Augustus Kollner (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One quarter leather over marbled boards. Undated. Eight tissue guarded lithographs. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. Clean and unmarked, minimally foxed. The views are lithographed by Augustus Kollner from the original sketches of Ludwig Mayers. The text is adapted from that of the Orientalist E.F.C. Rosenmueller. Augustus Kollner of Wurttemberg was employed as an engraver at sixteen by the Stuttgart printer Carl Ebner. He came to America in 1839 after working in Paris. Kollner was employed by the lithographer Philip Haas in Washington, D.C. before setting himself up in business in Philadelphia. Kollner was particularly well know for his views of American cities and other locales as well as military subjects. The WorldCat locates one copy of this book and suggests a date of 1830 which is almost certainly incorrect. It was more likely published in the 1840's while Kollner was doing much work for the American Sunday School Union. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Oblong 4to., (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 inches). 12 lithographed plates (a bit toned, occasionally spotted). Original publisher's pictorial printed wrappers (a bit frayed, a few pale stains, toned). Provenance: Contemporary manuscript ownership inscription of Albert Crick to front wrapper, occasional contemporary marginalia. First edition. A charming collection of instructional lithographs for children illustrating moral lessons. Augustus Kollner was "a distinguished 19th-century Philadelphia artist, etcher, engraver, and lithographer who started his career in the arts in Germany. Kollner worked as an engraver of book illustrations and animal portraiture in Stuttgart by 1828 and in Paris during the 1830s before he immigrated to the United States and Washington, D.C. in 1839. In D.C., he worked at the Haas firm and lithographed advertisements, bank notes, and cityscape views until he relocated to Philadelphia in 1840. In his new city of residence, he established a studio as a portrait painter at Chestnut and Exchange streets with a residence at Noble above Franklin streets by 1844. "Between 1847 and 1848, Kollner became the artist for the lithographic firm Brechemin & Camp (Phoenix Block, Second and Dock streets) where he designed all genres of lithographs as well as advertised his picturesque views based on his annual summer sketching trips of the East Coast, including Canada. In addition, his views of American landmarks, including Philadelphia, began to be published for the seminal series "View of American Cities" issued 1848-1851 by Goupil, Vibert & Co. He also assumed a partnering role with John H. Camp following the retirement of Louis Brechemin. During this time Kollner had also relocated his residence to 239 Arch Street, where he lived ca. 1848-ca. 1854. "The new partnership lasted to ca. 1851 during which time the men issued a number of advertisements promoting their collaboration and Kollner began his work for the American Sunday School Union [the publisher here]. He contributed a number of plates for their children's moral lesson books such as 'City Sights for Country Eyes' (1856). The lithographs created by pen and ink were atypical for American pictorial lithography and often included Kollner's expertise in the delineation of horses" (Library Company of Philadelphia online).

Condition: Very good overall. Reprint of a color lithograph showing the heart of New York's financial district, a view of Wall Street looking towards Trinity Church in the distance, the New York Stock Exchange at the right, and horse drawn carriages, and elegantly dressed pedestrians in the street. The credit line reads, "Drawn from nature by Aug. Kollner". The lithographer is Isidore-Laurent Deroy (French, 1797-1886). Image 20 1/2 x 14"; Laid on board, 22 1/2 x 17". Faint damp marks lower corners.

Frame. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Color Illustrations; From the estate of Norman Kane. Mr. Kane assembled a large collection of small, original artworks, including some by working artists of the 19th century. This original hand-colored engraving of the Schuylkill Valley is by Augustus Kollner, and is signed in plate by him, dated 1893. The dimensions are 16.75" x 14.5".

[KOLLNER, Augustus]. Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [c. 1853-1857?]. Oblong 4to. Hand-colored lithographed title page, 12 lithographed plates with facing text. Publisher's red cloth, rebacked. Expected mild toning, else very good in custom box with title page duplicated on upper cover. Kollner (1812-1906), a German-born artist and lithographer, and a longtime resident of Philadelphia, was well known in nineteenth-century America for his engraved views, magazine illustrations, and juvenile works. This simple picture book, part of his successful collaboration with the American Sunday School Union begun in the early 1840s and lasting until the start of the Civil War, includes illustrations of everyday life, featuring merchants like coalmen and oystermen as well as numerous rides in the countryside, showing off his talent for horses. Of interest also are the occasional appearance of black people in these prints, working as either servants or slaves. The text does not mention race, however. Although this title first appeared in 1850, it was clearly reprinted several times. Indeed, some leaves of text have the publisher's address as "316 Chestnut Street," where the ASSU moved in 1854. That address was renumbered 1122 Chestnut in 1857, which is what appears on the title page, suggesting that there was reuse of surplus sheets.

