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Lot 415

BEYER (WILHELM)
Oesterreichs Merkwürdigkeiten die Bild- und Baukunst betreffend, des Fursten Wenzel von Kaunitz Wietberg gewidmet, 2 parts in one

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
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BEYER (WILHELM)

Oesterreichs Merkwürdigkeiten die Bild- und Baukunst betreffend, des Fursten Wenzel von Kaunitz Wietberg gewidmet, 2 parts in one, half-title, engraved vignette on letterprerss title and first leaf of text, engraved frontispiece (cut to edge of platemark and laid down), 2 engraved pictorial parts titles, 44 engraved plate sheets (numbered 1-23, with 2 numbered "15", and plate one with 2 images; numbered 1-22 on 20 sheets, with booklate of Joseph Neeld, contemporary calf gilt, folio (597 x 395mm.), Vienna, Trattnerischen, 1799

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A magnificent and scarce record of the elaborate scheme of statues and fountains erected under the direction of Wilhelm Beyer in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, between 1773 and 1780. The two parts are: Bildsaulen und Wasserspiele des Kais. Königl. Gartens Schonbrunn and T. Modelle zu den Bildsaulen und Wasserspielen. See illustration overleaf.

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