PETTENKOFFER, A. v. & STRASSGSCHWANDTNER, J.A. Die k. k. Österreich'sche Armée nach der neuesten Adjustirung. Vienna, Kunsthandlung A. Leykum, (1853-54). W. lithogr. ti-p. & 36 handcold. plates. Lge-fol. (50 x 38 cm). Later h. mor. extra. (Ti-p. laid down, all plates cut out to plate edge and mounted, some unobtrusive foxing).
Rare complete album with lithographed title (often lacking!) and all 36 handcoloured plates of uniforms of the Austrian army by the Austrian painters August von Pettenkoffer & Josef Anton Strassgschwandtner, with fine provenance. Actual size of the mounted lithographs 23,5 x 31,5 cm; each with its own caption. Provenance: The famous F(erdinand) C(asper) Koch library (sold in auction Hauswedell & Nolte, December 1974 - however this work not present in that catalogue). On Koch see a.o. Buijnsters, Gesch Nederl. Antiq.: "Het exlibris F.C. Koch is zoveel als een kenmerk voor de hoogste kwaliteit", with his bookplate. - Rare, only 1 copy in NCC (Soest, Nat. Mil. Mus.). - Lipperheide, 2238; Colas, 2337; Hiler, 705; Vinet, 2172; Thieme-B, XXXII, 159.€ 1000
uitslag € 900