[KOLLNER, Augustus]. Country Sights for City Eyes. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, [1857?]. Oblong 4to. Lithographic title page, 12 lithographic plates with facing text. Publisher's brown cloth, rebacked, in custom box with title page duplicated on upper board. Title page backed, staining to boards, edges worn with some small marginal losses not touching text, foxing and toning throughout. Very good. Kollner (1812-1906), a German-born artist and lithographer, and a longtime resident of Philadelphia, was well known in nineteenth-century America for his engraved views, magazine illustrations, and juvenile works. This simple picture book, part of his successful collaboration with the American Sunday School Union begun in the early 1840s and lasting until the start of the Civil War, was part of a series of "common sights" for children that Kollner began in 1850. This particular title was first published in 1858, according to Wainwright, but an inscription on the front pastedown reveals that it was a Christmas 1857 gift to Ada Caroline Duhring (1853-1929), a scion of a well-to-do Unitarian family, from her Uncle Will (it is not clear which side of the family he was from; there were Williams among both her parents' siblings). It is less common than the preceding title in the series, City Sights for Country Eyes, and very scarce in this condition. Wainwright wrote, "These books, with their delightful everyday scenes, were so popular that few have survived the hands of the children for whom they were designed." A lovely example of a nineteenth-century children's book with clear provenance to its original owner.

[KOLLNER, Augustus]. The Child's Book of Animals. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [c. 1854-1857?]. Oblong 4to. 6 lithographic plates with facing text. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Mild foxing to wrappers, offsetting of plates, else very good. Kollner (1812-1906), a German-born artist and lithographer, and a longtime resident of Philadelphia, was well known in nineteenth-century America for his engraved views, magazine illustrations, and juvenile works. This simple picture book, part of his successful collaboration with the American Sunday School Union begun in the early 1840s and lasting until the start of the Civil War, includes illustrations of a duck, trout, jaguar, lion, and others. It was clearly reprinted several times. Some leaves of text have the publisher's address as "316 Chestnut Street," where the ASSU moved in 1854. The address was renumbered 1122 Chestnut in 1857, which is what appears on the wrapper, suggesting that there was reuse of surplus sheets.

[KOLLNER, Augustus]. Common Sights on Land & Water Delineated & Described for Young Children [wrapper title]. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1852]. Oblong 4to. 12 lithographed plates with facing text. Orig. printed wrappers. With added hand-colored plate laid in. Wrapper spine a bit chipped, foxing and toning, else very good in custom box with title page duplicated on upper cover. Kollner (1812-1906), a German-born artist and lithographer, and a longtime resident of Philadelphia, was well known in nineteenth-century America for his engraved views, magazine illustrations, and juvenile works. This simple picture book, part of his successful collaboration with the American Sunday School Union begun in the early 1840s and lasting until the start of the Civil War, includes illustrations of everyday life, like the arrival of an express postman, a train passing through grazing lands, and men sitting on a tavern porch. The additional hand-colored plate, "Riding Double," shows a family beginning their journey to settle the American West. Wainwright dates the book to 1852, noting that its plates also appeared in the first edition of "Common Sights in Town & Country" (1850) and that this was probably issued from surplus stock. It is rare in the trade, with only two examples recorded at auction, and only four recorded in libraries per WorldCat. No record mentions hand-colored plates, making this a unique copy.

[KOLLNER, Augustus]. The Child's Book of Animals. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [c.1850]. Oblong 4to. 6 lithographic plates, with "The Duck" partially colored in watercolor, and facing page text. Original pictorial wrappers. Spine chipped, foxing and toning, large dampstain affecting most leaves, else very good in custom slipcase and chemise. Kollner (1812-1906), a German-born artist and lithographer, and a longtime resident of Philadelphia, was well known in nineteenth-century America for his engraved views, magazine illustrations, and juvenile works. This simple picture book, part of his successful collaboration with the American Sunday School Union begun in the early 1840s and lasting until the start of the Civil War, includes illustrations of a duck, trout, jaguar, lion, and others. The address of the ASSU given here places the publication date of this edition before 1853. With the bookplate of William S. Reese.

