Austrian Album with original pencil drawings and cut-outs
From White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 4, 2009
From White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 4, 2009
About this Item
Oblong, 9 by 16 cm. 24 leaves of content, 12 of which have original artwork. Two of the specimens of artwork are delicate folk art-ish cut-outs -- one, a seraph surrounded by a wreath, the other, a brown tree. The rest are pencil drawings, a few qualifying as exquisite miniatures. Of these, one is of a bridge and castle, another, a lodge atop a hill -- this one being executed with a folk art sensibility. One of the remaining images is of a barefoot beggar in a long coat. Especially pleasing to us is a drawing of a dagger of sorts inserted diagonally through a laurel. Such albums would appear incomplete without the requisite tombstone or monument and landscape with ruins, and both are present here. The album overall is fairly typical of the more attractive sort of Biedermeier period album amicorum. In this case, the box is especially lovely, with its inlays of red leather and extensive gilt ornamentation, not to mention its gilt edging. Also some blank sheets, with a ribbon pull housed within. Moderate wear generally. Seller Inventory # 005129
Bibliographic Details
Title: Austrian Album with original pencil drawings...
Publisher: Salzburg, Wien, etc.
Publication Date: 1845
Binding: Full Leather Box
Condition: Very Good
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