Lot 830
G. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. 2 Vol. Berlin 1913.
Estimate
€ 900
Starting Price
€ 600
Lot:
830
Category:
Book studies and writing, arts and decorative arts
Lenz, Georg: Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Großen 1763-1786. Zum 150jährigen Bestehen der Königlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur zu Berlin. 2 Vol. Berlin: R. Hobbing 1913. 47 x 37 cm. With 162 photogravure plates, 17 of which are in colour. Blue Original half-leather.
(Signs of age and wear, and minor damage. Covers rubbed and bumped, with minor tears and losses to the cloth. Cover cloth partially discoloured. The back cover cloth of Volume 2 has heavy water stains. Silk endpapers browned. Plates often have age spots along the white margins; some plates, particularly towards the end of Volume 2, have mould spots.)
Printed in a small print run to mark the anniversary, on paper produced specifically for this work. The meticulous reproductions of the illustrations, particularly the colour plates, are especially noteworthy.
(Signs of age and wear, and minor damage. Covers rubbed and bumped, with minor tears and losses to the cloth. Cover cloth partially discoloured. The back cover cloth of Volume 2 has heavy water stains. Silk endpapers browned. Plates often have age spots along the white margins; some plates, particularly towards the end of Volume 2, have mould spots.)
Printed in a small print run to mark the anniversary, on paper produced specifically for this work. The meticulous reproductions of the illustrations, particularly the colour plates, are especially noteworthy.