Description
Representation exacte du Chateau de Chasse... Augsburg: Heirs of Jeremiah Wolff, 1731. 4to (300 x 237mm.), double-page engraved title-page in French and German, 6 double-page engraved plates by Kleiner, modern marbled boards, small stain on title-page, some light offsetting [Berlin Catalogue 3341]
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of Prince and Princess Henry De la Tour d'Auverge Lauraguais
Note: Marquardsburg (just outside Bamberg) was originally created in 1687 as a hunting lodge for the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg. Lothar Franz von Schönborn, who became bishop in 1693, had the lodge and elaborate grounds completed, and several of his residences were engraved by Kleiner.