Lot 271: HEFNER-ALTENECK, Jacob Heinrich von (1811-1903). Trachten des christlichen Mittelalters. Nach gleichzeitigen Kunstdenkmalen . Frankfurt a.M. and Darmstadt: Heinrich Keller and Wilhelm Beyerle, [vols. III-IV: Mannheim: Heinrich Hoff], 1840-1854.

Name: HEFNER-ALTENECK, Jacob Heinrich von (1811-1903). Trachten des christlichen Mittelalters. Nach gleichzeitigen Kunstdenkmalen . Frankfurt a.M. and Darmstadt: Heinrich Keller and Wilhelm Beyerle, [vols. III-IV: Mannheim: Heinrich Hoff], 1840-1854.
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 4077a7457f

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 03, 2009

Item Overview

Description

HEFNER-ALTENECK, Jacob Heinrich von (1811-1903). Trachten des christlichen Mittelalters. Nach gleichzeitigen Kunstdenkmalen. Frankfurt a.M. and Darmstadt: Heinrich Keller and Wilhelm Beyerle, [vols. III-IV: Mannheim: Heinrich Hoff], 1840-1854.

3 parts in 6 volumes, 3 text and 3 plates volumes, (344 x 247mm). Engraved title in red and black in each plate vol., 420 hand-coloured engraved plates, some gilded, unbound as issed. (Some even browning affecting text, light spotting, many plates lightly and evenly browned, some spotted.) Text vols. in modern leather-backed boards, paper title cut down and laid down on front covers, plates in modern morocco-backed cloth folders and cloth slipcases, plate vols with original front and back wrappers.

Lipperheide Ca5; cf. Colas 1401. (6)

Artist or Maker

Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck

Notes

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Auction Details

Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Fine Plate books from an Historic Continental Library

Christie's

June 03, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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