Catalogue 168: The History of Science including Navigation: A First Selection of Books from the Library of Harrison D. Horblit

Kraus, Hans. Peter (October 12, 1907 – November 1, 1988). Catalogue 168. The History of Science Including Navigation A further selection of Books, 1641-1700 (Wing Period) from the Library of Harrison D. Horblit. (1984) New York, publisher: HP Kraus; Small 4to, stiff Yello wrappers; 112 p., illus., 205 listed items. Apparently Horbilt tried to auction his collection off but it failed and he turned to Kraus. A follow on volume to an earlier publication of Horbilt's collection by Kraus.

Hans Peter Kraus, also known as H. P. Kraus or HPK, was an Austrian-born book dealer described as "without doubt the most successful and dominant rare book dealer in the world in the second half of the 20th century" and in a league with other rare book dealers such as Bernard Quaritch, Guillaume de Bure and A.S.W. Rosenbach. Kraus specialized in medieval illuminated manuscripts, incunables (books printed before 1501), and rare books of the 16th and 17th centuries, but would purchase and sell almost any book that came his way that was rare, valuable and important. He prided himself in being "the only bookseller in history...to have owned a Gutenberg Bible and the Psalters of 1457 and 1459 simultaneously," stressing that "'own' here is the correct word, as they were bought not for a client's account but for stock." -wiki