Beschrijving
Leiden, E. von Scherling, no date (possibly 1934-1935 as he trades from Valdezstraat in Leiden), 13pp with 40 ( numbers of manuscripts, original paper binding. Scarce sales catalogue of this famous antiquarian bookseller. Erik Edzard Floris Folkard von Scherling was the younger son of the Swedish Consul at Rotterdam, where he was born on 20 May 1907. When he left school he went to work for the bookseller Jacob Ginsberg in Leiden, where he specialised in Oriental books, and learnt Latin and Arabic. By the age of 21 he was dealing in manuscripts on his own account and already had an international clientele. See also https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2015/01/erik-von-scherling-190756-and-rotulus.html. E. von Scherling (Erik von Scherling, 1907-1956) was een bekende antiquaar en manuscriptenhandelaar. Hij begon zijn carrière in Leiden bij boekhandelaar Jacob Ginsberg en richtte later zijn eigen antiquariaat op. Scarce.
