188. Beattie, William: The Danube: its History, Scenery...
... and Topography. Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot, by Abresch, and Drawn by W. H. Bartlett, Esq.
London, 1844. George Virtue. 2pl(s). (frontispiece+engraved title page)+IV+(2)+236p.+80pl(s). (steel engravings)+2 map(s) With several intertextual woodcuts.
The Hungarian steel engravings in the decorative album of the cities and castles along the Danube are of the following: Dévény, the "Little Lady Tower" in Dévény, Bratislava, Visegrád, Buda, Gellért Hill, the Chain Bridge, the Buda Castle, Pétervárad, the Three Towers in Szinice, and three depictions of the Kazan Strait.
Contemporary half leather. Spine slightly worn.
Starting price: 200 000,-
A darab a Hereditas Antikvárium 2024. december 6-án lezajlott 14. árverésének tétele, amely az aukciót követően nem megvásárolható. / The item is the lot of the Hereditas Antikvárium’s 14th auction, which took place on 6 December 2024 and cannot be purchased following the auction.