KLEIN, Johann Adam (1792-1875) and Wilhelm von KOBELL (1766-1853)

Lot 88
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 88 | KLEIN, Johann Adam (1792-1875) and Wilhelm von KOBELL (1766-1853)
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£ 5 000 – 8 000
KLEIN, Johann Adam (1792-1875) and Wilhelm von KOBELL (1766-1853)

[A series of 22 plates illustrating the military defeats of Napoleon, from the burning of Moscow to Waterloo.] Vienna: Chez Artaria, [c. 1815].

An impressive collection of hand-coloured engraved plates depicting the military defeats of Napoleon. Plates include Battle of Kulm, 1813; Austrian troops near Hollenberg; Battle of Leipzig; Bombardment of Wuerzburg, 1813; Battle of Hanau, 1813; Arrival of Napoleon in Elba, 1814. Bobins III, 1130.



Oblong folio (480 x 637mm), 22 numbered engraved plates, coloured by a contemporary hand, after Klein and Kobell, by H. Mansfield, C. Rahl, A. Bartsch, L. Beyer, Gauermann, Reinhold, all but one of the plates, which is captioned in German and Russian, captioned in French and German, and all but one with decorative printed border (occasional spotting and discolouration confined to margins, tear of paper on plate 21 with tape on verso). Later black calf with paper over boards simulating tree calf (extremities lightly rubbed with some cracking); black calf label to front board with gilded date, 1812-1815, spine with gilt lettering reads 'Artaria, Brand Von Moskau, 1812-1815'.





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