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861 - PREISLER JOHANN DANIEL (1666–1737)
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Estimate €500 - €600
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PREISLER JOHANN DANIEL (1666–1737) Osnovatel’nye pravila, ili Kratkoe rukovodstvo k risoval’nomu khudozhestvu [Fundamental Rules, or A Brief Guide to the Art of Drawing]: in 3 parts. 3rd ed. Saint Petersburg: printed at the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1781. [18], [15], [10] pp., [49 of the 54 plates]; 37.5 x 24 cm. Print run of 600 copies. Title and text in parallel in Russian and German. Contemporary full leather binding. Good condition. Scuffing to the binding, tears in the leather at the edges of the spine, replaced endpapers, stains and soiling throughout the text block, restoration and tears to some pages and plates, 5 plates missing. A fragment of a contemporary dedication remains on the endpaper: ‘To Mr Akim Fedotov Vassilevski, painter’. Page-by-page ownership marks by the same owner. Johann Daniel Preisler (1666–1737), draughtsman and painter, headed the Nuremberg Academy of Drawing, for which this now very famous manual was written. The first Russian book devoted to the fine arts, first printed in 1734, it remained for a long time one of the principal drawing manuals in the Russian Empire. Bibliography: SK XVIII, no. 5636; Sopikov, no. 8830; Oboliáninov, no. 2194. At the buyer’s request, we shall be happy to provide a general report on the condition of the lot described above. However, as we are not professional conservators or restorers, we strongly advise potential buyers to carry out their own inspection or to consult a specialist of their choice to obtain a comprehensive assessment of the lot’s condition. Descriptions of items provided in the catalogue or by correspondence are for guidance only and should not be regarded as a definitive assessment. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD ‘AS IS’, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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About the sale RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS: Antique books § Autographs, rare editions, photographs § Works on paper
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 2:30 PM
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