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Antique Japanese Woodblock Printed Booklet — Edo Period Comic Ranking Publication (Banzuke), Dated Tenpo 12 (1841), Osaka Imprint.
Description.
A rare and charming antique Japanese woodblock-printed booklet in the banzuke (ranking list) format, featuring multiple pages of comic

Quantity: 1 - Booklet

Edo Period Comic Banzuke Booklet - 1841

- This LOT of 2 Geographical Maps is an original copper engraving from 1683 (17th Century).

- This is the edition by A.M. Mallet, published in 1683 in his magnificent work, entitled: "Description de l'Univers (in 5 Volumes...)......A Paris, 1683" 

- Beautiful maps published in

Original LOT of 2 Colored Copper Plates

Asia - [LOT of 2] - Japan / Tokyo / Kyoto / Osaka / Fukuoka; Alain Manesson Mallet - [lot of 2] - Emperor du Japon / Japonnois - [LOT of 2] - 1661-1680

Welcome to the second Factory Photobooks auction by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany).
Dive into the wonderful world of ‘Factory Photobooks’, an amazing genre for photobook collecting ! Discover the unknown work of renowned photographers and enjoy the unique,

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Thiessard - Giletta - Ponts et Chaussées - chambre de commerce et d'industrie de nice et des alpes-maritimes 1860-1960 - 1960

This Geographical Map is an original copper engraving from around 1850/70.

This is the updated edition of the fantastic work by A. BRUE, published by E. LEVASSEUR on the updated drawings by DELAGRAVE and others.
The map in question comes from the beautiful work named: "ATLAS

Original large folio copper engraving

Europe - East Europe / Prussia / Poland / Germany; A. Brue / E. Levasseur / Delagrave - Carte Generale de la Monarchie Prussienne - 1851-1860

Royal Ark, Secret Monitor, Mark Rituals/ Raising/Passing/ Selection of personalised flashcards.
*1x Tour, Kenning & Spencer "Passing"
*1x Rasing.
*1x Opening 
*1x investiture of I.P.M. etc.
*5x personalised flash cards-Question/answers.
*2x Order of The Secrete Monitor Ritual No

Freemasonry, Politics - Quantity: 8 - Book

Free and Accepted Masons - Royal Ark, Secret Monitor, Mark Rituals/ Raising/Passing/ Selection of personalised flashcards - 1900-2015

WONDERFUL ADVERTISING AND INDUSTRIAL PHOTOS by Hein Horny -
in PHOTOGRAVURE PRINTING.

"Die Chronik der Feldmühle. 1885 - 1935"  is a -
FANTASTIC, HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE AND HIGHLY UNDERRATED GERMAN FACTORY PHOTOBOOK.

A very decorative, a magnificent volume with high-quality fold-out

Art, Photography - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

Hein Gorny - Die Chronik der Feldmühle (NEW OBJECTIVITY, WIDELY UNKNOWN, HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE) - 1935

IMPRESSIVE GERMAN FACTORY PHOTOBOOK.

Published in 1951 on the 300th anniversary of the "Sternwoll-Spinnerei Hamburg-Bahrenfeld" (1651-1951).

Welcome to the second "Factory Photobooks Auction" by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany).
Dive into the wonderful world

Photography, Art - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

Erika Schleipen, Hans Cordes, Hans Hayen - 300 Jahre Sternwoll-Spinnerei - 1951

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Rudi Angenendt - Kohle über Draht - 1963

Art, Photography, Graphic design - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

Dr. Paul Wolff, Paul G. Ehrhardt - Zellwolle. Vom Wunder ihres Werdens ("Cellulose wool. The miracle of its creation") - 1938

The Perfect Ceremonies of Craft Masonry/ Private Circulation Only.
!! This May be Considered as a Correct Edition of The Working which was approved by The Grand Lodge in 1870 and taught Uninterruptedly ever Since !!

"Then I realised for the first time what word- and 

Freemasonry, Politics - Quantity: 1 - Book

May be Considered as a Correct Edition which was approved by The Grand Lodge in 1814 - The Perfect Ceremonies of Craft Masonry/ Private Circulation Only - 1955

Welcome to the second "Factory Photobooks Auction" by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany).

FANTASTIC, WIDELY UNKNOWN FACTORY PHOTOBOOK with photos by German Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966, "The World is beautiful") - in SUPER FRESH CONDITION.

