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an open book with writing on it and a pen in itan old book with a black cover and a brown label
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €200 - €300
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Description
Knapp Memoirs. Descriptions of a journey to Tyrol and Italy. With 25 pencil drawings and sketches. 33 leaves, 8° landscape. Contemporary cloth binding with the name ‘A. Knapp’ dated 1851 on a mounted label (binding slightly warped, rubbed, bumped, soiled and scuffed in places). Travel accounts by a young man from the Knapp family of Stuttgart, possibly a son of the theologian Albert Knapp (1798–1864), written in his father’s notebook. - “My father allowed me, together with Gantter (i.e. Ludwig Gantter (1815–1876)), an English teacher at the polytechnic School, along with Steinheil and a third person named Fiederer, to undertake a journey to Tyrol and part of northern Italy; we set off on Tuesday the 29th, and I met the aforementioned gentlemen in Ulm.” - The illustrated views depict, amongst others, Stuttgart, Gebhardsberg, the ruins of Montfort Castle, Schattenburg in Feldkirch, Viamala and the Verlorene Loch (Switzerland), Villa Carlotta, and the church in Prirano. - The first and last leaves are missing; some pages have foxing, but otherwise the volume is generally well preserved. Memoirs. Accounts of a journey to Tyrol and Italy. With 25 pencil drawings and sketches. Contemporary cloth binding with the name ‘A. Knapp’ dated 1851 on a mounted cover label (cover slightly warped, scuffed, bumped, soiled and chafed in places). - Travel accounts by a young man from the Knapp family of Stuttgart, possibly a son of the theologian Albert Knapp (1798–1864), written in one of his father’s notebooks. - The views and sketches depict, amongst others, Stuttgart, Gebhardsberg, the ruins of Montfort Castle, Schattenburg in Feldkirch, Viamala and the Verlorene Loch (Switzerland), Villa Carlotta, and the church in Prirano. - The first and last pages are missing; there is some foxing, but otherwise the item is generally well preserved.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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