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[GERMANY]
Taschenbuch fur das Carneval oder Darstellungen von Maskanzugen Le Carnaval ou Representation d'une Collection d'habits DE MASQUES. Erstes Jahr. L'an premier. [The Carnival or representation of a collection of costumes and masks, 1st year]
The charming plates by the Leipzig miniaturist and illustrator Nettling show mardi-gras costumes in splendid colour. Very rare, the first and only published part of a series of hand-coloured carnival costume plates, each of the 12 with a letterpress description in German and French. Only plates 9 and 10 bear the name of the German draughtsman and engraver Friedrich Wilhelm Nettling, best known for his portrait of Bach, but all may have been engraved by him. The mostly comical or farcical plates illustrate a fairy with her entourage, a Chinese man, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, a group of beast people, and many other extraordinary figures. Two figures in one plate wear funnels as hats, like the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. Besides the 12 plates in the booklet itself, the engravings on the boards show two male figures (gymnasts?, one in a clown-like costume) on the front and a dancing woman with a tambourine on the back.
- Published
- Leipzig: Friedrich August Leo, 1804.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- Xs=12mo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Leipzig: Friedrich August Leo, 1804.
- Ref
- 1362
The Carnival. One of the rarest and most curious of German almanacs 12mo. (10.7 x 14.3 cm), in decorative original publisher’s illustrated boards. 31 pages and 12 water coloured engraved plates. Text in German and in French. Plates are untitled. Bookplate. Missing from Colas. The finely engraved and coloured plates of costumes and carnival scenes are by Friedrich Wilhelm Nettling (circa 1793-1824). Fine copy. Le Carnaval. Un des plus rares et des plus curieux almanachs allemands. LE CARNAVAL OU REPRESENTATION D'UNE COLLECTION D'HABITS DE MASQUES. Erstes Jahr. L'an premier. Leipzig, Friedrich August Leo, 1804, in-12 (10.7 x 14.3 cm), cartonnage de l'éditeur, illustré. 31 pp. et 12 gravures aquarellées hors texte. A échappé à Colas. Texte en allemand et en français. Les costumes et scènes de carnaval finement gravées et coloriées sont dues à Friedrich Wilhelm Nettling (vers 1793-1824). Fée, génie ailé, paysan flamand, pagode naine côtoient Don Quichotte et Sancho Pansa, double figure de Polichinelle, nains et déguisements de chiens... Ex-libris armorié non identifié sur le premier contreplat et ex-libris manuscrit M. Planck sur la page de titre. Bel exemplaire, en parfait état de conservation.
