Lot 569: KLEINER, Salomon (ca 1703-1761). Résidences Mémorables... Représentations exactes des Edifices et Jardins de... le Prince Eugène François Duc de Savoye.. contenant les Plans, Elevations et Veües de la Plaisance... située dans un des fauxbourgs de

KLEINER, Salomon (ca 1703-1761). Résidences Mémorables... Représentations exactes des Edifices et Jardins de... le Prince Eugène François Duc de Savoye.. contenant les Plans, Elevations et Veües de la Plaisance... située dans un des fauxbourgs de Vienne... Augsburg: the heirs of Jeremias Wolff, 1731-1738. 9 (of 10) parts (lacking part 10, published 1740). [Bound with:] Représentation des Animaux de la Ménagerie de... le Prince Eugène Francois de Savoye. Augsburg: the heirs of Jeremias Wolff, 1734. Oblong 2o (304 x 442 mm). Engraved throughout. 10 titles in French and German, dedication in French, 80 plates in the first work (5 folding and four double-page); 12 plates of animals in the second, 9 folding, all after Kleiner by J.B. Sedelmayr, Jacob Wanger, Johann August Corvinus, Johan Jacob Graesmann, Jacob Gottlieb Thelott, Gottfried Pfauz, Georg Lichtensteger, Johann Georg Weber, Jacob Andreas Friedrich, et al. (A few plates with imprints shaved or cropped, pale dampstain in lower corner of part 7.) Contemporary German sprinkled calf, gilt spine, marbled edges (a few pale stains, a few small repairs). Provenance: Schloss Dyck (sold Venator, September 1992, lot 1397); acquired from Ars Libri, 1992. FIRST EDITION, including the rare supplementary book, of this magnificent record of the palaces and residences of Prince Eugene of Savoy in and near Vienna and a charming supplementary work describing his menagerie. The superb plates delineate the work of the architect J.L. von Hildbrand, the interiors of Claude le Fort du Plessy and others, and the gardens and fountains of Dominique Girard. Throughout the scenes are enlivened by numerous elegantly dressed figures, promenading or in conversation. The scarce supplementary suite shows the exotic animals of Prince Eugene's menagerie, established at the Belvedere in 1716 on the model of that at Versailles. Berlin Kat. 2117, recording both works in one volume; Brunet IV:674; Graesse IV:28; Lipperheide I:686; Nissen ZBI 2212 (supplementary part). [Bound with:] KLEINER. Représentation exacte du château de chasse de S.A. Sme Monseigneur l'Evêque de Bamberg, nommé Marquardsbourg ou Seehof. Augsburg: the heirs of Jeremias Wolff, 1731. 2o. Engraved title and 6 engraved plates by Steidlin, Friedrich and Weber, all after Kleiner. FIRST EDITION, depicting the gardens, elevations and sections of the château, with a fine bird's-eye-view. Berlin Kat. 3341. [Bound with:] KLEINER. Représentation naturelle et exacte de la Favorite de Son Altesse Electorale de Mayence. Augsburg: the heirs of Jeremias Wolff, 1726. Oblong 2o. Engraved title in German and French, 2 leaves dedication (the first with elaborate emblematic border), one leaf letterpress preface, 14 engraved views and plans, 2 folding, by J.M.Steidlin, J.A. Delsenbach, J.A. Corvinus, J.G. Pinz after Kleiner. FIRST EDITION of this series of views of the palace of Archbishop Lothario Francisco, Elector of Mainz. The palace "Favorita" was built on the banks of the Rhine: its interiors, exteriors and gardens are all here represented, from drawings by the "Ingenieur" to the Electoral court, in charming detail. Berlin Kat. 3336; Graesse VIII:404; Lipperheide I:684. [Bound with:] [KLEINER]. L'Hotel Superbe dela Ville d'Augsbourg. Augsburg: the heirs of Jeremias Wolff, 1732. 2o. Engraved title in German and French, letterpress introduction (cropped at top) and 16 engraved plates by Pinz, all after Kleiner. FIRST EDITION, the plates depicting cross sections, plans and interior views.. Berlin Kat. 2118; Lipperheide I:769.

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