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Wisse die Wege: Scivias
de VON BINGEN, HILDEGARD
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Lightly soiled at extremities with some bumping to upper fore-corner, otherwise near fine in original cloth, and very good dust
- Librería
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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Salzburg: Otto Müller, 1954. First Thus. Hardcover. Lightly soiled at extremities with some bumping to upper fore-corner, otherwise near fine in original cloth, and very good dust jacket, with large chip from top of rear panel. Ludwig Kempe's bookplate to front pastedown. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright.. 8vo. 6.5 x 9.25 in. 414 pp. A handsome German edition of the first work of the mystical Benedictine Abbess Hildegard von Bingen's visionary theology, SCIVIAS ('sci vias Domini', i.e. 'know the ways of the Lord'), illustrated with 35 beautiful plates. Bright orange cloth, blocked in black & gilt on spine, ornamented in gilt on upper cover; with pictorial dust jacket. Translated into German and edited by Maura Böckeler, choirwoman of the Benedictine Abbey St. Hildegard zu Eibingen. This copy belonged to Dr. Ludwig Kempe, German-American neurosurgeon, ornithologist, and illustrator, retired colonel in the U.S. Army, asst. chief of neurosurgery at Walter Reed, etc. etc. According to the original text of the illuminated Rupertsberg Codex, illustrated thus with 35 plates in gold & silver etc. A handsome publication, uncommon in jacket.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 60
- Título
- Wisse die Wege: Scivias
- Autor
- VON BINGEN, HILDEGARD
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Lightly soiled at extremities with some bumping to upper fore-corner, otherwise near fine in original cloth, and very good dust
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Thus
- Editorial
- Otto Müller
- Lugar de publicación
- Salzburg
- Fecha de publicación
- 1954
Términos de venta
Irving Book Company
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Sobre el vendedor
Irving Book Company
Miembro de Biblio desde 2021
Asheville, North Carolina
Sobre Irving Book Company
Classical, Catholic, Southern, Photographic, Poetic, Scholarly, and early Modern Library Editions, &c.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
