Copper engraving; black and white, 1711-1716.
Image size 20 5/8 x 18 3/4 (52.4 x 47.5 cm).
Good condition. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 49903
Price: $385.00
Publisher : Published by Peter Detleffsen for Jeremias Wolff, Augsburg.
Furstlicher Baumeister, oder Architectura Civilis ... Published in Augsburg: P. Detleffsen and J. J. Lotter for J. Wolff, 1711-1713-1716. [Part one and supplement, and part two]. One of the finest architectural works of the German baroque period. The plates were engraved by several masters, including Bodenehr, Engelbrecht, Probst, and Kraus. They illustrate the elder Decker's designs for royal palaces and country houses, with details of their interior decoration, gateways, gardens, grottoes, orangeries, fountains, etc. 18th-19th Century Subjects, architectural