Hauswedell & Nolte (Hamburg)

(24 cm), 355 (1) pp., 2 tipped-in plates (pp.7-8), 122 plates (Tafel 1-122; some in colour). 1795 lots. Errata sheet loosely inserted (Nachtrag Nr. 149a). Publisher’s printed wrappers. - The private library of Ernst Hauswedell (1901-1983), comprising remarkable collections of writing books, books and engravings on cries and trades, German literature, autographs, children’s books, among other subjects. The sale realised 4.8 million Deutschmarks (estimate 2.7m). With a memoir by Ernst Nolte. Obituary of the collector by H.A. Feisenberger, in The Book Collector, Winter 1984, pp.520-522. ¶ Viewing notes and other annotations in ink.