Rare Books, Old and Modern Art, Antiques (Jeschke Van Vliet Auctions)

403 books and photographs.  Subjects include Early Printed Books (Lot 8 is the 1483 fourth octavo edition of the Franz Renner Bible, est €6000), Manuscripts and Autographs (J. Cocteau, H. Hesse, M. Jacobs and others), Geography and Travel (Lot 103 is the second edition of Magini’s Italia, the first Atlas of Italy to be produced by an Italian, est. €15,000; see also Sotheby’s 2014 sale price here), Natural Sciences & Technology (Lot 199 is a unique hand-painted sales catalogue for the fire brigade of the Russian Imperial Army), Art Books & Art Deco (Lot 311 is a very rare work by the German expressionist Alexander Gergely, est. €8000; Lot 313 is  Schmied’s 1938 edition of Faust, limited to 106 copies, est €3200), Modern Literature (Lot 312 is a handsome 1874 edition of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, est €300) and Photographs and Photographic albums.