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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 208

MYSNINGER VON FRUNDECK (JOACHIM)
Apotelesma, hoc est, corpus perfectum scholiorum, ad institutiones Justinianeas pertinentium, folio (345 x 224mm.)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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MYSNINGER VON FRUNDECK (JOACHIM)

Apotelesma, hoc est, corpus perfectum scholiorum, ad institutiones Justinianeas pertinentium, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, and portrait of the author on verso, woodcut arms on B8, and large device on final leaf, Helmstadt, Jakob Lucius, 1588; HOTMAN (FRANCOIS) Vetus-Renovatus. Commentarius in quatuor libros institutionum juris civilis, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, Lyon, Anton Candide, 1588, 2 works bound in 1 vol., contemporary blindstamped pigskin over pasteboard, BY GEORGE KAMMBERGER THE YOUNGER, OF WITTENBERG, sides panelled with a series of fillets, a narrow heads-and-shields roll, a cresting roll, and a five virtues roll signed by Wittenberg roll cutter "F.H.", on the upper cover a central panel with the arms of Christian I, Elector of Saxony, and on the lower those of Christian's mother, Anne of Denmark, both of which signed "G.K.", spine in 6 compartments with raised bands and ink lettering within 2, page edges speckled and decorated with stripes in blue and red wash inks, age soiling, folio (345 x 224mm.)

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Bound in contemporary pigskin by George Kammerberger of Wittenberg, with blindstamped panels depicting the arms of Christian I, Elector of Saxony, and his mother Anne of Denmark.

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