Drei Briefe Leipziger Künstler an Daniel Chodowiecki
by Apel, Theodor (Editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig: J.G. Schelter & Giesecke, 1923. 1st edition. Limited to 500 copies on handmade paper. This is number 412. Three letters from Leipzig artists to Daniel Chodowiecki, 1726-1801, Polish painter and printmaker who spent most of his life in Germany. The letters are from Johann Friedrich Bause, Christian Gottlieb Geyser, and Johann Georg Penzel. Text is in German and printed in a font that simulates handwriting. 32 pages. Three small tipped-in color plates of work by Chodowiecki. Color text vignettes and decoration. Slender hardcover, 10 x 6.5 inches. Fine binding of half leather (spine and corners) and marbled paper boards. Good with moderate wear, short cracks of the front inner hinge. Sound and securely bound. Joint bookplate of noted collectors Karl and Thilde Wagner on the front pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047268
- Title
- Drei Briefe Leipziger Künstler an Daniel Chodowiecki
- Author
- Apel, Theodor (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Fine Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.G. Schelter & Giesecke
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture, Photography; Fine binding; Leather Bindings; Foreign Language;
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...