[KOLLNER, Augustus]. City Sights for Country Eyes. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, [c. 1857]. Oblong 4to. Lithographic title page, 12 lithographic plates with facing text. Text printed in green, yellow, red and black. Publisher's brown cloth, rebacked with orig. spine laid down, in custom box with title page duplicated on upper board. Slight staining to boards. An exceptional copy. Kollner (1812-1906), a German-born artist and lithographer, and a longtime resident of Philadelphia, was well known in nineteenth-century America for his engraved views, magazine illustrations, and juvenile works. This simple picture book, part of his successful collaboration with the American Sunday School Union begun in the early 1840s and lasting until the start of the Civil War, was part of a series of "common sights" for children that Kollner began in 1850. This particular title was first published between 1854 and 1857 (Wainwright claims 1856), and the title page's ASSU address places this copy most likely in 1857. Wainwright wrote, "These books, with their delightful everyday scenes, were so popular that few have survived the hands of the children for whom they were designed." A lovely example of a nineteenth-century children's book.

William Reese's copy of this rare American juvenile instruction book, illustrated with a dozen charming and accomplished lithographic plates. The book was published at the behest of the American Sunday-School Union, and the text and illustrations are clearly meant to offer advice on living a proper life. This is the first state of the work, with the Sunday-School Union's address given as 146 Chesnut Street on every leaf. The lessons and scenes demonstrate the virtues of industry, economy, thrift, courtesy, and sobriety, as well as the sins of gossip, being inconsiderate, and succumbing to temptations of the flesh. The artist and lithographer, Augustus Köllner, was born in Frankfurt and studied lithography in Dusseldorf before emigrating to the United States and setting up a shop in Philadelphia. Beginning his career in the city as a portrait painter, Köllner soon found that his skills in lithography were much more profitable, working over the years for a variety of firms illustrating everything from children's books to viewbooks, maps, bank notes, and advertisements. Though over fifty years old, he enlisted in a cavalry company during the Civil War, making etchings in the field which he reproduced and sold after his return home. Peters calls Köllner "a brilliant lithographer.[with] an alert sense of interesting details in the American scene." Peters goes on to state that Köllner's works "have great quality and are truly Americana in essence and detail." He remained committed to "traditional" lithography, never venturing into chromolithography throughout his long career, and was particularly known for his illustrations of horses (which coincidentally appear in all twelve illustrations in this work). Each text leaf carries an appropriate quotation from the Bible, as well as a description of the scene. The plates, in the order in which they appear, are: 1) "A Ride to the City." 2) "A Village Store." 3) "The Coal-Cart." 4) "The Oysterman," depicting a well-to-do gentleman sampling the Oyster cart's wares while his barefoot African-American serving girl waits beside him with a basket. 5) "Idle Talk." 6) "The Wood-Cart." 7) "Stage Coach on the Mountains." 8) "Scenes in the Country." 9) "The Draymen." 10) "Sunday in the Country." 11) "The Canal Driver." 12) "The Farmer at Market." A wonderful juvenile instructional book, from the library of William Reese, who assembled one of the great collections of 19th-century American lithographic works. PETERS, AMERICA ON STONE, pp.254-55 (ref). Oblong quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Some soiling and edge wear, spine and corners chipped. Front free endpaper excised; offsetting onto plate; occasional small marginal tears throughout; "Scenes in the Country" plate torn in lower outer corner, not affecting image. Even tanning, faint dampstain to upper corner of rear wrapper and final few leaves. About very good. In a green cloth chemise and slipcase, gilt morocco label. Bookplate of William S. Reese in chemise.

