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

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $1,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(RUDOLPH, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH)

printer

n.p

Place

Stockholm

Publication

1753

Description

FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece engraving of Auto da Fe. Title in black and red

summary

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

pp. (2), 174. Lightly browned and stained. Recent sumptuous binding: Royal blue morocco, spine in compartments, gilt extra, dentelles, a.e.g. 12mo

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