Lot 158: SUHR, Christoph (1771-1842). Hamburgische Trachten. Costumes de Hambourg, Hamburg, 1815.

Name: SUHR, Christoph (1771-1842). Hamburgische Trachten. Costumes de Hambourg, Hamburg, 1815.
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 41ba5d009f

Est: $3,000 USD - $4,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USJune 22, 2012

Item Overview

Description

SUHR, Christoph (1771-1842). Hamburgische Trachten. Costumes de Hambourg, Hamburg, 1815.

2υo (364 x 228 mm). Title and list of plates in German and French, 36 plates colored by a contemporary hand, plates bearing the embossed stamp "C Suhr" on lower margin (some minor staining, mostly to margins).

Later edition of this beautiful work portraying the costumes of the city of Hamburg and its surroundings. Suhr, a native of Hamburg, taught at the royal academy in Berlin, also published Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National -- Trachten und Uniformen der Division des Marquis de la Romana, 1807 und 1808 in Hamburg in Garnison, Hamburg ca 1808. Colas 2832; Lipperheide Dfl 1 (both citing the 1808 edition).

Artist or Maker

Christopher Suhr

Notes

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Auction Details

Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts

Christie's

June 22, 2012, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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