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an old book with a picture of a man in a crown on it
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €300 - €450
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Description
Baroque Nicephorus Callistus Church History, composed in eighteen books. Translated into German by Marxen Fuggern the Elder. 2 parts in one volume. With (repeated) woodcut portraits on the reverse of the title page. Ingolstadt, D. Sartorius, 1588. Folio. 26 leaves, 526 (recte 522) pages, 7 leaves (the first blank), 570 pages, 9 leaves (the first blank). Contemporary blind-embossed calfskin binding (stained and scuffed, without the clasps). First German edition. – VD 16 N 1442. Cless II, 243. Stalla 1600. – Not listed in the STC, nor in Adams, Hoffmann or Schweiger. - Nicephorus’s Church History extends up to the death of Emperor Phocas. It was ‘widely used because of the information not otherwise preserved and the extracts from lost works’ (LThK X, 1007). - With a fine portrait by Marx Fugger. - Some water-stains in the upper inner fold (fading) and partly along the top and side margins; name on the inside cover. 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 tax regime. 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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