Wien: 1907. 4, 3 p. One in Hungarian and one in French. Lajos Ernst ( 1872 – 1937) art collector, patron, museum founder. Philip de László, was an Anglo-Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal and aristocratic personages. More
Budapest: 1943. More
Budapest: 1963. 20 x 14 cm. Steinbeck arrived to Budapest on December 4, 1963, for a two-day visit. The writer held a longer conversation with Hungarian writers at the Hungarian Writers' Association. The graphic artist Lajos Vincze's pen drawing was probably made at this event. More
![Item #2744 [Ode à Picasso.]. Jean Cocteau](/pictures/thumb/2744.jpg?v=1660989087)
around 1916. . In canvas-covered notebook (sold by Chapron Coquelin Suc.r; 34, Rue de Seine). Written on rectos. MS leaves are loose. 4-page autograph. Holograph copy of the first four pages of an early and different version of Cocteau’s Ode à Picasso. Ode à Picasso is one of..... More
![Item #2740 Commerce du Levant. Draps de Languedoc embarqués à Marséille de 1708 à 1752. [1.]...](/pictures/thumb/2740.jpg?v=1660986893)
[France, Marseille(?)]: [18th century]. Manuscript in ink on paper. Unbound, disbound from a larger volume. Text in French, in a neat hand. Pages tanned at the extremities, some light foxing here and there, first and last leaves slightly dented. [52] p. Manuscript account of the Languedoc cloth export to the..... More
[Czech lands]: late 18th, early 19th century. Manuscript book in Czech. In Czech cursive hand. In contemporary calf. [12 (ruled except for the first leaf, otherwise blank)] 9–255 [7 blank] p. [pp. 64–65; 255 ruled otherwise blank). Czech manuscript horse veterinary book. Written in the late 18th or early 19th..... More
[Rhenen]: early 18th century. Manuscript in ink in various hands. In contemporary overlapping limp vellum. Text in Dutch. Simon Laat’s name in ink by contemporary hand on front panel and inner rear panel, also in text. [116] p. Collection of early 18th-century manuscript recipes for wine fining. Including 71 numbered..... More
Wien: 18. 1.1940. 1 p. File notice, reading in part: 'Regards: Oil painting of painter Klimt 'Water Serpents'. On order by 'Party comrade Drum' I noticed the revenue service in Vienna confiscated the Jewish assets of the Steiner family and the aforementioned painting was handed over to the Dorotheum [Auction..... More
1960s. In fine condition. Includes: Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to "Mendi" (Rabbi Emil Davidovic). Primo Levi thanks the former for supplying "literature" (quote marks in original) and "with best wishes to all of you for the impending feasts". Turin, 11th September, (n.y). Typed Letter Signed, written in..... More
![Item #2709 [Album Amicorum.] French Autograph Friendship Album with Original Drawings and Paintings](/pictures/thumb/2709.jpg?v=1657889247)
1824–1844. French manuscript on paper, In contemporary green morocco with gilt-tooled spine and panels (monogram to the center of front panel) and silk moiré endpapers. All edges gilt. Stored in contemporary hard paper slipcase in matching color. Altogether 47 ff. (separated with tissue paper, some leaves removed) with 26 tipped-in..... More
1957. 2p. Arnold Rüdlinger (1919 - 1967 in Basel ) was a Swiss art historian and museum director. He is considered one of the pioneers of American art in Europe. In this time he was the director of Kunsthalle Basel. More