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234:174 mm (size of plate), mounted on cardboard (330:250 mm).
13 watercolours and pencil and ink drawings mounted on 60 leaves of white and brown-toned paper. Splendid red morocco binding by Alphonse Giroux of Paris with covers and spine gilt and inlaid (wanting the fore-edge lock). Small oblong folio (340 x 245 mm). Red moirée silk endpapers. All edges gilt. A magificently bound, early album containing sketches by the artistically gifted princess as well as by other artists. It was not until the year of her birth that her father Louis Philippe, the Duke of Orleans (1773-1850), who had had to leave Europe after the French Revolution and spent several years in America, returned to France, where in 1830 he accepted the crown, following the deposition of Charles X. Until the February Revolution of 1848 and his emigration to England he reigned as "King of the French". - The present album contains three unsigned portrait studies in pencil attributable to the princess, probably based on details from an old master painting (possibly a Crucifixion or Lamentation of Christ). In her youth, Clementine is known frequently to have copied details from Dürer, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Holbein, and Titian. Two of the present studies are dated "1831", when she was but fourteen years old: among the earliest of her known works, they show off her remarkably developed talent. - Among the other drawings in the album is a watercolour still life with fowl, signed "D. Pedro 1850" and inscribed, "Offert À Son Altesse Royale Madame La Duchesse de Saxe Cobourg Gotha le 3 Juin 1851", while a similar still life is signed "D. Suid [?] fecit / 20 Set. 1850". Other drawings include four pencil sketches by the English painter and engraver William Daniell (1769-1837), who had accompanied his uncle Thomas Daniell to India in 1784 and subsequently produced a wealth of highly regarded landscapes and scenes of Indian life (including work for the famous "Oriental Scenery" volume), many of which are in the Royal collections (cf. Thieme/Becker VIII, 361f.). His signed contributions are two boating scenes (1827, one entitled "Patience in a Punt"), an Indian riverside scene (1827) entitled "The Plantane tree, Bengal", and an "Indian Bull" (1830, inked and watercoloured). Another particularly finely executed watercolour shows a beach scene at Ingouville (in Normandy), dated August 1839 and signed "L. Laurent". In addition, there are three skilled but unsigned pen-and-ink sketches, apparently also by a trained artist, showing a watchman with a shouldered musket, the Falls of Clyde in Scotland ("Chute de la Clyde / Lanarke 11 Juillet 51"), and the profile study of a lady (all but the latter washed in ink). A few torn stubs show the album to have formerly comprised several additional leaves, while the faint nature-printed impressions left by plants between two leaves prove that the album was once also used to preserve botanical mementos. - The princess grew up in the Palais Royale in Paris. In 1843 she was married to Prince August of Saxe-Coburg; in 1861 she would give birth to Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, who in 1887 accepted the crown of Bulgaria, against the wishes of the European Powers and indeed those of the house of Coburg. Having long lived under the same roof with the similarly aged Victoria of Kent, later Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Clementine maintained a lifelong correspondence with the Queen of England, and her more than 600 letters are now in the Royal Archive in Windsor. Also the Hoover Institution at Stanford University keeps material from the estate of Princess Clementine within the so-called "Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria papers". Her artistic productions have remained enduringly popular: in 1990, one of her pencil drawings ("Etude des chiens") sold for 20,000 Francs (Paris, Tajan, 5 Dec. 1990, lot 23).
Albumen print, titled and numbered "13385" in the lower edge of the negative. 213 x 165 mm. A fine image showing yard and street cleaners at study. - The Russian photographer Ermakov trained as a military topographer and took part in the Russo-Turkish War before setting up his photographic business in Tbilisi. He travelled extensively as far as Iran and took part in several archaeological expeditions in the Caucasus, leaving a series of unique photographs.
