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36 - [ARCHITECTURE] STURM, Leonhard Christoph Vollständige Anweis…
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[ARCHITECTURE] STURM, Leonhard Christoph Vollständige Anweisung, Alle Arten von regularen Pracht-Gebäuden nach gewissen Reguln zu erfinden, auszutheilen und auszuzieren / Vollständige Anweisung / Grosser Herren palläste / Vollständige Anweisung all arten von bürgerlichen Wohn-Haüsern wohl anzugeben Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, printed by Peter Detleffsen, 1715-1718 An important treatise on German Baroque architecture printed in Gothic script (Fraktur), illustrated with numerous engraved plates, some of which are fold-outs, showing architectural orders, plans, elevations and distributions of monumental buildings. The various sections are devoted to urban housing, the palaces of the great lords, etc. Part of the famous architectural series known as Der verneuerte Goldmann, published by Leonhard Christoph Sturm after the teachings of the theoretician Nicolaus Goldmann. This copy consists of three parts, each with an independent title page and a total of 113 plates, many of which are folding, a superb complete collection of all the plates making up the parts bound in the copy. A work by the same author entitled "Aufrihtige Entdeckung zu Aufnahm der Länder und Commercien höchst-nützlichen Nivellirens oder Wasserwägens" or "Découverte véridique du nivellement ou de l'art de mesurer les niveaux, très utile pour le développement des pays et du commerce" was published by the same publisher in 1718 and illustrated with 3 plates. Large folio. Bound in full vellum (second cover missing, some defects), minor restorations to the hinges. A fine copy of an important early 18th century treatise on Germanic architecture.
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About the sale Saturday 20 June 2026 - Drawing Books
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