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.

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Subjects
Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1934
Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1934-1935
Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1935
Authors/Creators
W.S. Kündig (Geneva) in association with Libreria antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli (Milan)
Owners
Martini, Giuseppe, 1870-1944
Auction date
19340827
19350521
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  • W.S. Kündig (Geneva) in association with Libreria antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli (Milan)

    Bibliothèque Joseph Martini, première partie : Livres rares et précieux d’autres provenances (catalogue for an auction conducted by W.S. Kündig / Galerie Fischer in association with Libreria antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli, Grand Hôtel National, Lucerne, 27-29 August 1934)

    Milan, Libreria antiquaria Hoepli, 1934
    (30 cm), (6) 138 (2) pp., 77 plates (pls.I-LXXVII, some printed red & black, some double-page). 333 lots. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Many of the incunables offered in this sale were presented in 1962 by the Luganese collector Sergio Colombi (1887-1972) to the Biblioteca cantonale di Lugano (Adriana Ramelli, Catalogo degli incunaboli della Biblioteca cantonale di Lugano, Florence 1981). ¶ Wrappers chipped. Good, unmarked copy.
  • W.S. Kündig (Geneva) in association with Libreria antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli (Milan)

    Bibliothèque Joseph Martini : Deuxième partie : Livres rares et précieux d'autres provenances (catalogue for an auction conducted by W.S. Kündig / Galerie Fischer in association with Libreria antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli, Zunfthaus zur Meise, Zurich, 21-22 May 1935)

    Milan, Libreria antiquaria Hoepli, 1935
    (30 cm), (6) 162 (2) pp., colour frontispiece, 74 plates (pls.I-LXXIV, some double-page). 304 lots. List of estimates loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - The “Bibliothèque bibliographique de feu M. Joseph Martini” was sold by W.S. Kündig, Geneva, 26-28 June 1946. ¶ Wrapper chipped, lower corner missing. Paper becoming brittle.
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