Spring Catalog 2026 - Part 2
Discover great masterpieces and little gems of book art, as well as unique historical documents in this year’s Spring Catalog! We have once again carefully compiled 75 selected facsimiles for you, which you can now purchase at a particularly favourable price (while stocks last).
The first textbook for the "last knight": the Lord's Prayer and other prayers in golden miniatures and meticulous calligraphy for the future Holy Roman Emperor and outstanding patron of the arts
Vienna (Austria) — Around 1466
Formerly: €1280
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Created long before Luther and adorned with over 550 expressive miniatures: the stories of the Bible and world history united in a large Bible Historiale in German vernacular from 1467
Vienna area (Austria) — 1467
Formerly: €6800
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With three portraits of the Burgundian Duke Charles the Bold: a splendidly illuminated masterpiece of Burgundian book art created for one of the richest men of his time
Flanders — 1469, ca. 1471 and ca. 1480–1490
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Illuminated by the talented Bernese councilor Benedikt Tschachtlan himself: 230 wonderful miniatures in Switzerland's oldest surviving chronicle and the first city chronicle in the German language
Bern (Switzerland) — 1470
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One of the most important and beautiful manuscripts in Spain: the magnificent Hebrew Bible of Moses Ibn Zabara, exuberantly illuminated with splendid carpet pages, exquisite borders, and countless details in gold and silver
La Coruña (Spain) — 1476
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The history and geography of Asia from the pen of a later Pope: Christopher Columbus' personal copy of the cosmographic masterpiece by Eneas Silvio Piccolomini, better known as Pius II
Venice (Italy) — 1477
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The first commander held responsible for war crimes in history: the story of how Peter von Hagenbach was executed for atrocities committed by him and his troops and how it led to the outbreak of the Burgundian Wars
Strasbourg (France) — 1477
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Created as a gift for the imperial spouse of Maximilian I: delightful illuminations with great attention to detail in a small-format Flemish masterpiece by the great “Master of Mary of Burgundy”
Burgundy (France) — Between 1477 and 1480
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A synthesis of ancient mythology and Christian moral concepts: The captivating story of the virtuous Greek hero in Castilian, illustrated with 11 beautiful large woodcuts
Zamora (Spain) — January 15, 1483
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With studies for the famous Virgin of the Rocks and the legendary Last Supper: Leonardo's discovery of human anatomy on 400 fascinating pages from the Royal Library in Windsor Castle
Italy — 1483–1513
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Biblical scenes set in lifelike pictorial spaces and fantastical borders of flowers, animals, and grotesques: a richly illuminated highlight of Flemish book illumination, featuring 37 expressive miniatures by Gerard David and others
Bruges (Belgium) — 1484–1486
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With wonderful miniatures and two portraits of the donor, Margrave Christoph I of Baden: a gold adorned masterpiece of Parisian Late Gothic illumination for a member of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece
Paris (France) — 1488
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The most comprehensive project from the early days of printing: Hartmann Schedel's famous world chronicle with 1,821 woodcuts by Michael Wolgemut and Albrecht Dürer offering a glimpse into the world of the 15th century
Nuremberg (Germany) — July 12th, 1492
Formerly: €1980
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The first illustrated medical textbook in the history of printing: the influential text collection of Johannes de Ketham in an exceptional Venetian incunable with ten remarkable woodcuts
Venice (Italy) — 1495
Formerly: €1980
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Painted by none other than Gerard David and adorned with more than 80 magnificent miniatures: the precious personal prayer book of the notorious Borgia Pope Alexander VI
Bruges (Belgium) — Ca. 1500
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A luxury manuscript for an enigmatic noble patron, today preserved in the Vatican Library: enchanting Flemish book illumination by the hand of the David Master of the Breviarium Grimani with golden accents in a splendid silver binding
Bruges (Belgium) — Early 16th century
Formerly: €1980
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A Flemish masterpiece by Gerard Horenbout and the famous Maximilian Master: the splendidly illuminated wedding gift of the Scottish King James IV to his royal wife Margaret Tudor
Ghent ot Bruges (Belgium) — 1503–1513
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Driven by the age-old desire to fly, yet far ahead of his time: da Vinci's ingenious reflections and illustrated observations on the physics and anatomy of the flight of birds in one of his personal notebooks
Italy — 1505–1506
Formerly: €1780
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Created by Andrea Benincasa, one of the most famous cartographers of the Italian Renaissance: the Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding regions in beautiful colors and amazing accuracy
Ancona (Italy) — 1508
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With whimsical hybrid figures composed of humans, animals, and mythical creatures: perhaps the most imaginative masterpiece of Flemish book illumination, created by Gerard David, Simon Bening, and Gerard Horenbout
