The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library. Part I - II

Published by Christie's, New York, 2001

About this Item

2 volumes 4to (27.5 cm), 450 pp; 230 pp. Publisher's cloth & dust jacket. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London 23-24 April 2001. At the end of vol. I rubbing of binging tools. Printed books sold for over USD 100k: Imago mundi printed in Louvain by Johannes de Westfalia, ca 1480; works of Aristotle printed in Strasbourg by Johann Mentelin in 1469; Augustine' Epistolae, Strasbourg, Johann Mentelin, not after 1471; Bartolommeo dalli Sometti' Isolario, Venice, ca. 1485; Bessarion' Adversus columniatorem Platonis, Rome, Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1483; Cicero printed in Mainz by Fust and Schoeffer in 1465, the first edition of the first classical text printed; first edition of Hypnerotomachia bound by Bozerian; editio princeps of Homer, Florence, 1488; Isidor' Etymologiae printed by Guenther Zainer in Augsbur, 1472; works of Josephus Flavius, Augsburg, 1470; Platea' Opus restitutionum printed in Krakow in 1475; Aldus' Psalter, 1496-98; first edition of Theurdank printed on vellum, 1517. Helmut Nathan Friedlaender (1913-2008) was an American lawyer and financial adviser who collected rare books.

Seller Inventory # 004864

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library. Part I - II
• Publisher: Christie's, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
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