Lot 800
G. A. Böckler, Architectura curiosa nova. Part 3 (of 4). Nuremberg 1701.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
800
Category:
Book studies and writing, arts and decorative arts
Artist:
Georg Andreas) (Böckler
(Böckler, Georg Andreas): Architectura curiosa nova. Der dritte Theil (von 4). Darinnen zu finden ... Wasserbronnen, auch etliche inventirte Lustbronnen, welche in Lustgärten, und auf andere Plätz (wo man Wasserquellen hat) zu bauen seynd. Nürnberg: P. Fürst o. J. (1704). 34,5 x 23 cm. With 120 (116 on the reverse; 1 folded) numbered copper plates (of which Nos. 41/42, 44/45, 46/47 and 49/50 are printed on a single sheet). 1 sheet, 26 pages. Modern paperback binding.
(Endpapers replaced. Slightly tanned, with some moisture and age-related staining.)
VD17 23:270367T (counts the last plate as 2 plates). Ornamental Engraving Catalogue, Berlin 3577. Millard Coll. III, 7. – The third part of the German-language edition of the Baroque architectural treatise on the art of water features. It contains, in particular, illustrations of fountain complexes in France, Italy and Germany. The final plate of the ‘beautiful fountains of Nuremberg’ is folded and is erroneously counted as two plates in VD 17.
(Endpapers replaced. Slightly tanned, with some moisture and age-related staining.)
VD17 23:270367T (counts the last plate as 2 plates). Ornamental Engraving Catalogue, Berlin 3577. Millard Coll. III, 7. – The third part of the German-language edition of the Baroque architectural treatise on the art of water features. It contains, in particular, illustrations of fountain complexes in France, Italy and Germany. The final plate of the ‘beautiful fountains of Nuremberg’ is folded and is erroneously counted as two plates in VD 17.