Strasbourg: Johann Greuninger, 1500. This is leaf from the Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus - a German book by Hieronymus Brunschwig published in 1500 by Johann Grüninger. It was the first book on the subject of distillation written in the German language. Hieronymus Brunschwig or Hieronymus Brunschwygk (c. 1450 – c. 1512) was a German surgeon, alchemist and botanist. He was notable for his methods of treatment of gunshot wounds and for this early work on distillation techniques. This was his most influential book. [Wikipedia] This leaf is printed in double column with 36 lines separated into sections by text printed with two-line letters. Leaf is stained and browned, with a few small insect holes, chipping to page edge where removed from the volume in which it was bound. A few handwritten ink notes along top margins and remnants of white tape along margin on verso. A good example of an early German imprint. Measures 8.25 x 12 inches. Goff B-12 EPHEM/060723. Good +. More

Maastricht: Halcyon-Presse, 1933. A charming small book of this short story by well-known Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. According to the colophon, this story first appeared in print in the Insel-Almanach auf das Jahre 1927. It was published in February 1933 in Philobiblon and reprinted here by the Halcyon-Presse. There were thirty numbered copies printed on BarchamGreen laid paer and signed by the writer. This is an unsigned copy. It is printed in a simple format consisting of three signatures, unsewn and laid into a paper wrapper. The wrapper has a light pink pattern on white paper, with the author, title and press device on the front cover. Browning to spine and light creasing along top edge of front. Text pages are also in very good condition. With the bookplate of Carel Johannes Jacob Gualtherus Vosmaer (1907 - 1986) affixed to inside of front cover. Carel JJG Vosmaer, a son of Professor Gualtherus Vosmaer, who died in 1916, traded under the name St. Lucas Society in “old and new” books and prints and had an “archive for genealogical documents." Measures 5.5 x 4.25 inches. 44 +[1] pages. GERLANG/071823. Very Good in Wraps. More