14 mounted plates in pencil, ink and colour wash, 2 of which are stuck to the outsides of the portfolio's protective boards with cloth ties. Various sizes, but mostly ca. 170 x 130 mm. Signed and captioned in English and Hungarian. Rare survival of a collection of sketches from the Russian POW camp in Peschanka, Siberia, all executed by an evidently accomplished, otherwise undocumented Hungarian artist (and soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army) who captured the conditions in and around the camp during the later years of the First World War. Thám's caricature-like style is marked by clear, precise outlines reminiscent of the contemporaneous work of Olaf Gulbransson and Eduard Thöny. The two larger sketches on the cover boards (measuring ca. 170 x 220 mm) show self-portraits of the artist, at work at oil paintings (one a landscape, the other a nude). The leaves within show prisoners climbing the bunk bed or resting in their crowded cots, marching through a snowed-in camp carrying heavy buckets, playing chess, etc.; some are captioned "Coming from the American Y.M.C.A. Kitchen", "The Red Cross library", or even show ladies in fur coats with an officer "at the exhibition", while a few others have Easter Greetings themes. - Peschanka is near Chita in the Transbaikalia region, on the Trans-Siberian Railway, 6035 kilometres from Moscow. While during the Great War conditions in the POW camps on the whole were vastly superior to those during WWII, thanks to the efforts of the Red Cross and inspectors from neutral countries, the situation in the Siberian camps was notoriously poor, and as many as a quarter of the 2.1 million Austro-Hungarian soldiers whom Russia held as prisoners of war did not survive. - Browned due to paper, with occasional edge flaws, but well preserved.
6 Zeichnungen in Bleistift und Tusche; ferner 1 hs. Dedikationsblatt eines Freundes. In Zeichenalbum mit zus. 36 Bll. Leinenband der Zeit mit Bindebändern. Qu.-8vo (192 x 140 mm). Sechs Bleistift- bzw. Tuschzeichnungen eines wohl österreichischen Soldaten des Ersten Weltkriegs, der die Landschaft und Armeelager seiner Stationierungsorte im Feld festhielt. Neben einem Geschütz und den Mannschaftsbaracken sind mehrere mit genauen Höhenbezeichnungen versehene Landschaftspanoramen zu sehen, manche bezeichnet ("Zur Erinnerung an den 20. October 1914 wo hier die Serben eine starcke Niederlage hatten"; Ortsangaben u. a. Romanja Planina, Kukor, Grabavik, Krs; Gradiste, Daganj, Trebervic). Außerdem findet sich die Propagandazeichnung eines den russischen Bären, englischen Löwen und belgischen Igel mit dem Gewehrkolben erschlagenden deutschen Soldaten. Am Schluss hat sich 1916 ein Wiener "Freund und Kriegskollege", Andreas Seidlitzky aus Simmering, mit einem Gedenkvers "zur ewigen Erinnerung" eingetragen. - Am vorderen Innendeckel Marke der Papierhandlung Simon Kattan, Sarajevo. Wohlerhalten.
With 50 hand-coloured full-page plates (c. 200 x 125 mm) heightened with egg-white, (44 lithographs, 3 engravings, 3 wood-engravings), of which 33 are after drawings by Heinrich Jessen. Contemporary blindstamped decorated red cloth, front cover with title lettered in gold. Charming colour plate book mainly with military costumes. Some of these plates were published earlier in F.G. Buek's "Album hambürgischer Costüme", 1843-1847. The plates depict messenger boys, maidservants, a police officer, several military men on horseback, etc. - Hinges weak, top and lower part of spine damaged. Coloured costumes in good condition. Colas 1547. Hiler 479. Lipperheide 809.
235:174 mm (size of plate), mounted on cardboard (330:250 mm).
