ID 993090
Lot 96 | [HAUSLAB, Franz von (1798-1883)]
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
Darstellung der K.K. Oesterreichischen Armee mit allen Chargen in XXXVI Heften. Vienna: Joseph Trentsensky, [1823].
Handsome edition, with hand-coloured lithographs of the Austrian army mounted on blue paper. The work was issued in thirty-six parts and features lithography by Franz von Hauslab, a major innovator of chromolithography in cartography and the printing of topographic maps. Some copies also include a separately numbered 24-plate folio supplement that is not present here. Colas 1385; De Ridder 37-39; see J. Mokre, ‘Franz Ritter von Hauslab (1798-1883): A Multifaceted Austrian Representative of the Progress in Cartography in the Nineteenth Century’, in Cartographic Journal 55:2 (2018), pp.138-149; Bobins V, 1578.
2 volumes, quarto (288 x 220mm). Lithographic title with contemporary hand-coloured vignette, lithographic contents leaf, 4 leaves comprising of contemporary hand-coloured lithographic schemas, 36 section leaves, and 205 contemporary hand-coloured lithographic plates, all mounted on blue paper leaves with printed military decoration (toning and light spotting on a few plates, dampstain at end of vol. I affecting about 25 leaves but not images). 19th-century green morocco with sides incorporating printed publisher’s wrappers, spine gilt, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (light rubbing). Provenance: RK (bookplate).
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Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
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Auction house category: | Printed books |
Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
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Auction house category: | Printed books |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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