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Richter-Album : eine Auswahl von Holzschnitten nach Zeichnungen / von Ludwig Richter in Dresden

Accession number
PML 88805
Creator
Richter, Ludwig, 1803-1884.
Published
Leipzig : Veranstaltet und verlagt durch Georg Wigand, 1861.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Volume 2 lacking in library's copy.
"Mittheilungen über Ludwig Richter. Von Otto Jahn"--v. 1, p. 3-30.
"Druck von Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig"--verso of t.p.
Engraved portrait of Richter, signed: "Nach einer Photographie v. Brockmann. Stahlstich v. A. Weger in Leipzig. Druck v. Th. Zehl Jr. Leipzig".
148 engraved plates variously signed: L.R., E.K. sc., Nicholls, Allanson, Sears Leipzig, A. Vogel, Peupin, I.B., Beneworth sc., Joch sc., E. Kretzschmar sc., R v H, H. Bosse, M & W, L.C. Flegel sc., Krüger sc, and Henneberg.
"Exlibris Paul C. Stewart, 1890"--inside upper cover.
Description
[2], 30, [2], 148 leaves of plates, [1] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 23.5 x 17 cm
Provenance
Stewart, Paul C., bookplate ; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's red morocco, blocked in gold and blind with brown bevelled edges; with white watered silk endleaves.
Classification
Department