$554
Gruner, Ludwig (1801-1882) Specimens of Ornamental Art Selected from the Best Models of the Classical Epochs. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1850. Folio atlas volume only, without the accompanying quarto-format text volume, illustrated with seventy-nine of eighty full-page lithographic and chromolithographic plates; lacking plate 18, a frieze by Andrea dal Monte Sansovino; most of the color plates have been cut from the book, some edge crumpling, the occasional stain, and some other minor damage, the plates generally fresh; bound in contemporary half red morocco and marbled boards, the text block decased, completely separated from spine and boards, 24 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16
