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an open book with a picture of people and animals in itan old book that is sitting on a white surfacean old book with a picture of a man and a woman on it
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €300 - €450
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Baroque Drexel, Jeremias Hieremiae Drexelii … Opera Omnia. Originally written in Latin, but subsequently … partly by the author himself, partly by others … translated into High German. Parts 2 and 4 in 2 volumes. With 1 engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved title pages and (in total) 10 copperplate plates. Würzburg, Schönwetter, 1662. 4°. 4 leaves, 1079 pp., 4 leaves, 561, 76, 77 pp., 124 leaves. Contemporary leather binding with 2 clasps (shabby, gilt spine faded) and blind-stamped contemporary pigskin with 2 clasps (somewhat stained and bumped). Revised and expanded second Würzburg edition of the writings of the Jesuit priest and highly successful Counter-Reformation devotional writer Jeremias Drexel (1581–1638). - VD17 12:106590W and VD17 12:106594B - De Backer-Sommervogel III, 204. - Dünnhaupt II, 1374, 2.4. - “The spiritual sermons he delivered at the Hofkirche in Munich are the finest examples of 17th-century Catholic homiletic literature in Germany.” (ADB 5, 386). - Illustrated with figurative and scenic, partly symbolic copperplate engravings. - Name on the inside cover. Partly browned (vol. 2 slightly more so), a few marginal stains, a small loss to one outer margin. 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 standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, 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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