an open book with a drawing of a clock on itan open book with a drawing of a candle and other objects
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1658 - Company Publications
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Estimate €700 - €1,000
Description
Company Publications Rentrop, Wilhelm Workshops for the manufacture of ecclesiastical implements and vessels by Wilhelm Rentrop in Altena, Westphalia. Sales catalogue containing 171 (of 172) woodcut plates. Altena, self-published, c. 1875. Folio. 2 leaves, 171 plates. (Mod.) half leather. A very rare sales catalogue from the Rentrop firm in Altena, Westphalia. – Not listed in the KVK – The plates feature detailed illustrations of altar lamps, choir lamps, crucifixes, chalices, hosts, small crosses, crowns, chalice cups, monstrances, censers, reliquaries, holy water fonts, sceptres and much more. - Preface: price list and handwritten price list. - Somewhat browned in places; 3 leaves with small holes in the outer margin; missing plate 171. - Accompanied by: *Pattern Book of Silverware by the Silberwarenfabrik von W. Rentrop* (spine title). Catalogue with 31 (of 34?) lithographed plates. No place, no printer, no year (c. 1855). 4°. Contemporary half leather. - Partly slightly stained. - Very rare, not listed in the KVK.
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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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