Six large figure drawings by German-American artist Augustus Köllner, depicting male nudes in various poses: standing, lying, and sitting. Though Köllner is best known for his lithographs and watercolors, he also produced etchings, woodcuts, and drawings, preferring pen and ink as his medium for these. Aside from the earliest of these studies, dated March 1837, the drawings were executed in Philadelphia during the 1860s, after Köllner's commercial ventures had mostly subsided. "German-born Augustus Theodore Frederick Köllner arrived in America in 1839 and enjoyed an artistically fruitful career in this country until his death in 1906.Associated at one time or another with each of the major lithographic firms in Philadelphia, he worked his way from journeyman to artist, to chief artist, to partner. Ultimately, he owned his own establishment" - Wainwright. After the Civil War his career flagged, but because of his wife's inheritance he was able to pick and choose what projects he accepted. This financial freedom also allowed him the luxury to paint at leisure, and in his later years he generated a tremendous amount of work, which he often kept bound up in albums. An attractive and unusual example of Köllner's artistic abilities. Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 84, no. 3 (July 1960), pp.325-51. Some light wear at edges. One drawing with some light foxing; relatively minor soiling otherwise. Very good.

Issued by the American Sunday School Union, this handsome production contains some very early American lithographs by Augustus Köllner after the original sketches by Ludwig Mayer. The text, adapted from the work of E.F.C. Rosenmueller, provides historical explanations of the various scenes, with accompanying biblical references. Köllner, born in Dusseldorf in 1813, was an artist and prolific lithographer, who studied lithography in Frankfurt before emigrating to the United States and settling in Philadelphia. There are eight lightly toned scenic views of "Bethesda," "The Valley of Jehoshaphat," "The Brook Kedron," "The Mount of Olives," "Mount Tabor," "Nazareth," "Sea of Tiberias," and "Bethany." The superb picturesque views also feature details of everyday life in the region, the figures giving a sense of scale to the landscape, travellers on horse-back pass along the bank of the Brook Kedron, and two foreign soldiers on leave relax on the shores of the Sea of Tiberias. This book is notable both as an example of early American lithography, and as an early American work about the Holy Land. 43pp. plus eight lithographic plates. Contemporary half roan and marbled boards. Rubbed, worn at extremities. Scattered foxing throughout; light dampstaining to plates, primarily affecting margins; moderate age-toning. About very good.

This copy bears a gift inscription on the front free endpaper to Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. Borah, a Republican, served in the United States Senate from 1907 to 1940, ran for president in 1936, and was a leading "isolationist" on foreign policy matters. An enchanting illustrated guide to the art and architecture of the United States Capitol, with lithographic plates by the artist, Augustus Köllner, and the publisher and lithographer, P. Haas. Each of the images is accompanied by explanatory text. Included are views of the Capitol, the "Presidents House," the Treasury, the Post Office, and the Patent Office, as well as interior scenes of the Capitol and the Senate Chamber. Representations of statuary found in various Washington buildings include Thomas Jefferson, Pocahontas and Capt. John Smith, Daniel Boone, Penn's Treaty, and the Pilgrims at Plymouth. The folding plans are diagrams of the floor of the Senate and the floor of the House of Representatives, and the folding plates are of Greenough's statue of Washington and an interior view of the House of Representatives. This is the second issue of Köllner's guide, with a title dated 1840, after the first issue of 1839. Only the title date is changed. Köllner was a prolific and long-lived Philadelphia artist (he lived until 1908) who also produced a larger series of views of American cities between 1848 and 1851. This book is some of Köllner's earliest work as well as being one of the earliest series of views of Washington and one of the earliest publications with representations of the art decorating the U.S. Capitol. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40-5625. OCLC 5620465. 16mo. Original roan, title amid laurel wreath design stamped in gilt on front cover, rebacked in matching style. Corners repaired. Foxing throughout, as well as an old tideline in upper portion of plates and text leaves. Good.

Condition: Fine. This remarkable early American lithograph is from the scarce work by Augustus Kollner's Views of American Cities. The work was published in by Goupil, Vibert, & Co. of New York & Paris between 1848 and 1851. The lithograph was completed by Isidore-Laurent Deroy and printed in Paris by Cattier. This is a high quality lithograph with the blind stamp is present.Augustus Theodore Frederick Adam Kollner (1812-1906) was a German-born artist, engraver, and lithographer. He worked in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France before emigrating to the United States in 1839. He continued his work drawing American scenery, where Goupil, Vibert, & Co. decided to publish a series of his views."Popularly known for his illustrations for many volumes published by the American Sunday School Union, Kollner also undertook a major print series, Views of American Cities, published un New York and Paris by Goupil, Vibert and Company between 1848 and 1851." (Deák 494) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8" ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8".

