Anthing´s Collection de cent silhouettes 1791
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Beskrivning
ANTHING, (JOHANN FRIEDRICH). Collection de cent silhouettes des personne illustres et celebres dessinées d'aprés les originaux. Gotha 1791.
8:o. Title with engraved vignette, 8 pages of indexes, 97 engraved silhouettes (of 100, lacking according to indexes number 17 [Henri IV of France], 18[Louis XVI of France], 33 [Frédéric, Pr. Royal of Preussen], 34 (Frédérique of Preussen], including one unnumbered extra "Cardinal de Rohan", minor foxing or marginal dampstaining)
Contemporary brown full calf, somewhat worn, gilt frames with within corners a floral ornament, red richly gilt spine, all edges gilt.
First edition. The first attempt to present the most famous houses of Europe (and the American Washington as the only non-European) in portraits after the nature.
Johann Friedrich Anthing (1753-1805), secretary to the Russian field marshal Suwarow, and later private tutor in Gotha.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Photo.
Auktionsnummer:
6235
Datum:
2015-06-16