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Our Highlights of the Month
 
The Carondelet Breviary
Manuscript on vellum, illuminated by Jacquemart Pilavaine.
Hainaut, Mons, c. 1460.
€ 240.000,-
Resurrection of Christ
Historiated initial R, illuminated by Giovan Pietro Birago.
Italy, Brescia or Milan, c. 1470
€ 36.000,-
Two hitherto unknown metalcuts in an incunable
Psalterium latinum.
Würzburg: Georg Reyser, c. 1488-89.
Including two additional single-leaf prints.
€ 150.000,-

 
Welcome to the site of Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books
– a gateway to illuminated manuscripts, miniatures and early printed books of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance offered for sale.

 
 

Our new office in Basel:

Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat

Spalenberg 55, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Phone +41 (0)61 275 75 75

Fax +41 (0)61 275 75 76

 

We aim at offering a wide range of the extant corpus of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, miniatures as well as incunabula and early printing and thus attempt to include all facets of the history of the book in providing a complex inventory of museum quality.

Apart from religious books like bibles, books of hours, prayer books and liturgical instructions you will find philosophical and historical works as well as vernacular courtly and popular literature in manuscript and print. Quite consistently, we are able to present books that have been illuminated and illustrated by important artists like Albrecht Durer, Hans Burgkmair, Simon Bening and Stefan Lochner. Moreover, we offer milestones in the category of scientific books, comprising herbals and medical treatises, books about the art of war, mechanics and architecture as well as mathematical and astronomic tracts. Currently, the age of great discoveries is well represented with early atlases and travel accounts varying from Marco Polo to Columbus and Magellan.


We hope you will enjoy browsing our site and exploring the world of collecting manuscripts and rare books.


Fair Schedule 2012
 

TEFAF Maastricht
16-25 March 2012

New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Park Avenue Armory
12-15 April 2012

Salon du Livre Ancien Paris
Grand Palais
27-29 April 2012



   
 
NEW: Catalogue No. 10
Catalogue 10: Pagina Sacra – Dr. Joern Guenther Rare Books Just published: our new catalogue "Pagina Sacra - Bibles and Biblical Texts 1050-1511". More...

An online-version is being prepared.

Content of the catalogue


Recently: Brochure No. 12
Brochure 12: Faith and Knowledge - Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books "Faith and Kowledge"
The medieval and Renaissance world as represented by our treasures of book art.
Have a look:

Manuscripts (5,3 MB)

Miniatures (1,8 MB)


Printed Books (4,4 MB)

Brochure No. 11
Brochure 11: Passion of Collecting - Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books "Passion of Collecting"
A fine selection of illuminated manuscripts, miniatures and illustrated early printed books for download as PDF:

Manuscripts (3,6 MB)

Miniatures (3,1 MB)

Printed Books (4,7 MB)


Catalogue No. 9: Masterpieces
Catalogue 9: Manuscripts and early prints - Dr. Joern Guenther Rare Books The 50th anniversary-edition of our recent catalogue presents 25 manuscripts and 25 early prints, which display utmost quality of ancient book production.

View this catalogue online