W.S. Kündig (Geneva) in association with Libreria antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli (Milan)
Bibliothèque Joseph Martini, première partie [other title:] Livres rares et précieux d’autres provenances § Deuxième partie (catalogues for auction sales conducted by W.S. Kündig / Galerie Fischer in association with Libreria antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli, Grand Hôtel National, Lucerne, 27-29 August 1934, and Zunfthaus zur Meise, Zurich, 21-22 May 1935)
Milan, Libreria antiquaria Hoepli, 1934-1935
Two volumes (30 cm), I (27-29 August 1934): (6) 138 (2) pp., 77 plates (pls.I-LXXVII, some printed red & black, some double-page). II (21-22 May 1935): (6) 162 (2) pp., colour frontispiece, 74 plates (pls.I-LXXIV, some double-page). Publisher’s printed wrappers. - The so-called “private library” of the Luganese bookseller Giuseppe Alberto Martini: “Ouvrages provenant de la bibliothèque particulière de M. Joseph Martini et décrits par lui-même”. Martini’s career was the focus of a recent conference and exhibition, “Da Lucca a New York a Lugano: Giuseppe Martini libraio tra Otto e Novecento”, held at the Biblioteca Statale, Lucca, 17-18 October 2014. ¶ Wrappers chipped.