Der Reisende Buchbindergeselle. [“The Travelling Bookbinder.”]

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 32
(RUDOLPH, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH)

Der Reisende Buchbindergeselle. [“The Travelling Bookbinder.”]

FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece engraving of Auto da Fe. Title in black and red pp. (2), 174. Lightly browned and stained. Recent sumptuous binding: Royal blue morocco, spine in compartments, gilt extra, dentelles, a.e.g. 12mo

Stockholm: n.p 1753

Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,600
The author, a native of Jena, Germany, presents us with a log of his adventures in many lands across Europe and his near fatal encounter with the Office of the Holy Inquisition in Portugal