A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> Sumo Collector's Edition of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Peter%20Beard&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Beard</a>'s monograph.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2 books, 1 bookstand, and 1 framed print.</li><li>Peter Beard (American).</li><li>New York: Taschen, 2006.</li><li>Part of an edition of 125 copies.</li><li>Accompanied by a framed 1978/2006 gelatin silver print titled 965 Elephants, signed by Beard.</li><li>Includes&nbsp;PB2, a supplementary book.</li><li>Includes a custom wooden bookstand.</li><li>Presented in the original plywood and pine crate.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase. This highly sought-after Collector's Edition of Peter Beard's&nbsp;Taschen Sumo&nbsp;monograph showcases the artist's celebrated work within the Kenyan landscape. Limited to just 125 copies, this edition includes previously unreleased collage artworks, diary spreads, and ephemera, all elegantly bound in a luxurious leather volume. The set is presented on a custom wooden bookstand and comes with the original plywood and pine crate featuring an elephant motif, along with a cardboard box that showcases a similar embossed design. Released in 2006, this limited edition also includes the original 1978/2006 gelatin silver print titled&nbsp;965 Elephants, which captures a breathtaking aerial view of a wildlife-rich landscape. This print is signed and titled by Peter Beard and is framed to museum standards, accompanied by the original folio. Additionally, the set features&nbsp;PB2, a supplementary book that provides detailed descriptions of each plate. All items are housed in the original, oversized burgundy velvet-lined shipping crate, specifically designed with separate compartments for each piece. Sold out upon its release in 2006, no further Collector's Editions have been produced, making this an exceptionally rare find for collectors. This collection is not only stunning but is also a monumental work of art in its own right. Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Peter Beard Sumo Collector's Edition and Signed Print

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Helmut+Newton&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helmut Newton</a>, SUMO edition, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by Helmut Newton and accompanied by a bookstand designed by Philippe Starck.<ul><li>Helmut Newton (German-Australian).</li><li>Monte Carlo: TASCHEN, 1999.</li><li>Large folio.</li><li>Signed in blue pen.</li><li>Part of an edition of 10,000 copies.</li><li>Accompanied by a bookstand designed by Philippe Starck.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Helmut Newton SUMO Edition

Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections

Petrarch Das Glückbuch Beydes deß Gutten in Bösen. Augsburg: Heinrich Steyner, 1539. Folio (292 x 193 mm). Collation: a–b6 c8 A–S6 T8 V6 X4 Aa–Zz6 aa4 bb1, 3–6, 8: 294 leaves (only, of 296: lacking index leaves bb2 and bb7, gathering M misbound after N6), gothic type, title-page with large woodcut device of the wheel of fortune, 261 woodcut illustrations by the Petrarca-Meister, some full-page, historiated woodcut initials, contemporary German blindstamped pigskin (likely a remboîtage), clasps, fore-edge with faded early modern manuscript title, modern endpapers, title-page with marginal repairs, some soiling, extremities rubbed, old repair to upper joint Second edition in German (and first edition of this translation) of De remediis utriusque fortunae, a popular treatise on prosperity and adversity, and the "most comprehensive representation of German life around 1519" (Thieme-Becker, vol.XXXV, p. 271). The attractive woodcuts had first been used in Steyner's 1532 edition. PROVENANCE: "Sum ex libris Jacobi Speidelii at & in Vatterstorf", early modern ownership inscription to title-page of first work; small inkstamp of "B.G." on title-page LITERATURE: USTC 627390; VD16 P 1726

View 1 of Lot 54: Petrarch | Das Glückbuch Beydes deß Gutten in Bösen, Augsburg, 1539, a popular treatise on prosperity and adversity

petrarch | das glückbuch beydes deß gutten in bösen, augsburg, 1539, a popular treatise on prosperity and adversity

Ibn Butlan Schachtafelen der Gesuntheyt. I Erstlich durch bewarung der sechs neben natürlichen Ding. Als des Luffts den gesundtlicher weiß yn und uß zu Athemen. II Zum anderen durch erkantnussz cur und hynlegung aller Kranckheyten menschlichs zufalls uß Arabisch in latin und yetzt jüngst in Teütsche sprach verdolmetscht. III Zum dritten. Aller LXXXIIII. Tafelen sonderlich Regelbuch angehenckt in gemeyn und yeder dyenstlich. [Strassburg:] Johann Schott, 1533 FIRST EDITION, folio (304 x 201 mm). Collation: A6, B–I4, K6, L–2H4, 2I6, (lacking Y1): 135 leaves only, of 136, gothic type, full-page woodcut illustration and c. 40 woodcut frames and initials, early modern annotations, modern vellum-backed boards, title-page browned and soiled, wormholes repaired; occasional dampstaining and thumbing throughout text, last four leaves repaired at lower corner, endleaves renewed, marbled boards worn RARE FIRST GERMAN TRANSLATION of this famous medieval treatise on health, containing the sum of medical knowledge in c.1000 AD, and based on the health tables of the medieval Arab physician Ibn Butlan. The chessboard-like tables, called 'Chessboards of Health', provided medical guidance in a layout previously reserved for astronomy and law, allowing information about diagnoses, treatments, and healing to be displayed in a tabular form for the first time. PROVENANCE: "Caroli Pfintz[ing] de Henffenfold": early modern ownership inscription to title-page LITERATURE: USTC 692200; VD16 M 6776

View 1 of Lot 7: Ibn Butlan | Schachtafelen der Gesuntheyt, Strassburg, 1533

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