Darstellung und Geschichte des Geschmacks der vorzüglichsten Völker in Beziehung auf die innere Auszierung der Zimmer und auf die Baukunst /
von Joseph Friedrich Freyherrn zu Racknitz ...

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Main Author: Racknitz, Joseph Friedrich, Freiherr zu, 1744-1818.
Related Names: Göschen, G. J. (Georg Joachim), 1752-1828.
Seyfert, Johann Gottlieb, 1761-1824.
Schmidt, Johann Gottfried, 1764-1803.
Darnstedt, Johann Adolph, 1769-1844.
Veith, Philipp, 1768-1837.
Schuricht, Christian Friedrich, 1753-1832.
Language(s): German
Published: Leipzig : Bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1796.
Subjects: Interior decoration > Interior decoration / Early works to 1800.
Decoration and ornament > Decoration and ornament / Early works to 1800.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural > Decoration and ornament, Architectural / Early works to 1800.
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / Germany > Engravings (prints) / Germany / 18th century.
Note: Engravings by P. Veith, J.G. Schmidt, J.G. Seyfert, J.A. Darnstedt and several others, all after F. Schuricht. Atlas contains 48 hand-colored copper plates.
Some engravings (v. 3-4) dated 1797 or 1798.
Vols. 2-4 each have half title only.
Divided into 24 separately paged sections, each describing 2 plates contained in the atlas. Each section begins and ends with an illustration.
Vol. 1 includes frontispiece engraved by P. Veith and title vignette engraved by J.G. Seyfert.
Physical Description: 4 v. : ill. ; 30 cm. (4to) + 1 atlas (48 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 48 cm.).
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