Budapest: Foto Fekete, ca. 1939. Original, vintage, black and white photo. Inscribed by Seress on verso. 85 × 135 mm. Rezső Seress (1889–1968) was a Hungarian composer and pianist, his most famous composition was “Gloomy Sunday” (Szomorú Vasárnap), the "Hungarian Suicide Song” in 1933. More
Two pages handwritten letter in ink on folio. Dated and signed on 3. 1. 1934. Holograph letter by Paul Signac to a fellow painter. Signac (1863–1935) was a neo-impressionist painter, who developed the technique of pointillism together with Georges Seurat. More
![Item #2577 Grant of Arms; Patent of Nobility for Elia [Illés] Dolianszki, 1634. Ferdinand II,...](https://foldvaribooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2577.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1644237470)
Vienna: May 8, 1634. Ten parchment sheets with 12 pages exquisite, handwritten calligraphy, partially gilt, bearing the hand-drawn and painted noble coat of arms granted. Text in Latin. Pages ruled in gilt floral ornament. At the end, the signature of Ferdinand II, Péter Pázmány and Lőrinc Ferenczffy. Original red velvet..... More
![Item #1714 [Relaçam verdadeira] Relaçaõ verdadeira dos trabalhos que o governador Dom Fernando...](https://foldvaribooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1714.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1578407921)
France(?): Second half of the eighteenth-century. Manuscript book. Written in brown ink by one or probably two neat hands. A French introduction by a different hand on the front flyleaf with bibliographical details, and the addition of Fernando da Silveira’s Epigramma from the printed book and the summary of André..... More
Paris: Pontus Hulten, 1976. In original illustrated paper. 12 p. 40 x 30 cm. First edition of this extraordinary menu designed by Daniel Spoerri for the dinner he organized in the salons of rue Berryer, in the presence of all the top of the French artistic scene. Precious copy with..... More
![Item #616 Nyilatkozat. [Statement.]. Albert Szent-Györgyi](https://foldvaribooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/616.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1438789089)
Budapest: July 7, 1945. 1 typed page, dated. Signed in ink by Szent-Györgyi. 210 × 172 mm. Szent-Györgyi attests that Miklós Krivátsy-Szüts (1898–1982; Hungarian sculptor) was member of Szent-Györgyi’s resistance group and took part in its activities during WWII. Szent-Györgyi mentions that Krivátsy-Szüts was a responsible member of the “Nemzeti..... More
Sent from Switzerland, Arosa. Dated on August 24, 1948. Two bifolios of lightweight paper. Manuscript in ink, signed as "Prof". Text in Hungarian. 145 × 208 mm. Holograph letter by Albert Szent-Györgyi to his trustee to distribute tasks among his assistants at his laboratory. Szent-Györgyi gives tasks to seven..... More
Brno: [S.n.], [1956]. First edition. Signed by both artists. With a photographic reproduction of the musicians. 4 p. Signed concert program of Władisław Szpilman and Tadeusz Wroński, for a performance in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Szpilman, the Polish-Jewish pianist, known for his memoir "The Pianist” about his survival of the Holocaust..... More
![Item #565 [The organization of the General Corps of Saint-Domingue.] Extrait de l'arrêté de...](https://foldvaribooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/565.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1437020518)
2 pages manuscript on bifolio. Signed by Tabarié. With the letterhead of the “Department de la Guerre”. Dated “20 Vendémiaire de an XI” (October 12, 1802). The outline of the structure and organization of the army corps of Saint-Domingue. Corps of 322 people in different ranks, the list of the..... More
[Hungary?]: [around 1920–30]. Manuscript textbook. Manuscript textbook on the production of alcoholic beverages. Handwritten textbook on the production process of alcoholic drinks such as cognac, rum, whiskey, dessert wines, various extract and essences, and syrups. Unique. We could not find any reference to the author or a...... More
Spain: Early 19th century. An important 18th-century manuscript text of historical and legal interest, related to the privileges and grants of the House of Moctezuma. Manuscript text, in brown ink by a neat hand. Text from the second half of the 18th century, a somewhat later copy. On early 19th-century..... 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
[Poland]: 1978. Offset card, with Andrzej Wajda’s holograph greetings in Polish. Signed. Folded size: ca. 90 × 105 mm. Andrzej Wajda’s handwritten Christmas and New Year Greeting Card for 1979. With illustrations on both sides. On the front, the open clapperboard of “Panny z Wilka” (The Maids of Wilko)..... More
![Item #2438 [A Certification of the Swedish Royal Legation.] A Svéd Királyi Követség igazolja,...](https://foldvaribooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2438.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1637156523)
Budapest: Dated on November 17, 1944. 1 page, typed document bearing Wallenberg's stamped signature, the stamp of the Königlich Schwedische Gesandtschaft in Budapest, and a signature of probably the Swedish Ambassador, Carl Ivan Danielsson in green ink. An exceptionally rare Hungarian Holocaust document with Raoul Wallenberg's stamped signature. Typed..... More
February 18, 1957: Budapest. Original manuscript on folded paper. Dated, signed. 1 page, in ink. Weiner (1885–1960; Hungarian composer and music educator) names Imre Lederer to represent him in the negotiation regarding the German translation of his works “Formenlehre” (A hangszeres zene formái; 1955) and the essay on Beethoven’s piano..... More
Budapest: February 21, 1957. Original manuscript. Dated, signed. 1 page, in ink. Weiner (1885–1960; Hungarian composer and music educator) names Imre Lederer to represent him in the negotiation regarding the German translation of his two textbooks “Analytische Harmonielehre” (Elemző összhangzattan, 1943) and “Die Formen der Instrumentalmusik” (A hangszeres zene formái)..... More
Original, vintage black and white still. Signed by Orson Welles. ca. 230 × 175 mm. Signed still from “The Trial”, the 1962 film by Orson Welles, based on the novel of the same title by Franz Kafka. More
Wien: 1926? Vintage photo of Tagore. On the back a stamp with Willinger's. name. 11x 15 cm. More
Signed and dated, 16 June, 1985. 3 pages manuscript letter in ink on two leaves. Folded twice. 150 × 225 mm. Yourcenar reports about the tragically declining health of her last lover and travel companion Jerry Wilson the young American gay photographer. They were in India on a trip to..... More
Handwritten letter in ink on both sides. One leaf, Zweig’s personal letter card (size: 178 × 113 mm), with his printed monogram and Vienna address, crossed in ink and changed to Salzburg. Signed and dated in Salzburg, on May 16, 1920. With the original envelop, stamps and post vignette. Envelope..... More