(24 cm), 104 pp., 29 p. of plates. 440 lots. Estimates sheet loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Sale catalogue of the family library of the princes of Auersperg, removed in 1951 from Castle Lesensteinleithen in upper Austria to Montevideo, Uruguay, by Prince Karl Adolf Auersperg (1915-2006), and consigned to Sotheby’s by his son-in-law, German Mailhos (1933-2005) and daughter Johanna, Prinzessin von Auersperg (born 1942). On the formation of the library, see Martin Bircher, “The ‘Splendid Library’ of the Counts of Auersperg in Ljubljana” in The German Book, 1450-1750, edited by John Flood and William A. Kelly (London 1995), pp.285-298. ¶ Annotated copy. List of prices and buyers’ names in photocopy.

(24 cm), 225 pp. 516 lots, text illustrations (some in colour). Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Sale includes as lots 270-380 books from the family library of the princes of Auersperg, removed in 1951 from Castle Lesensteinleithen in upper Austria to Montevideo, Uruguay, by Prince Karl Adolf Auersperg (1915-2006), and consigned to Sotheby’s by his son-in-law, German Mailhos (1933-2005) and daughter Johanna, Prinzessin von Auersperg (born 1942). Lots 450-515 are manuscripts, early printed books and bindings, consigned by Gunder Nordbäck (cf. Sten G. Lindberg, Reliures royales et précieuses dans la collection du Dr Gunder Nordbäck, [Zurich] 1975). ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. No Price list.