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MEISSNER, A.G.
Historische malerische Darstellungen aus Boehmen.
The first album of Bohemian castles, which looked at noble mansions in a romantic spirit, as antique monuments. It contains 14 coloured aquatints engraved by Antonín Pucherna with texts by the German novelist and historian August Gottlieb Meissner (1753-1807).
- Published
- Prague: J.G. Calve, 1798.
- References
- Not in the ususal bibliographies; Bobins 439.
- Plates
- 13 + map
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Prague: J.G. Calve, 1798.
- Ref
- 5312
Oblong quarto; engraved title, 13 hand-coloured engraved plates, plus map in contemporary marbled paper over boards, paper label on front. Spine and boards rubbed and worn. An attractive series of views of Prague, perhaps produced for the robust tourist trade. SCARCE. Coloured plates in order: 1. Karlstein. 2. [Plan] Gundriss des Schlosses und Gegend von Karlstein. 3. Krakow. 4. Genstein. 5. Burglitz. 6. Kunjetizka Hora. 7. Raby. 8. Richemburg. 9. Sternberg. 10. Freieland. 11. Rothenhaus. 12. Reichenau. 13. Trossky. 14. Habichstein.