Condition: Fine. This remarkable early American lithograph is from the scarce work by Augustus Kollner's Views of American Cities. The work was published in by Goupil, Vibert, & Co. of New York & Paris between 1848 and 1851. The lithograph was completed by Isidore-Laurent Deroy and printed in Paris by Cattier. This is a high quality lithograph with the blind stamp is present.Augustus Theodore Frederick Adam Kollner (1812-1906) was a German-born artist, engraver, and lithographer. He worked in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France before emigrating to the United States in 1839. He continued his work drawing American scenery, where Goupil, Vibert, & Co. decided to publish a series of his views."Popularly known for his illustrations for many volumes published by the American Sunday School Union, Kollner also undertook a major print series, Views of American Cities, published un New York and Paris by Goupil, Vibert and Company between 1848 and 1851." (Deák 494) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8" ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8".

Condition: Fine. This remarkable early American lithograph is from the scarce work by Augustus Kollner's Views of American Cities. The work was published in by Goupil, Vibert, & Co. of New York & Paris between 1848 and 1851. The lithograph was completed by Isidore-Laurent Deroy and printed in Paris by Cattier. This is a high quality lithograph with the blind stamp is present.Augustus Theodore Frederick Adam Kollner (1812-1906) was a German-born artist, engraver, and lithographer. He worked in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France before emigrating to the United States in 1839. He continued his work drawing American scenery, where Goupil, Vibert, & Co. decided to publish a series of his views."Popularly known for his illustrations for many volumes published by the American Sunday School Union, Kollner also undertook a major print series, Views of American Cities, published un New York and Paris by Goupil, Vibert and Company between 1848 and 1851." (Deák 494) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8" ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8".

Condition: Fine. This remarkable early American lithograph is from the scarce work by Augustus Kollner's Views of American Cities. The work was published in by Goupil, Vibert, & Co. of New York & Paris between 1848 and 1851. The lithograph was completed by Isidore-Laurent Deroy and printed in Paris by Cattier. This is a high quality lithograph with the blind stamp is present.Augustus Theodore Frederick Adam Kollner (1812-1906) was a German-born artist, engraver, and lithographer. He worked in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France before emigrating to the United States in 1839. He continued his work drawing American scenery, where Goupil, Vibert, & Co. decided to publish a series of his views."Popularly known for his illustrations for many volumes published by the American Sunday School Union, Kollner also undertook a major print series, Views of American Cities, published un New York and Paris by Goupil, Vibert and Company between 1848 and 1851." (Deák 494) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8" ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8".

Condition: Fine. This remarkable early American lithograph is from the scarce work by Augustus Kollner's Views of American Cities. The work was published in by Goupil, Vibert, & Co. of New York & Paris between 1848 and 1851. The lithograph was completed by Isidore-Laurent Deroy and printed in Paris by Cattier. This is a high quality lithograph with the blind stamp is present.Augustus Theodore Frederick Adam Kollner (1812-1906) was a German-born artist, engraver, and lithographer. He worked in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France before emigrating to the United States in 1839. He continued his work drawing American scenery, where Goupil, Vibert, & Co. decided to publish a series of his views."Popularly known for his illustrations for many volumes published by the American Sunday School Union, Kollner also undertook a major print series, Views of American Cities, published un New York and Paris by Goupil, Vibert and Company between 1848 and 1851." (Deák 494) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8" ~ 17" by 13"; Image Size (line to line) ~ 11 3/4" by 8".

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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Augustus Kollner (German, b.1813) Head of Kollner s Horse Watercolor, pen and ink on paper Inscribed lower left: Head of T. Kollner s Horse/ while serving as Trapper in Pottsville Sept 1863 Paper size: 7 x 4 1/4 in Frame size: 14 x 11 1/2 in Augustus Kollner was born in Germany in 1813, and at the age of 16 began to study painting and lithography in Dusseldorf and Frankfurt. In 1839, he emigrated from Germany to the United States, settling in Philadelphia, where he became a famed lithographer, engraver, and watercolor landscape painter. In Philadelphia, Kollner produced children s books, maps, and Civil War sketches. In the late 1840s, Kollner began to travel all over the United States, making watercolor paintings of American scenes. He is best known for the 54 views he painted of American cities, which were lithographed and published by Goupil, Vibert, and Company in Paris between 1845 and 1851. The printing for these views, by Deroy and Cattier, was done in Paris, as well. These lithographs are known for their high printing quality and delicate hand coloring. Loca: 6.3WCC.4B.