Albert

Albert Renger-Patzsch - 75 Jahre Schubert and Salzer (VERY FRESH COPY) - 1958

VERY BEAUTIFUL, WIDELY UNKNOWN, HIGHLY UNDERRATED GERMAN FACTORY PHOTOBOOK.

The company "Gebrüder Rath" - well-known for the "Gebrasa-Wool" - was a German company for worsted spinning and dyeing and was grounded in 1858; originally based in the "Sassenberg Castle", the reason

Photography, Art, Graphic design - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

Elisabeth Hase, Hermann Weishaupt, H. Strenger - Die Wollresidenz (RARE, VERY FRESH COPY) - 1958

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FANTASTIC, WIDELY UNKNOWN SWISS FACTORY PHOTOBOOK.
All color pictures by Swiss photography legend René Groebli.
Published on the 50th anniversary (1907-1957) of the Swiss

Rene Groebli - 50 Jahre Knorr Thayngen - 1957

One of the RAREST and most sought after edition of Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland pictured in colour and black and white illustrations by Charles Robinson! FIRST 1910 edition published by Cassell. Book in overall very good condition. Externally original pictorial

Illustrated, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Lewis Carroll/Charles Robinson - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - 1910

Photography, Art, History - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

Dr. Paul Wolff, Alfred Tritschler - Henkel. Eine Bilderfolge - 1951

- This enormous Geographic Map in IMPERIAL-Folio, large, is an original copper engraving from around 1760.

- This is the rare first edition of VAUGONDY, published around 1760 in his extremely rare and fantastic Atlas, bearing the title: "Atlas Universel par M. Robert Geographe

Original IMPERIAL-FOLIO coloured copper plate

Europe - North-East Europe / Poland / Lithuania / Krakow / Vilnius / Warsaw; Robert de Vaugondy - Le Royaume de Pologne......1760 - 1751-1760

Welcome to the second Factory Photobooks auction by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany).
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Société RATEAU - Turbines A Vapeur, Auxiliaires Pour La Marine, Pompes Centrifuges, Surpresseurs De Gaz, Compresseurs - 1927

Europe - North-East Europe / Austria / Germania / Vienna; Robert de Vaugondy - Partie Septentrionale du Cercle d'Autriche, qui comprend l'Archiduchè d'Autriche......1760 - 1751-1760

*Nice set of 2 UGLE Constitutions 1970.
* One copy of Rare Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons and The Degree of Royal Ark Mariner 

Each book contain unique rules and guidelines including los of plates. 

**Objects:**
All the objects included in this auction originate from my

Freemasonry, Politics - Quantity: 3 - Book

United Grand Lodge of England - 1970 Set of 2  UGLE Constitutions/ 1993 Mark Master & Degree of Royal Ark Mariner - 1970-1993

Europe - North-East Europe / Germany / Baltic Regions / Gulf of Riga / Brandenburg; Robert de Vaugondy - Partie Septentrionale de Cercle de Haute Saxe / Duche de Pomeranie....., 1760 ca. - 1751-1760

1873/74 Day-to-Day Notes- Rare Masonic "Pocket Diary" Private Notes, 2x Pencils and Small Pocket knife( Mother of Pearl)
* 2x Rare Masonic  Private Diaries , containing 288 pages of private notes. These notes belonged to a family member and have been highly sought after by some

Freemasonry - Quantity: 1 - Book

freemasonry - 1873/74 Day-to-Day Notes- Rare Masonic "Pocket Diary" Private Notes, 2x Pencils and Small Pocket - 1873-1874

8vo. Hardcover. Good condition, interior fresh. 128 pages. Numerous sepia illustrations, in-text and on plates.

Robert Guillot - L'aluminium et ses alliages - - 1937

Elegant frontispiece with old coloring of the third volume of the famous Ornithology by Ulisse Aldrovandi, eminent Italian naturalist, dated 1603.

The title with the dedication is set in a temple with allegories of Glory and Fame, as well as eight coats of arms with Latin mottos

Latin - Good

Document - Ulisse Aldrovandi - Ornithologiae - 1603

"ONE OF THE MOST COVETABLE AND INSTRUCTIVE OF COMPANY PHOTOBOOKS"
- Gerry Bager - 
("The Photobook: A History. Volume II", Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, page 199)

ONE OF LEE FRIEDLANDER'S RAREST BOOKS. 

WONDERFUL FACTORY PHOTOBOOK by famous American photographer Lee Friedlander.


Lee Friedlander - Cray At Chippewa Falls (THE BOOK) - 1987

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