Bruges or Ghent (Belgium) — Between 1510 and 1520
Formerly: €4500
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The emperor as a gallant hero in the most important work of the German Renaissance: a chivalric epic with biographical features written by Emperor Maximilian I himself and illustrated with 118 masterly woodcuts
Augsburg (Germany) — 1517
Formerly: €1490
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Precious insights into the early days of Spanish colonialism in Central America: the oldest Spanish description of the Americas and one of the first works on world geography as the source of the name Venezuela
Seville (Spain) — 1519
Formerly: €980
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Unique sources on the period of the brutal conquest of Middle America: an important collection of first-hand accounts from widely known conquistadors such as Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro
Spain or Central America — 1519–1527
Formerly: €3998
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Created by 18-year-old Narcissus Renner and his father: the extraordinarily beautiful, gold-shining miniatures of a young illuminator commissioned by Susanna of Bavaria
Augsburg (Germany) — 1520
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Typical labors and picturesque sceneries in the course of the year: revolutionary landscape painting in a marvelous masterpiece of late calendar illumination, created by the great Simon Bening
Bruges (Belgium) — 1520–1525
Formerly: €1780
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Of wondrous creatures in distant countries: A valuable Valencian incunable of the Spanish translation of the famous travelogue by the mysterious pseudonym Jean de Mandeville
Valencia (Spain) — October 13th, 1524
Formerly: €780
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A small but sparkling jewel of the German Renaissance in Nuremberg: Albrecht Glockendon's famous gold-decorated calendar pictures to vernacular poems on the labours of the months
Nuremberg (Germany) — 1526
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A Renaissance astronomical masterpiece on the eve of the Copernican revolution: 58 hand-colored woodcuts of planetary motions with movable celestial maps by Michael Ostendorfer and Hans Brosamer
Germany — 1540
Formerly: €4800
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From ore mining to goldsmithing to the hardening of steel: the oldest known treatise on metallurgy with 84 precise woodcuts of the various processes and technical principles of metalworking
Venice (Italy) — 1550
Formerly: €2780
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A Jewish picture bible despite the ban on images thanks to the exemption granted by the "Council of Ten" in Venice: Moses dal Castellazzo's impressive picture cycle illustrating the five books of Moses
Venice (Italy) — 16th century
Formerly: €1690
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An opulent gift from Maria Tudor to her husband Philip II: 10 magnificent double-page maps by the virtuoso Portuguese cartographer Diogo Homem as a representation of the hegemony of the Spanish Empire
England — 1555–1557
Formerly: €2490
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Ovens, distillation apparatuses, and other laboratory utensils for the production of drugs in 52 woodcuts: Part II of Dr. Conrad Gessner's pioneering pharmacological treatise on pharmacological chemistry
Zurich (Switzerland) — 1569
Formerly: €2300
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Probably the most important work on the effects of the medicinal plants and spices of Asia: the work of a Portuguese physician and soldier written in the 16th century during his travels through India and Indonesia
Burgos (Spain) — July 16, 1578
Formerly: €1280
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Accuracy and vividness in detailed woodcuts: Jost Amman's extensive textbook for budding artists was created in Nuremberg, the art capital of the German Renaissance
Germany — 1580
Formerly: €580
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One of the most remarkable sources on European 16th-century fashion history: Jost Amman's artistic woodcuts of contemporary women's clothing as a reflection of social hierarchies
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) — 1586
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Created in the famous court workshop of Emperor Rudolf II and later in the possession of Emperor Maximilian I: gold-framed miniatures and enchanting depictions of animals and plants in a gilded silver-enamel book jacket
Prague (Czech Republic) — 1604–1612 and 1623 (illumination) / 1574 (silver binding)
Formerly: €2780
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77 colorful miniatures by one of the most famous engravers of all time: the stories of the New Testament in masterfully executed copperplate engravings by Matthaeus Merian the Elder
Strasbourg (France) — 1630
Formerly: €1698
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Botanical illustrations as inspiration for later artworks and patterns for fine embroidery: 36 elaborately colored plates by Maria Sibylla Merian with individual flowers, but also wreaths, bunches of flowers and bouquets
Nuremberg (Germany) — 1680
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Detailed descriptions and naturalistic woodcuts of over 900 medicinal plants: the accumulated knowledge of Renaissance herbal medicine in an astonishingly modern and multilingual work
Venice (Italy) — 1717
Formerly: €1480
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Calligraphy and watercolors commemorating one of the most famous literary figures of the Middle Ages: a rare juvenile work by Dante Alighieri in an extraordinarily artfully illuminated 20th century manuscript
Bergamo (Italy) — 1921
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