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[BINDINGS –– MONASTERY HILL]. FLOEGEL, Karl Friedrich (1729...

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[BINDINGS ?? MONASTERY HILL]. FLOEGEL, Karl Friedrich (1729?1788).?A hitherto unpublished typed manuscript for ?A History of the Grotesque?Comical: A Contribution to the History of Mankind? [and] ?History of Court Fools?.?Translated from the German into English by Walter W. Schmauch (1882?1957). Chicago: N.p., 1954. Together, 2 works in 8 volumes, 4to. Illustrated with hundreds of plates (many folding and mounted), bookplates, real photo postcards, bookmarks, etc. Half dark blue niger, marbled sides, spines in 5 compartments with raised bands, central compartment with alternating lozenges with various color morocco inlays, central lozenge with a gilt device depicting a jester, gilt?lettering and central devices in remainder, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, BY MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (few volumes with light rubbing at ends and joints). [With:] SCHMAUCH, Walter W. A hitherto unpublished typed manuscript for ?Allegory of Commerce [and] Aspects of the Man of Medicine?. Chicago: N.p., 1949. 4to. Numerous illustrations including mounted stamps and three types of United States silver dimes. Full red niger, marbled sides, spine in 5 compartments with raised bands, central compartment with the Staff of Hermes inlaid with white and green moroccos, gilt?lettering and tools in remainder, top edge gilt, BY MONASTERY HILL BINDERY. [With:] SCHMAUCH. A hitherto unpublished typed manuscript for ?The Figurines of Ancient Tanagra?. Chicago: N.p., 1951. 4to. Half blue niger, marbled sides, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt?lettering in three, central gilt devices in remainder, top edge gilt, BY MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (spine gently sunned). Together, 4 works in 10 volumes. A lovely set of unpublished manuscripts by an author and translator known for his bibliographic studies and his histories of early illustrated works.