[NATURAL HISTORY] Das Buch der Welt

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Occult Books & Other Antiquarian Artefacts

By The Book Merchant Jenkins

Jul 14, 2023

Set Reminder 2023-07-14 22:00:00 2023-07-14 22:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : Occult Books & Other Antiquarian Artefacts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/the-book-merchant-jenkins/occult-books-other-antiquarian-artefacts-13083
A range of occult books (Lots 8-66) including signed Manly P. Hall, Aleister Crowley, L. W. de Laurence, Egyptian magic, astrology, and more. Also under the hammer are scrapbooks, photo albums, literature, and other antiquarian artefacts from Australiana to Curiosa. The Book Merchant Jenkins hello@thebookmerchantjenkins.com

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  Das Buch der Welt [Ein Inbegriff des Wissenswürdigsten und Unterhaltendsten aus den Gebieten der Naturgeschichte, Naturlehre, Länder- und Völkerkunde, Weltgeschichte, Götterlehre etc.]

  [Stuttgart: Hoffmann`sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1843]
  26.5cm x 21cm. Lithographed title, 384 pages, 49 lithographed plates (35 hand colored). Ornate contemporary full leather, decorative edges, marbled endpapers. Text is in German.

  A beautifully illustrated German natural history annual intended for the general public. Contains 49 plates (numbered 1-48 + 1 unnumbered plate between plates 21 and 22). Includes coloured plates of the lyrebird, pelican, parrots, shells, crocodile, mushrooms (Amanita musc.) and many others.

  Spine discoloured. Minor foxing. Very Good Condition.

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