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[COLLECTION OF THE REFERENCE COPIES FOR A RUN OF THE CATALOGUES ISSUED BY HELLMUT SCHUMANN OF ZÜRICH].
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The marked up reference copies of a series of 39 catalogues issued by this Swiss bookseller. Most of the catalogues are interleaved and contain handwritten records of what sold and other occasional notes with many buyers' names written in. The first group are not bound but have been taken apart to interleave and then had the spine taped to keep them together. The majority of the catalogues have been bound in green cloth. Includes the following:
472. A Rare Book Miscellany.
477. Helvetica
478. The Illustrated Book
479. General Science
481. Autographs, Documents and Manuscripts
483. Old and Modern Art
484. Deutsche Literatur des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts
485. Helvetica
487. Deutshce Literatur des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts.
The following are bound mostly in green cloth with original covers bound in.
488. Geography and Travel
490-494, 496-500, 502-504, 507-513, 515, 517, 520-522, 524-525
Loosely inserted is a commemorative booklabel which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale.
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