Dresden Royal Gallery
£3,250
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
Die vorzüglichsten gemälde der königliche Galerie in Dresden. Dresden: François Hanfstaengl, 1836. Very large folio, 1 engraved portrait, 1 engraved title and 193 engraved plates, possibly 3 volumes in one but lacking engraved titles and frontispieces for second and third volumes, bookplate of Malcolm of Poltalloch, contemporary morocco gilt with gilt doublures, some foxing, darkening, slight offsetting, dampstain to most plate margins, rubbing and scraping to boards and spine, upper joint splitting; sold not subject to return