Sophie’s ABC. Frauenfeld, J. Huber. Large in-4, percaline cover illustrated with a child playing with a ball – Bilingual French-German alphabet book illustrated with 25 photogravures (title and 24 letters, excluding ‘i’ and ‘y’) produced by Brunner & Hauser (Zurich) based on Schaeppi’s original Romantic drawings.
5/ - König, Gustav & Thäter, Julius. - Güldenes ABC. Gotha, Justus Perhes, [c.1854]. Small oblong quarto in red cloth bound with a design of gilded flowers [2 title leaves] and [24 leaves of the alphabet, excluding ‘I’ and ‘X’]. A Lutheran alphabet with biblical moral lessons selected by Gustav König and illustrated with delicate engravings by Julius Thäter.
6/ - Frolich, Karl von. - ABC for Well-Behaved Children in Silhouettes and Rhymes. Kassel, G.E. Vollmann, Kassel, 1870. An alphabet book in German featuring Gothic and Roman typefaces. Each letter is accompanied by a short text and illustrated with silhouettes. On the yellow-backed cover, silhouettes (Chinese shadows) of children in a garden. Protective Plexiglas binding (modern).
7/ - [Anonymous] – ABC für brave kinder. No place, no date [late 19th century]. Small quarto, colour-illustrated cardboard book featuring three children, a dog and toys – 12 pp. of sturdy cardboard, with 6 colour images per plate. The illustration for each letter consists of a scene depicting children engaged in an activity, an animal, and an object in the centre. There is no letter ‘i’, and the letters ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’ are grouped together on a single page.
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About the sale
Sale of antique and modern books
Auction location
Auction time
10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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