Nachrichten von Kunstlern und Kunstsachen, Vol. I
Leipzig: Johann Paul Krauss, 1768-69. Hardcover. Leather covered boards with leather spine and gilt lettering. Text in Old German. 436 pp. With two fold-out engravings. VG for its age. Pages a bit waved but clean/unmarked and tight; exterior wearing, but all is tight. Item #139217
Text in Old German. Covers artists and specific works of art in Berlin, Dresden, Bologna; a separate section on Michelangelo, the Bartholomaus Kilian genealogy and much more. Although vols. I and II were published separately, they were not intended to be complete without each other, although each volume begins and ends as one book. Includes an index of names. The two engravings are vignettes of the poet Dante Alghieri by Sandro Boticelli, engraved by Baldini and copied by Michel Keyl.
Price: $375.00