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an old drawing of a wooden structure with a wooden roofdrawing of a drawing of a church with a clock tower
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704 - Reuß, Christian Gottlob
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Estimate €250 - €350
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Reuß, Christian Gottlob A Guide to the Art of Carpentry, compiled for the benefit of beginners and enthusiasts of architecture, particularly carpenters, and illustrated with the necessary engravings. With 41 folded engraved plates. 3rd edition. Leipzig, Breitkopf, 1789. 3 leaves, 65 pp., 4 folio leaves. Contemporary paper binding with gold-stamped spine label (worn, scuffed, bumped, stained). Cf. Ornament Engraving Catalogue, no. 2185 (2nd ed.) – Textbook on Roof Construction and the Construction of Wooden Towers and Bridges, here expanded to include 4 plates depicting bridges in Saxony constructed after the end of the Seven Years’ War, as well as a plate showing a floor plan of the ‘Royal Saxon Theatre in Dresden, 1789’. - Front endpaper water-stained; title page and following pages somewhat creased; title page somewhat stained, with occasional creases from being pressed; otherwise generally well preserved. With 41 folded copper engravings. - Contemporary cardboard binding with gilt-stamped spine label (rubbed, chafed, bumped, stained). - A book on roof construction and the building of wooden towers and bridges. - Expanded to include four plates depicting bridges in Saxony built after the end of the Seven Years’ War, as well as a plate showing the floor plan of the “Electoral Saxon Theatre in Dresden” (1789). - Front endpaper water-stained; title page and following pages somewhat creased; title page somewhat spotted; otherwise generally well preserved.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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