Each puzzle measures 195 x 245 mm. Each puzzle with an engraved plate mounted on thin wood, coloured by a contemporary hand and cut to form a jigsaw puzzle, with engraved caption and short description below the image. Stored in the original cardboard box with an etched and engraved sample plate for a fourth puzzle (with caption "Équité de l'empereur") on the top, coloured by a contemporary hand, and an embossed gilt-paper border. Each puzzle with the original pink paper wrap-around slip preserved. A fine and colourful set of jigsaw puzzles depicting scenes from the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Two of the puzzles and the sample plate have the address "Ulysse Paris" engraved in the image. Each puzzle has 20 pieces: the first depicts Napoleon calmly sleeping in a chair after having given orders to his generals on the eve of the battle of Austerlitz (1 Dec. 1805); the second shows Napoleon addressing an exhausted soldier - a scene from the battle of Lodi on 10 May 1796, fought between Napoleon's forces and the Austrian rear guard commanded by Johann Beaulieu. The third puzzle shows Napoleon as merciful emperor, receiving the thankful wife and children of a Prussian lord accused of conspiracy, whom he pardoned. The puzzle matching the scene depicted on the top of the box is not included. A few pieces cracked at thin spots; box slightly defective with traces of handling and browned. A good set.
148 SS., 200 Abbildungen. Illustrierte Originalbroschur. 8vo. Beschreibt den umfangreichen Teilnachlaß, größtenteils aus der Zeit vor 1930 stammend, der das bisher bekannte Werk des großen Wiener Jugendstilkünstlers, der zu den bedeutendsten Mitarbeitern der Wiener Werkstätte, "innerhalb welcher er an nahezu allen wesentlichen Projekten beteiligt war" (Cabuk, s. u., 93), zu zählen ist, um mehr als die Hälfte erweitert. Entwürfe für Löfflers berühmte Buchillustrationen für den Wiener Verlag (1903-06) sind ebenso vertreten wie Plakatenwürfe aus den zwanziger Jahren und Skizzen für sein Erstlingswerk bei der Wiener Werkstätte, eine Kassette für eine Ehrenurkunde (abgebildet in Dekorative Kunst 19 (1911), S. 28). Auch ein Entwurf für den 1912 von Josef Hoffmann und Bertold Löffler im Auftrag der Wiener Werkstätte geschaffenen Salzburger Volkskeller, für den die beiden ebenso verantwortlich zeichneten wie für die geniale Konzeption des berühmten 'Caberet Fledermaus', findet sich im hier dokumentierten Bestand. Mit einem Aufsatz zu Leben und Werk. [ISBN 3-9500813-7-2]
Bildformat: 265 mm im Rund. Blattgröße: 390:330 mm. Gerahmt in schwarz gelackter Biedermeierleiste. Das Brustbild in Rund von Lips gilt als eines der schönsten graphischen Bildnisse Goethes. Prägnanter Abzug in tadelloser Erhaltung. - Johann Heinrich Lips gilt als künstlerischer Ziehsohn von Lavater, der seine Begabung früh entdeckte und ihn wie einen Vater förderte. Über Lavater lernte Lips auch Goethe kennen, auf dessen Verwendung hin er 1789 eine Professur an der Zeichenakademie zu Weimar erhielt.
Plan view, semi-bird's-eye perspective, with key. 465 x 340 mm. Framed and glazed. Rare view of Cairo, based on the view in the "Civitates orbis terrarum" by Braun and Hogenberg. - Matteo Florimi, a student of A. Lafrery and C. Duchet, moved to Siena in 1581, where he worked as a publisher and dealer in books and prints, often for A. Carracci, C. Galle, and P. de Jode. - A longish tear to the left edge, touching the image (ca 20 cm), trimmed to the borders, smoothed creases.
365:325 mm. Mounted on cardboard. In passe-partout. Fine portrait of an Arabian horse. - Slightly spotty.
