Lot 520
F. Nicolai, Beschreibung ... Berlin und Potsdam. 3rd revised edition. 3 Vol. Berlin 1786.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
520
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Friedrich) (Nicolai
(Nicolai, Friedrich): Beschreibung der Königlichen Residenzstädte Berlin und Potsdam, aller daselbst befindlicher Merkwürdigkeiten, und der umliegenden Gegend. Dritte völlig umgearbeitete Auflage. 3 Vol. Berlin: Nicolai 1786. 19,5 x 11,9 cm. With 4 (out of 5) engraved folded plans and floor plans. 24 leaves, LXX, 436 pages; 1 folio, (p. 437)–1002; 1 folio, (p. 1003)–1306, 60 pp., 15 folios; 1 folio, 158 pp., 4 folios. Later half-parchment binding, with coloured paper endpapers and a spine label.
(Minimally worn. The map of Berlin is missing; a copy is bound in here. Each title page bears a handwritten ownership note ‘Dorn’ in the lower margin. Vol. I contains detailed handwritten notes in French and German on the endpapers and a handwritten addition to the author’s name on the title page. All volumes, particularly Vol. I, contain some marginal notes, mostly in black ink, and underlinings in pencil. Vol. I contains 3 architectural drawings pasted in on parchment paper by a previous owner [Kaufmannsbörse, Jungfernbrücke, Restaurationsentwurf für die Gerichtslaube von Blankenstein]. Folio H¹ has a tear in the spine. Vol. II has a mounted drawing of St Nicholas’ Church prior to the 1878 renovation on the flyleaf. All volumes bear the bookplate ‘Guilelmi Erman’ on the front endpaper. The maps of Potsdam and the Berlin area are coloured. The map of the Berlin area has a bleed-through ink stain on the reverse; the map of Potsdam has small tears at the folds, water-stained edges and a small missing section on the left-hand margin; it has been re-folded along a new crease and mounted onto the title page of the appendix. Slightly browned, with occasional minimal staining.)
NDB XIX, p. 201 ff. – Contains the frequently missing appendix on Berlin artists, complete with its own title page and index (Nicolai, Friedrich: Beschreibung der Königl. Residenzstädte Berlin und Potsdam, Anhang; oder Nachrichten von den Baumeistern, Bildhauern, Kupferstechern, Malern, Stukkaturern und andern Künstlern welche vom dreyzehnten Jahrhunderte bis jetzt in und um Berlin sich aufgehalten haben und deren Kunstwerke zum Theil daselbst noch vorhanden sind. Berlin und Stettin 1786).
- A copy of great documentary interest from the most comprehensive edition of this highly regarded city guide, which was expanded to include a third volume compared with the second edition.
(Minimally worn. The map of Berlin is missing; a copy is bound in here. Each title page bears a handwritten ownership note ‘Dorn’ in the lower margin. Vol. I contains detailed handwritten notes in French and German on the endpapers and a handwritten addition to the author’s name on the title page. All volumes, particularly Vol. I, contain some marginal notes, mostly in black ink, and underlinings in pencil. Vol. I contains 3 architectural drawings pasted in on parchment paper by a previous owner [Kaufmannsbörse, Jungfernbrücke, Restaurationsentwurf für die Gerichtslaube von Blankenstein]. Folio H¹ has a tear in the spine. Vol. II has a mounted drawing of St Nicholas’ Church prior to the 1878 renovation on the flyleaf. All volumes bear the bookplate ‘Guilelmi Erman’ on the front endpaper. The maps of Potsdam and the Berlin area are coloured. The map of the Berlin area has a bleed-through ink stain on the reverse; the map of Potsdam has small tears at the folds, water-stained edges and a small missing section on the left-hand margin; it has been re-folded along a new crease and mounted onto the title page of the appendix. Slightly browned, with occasional minimal staining.)
NDB XIX, p. 201 ff. – Contains the frequently missing appendix on Berlin artists, complete with its own title page and index (Nicolai, Friedrich: Beschreibung der Königl. Residenzstädte Berlin und Potsdam, Anhang; oder Nachrichten von den Baumeistern, Bildhauern, Kupferstechern, Malern, Stukkaturern und andern Künstlern welche vom dreyzehnten Jahrhunderte bis jetzt in und um Berlin sich aufgehalten haben und deren Kunstwerke zum Theil daselbst noch vorhanden sind. Berlin und Stettin 1786).
- A copy of great documentary interest from the most comprehensive edition of this highly regarded city guide, which was expanded to include a third volume compared with the second edition.