Holzschnitte Alter Deutscher Meister in den Original-Platten Gesammelt Von Hans Albrecht Von Derschau
Gotha Becker, 1810. Hardcover. Oversized and bound in blue paper over boards with black lettering and illustration on front cover; 12 pp of text; 74 original woodcuts divided by sections A-E. Section A contains 7 woodcuts: A13, A14, A15 +A16 on one page; A18, A19, A20 are all one large woodcut per page. Section B contains 42 woodcuts: B25 and B26 are both fold-outs; B27 is on one page. B28, B29, and B30 are together on one page; B31 is on one page; B32 and B33 are together on one page; B34 is a fold-out; B35, B36, B37, B38 together on one page; B39, B40, B41 and B42 are together on one page; B43 is one page; B44 is a fold-out. B45 and B46 are on one page together; B47 and B48 are together on one page; B49 and B50 are on one page; B51 and B52 are on one page; B53 and B54 are on one page; B55, B56 and B57 are on one page; B58 and B59 are together on a fold-out page; B60 and B61 are on one page; B62, B63, B64, B65 and B66 are on one page; B67 is on one page; B68, B69 and B70 is one page. Section C contains: C13 a fold-out; C14, C15, C16 and C17 together on one page; C18 and C19 on one page; C20 and C21 on one page; C22 and C23 on one page; C24 on one page. Section D contains: D14, D15, and D16 on one page; D17 is a fold-out; D18 is one page; D19 and D20 together on one page; D21 and D22 on one page; D23, D24 and D25 on one page. Section E contains: E7 is a large 4-fold measuring approx. 45 1/2" x 31"; E8 is a fold out. E9 is a fold-out; E10 is a fold-out; E11 is a large 4-fold measuring approx 45 1/2" by 31". and E12 is a large 4-fold approx 45 1/2" by 31" G- (overall shelfwear and soiling to boards. Missing plate A17. All other plates are present. Age toning as expected mainly along edges. Dampstaining along bottom and top of many pages but not affecting the quality of the images. The page continaing B62-B66 has heavy dampstaining. Item #187657
Text in German and French in parallel columns. This book is one of three issued between 1808-1816, and all prints were printed from the original blocks. Woodcuts by old German masters in the original plates collected by Hans Albrecht von Derschau ... with a treatise on the art of wood cutting and its fate accompanied by Rudolph Zacharias Becker.
OCLC: 832241814
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