Engraved map in 36 segments on canvas, folded. Fine original hand-colour. Ca. 1450 x 1230 mm. Earliest edition of this wall map, the most accurate map of Asia published at the beginning of the 19th century. It shows significant advancement compared with other maps of the period, incorporating the work of surveyors like James Rennell, to whom the map was dedicated. Rennell was surveyor-general of the East India Company's dominions in Bengal, and the information published in his "Bengal Atlas" in 1779 appears here. Arrowsmith also included remarkable topographical detail such as mountain ranges in regions as remote as Tibet. Remarkably, the region on the shore of the Arabian Gulf is already labelled as "Bani Yas" territory. Arrowsmith has marked the track of Lapérouse's voyage in the Indian Ocean and Far East. - Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823) was the finest cartographer of his generation. Although he received little formal education, it is believed that he was provided with some mathematical instruction by William Emerson, an author of several books on the application of mathematics to the area of cartography. Around 1770, Arrowsmith moved to London to seek employment. It is believed that he worked for William Faden before joining John Cary Sr. in the early 1780s. There he provided the measurements for John Cary's early publication detailing the roads from London to Falmouth, his first signed work. Arrowsmith set up on his own in 1790 and over the next thirty years produced some of the most beautiful and elegant maps of the era. "This highly detailed wall map of Asia is probably one of the most accurate maps of the continent before the completion of the Ordnance Survey maps of 1820" (Sweet). - Slightly soiled and browned, but well preserved. Not in Al Ankary or Al-Qasimi. Cf. Sweet 238 (1811 edition only).
Oil on canvas, 860 x 405 mm. Signed. After having studied at the Academy of Arts in his native Berlin, Richard Fuchs specialized on oriental scenes. He remained based in Germany, but spent most of the year in Italy and northern Africa (cf. Thieme/Becker), reflected in the splendid colours of many of his works. Margins rubbed (minor loss to image), some insignificant cracks in the paint and slightly dustsoiled. Elaborately framed. Thieme/Becker XII, 551.
Signed "A. Alintor" (?). 205 x 460 mm. An imaginative rendering of the Masjid-i Jahan-Numa (World-reflecting Mosque) in Delhi, shown here in the midst of a desert, with camels and bedouins in the foreground. - Mounted on cardboard; two small tears to lower edge.
Each 211 x 168 mm. In identical gilt wooden frames. A pair of atmospheric oriental genre scenes by an unidentified, but obviously professionally trained artist, masterfully capturing the light and mood: a mosque's courtyard with visitors and beggars, and a small bazaar with merchants, pedestrians, and a belly dancer within the picturesque environment of humble dwellings.
161 x 218 mm. A street merchant with a lady client and a child, showing the Hagia Sophia in the background. Pinel de Grandchamp, a student of Dubois and Picot, is counted among the foremost oriental painters of the 19th century. - Mounted on backing cardboard (old edge flaws). Thieme/Becker XXVII, 56. Bénézit VIII, 344.
Unsigned, undated. 200 x 140 mm (leaf size: 275 x 215 mm). Pinel de Grandchamp, a student of Dubois and Picot, is counted among the foremost oriental painters of the 19th century. - A slight crease, with insignificant edge tear, at lower edge; slight duststaining. Thieme/Becker XXVII, 56. Bénézit VIII, 344.
Oblong folio (ca 370 x 240 mm). With 11 (of 24) numbered leaves containing 52 hand-coloured lithographic pen-drawings of people, animals, equipment & gear and goods, from a caravan travelling to Mecca, each drawing including a base for cutting out, mounting on card stock or wood, and arranging them upright in three-dimensional scenes. Lacking 12-24 (of 24). Loose leaves. The first eleven leaves of a very rare lithographic print series issued in parts. Most copies were probably cut up by children and destroyed in play. The human figures to be cut out include Turkish, Arabic, African and Middle Eastern men and women in Islamic costume, including both masters and servants, some of the men with a variety of firearms, spears, daggers, and various gear and goods. There are also camels, horses and donkeys, often with their gear for riding or for carrying loads. The series must have provided many children and adults with their first notion of Muslim society and culture and is rich in authentic details. "Kleine Welt des Bilderbogens" dates the series to ca. 1855, just after Sir Richard Burton's famous visit to Mecca disguised as an Afghan in 1853 (he was one of the few Europeans who had ever visited Mecca and lived to tell of it). The complete series of 24 leaves comprised four groups of leaves, each leaf with the title, relevant subtitle and imprint (without date) at the foot: 1-6: Die Ueberbringung des heiligen Teppich; 7-13: Die Reise durch die Wüste (not present here: 14-16: Das Lager in der Wüste; 17-24: Die Gefahren der Wüste). The artist is not named. The drawings are printed on unwatermarked wove paper. The paper is fairly thin and the drawn bases have no folding tabs, as the publisher intended the cut-outs to be pasted onto card stock with a folding tab at the foot of the base or wood so that they could stand without support. - Occasional pencil marks. Some edge flaws and duststains, waterstains and browning. Includes two uncoloured sheets (numbered 10 and 23) on somewhat later, stronger paper. Kleine Welt des Bilderbogens: der Wiener Verlag Trentsensky (1977), 111. Katharina Siefert, ed., Paläste, Panzer, Pop-up-Bücher: Papierwelten in 3D (2009), with a chapter, "Die Carawane nach Mecca", pp. 31-38. Not in KVK; WorldCat.
