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      • BUCHINGER, Matthias (1674 – 1740). The Effigies of Mr. Matt...
        Aug. 17, 2024

        BUCHINGER, Matthias (1674 – 1740). The Effigies of Mr. Matt...

        Est: $2,000 - $4,000

        BUCHINGER, Matthias (1674 – 1740). The Effigies of Mr. Matthew Buchinger. London, April 29th, 1724. Stipple engraving of the famed “little man of Nuremberg” seated on a tasseled cushion and fashioned after a self-portrait by the famed limb-deficient polymath in an oval frame surrounded by fancy scrollwork, above an explanatory text block describing the “wonders as have never been done by any; but himself. He plays on various sort of music to admiration… and designs to make machines to play on almost all sorts of music. He is no less eminent for writing, drawing of coats of arms, and pictures to the life, with a pen; he also plays at cards and dice, performs tricks with Cups and Balls, corn and live birds….” Buchinger’s wig is made up of the words of the Lord’s Prayer. 12 x 7 ¾”. Laid down. Three dark spots, uniformly toned. A strong impression of this iconic image and the most famous portrait of Buchinger.

        Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
      • [BUCHINGER] Folio of Etchings, Drawings, and Engravings of ...
        Feb. 25, 2023

        [BUCHINGER] Folio of Etchings, Drawings, and Engravings of ...

        Est: $8,000 - $12,000

        [BUCHINGER, Matthias] (1674 – 1740). Folio of Etchings, Drawings, and Engravings of Remarkable Characters and Freaks, Including Matthew Buchinger. German [?], compiled ca. 1850. A scrapbook of twenty-four leaves bound in later plain paper-covered boards (rubbed), comprised of images chronicling the “freaks” of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, and including etchings depicting the human circulatory system, osteopathic deformities, and other anatomical features; but most prominently various human oddities, among them bearded ladies; various “monsters” represented by original inked sketches (and likely modeled on the images first published by Liceti in De Monstris) including ink drawings of a cyclops, a giraffe-necked archer, many views of Siamese twins, a “leopard skin” man, infants with cleft palates, limb-deficient individuals, and other deformities. Manuscript notations in Latin accompany many of the illustrations. Most prominent is an engraved portrait of Matthew Buchinger (10 ½ x 7 ⅛”), circa 1705, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED IN MIRROR WRITING AND UPSIDE DOWN by Buchinger below the likeness: “Ich Matthias Buchinger … Anno 1709. Zurich.” Each line of the inscription is written differently, including lines composed upside down and backward. Beside the inscription are three large block capital letters in Buchinger’s hand, “A-B-C.” The image pictures the famous performer in an elaborate coat and three-pointed hat, with many of the accoutrements he exhibited with, including a rifle, quill, pen, and paper, as well as a German hackbrett (a dulcimer-like instrument). Laid down and mounted on the album page, with margins cropped close, one loss in image, and trimming below the likeness affecting some text. Still, an early and important example of Buchinger’s abilities as a calligrapher, and an early likeness of the “little man of Nuremberg.” See Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, p. 55, and Matthew Buchinger, p. 11.

        Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
      • BUCHINGER, Matthias (1674 – 1740). The Effigies of Mr. Matt...
        Feb. 25, 2023

        BUCHINGER, Matthias (1674 – 1740). The Effigies of Mr. Matt...

        Est: $6,000 - $8,000

        BUCHINGER, Matthias (1674 – 1740). The Effigies of Mr. Matthew Buchinger. London, April 29th 1724. Stipple engraving of the famed “little man of Nuremberg” seated on a tasseled cushion, and fashioned after a self-portrait by the famed limb-deficient polymath in an oval frame surrounded by fancy scrollwork, above an explanatory text block describing the “wonders as have never been done by any; but himself. He plays on various sort of music to admiration… and designs to make machines to play on almost all sorts of music. He is no less eminent for writing, drawing of coats of arms, and pictures to the life, with a pen; he also plays at cards and dice, performs tricks with Cups and Balls, corn and live birds….” Buchinger’s wig is made up of the words of the Lord’s Prayer. 12 ¼ x 8”, with faint toning at corners and one partial inked notation in lower right. Laid down. A fine and strong impression of the best-known portrait of Buchinger.

        Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
      • * Buchinger (Matthias, 1674-1740). A bookform box with micrography, 1720/21
        Jul. 30, 2020

        * Buchinger (Matthias, 1674-1740). A bookform box with micrography, 1720/21

        Est: £700 - £1,000

        * Buchinger (Matthias, 1674-1740). A bookform box with micrography, 1720/21, wooden and ivory bookform box, spine with carved raised bands, sliding lid and lower side with inset glazed calligraphic panels written in sepia ink on paper in a miniscule hand, that to lid with religious script forming the design of a chalice and wafer, within an arched frame of red ink volutes, a little stained, that to lower side with the Ten Commandments on stone tablets, within a similar red ink border, each with inscription below: 'Dublin febr. the 8 d 1720/21. This is Written by Mathew Buchinger born Without Hands or feet in Germany June the 3 d 1674', panels 47 x 30 mm, overall size 73 x 60 x 19 mm Qty: (1)

        Dominic Winter Auctions
      • Conjuring.- Buchinger (Matthew) Calligraphic specimen, 1723/4.
        Jan. 25, 2018

        Conjuring.- Buchinger (Matthew) Calligraphic specimen, 1723/4.

        Est: £1,000 - £1,500

        Conjuring.- Buchinger (Matthew, 1674-1740) Calligraphic specimen, ornamental head-piece incorporating large capital ABC on left and in reverse on right either side of "London / January the 12th 1723/4" and above "This was Written by / Matthew Buchinger [upside down] / born Without / Hands or Feet [back to front] / 1674 / in Germany [back to front], c.100 x 160mm., creases from folds, small stains, 1723/4. ⁂ Despite being born without hands or feet Buchinger became an accomplished artist, musician and magician known as the "Little Man from Nuremberg". He was especially famous for his micrography where he created illustrations using miniscule texts.

        Forum Auctions - UK
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