Ketterer Kunst announces highlights from its Auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, and Decorative Prints
(Artdaily.org)

They were created by grand masters: the books, manuscripts, prints and miniatures that will be called up in the auction of Rare Books at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on 26 November. Here is a small preview of the precious gems: Historically unique is what accounts for the ‘Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten’: The first German edition of the ”World Chronic“ by Hartmann Schedel, made in Nuremberg in 1493, is one of the most richly illustrated incunabula of all. The well-preserved copy in old coloring and a 16th century pigskin binding is the auction’s top lot and will be called up with an estimate of € 120,000. Hourly, was the intended usage rate of the splendidly colored Latin and French Book of Hours manuscript that was made at Troyes around 1470. The marvelously illuminated parchment script is particularly captivating for its 15 full-page miniatures, it has been estimated at € 25,000. Additional