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.