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Well that is a pretty tall order. Most legacy 35s and 50s either compromise on sharpness or bokeh at the widest aperture. Some lenses try to strike a balance as well. How much are you willing to spend? Here are some interesting options in my view:
35mm lenses
Zeiss C/Y mount 35 f/1.4 - has quite good sharpness and decent bokeh. It in my view strikes a balance and has excellent 3D imaging properties
Zeiss ZE/ZF 35 f/1.4 - It has decent sharpness and quite nice bokeh wide open. It is big and perhaps doesn't have quite the 3/D of the C/Y mount lens.
Zeiss ZM 35 f/1.4 - excellent wide open sharpness, but the bokeh can be a bit funky at some distances.
Voigtlander 35 f/1.7 - Nice sharpness and decent bokeh, but doesn't play well with a Sony unless you modify the sensor or add a close up filter to the lens.
Leica R 35 f/2 vII - decent sharpness and bokeh but both could be a bit better. Does it stand up to modern sensors.
Leica R 35 f/1.4 - very expensive, sharp in centre but only a small zone and quite nice bokeh.
Minolta Rokkor MC./MC 35 f/1.8 - not all that sharp but some pretty nice bokeh
Olympus OM 35 f/2 - not that sharp and I am not a fan of the bokeh
Nikon AI 35 f/1.4 - small for a 35 f/1.4, not that sharp wide open and I think the bokeh is terrible at several distances
Canon FD 35 f/2 - Not that sharp and not that good of bokeh, IMO
50mm lenses (most are not sharp wide open with significant spherical aberrations wide open and pretty poor bokeh IMO; there are many of these I will just list the ones I think are most interesting)
Zeiss MIlvus 50 f/1.4 - this is a new lens and pretty sharp wide open, and bokeh isn't too bad but it does have a lot of CA
Zeiss Otus 55 f/1.4 - very sharp wide open with decent bokeh, but you will pay for this one
Zeiss ZM 50 f/1.5 - not that sharp but some nice bokeh in some situations
Voigtlander 50 f/1.5 Asph - similar to Zeiss ZM, but perhaps not quite as nice of bokeh with perhaps a bit better sharpness
Leica M 50 f/2 AA - uber expensive lens, but blisteringly sharp wide open with what I find to be quite nice bokeh
Leica M 50 f/1.4 Asph - very nice balance with good wide open sharpness and very nice bokeh, IMO; but it doesn't play nice on an unmodified Sony
Leica R 50 f/1.4 (with 60mm filter threads) - a very expensive lens, but a nice balance of sharpness and bokeh, IMO. Quite hard to find as well.
Minolta MC 58 f/1.2 - not that sharp wide open, but can have lovely bokeh
Nikon AI 58 f/1.2 - quite expensive but decently sharp wide open with quite nice bokeh; doesn't do that well stopped down and is not that sharp outside of the centre
Canon nFD 50 f/1.2L - Decently sharp wide open with ok bokeh.
Canon FD 55 f/1.2 Asph - earlier version of nFD 50, but maybe just a bit better as they were carefully handcrafted with hand polishing of the Asph element.
Those are a good start. I am sure others will chime in with others.,
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