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189 - Ernesti, Johann Heinrich Gottfried
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Estimate €500 - €700
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Ernesti, Johann Heinrich Gottfried The well-equipped printing works, containing one hundred and twenty-one German, Latin, Greek and Hebrew typefaces, alphabets of many foreign languages, musical notation, calendar symbols and medical characters. With an engraved frontispiece. Nuremberg, Johann Andrea Endters, 1733. 31 leaves, 160 pp., 16 pp. in quarto. Paperback with leather label (heavily scuffed and bumped). A handbook on the art of printing, including, amongst other things, 47 Fraktur typefaces, 22 Antiqua typefaces and 14 cursive forms, as well as numerous examples of Slavic and Arabic scripts, musical notation and calendar symbols. Begins with a list of Nuremberg printers and other famous printers of the period. – Edges browned. Overall, a very well-preserved and clean copy. Manual on the art of printing, featuring – amongst other elements – 47 Fraktur typefaces, 22 Roman typefaces and 14 italic styles, as well as numerous examples of Slavic and Arabic scripts, musical notation and calendar symbols. The volume opens with a list of Nuremberg printers and other renowned printers of the era. – Margins browned. Overall, a very well-preserved and clean copy. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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