Gestochene Kupferplatte (117:174 mm). Hübsches Bildnis der Madonna in Andacht, mit über die Brust gelegten Händen, nach einem Gemälde von Carlo Maratti (1625-1713). Signiert vom Pariser Kupferstecher Louis Gomier, der 1713-30 in Rom tätig war und auch nach Pietro da Cortona, Ciro Ferri und An. Carracci stach. "Zu seinen Hauptblättern gehören eine Ansicht der Bernini-Fontände und des Obelisken auf der Piazza Navona [...] Auch war er Mitarbeiter an Mich. Mercati's Metallotheca [...] und stach einige Porträts nach eigener Zeichnung, darunter die der Königin Marie Eleonore Jos. von Polen und des Fürsten Lubomirski" (Thieme/B. 14, 364). Die Platte trägt noch den Verlegervermerk "typis Salmoni" (wohl ein Hinweis auf den römischen Drucker Giovanni Generoso Salmoni?).
4to. Ca 95 pencil drawings (including occasional pen-and-ink drawings and watercolours), as well as entries and drawings by other hands on a total of 187 ff. Contemporary cloth with illustrated vellum title label and spine label. The drawings - some of which are very finely executed, though most constitute mere perfunctory sketches - include numerous portraits. Many depict Leischner's wife Stefanie, née Friedrich, others show caricatures, interiors etc. The several signed full-page watercolours and pencil drawings by Otto Rudolf Schatz (1900-61) deserve special mention: these include a number of decidedly anti-fascist and anticlerical caricatures, but also a full-page pencil drawing and a full-page entry with two illustrations by Franz von Zülow (1883-1963). - Schatz's contributions have been researched and documented for a catalogue raisonné by Dr Cornelia Cabuk, Belvedere, Vienna. - Binding somewhat rubbed and warped. Edges of leaves slightly darkened; occasional slight spots. Cabuk, Schatz (2018), p. 104, illustrated.
45 Skizzen (einige laviert) auf 23 Bll. Originaler Halblederband mit Deckeltitel "F. Gauermann's Skizzenbuch v. J. 1830". Das Skizzenbuch enthält Baum- und Figurenstudien, Skizzen von Kühen in Ställen sowie Landschaftsskizzen. Einige davon sind datiert und beschriftet, u. a. "vom Ausflug mit Höger 1831. Oktober", "Mit Pollak und Höger 1831 im September", "mit Höger am 14. Oktober 1831 auf dem Rabenstein", "mit Höger im Thiergarten am 3. Dezember 1830". - Friedrich Gauermann unternahm mit seinen Schwägern, den Landschaftsmalern Joseph Höger (1801-77) und Wilhelm Pollak (1802-60), zahlreiche Reisen durch Österreich, wo Skizzen und Studien für spätere Ölgemälde angefertigt wurden. - Der Einband berieben und bestoßen, die Skizzen teils braun- und fingerfleckig und mit Klebeband im Mittelfalz fixiert.
