Vienna: July 17, 1869, Leather binding with metal appliqués (crowned monogram). 7 pages, calligraphy with gilt highlights, borders and coat of arms, paper seal with silhouette decoration. Magnificent copy of the patent of nobility for the 14 children of the prominent Jewish textile industrialist and head of the company Samuel..... More
Pesten: Petrózai Trattner J. M. és Károlyi István Könyvnyomtató-Intézetében, 1832. Stamp on cover and title page stating “from the estate of István Széchenyi”. Stamp of the Storno-Archives on the title page. In original wrappers. [2] 92 [2] p. Széchenyi’s copy of the book about horse racing related subjects. István..... More
Hungary: 1836. Mons Pannoniae 1836. In original frame. 62 x 65 cm. The Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey or Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma (lat. Archiabbatia or Abbatia Territorialis Sancti Martini in Monte Pannoniae) is a medieval building in Pannonhalma, one of the oldest historical monuments in Hungary. Founded in 996, it is..... More
Dated 9 December 1651. 8 parchment letters, 13 pages entered. The submission summarizes what happened in the estate lawsuit of Pál Erdődi Pálffy and informs the ruler about the installation. He refers to the Royal Majesty's earlier paper-based diploma, confirmed by a clause and a secret seal, which he gave..... More
Waitzen (Vác): Anton Gottlieb, 1803. First edition. Text in German. Published unbound. 8, (8) p. The first publication of the first school for deaf children in Hungary, that has been opened in 1802. The founder of the institution was a Hungarian nobleman, András Cházár and the first director Antal Simon..... More
Barcelona: Rafael Figueró, 1686. Woodcut depiction of the city of Szeged on the front cover. First edition. In later paper. 4 p. Spanish-language war pamphlet detailing the final liberation of the cities of Szeged and Pécs from Ottoman control by Christian forces in October 1686. The leaflet is..... More
Around 1700. Leather folder (without contents) of the time with both bright embossed coats of arms of the emperor, here as king of Hungary. With sale ticket of Antiquariat Hanno Schreyer from Bonn. More
(Augsburg): (Heinrich Steiner.), 1528. In later half vellum binding. 58 p. In the spring of 1528, Otto von Pack of Saxony-Meissen, reported to Philipp, the Count of Hessen that the previous year Ferdinand I and the Catholic electorates and bishops of the German-Roman Empire had formed an alliance in Boroszló..... More
Basel: [Robert Winter], [1541]. Sewn without binding. 8vo. [24], 115, [3], [1 blank], [1] pp. Woodcut printer’s device on final page. A rare 1541 Basel edition of Brandolinus’s dialogue composed for King Matthias Corvinus—a philosophical reflection on illness, mortality, and the ideals of Renaissance kingship. A humanist dialogue addressed..... More
Vienna: 1629 April 25. Letter speaking about things in Italy and in the Hungary. Eleonora Gonzaga (23 September 1598 – 27 June 1655), was born Princess of Mantua as a member of the House of Gonzaga and by marriage Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and..... More
[Basileae (Basel)]: [apud Ioannem Frobenium], Anno M. D. XXV. [1525]. First edition. In later tooled leather. Woodcut device on title page, woodcut initials. Coll.: a4 b–k7 (k8 with woodcut device otherwise blank, missing); ff. [75]. The first edition of Erasmus’ Latin translation of Plutarch’s De curiositate, printed together with the..... More
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Paris: 21 December 1530. Manuscript on vellum, written in a formal chancery hand, singed by Francis I. Text in brown ink in a cursive chancery script, with wide margins and prominent display lines; addressed to cardinals, bishops, priests, and deacons of the Holy Roman Church. Bold signature by Francis I...... More
[Leuven(?)], 1540. 1540. Autograph letter on paper in brown ink, signed and dated 28 May 1540. Features a seal with a lily emblem. Text in German. 1 page, approx. 230 × 220 mm. An early letter from Markus Fugger, reporting unrest in Hungary. This letter, written by the eleven-year-old..... More
Pesten: Nyomatott Trattner Károlyi’ betűivel, 1839. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. 60 p. Yearbook of the first kindergartens of Hungary, founded by one of Pestalozzi’s students. The first kindergarten was founded in 1828 by Teréz Brunszvik, a former student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Within 11 years there were 370..... More
![Item #478 [Scarce Balneological Book by Kitaibel.] Kitaibel Pálnak, a’ Pesti Mindenességben...](https://foldvaribooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/478.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1434470050)
Kassán (Kassa): Füskúti Landerer Ferenz betűivel, 1801. First Hungarian edition. Signed by Kéler on last page of text. Text in Hungarian, and in German on the engraving. In contemporary coloured hard paper wrappers. 16, (4) p. and 1 folding plate. Bártfa or Bártfafürdő (today: Bardejov or Bardejovské Kúpele in Slovakia)..... More
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Alcalá de Henares: Miguel de Eguía, May 1533. First Spanish edition in this revised state. Woodcut armorial title page with early ownership inscriptions. Woodcut initials throughout. Somewhat later limp vellum, title and floral ornament inked to spine. ff. [10] CXC [1]. An early Spanish humanist history of Spain, including an..... More
[Prague]: [Georg Schwartz], [1571]. First edition. Title page with woodcut imperial arms. Later marbled paper wrappers. [22] p. An unrecorded early official Prague imprint, an imperial ordinance of 1571 regulating civic life and markets in Prague and including the earliest printed Habsburg Brotordnung. This unrecorded ordinance constitutes a comprehensive..... More
![Item #614 Acta Litteraria Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Tomus I. [Unicus.]. Jakab Ferdinánd...](https://foldvaribooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/614.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1438788212)
Budae [Buda]: Typis Regiae Universitatis Hungaricae, M D CCC XVIII [1818]. First edition. Only this volume was published. Published in only 350 copies. Text in Latin and German. In publisher’s blue wrappers. Title vignette on spine. (1) leaf [frontispiece], (1) leaf [titlepage]; 8, (I)–XXXII, (3), 4–384 p. and 4 plates..... More
Venetia: 1570. In bit later paper. 24 p. Very rare Venetian edition of the famous report on the siege of of Zighet (Szigetvár) in Hungary, and the death of Soliman the magnificent. Some attribute the paternity to Farnjo Crnka (Ferenc Czerno). The siege of the castle was started by..... More
Oxford: 1787; 1821; 1835. First editions. 2 volumes. Pars Prima (1787) bound in half leather with marbled boards. The combined 1821 and 1835 parts bound together in contemporary half calf with marbled boards; gilt-lettered spine “Bibliothecae Bodleianae Codicum Manuscriptorum Orientalium Catalogus II. 1.”. One of the earliest printed catalogues devoted..... More